HACA meets with Anchorage School Superintendent about supporting Latino students
This weekend Anchorage School Superintendent Carol Comeau met with a local Hispanic council to discuss improving overall Latino student performance in district schools.
Len Anderson,...
House resurrects Susitna dam study
The State House has approved spending a million dollars to resurrect and update a study done in 1984 to help determine the viability of...
Blessing of the Herring Rock helps bring healing to Sitka
Sitkans celebrated the annual Blessing of the Herring Rock yesterday afternoon. Tlingit clan leaders gathered outside the Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi to welcome in...
Native leaders discuss climate change
Indigenous leaders from the US, Canada and Mexico gathered earlier this month in Chiapas to discuss how Native communities can help address climate change....
Zorro expected to make full recovery
The veterinarian treating Lance Mackey's sled dog Zorro says he will make a full recovery from injuries suffered when he was hit by a...
Cross-country race season ends in Fairbanks
The cross country ski racing season wrapped up in Fairbanks yesterday with National Championship Distance series events.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Vacant school board seat draws eight candidates (Part One)
Over a half dozen hopefuls are competing for Anchorage School Board Seat C. This first of two reports on the Seat C race...
School Board, Seat C (Part Two)
There are eight candidates in the race for Anchorage School Board Seat C. In this second report on the Seat C race, KSKA...
School Board D seat features three way race
In the Seat D School Board race, incumbent John Steiner is seeking a third term. As KSKA's Len Anderson reports, he's facing two...
Governor calls for special session
The Palin administration plans to have made a decision by May 19 on the next step in the development of a natural gas pipeline...
Investigation into loss of Alaska Ranger begins
A formal inquiry into the sinking of the Alaska Ranger got underway this morning in Unalaska. Several high-ranking Coast Guard officers, joined by representatives...
Anchorage municipal election campaign enters the home stretch
Anchorage is in the final days of its municipal election campaigns and yesterday one of the assembly races wound up in the Alaska Supreme...
Blackwater takes up private security duties in Juneau
Security guards wearing badges that say “Blackwater” have been spotted in Juneau. They’re employees of a joint venture between the global military contractor and...
Creeping towards a southeast regional landfill
Southeast community leaders have taken another step toward creating a regional landfill, or other trash-disposal system. But they’re still several years away from coming...
New cold-weather concrete being tested in Fairbanks
A cold weather concrete mix being tested in Fairbanks this week promises to make winter construction easier in Alaska. The mix, which has been...
Leaders on last leg of All Alaska Sweepstakes
A record finish of the All Alaska Sweepstakes Sled Dog Race is only hours away. Three mushers have risen to the top of the...
Irene Bedard lays out plans for documentary
Tonight the Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation will hold their inaugural Raven's ball. A formal event at the Captain Cook hotel in Anchorage is a...
Traini back in midtown race! Supreme court upholds his candidacy
This (Thursday) morning the Alaska Supreme Court heard oral arguments whether incumbent Dick Traini should be eligible to run again for his midtown Anchorage...
Police release identities of Sitka murder victims
Law enforcement officials have released the identities of the four victims in a multiple murder which took place in Sitka on Tuesday. The dead...
Contemplating a defense for a futuristic weapon
The topic of a resolution introduced by request of the Joint Legislative Armed Services committee, sounds like something from a 1950's era science fiction...