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Alaska Future Farmers of America experiences record growth
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Future Farmers of America reached more than 1 million members last year, with Alaska memberships increasing nearly 75% since 2022, staff said. As the Alaska State Fair ramps up this week, four Alaskan FFA members in leadership had their hands full working through their itinerary. FFA...
Trace amounts of ashfall possible in Aleutians, Alaska Peninsula Monday afternoon
The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement for the Eastern Aleutians and Alaska Peninsula. According to the organization, small amounts of ashfall are possible in Unalaska, Nikolski, Sand Point and Cold Bay through Monday afternoon. The announcement comes after Russia’s Shiveluch mountain erupted Sunday morning, following a...
Democrat Mary Peltola counts on Alaska ranked choice voting to remain in Congress
Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) is the sole representative of the Last Frontier State, with her survival in Tuesday’s primary relying on her centrist standing among Democrats and a unique voting system that has prevented Republicans from winning seats perceived as easy pick-ups in the past. Peltola won a special election in 2022, making her the […]
Officer cleared in deadly shooting of Northeast Anchorage woman
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - One of the responding police officers to a Northeast Anchorage neighborhood disturbance in June did not break policy when using deadly force against the suspect, according to the Office of Special Prosecutions. In a press release, the Office of Special Prosecutions cleared Sgt. John Butler of...
American Honda Trains Mechanics for Local Repairs
From left to right: Matthew Cholok of Chevak, Darrell Walker of Hooper Bay, Honda technician Norman Henkel, Paul Joe Jr. of Hooper Bay, and Clifford Kaganak Jr. of Scammon Bay. Small engines are the beating heart of rural Alaska. Bush communities depend on ATVs and marine equipment for travel and...
Stranded hiker flown down from Arrowhead Peak
Sitka Search & Rescue and the US Coast Guard safely recovered a man who had become stranded on top of a local peak on Saturday afternoon. Fire engineer Karl Muench says a 9-1-1 call came in just before 6 p.m. from a man who had summited Mt. Verstovia – known locally as Arrowhead Peak – and could not find the route down.
UAF receives funding to enhance nuclear proliferation detection
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been named to a group of 12 universities tasked by the federal government with improving and expanding the nation’s detection of nuclear weapons proliferation. The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded two groups of universities a combined $50 million...
Alaska Health Dept. announces opioid settlement grantees
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Alaska Department of Health on Monday announced the names of the 19 recipients of a Statewide Opioid Settlement grant, totaling almost $3 million. As the only statewide grantee, the Alaska Behavioral Health Association was awarded the most money at just over $290,000. “Alaska’s communities continue...
Tuesday is Alaska’s primary election, but the biggest races will wait until November
Polls open at 7 a.m. on Tuesday for Alaska’s primary election, the preliminary round for 50 legislative races and one of the most competitive U.S. House elections in the country. Pre-election turnout has been unusually low: This is the first Alaska primary in more than a decade without a governor’s race, race for U.S. Senate, […]
Passings: Paul Jenkins, longtime Alaska journalist, who went through the Great Alaska Newspaper War
Conservative journalist Paul Jenkins, who went from being an Associated Press reporter to becoming managing editor of the Anchorage Times, an editor of the Voice of the Times, editor of the Anchorage Daily Planet and finally a columnist at the Anchorage Daily News, has died. That is according to his former longtime colleague Robert Dillon, who announced it on Facebook. The announcement was corroborated by a family member.
Troopers: Brown bear attack ‘seriously injured’ hunter on Kenai trail
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A brown bear was shot and killed by hunters after it came after the pair on Saturday afternoon along a popular trail on the Kenai Peninsula, according to the Department of Public Safety. According to troopers, the attack took place on Resurrection Pass Trail near Cooper...
Anchorage police investigate weekend homicides that left 2 men dead
Anchorage police have arrested a suspect in one of two separate homicides over the weekend, after he allegedly confessed to investigators. According to a police statement, 33-year-old Cecil Skipper called 911 around 1 p.m. Sunday from the victim’s Spenard apartment on the 2700 block of West 32nd Avenue. Police...
Taurian Phillip’s 4 TDs lead Service over turnover-prone Wolverines in Southside Cup
If Taurian Phillip was nervous before Saturday’s game, he didn’t show it. He was too busy showing out. The first-year starting quarterback for the Service High football team accounted for four touchdowns in Saturday’s 32-7 win over South in the annual Southside Cup game dating back to 2004.
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