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An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, locates two missing men after detecting their heat signatures inside a cabin near Saltery Cove on Kodiak Island. As the helicopter approached the cabin, the crew could see smoke rising from the chimney and the word “HELP” spilled out with driftwood in the cabin’s driveway. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Air Station Kodiak.)

Thanks to makeshift driftwood sign, Coast Guard rescues stranded ATV drivers

Two men who needed help after being stranded near Saltery Cove this past weekend did just what they needed to do to be rescued—including using driftwood to spelling out the word ‘HELP.”

Vicki Logan of Travel Juneau greets and hands out walking maps to passengers of the Ruby Princess at the Franklin Dock on Sunday, April 28, 2019. The Yées Ḵu.oo dance group performs behind her as part of a welcome party for the first big cruise ship of the season. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)

Juneau's 2019 cruise ship season has begun

The first big cruise ship of the season tied up in Juneau on Sunday morning.

The Napakiak Public Safety building in September 2018. The building burned, killing two inmates on May 28, 2019. (Photo by Anna Rose MacArthur / KYUK)

Napakiak mourns after two prisoners die in jail fire

Two prisoners died early Sunday morning when flames engulfed the Napakiak jail.

Tongass ‘timber sale’ nearing the finish line

Crews are spending the warmer months on Prince of Wales Island surveying vast areas of national forest land for potential logging.

The youth crisis stabilization room at Bartlett Regional Hospital has been adapted for patient safety. It’s able to serve minors, ages 8-17. The new building will have some of the same features, as well as therapeutic design elements. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO)

Before, some teens in crisis had to leave their families in Juneau to get help. That’s changing.

Since January, Southeast Alaska’s largest hospital has quietly rolled out a new program to close a big gap in behavioral health services for minors. So far, it's provided care to more than a dozen young people in the midst of a crisis.

Members of a free conference committee, made up of members of both the House and the Senate, discuss SB89, a bill that would change the law regarding conflicts of interest involving legislators, family members, employers and potential employers, April 22, 2019. The meeting was held in the Capitol in Juneau. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)

Lawmakers strike compromise on scaling back conflict of interest restrictions

The Senate passed an earlier version of the bill, which would have repealed the conflict of interest provisions entirely. The House passed its own version. A conference committee agreed on the compromise Monday.

Tech Sgt. Charolette Kane (right) of the Washington National Guard provides support for Tech Sgt. Derek Reese as he jackhammers through reinforced concrete during an urban search and rescue exercise in Juneau on April 12, 2019. Two victims are awaiting rescue on the other side of the slab. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)

Alaska first responders train up on urban search and rescue techniques

During an exercise in Juneau, members of the Washington National Guard provided expertise on rescuing victims from buildings collapsed by an earthquake, avalanche or mudslide.

Traveling Music 4-28-19

Traveling MusicShonti Elder4-28-19 Format:Song Title Artist / ComposerCD TitleLabelDuration A Crooked RoadDarrell Scott / Darrell ScottA Crooked RoadFull…

Night Music; April 20, 2019

Here is the Night Music Playlist with Kirk Waldhaus.

President Donald Trump addresses troops at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Thursday (Photo: Air Force Staff Sgt. Westin Warburton)

Alaskans greet Mueller report with shrugs, nods and dismay

We went to a Fred Meyer parking lot in Midtown Anchorage to ask Alaskans what they think of the Mueller report.

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