By Sean Maguire: DOT requests $1.5M for Tudor Road overpass repairs
By Liz Raines: Residential recovery center opens doors to Mat-Su men with addiction
By Derek Minemyer: State seismologists want to keep seismic measuring system set for removal
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Alaska News January 06, 2019
By Jes Stugelmayer: 49th State to begin serving Bambino’s Baby Food
By Dave leval: Community rallies to help Eagle River Elementary teachers, students
Climber seeks to become first to solo Mt. Hunter Lonnie Dupre is looking to become the first to solo climb Mt. Hunter, but this isn’t his first attempt at a massive mountain ascent. Story by Channel 2 photojournalist Shawn Wilson.
Alaska News January 05, 2019
By Chris Klint: Closed Sea Galley was burglarized twice before it burned
By KYUK Public Media for Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta: Man Arrested For St. Mary’s Stabbing, 2018 Second Warmest Year On Record For Bethel and more ->
By Chris Klint: Navy to name destroyer after Alaska’s Ted Stevens
KTOO Public Media: Alaska Supreme Court affirms LeBon win in House recount; Despite shutdown, Trump administration continues work to begin oil drilling in ANWR; Why Mount Jumbo won’t be logged anytime soon and more ->
By Heather Hintze: Talkeetna, Willow welcome covered ice rinks
Hogenson’s tenacity and drive earns her a spot on U.S. U18 national hockey team
By Joe Vigil: Anchorage teen drives, chips and putts his way to Augusta
By Cassie Schirm: New smart LED lights brighten Anchorage trails
Behind the Badge calendar features APD women This year’s Behind the Badge calendar features women of the Anchorage Police Department living their lives outside the department. Video by photojournalist AJ Lucero.
Julia O’Malley How Alaska eats: We’ll see that kale salad and raise you a tater tot hotdish
In other food news, a fellow from Ninilchik named Charles Oakley will be on the reality television show “Worst Cooks in America,” reports Sam Davenport. (“When asked if his cooking impressed or horrified the judges, Oakley said that he couldn’t reveal details before the episodes aired.”)
Tune into Oakley’s television premiere on the Food Network Sunday, Jan. 6 at 5 p.m.
Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference: June 14 – 18, 2019
Matt Goff Sitka Nature: Alaska Day
Alaska News January 04, 2019
By Associated Press: Air National Guard lifts 3 from plane stranded on glacier
By Angela Krenzien: Alaska celebrates 60 years of statehood
By Heather Hintze: Crime, trooper staffing top Mat-Su legislative priorities
By KTVA Web Staff: Repairs from Tudor overpass strike could take months
KNOM The Nome Static January 2019
KYUK Public Media for Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta: Important Federal Grant Opens Doors For ONC’s Elder Services, With Paint And Markers, Bethel Community Helps Local Artist Realize Years-Long Dream and more->
KTOO Public Media: Watch live: Alaska Supreme Court hears election recount case, Japan whaling decision may have consequences for Alaska subsistence whalers, U.S. House Dean Don Young swears in Speaker Nancy Pelosi and more->
By Amy Carney: Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum Annual Meeting & Tlingit Artist Presentation, “Celebrating Alaska Native Watercraft”
By Scott Gross: See how a state disaster expert quake-proofs his home
Alaska News January 03, 2019
By Leroy Polk: BREAKING: Fire reported at Sea Galley restaurant in Anchorage
By Taylar Perez & Leroy Polk: UPDATE: Expect traffic delays after dump truck strikes Tudor overpass bridge
By Steve Quinn: Chugiak-Eagle River community icon Lee Jordan dies at 88
By Daniella Rivera: Justin Schneider responds to civil suit, denies strangling victim unconscious
By KYUK Public Media for Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta: Calista Payout Hits New Mark; Bethel’s First Cannabis Shop Is Closer To Opening – If It Gets Its Paperwork Done; Akiak Holiday Weekend Mushers Face it All and more ->
KTOO Public Media: Murkowski aims to revive public lands bill, despite objection from lone senator; Public health data shows 13 percent rise in Alaska suicides; Gastineau Humane Society gets new name, logo for start of the new year; Kenai Assembly’s prayer list broadens after policy change and more ->
Be aware of tax changes With the new year, comes tax season, and there are a few changes to be aware of before you file.
