Ketchikan Wrestling With Suicides
Mental health experts estimate there has been on average one suicide a month in Ketchikan since the beginning of the year. A mental health...
Cruise Ship Carrying Probable H1N1 Case Docks in Sitka; All Aboard Healthy
The Royal Caribbean cruise ship Serenade of the Seas is now docked at Sitka. The vessel left Washington state with a crew member who...
Kuskokwim Villages Battling High Water; Schools Canceled
Photo Provided by Office of Lt. Governor Sean Parnell
Lower Kuskokwim villages are being inundated with high water since an ice jam released below the...
Yukon River Floods Stevens Village
Steven's Village is the latest Yukon River community to be flooded. National Weather Service hydrologist Ed Plumb says yesterday's
flooding at Steven's Village resulted when...
Interior Department to keep “Polar Bear Rule”
The Interior Department will keep in place the "polar bear rule" - a Bush Administration decision that says the Endangered Species
Act can't regulate pollution...
Point Lay Celebrating First Whale Harvest in 72 Years
The Chukchi Sea coastal community of Point Lay is celebrating their first whale harvest in 72 years.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
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Biologists Concluding Field Research on Polar Bears, Global Warming
Photo by Fish and Wildlife Service
Biologists just wrapped up more than a month of field work on polar bears in the Chukchi Sea. The...
Former DNR Commisioner to Head Interior Department in Alaska
Former Department of Natural Resources Commissioner and state legislator Pat Pourchot will be the Interior Department's top official in Alaska. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar...
Governor Palin Declares Disaster Areas for Interior Alaska
Photo by Carl Stapler - National Parks Service
Governor Palin has issued a disaster declaration for interior communities hit by flooding. State Department of Emergency...
Anchorage Organizers Plan Eagle Relief Effort
Anchorage residents that wish to help out with relief efforts for Eagle residents can drop off donations of clothing, rubber boots and other supplies...
Flooding Yukon River Devastates Eagle
Flood water and chunks of ice from the Yukon River have caused major devastation in Eagle. The river has risen 40 feet above normal,...
Kuskokwim’s Breakup Threatens Downriver Village
Meanwhile, breakup on the Kuskokwim River is now threatening the downriver village of Kwethluk. Water has come over the bank at the lower section...
Ice Jam on Yukon Causing Major Flooding in Eagle
An ice jam on the Yukon River is causing major flooding in Eagle. National Weather Service hydrologist Ed Plumb says both old and new...
Kuskokwim River Flooding Upriver Villages; Red Devil Nearly Evacuated
Breakup on the Kuskokwim River is also flooding some upriver villages. Red Devil was nearly evacuated this weekend before water levels there began to...
UAA Gets Multi-Million-Dollar Donation from Anonymous Supporter
In the past few weeks, mysterious anonymous multi-million-dollar donations have arrived at a number of colleges and universities. One of them is the University...
Lawyers Meet to Discuss Joshua Wade Trial
One day after federal prosecutors filed to seek the death penalty in the Joshua Wade trial, both sides met this morning for a status...
Washington State Reports Swine Flu Cases
Alaska's closest U-S neighbor has 13 probable cases of H-1-N-1 swine flu. Washington State health officials identified the first cases in the state late...
Swine Flu May Divert Some Travelers to Alaska
The swine flu scare may divert some travelers to Alaska.
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau
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Energy Proponents Upset with Governor Over Stimulus Money
Renewable energy proponents are upset with Governor Sarah Palin’s decision to reject more than 28 million dollars in energy money under the federal stimulus...
Holland America to Reduce Port Calls to Haines in 2010
The cruise ship company, Holland America announce this week plans to reduce the number of port calls in Haines next year. This is the...