Bear Checks Out Ketchikan Lodge
A bear walked into Cape Fox Lodge this morning, checked out the coffee shop and visited the women’s restroom before it was ushered back outside by hotel staff.
Trump tweets about the Pebble Mine in response to Fox News ad
The developers of the proposed Pebble Mine aired an ad on Fox News last night, and it seems to have hit home with one viewer in the White House.
Crowley to run Ocean Ranger program
State environmental officials have chosen Crowley Marine Services to run the Ocean Rangers Program. Barring a formal protest, the Florida-based corporation will run Alaska’s...
Anchorage School District proposes using federal funds to fill next year’s budget gap
While federal funding will allow the district to offset next school year’s budget deficit, there are concerns about the year following.
Anchorage residents walk for epilepsy awareness
It’s far from a rare disease: One in 26 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed in their lifetime. That makes it twice as common as cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis combined. Download Audio
What end to military’s glass ceiling means in Alaska
The decision by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter ends gender prohibitions on about 10 percent of all military jobs may have a big impact on the Army in Alaska
Those 20 ‘new’ interceptors Trump wants in Alaska? They’re not NEW new
President Trump highlighted the role of Fort Greely in the missile defense plan he unveiled Thursday. But what sounded like a call for a major expansion at the Interior base isn't breaking new ground.
In tight labor market, business groups highlight hiring ex-inmates
As unemployment drops nationwide and in Alaska, job openings outnumber potential employees and now business organizations are encouraging employers to consider an expanded labor...
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018
Gulf of Alaska quake prompts alerts, evacuations and review of response; Tsunami warning prompts hundreds of Alaskans to evacuate to higher ground; Homer residents evacuate after quake sounds tsunami alarms; Unalakleet remains on boil water notice as search for leak continues; Board of Fish meeting wraps up; Alaska man, boy die when snowmobile crashes into moose; Federal grant to help Tanana chiefs assist communities with contaminated sites; Rescued Cook Inlet beluga calf to remain in captivity; Ferry Columbia out for repairs at least one week; Ferry Taku has new owners Listen now
Local artists roll out some impressive works
Wood block prints of "Steamroller 2009," construction at MTS Gallery in Anchorage. Photo by Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage.
Tomorrow evening Anchorage art fans have...
Renewable Energy Fund, casualty of budget crunch, may get new lifeline
Since 2008, Alaska's Renewable Energy Fund has supported scores of projects around the state. But so far, it has not been included in this year's budget. Download Audio
Fatal Crashes Claim Four Lives in Nome, Elim
Three people have died in two fatal accidents that occurred in Nome and Elim in the early morning hours Sunday.
AK: Culture Camp
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Safari Club International appeals ruling on Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Safari Club International is appealing a decision from a federal judge to uphold hunting and trapping restrictions in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.
Nome Man Injured After Crane Crushes Truck Cab
A Nome man was seriously injured Sunday in what police are calling an “industrial accident” when the neck of a crane fell on to the cab of a truck he was driving at a local gravel pit.
Alaska sells eight oil and gas leases in Cook Inlet
An Anchorage-based company and a Texas-based company got bids for 21,000 acres of oil and gas tracts in Cook Inlet, the first time a company other than Hilcorp Alaska has won leases in a state sale since 2015.
The Changing Arctic and Antarctic
The changing Arctic has become a resource frontier, and a military and economic one. But for much longer it has been a scientific one. We’ll take an international perspective on the Arctic with a leading polar scientist from Japan
KSKA: Tuesday, 2/5 at 10:00am
Mat-Su Say No to Strengthening Mayor; OKs Some Bonds for Schools
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Matanuska Susitna Borough voters turned down a bid to change the borough's governing style Tuesday while they elected two...
Coast Guard medevacs man from tug near Kotzebue
The Coast Guard rescued a man off a tugboat 57 miles south of Kotzebue on Friday, September 30th.
AK: The Sitka Sentinel Remains A Family Affair
The Sitka Sentinel celebrated its 75th anniversary last year without much fanfare. As many newspapers in big cities have folded or turned into online only operations, the Sentinel steadily churns out five issues a week. The paper is owned and edited by Thad and Sandy Poulson, reporters who arrived in 1969 and are determined to keep the press running.
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