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Anchorage's Taku Lake Skate Park to Receive $2.1M Upgrade, Largest in City
The skate park at Taku Lake in Anchorage is getting some massive upgrades. The Anchorage Parks Foundation tells Your Alaska Link the $2.1 million project has been about four years in the making. The new and improved skate park will feature an in-the-ground bowl for skaters. And when it's all...
Fireworks sales in Houston continue despite high fire danger across the state
HOUSTON, Alaska (KTUU) - Fire danger is high across the state of Alaska, but that hasn’t stopped fireworks sales in the Mat-Su Borough city of Houston where Gorilla Fireworks stands were doing brisk business a few days before the Fourth of July. Houston is the only city in the...
Fatal fire burns cabin on same property where Mat-Su wildfire originated
TALKEETNA, Alaska (KTUU) - One person is dead after an early-morning fire burned a cabin on the same property where authorities say last weekend’s Montana Creek wildfire began. Alaska State Troopers clarified to Alaska’s New Source that Tuesday’s fire investigation is unrelated to the investigation into how the wildfire...
A Palmer mom lost $3K to scammers. She wants to help you avoid falling for the scheme.
Samantha Norman, a nurse and mom in Palmer, never thought she would fall for a phone scam. She regularly told her elderly mom to get off the phone with scammers and hung up when she spotted them herself. But then she got a call on her cell phone on a...
2 more Alaska inmates die as details emerge on early-morning Anchorage jail death
No force was used at the Anchorage jail against a man who died there last Wednesday, according to state corrections officials. As his death remained under investigation Tuesday, officials also announced two more Southcentral Alaska inmates suffered medical issues and died last week. That brings the state’s total number of in-state custody deaths to 10, the same number as all of last year, prompting continued calls from the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska for answers and action.
HEX To Conduct Unmanned Flight In Cook Inlet
After three years in development, HEX Cook Inlet LLC (HEX) and Furie Operating Alaska have announced that in partnership with the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), and the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aerial Systems Integration, the first Beyond Visual Line of Sight test program will be conducted over the Cook Inlet on July 10.
NuVision Credit Union, Anchorage Cops for Community Launch Annual Winter Gear Drive
This is probably the last thing we want to talk about in the middle of summer. But do you have any cold-weather gear to spare?. NuVision Credit Union and Anchorage Cops for Community once again teaming up for their big clothesline project. This annual clothing drive aims to ensure that...
Death on South Dogsled Road
Alaska State Troopers responded to a report of a deceased person in a residential fire located on South Dogsled Drive. The property owner called MatCom Dispatch at 1:20 am and the Troopers responded a little before 3 am Tuesday. Alaska Department of Public Safety Information Officer Tim DeSpain confirmed the...
Golden Valley Electric Receives Loan for BESS, Solar
Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA) was awarded a $100 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program. The program includes $60 million of the loan amount reduced through loan forgiveness. GVEA will work with Rural Utilities Service, the entity administering the PACE...
LeeShore Center Receives Unexpected Rasumson Grant
The LeeShore Center in Kenai received a surprise $25,000 donation from the Rasmuson Foundation during a recent community reception held at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor’s Center. According to LeeShore Center Board President, Samantha Springer, these surprise donations are something of an annual tradition for Rasmuson. “Every...
Haines High Schooler Wrestles His Way to 3rd Place at Championship
Haines high schooler Hayden Jimenez placed third in his category at the Western States Championship, a wrestling competition that pits athletes from 25 states. The event took place in Idaho. Jimenez says the first part of the competition was hard on him. Jimenez: “The first three days were duels, so...
Eagles, Sapsucker, get Human Assistance
Early on Saturday morning, Kari Johnson, who lives on North Sawmill road in Haines, heard a ruckus outside her home. Johnson: “It almost sounded like a little scuffle right outside our door, and my husband went outside, and we looked around and we saw that eagle laying on the ground.”
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