Judge Rules Against State For Failure To Process Water Rights Application
Earlier this week, a state Superior Court judge ruled that the state was in error when it failed to process the Chuitna Citizens Coalition application for water rights to a tributary of the Chuitna River.
Democrats Get Early Start On Run For US House Race
With the control of Congress in balance, the Alaska Senate race is expected to be one of the more high profile races in the country.The Republican National Committee has gotten involved, and veterans of the Romney and McCain presidential campaigns are already working to unseat Democrat Mark Begich, but what about the House race? The odds may be long, but two Democrats are already competing for the chance to take on Don Young.
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Housing Research Center Project to Test System That Heats Without Fossil Fuels
The Cold Climate Housing Research Center in Fairbanks moved ahead Wednesday on a project that will demonstrate how solar energy can be collected year-round and used to heat a commercial building without fossil fuels, like heating oil. The project is being funded by one of the world’s biggest fossil-fuel companies.
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Great Alaska ShakeOut Promotes Earthquake Preparedness
Nearly 50,000 Alaskans registered for an earthquake preparedness event today called the Great Alaskan ShakeOut.
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Proposed Air Regulations Draw Crowd
There was a big turnout in North Pole on Wednesday night for a Department of Environmental Conservation open house on proposed fine particulate pollution regulations. Opinions are mixed on whether they do too much, or not enough.
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Half Of Ketchikan Women Experience Violence
Out of every 100 adult women you see walking around in Ketchikan, 33 have been raped, and 43 have been slapped, hit or worse by an intimate partner. When you combine those numbers, that means 50 of those 100 people we see every day has experienced one or both of those types of violence.
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APU Hosts Alaska’s First Women’s Summit
The state's first Women's Summit started in Anchorage on Thursday at Alaska Pacific University. The two-day event is directed at examining strategies to improve the lives of Alaska's women.
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Ketchikan Breaks 2008 Cruise Passenger Record
According to the City of Ketchikan, preliminary counts show 960,262 passengers visited the community via cruise ship in 2013. That’s an increase of 8.4 percent over last year, and handily beat the 2008 record.
Juneau School Board Allowing Review Of Middle School Sports Travel Ban
The Juneau School Board says a community committee can review its ban on middle school travel for athletes, but it’s not likely anyone from the board will participate.
Two Sitka Dogs Die From Mystery Poison
A Sitka veterinarian is warning pet-owners away from a part of town where two dogs were poisoned this week.
Mt. Village Man Arrested For Stabbing
A man in Mountain Village has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his brother. On Wednesday evening, Alaska State Troopers arrested 37-year-old Luther Aguchak who they say stabbed his 38-year-old brother with a knife.
Sitka Tribe Of Alaska’s Top Manager Resigns
The Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s general manager is leaving for a similar job in Washington state. Ted Wright announced his resignation in a press release. Wright has been general manager of Sitka’s tribal government for about two years. He held the same position from 1992 to 1995
APD Investigating 2 Deaths At Chugiak Home
Anchorage Police are investigating the deaths of two people at a residence in Chugiak. At 4:03 a.m. APD Dispatch received a call reporting a disturbance at the residence. When police responded at 4:10 a.m. they heard shots fired and located two deceased people inside the residence. Few details are available at this time.
Al-Can Summit Convening In Juneau
Representatives from Alaska, British Columbia and the Yukon are expected in Juneau this week for the Al-Can Summit.
Temporary Deal Reopens Federal Government
Federal employees have been given the go-ahead to get back to work today. President Obama signed bipartisan legislation Thursday morning that funds the U.S. government through Jan. 15 and raised the nations debt ceiling, allowing the government to borrow money through Feb. 7.
Salmon in Indian River – Sitka, Alaska
Here's a short video of pink salmon, also called humpies, moving up the Indian River in Sitka to spawn--the same river they were born in two years earlier.
What you see is just a few feet of the river.
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Temporary Deal To End Federal Shutdown Expected To Pass
The 16-day federal government shutdown appears to be nearing an end, and Alaska’s Republican Senator, Lisa Murkowski, is getting a good deal of the credit.
French To Run For Lieutenant Governor
The Anchorage Democrat had been considering jumping into the gubernatorial race, but set aside those plans after former Juneau mayor and Permanent Fund Division Director Byron Mallott announced he would seek the Democratic nomination. French says he wanted to avoid expending resources on a competitive primary race.
Short-Staffed APD Goes High Tech To Combat Spiking Crime Rates
The Anchorage Police Department will soon be using new mapping software to track crime around the city in nearly real-time. The announcement comes in the wake of an annual FBI report that says serious crime was up last year in Anchorage in nearly every category.
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GCI, KTUU Work Out Temporary Agreement
GCI and KTUU Channel 2 came to a temporary agreement Tuesday to keep the NBC-affiliate carriage in Bethel and eight other areas outside of Anchorage, at least for the next few weeks. It’s a temporary solution to an on-going contractual dispute between GCI and Schurz Communications, the Indiana-based parent company of KTUU. The conflict surfaced when an old agreement expired at the end of September.
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