Alaska News Nightly: Monday, January 2, 2023
Alaskans wonder if high grocery prices will continue in the new year. Also, a new air traffic control tower planned for Anchorage will be Alaska's tallest building. And a Fairbanks hotel's aurora globe offers a new northern lights experience.
Anchorage car crash kills 1, injures two others
Anchorage police said in a statement that the man, 54-year-old Shawn Hicks, was driving a Nissan Maxima southbound on Arctic Boulevard near Raspberry Road when the car collided with a Ford Escape SUV about 9:45 p.m. Sunday.
Juneau woman searches for stolen regalia, made by her grandmother
Neilga Koogéi Taija Revels wore her grandmother's regalia to every graduation and major event in her life. Then it was stolen.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, December 30, 2022
Ketchikan's police chief faces assault charges after a September incident. Also, Juneau wrestles with the potential for landslides or avalanches to impact downtown buildings. And managers of so-far healthy bison populations look forward to years of harvests.
From Mary Peltola to Typhoon Merbok: Our top 10 stories of 2022
Here are 10 stories our readers spent the most time with this year.
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.
Climate change seen as suspected factor in Western Arctic Caribou Herd decline
Alaska’s Western Arctic Caribou Herd population is lower than at any time in over four decades.
Alaska development bank approves more spending as it seeks to open ANWR for drilling
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority has earmarked money for lawsuits and other work in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Ketchikan police chief charged with felony assault
Ketchikan Police Chief Jeff Walls faces one felony charge and five misdemeanor charges, the most serious of which is third-degree assault — injuring someone with a dangerous instrument.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, December 29, 2022
Alaska's military service members are set to get higher pay in 2023. The Ketchikan School District could be on the hook for huge health insurance payments. And a former Olympian turned Homer high school coach talks about her work in advocacy.
‘Arctic pay’ among the perks Congress is sending to improve military assignments in Alaska
Extra pay and travel reimbursements are aimed at boosting morale of Alaska-based troops.
Anchorage is switching to a new emergency messaging system. Here’s how to sign up.
The Municipality of Anchorage will soon begin using Rave Mobile Safety to send alerts about weather, traffic and other emergencies.
Alaska Airlines’ Dillingham flights resume after de-icing gear repairs
Alaska Airlines’ Dillingham route is back on track after it canceled flights on Monday and Tuesday due to broken de-icing equipment.
End of year brings record rains to Unalaska
A typical December brings about 6 inches of rain to Unalaska. But the island has already received more than 10 inches this month.
Kodiak cancels school basketball tournament, dance team trip after travel disruptions
A popular Kodiak community Facebook group was filled with posts from fellow travelers trying to figure out how to get on and off the island.
Juneau city manager resolves to adopt new hazard maps in the new year
Both Juneau officials and residents have been hesitant to adopt new avalanche and landslide hazard maps since their introduction in the spring of 2021.
Historic neighborhood, once envisioned for new Alaska Capitol, is given away by the state
Juneau’s Telephone Hill neighborhood is home to Alaska’s oldest still-in-use house, built in 1882.
Man killed in Parks Highway car-semi crash near Willow
State troopers say 36-year-old Kyle Moody died at the scene near Mile 77.5 of the highway Wednesday.
HAARP bounces low-frequency waves off asteroid in test to look inside
Scientists in Alaska bounced radio signals off an asteroid Tuesday from the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program research site in Gakona.
Unclaimed luggage piles up at airports following Southwest cancellations
A good chunk of the hundreds of thousands of stranded or delayed Southwest Airlines passengers after this month's winter storm still have no idea where their luggage is.