MatSu Creamery beats the odds
It was a long shot, but today, the eagerly anticipated Matanuska Creamery became a reality. Federal and state dignitaries stood with Matanuska Valley dairy...
Alaska’s federal food stamp funding at risk, USDA letter warns
The state may lose funding if it continues to break federal rules, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Pilot crashed into Anchorage building where wife worked during unauthorized flight
One person is confirmed dead after a small plane struck an office building in downtown Anchorage at 6:18 a.m Tuesday morning. Investigators say the pilot was not sanctioned to fly the aircraft.
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AK: High tunnel greenhouses on the Kenai Peninsula
Alaska, a farming capitol? It seems far-fetched, but it’s fast becoming a reality. In the last six years, a federal cost chare program through the USDA means giant greenhouses are popping up all over the state. Most of them can be spotted on the Kenai Peninsula. Listen now
Update: Knopp votes against Republican Talerico for speaker as House stalemate continues
After holding out for a bipartisan majority for nearly a month, Kenai Republican Rep. Gary Knopp says he’s “not at all optimistic, but we’ve got to move forward at this point.”
Senate and House divided over injured workers' privacy
The State House today refused to agree with a Senate plan that would force Alaska to hide the names of workers injured on the...
Second boosters available as BA.2 omicron variant spreads
People over 50 and immunocompromised people can receive a second booster four months after their first booster. Pfizer and Moderna boosters are available for those who received a Johnson and Johnson first dose or booster.
School closure on Eielson Air Force base highlights effects of education policy choices
Military families have been rocked by the second school closure on the growing base near Fairbanks.
Unidentified body found at Anchorage elementary school
Anchorage Police are at Russian Jack Elementary School this evening after the body of an unidentified man was found decomposing in a boiler chimney...
Violating a burn ban is now a misdemeanor in Anchorage
The Anchorage Assembly unanimously approved the emergency ordinance Tuesday as the National Weather Service warned of high fire danger in much of Southcentral through the upcoming holiday weekend.
Alaska Logistics is leaving two barges to freeze in the Kuskokwim River
A company is once again leaving its barges in the frozen Kuskokwim River over the winter. Two years ago, Alaska Logistics abandoned a gravel barge near Aniak during freeze up and retrieved it after breakup in the spring. The company is preparing to do the same with two more barges this year.
It’s sleep, eat and repeat in Takotna as Iditarod teams take their 24-hour breaks
The mushers and their sled dogs banked rest and calories during their longest rest of the race.
BP fire sparks deeper investigation
The Department of Natural Resources says a fire yesterday at BP's Lisburne Production Center on the North Slope has led to an elevation in...
A $3 million planeload of PPE for Alaska has landed in Anchorage
The plane is filled with orders of surgical masks, gowns, gloves and face shields that came from six different Chinese manufacturing companies, though tighter-fitting N95 masks couldn’t be obtained, said Heidi Hedberg, Alaska’s public health director.
In the YK Delta, a murder acquittal gives one young man his life back, while miles away, a mother grieves her son
Adam Williams, the young man who shot and Eliza Wassillie’s son in 2017, was acquitted on murder charges. She is still looking for justice.
Public Hearing Sparks Polar Bear Debate
Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
A public hearing in Anchorage Tuesday on proposed critical habitat for the polar bear didn’t draw a big crowd....
General Warns of Missile Threat
The head of the US Missile Defense Agency Lieutenant General Patrick O'Reilly was in Anchorage today speaking to Commonwealth North about plans for upgrades...
Cut off by avalanche, Hiland Road residents lean on snowmachine shuttle and each other
Now that residents are feeling less at risk of further slides, some say they’re enjoying their temporary isolation.
Nic Petit taps Jeff King for last-minute takeover of his Iditarod team after positive COVID test
Four-time Iditarod champion Jeff King says he took 30 minutes to think about it and then said yes.
Sven and Ghost, the Iditarod champions
Sven and Ghost led Ryan Redington to his first Iditarod victory on Tuesday.