Dealers Waiting for Clunker Cash
Cash for Clunkers may be over but car dealers nationwide are still waiting for their checks from the federal stimulus program. They’re also...
Spenard-Area Abduction Motive Still Unclear
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
Anchorage detectives are still working to uncover why a young woman was grabbed from a parking lot late last...
Sheldon Jackson board reaffirms goal to retire the college's debt
The Board of Trustees of Sheldon Jackson College reaffirmed their goals this week of satisfying the College's 13 million dollar debt, and maintaining the...
Biden signs temporary spending bill that heads off a government shutdown
President Biden's Thursday approval came a day after the Senate approved the stop-gap spending bill, designed by new House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Alaska News Nightly: April 28, 2014
Crews Work To Refloat Skagway Ferry Dock; Wildfire Threat Increases As Snow Melts; River Watch Teams Prepare For Breakup; Breaking Ice Pack Sets Kwigilngok Hunters' Snowmachines Adrift; Whale Earwax Offers Opportunity For Unique Insight; Bethel’s Megan Leary Takes First Runner-Up At Miss Indian World; Forestry Trainees Brush Up On Essential Fire Suppression Skills; Alaskan Brewing Co. Now Selling Beer In Cans
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Healthcare Providers Feeling Strained
The growing problem of access to health care providers for seniors on Medicare in Alaska is straining the few clinics and doctors who are...
AK: Yukon cowboy shares love of old country songs at folk festival
Art Johns has been playing at the Alaska Folk Festival since 1995. But his musical roots go way back -- almost 80 years. Listen now
Alaska’s dormant government spending database will be resurrected this week
After a nearly year-long shutdown of Alaska’s government spending database, GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration said it plans to bring the system back online later this week.
After pandemic leads to shortage, animal rights groups send 8,000 pounds of dog food to rural Alaska
The food will be shipped to Bethel, from where it will be distributed around the region.
With quarter of population vaccinated, COVID-19 cases in Southwest Alaska on decline
After months with some of the highest COVID-19 case rates in the country, the Y-K Delta is finally seeing a decline in cases.
Advocates fear cutting Bethel’s Sex Offender Treatment Program could mean more victims
State budget cuts have reduced Bethel's Sex Offender Treatment Program to a fraction of its former self. The program’s staff has gone from three members with a combined experience of almost 40 years to one member with four months experience. Listen Now
Officials Hope Expanded Juneau Baggage Screening System Reduces Airline Delays
TSA and Juneau airport officials hope the recently expanded baggage screening system will reduce airline departure delays. After numerous requests, federal funding was finally realized for the second machine at the Juneau International Airport, just in time for the arrival of Delta Airlines.
Wind power comes to Nome
The Bering Straits and Sitnasuak Native Corporations last week celebrated the arrival of commercial wind energy to Nome, as they cut the ribbon on...
IRS Seizes Douglas Inn After Failing To Pay Taxes
A Douglas man and his business owe a million dollars in back taxes that have been due since 1999. The Internal Revenue Service in May seized P-P’s Douglas Inn, formerly known as Louie’s. The agency plans to auction off the downtown Douglas property to recoup some of the money owed to the federal government.
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Haines debates banning yurts as permanent structures
Recently Haines’ planning committee recommended prohibiting yurts as permanent structures. Existing ones would be grandfathered in. But going forward, any new yurt or similar tent-like structures would have to be relocated after 18 months.
Judge Overrules Deep Water Drilling Ban
Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
On Tuesday, a federal judge struck down the Obama administration’s six-month ban on deep-water oil drilling. The judge said the...
Law Extends Emergency Unemployment Benefits Through 2011
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Alaskans drawing unemployment benefits will be able to continue to apply for emergency unemployment compensation after their regular benefits...
RUNNING: State House, District 29 Anchorage
Chris Tuck (D) and Kris Warren (R) are running for State House in District 29, Anchorage in Alaska’s General ...
Sometimes a bird gets into your store. In Unalaska, sometimes the bird is an eagle.
After over an hour of being chased up and down aisles by two police officers, store employees and a volunteer, the eagle tired and was carried out in a blanket and set free.
Parents help uncover marijuana edible dealing in Bethel High School
Several students have been caught selling marijuana edibles at Bethel Regional High School. The incidents took place this past September to early October. Parents contacted the Lower Kuskokwim School District staff with suspicions that their children might be involved. Listen now