• Kotzebue’s Fire Chief arrested for DUI while driving City vehicle

    Kotzebue’s Fire Chief arrested for DUI while driving City vehicle
    Kotzebue’s Fire chief is appearing in court today after being arrested on Saturday for drunk driving.
    Photo of Kotzebue. (Photo by Neal Herbert/National Park Service, Alaska Region)According to a press release from Kotzebue’s Police Department, 36-year-old Sean Ralston was driving the city’s Fire Chief vehicle when an officer stopped him outside his home.
    Ralston showed signs of impairment during a Field Sobriety Test and was taken into custody. A police officer found one crush
  • INDIE ALASKA: We Are Pulse Dance

    INDIE ALASKA: We Are Pulse Dance
    Lifelong dancer and choreographer Stephanie Wonchala directs Pulse Dance, a dance company in Anchorage that promotes dialogue about important issues in Alaska and contributes to creating a thriving Anchorage arts community.
  • Mat-Su reacts to Walker’s budget vetoes

    Mat-Su reacts to Walker’s budget vetoes
    Fallout from Governor Walker’s veto pen is hitting the Matanuska Susitna Borough hard. Borough officials are now grappling with a budget shortfall caused by millions of dollars in reduced state funding.
    Mat-Su Borough LogoThe news came on June 29, after tax bills had been mailed and far to late to rework the Mat-Su Borough’s budget for this fiscal year. At a special Borough Assembly meeting on Wednesday, Borough manager John Moosey laid out the bare facts. He said the governor h
  • Guide to Awesome: 14 Reasons to Visit Alaska Now - Smithsonian

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    Guide to Awesome: 14 Reasons to Visit Alaska Now
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    Almost two-thirds of national parkland in the United States—more than 41 million acres—is located in the 49th state. “To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world,” the great naturalist John Muir wrote ...
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  • VIDEO: Tony DeHaven can’t afford to lose his job

    VIDEO: Tony DeHaven can’t afford to lose his job
    Alaska has lost more than 2,000 jobs in the oil and gas industry since last year, as the state faces its first real recession in nearly three decades.
    This week, Alaska’s Energy Desk is spotlighting those who have been affected by the downturn, as part of the series An Uncertain Future.
    Tony DeHaven can’t afford to be out of work. He has two teenage kids at home with their college years just around the corner.
    So far, DeHaven has been lucky to hold onto his job as a au
  • Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell Explains Why Preserving Alaska's Wildness Is Essential - Smithsonian

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    Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell Explains Why Preserving Alaska's Wildness Is Essential
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    Sally Jewell has been visiting Alaska since the 1970s, as a tourist, engineer, banker, retailer, and most recently, Secretary of the Interior. She is the second woman to hold the position—managing the country's federal lands, natural resources, and ...and more »
  • Nikolai flood advisory extended by a day

    Nikolai flood advisory extended by a day
    A flood advisory in in effect for the south fork of the Kuskokwim River near Nikolai until 12:45 p.m. Thursday, July 7, 2016. (Image via Google Maps)The flood advisory along the Kuskokwim River near Nikolai has been extended through early Thursday afternoon.
    The National Weather Service says several inches of rain in the Alaska Range earlier this week has caused the south fork of the Kuskokwim to rise over the bank at Nikolai.
    The river is expected to gradually fall throughout the day Thursday.
  • Topping out the Anchorage Museum's new expansion - Alaska Dispatch News

    Topping out the Anchorage Museum's new expansion - Alaska Dispatch News
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    Topping out the Anchorage Museum's new expansion
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    Ironworker Adam Rushing guides a 2,200-pound steel beam into place atop the Anchorage Museum's new $24 million expansion on Wednesday. The placement of the final beam is known as “topping out,” and it celebrates the completion of the steel structure ...and more »
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  • Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday July 6, 2016


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    Woman dies while in DOC custody, investigation underway
    Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
    The 48-year-old was being monitored for an acute medical condition. An investigation in ongoing.
    Body of missing Fairbanks boy found in river
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  • Art born from math on display in Anchorage exhibition

    Art born from math on display in Anchorage exhibition
    Bill Lee with some of his artwork at Boheme Coffee Lounge in Anchorage. (Photo by Graelyn Brashear, KSKA-Anchorage)On the walls of the Boheme Coffee Lounge in Anchorage hang eighteen glass panels. Most are one foot by one foot, some are bigger. All of them feature brilliant, luminous shapes. They seem familiar, like objects from nature—nautilus shells, flowers, branching capillaries—but a closer look reveals they’re not quite of this world.They are the creations of Bill Lee, an
  • Walker signs alcohol bill with marijuana business provisions

    Walker signs alcohol bill with marijuana business provisions
    Gov. Bill Walker has signed legislation allowing for national criminal history checks on people applying for licenses for legal marijuana businesses in Alaska.
    The provisions, sought by state marijuana regulators, were tucked into a bill dealing with alcohol laws.
    Cynthia Franklin, director of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office, said by email that the language will allow staff to send fingerprints gathered in the application process to Alaska’s Department of Public Safety and the FBI
  • Providence, St. Joseph hospital chains announce massive merger

