Updated COVID boosters will be available to Alaskans next week
New boosters recommended by the CDC target both the original coronavirus strain and the omicron variants.
NTSB: Conditions worsened on day of floatplane crash that killed 6 near Ketchikan
A National Transportation Safety Board released Thursday shows that weather was deteriorating in the hours before a floatplane crash that killed six people in Misty Fjords National Monument near Ketchikan last August.
Kurka calls on Pierce to resign from Alaska governor’s race, citing unconfirmed harassment claim
If Charlie Pierce and his running mate quit before Tuesday, Christopher Kurka would fill the No. 4 spot in the general election.
Anchorage Mayor Bronson announces plan for sheltering homeless during the winter
Bronson's plan includes using up to 20 portable buildings to house people.
How did Peltola beat Palin? Political analysts in Alaska say ‘civility matters’
Peltola's victory against Trump-backed Republican Sarah Palin sets the stage for a contentious next few months as she and Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich compete for the full two-year term that begins in January.
Mary Peltola talks salmon, bipartisanship and winning Alaska’s U.S. House race
KYUK’s Nina Kravinsky spoke with Mary Peltola by phone shortly after the election results were announced on Wednesday.
Borrowers have questions about student loan forgiveness. We have answers.
Beneath President Biden's seemingly straightforward student loan forgiveness plan is a mountain of uncertainty about how it will work.
Alaska State Troopers mark diversity milestone with first Black director
Col. Maurice "Mo" Hughes, named Wednesday as troopers' newest head, is the first African-American to serve above the rank of captain within AST.
Mary Peltola becomes first Alaska Native elected to Congress
Peltola will become the first Alaska Native woman to serve in U.S. Congress.
Two people died after just one day in Alaska corrections custody last month
Nastashia Minock and Austin Wilson were each in the care of the Alaska Department of Corrections for less than 24 hours.
Life expectancy in the U.S. continues to drop, driven by COVID-19
Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row and is the biggest drop since the 1920s. COVID-19 is driving the downward trend, according to CDC data.
Alaska childhood vaccinations declined from 2013 to 2021, with sharp drop during COVID pandemic
State health data show that from 2013 to 2021, the number of children in Alaska who completed the childhood series of vaccinations decreased from about 60% to about 46%.
Embattled Ketchikan City Council candidate Dave Timmerman officially ends campaign
Timmerman's name will still appear on the Oct. 4 ballot, after his Monday removal request missed an Aug. 25 deadline.
Former Alaska legislator’s alleged killer, his son, now indicted on first- and second-degree murder charges
Anchorage police originally charged Tallon Westlake with manslaughter.
Peltola goes home to the Kuskokwim, still waiting to hear if she’s the first Alaska Native elected to Congress
Republican Sarah Palin, the former governor and 2008 vice presidential nominee, is in a good position to win the special U.S. House election once the second-choice ballots are counted. But for now, Alaska’s right-wing icon is trailing Peltola by almost 9 percentage points.
‘Open and kind’: Metlakatla remembers carver Wayne Hewson
Friends and family remember Hewson as a mentor, a culture bearer and a fixture of life in Metlakatla.
Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches, new study says
The new study looks at the edges of Greenland's ice sheet — ice that authors say is starving and dead.
University of Alaska faculty union files unfair labor practice complaint
The complaint alleges the university administration unlawfully declared an impasse, illegally implemented its “best and final offer” and engaged in direct bargaining with the faculty through email updates, bypassing the negotiation team.
Data centers, backbone of the digital economy, face water scarcity and climate risk
About 20% of data centers in the United States already rely on watersheds that are under moderate to high stress from drought and other factors. However, few companies are talking about the issue.
Juneau police are collecting DNA samples from people with certain past convictions
It’s part of a broader effort to help Gov. Mike Dunleavy make good on a plan announced last year to reduce the backlog of missing DNA evidence across the state.