Three Clam Diggers Dead, Two Missing in Cook Inlet
Associated Press
The U.S. Coast Guard reports three clam diggers have been found dead and two are still missing. The men had issued a distress...
Counterfeiters Have Unalaska Clerks Double Checking Cash
Alexandra Gutierrez, KUCB – Unalaska
In Unalaska, bartenders, grocery clerks, and gas station attendants are all looking at their customer’s money a little...
Chickaloon Files Suit Against Usibelli, Electric Power Development
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Chickaloon Native Village is taking its concerns about local coal exploration to an international audience. Penny Westing, with...
Conservation Group Adds Two Bristol Bay Rivers to Endangered List
Daysha Eaton, KDLG – Dillingham
Activists opposed to Pebble Mine delivered a one-two punch to the proposed project Tuesday when a national conservation...
Fish and Game Prepares for Annual Fish Count
Aaron Selbig, KBBI – Homer
It won’t be long before early-run king salmon begin making their way up Kenai Peninsula rivers and the...
Aces Head to Michigan for Kelly Cup Finals
Josh Edge, APRN – Anchorage
The Alaska Aces are two games away from defeating the Kalamazoo Wings and taking home the Kelly...
Medivac Plane Crashes Near Atqasuk
Associated Press
Monday morning at about 2:30 a medivac plane crashed as it was on approach to land at the North Slope Borough village of...
Three Wainwright Soldiers Killed by IED
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Three soldiers from the First Stryker Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Wainwright were killed today by an...
Italian Climber Dies on Denali
Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
An Italian climber was killed in a fall today on Denali. Luciano Colombo, died in a 1,000 foot...
Bear Attack Leaves Nome Man in Critical Condition
Ben Matheson, KNOM – Nome
A Nome man is in critical condition following a brown bear attack Sunday east of Nome.
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Biologists to Begin Sea Otter Study in Southeast
Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
Biologists will begin capturing sea otters in Southeast Alaska this week in an attempt to learn more about...
New Barges Heading for Western Alaska
Mike Mason, KDLG - Dillingham
A couple of new double-hulled barges are headed to Western Alaska after being christened in Anacortes, Washington.
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One Dead, Three Injured in Accident on Denali
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks & Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
One climber is dead and three others injured in an accident in a...
Evacuees Return to Crooked Creek
Angela Denning-Barnes, KYUK – Bethel
Evacuees returned to flood damaged Crooked Creek Friday after spending days at the nearby Donlin Creek Gold Mine site....
Bethel City Council Protests Brown Jug Liquor License
Shane Iverson, KYUK – Bethel
The biggest alcohol chain in the state is proposing to sell directly to customers in Bethel. It’s the...
Viability of Electronic Observers Being Evaluated
Robert Woolsey, KCAW – Sitka
A fisheries trade association is spearheading research to determine if it’s practical to monitor bycatch electronically on some...
Herring Fishery Picks Up in Togiak
Mike Mason, KDLG – Dillingham
The Togiak sac-roe herring fishery has been open since Sunday but it wasn’t until just Thursday that fishermen...
Scientists, Coast Guard Searching for Entangled Whale
Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau
Federal scientists and the Coast Guard are looking for a whale entangled in fishing gear near Juneau.
The humpback...
Eight Charged in Set of Gang-Related Shootings
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
Eight people in Anchorage have been charged in a set of gang-related killings spanning the last two years.
One victim was...
Climbing Party Falls from McKinley Summit
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
A party of climbers fell from the summit ridge of Mount McKinley Thursday, and rescue efforts went on into the...