Wrangell Police Chief Tom Radke says the unidentified man drove his Ford pickup past a barrier of boulders and down into the water, completely submerging the vehicle.
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In a Fairbanks lab, Alaska scientists search for the new, more contagious coronavirus strain
It’s unlikely the state will be able to keep the new COVID-19 strain from getting to Alaska and taking hold here, said Dr. Tom Hennessy, an infectious disease epidemiologist with the University of Alaska Anchorage’s College of Health.
Juneau Assembly considers property tax breaks for new downtown housing
It’s one more strategy local policymakers are considering toward a perennial goal to make housing more affordable in the Capital City.
Sealaska Corporation says it’s quitting logging
The exit from timber by one of the region’s economic powerhouses is the latest sign of Southeast’s transition away from logging.
Newscast – Monday, Jan. 11, 2021
In this newscast: Why more experienced skiers have been getting themselves caught in avalanches during the pandemic; Sealaska Heritage Institute published four new books to bolster its efforts of teaching indigenous language and culture to kids; Cable TV customers across Alaska have lost network channels in a dispute over broadcast fees between cable company GCI and channel providers.
Dimond Center in Anchorage to close Sunday in response to planned ‘armed protest’
A nationwide rally shared among far-right groups in the last days of Donald Trump’s presidency listed the Dimond Center address as the site of the Alaska rally.
After months on high alert, Juneau drops to ‘moderate’ COVID-19 community risk level
Overall cases of COVID-19 have dropped in Juneau, but there is still community spread occurring, which means that the source of some people’s infections is unknown.
A Southwest Alaska village needs money to drain its sewage. But it doesn’t have a local government to make it happen.
Red Devil can’t get funding together to pump its tanks or to dig a lagoon because it doesn’t have any entities to act as recipients on the community’s behalf. It had a tribal council running intermittently since the 1970s, but the council stopped operating more than a decade ago.
LISTEN: Bristol Bay communities sing for Orthodox Christmas
People in the Eastern Orthodox Church marked the start of Christmas last week with slavii — a beautiful holiday with deep roots in communities around the state. Celebrations look a little different this year, since travel and social gatherings are limited.
GCI dispute leaves cable TV customers without Seahawks football games
GCI’s customers have lost ABC, FOX and CW networks in many communities connected to the company’s fiber-optic system.