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Rescued walrus calf ‘sassy’ and alert after seemingly being left by her herd in Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A walrus calf seemingly left behind by her herd near Alaska’s northernmost city is alert and “sassy” as she receives care at a nonprofit wildlife response center hundreds of miles away following her recent rescue, a center spokesperson said Thursday. Alaska SeaLife...
Juneau’s hospital closes its crisis care unit less than a year after opening it
A program designed to offer immediate care to adolescents in crisis at Juneau’s city-owned hospital closed last week after opening eight months ago. In an interview, Bartlett Regional Hospital spokesperson Erin Hardin said the closure is due to a lack of funding and staff. “There is no dedicated subsidy...
Progress Days Kick Off This Weekend In Soldotna
The 67th Annual Soldotna Progress Days festivities will kick off on Friday in Soldotna and run from Friday, July 26th, through Sunday, July 28th. The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce is helping rally the community together for this big event, which will feature live music and dance performances, the Progress Days Parade, food and craft vendors, and more all weekend long.
Rocket suffers ‘irrecoverable damage’ in fire at Kodiak spaceport
A fire last week caused “irrecoverable damage” to a rocket that was initially expected to launch this summer from the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska on Kodiak Island. According to a press release from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation, which operates the spaceport, a Friday ground test went awry at the Narrow Cape facility when a fire developed on a launch pad during a routine ground test at about 8:30 p.m.
Man missing on Yukon River for 5 days found safe
Searchers found a man Wednesday who was reported missing last weekend after he set out to travel by boat on the Yukon River from Circle, but never arrived at his destination in Fort Yukon. Alaska State Troopers said in an online dispatch that a local search team found Robert Peter...
Municipal administrator reports high number of vacant city jobs
The City and Borough of Sitka is struggling to fill a large number of open positions. At the Sitka Assembly meeting on Tuesday (7-23-24), Municipal Administrator John Leach said there are currently 42 vacant city jobs. “I always hate to say that we’re not the only ones going through this,...
Assembly to interview former Sitka magistrate for attorney position
The Sitka Assembly will interview a former Sitka Superior Court magistrate for the open city attorney job. At its regular meeting last night (7-23-24) the assembly agreed to interview Sitka attorney and former magistrate Rachel Jones, one of two applicants for the position. The assembly declined to offer the second applicant an interview.
Déjà Vu: Another Steller Sea Lion Rescued in Kodiak
Community support key to removing a plastic packing band from sea lion’s neck. For the second year in a row, three experts successfully freed an entangled Steller sea lion in Kodiak. NOAA Fisheries’ Kim Raum-Suryan and Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Lauri Jemison, along with veterinarian Dr. Kate...
Woman charged with murder, DUI after SUV strikes soldier at Fort Wainwright gate
A woman accused of driving an SUV drunk into Fort Wainwright’s main gate Monday and fatally injuring a soldier who tried to stop her has been charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and DUI. Fairbanks police said in a statement that they apprehended Brianna Lapp, 31, in the death of...
Anchorage Parks and Rec Seeks Input on Local Trails – Share Your Thoughts
The Anchorage Parks and Rec team wants your feedback on how to make the area's trails better. Trail users in Anchorage, Eagle River, and Chugiak are invited to take a "Trail Use Survey." You can share what's good and not so good about our local trails like the ones at...
Meet Emily Mailman, Marine Habitat Resource Specialist for the NOAA Restoration Center
Emily Mailman is a Marine Habitat Resource Specialist based in Anchorage, Alaska. She supports the work of the Office of Habitat Conservation’s Restoration Center in Alaska. I provide technical assistance to our partners working on community habitat restoration projects. When I explain my job to my family, I tell them that the work I do helps salmon move further upstream, where they can access more spawning habitat.
State of Alaska District Court
Jeremy Gene Nikolai, 44 3rd Degree Assault, Coercion 4 Yrs., 4 Yrs. Prob. Trevor Nose, 29 2nd Degree Harassment 18 Mos. Prob., $450. Stephen Hill, 40 3rd Degree Assault 6 Mos., 5 Yrs. Prob. Gunner Gregory, 32 4th Degree Assault 1 Yr., $350. Kevin Gilila, 40 Driving Under the Influence...
Medical student gets firsthand training in Bethel
Stephen Compton, the son of Bethel’s Dr. David Compton, is an Alaska WWAMI medical student. WWAMI stands for “Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho”, and since July 1st, Compton has been training closely with Dr. Megan Young at Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital in Bethel as part the Rural Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP), a month-long elective for WWAMI medical students interested in rural medicine.
‘We got a bonus tour’: cruise passengers stranded in Canada by rockslide rejoin their ships in Haines
At 4 a.m. Wednesday, just as the sun was starting to cast long blue shadows over downtown Haines – four massive Holland America tour buses motored into the parking lot of the Port Chilkoot Cruise Ship Dock. Some 150 people climbed down the stairs and slowly made their way...
City manager resigns effective September 1
Nome’s City Manager Glenn Steckman announced his decision to resign from the job to the public today, July 24. The resignation is effective September 1. Steckman said in an interview with the Nome Nugget that he took a position with the city of Cambridge, Maryland, starting Sept. 4. Steckman...
Finalists for Juneau municipal attorney to be interviewed this week
Juneau residents will have a chance to learn more about the three finalists for Juneau’s next city attorney this week. The candidates will be interviewed by the Assembly and partake in an assessment exercise at a public meeting at 5:15 p.m. Thursday at City Hall. Two of the candidates...
Small boat harbor could see upgrade next year
Unalaska’s Robert Storrs Small Boat Harbor could get a facelift as soon as next summer. The Unalaska City Council earlier this month approved an application for a $5 million grant to replace the harbor’s floats. The harbor is located behind the fish processing plant, UniSea, and serves the...
Kenai Conversation: The Kenai Peninsula Borough's 60th Anniversary
2024 marks 60 years since the Kenai Peninsula Borough was incorporated. On this special, two-hour episode of the Kenai Conversation, we talk to three former borough mayors about their time at the Kenai Peninsula’s helm — the decisions they made, ones they didn’t, and the role they played in helping get the borough where it is today.
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