Southeast Village Native Corporation Looks To Export Cultural Tourism Expertise
A Southeast village Native corporation wants to export its cultural tourism expertise. It’s opened a consulting business to build on more than a dozen years in the business.
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Hundreds Gather For Shakes Island Clan House Rededication
Wrangell’s Shakes Island Clan House was rededicated over the weekend. Hundreds of visitors from across Alaska, Canada, and the Lower 48 poured into the small island town to witness the historic event.
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Interior Department Declares Offshore Well-Capping System Test Successful
The Interior Department says a test of an offshore well capping system in the Gulf of Mexico was successful. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement says Noble Energy and the Helix Well Containment Group have shown the device could contain a deep-water blowout.
Cook Inlet Oil, Gas Leases Up For Sale
There is a state oil and gas lease sale for tracts in the Cook Inlet area on Wednesday. The state Oil and Gas division opens bids at the Convention Center at 9 this morning.
Woman Dies In Alakanuk 4-Wheeler Crash
Early Tuesday, a woman flipped her four wheeler in Alakanuk and died in the crash. State Troopers say it looks like alcohol was involved. Lois Chikigak was 30. The crash was reported at 1:43 Tuesday morning.
The Civil War as Surreal
Our country is celebrating the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the Civil War (1861-1865).
On a recent trip East, husband Dave and I tried to remove the surreal when imagining neighbors killing neighbors or our non-white relatives as slaves.
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Public Speaks Out on Public Testimony Ordiance
The Anchorage Assembly heard from the public on an ordinance that would change the way public testimony conducted, last night. Despite the issue being placed at the end of the agenda and testimony beginning after 9 p.m., many lined up to speak.
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Pebble Review Panel Finds Flaws With Baseline Studies
With two big studies out on the proposed Pebble Mine, there's been a fight over whether work by the Pebble Partnership or the Environmental Protection Agency is more credible. Now, members of a science panel sponsored by the Pebble Partnership are criticizing the Partnership's own research.
Murkowski Says No To Legacy Wells Plan
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says a proposal to have the state help pay for clean-up of abandoned federal well sites in the Alaska arctic is "dead on arrival." During a subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C. today (Tuesday), Murkowski said the responsibility falls to the federal government.
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Fairbanks Gives Anchorage Developer More Time
The city of Fairbanks is giving the owner of the Polaris Building more time to advance a plan to renovate the vacant and deteriorating downtown high rise. KUAC’s Dan Bross reports.
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Tribal Leaders Paint Bleak Picture At Summit
Tribal leaders and representatives met in Anchorage last week to denounce the exclusion of Alaska Native tribes from the Violence Against Women Act reauthoritization and other problems facing Alaska's tribal people.
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Museums, Attractions Gear Up For More Ships, Passengers
Alaska State Museum Exhibit Curator Jackie Manning is confronted by some imposing figures every time she enters its main gallery. They’re well-armed, well-armored mannequins, displaying years of carving by Sitka Tlingit artist Tommy Joseph.
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Fairbanks Speed Skater Is 2014 Olympic Hopeful
Bethel students had a special visitor recently: 2014 Winter Olympic hopeful Liam Ortega. The Fairbanks athlete took time out of his training schedule to talk to young people about setting goals and overcoming adversity, something he knows all-too-much about after fighting back from a traumatic brain injury.
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The Nation: Kreiss-Tomkins a ‘Lesson For the Left’
A local legislative race in Alaska has caught the attention of national media, and is being held up as model for political change elsewhere in the country.
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Dead Eagle Near Sitka Made News in 1995
In mid-April, a hiker in Sitka found an eagle dead in the woods. It was picked up by the Alaska Raptor Center. Ordinarily, this would not be a news story, except that this eagle was wearing some jewelry.
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The Illusive Portage Glacier
In the early 1950s, many people thought Alaska was remote, practically inaccessible.
I was seven years old the summer of 1951 when my father quit his job as a Northwest Airlines pilot and moved our family from Seattle to Anchorage to begin flying for Pacific Northern Airlines.
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Cleveland Eruption Continues
Cleveland Volcano continues to be active, with two additional blasts shaking the volcano on Sunday evening, and Monday morning. Neither explosion produced ash clouds large enough to interfere with air traffic transiting the region.
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Newtok Residents Describe Injuries From Era Plane Crash
An Era Alaska Cessna 207 went down Saturday near the village of Newtok. Some passengers suffered injuries after the plane landed short of the runway and skidded across a local river. But Era is disputing the extent of the injuries.
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Hundreds Gather In Juneau For Malaspina Tours
Hundreds of Juneau residents flocked to the downtown waterfront Saturday to celebrate two major components of Southeast Alaska’s economy - the Alaska Marine Highway System and the fishing industry.
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Decades After WWII, Alaska’s First Governor Gets His Discharge Papers
At the onset of World War II, the territory of Alaska was seen as too big, too remote, and too sparsely populated to defend. That is, until it was attacked by Japanese forces. In response, a few thousand residents came together to form the Alaska Territorial Guard. Once the war was over, the guard disbanded, and those who served went back to their daily lives. But they were never formally released from duty. Decades later, these guardsmen are now finally getting their discharge papers.
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