Anchorage Legislators consider ways to cut capital costs
Before heading to Juneau, Anchorage Legislators are listening to community input on ways to cut state spending.
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Costco contractor agrees to pay $50K to Juneau employee who was denied extra bathroom breaks
“We saw here an employee who really suffered unnecessarily,” EEOC attorney Amos Blackman told CoastAlaska. “This refusal to accommodate additional bathroom breaks had the likelihood of impacting any number of workers.”
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, March 12, 2018
House passes fast-track bill to fund Medicaid, ferries; Tariffs already boosting Alaska aluminum prices; To disrupt land in Upper Kuskokwim, Donlin Gold may preserve land by Cook Inlet; Weather hampers ongoing search for missing Mendenhall climbers; Petit lead disappears as Ulsom overtakes on coast; Alaskan skier wins gold, silver medals at Paralympic Games; Governor Walker asks feds to declare Pacific cod disaster; Ferry reform effort gets a legislative boost; Cama-i 2018 honors its roots; Ask a Climatologist: A winter of warm temps and decent snow Listen now
Dunleavy won’t appeal judge’s ruling that state must fund program for lower energy costs
Gov. Dunleavy said the ruling provided clarity and that the Power Cost Equalization program provides an essential service.
Spring Creek Prison Death Ruled Homicide
The death of an inmate at Seward’s Spring Creek maximum security prison has been ruled a homicide. In the early hours of Sunday, 29-year-old Elihu Gillespie was found unresponsive in his cell, and taken to Providence Seward Medical Care Center. Gillespie was pronounced dead about an hour later.
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Palmer Farmers’ Market Starts Up
Even though winter temperatures are sweeping the state, a local farmers’ market in Palmer is just starting up. It features some surprising products guaranteed to dispel the winter-time blahs.
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Ask a Climatologist: What’s with all the rain?
Sunday was the rainiest day Anchorage has seen in almost six years. Meanwhile, parts of Western Alaska recently saw their wettest month on record, and forecasters are expecting an atmospheric river to soak Southeast.
Already low price for Alaska crude falls further as the world responds to coronavirus
The COVID-19 pandemic is driving some of that recent decline. But, prices were low even before the outbreak.
Pebble Limited Partnership Releasing Research
This week the Pebble Limited Partnership is releasing more than 20,000 pages of research they commissioned and paid for. Since 2004, more than 40 firms have been gathering data in and around the area envisioned for the controversial Pebble Mine.
Alaska vets by the numbers
As you may have heard, Alaska has the highest rate of veterans in the nation. Not the most vets -- our 70,000 is a drop in the bucket compared to bigger states with more retirees, like California and Florida.
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Off-duty Bethel police sergeant was driving vehicle that left one pedestrian dead, injured another
An off-duty Bethel police officer was the driver in a car accident last month that left one pedestrian injured and another dead. Listen now
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Plan to draw from permanent fund is silent on PFDs; Bethel voters to decide whether or not to keep legal alcohol sales; Calista director Colonel Wayne Don denies allegations against him; More than 300 Alaska-based paratroopers to return home this weekend; State wants public input on how to spend Volkswagen settlement money; Kuskowkim River remains jammed as community eagerly awaits breakup; Survival of first Alaskans linked to breast milk; UAF signs deal with New Mexico-based lab for future Arctic projects; Wolves are eating sea otters near Gustavus. What does that mean for the deer?; Hoonah microbrewery gets new owners and location, but will offer familiar tastes Listen now
Kenai Assembly passes Second Amendment ‘sanctuary’ ordinance
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved an ordinance Tuesday night that reaffirms its support for Americans’ right to bear arms.
‘Mayor’ Stubbs the Cat passes away at 20
Stubbs the cat passed away in the overnight hours between Thursday and Friday, according to his owners. Listen now
High Winds Still Possible for Anchorage on Sunday
Anchorage residents are bracing for another powerful windstorm. The National Weather Service is predicting the winds will pick up Saturday afternoon and peak over Saturday night. It is the second major wind event to hit the area in less than two weeks. National Weather Service Meteorologist Dave Snider says these types of storms should be rare this early in the fall.
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Anchorage’s Covenant House receives $1M federal grant to help foster youth before they age out
“We know a lot of them end up with us after a year anyway,” said Heidi Huppert, chief program officer at the youth homeless service provider.
Hydropower returns to Juneau; utility asking for cost recovery
Hydropower has been restored in Juneau. Alaska Electric Light and Power flipped the switch about 9:00 p.m. last night, putting the Snettisham facility back...
How a Supreme Court case about herring fishermen could upend federal regulation, on land and sea
An Alaska sustainable fisheries advocate calls it an "attempt to dismantle federal agencies and their authority to manage resources."
4 people accused of trying to smuggle drugs into Bethel prison
Troopers say two packages thrown over the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center's fence contained suboxone and methamphetamine.
Montana man reunites with puppy after bear attack in Alaska
A Montana man was reunited with his 14-week-old border collie two days after the dog disappeared following a bear attack on the Kenai Peninsula.