News

All news stories, regardless of topic (local, statewide + national news stories, as well as Talk of Alaska, Alaska News Nightly, Alaska Insight, Alaska Economic Report). Some news stories may also have other categories marked, which will also put them on a subpage. Not all news stories will fall into a subpage.

downtown Juneau seen from across the water at sunrise

Juneau woman uses TikTok to raise awareness of her mom’s missing persons case

Tracy Day's family hasn't given up on finding out what happened to her.
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Bethel-raised Yup’ik artist Qacung Blanchett receives two big national awards

Bethel-raised musician and Pamyua frontman Stephen Qacung Blanchett has been creating music for almost three decades, but 2022 may be his biggest year yet.
An old, monochrome photo showing a fishing station in a small bay

The Pacific cod fishery likely started a decade earlier than previously thought

For a long time, Atlantic cod is what most Americans ate.
A close up of a red KN95 mask on a person's face

Coronavirus FAQ: What’s the best way to protect school-age kids from COVID?

Even as case rates are plunging in some areas, multi-layered strategies are still necessary.
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Fate of Alaska’s new legislative map hangs in the balance as parties close arguments

Much of Friday was taken up by whether the board treated residents of Valdez and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough fairly when it put them in the same district.
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Students speak out about allegations of racism at Ketchikan-Metlakatla basketball game

Students spoke out Wednesday about allegations of racism in the stands at a recent Ketchikan High School basketball game. The school district has launched an investigation...
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Anchorage’s Polynesian community packs up thousands of pounds of donations for relatives in Tonga

The Polynesian Association of Alaska used money donations to buy sacks of sugar and rice, plus seeds for fruits and vegetables for gardens that were flooded last month after an underwater volcano exploded near Tonga.
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Dunleavy offers bills to tighten criminal laws in Alaska

The bills would boost penalties for buying sex and exploiting victims of trafficking.
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Jury hears closing arguments in Palin vs. NY Times trial

Jurors deliberated about two hours at the end of the day on Friday without reaching a verdict. They are to resume Monday morning.
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State Reps. Kurka and Eastman sponsor bill to move the capital from Juneau to Willow

This is not the first time moving the capital from Juneau to Willow has been considered.
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The FDA postpones a highly anticipated meeting on the Pfizer vaccine for young kids

"We believe additional information regarding the ongoing evaluation of a third dose should be considered as part of our decision-making for potential authorization," FDA officials said in a statement.

Line One: How childhood nutrition affects chronic illness

Childhood chronic illness affects 40% of school-aged children and adolescents. Nutrition, movement, environmental toxins and genetics play a role in this progression.
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Kenai Peninsula landfill project would turn garbage gas to fuel

Landfills across the U.S. are putting together similar programs, to cut costs and comply with environmental regulations.
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COVID cases in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta are soaring as Alaska’s cases fall

The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta case rate remains higher than both that of the state and the nation.

Cook Inlet fishermen are gearing up for weak sockeye and king runs again. They worry about the future of the fishery.

The weak forecast for Upper Cook Inlet sockeye continues a trend of poor runs that has fishermen worried about the future of the fishery.
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New memorial scholarship honors commercial-fishing siblings from Wrangell

A new scholarship aims to connect high school students to the seafood industry — and to the legacies of two commercial-fishing siblings who were killed in a crash in 2020.

Anchorage School District proposes using federal funds to fill next year’s budget gap

While federal funding will allow the district to offset next school year’s budget deficit, there are concerns about the year following.

Former state Sen. Johnny Ellis has died

Ellis served more than three decades in the Alaska Legislature.
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Sarah Palin calls New York Times the ‘Goliath’ in libel dispute

Palin used her second day on the witness stand to accuse the Times of deliberately fabricating lies that hurt her reputation — the basis of a lawsuit accusing the newspaper of libel that has resulted in a trial in federal court in Manhattan.