In this newscast: Ketchikan’s school district to talk face-to-face with Metlakatla school officials about racist incident ; unusual winter brown bear sighting north of Fairbanks; halibut fishers near Sitka find a mud volcano
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Spay and neuter services available in-house at Juneau Animal Rescue
The spay and neuter services are limited to healthy animals that aren’t considered senior in age.
Ketchikan climate activist named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list
Kiera O-Brien said her childhood in Ketchikan led her to where she is today: working for a green energy developer as a public policy representative.
Bear encounter north of Fairbanks raises questions about carrying protection in winter
Although very unusual, there have been some deadly winter bear encounters over the decades.
The US wants to slash carbon emissions from power plants. Natural gas is in the way
Despite climate targets set by the Biden administration and corporate executives, the U.S. is still building new natural gas plants that threaten to cause greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come.
How Alaska’s congressional delegation voted on the same-sex marriage and railroad bills, and why
Last week was busy in Congress, with Alaska’s congressional delegation splitting and uniting in surprising ways.
As Hilcorp drills for more gas, some Ninilchik neighbors refuse to sign on
As Hilcorp looks for more gas, the company is seeking to extract the resource from beneath private parcels like Shaw’s.
More likely mud than magma, Sitka’s newest volcano is rising from the depths
Experts who’ve seen the image say it is no cause for alarm. It’s most likely a mud volcano, and it’s not the only one near Sitka.
Alaska Rep. Eastman, contending with Red Scare-era disloyalty clause, advances toward trial
The roots of Alaska’s disloyalty clause come from a Hawaiian dockworkers’ strike in the 1940s.
Newscast – Friday, Dec. 2, 2022
In this newscast: On Saturday, Juneau’s largest convention space, Centennial Hall, will close until late summer; The US Dept. of the Interior is putting $75 million towards community relocation efforts for three tribes, two of which are in Alaska; Alaska tribal leaders are headed home from the White House Tribal Nations Summit, with ICWA on the mind; The hourly wage rate in Alaska has historically been higher than those of other states, but that’s changing