Anchorage Teachers Reach Agreement With District
The Anchorage School District says it had reached a tentative agreement with the Anchorage Education Association on a three-year labor contract through June 2016.
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Renewable Energy Fair Explores Alaska’s Options
Tidal power, wave, wind and solar: there's no lack of options when it comes to renewable energy in Alaska. To participants at the Alaska Renewable Energy Fair on the Anchorage Park Strip last weekend, Alaska may be one of the best places on the planet to develop some of these ideas.
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Tenakee Residents Search For Way To Reopen School
The Tenakee School has been closed for this year, but residents of the Chichagof Island community hope to turn things around for the next.
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Second Growth Structures
With support from the National Forest Foundation’s Community Capacity and Land Stewardship Program, Sitka Conservation Society has initiated projects with local partners that build community assets using locally milled timber products.
These projects promote sustainable harvesting of second growth timber and micro timber sales that support small, local mills.
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Congress Shows No Urgency on Voting Rights Act
In June, the United States Supreme Court struck down a key formula of the Voting Rights Act. Section IV of the 1965 law determined which states needed to get federal approval before changing any voting laws. Alaska was one of nine states subject to that rule known as preclearance.
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Petersburg Concerned With Future of USCG In Community
Petersburg officials are seeking answers about the future of Coast Guard ships in the community. Borough Mayor Mark Jensen sent a letter to Senator Mark Begich this month voicing concern that the cutter Anacapa could be replaced by larger vessels planned for other Southeast ports.
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FBI Tapes Indicate Keyes Victims In Washington
FBI records show that serial killer Israel Keyes told authorities that five people in Washington State were among his 11 victims. Keyes was caught after killing his last victim, Anchorage resident Samatha Koenig.
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With Arctic Growth Looming, Airlines Put Off Planning
Executives at Alaska Airlines and Peninsula Airways admit that their service to Unalaska isn’t perfect. Lopsided demand for flights and rough Aleutian weather already make it tough for them to serve the community. But huge demand from Arctic oil employees might make it even tougher. As KUCB’s Lauren Rosenthal reports in a follow up to yesterday’s story, Unalaska faces an uphill battle to get better air service before growth picks up in the Arctic.
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Ft. Wainwright Helicopters To Conduct Night-Flying Training
A Fort Wainwright based helicopter unit will be conducting night fly exercises later this month. The Army Aviation Task Force training is scheduled to run two weeks beginning August 18th.
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Mississippi Fire Continues To Grow
The Mississippi Fire continues to grow in the Interior. Managers of the wildfire west of Delta Junction, report an 11,000 acre gain Monday, swelling the burn area to over 52,000 acres total.
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Hass Reels In Juneau Derby’s Biggest Fish
After more than two days of trolling for salmon during the Golden North Salmon Derby in Juneau, Jody Hass and her family were wrapping it up when one decided to bite.
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State Fails To Meet Yukon Chinook Escapement Into Canada
Alaska has failed to meet the Yukon River Chinook escapement goal into Canada despite increased fishing restrictions this summer. An Alaska Department of Fish and Game sonar counter at Eagle counted 28,369 kings as of Aug. 8. With the run tailing off to just a few hundred fish a day, state Yukon area summer season manager Eric Newland says escapement into Canada will fall well short of this year’s minimum goal.
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Skagway Sees Abundance Of Kings
An abundance of King salmon is not a phrase heard very often in Alaska this season, but abundance is exactly what the small Southeast community of Skagway has this summer at the mouth of a little pond and creek in the middle of town.
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How to filet a Halibut
A nice demonstration of how to filet a Halibut by long-time Alaska resident Don Sheets. The fish was caught on Kachemak Bay near Bear Cove, Alaska on June 30th, 2013.
Warning: video contains fish guts.
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Man Charged In Deaths Of 2 Anchorage Teens
Anchorage Police have charged 31-year-old Stacey Allen Graham after he crashed, killing two teenage girls Friday evening.
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Begich Sees Galena Flood Damage
Alaska Senator Mark Begich and Washington Senator Maria Cantwell got a firsthand view of Galena’s flood damage. The U.S. Senators toured the town on Friday as they continue to push for a federal appropriation for disaster areas that rely heavily on seafood for economy and sustenance.
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Audit Finds Botched Oversight, Bad Cost Estimates In Port Of Anchorage Project
A new audit by the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General, finds the Port of Anchorage expansion project had botched oversight and bad cost estimates. Lisa Demer is a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News. She has reported extensively on the port expansion and the troubles surrounding cost and design.
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State Officials Gather For “Federal Overreach” Summit
This week, Alaska lawmakers and government officials are meeting in Anchorage to discuss what they see as "federal overreach."
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In Unalaska, Crossed Wires Trip Up Air Travelers
For the past nine years, Alaska Airlines and Peninsula Airways have partnered to provide regular passenger air service to Unalaska. That service has been plagued by delays, and has also suffered from the airlines’ failure to communicate – with passengers, and even internally, with each other.
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Kivalina Finally Begins Filling Water Tanks Again
A remote village in northern Alaska has finally begun to fill its water storage tanks again, after spending last winter with dwindling reserves.
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