Dillingham All-Tide Dock Partially Reopened
The large all-tide dock in Dillingham has been partially reopened after been closed last Thursday due to damage.
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New Teachers Learn about Native Culture Before School Starts
Teachers headed to the Northwest Arctic Borough School District spent some time learning Inupiaq language, crafts and culture at a traditional fish camp this summer in preparation for their new jobs. The camp is one of two in the state that's are part of an effort to improve cultural understanding among incoming teachers and to help with teacher retention. And it seems to be working.
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Fishing Tender ‘Fate Hunter’ Runs Aground Near Valdez
There is another fishing tender aground in Alaska. This time it's in Port Valdez. The 65-foot "Fate Hunter" ran aground Sunday and four people were rescued by a fishing vessel.
Man Charged In Deaths Of 2 Anchorage Teens
Two south Anchorage schoolgirls are dead and the driver whose pickup jumped the curb and killed them late Friday faces homicide charges.
I Am A Midnight Russian Dumpling Slinger
In Juneau, Pelmeni is a household word. It is both the name of a restaurant, and the small Russian dumpling served there.
Nicholas Haws is one of the crew of locals that tends the pelmeni pots.
Japan Looks To Revitalize Nuclear Program
Japanese political leaders hope to revitalize the country’s nuclear program. It scaled back from more than 50 nuclear reactors to less than five after an earthquake caused a meltdown at the Fukushima reactors in 2011.
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Details Released On Seward Prison Disturbance
Alaska Department of Corrections officials say a disturbance at Seward’s Spring Creek Correctional Center on Monday night began when inmates were ordered to make beds and clean rooms.
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Wildfires Grow Across Interior
Several wildfires are growing across the Interior, including a human caused blaze, which had laid low for months.
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Interior Dry Spell Continues
The Interior dry spell continues. National Weather Service Climate Science Manager Rick Thoman says it hasn’t rained much at the official recording station at Fairbanks airport, since July 20.
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New Building for Alaska Native Cultural Charter School
The Alaska Native Cultural Charter School, in Anchorage, has a new and bigger home – just in time for the new school year.
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AK: Doves
One of the most rapid and successful invasions of a continent did not happen in any war. It’s happening now – maybe right outside your window. The Eurasian collared dove first came to North America in Florida in 1982, and was seen in Alaska as early as 2009. Experts say the dove represents no threat to the environment or native species. But it is changing how Alaska sounds.
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300 Villages: Dillingham
This week were heading to the hub community of Dillingham in Bristol Bay. Wanda Fulton and Stephanie McCumber live in Dillingham Alaska.
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Conscience
Ever since his ministry in Bolivia in the 1970’s Father Roy Bourgeois has stood up against death squads and more recently for the ordination of women to be Catholic priests. All that time, he has been confident that with enough solidarity, a movement will emerge. Is a time of crisis for the Catholic church also a time for this movement?
KSKA: Tuesday, 8/13 at 10:00am
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ISER Names Knapp New Director
The Institute of Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska Anchorage has a new director. Gunnar Knapp has been named to the post, after acting as interim director since January.
Southeast Divers Must Travel Far For Emergency Care
Scuba diving emergencies can no longer be treated at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. After more than 30 years, the facility discontinued its hyperbaric chamber program and recently removed the 13-foot chamber. Now, the closest chambers for public use are in Anchorage or Seattle.
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Homer Trail Death Ruled a Homicide
The death of a man found near the Poopdeck Trail in Homer has been ruled a homicide. Police are offering a reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator.
Kodiak Basketball Coach Scores New Job at Western Michigan
The 2013 Alaska high school basketball coach of the year has found a new job. Stephanie Smiley, who spent two years at the helm of the Kodiak Lady Bears, was announced Wednesday as the director of operations for the Western Michigan University Broncos women’s basketball team.
St. Paul City Manager Steps Down
Tuesday was Linda Snow’s last day as city manager of St. Paul. Snow announced two months ago that she would be ending her 28-year career in Alaska to move closer to family in the Lower 48. She’s worked as a city manager throughout the state and has been in St. Paul for almost eight years. She plans to leave Alaska in early September.
Board Votes To Temporarily Close Tenakee Springs School
A school board in Southeast Alaska has voted to close the school in Tenakee Springs for the upcoming school year.
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Construction Begins On Fairbanks Youth Homeless Shelter
Construction of a youth homeless shelter is underway in downtown Fairbanks. The emergency shelter called “The Door” is the long in works project of local non-profit Fairbanks Youth Advocates.
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