Anchorage prepares to greet 2023 with fireworks and festivities
After what some may consider a too-white Christmas, Anchorage is set to ring in 2023 with an annual New Year’s Eve fireworks show and a downtown carnival of events.
House Accepts Naturally Occurring Asbestos
The bill addresses a problem for communities where asbestos occurs naturally – but its presence has stopped construction on roads and other public projects that need local gravel.
Government report questions value of ANWR crude
A federal government report out today raises questions about whether ANWR oil drilling would do much to lower crude oil prices in the future. ...
In Price William Sound, AEA Hears Input On Regional Energy Plans
With funding from the Alaska Energy Authority a series of regional energy plans are in the works to help individuals and communities become more energy efficient.
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Study: Different populations in Alaska have some of nation’s highest and lowest death rates by cause
The study, published Thursday in The Lancet, is a sweeping review of health disparities across the nation.
State House votes to restore full dividend check
The Alaska House voted to restore Permanent Fund dividends to the full projected amount of roughly $2,200 dollars this fall.
Mercury levels in Stellar sea lion pups are rising. Researchers look to the past to find out why.
A new research project is building a timeline of mercury levels in the Aleutian Islands over the last few thousand years.
Anchorage used car dealership pays thousands in restitution for shady selling tactics
The state received complaints that Anchorage Auto Mart had sold vehicles without disclosing that they lacked valid titles or had reconstructed titles.
2 dead in 3-vehicle crash at Kasilof school zone
Troopers say a pickup truck rear-ended a sedan slowing for the school zone, which then struck an oncoming van Thursday; both sedan occupants died.
Anchorage Braces for More Snow
The National Weather Service said Anchorage residents could see significant snow - between 12 and 18 inches - cover the area beginning Monday morning. Between seven and 10 inches fell on Saturday.
U.S. military pay in question, including thousands in Alaska, as government shutdown approaches
Alaska’s three members of Congress say they support interim measures as negotiations continue on a long-term funding bill.
Alaska Airlines’ flying salmon is about to be extinct
Alaska Airlines will paint over “Salmon Thirty Salmon,” the custom Boeing 737 that looks like a 129-foot-long Alaska king salmon.
For those mushing the Iditarod trail, the ultimate form of social distancing, coronavirus news begins to trickle in
As news of emergency measures and coronavirus closures spreads, there’s at least one group of people that is almost totally in the dark: Iditarod mushers.
Corrections Department Closing Last Prison Industry
The Alaska Department of Corrections is closing the last of the state’s prison industries. A garment shop and a furniture factory shut down on...
Charges pending for three Katmai visitors who approached feeding brown bears
Three visitors to Katmai National Park could face charges after approaching brown bears feeding on salmon Thursday evening. Listen now
Lack of Customers Puts CIRI Wind Farm Plans On Hold
Cook Inlet Region Incorporated has put the second phase of its Fire Island wind farm on hold because of a lack of customers.
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Prosecutors find officer justified in deadly shooting of Anchorage woman during SWAT standoff
Officials determined that Sgt. John Butler was legally justified in shooting and killing 58-year-old Lisa Fordyce-Blair in June after a lengthy SWAT standoff at her home.
The Document That Will Determine How Anchorage Grows: Title 21 Finally Before the Assembly
A long-anticipated rewrite of Anchorage land use law, also known as 'Title 21', is set to come before the Anchorage Assembly tomorrow (1/15, Tues). The revision has been in the works for nearly 10 years. Public hearings are expected to be lively. KSKA's Daysha Eaton has the story.
Our Blue Moon: Rare and Mystifying
Thursday night is the blue moon, much of the mystery around the blue moon is folklore.
Celeste Novak, KDLG – Dillingham
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Togiak Herring Meets Threshold, Fishing Opens
Alaska’s largest herring fishery opened Monday at 8 p.m., after Fish and Game staff documented a threshold biomass of herring around Togiak.
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