After months without animal control, Nome has a temporary solution for loose dogs
Even with an animal control officer, the city pound is frequently at maximum capacity.
Bill To Eliminate Time Change Stalls In House Committee
A bill to move Alaska off of daylight saving time likely won't get a vote in the House this session.
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Southeast’s Pink Salmon Fleet Logs Record Year
The Southeast commercial salmon harvest is one for the record books this year and it’s not done yet. While the seine fleet’s Pink Salmon catches in Southern Southeast have remained below expectations, the huge volume from the northern districts and high prices have made this season more valuable than ever.
Filmmaker Documents Emotional Toll Of Caring For Alzheimer’s Patients
Local filmmaker Mary Katzke of Affinity Films, has taken on the subject of family members caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's Disease. Katzke says she started out documenting friends in the sandwich generation: Those with careers, children at home and also caring for aging parents but she focused in on five families dealing with Alzheimer's because of the emotional toll of caring for a family member who may not recognize you. One of those caregivers is Janet Burts, who has been caring for her mother since her father passed away in 2010. Katzke says in a state with the fastest growing elder population per capita of any other, exploring the individual decisions that each family has to make is timely.
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Computer Model To Predict Climate-Driven Ecosystem Changes
A computer model being developed by University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers will predict climate driven ecosystem changes. Alaska Integrated Ecosystem Model Project Manager Amy Breen says it accounts for major climate driven processes.
300 Villages: Pilot Point
This week we’re heading to Pilot Point on the Alaska Peninsula.
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Wal-Mart to shutter Juneau store Feb. 5
Wal-Mart announced today that it’s closing its Juneau location, along with 154 other stores across the country. The location will operate with limited hours for the rest of the month and shutdown Feb. 5.
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Alaska Ocean Observing System Celebrates 10th Anniversary
The Alaska Ocean Observing System is celebrating it's 10th anniversary of aggregating information about ocean conditions and sharing that data with a wide range of partner organizations and other ocean users. Molly McCammon is the executive director of AOOS. A former director of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill trustee council, she was asked to head up a new ocean observing organization in 2003. McCammon says Congress wanted a better system to integrate ocean research and in 2004, AOOS was launched. She says traditional research looks at what needs to be learned, but AOOS starts with who the users are and what they need to know to make decisions.
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Gourds Fly In Bethel With Pumpkin Trebuchet
Less than 48 hours after trick or treating, the sugar buzz should be mostly worn off. But there’s still thrills to be had in the form of launching pumpkins through the air.
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Teen Rescued After Sustaining Injury On Float Trip
A 17-year-old boy was rescued by Alaska Air National Guardsmen on Monday. The teen, who suffered a leg injury while on a float trip down the Gulkana River, was picked up after the 11th Air Force Rescue Center at JBER received distress signals from a personal locater beacon and a SPOT beacon before 6 p.m. Monday night.
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Jury awards million-dollar verdict to attorney fired by Alaska Department of Law
“I’ve done the right thing, and it cost me a lot,” said Joan Wilkerson, the attorney who filed a lawsuit in 2018 against the department.
Juneau officials caution residents to be prepared for landslides as rains continue
With high winds and heavy rain expected on already saturated ground, people living in hillside areas should be especially vigilant.
St. Lazaria Island Celebrates Refuge
One hundred years ago, Teddy Roosevelt set aside St. Lazaria Island in the Sitka Sound as a wildlife refuge. Today the island is the...
State, municipalities face higher borrowing costs from falling credit ratings
Alaska’s credit was downgraded by two rating agencies in the past week. The state had the highest possible rating at the beginning of last year. But the Legislature failed to pass a plan to balance future state budgets for two straight years, which has contributed to the downgrades. Listen now
Troopers Get New Leader
Adam Kane, KDLG – Dillingham
Beginning this Friday, Alaska State Troopers will be under new leadership. Alaska Department of Public Safety spokeswoman, Megan Peters says...
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, April 19, 2018
Trump administration kicks off process for oil development in ANWR; USACE takes public comment in Dillingham on Pebble Project, format generates frustration; U.S. military brings free "Arctic Care" to Northwest Arctic communities; Alaska Senate joins House, calling for feds to respect state marijuana laws; Haines marijuana business inches closer to operating, brings together grandmother, millenials; Wrangell gets first pot dispensary; Pogo Mine officials "very excited" about two promising gold prospects under exploration; Renewable energy competition wants Alaskans to ‘fail fast’ to eventually find ‘gold’; Sealaska dividends boosted by other corporations’ oil and zinc earnings Listen now
APICDA Takes Stance On Izembek Road
Myron Naneng’s stance on the road from King Cove to Cold Bay is puzzling, according to Larry Cotter, who is the president of the Aleutian – Pribiloff Islands Community Development Association.
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Independent Lens: The Undocumented
Undocumented immigrants who died while crossing the border between Mexico and Arizona are the focus of this documentary, which features the Pima County, Ariz., medical examiners who work to identify their remains; and Border Patrol agents.
TV: Monday, April 29 @ 9:00 p.m.
Four men sentenced over 500 hours community service for 2015 walrus killings
Four Point Hope men have been sentenced for the 2015 illegal killing and waste of walruses on the Arctic Slope. Listen now
‘Re-establishing a sense of identity:’ RIVR gives indigenous people a voice on broadcast radio
RIVR, an acronym for Rising Indigenous Voices Radio, launched at the end of September, and streams 24/7 to provide a unique playlist, from top 40 hits to podcasts of Native American food bloggers. Listen now