In busy month, HAARP will do everything from making video art to bouncing a signal off the moon
Another experiment aims to better understand a low-altitude, aurora-like atmospheric glow known as Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, or STEVE.
Ketchikan celebrates Filipino American history, culture at 2nd annual Fil-Am Festival
The event recognizes the contributions and history of Filipino Americans in Ketchikan and around the country.
Peltola, politics pack first post-pandemic AFN agenda
This year’s convention is the first time in two years that delegates have met in person.
At debate, Dunleavy and opponents paint starkly different pictures of Alaska’s trajectory
The candidates were asked about abortion rights, missing and murdered Indigenous women, and the crash in salmon and crab stocks.
Alaska Native tribes can now apply to pilot program for increasing tribal control of local schools
The bill kicks off a multi-year process of creating state-tribal compact schools.
In Kenai Peninsula wood-stacking contest, you’re supposed to bribe the judge
The organizer’s husband won a brand new chainsaw.
Chugach peaks get Dena’ina names: ‘A huge statement to all that we value life’
North and South Yuyanq’ Ch’ex peaks, as they’ll be known from here on out, tower 5,000 feet above Turnagain Arm.
Advocates still hopeful about legislation to give youth sentenced as adults an earlier chance at parole
The bill wouldn’t guarantee parole for those people, but it would give them a chance in front of the Alaska Parole Board.
Anchorage School District administrators recommend closing 6 elementary schools
The schools are Abbott Loop, Birchwood, Klatt, Nunaka Valley, Northwood and Wonder Park Elementary.
Peltola trounces Palin and Begich in September fundraising, wins over Don Young loyalists
When Peltola won the special election in August, she was behind Palin and Begich in fundraising.
Juneau’s hospital to end COVID-19 testing and treatment services
In a press release, the hospital cited a decrease in demand.
Remembering Sol Neely, former UAS professor and social justice advocate
During his decade teaching at the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau, Neely established himself as a devoted educator and a community advocate for criminal justice reform.
Juneau Empire reports dozens of people transferred out of Lemon Creek Correctional Center during repairs
About 20% of the people incarcerated at Lemon Creek Correctional Center were transferred from the Juneau prison to facilities in South Central Alaska over the last several months, according to the Juneau Empire.
Juneau’s city-run homeless camp closed for winter, but the warming shelter isn’t open yet
The campground above the cruise ship docks is for people experiencing homelessness in Juneau. It closes for the winter every year, leaving the people who stay there to decide where to go next.
DOT pursues hybrid design for Tustumena replacement
The 300-foot ocean-class ferry Tustumena is nearly six decades old. The plan for its replacement now includes a room for housing batteries with the potential to expand.
Juneau slated to get new cabins thanks to federal funding
The U.S. Forest Service just received $20 million for public cabins, said James King, regional director of recreation land and minerals with the Forest Service.
Crews trying to reach fatal plane crash near Cordova
Rescue crews were attempting Monday to reach a plane that crashed Sunday afternoon in mountains near Cordova. The crash left the pilot dead, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Vibe check: US House candidates’ campaign headquarters
Channeling Architectural Digest, Alaska Public Media went to check the vibes at the headquarters of the three main U.S. House candidates.
A brother seeks answers over Alaska deaths in custody
“I want to know what their procedures are and how they intend on fixing them, so this doesn’t keep happening,” Mike Cox says.
New federal Arctic strategy lacks focus on issues local to Alaska
It’s not clear what, practically speaking, the new federal Arctic strategy could mean for people in Alaska.