As more Republicans join the crowded field, a question hangs over potential Democratic hopefuls: What will Mary Peltola do?
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Newscast – Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025
In this newscast: University of Alaska Fairbanks administrators told the Board of Regents last week that they think UAF is set to become a top-tier research institution in 2030; The man who died on Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier last week has been identified as a planetary geologist from the University of Padua in Italy; Red king crab fisherman in Southeast Alaska are getting the first competitive commercial fishery since 2017; A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued a hunter after he broke his leg on a hunting trip northwest of Sitka on Friday; This month’s Economic Trends Magazine reported that it’s getting harder for Alaskans to afford a place to live.
At Sitka library, Dungeons & Dragons plays a critical role in community building
Parks and Recreation staff partnered with the library to introduce more Sitkans to the tabletop role-playing game and encourage collaborative imagination.
Italian researcher who died on Mendenhall Glacier was studying planetary landscapes
Riccardo Pozzobon, a planetary geologist from Italy, was studying ice fracture patterns when he fell into a hole in the glacier.
Alaska students’ test scores show little improvement in reading, math and science
The flat test scores come as policymakers debate ways to improve Alaska’s struggling schools.
Report lists 70 possible noncitizen Alaskans who attempted to vote in the past decade
A document submitted by the Alaska Division of Elections to the U.S. Department of Justice in response to a nationwide data request names 70 possible noncitizens who voted or attempted to vote in state or local Alaska elections since 2015. Among the 70 people are 10 American Samoans from Whittier who now face state criminal charges related to their voting.…
Newscast – Monday, Sept. 8, 2025
In this newscast: A Sitka Grand Jury indicted a Juneau man Thursday for allegedly assaulting two men at a demonstration in downtown Sitka; Fairbanks police evacuated one of the city’s Fred Meyer locations on Saturday evening, after a deactivated mortar shell was left in the grocery store’s bathroom; The University of Alaska Board of Regents introduced changes to the University’s antidiscrimination policy around hiring and recruitment on Friday; Alaska students’ test scores improved modestly last school year, according to results released Friday by the Department of Education and Early Development; One of Petersburg’s most popular trail systems on Mitkof Island recently got an upgrade with help from out-of-towners.
How will Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” impact Alaskans? It’s hard to say.
President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that passed in July will likely have sprawling impacts to Alaska, but because of the way the nearly one thousand page bill was written, it’s hard to make specific predictions.
University of Alaska Board of Regents considers removing affirmative action from hiring policy
The proposal is part of the university’s wave of language changes to preserve federal funding during the Trump administration.
U.S. Coast Guard intercepts two Chinese research ships in disputed portions of the Arctic Ocean
Some American claims to parts of the High Arctic have not been internationally recognized because the U.S. hasn’t ratified a treaty.