A smaller bear-viewing site in Southeast Alaska has kicked off its own bear awards inspired by Katmai’s Fat Bear Week this year, but the focus isn’t just on the rotundity of the area’s resident bruins.
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Newscast – Friday, Oct. 7, 2022
In this newscast: A community coalition in Petersburg held a forum about child care shortages in town and why the shortage is a problem for the whole community; Wildlife officials in Metlakatla continue to trap record-setting numbers of the invasive crab species that threaten local subsistence food sources and fish habitat
In today’s Fat Bear Week matchups, the story of a mother’s loss and surprising embrace of an abandoned cub
Two new heavyweights enter the bracket today, and they’re two of the biggest living legends of Brooks River.
Coast Guard captain describes encounter with Chinese, Russian warships off Alaska
The Kimball — which carries about 120 crew members, defensive weapons and a helicopter — came within about a mile of a group of Chinese and Japanese warships last month and made radio contact with them.
As people die in Alaska prisons, reform advocates are calling for independent investigation
With the death of William Hensely III on Sunday, Corrections matches the highest number of in-custody deaths the department has seen in the past decade. In 2015, 15 people died in Corrections custody.
Oil and gas jobs slow to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels
Jobs have been slow to recover across many industries since the COVID-19 pandemic began, but oil and gas is having an especially hard time.