Shell Finds Fracture in Hull of Icebreaker
An icebreaker leased to Shell sprang a leak and had to return to Dutch Harbor early Friday morning. The MV Fennica carries the company’s capping stack -- a critical piece of safety equipment for Shell’s plan to drill two wells this summer in the Chukchi Sea.
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Anchorage Assembly to formalize government-to-government relations with Eklutna tribe
The Municipality of Anchorage voted unanimously Tuesday night to formalize government-to-government relations with the Native Village of Eklutna.
300 Villages: King Island
This week we're heading to the uninhabited village of King Island, west of Nome in the Bering Sea. King Island residents were forced to relocate to Nome in 1959, but this month a group of former residents and their descendants are returning to the island. Vince Pikongana grew up in King Island.
Download Audio Resource Rebate bill gets hard look from Senate committee
The Resource Rebate bill the governor gave the special session ran into some problems today as the Senate Finance Committee began its review of...
LISTEN: This Alaska bush pilot died in a plane crash. Now his friend who survived wants to honor him.
Researcher Ben Jones says he's compiled a list of more than 100 scientific publications that his pilot friend, Jim Webster, contributed to, and he's seeking an honorary, posthumous degree for Webster from UAF.
Million dollar grant will support Hepatitis B research at ANTHC
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium will be collaborating with University of Washington researchers on a $1 million grant to study Hepatitis B. ANTHC...
Crews find more human remains from 1952 Alaska crash
The solemn task of sifting through rocks, twigs and ice to find human remains as small as a fingernail continued this month on a glacier north of Anchorage, nearly 69 years after all 52 members of a military transport flight were killed when the plane slammed into a mountain.
RUNNING: Democratic U.S. House, Alaska
Harry Crawford (D) is running for U.S. House in the primary election on August 24, 2010. Here is the ...
Sitka and Juneau elect new mayors in municipal elections
Communities across the state elected new mayors and enacted new measures in local municipal elections yesterday. Listen now
Juneau cruise line’s vaccine requirement could bring slice of normalcy for coastal communities
After the proliferation of COVID-19 vaccines in Alaska, the owners of UnCruise will require them of all passengers, which means they'll be able to safely disembark at coastal communities along the route.
‘Our languages and our cultures will make us happier’: Nome Indigenous leader receives award
Marjorie Kunaq Tahbone is Inupiaq and Kiowa. She is an artist, teacher, traditional tattooist, hide tanner and business owner.
Calista Shareholders Vote to Enroll ‘Afterborns’
The prospect of enrolling the younger generation of Y-K Delta Alaska Natives has been discussed for years. Now after the historic vote, Calista communications manager Thom Leonard says it too will take time to bring on the tens of thousands of new shareholders, That’s expected to start in the first half of 2017.
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New Library Space for the Very Young
The idea of libraries serving youth is a relatively recent concept, especially given that the libraries have been around for nearly 4,000 years ago.
Although some public libraries had children’s books in their collections in the 1800s, most of them didn’t allow youth in the reading rooms.
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Crew sets sail from Wrangell in search of century-old shipwreck
An eight-person crew of scientists, artists and divers are trying to find one of the deadliest shipwrecks in Alaska history.
Spruce Tree Species Shifting West
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
Results of tree survey show spruce species declining in the Interior, and increasing in
Western Alaska and other areas...
NCAA Rifle Champions Showcase Expert Shooters
The National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1 Rifle Championships are being held at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Friday and Saturday. The championships bring together shooters capable of extreme accuracy.
LISTEN: We’re still getting questions about COVID-19. We invited two doctors back to answer them.
Alaskans have been under orders to shelter-in-place to stop the spread of the coronavirus. But many still have questions about how coronavirus spreads. So we invited to two doctors to answer them.
‘Fairbanks 4’ supporters stage protest during Gov’s AFN speech
Fairbanks Four supporters protested during Governor Bill Walker’s address to the crowds during opening day at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage Thursday. People held up four fingers, and held a banner reading “Justice Fairbanks Four."
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Wrangell sewer mainline breaks, allowing 20,000 gallons of raw sewage into harbor
A sewer mainline broke early Monday morning near Zimovia Highway, allowing about 20,000 gallons of raw sewage into Wrangell’s inner harbor. Listen now
Family of Czech billionaire sues over fatal Alaska heli-ski crash
The companies should have known about the crash immediately and notified authorities, the lawsuit says.