FEMA Assesses Galena Damages
The Federal Emergency Management Agency toured Galena this weekend to estimate how much monetary damage was done by this year’s flood.
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State Reports Progress In Galena Cleanup
The state is reporting progress in Galena, as the community cleans up from major flooding. The ice jam flood, earlier this month, damaged and destroyed many homes and other buildings, forcing the evacuation of most of the village’s 400 residents. The state Division of Emergency Management says power has been restored to most areas of Galena, fuel service has resumed and the local public radio station is back on the air.
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Interior-Based Militia Unit Regroups, Invites Others To Training Rendezvous
An Interior Alaska militia group gathered over the weekend near Delta Junction. The Central Alaska Militia’s leader says the group is not associated with the defunct Fairbanks based Alaska Peacekeepers Militia. That group’s leader Schaeffer Cox, was sentenced to 26 years in prison, earlier this year, for plotting to kill government officials.
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Moose Shot In Denali National Park
A visitor shot a moose in the entrance area of Denali National Park. The animal was wounded and put down by park rangers.
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Unangan Elder Mary Nicolai Bourdukofsky Passes Away
The Pribilof Island of St. Paul lost an important elder this month. Mary Nicolai Bourdukofsky passed away at age 90. As KUCB’s Lauren Rosenthal reports, Bourdukofsky was devoted to preserving Unangan culture and history.
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Alaska’s Cultural Connections: Plant Medicine
Recently, a group of more than 70 elders took a bus about an hour southeast of Anchorage as part of the Southcentral Foundation’s Elders program. They were gathering and learning about the healing properties of plants. Joaqlin Estus has the latest story in our on-going series looking at culture in Alaska.
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A Blimp? Over Juneau?
Most who saw it called it a blimp, but technically, it was an airship. The environmental group Greenpeace inflated the floating billboard at a Douglas Island ballfield Saturday evening, then flew over Gastineau Channel to downtown Juneau and back.
Gulf of Alaska Trawlers Face New Cap On Chinook Bycatch
This weekend, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to put new restrictions on the Gulf of Alaska trawl fleet in an effort to curb chinook salmon bycatch.
A “Big Day” Birding in Seward
It’s 5:40am, on Saturday. Way early than I usually wake up. I’m going to try and slip out of here without waking the wife and the dog. Let’s go do some birding.
Our guide today is Zac Clark. He’s doing what birders call a “Big Day.”
Read more. Man Fatally Mauled By Bear
Alaska State Troopers say a man was mauled to death by a bear at a remote lake in the state’s interior late Thursday night. Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters says the victim was 64-year-old Robert Weaver of Fairbanks.
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Redistricting Board To Begin Work On New Map
Following a sharp rebuke from a superior court judge, the Alaska Redistricting Board has decided to start redrawing the state's political boundaries. The process has been going on for almost three years, and the lines can have a serious impact over who ends up in the legislature.
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APICDA Takes Stance On Izembek Road
Myron Naneng’s stance on the road from King Cove to Cold Bay is puzzling, according to Larry Cotter, who is the president of the Aleutian – Pribiloff Islands Community Development Association.
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AVCP Looks to Leverage Izembek Road
The Association of Village Council Presidents is trying to block construction of the road, saying it’ll disrupt migratory patterns for waterfowl.
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Surge Of High Water Pushing Down Yukon River
Another surge of high water is pushing down the Yukon River, the result of this year’s late spring.
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Rotten Food Poses Problem For Galena Residents
Galena residents are returning to see what’s left of their flooded homes. And one thing they are finding is the rancid contents of freezers that stopped operating when the power plant went down. There’s a dump down the road, but the road is washed out.
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Group Commemorating 100 Year Anniversary Of First Denali Summit
Friday marks the hundred year anniversary of the first summit of Denali, known as Mt. McKinley to many outside of Alaska. This year, more than 1,000 climbers will attempt to summit North America’s highest peak. One group, however, has a particularly close link to the original 1913 party. KTNA’s Phillip Manning spoke with the members of that group as they finalize preparations in Talkeetna.
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Special Olympics Alaska Breaks Ground On New Expansion
Special Olympics Alaska earlier this month hosted a ground breaking ceremony for a 20,000 square foot expansion for their Sports, Health and Wellness Center where Governor Sean Parnell also signed House Bill 88 into law.
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Ground Breaks For Port MacKenzie Rail Extension
An official groundbreaking ceremony for the Port MacKenzie railroad extension brought Governor Sean Parnell and other state officials to Big Lake on Tuesday. When completed, the railroad project is expected to help move minerals, and other products from the state’s Interior to tidewater in Southcentral Alaska.
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300 Villages: Hyder
This week, we're heading to a bird lover's paradise. It's the tiny town of Hyder, on the border with Canada in Southeast Alaska. Caroline Steward and Wes Loe live in Hyder, Alaska.
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Parnell Looks To Europe For Insight On Oil Tax Policy
In April, Gov. Sean Parnell traveled to Europe for what he described as a "fact-finding mission" on international oil tax structures. On Thursday, the governor shared his conclusions from that trip with the Juneau World Affairs Council.