Alaska News January 03, 2020

KTVA The Voice of Alaska: Juneau man called gets 16-year max sentence for strangling assault, called ‘worst offender’; ‘I shot my mom’: Court documents detail Wasilla murder; Suspect in shooting, SWAT standoff was wanted for leaving a halfway house; Frustration fills special meeting on Deneki Road flooding; New tariffs on commodities take effect at the Port of Alaska and more ->
 
 
 
 

KTUU: ‘It’s what we do’: Family of missing fishermen mourn but pledge to keep fishing; Alaska bans rockfish from commercial and personal fishing; Iowa officer helping to equip colleagues on Alaskan island; Anchorage police lieutenant alleges racial discrimination in department’s promotions; Alaskans sweep freestyle sprint at national championships in Michigan and more ->

 
 
 
 
KTOO Public Media: What to do when 911 calls can’t get through and more ->

 
 
 
 
KYUK Public Media for Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta: YKHC Welcomes First 2020 Baby; Kuskokwim 300 Postpones Holiday Classic, Reaches Fans In New Ways; #BethelGives Financial Boost To Eleven Y-K Delta Nonprofits and more ->
 
 
 
 

Alaska Native News: Healy Man Dies from Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound; Northway Man Arrested on Assault also Charged for Head-Butting Arresting Trooper; Multiple Assault Charges Leveled Against Northway Man for New Years Eve Incident and more ->
 
 
 
 

Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Historic Salcha Inn catches fire on New Year’s Eve; Alaska Senator calls on Governor to request extension for REAL ID implementation deadline; WATCH: Fairbanks man brings positivity by thawing cars for strangers and more ->
 
 
 
 

Cision PR Web: Author K.B. Penwarden’s new book “Through the Alaskan Darkness” is an evocative recount of a violent storm while her family was stationed in the remote Aleutian Islands
 
 
 
 
Craig Medred: Intensive management
 
 
 
 
By Megan McDonald, Only In Your State Alaska: The Massive Bird Migration In Alaska That The Whole Family Will Enjoy
 
 
 
 
Suzanne Downing Must Read Alaska: STATEHOOD DAY

On Jan. 3, 1959, Alaska became the 49th state, and we raise a toast today to President Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican, for signing the Alaska Statehood Act months earlier, on July 7, 1958. Many feared at the time that Alaska would not be able to support itself, but the Statehood Act granted Alaska the right to develop millions of acres of federal land.