Culture and Competition collide at Rally the Regions. Day 1 of the Rally the Regions Hardwood classic tipped off at Dimond High School.
By Liz Raines: Workforce Wednesday: 5 New Year’s resolutions for a better work life
By Dave Leval: Native teens’ names added to plaque on first Denali summit
Alaska News January 02, 2019
By Elizabeth Roman: AST: Wasilla residents assaulted after confronting NYE burglar
By Associated Press: Alaska woman sentenced to probation for Medicaid fraud
By Chris Klint: Anchorage hospitals’ first 2019 baby born to Kwethluk mom
By KTVA Web Staff: Close to 100 aftershocks registered in Alaska at start of new year
By Lauren Maxwell: Kaladi Brothers donate New Year’s Day proceeds to Covenant House
By Heather Hintze: Independent bookstore thrives in Wasilla
By Dave Leval: Neighbors replace carport after New Year’s Eve collapse
Alaska News January 01, 2019
By Leroy Polk: First shooting of 2019 in Anchorage at LED Lounge, just hours after midnight
By Derek Minemyer: Torchlight Parade draws thousands to Alyeska on New Year’s Eve
By Daniella Rivera: 14 notable Alaska crime stories of 2018
By Associated Press: Alaska mine requests state to ban hunting near operation
KTOO Public Media: Juneau’s biggest stories of 2018 Come 2019, single-use plastic bags are history in Unalaska and more ->
By Chris Klint: Computer glitch prevents early Permanent Fund dividend applications
By Heather Hintze: Houston merges middle, high schools over winter break
Alaska News December 31, 2018
By Elizabeth Roman: Kodiak homeowner injured after masked suspects enter home
By Sean Maguire: Black bear filmed awake and active in Eagle River
By Associated Press: Alaska residents battle Mendenhall River erosion on their own
By Sean Maguire: Arctic Valley’s new contract with Alaska State Parks open for public comment
A public comment period on the new contract was set to finish Dec. 28. Due to the holidays and the earthquake on Nov. 30, Alaska State Parks decided to extend the comment period to Feb. 15.
By Beth Verge: A box of Alaska Native artifacts goes from unknown to on its way home
KYUK Public Media for Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta: Looking Back On Climate Change, Alcohol, Crime, And #MeToo Mary Peltola On The Importance Of A Positive Focus Toward The Future and more->
By Shawn Wilson: Alaskan company uses drones to survey earthquake damage
Alaska News December 30, 2018
By KTUU Digital Staff: SWAT teams brought in following Anchorage stabbing incident
By KTVA Web Staff: SUV burst into flames following head-on Vine Road crash
Troopers wrote that both the truck and the SUV were totaled in the crash.
The driver of the truck was cited for failing to yield before making a left-hand turn.
The President speaks to a Coast Guardsman in Juneau on Christmas President Trump spoke to Lt. Matthew Spado, a Juneau-based Coast Guardsman, on Christmas Day by video conference about a new icebreaker bought for the Coast Guard and the recent earthquake in Alaska.
Alyeska ready to ring in the new year with new ownership, familiar management
KTOO Public Media: Haines students learn how to survive in the great outdoors–in winter, Gov. shutdown won’t affect federal fishery openings and more ->
By Dave Goldman: Army and Air Force begin holiday flag football tradition
By Marion Owen: How does snow help and harm plants?
Alaska News December 29, 2018
By Chris Klint: Kwethluk man gets 21 years for assault in which he bit off brother’s finger
By Leroy Polk: Alaska man arrested for attempted murder tied to road rage, shooting incident
By Hank Davis: Alaska’s Medical Price Transparency Law to be Delayed
KYUK Public Media for Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta: LKSD In 2018: Spelling Bees, Robots, Sports, Yup’ik Media, And A Walk-Out
KTOO Public Media: State gasline corporation to miss key deadline with Chinese partners; Government shutdown, if it continues, could cost Alaska’s lucrative Bering Sea fisheries; Price tag for Anchorage earthquake: $76 million. So far. More ->
By Kortnie Horazdovsky: Ringing in the New Year with a bang, or a band
By Heather Hintze: Volunteers monitor Big Lake ice thickness as safety measure