Flight reductions cause complications in Kotzebue resident’s custody exchange
With just one Alaska Air flight to Anchorage each day, some residents have been struggling with the difficulties of shared custody in the hard-to-access region.
Alaska News Nightly: June 9, 2011
Red Tape Over Palin Emails Irks State Legislators, Search Ends for Missing Talkeetna Woman, Federal Government Encourages Shellfish, Finfish Production, Snowy Owl Rehabilitated and Released in Barrow, and more...
If Sitkans keep leaving out unsecured trash, the bears will keep coming, warns Fish and Game
A domestic chicken has about as many calories as a salmon, and even a greasy pizza box is rich in calories.
Coronavirus hurting Alaska attempt to reduce tuberculosis
There have been 38 cases of tuberculosis in the state so far this year.
2011 Alaska Marketplace Banks on Innovative Ideas
The 2011 Alaska Marketplace Competition brought 21 finalists from around the state to compete for $200,000 in funding their ideas for economic development. Hosted at the BP Exploration Alaska Building on October 19th, the public exhibition featured a Peoples' Choice Award in addition to the Judged competition.
Coast Guard suspends search for 3 missing boaters near Seward
A good Samaritan recovered one individual from the water who was unresponsive.
‘Extremely agitated’ black bear killed by police in East Anchorage
Fish and Game said the bear weighed more than 400 pounds, likely the result of eating unsecured trash in the area for an extended period of time.
Court Decision Allows Tribes To Apply For Lands To Be Placed In Trust
Tribes in Alaska are celebrating a decision that allows them to apply for lands to be placed into trust status with the federal government.
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After an eye-opening supply-run, a former Sitkan fundraises for friends in Ukraine
When a former Sitka music teacher finally made it to Kyiv, he realized that the suitcase of medical supplies he'd brought wasn’t enough.
Alaska avalanche survivor and winning essayist spent years digging out of PTSD
Joe Yelverton says the most formative moments of his life, and the story of his survival, began on a day in April 1984 with his friends Steve and Barry, as they approached the top of Eagle Peak.
University of Alaska’s first Rhodes Scholar: A voracious reader with deep King Cove roots
A young Aleut woman from the University of Alaska was recently selected as the first recipient from the school of the Rhodes Scholarship. The academic award is one of the oldest and most prestigious in the country. The grant funds two to three years of study at Oxford University in the U.K. Listen now
FDA OKs Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 12-15 age group
Until now, the Pfizer vaccine had been authorized only for people age 16 and older. Pfizer asked the FDA to broaden its emergency use authorization for the vaccine after announcing in late March that clinical trials found "100% efficacy and robust antibody responses" in study participants who were 12 to 15 years old.
Climate uncertainty prompts questions on dam studies
In Anchorage this week, a panel of federal scientists is getting a look at progress on environmental studies for the Susitna-Watana Dam. It's all part of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's pre-licensing process, although, an earlier hold on the hydro project has caused a two year delay in work on the application, and now some are questioning whether the environmental studies are accurate.
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Aniak to Honor Aniak Legend Pete Brown
The village of Aniak is in mourning. In October, the Kuskokwim river community lost its volunteer fire chief- Pete Brown, who died of...
Rural Alaska School Districts to Receive Hundreds of Thousands of Federal Dollars
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC and Joaqlin Estus, KNBA- Anchorage
A few rural Alaska school districts and the Norton Sound Health Corporation are...
Two dead in northeast Anchorage small plane crash
Two people were killed today when a small airplane lost power shortly after take-off and crashed on a city street in Anchorage. The crash...
Mayor Sullivan describes this year's legislative proposals
On April 6th, Anchorage voters will decide the fate of four bond propositions totaling a little over 40 million dollars. But the city...
8.0M Quake Puts Aleutians on Tsunami Watch
The tsunami advisory in Unalaska has ended, after a powerful underwater earthquake in the Western Aleutians triggered tsunami alerts for parts of the Aleutian Islands Monday afternoon.
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State Sides With Providence In Competition To Build New ER Beds
State Health Commissioner Valerie Davidson is granting Providence Hospital in Anchorage permission to build eight new emergency room beds. That's fewer than the hospital was hoping for. Providence submitted plans to build 14 new rooms, 10 that would have focused on pediatric patients.
Nushagak and Naknek-Kvichak Advisory Committees will oppose permit stacking
The Alaska Board of Fisheries will take up 47 proposals at the Bristol Bay Finfish meeting in Dillingham this November. As the Nushagak and Naknek-Kvichak Fish and Game Advisory Committees decided which proposals they will support, permit stacking and subsistence regulations weighed heavily in the discussions.