    Providence, St. Joseph hospital chains announce massive merger
    Two Catholic hospital chains are merging to create the nation’s third-largest nonprofit health system, with more than 100,000 employees in seven states.
    Providence Health & Services of Irvine, California, is merging with St. Joseph Health of Renton, Washington, to create Providence St. Joseph Health.
    The new entity has 50 hospitals in Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington state.
    The merger was approved by California’s attorney general last month. T
  • On final day of organized search, no clues of missing hiker

    On final day of organized search, no clues of missing hiker
    It’s been a week and a half since Joseph Balderas went missing in the foothills outside of Nome. Alaska State Troopers suspended their search for the 36-year-old man on Monday, but his family, friends, and even those that never knew Balderas continued on. KNOM’s Emily Russell joined a search team Tuesday.
    The Nome Volunteer Fire Department was the headquarters for the search and rescue effort for Joseph Balderas. (Photo by Emily Russell, KNOM – Nome)It takes nearly an hour to g
  • Thinking twice about going it alone with an Alaska gas line - Alaska Dispatch News

    Thinking twice about going it alone with an Alaska gas line - Alaska Dispatch News
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    Thinking twice about going it alone with an Alaska gas line
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    Alaska is in a scary place financially. The challenges in front of us put difficult decisions on the table. With Permanent Fund dividends at stake, it is easy to become desperate and seek action we would never rationally choose to do. As a nurse for ...and more »
  • Body of missing Fairbanks boy found in river

    Body of missing Fairbanks boy found in river
    Alaska State Troopers say the body of a missing 4-year-old Fairbanks boy has been found inside a fish wheel in the Chena River.
    Troopers say they were notified shortly after noon Tuesday that Owen Yoakum had left his home without his family noticing. Troopers say the family was worried the boy might have gone toward the river, which is close to the family’s home.
    Family members and neighbors searched the area, along with troopers and other responders.
    Troopers say the boy was found in the
  • Living Alaska: Dip netting, a 20-something's key to survival - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

    Living Alaska: Dip netting, a 20-something's key to survival - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
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    Living Alaska: Dip netting, a 20-something's key to survival
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    Living in a world that is constantly changing is exhausting. Sometimes it leaves me yearning for consistencies; the kind that keep you grounded and give you a sense of security in a time of your life when everything from your career to the dollar ...
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  • Alaska Nanooks rifle coach Dan Jordan resigns - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

    Alaska Nanooks rifle coach Dan Jordan resigns - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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    Alaska Nanooks rifle coach Dan Jordan resigns
    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
    Members of the national champion University of Alaska Fairbanks rifle team douse their coach Dan Jordan with silly string after being awarded the championship trophy during the NCAA 2007 Rifle Championships Saturday afternoon, March 10, 2007 at the ...
  • Researchers watching sockeye sizes

    Researchers watching sockeye sizes
    Alaska’s sockeye salmon came back shorter and lighter than usual last year. As sockeye runs return this summer, biologists have been keeping an eye on their size. Fish and Game’s Jack Erickson says return to Bristol Bay is mixed so far.
    Pink salmon, plus an occasional silver and red, congregate in a pool above the Auke Creek weir before spawning. The males will put on displays and fight with other males as part of the competition for mating females which have already started a nest.
  • Arctic Entries: The Seven Year Itch, Part 2

    Arctic Entries: The Seven Year Itch, Part 2
    The Seven Year Itch, Part 2: Roman Dial | ARCTIC ENTRIESThe Seven Year Itch, Part 2: Orion Donicht | ARCTIC ENTRIESThe Seven Year Itch, Part 2: Becky Windt Pearson | ARCTIC ENTRIESThe Seven Year Itch, Part 2: Brett Rawalt | ARCTIC ENTRIESThe Seven Year Itch, Part 2: Brett Rawalt | ARCTIC ENTRIESThe Seven Year Itch, Part 2: Jamie Patterson-Simes | ARCTIC ENTRIESThe Seven Year Itch, Part 2: Kevin Worrell | ARCTIC ENTRIESArctic Entries this month brings you The Seven Year Itch: Arctic Entries
  • Woman dies while in DOC custody, investigation underway

    Woman dies while in DOC custody, investigation underway
    A woman died in state custody early Wednesday morning. Staff at the Anchorage Correctional Complex found 48-year-old Laurel Christine Hunter unresponsive in her cell at 2:27 AM. Medical staff attempted life saving measures while awaiting emergency medical responders. She was pronounced deceased at the hospital at 3:10 AM.
    Hunter was booked into the Anchorage facility on July 4 for driving while intoxicated. She was being monitored and treated for an acute medical condition.
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  • Bristol Bay brand to feature modern logo, emphasize story

    Bristol Bay brand to feature modern logo, emphasize story
    Bristol Bay is home to the America’s largest sockeye run, but that doesn’t mean consumers know to ask for it by name. A project organized by the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association wants to change that, and make Bristol Bay sockeye as requested as Copper River reds.Boats leave Dillingham to fish the Nushagak District in June 2016. The story of Bristol Bay’s harvesters and fishing communities will be key to the new Bristol Bay sockeye branding effort, which

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