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North Pacific, Pacific Council appointments delayed until “later this summer’
All other regional council appointments were announced on June 28. Alaskan and West Coast fishery stakeholders are still in the dark as to who will represent them on their regional fishery management councils. The appointments of 22 new and returning members to six of eight of the nation’s councils were...
Seward man accused of threatening to ‘bomb and shoot’ Dunleavy’s office
Alaska State Troopers say a Seward man left a threatening message online for Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s office, signing it as someone else in a bid to throw off investigators. Matthew Edward Stanley, 22, is charged with second-degree terroristic threatening and criminal impersonation in the case, which was filed Monday.
Missing in the North: Cynthia Jo St. John
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - Accident, murder or suicide - a question that haunts any unexpected death. Whatever happened to Cynthia Jo St. John three decades ago, authorities do not believe it was an accident. Cynthia was a 36-year-old woman from Mississippi, married to Roger St. John and working at a...
Designers Wanted: Logo for UAF's New College of Indigenous Studies
The University of Alaska Fairbanks' new College of Indigenous Studies is in need of a logo. Anyone interested in working on this project can submit their portfolios and resumes online. The deadline is July 8. Considerations for you if chosen:. The final logo will adhere to the University of Alaska...
Tongass Voices: Sakoon Donedin Jackson on re-indigenizing her life
This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond. Sakoon Donedin Jackson is a Chilkat weaver from Alberta, Canada who began her practice during the COVID-19 pandemic when she took classes online with Juneau’s Lily Hope. Now, Jackson is the featured resident artist at Wooshkindein Da.áat Lily Hope Weaver studio, where she has been working on a woolen button robe and teaching weaving classes for the first time.
Juneau voters will see $23M in public health and safety improvement bonds on October ballot
The Juneau Assembly unanimously approved two ballot measures on Monday that could add nearly $23 million to the city’s debt for public health and safety improvements. If passed by Juneau voters this fall election, the bonds would help fund upgrades to Juneau’s public safety communication system and the Juneau Douglas Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital Opens Clean-Air Respite Rooms Amid Wildfires
Because of all the wildfires burning in the Interior, Fairbanks Memorial Hospital has opened two clean-air respite rooms for the public to use. These rooms located on the first floor of the hospital are outfitted with high-capacity HEPA-filtered air scrubbers. So if you're struggling with the current poor air quality...
Palmer’s Levi Hopkins strikes gold at U23 Pan-American Games
The Americas didn’t stand a chance against Palmer’s Levi Hopkins. The former Alaska state wrestling champion out of Colony High didn’t yield a point in three matches at the U23 Pan-American Games in Santiago, Colombia. Hopkins outscored opponents 32-0 to claim the gold medal as the 202-pound...
Kodiak firework store opens for pre-orders ahead of Fourth of July
Les and Dan’s Firework Stand is based out of a metal container van, just north of city limits, next to Rezanof past Mill Bay Beach. It’s the island community’s sole pyrotechnic store. The business has operated in Kodiak for over 40 years. But it’s not business as...
Federal government awarded Wrangell $25 million for revitalizing harbor
The Biden-Harris Administration awarded Wrangell $25 million to help rebuild the harbor through the Harbor Basin Revitalization and Transportation Resiliency Project. The announcement came Wednesday, June 26 in a press release. It is part of the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity program, otherwise known as the RAISE grant...
Federal judge blocks Biden’s Title IX overhaul in four more states
A federal judge in Kansas has blocked the Department of Education’s Title IX rewrite in four more states, continuing a pattern of successive losses for the Biden administration on the controversial regulatory overhaul. U.S. District Court Judge John W. Broomes issued an injunction on Tuesday to the Biden administration’s new Title IX rules, which change […]
BLM staff coming here for subsistence hunting permits
Attention Delta-Area Unit 13 Federal Subsistence Hunters: The Bureau of Land Management Glennallen Field Office staff will be at the Delta Career Advancement Center July 11-13 to issue Federal Subsistence Hunt Permits for Unit 13 moose and designated hunter. Caribou hunts in Unit 13 are closed this year to conserve the Nelchina caribou herd.
Military Report: The risks of fighting fires in military lands
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - While working to suppress wildfires always comes with risk, the danger only increases on military training lands where falling trees and flames meet potential explosive outcomes. As the McDonald and Clear fires spread, some may have found themselves wondering why response to the flames was seemingly...
Governor’s vetoes whittle list of funded Alaska Long Trail projects to four
Only four of nine projects that the Legislature funded this year as part of an envisioned Alaska Long Trail network survived Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto pen. Dunleavy’s vetoes left a bit over $1.1 million of the $3.7 million in Alaska Long Trail projects that lawmakers approved in their capital budget. Steve Cleary, executive director of […] The post Governor’s vetoes whittle list of funded Alaska Long Trail projects to four appeared first on Alaska Beacon.
Gov. Dunleavy vetoes millions intended to solve Alaska’s federal education funding equity dispute
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed the funds state legislators set aside to settle a dispute between Alaska’s education officials and their federal counterparts over whether the state spent pandemic relief equitably. State legislators included $11.89 million in the operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year to allow the state to comply with the federal government’s […] The post Gov. Dunleavy vetoes millions intended to solve Alaska’s federal education funding equity dispute appeared first on Alaska Beacon.
Motorcycle accident ends in fatality
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - A high-speed motorcycle crash off the Old Nenana Highway tragically ended in a fatality on Tuesday night. According to the Alaska State Troopers, who responded just after 9:30 p.m., Fairbanks resident Blaine Hartman had lost control of his motorcycle while driving close to 80 miles per hour. He veered off the highway and struck a group of trees.
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