Sitka science teacher wins prestigious national teaching award
Mt. Edgecumbe High School’s Chohla Moll was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
Study finds disturbing trend in mortality rate in Kusilvak Census Area
The rate of suicide and homicide in the Kusilvak Census Area, located along the lower Yukon River, more than doubled since 1980, a rate increase higher than anywhere else in the nation. Listen now
FAA Closing Weather Stations
Federal Aviation Administration officials are planning to close twenty on-site weather stations in air route traffic control centers across the nation.
Ellen Lockyer, APRN...
Tongass Democrats Nominate Kiehl, Kito, And Reardon For Kerttula’s Vacant Seat
Tongass Democrats have nominated Jesse Kiehl, Sam Kito III, and Catherine Reardon to fill the House District 32 seat vacated last month by Juneau Representative Beth Kerttula.
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Murkowski Unveils Early Education Legislation
Senator Lisa Murkowski unveiled the “Early Intervention for Graduation Success Bill” on Friday at East High School in Anchorage. Murkowski says this legislation would not introduce a new program, but would expand on dropout legislation that is already in place.
Havermeister Dairy Fills Niche Dairy Market
Matanuska Valley’s dairy industry has shrunk to two farms since the shutdown of the Matanuska Creamery in December. A new dairy enterprise may keep both of them afloat for the time being.
Nature: An Original DUCKumentary
Ducks fly through the air on short stubby wings — traveling in large, energy-efficient formations over thousands of miles. There are some 120 species of them, representing a wide variety of shapes, sizes and behaviors. Some are noisy and gregarious, others shy and elusive. They are familiar animals we think we know. But most of us don’t really know these phenomenal, sophisticated creatures at all. This program follows a wood duck family as a male and female create a bond, migrate together across thousands of miles, nurture and protect a brood of chicks, then come full circle as they head to their wintering grounds.
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Sun sets on Shell Oil’s Arctic quest
Shell Oil's Polar Pioneer rig left Alaska's Dutch Harbor for Port Angeles, Washington, on Wednesday. The energy giant's other Arctic rig, the Noble Discoverer, left Dutch Harbor for Everett, Washington, on Monday.
Alaska Airlines canceled 450 flights amidst messy northwest storms
The unusual snowstorms that hit Seattle and Portland beginning December 19 forced the cancellation of 450 Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air flights. Airline spokesman...
Scientists Use Satellites to Track Polar Bears
With sea ice in the Arctic melting, polar bears are in peril. Researchers have monitored the threatened species for decades, but tracking bears in remote and harsh climates can be costly and dangerous. Which is why federal scientists have started using a new tool to study the animal: satellites.
Verizon customers on Southeast Alaska’s largest island have been without cell service for weeks
Verizon says customers on 3G networks across the state may face similar outages — including in Kodiak, Juneau, Fairbanks and on the North Slope.
Only 55% of Anchorage's Alaska Native 9th graders likely to graduate
The Anchorage School District has released its first report that details the percentage of ninth grade students who are on track to graduate. Overall,...
Low sea ice and warmer oceans impact seabird migration in Western Alaska, research suggests
As Alaska's northern seas warm, the birds who spend their lives on the water are feeling the heat — and it's changing how they feed, move, and breed.
Alaska’s population is down again, marking a third year of loss
According to the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the population decreased by around 3,048 people from July 2018 to July 2019.
Statewide Film Festival Honors Ray Mala
Angela Denning-Barnes, KYUK – Bethel
Ray Mala, the first Alaska movie star—who happened to be Inupiat—is being honored in towns around the State in...
States Files Suit Over Pebble Mine Initiative
The state of Alaska wants to invalidate the results of the Lake and Peninsula Borough ban on large scale resource extraction that would adversely impact salmon habitat.
Bob DeArmond (1911-2010) Created ‘Window into Past’
Robert Woolsey, KCAW – Sitka
Robert DeArmond is being remembered this week as among the foremost of Alaska’s historians, although DeArmond himself might not...
Musher chases bison off trail, with an ax
Wildlife are a common occurrence on the Iditarod trail, and they sometimes have chance encounters with mushers. Now, in this year’s Iditarod, one more musher can say they’ve come across bison along the trail.
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Anchorage to receive EPA grant to address distressed properties
The Municipality of Anchorage is getting a $300,000 grant to help clean up distressed properties. The money is part of the Environmental Protection Agency's Brownsfields Assessment Grants program, which aims to redevelop properties that are unoccupied or under-used. Listen now
Anchorage police now carrying overdose-reversing naloxone
Anchorage police were among the last major law enforcement agencies in the state to carry naloxone.