Alaska News February 21-25, 2024

KTUU: 1 suffers life-threatening injuries in downtown bar stabbing; Fur Rondy has largest parade in decades; Multiple-vehicle wreck closes stretch of Glenn Highway; Ravn Alaska cuts 130 employees, CEO says and more ->
 
 
 
 

KTOO: Jury makes quick decision in Brian Smith murder trial, convicting him in deaths of two Native women and more ->

 
 
 
 
KYUK: Search and rescue crews locate body of missing man near Akiachak; ‘We have to get prepared’: Akiak Elder takes a seat on FEMA’s National Advisory Council and more ->

 
 
 
 

Alaska Native News: Kodiak man sentenced to 17 years for drug, firearm crimes; Steve Ginnis to Retire as Head of the Fairbanks Native Association; This Day in Alaska History-February 21st, 1924; This Day in Alaska History-February 22nd, 1919; This Day in Alaska History-February 23rd, 1916; This Day in Alaska History-February 24th, 1917 and more ->
 
 
 
 

Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Missing in the North: Jonathon Michael Henry; UAF study investigates cognitive decline in senior dogs; New animal shelter draws most attention as assembly considers capital roadmap and more ->
 
 
 
 

The Arctic Sounder: Two Iñupiaq women work to become village-based lactation counselors to better support mothers in Northwest Alaska; Free home internet for Northwest Arctic student households ends this month and more ->

 
 
 
 
KINY: Jimmy Dale Cates sentenced to 312 years for murder, sexual assault, and arson; Henry Sam Jr. sentenced for sexual abuse of a minor; Photographer Ben Huff featured at Alaska State Museum during March First Friday and more ->

 
 
 
 

KSTK: The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Pike sailed with donated goods for BRAVE Wrangell; Wrangell Johnson-O’Malley Kaats’litaan Dancers and Elders dance for Elizabeth Peratrovich and more ->

 
 
 
 
Resurrection Bay Historical Society
The next Thursdays: Our History program on March 21 will feature Colleen Kelly, RBHS member, talking about The Seward Highway and its History. The presentation will include details about the homesite of Andy and Eva Lowell Simons, the “Missing Link”, the covered bridges and the 1977 landslide. The program will start at 7 pm at the Seward Community Library & Museum.

 
 
 
 

KFSK: Blind Slough’s freshwater king fishery won’t open this summer and more ->
 
 
 
 

Delta Wind: Micro-grants for food security now available
 
 
 
 

KMXT: Midday Report – February 23, 2024
 
 
 
 

Alaska’s News Source: Moose gives free car wash in Wasilla