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The Toa Samoa era under center for the East High football team started with a thud and ended with a dub. A near fumble on the first play of the game almost resulted in disaster, but Samoa quickly settled things down and led the T-birds to touchdowns on their first two drives to key Saturday’s 22-6 victory over visiting Juneau-Douglas.

A series of large storms have left some Western Alaska communities grappling with flooding and erosion. Some residents report that the flooding is worse than Typhoon Merbok, and that it rivals this year’s historic breakup floods on the Kuskokwim River. In Tuntutuliak, on the lower Kuskokwim, a community member...

Amid the soon to be decided potential Alaska-Hawaiian merger talks currently ongoing between the two carriers and Department of Justice, something is becoming clear. The implications of this deal are rippling through both the Hawaii travel and the U.S. airline industry. We are set to know the results of whether DOJ will permit this merger or not by Monday at 6 pm Hawaii time. That is unless there is another extension. It’s anyone’s guess at this point what comes next.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A 33-year-old man told police on Sunday he is taking responsibility for the death of a man known to him, the Anchorage Police Department reported. APD said police had responded to a Midtown apartment around noon Sunday on a report of a dead person. A suspect, Cecil Skipper, complied with orders to meet officers outside the apartment, where the lifeless person had a stab wound to the upper body.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Volunteers in East Anchorage spent Saturday attempting to remove invasive species from surrounding parks during the 12th annual Weed Smackdown. During the event, around 150 volunteers spent about two hours pulling and removing invasive plant species found near Food Forest at Chanshtnu Muldoon Park. “This area...

A series of large storms have left some Western Alaska communities grappling with flooding and erosion. Some residents report that the flooding is worse than Typhoon Merbok, and that it rivals this year’s historic breakup floods on the Kuskokwim River. In Tuntutuliak, on the lower Kuskokwim, a community member...

About thirty years ago, the state said Alaskans ate approximately 6.5 grams of fish per day. That’s not much – just about the size of a nickel. That was the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s national default rate back then. But the amount of fish Alaskans consume isn’t...

A controversial 2023 court ruling ordering the closure of commercial trolling for king salmon, or chinook, in Southeast Alaska has been lifted. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on August 16 partially reversed a lower court ruling stemming from a lawsuit brought by a Washington state conservation group hoping to protect an endangered population of killer whales. The panel of three judges decided that shutting down the fishery is the wrong prescription for the whales’ survival.

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance, who took office in July, has shown her leadership style. After an officer-involved shooting last week, she has taken a stand against Anchorage police in a case where a 16-year-old was shot and killed by an officer, while the youth was threatening others in her family with a knife during a domestic dispute.

A peaceful march for Easter Leafa on Saturday also included speeches from her family, Mayor LaFrance and Anchorage Police Department Chief Sean Case.

Broadway Alaska and the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts have announced that single tickets for the North American Tour of Mean Girls—the record-breaking new musical comedy adapted from the hit Paramount Pictures film are now on sale. Tickets will be available by visiting CenterTix.com or by calling (907) 263-2787. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling (907) 263-2787.

Key primary races will kick off in Alaska, Florida and Wyoming next week as the 2024 primary cycle wraps up.  In Florida, a noteworthy Senate race is about to be solidified. Meanwhile, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) battles a challenger backed by his political nemesis, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R), while Democrats duke it out in […]

A series of large storms have left some Western Alaska communities grappling with flooding and erosion. Some residents report that the flooding is worse than Typhoon Merbok, and that it rivals this year’s historic breakup floods on the Kuskokwim River. In Tuntutuliak, on the lower Kuskokwim, a community member...