NTSB: Pilot in last week’s fatal floatplane crash was in another accident in July
Investigators flew over the site on Sunday, but poor weather and low visibility hampered efforts to land until Wednesday, when the weather began to clear.
Juneau resident with COVID-19 dies at Bartlett Regional Hospital
Juneau city officials reported on Wednesday that a man in his 60s died at the hospital last Friday, Aug. 6.
Judge rules state must fund program lowering electricity costs in rural Alaska
The ruling will keep more than $1 billion dollars in the Power Cost Equalization Endowment Fund.
Shuttered for 5 years, Palmer prison set to reopen to mixed enthusiasm
The Palmer Correctional Center in Sutton is finishing up a nearly $17 million renovation project and is scheduled to reopen Monday, about 5 years since it was shut down.
Why is it so hard to find bait herring just before Juneau’s big salmon derby?
It turns out that in Canada, it’s not that they didn’t catch enough herring. It’s that they were the wrong size.
‘An ecosystem in a single creature’: Alaskans celebrate Wild Salmon Day in Kenai Peninsula
Aug. 10 is Alaska Wild Salmon Day. Gov. Bill Walker set aside the day in 2016 to honor the iconic Alaska species.
The pandemic forced these families to try new education formats. Now they want to stick with it.
The number of students enrolled in homeschool programs across the country doubled, according to a survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. For some, being thrust into a more flexible education option led to unexpected success.
Ironman triathlon is coming to Alaska for the first time with race in Juneau
The Ironman triathlon is coming to Juneau on August 7, 2022.
Bethel records wettest July in more than 90 years
Last month was the wettest July in Bethel in more than 90 years, with 4.22 inches of rainfall.
This sweet white flower is actually a sneaky carnivore, scientists discover
“We had no idea it was carnivorous,” says Sean Graham, a botanist with the University of British Columbia. “This was not found in some exotic tropical location, but really right on our doorstep in Vancouver. You could literally walk out from Vancouver to this field site.”
Cluster of COVID-19 cases sends Metlakatla into lockdown
A Monday night notice urged the public to stay home for 72 hours or until contact tracing is completed.
Masks will be required inside Juneau schools when classes begin next week
The board voted unanimously on Tuesday, but not before more than a dozen parents, teachers and community members voiced their opinions over Zoom. Board President Elizabeth Siddon said they also received more than 230 emails on the topic.
‘The days of getting away with it are over’: State seeks to collect more than 20,000 missing DNA samples
Alaska law requires that state and local law enforcement agencies collect DNA samples from all people charged with a crime against another person or a felony. But in a lot of cases, that hasn’t happened over the past 25 years.
Juneau Assembly to introduce $700,000 plan for local vote by mail facility
The Juneau Assembly is considering turning a city-owned warehouse into a more permanent ballot counting facility.
These Minnesotans were having a great canoe trip with their toddler in Northwest Alaska. Then the rains came.
As Kotzebue had its wettest month on record, a small group from Minnesota floated the Noatak River in a canoe, with a toddler.
U.S. Sens. Murkowski and Sullivan help Senate pass trillion-dollar infrastructure bill
The U.S. Senate passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill Tuesday, with both Alaska senators voting yes. The bill goes next to the House.
Kodiak fisherman gets $1M fine, 6-month sentence for falsifying fishing records
James Aaron Stevens admitted in a plea agreement that he lied about where he harvested over 900,000 pounds of halibut and sablefish between 2014 and 2017.
Bitten on hand, Alaskan remembers bear’s bad breath 25 years later
It was the summer of 1996 when William Young — an Alaskan fond of wilderness and solitude — survived an attack by a brown bear.
The Senate approves the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill in a historic vote
The Senate voted 69-30 Tuesday to approve a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, a historic piece of legislation that could reshape American lives for decades.
‘More hungry mouths’: Bristol Bay sockeye are abundant but getting smaller
Most fish that returned this year only spent one or two years in the ocean instead of three, but they’re also getting smaller for their age.