Final Ft. Wainwright Stryker Soldiers Returning Home
The final group of the Ft. Wainwright based Stryker brigade soldiers returned to Fairbanks from Afghanistan Wednesday. The contingent of 100 was the last of the 4,000 member unit that deployed overseas a year ago.
U.S. House approves land swap in Denali National Park
The swap enables the Alaska Railroad to build a needed train turn around in the Denali entrance area. Park Service spokeswoman Kris Fister says...
Volcanic Light Show Wows Scientists
Although Mount Redoubt is not causing any flight delays currently, the volcano is still erupting and the Alaska Volcano Observatory website says lava dome...
New workforce development program coming to the Kenai Peninsula
The development district is collaborating with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, Kenai Peninsula College, Alaska’s Institute of Technology and multiple others to find out what’s most needed.
Red Dog’s dwindling ore is forcing the entire region to consider its future
The mine — an economic engine in Northwest Alaska — could close as soon as 2031.
After more than a decade, overcrowded Shaktoolik is finally getting new homes
Alaskans are twice as likely to live in an overcrowded household than the national average. Rates are highest in small, off-the-road-system communities like Shaktoolik.
Report suggests Pebble deposit larger than previous estimates
The Pebble Partnership has released new data showing a larger mineral resource at the Pebble Deposit new Iliamna Lake.
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PFD voter initiative nets needed signatures for ballot
A statewide effort to make it easier for people to vote is culminating this week. On Jan. 14, petitioners submitted tens of thousands of required signatures to the Division of Elections to earn the PFD voter registration initiative a spot on a ballot this fall.
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A victory for Wrangell’s tribe, state says no dumping near Pat’s Lake
Wrangell’s tribe and city have won a year-long fight to protect a fishing stream and popular recreation site. Listen now
This Anchorage man took in one Afghan who needed help. Now he’s trying to rescue 17.
Bill Barnes has devoted heart, soul and savings to bring Romal Safi's family to Alaska.
Coast Guard files charges against Portland protesters
The U.S. Coast Guard says it is fining five Greenpeace protesters $5,000 each for dangling from a bridge over the Willamette River and blocking a Royal Dutch Shell icebreaker from leaving Portland for an Arctic drilling operation.
A Metlakatla man is charged with shooting his brother
Court documents allege 18-year-old Isaac G. Henderson shot his brother with a .40 caliber pistol outside their mother’s home around 3 a.m. Sunday.
PenAir Requests $3.4 Million Subsidy For Adak Flights
Last month, Alaska-based PenAir landed the country’s most expensive Essential Air Service contract for a flight from Presque Isle, Maine to Boston. Now, PenAir is on track to receive the second most expensive EAS subsidy in the nation as well, for flight service between Anchorage and Adak.
Feds approve disaster declaration for 2022 Kuskokwim salmon fisheries
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo's disaster declaration covers the Kuskokwim River failure of chinook, chum and coho fisheries in 2022.
Former UAF students describe what they heard and saw in dorm in 1993 before Sophie Sergie was found dead
The former university students spoke at the trial of Steven Downs. Downs is charged with Sergie’s murder and sexual assault.
For Kenai Peninsula pharmacist, COVID-19 vaccine fight tests friendships
Justin Ruffridge grew up in Soldotna and, as a conservative and a Christian, he's part of the same demographic as some of the COVID-19 vaccine’s biggest skeptics. He’s also a medical professional lends him a measure of credibility that elected officials and other government employees can lack.
Alaska Cultural Connections: Cultural Exchange
While we’ve been airing our series on culture in Alaska, students across the state have also been taking a crash course in cultural awareness. Part of the Alaska Humanities Forum Rose Urban Rural Exchange Program is to explore the idea of culture: students interview culture bearers in their own communities and write about themselves as culture bearers.
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Michael Johnson to be new commissioner of education and early development
Dr Michael Johnson will be the new commissioner of education and early development. In a state release today, Governor Bill Walker said he was pleased to have Dr Johnson begin his new appointment on July 1st. Download Audio
North Pole seeks funding for wastewater problem
The water utility in North Pole, a city just south of Fairbanks, is looking to secure state funding for a $4 million wastewater problem that was discovered nearly a decade ago.
RUNNING: State House, Anchorage, District 23
Les Gara (D) is running for State House in district 23 in the primary election on August 24, 2010. Here is...