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Petition to Repeal SB-21 Moves One Step Closer to Ballot
Dozens gathered Saturday afternoon at the Division of Elections' Absentee and Petition Office at Ship Creek to submit signed petitions containing thousands of signatures with the hopes of placing the...
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Russian Jack Springs Park Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
The new Russian Jack Springs Park officially opened up Saturday morning with a ribbon cutting ceremony after a temporary hiatus due to construction.In February, the Anchorage Park Foundation announced...
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Coast Guard Opens Seasonal Location at Kotzebue
The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a seasonal base in Kotzebue from which to run operations this summer. Capt. Daniel Travers is chief of incident management for the Coast Guard in Alaska. He says...
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Soldotna Takes Step to Buy $1 Million Property
The Soldotna city council voted last week to move $1.1 million from the city's general fund to buy property next to Soldotna Creek Park. The Peninsula Clarion reports the three-acre lot is just west...
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Funeral Set for South Carolina Family Killed in Alaska Crash
Visitation and funeral arrangements have been made for one of the two Greenville families killed in a plane crash while on vacation in Alaska. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home said it will hold the...
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Proposed Smoking Ban on Kodiak Island All but Dead
A proposal to ban public smoking on the Kodiak Island Borough is all but dead after one of the principal backers dropped his support. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports that assemblyman Tuck Bonney...
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John Cowdery, Former Alaska Lawmaker, Dies at the Age of 83
John Cowdery, former Alaska lawmaker, died Saturday at the age of 83, according to the state Senate Majority Office. Cowdery served in the Alaska House and Senate from the early 80's to early 00's and...
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Hundreds Attend Memorial for Pilot Killed in Soldotna Crash
Family and friends gathered at a hanger in Nikiski Saturday afternoon to remember and honor the life of Willy Rediske. Rediske was the pilot of the de Havilland Otter that crashed July 7, killing all...
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Wasilla Man Dies at State Park Swimming Hole near Palmer
A Wasilla man died Saturday evening after swimming at a state park swimming hole near Palmer, according to Alaska State Troopers.AST responded to the Matanuska Lake area, formerly Kepler-Bradley,...
View ArticleCargo Airships, New Wave of Alaska Aviation
There's a new wave of aviation trying to gain momentum in Alaska. This week, the Department of Transportation sponsored a three-day workshop where industry and business leaders met to discuss the...
View ArticleShip Creek Reopens for Sport Fishing
A popular fishing spot in downtown Anchorage is open after a sport fishing closure that lasted nearly two weeks. Ship Creek is again open, and just in time for the start of the silver salmon season....
View ArticleUSCG's Pacific Strike Team Responds to Sunken Vessel
A special group of the U.S. Coast Guard arrived Friday, July 12, at the Igushik River to help remove the sunken fishing vessel Lone Star. On June 30, crew members aboard the Lone Star reported the...
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New Plan to Resurrect Ship Creek Power Plant Pitched
A developer is trying to resurrect a long-defunct power plant in Anchorage's Ship Creek.Architects brought in by the city consider the idea for the Knik Arm Power Plant to be cutting-edge for not just...
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Wasilla Man Dies in Single-Vehicle Rollover near Glennallen
A Wasilla man died Saturday evening in a single-vehicle rollover on the Glenn Highway near Glennallen, according to Alaska State Troopers.In an AST dispatch released late Sunday troopers say they were...
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Kodiak Teenager Charged After Shooting
Kodiak police say a 15-year-old boy has been taken into custody and charged with assault following the shooting of a 16-year-old boy at a home. KMXT reports the older boy was visiting the home of...
View ArticleWildfire near Fairbanks Burns into State Park Land
A wildfire burning near Fairbanks has crossed the Chena River. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the Stuart Creek 2 Fire is burning further into state park lands. Three smaller spot fires were...
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AFD: Four-Plex a Total Loss in East Anchorage Fire
Nearly two dozen Anchorage Fire Department units responded to a two-alarm residential fire that raced through an East Anchorage four-plex Monday afternoon, with no injuries reported in the blaze....
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Board Adopts New Redistricting Map
The Alaska Redistricting Board has redrawn the state's political boundaries and will submit the new map to a judge for review. There are some notable changes from the map used for last year's...
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DOTPF Releases Design Concept Report on Alaska-Class Ferries
Two proposed Alaska Marine Highway System ferries will be more cost-effective and flexible than the single larger vessel originally planned, according to documents released by state officials Monday....
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Famed Katmai Brown Bears Ready for Season 2
The famed brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve are ready for their close-ups. Explore.org has again set up live-streaming high-definition webcams from the remote Alaska park,...
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