Anchorage mayor says he’s investigating the hiring of former health director Joe Gerace
Mayor Dave Bronson’s statement follows an investigation by American Public Media and Alaska Public Media that found Gerace used a resume that misrepresented his educational credentials and military background to get a job running the city’s health department.
Cargo ship snags very old anchor in Bristol Bay
Now someone in Unalaska has to figure out when and where that anchor came from, and how to preserve it.
Alaska’s first Ironman triathlon is held in Juneau
Locals volunteered, loaned out their own personal bikes, opened up their homes to house athletes and even offered free car rides around town.
Central Council president weighs in on lawsuit over the use of tribal values in a Ketchikan school
When President Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson looks at the list of 14 traditional tribal values, he doesn’t see anything exclusive to one religion.
6 takeaways from our investigation of Anchorage health director Joe Gerace
Gerace, who resigned suddenly as Anchorage health director on Monday citing his own health, used a fabricated resume to get the job, an investigation by American Public Media and Alaska Public Media found.
Man in Alaska corrections department custody dies
Austin Earl Wilson is the seventh person to die in department custody this year.
Anchorage Health Department director resigns amid investigation into fabricated resume
Joe Gerace resigned citing "severe health issues" as Alaska Public Media prepared to publish a story detailing misleading statements he made about his military service, glaring omissions about his work history and outright lies about his education.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, August 8, 2022
Cruise passengers say Holland America is sending them home on state ferries if they get COVID. Also, inflation and low salmon runs are leaving Yukon River families hungry. And Anchorage schools compete with fast food restaurants as they struggle to hire cafeteria workers.
In Palmer teen’s murder, one of four convicted killers gets 99 years behind bars
Erick Almandinger, now 22, was just 16 when David Grunwald went missing in November 2016. It wasn’t until more than two weeks after the killing that one of Almandinger’s accomplices led Alaska State Troopers to Grunwald’s body.
Alaska Federation of Natives convention will be held in person for the first time since 2019
This year’s convention will be held Oct. 20 through Oct. 22 at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage.
Anchorage school meal program faces worker shortage, loss of pandemic funding
District leaders say they’re competing with restaurants and grocery stores for a small pool of food service workers.
‘A lot of things have changed’: Eielson Air Force Base to resume tours
The tours came to a halt in early 2020 as COVID-19 spread globally.
Talk of Alaska: Alaskans prepare for the primary election
Whether you’re excited or dismayed with the change, Alaskans will have their first experience with the state's new ranked choice voting method on August 16 for the special U.S. House race.
Researchers hope Kodiak’s ‘Bat Week’ will help answer some questions about the animals’ lives in Alaska
“Our biggest question and what we wanted to know is: Where (do) these bats go during winter and what do they do when we’re not seeing them?" said Natalie Velez-Suarez.
Wyoming couple finds a time capsule floating in the water near a Juneau glacier
Inside were 11 notes written by Juneau kids back in 2006.
2 people killed in Fairbanks apartment shooting, police say
Police are investigating the shooting as a double homicide.
Gas prices are finally dropping. Here are 4 things to know.
The average price of gasoline nationwide is expected to drop below $4 a gallon in the coming days as prices continue to fall from the record highs hit in June.
Young wood bison released to the wild in the western Interior
The 28 yearlings increase the Western Alaska Wood Bison herd to about 160 animals.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, August 5, 2022
Advocates demand that Anchorage police officers carry the opioid overdose reversing medication Narcan. Indigenous leaders respond after parents sue over a school's use of tribal values. And tourists find a time capsule from 2006 near Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier.
Kicked off their cruises, COVID-positive tourists are going home on Alaska flights and ferries
COVID-positive travelers say Holland America helped them book travel on a state ferry and then an Alaska Airlines flight out of Juneau one day after their positive tests.