Late Season Snow Expected In Southcentral
The National Weather Service is predicting an “extremely unusual late season snowfall” for the Southcentral Alaska area on Friday through Saturday morning.
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Yakutat To Celebrate Return Of The Terns
Yakutat is gearing up for an influx of birders. They’re coming to the northern Southeast Alaska community to celebrate the return of the Aleutian tern, a somewhat rare seabird.
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Stu Ramstad Relives Memorable Moments In The Air
Alaska is celebrating 100 years of aviation this year. And aviator Stu Ramstad is an important part of that history. He grew up in a gold mining family. And became a pilot at age 14 in 1954. He says he didn’t goof off in the air. He considered the plane a tool that you loaded up and used to deliver supplies. But he told APRN’s Lori Townsend, he did have scary times as a pilot and survived two in-flight fires.
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Senate To Vote On Nominee To Lead Energy Department
The U.S. Senate will vote on the nomination of Ernest Moniz on Thursday. He’s expected to pass with ease.
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Protect Early Starts with Recycled Milk Jugs
I started Broccoli, Cabbage and Cauliflower seedlings the second week of April.
To get them started outside early, I decided to use all those milk jugs I've been saving and make some hot caps.
Learn more. Great Bear Undecided on 2013 Drilling Season
The small oil company won't say whether it will proceed with oil fracking this summer.
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Activity Increases at Pavlof Volcano
Pavlof Volcano put on a light show for residents of several communities on the Alaska Peninsula Tuesday night. Activity at the volcano has increased, and it’s spewing ash up to 20,000 feet.
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Interior Rabies Cases Prompt Animals Vaccinations
The recent detection of two cases of rabies in wolves trapped south of the Brooks Range has prompted concern about whether the deadly disease has re-emerged in the interior. Many pet owners in Fairbanks are getting their animals vaccinated as a precaution.
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Marine Highway Dropping Discounts To Save Money
Say so long to summer drivers riding the ferry for free. Wave goodbye to the winter roundtrip discount. And printed schedules? Those are on their way out too. They won’t happen for a while. But the changes are some of the ways the Alaska Marine Highway will address a $3.5-million spending cut mandated by the Legislature.
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Atka Searches for Funds to Replace Aging Health Clinic
Atka is home to just 71 people. But that’s about to change. The city’s processing plant wants to quadruple its workforce -- and with that, the community is ramping up a campaign to replace its dilapidated clinic.
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Officials Close Kotzebue-Area Subsistence Musk Ox Hunt
State wildlife officials have closed a subsistence musk ox hunt near Kotzebue because of evidence of wanton waste of the animals. Area biologists say five cow musk oxen from the Cape Thompson herd were killed sometime during January or February of this year.
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State Keeping Close Eye On Mat-Su Flood Conditions
State officials are keeping an eye on anticipated flood conditions in the Interior of the state, but in the Matanuska Susitna Borough flooding is already starting. Borough officials say the ground is saturated with rain from last fall’s heavy storms, and that, coupled with the lack of snow this winter is causing conditions that give melting ice runoff nowhere to go.
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Fisherman Recovers Over Half Of Group’s Lost Canoe Paddles
A Petersburg fisherman has recovered more than half of the hand-carved cedar paddles that were lost by the One People Canoe Society late last month.
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Alaska Native Rapper Finding Worldwide Success
There are not great numbers of female rappers and Alaska Native female rappers probably number in the single digits. But one such artist is finding great success in the state and around the world as a woman with a passion for raising awareness of the struggles of Native people.
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Found Firearm Prompts Valdez City School District Lockdown
A firearm found Tuesday in a Valdez school forced every school in the Valdez City School District on lock down. The Valdez Police Department is investigating as to how the weapon ended up in the school.
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Copper River Salmon Fleet To Start Fishing Thursday
The salmon fleet is getting ready to go fishing on Thursday morning on the Copper River Delta.
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Scientists Spot Lava Flows At Cleveland And Pavlof
Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory were able to get clear views of two restless volcanoes today. The images show that both Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands and Pavlof Volcano on the Alaska Peninsula are oozing lava.
Birding Gear 101
Enjoying the world of birds doesn’t have to be expensive. It can be a fun hobby for the entire family without spending a dollar.
However, if you would like to invest in birding tools, here are a few that will help putting those puzzles together.
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An Anchorage Doctor Learns How To Talk About Death
Doctors deal with death all the time. But they still struggle to tell a patient they're dying or help them live with a terminal disease. A specialty called Palliative Care is trying to change that. It's been around since the 1990s. But a lot of people, even in the medical profession, still don't know it exists.
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Bill Could Ease Way To Arctic Port
The U.S. Senate is expected to a pass a sweeping bill authorizing dozens of water projects on Wednesday. A provision is included that Alaska’s senators say could ease the way to an Arctic port.
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