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2024 Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off Semifinals: UConn vs Alaska Fairbanks at Fiserv Forum
The 2024 Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off matchups are set, with the semifinals featuring Wisconsin against Ferris State, and UConn against Alaska Fairbanks at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 28. Last year, Wisconsin won the 2023 Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off by defeating Air Force 3-0 in the semifinal and...
Permanent Fund drama: Board votes for new leadership of Board of Trustees
During the quarterly meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Alaska Permanent Fund on Wednesday, the board voted to replace Ethan Schutt at chairman and Ellie Rubenstein as vice chairwoman. The new board chairman is Jason Brune, former Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner, and vice chairman is Adam Crum, currently the state commissioner of the Department of Revenue.
Nanooks Hockey Holds Edgeboss Elite Pre Tryout Camp July 30-August 1
FAIRBANKS - The Alaska Nanooks hockey program is set to host its Elite Pre Tryout Camp featuring Edgeboss on July 30-August 1 at the Patty Ice Arena. The camp will be split up into two one-hour long skill sessions on each day where participants will work with Alaska Hockey coaches and players. Anyone born between 2008 and 2015 is eligible to participate. Skaters will utilize Edgeboss apparatuses and train using the same techniques as the Alaska Hockey team. The deadline to register for the camp is July 29 at 8:59 p.m. AKST. Click here for registration.Location: Patty Ice ArenaCost: $121.50...
NORAD intercepts Russian and Chinese aircraft operating together near Alaska
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracked and intercepted a combination of Chinese and Russian aircraft operating near Alaska on Wednesday. U.S. and Canadian aircraft intercepted the two Russian TU-95 and two Chinese H-6 military aircraft operating in international airspace, NORAD said in a statement. The foreign aircraft did not enter U.S. or Canadian […]
Coffman Engineers Promotes Fire Protection Group Manager
Coffman Engineers promoted Eliot Jordan to Discipline Manager of the fire protection engineering team. In that position, he leads Coffman’s fire protection group and performs work on fire suppression and fire alarm and life safety code analysis projects for a variety of facilities. With twenty-four years of professional engineering...
U.S. District Court judge is considering food stamp backlog case against Alaska’s health department
U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason is considering a case that’s calling for stricter oversight of Alaska’s health department after extreme delays in food stamp distribution left thousands of residents without aid for months, the Alaska Beacon reported Thursday. In January of last year, ten plaintiffs sued the...
Innovative Technology Helps Scientists Better Estimate Ages of Long-Lived Rockfish
Scientists demonstrate that an innovative technology to scan fish otoliths (ear stones) coupled with trained computer models can determine rockfish ages as well as humans, and even more quickly. This technology, Fourier-transform near-infrared spectroscopy, examines the unique vibrations of molecules in otoliths, especially the way they absorb near-infrared light, to...
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...
Texas Man Killed in Alaska Waterfall Rafting Mishap
Adventure Turned Tragic: Dallas Man Dies in Alaska Waterfall Rafting Accident. Larry Erwin, 53, from Dallas, was on a remote rafting trip near Bethel, Alaska, when his inflatable raft went over a waterfall. Alaska state troopers reported that he lost control and was thrown into the water. This accident happened...
Yukon Slide Blocks Skagway Visitors
The weather forecast predicted mild flooding. But on Tuesday afternoon, travelers in the Yukon found multiple rockslides in their way. No injuries were reported. About 130 cruise passengers on a Yukon and White Pass Route railroad tour were unable to return to their ship in Skagway. A rock slide blocked the train tracks near lake Bennett. The train took the travelers back to Carcross. Holland America, the cruise company with which they were traveling, dispatched buses to pick up the visitors.
A new 300-acre park near Potter Marsh aims to preserve crucial wetlands
Ellen Kazary stood on the boardwalk at Anchorage’s Potter Marsh, peering down at the grassy wetlands below. “You can actually see the fish jumping out of the water right now, which is fabulous,” she said. “They’re teeny tiny. You’re just seeing a little white or silver flash.”
Bristol Maps app changes navigation for fishermen
Bristol Bay’s waters can be a maze of sand bars and hidden channels. And they change every year, with each storm and tide. But the charts that fishermen use to navigate Bristol Bay have remained largely the same. Recently, a long-time Bristol Bay fisherman developed an app to give fishermen more up–to-date options.
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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