While the airport had more than 10 inches of snow, other parts of town got more than twice that.
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Cook Inlet beluga birth rates lower than expected, study finds
The study is the latest piece in a puzzle scientists are trying to solve about why the endangered population of Cook Inlet belugas is not rebounding.
Anchorage digs out of more than a foot of wet, heavy snow
A state Department of Transportation spokesman said it was Anchorage’s heaviest snowfall in more than 20 years.
Kenai man has the nation’s 19th-best mullet
Joe Malatesta III, of Kenai, has been growing his curly mullet for four years.
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.
Alaska Energy Authority invests $4.9M in state’s largest solar farm
Alaska currently gets less than 1% of its power from solar.
UAA to permanently expand master’s in social work program with $1.5M grant
The nonprofit Recover Alaska identified a chronic shortage of social workers as a key issue behind the state’s worst-in-the-nation status for alcohol-attributed deaths.
Voter approval of Alaska judges is at an all-time low, and experts aren’t sure why
Political campaigns, pollsters and the media tend to focus on the races at the top of the ballot, so it’s hard to nail down why more and more Alaskans are voting to fire judges.
Fire crews rescue man stuck to his waist in Turnagain Arm mud
A surveyor called 911 after getting stuck in the mud in Tidewater Slough. He was sinking deeper when crews arrived.
Alaska salmon hatchery operator agrees to pay $1M for environmental violations
The company pled guilty to illegally burning fuel and waste at its hatcheries, which led to a worker being seriously injured.