Amy Mostafa, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
To bolster financial options for refugees, a state program works to get them into farming
An expanded program of Alaska's Refugee Assistance and Immigration Services is teaching new Alaskans how to grow food and run a farm business. They had their first farm-to-table pop up earlier this month. And they've got plenty more Alaska grown.
Two decades later, Alaska’s H3 says music is sanctuary
Anchorage-based H3’s been bringing a Hawaiian reggae vibe to live music in Southcentral Alaska for nearly two decades.
Anchorage curbside compost pilot picked up by private waste company, likely to expand
The city of Anchorage is offering a program that picks up your food scraps and yard waste and turns it into compost. And now a new company is trying out curbside composting.
Government Hill residents seek connectedness, community through new trail
The Alaska Railroad yard separates the Government Hill neighborhood from downtown Anchorage. But a century ago, trails connected the homes of federal workers to Ship Creek and the buildings below. Now neighborhood residents are teaming up with a local nonprofit to construct the West Bluff Trail, a path among several they say used to bring Government Hill residents together.
!["All energy will be consumed by operations of Egan Center," said Stephen Trimble, CEO of Arctic Solar Ventures, whose crew installed the panels on the rooftop of the Egan Center. "If there’s a day where there’s excess capacity then it would go back out into the utility grid [ML & P] as well." (Photo by Amy Mostafa, Alaska Public Media)](https://media.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_0002-324x235.jpg "Anchorage mayor unveils municipality’s first, state’s largest, rooftop solar project at Egan Center")
Anchorage mayor unveils municipality’s first, state’s largest, rooftop solar project at Egan Center
The project consists of 216 solar panels that are expected to power up to 9% of the center’s electricity needs for the year. The city next plans to install solar panels on Fire Station 10 and the Anchorage Regional Landfill building.
Mount Marathon Race officials offer deferral due to wildfires smoke
Normally, runners can defer only under very special circumstances. But this year marathon officials are granting all runners an option to defer their registration to 2020 due to the wildfire smoke expected to remain in the area.
Crow Pass Trail hikers advised to use caution when crossing Eagle River
As of Sunday, June 30 hikers reported difficult conditions where the trail crosses through the river, with water running waist high at the ford site and almost chest deep at Thunder Gorge.
Anchorage health care providers see more respiratory complaints with wildfire smoke
Anchorage health care providers have seen more patients with respiratory problems in recent days because of poor air quality. Air quality advisories can be found on the DEC website.
Anchorage nears all-time record heat, residents respond
It reached 82 degrees in Anchorage on Saturday. Hot by Southcentral Alaska standards, and three degrees shy of Anchorage's all-time heat record.
New Anchorage art exhibit connects bird research to backyards
A new Anchorage art exhibit looks at conservation and ecological issues facing birds in the north and beyond.
Proposed changes to Anchorage’s Town Square Park move forward
A city proposal likely to be heard before the Planning and Zoning Commission in the fall aims to modify the downtown park’s physical design, programming and administration.
City of Anchorage program trains child care providers, parents on potentially toxic products
A new city program in Anchorage is training childcare providers and parents on what to look for in household products to avoid potentially harmful ingredients.
Alaska’s Tlikakila and Koyukuk Rivers get own Forever Stamps
Two of Alaska’s rivers are now featured on their own postage stamps on sale across the country.