Pebble Partnership Lays Off Workers
The group behind the proposed Pebble Mine is laying off workers after one of the partners in the controversial project pulled out.
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Big Wind Storm Predicted to Hit Anchorage During Morning Commute
The first big wind storm of the season is forecast to hit early Tuesday Morning. With lots of wet weather and the ground still unfrozen, the National Weather Service says Anchorage should be prepared for some downed trees and power outages.
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Furloughed Employees Struggle To Pay Bills
Federal workers who have been furloughed will likely be paid retroactively once the shutdown is over. And government employees who are remaining on the job during the shutdown will be paid for their work eventually, but they don’t know when. For Alaska families living paycheck to paycheck, that’s a severe hardship.
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Haines Harbor Reopens As Cleanup Efforts Continue
Fuel from a sunken vessel in the Haines Small Boat Harbor has been contained, although it could still be several days until clean-up is complete and the boat is salvaged.
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Badly Beaten Teen Remains Unconscious
Anchorage police say an 18-year-old man who was beaten and left to die in an abandoned downtown house has not regained consciousness.
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Fairbanks Police To Play Support Role In Fairbanks 4 Review
Fairbanks Police are expected to play a support role in the review of new data raised in the Fairbanks 4 case. The new information filed in court last month points to other suspects than the 4 local men convicted of the 1997 murder of John Hartman. Last week the state announced that it would conduct a review of the information raised by the Alaska Innocence Project, including a confession by a former Fairbanks resident imprisoned for other murders.
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Anchorage, Native Corporation Disagree on Gas Revenues
A dispute between the Municipality of Anchorage and Eklutna, Inc. is headed to court. Eklutna, Inc., an Alaska Native Corporation, claims it is due about half the revenue generated from the methane gas produced at the Anchorage Landfill, but Muni attorneys say the land didn’t generate the gas, city garbage did.
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YK Delta Company Competing For Super Bowl Commercial Time
The Yukon Kuskokwim region is gaining national attention through the business savvy of the local Sparck sisters who happen to be triplets. Since 2006 the entrepreneurs have run a cosmetic company, ArXotica, using ingredients from the tundra. Now, they have a chance to win a free commercial for their company, which will be aired during the Super Bowl and are asking for your help.
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The Year-round Alaska Gardener
Today we’re starting a garden. Most people would probably assume that gardening season begins in early spring. But for garden blogger Jamie Woodside, the season never ends.
Woodside is already planning her 2014 garden, even though her current one is still producing vegetables.
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Sitka Fish Processor Recalls Two Years’ Worth Of Product
A Sitka seafood processor has recalled two-year’s worth of product, after a state inspection revealed that monitoring equipment had failed.
Pentagon Calls Back Most Civilian Workers
Sunday, the Pentagon made a surprise announcement that most civilian employees are being called back to the nation's military bases, despite the federal government shutdown.
We Are The Overby Family Band
The Overby Family Band, or "Ode to the Roddes" is unique part of the Sutton, Alaska community.
Their musical style is "Jug Band," a mix of Jazz, Folk, Bluegrass and Americana.
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Sunken Tender Neptune Closes Haines Harbor
The state and Coast Guard are responding to a sunken vessel in the Haines Harbor and the harbor is closed indefinitely to contain fuel leaking from the boat. The 76-foot Neptune sank while moored at the harbor about 1 a.m. Saturday. No one was aboard.
Treadwell Calls For More Aggressive Tack On State Sovereignty
The government shutdown means the Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Areas isn't getting time with federal workers. But at this week's meetings, they did hear from someone who wants to work in Washington: Lt. Gov. and Senate candidate Mead Treadwell.
Federal Shutdown Could Delay Crab Fisheries
Fishermen are gearing up for the start of the Bering Sea’s lucrative crab season. But they may be off to a late start this year, because of the federal government shutdown.
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Alaska’s High Court First Supreme Court In The Nation To Hear Climate Change Case
Alaska’s high court became the first state supreme court in the country yesterday to hear an appeal in one of more than a dozen climate change lawsuits. The lawsuits pit young people against their states. The plaintiffs claim the state has an obligation to protect the atmosphere from excessive carbon emissions.
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State Orders Review Of Fairbanks 4 Case
The State of Alaska has ordered a review of the Fairbanks Four case. The Department of Law announced the move on Thursday, saying new information in the 1997 murder of John Hartman led to the decision.
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Small Explosion Detected At Cleveland Volcano
A piece of equipment installed a few years ago near Dillingham has helped detect a small explosive event at the far away Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands.
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Longtime Pilot, Adventurer Shares Experiences In New Book
The list of Alaskans with notable adventures is long, but Lowell Thomas Junior’s accomplishments are impressive by any standard. A former 12-year State Senator and Lieutenant Governor, an author, filmmaker and world traveler who visited the Dalai Lama and desert nomads, Thomas has logged more than 10,000 hours flying, much of it in a single-engine airplane with his wife. Tay. as his navigator. A new book co-authored with Lew Freedman chronicles Lowell Thomas Junior’s amazing life and is out now, just a few days before his 90th birthday. Lowell and Tay tell us with so many adventures, it’s tough to pick a highlight.
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Chugiak Homeowners Fight Monofil Plan
Residents of Chugiak are fighting a plan to fill a natural gully with debris from area building demolition sites . The so-called inert monofil plan must pass muster before Anchorage's planning commission before it is reviewed by the Anchorage Municipal Assembly. A Muni planning commission hearing slated for Monday, Oct. 7 could either stall the project, or move it one step closer to reality