Christmas tree cutting open in Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Until Christmas Day, anyone can head out to the refuge and cut down their own holiday tree entirely for free, with a few restrictions.
China’s lockdown protests and rising COVID leave Xi Jinping with ‘2 bad options’
Street protests show the unpopularity of China's "dynamic zero COVID" policy — but experts say dropping it would likely trigger a tsunami of COVID-19 cases.
Alaska would be insulated from a nationwide railroad strike, officials say
Rep. Mary Peltola, citing a lack of sick leave for workers, says she opposes strike-averting legislation in current form.
Fire destroys the only grocery store and fuel source in Stebbins
“Looking at the store, I mean I grew up with it all my life, and so did practically everyone here. It was our only store standing," said Lydia Raymond-Snowball. "Now it’s gone."
Murkowski, Sullivan support same-sex marriage bill, for different reasons
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says the bill is more about protecting religious liberty than gay marriage.
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Congresswoman Mary Peltola is skeptical of a proposed deal to avert a rail strike. Also, a Dillingham creek gets a new name, after years of advocacy by local students. And the Bureau of Land Management considers allowing helicopter tours to a popular hot springs near Fairbanks.
UAA to permanently expand master’s in social work program with $1.5M grant
Experts say the chronic shortage of qualified social workers perpetuates the state’s worst-in-the-nation status for alcohol-attributed deaths.
Peltola says it’s not right to deny sick leave for rail workers
Rep. Mary Peltola was among only eight Democrats to vote no on a House bill to avoid a rail strike.
Alaska’s gas-powered utilities look at importing LNG despite state’s vast, yet remote, supply
It's not something that'll happen in the near term, and there's no worry that gas utility Enstar or power utility Chugach Electric will run out of gas for people to heat and electrify their homes. Not yet anyway.
After nearly a month, running water restored to homes on St. George Island
When the crew dug into the ground, they were shocked at what they found.
Prominent Sitka counselor and advocate dies in boating accident
Deanna Moore, 51, was a well-known counselor and advocate at Sitkans Against Family Violence and Sitka Counseling.
Fairbanks-area tourism company proposes helicopter trips to remote Tolovana Hot Springs
Borealis Basecamp wants to set up a hot tub and landing area on a small BLM plot west of existing cabins and tubs long operated by Tolovana Hot Springs Ltd.
‘You will not see a repeat of 2019’: Looking back at Dunleavy’s first term and what’s to come
Gov. Mike Dunleavy is the first Republican governor in Alaska to be reelected in more than 40 years. But observers say his second term won't repeat much of his first.
5 Aleutian volcanoes show signs of unrest
Four Aleutian volcanoes have been under elevated alert levels for about a year — and now they’re joined by a fifth, the ice-filled caldera of Takawangha west of Adak.
Juneau murder suspect was already in custody on harassment charges
Murder suspect Anthony Michael Migliaccio was initially held in September after a Juneau barista said he threw a cup of feces at her in June, according to court documents.
The mystery of rising prices: Are greedy corporations to blame for inflation?
Everyone agrees inflation is happening. What they don't agree on is whodunit.
In new bipartisan Alaska Senate majority of 17, members vow compromise and consensus
All nine elected Democrats and eight of the 11 elected Republicans have joined what the incoming Senate President Gary Stevens calls "a very healthy majority."
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, November 28, 2022
State senators form a bipartisan majority coalition. Also, biologists work to restore king salmon runs in Bristol Bay. And Alaskans can chop down their own Christmas trees in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.
Anchorage man arrested in carjackings now charged with murder
Charges against 29-year-old Anthony Tinker III, in the Nov. 11 shooting and a string of Nov. 14 incidents, describe him as suffering from mental health issues.
Sitka woman killed, 2 hurt in weekend boating capsize
A Sitka woman died after a boat capsized near Sitka Sunday morning, injuring two men also on board who were rescued.