Finally: Refunds Issued By MarkAir
More than 6,000 people, many of them Alaskans, have finally gotten refunds for airline tickets they bought 15 years ago. The travelers had vouchers...
Starring in Unalaska
Today is Russian Christmas, or Slavi, when followers of the Russian Orthodox Church in western Alaska celebrate Christmas day with carol singing, feasts, and...
Alaska News Nightly: July 14, 2014
Satellites Tracking Polar Bears; Lt. Gov. Candidates Debate; Cleanup Starts in Juneau; Entrepreneurs Get Second Chance at Award; Calista Looking to Expand; Memorial to Internees Dedicated; Palmer Gets Link to Culinary Past
‘Fairbanks Four’ Suspect Paroled
One of four Fairbanks men fighting for exoneration from murder convictions was paroled last week. The Alaska Native community gathered in Fairbanks over the weekend to welcome home Marvin Roberts.
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Repair planned for small leak in trans-Alaska pipeline
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. is working on a repair for a small crude oil leak found in a buried section of the trans-Alaska pipeline, but for now an employee with a rag suffices for management.
Anchorage School District again delays the start of sports
The district is pushing back the start of fall sports until at least Aug. 20.
Building strength through openness while navigating foster care in Alaska
Rachel Bedsworth looked after herself for years, developing a fierce independence that led her to bounce from placement to placement during her 12 years in foster care. This is the story of how she learned that sometimes it's okay to ask for support.
Ask a Climatologist: The early arrival of ‘peak summer’ in Alaska
If you imagine a chart, 'peak summer' is the top of the annual temperature curve or the warmest part of the year. In Interior Alaska, that peak happens much earlier than most of the rest of the country. Listen now
Alaskans Tell State Energy Story
Alaskans gave their input to top members of the Interior Department on Monday at a Clean Energy Economic Forum in Washington DC Interior...
Will Murkowski block Kavanaugh nomination? Here’s how she says she’ll decide
Sen. Murkowski isn't saying whether she'll vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Here's how she says she'll decide. Listen now
S&P calls proposed Permanent Fund plan ‘favorable’
The credit rating agency Standard & Poor's has awarded good marks to Gov. Bill Walker's proposed changes to how the Alaska Permanent Fund is used.
Two troublesome Fairbanks bears killed
Two young grizzlies that showed up on Chena Hot Springs Road last week were shot Sunday. Department of Fish and Game spokeswoman Cathie Harms...
Kids can’t get vaccinated yet, but YKHC is getting ready by registering children ages 12 to 15
Southwest Alaska's tribal health organization says it wants to be able to quickly dispense the doses once the authorization comes.
Yukon Subsistence Fishermen May Face More Restrictions
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Yukon River subsistence fishermen may be facing further restrictions if a number of proposals now before the Federal...
LISTEN: COVID-19 almost killed this marathon runner. Now he wants Alaskans to take the threat seriously.
Fairbanks resident Greg Finstad was one of the first people in Alaska diagnosed with COVID-19. He says the disease almost killed him and he’s still recovering.
Blocked for now, Biden’s vaccine-or-test rule for workers faces uncertain future
The Biden administration says it will defend its rule requiring some 84 million workers to get vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. More than two dozen states, including Alaska, have sued to stop it.
In the battle over books, who gets to decide what’s age-appropriate at libraries?
There are efforts to change how decisions are made about which books libraries should stock and which section they belong in.
49 Voices: Bruce Schindler of Skagway
This week we're hearing from Bruce Schindler from Skagway. Schindler moved to Alaska in the 90s and is a mammoth ivory carver. Listen now
Researcher Wraps Up Study of Bristol Bay
A researcher with the National Marine Fisheries Service has just wrapped up a two-week effort to get a better understanding of what kinds...
Sitka anthropologist sleuthing history of old Mount Edgecumbe student houses
Houses built by Mount Edgecumbe Boarding School students in the 1950s are still standing in Sitka. But the exact number — and their significance to the people who built them — have remained largely unknown. Now an anthropologist is working to change that.