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Teacher recruitment and retention bill becomes law in Alaska without Gov. Dunleavy’s signature
A bill aimed at attracting and keeping quality teachers in Alaska classrooms became law on Monday without Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s signature. The law’s changes to current education policy are threefold: It eliminates a state limit on experience-based compensation for teachers, allows retired teachers to serve as long-term substitutes and provides financial incentives for current teachers […]
UAF Launches Energy Resource Engineering Degree Program
The UAF’S College of Engineering and Mines has launched its new energy resource engineering baccalaureate program. Students can enroll in this forward-thinking field of study starting in fall 2024. Developing the Degree. Over the past two years, CEM faculty developed the program using student feedback, industry analysis, and input...
Supreme Court keeps Biden student loan SAVE plan on hold for now
The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily sided with states that sued to pause the Biden-Harris administration’s latest effort to implement student loan forgiveness. In two separate applications stemming from Missouri and Alaska, Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, respectively, declined to vacate lower court stays on the Biden-Harris administration’s Saving on a Valuable Education, or […]
Take-back time: Biden-Harris suspend Ambler Road permit
What the federal government gives, the federal government can take away. Several days before permanently locking up another 28 million acres of Alaska — the size of the state of Mississippi — the Biden-Harris Administration quietly yanked the permit for the Ambler Road. The permit had been granted...
Storm fronts continue all week in Wrangell
Fall in Southeast Alaska is off to a rainy start with two sizable storm systems predicted over the next week. Meteorologist Greg Spann is with the National Weather Service in Juneau. He said to expect continued showers as the current system moves out of the area. “Our next actual big...
Pet of the Week: Lily
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - Meet the marvelous Miss Lily, who is currently at the Fairbanks Animal Shelter waiting to meet her new forever family!. Lily is a 4-year-old spayed female Alaskan Husky. She was found as a stray back in May, and lived in a foster situation with her finders for three months.
Make a pudding cup, learn about soils in Anchorage program
Youths can learn about soil science — and play with their food — in a fun, hands-on workshop with 4-H and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Allison Bruchhaus, Anchorage 4-H program coordinator, will lead the program at the Learning Commons in the Z.J. Loussac Library, 3600 Denali St., Anchorage. It is designed for youths from ages 5-11.
Spike in salmon shark sightings near Kodiak stumps researchers
Salmon sharks appear to be turning up in Kodiak fishermen’s nets and washing up on public beaches around Kodiak Island in greater frequency this summer. But there isn’t enough data to determine if the shark population is growing off the coast of Alaska. On Sunday, a Kodiak resident...
Pageant offers Anchorage’s Pacific Islanders a place to heal after police shooting
As excitement and anticipation grew for the first-ever Miss Alaska Pacific Island pageant this month, Anchorage’s Polynesian community was hit with tragedy: a 16-year-old Samoan girl was fatally shot by police on Aug. 13. The death of Easter Leafa is still under investigation. Police say she walked toward officers...
Kenai accepts more than $500k in airport grants
Kenai City Council members accepted more than half a million dollars in federal grants for airport projects at their meeting Wednesday. Both grants come from the Federal Aviation Administration. Most of that money is coming from one grant. It’s roughly $526,000 for replacement of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning...
Holiday gas stations are converting to Circle K in Anchorage
Holiday gas stations in Alaska are being converted to Circle K. The change comes seven years after Circle K’s Canada-based parent company, Alimentation Couche-Tard, bought Holiday. Circle K’s director of communications, Chris Barnes, said in an email that the company has been converting stores throughout the country during the...
Anchorage’s Brandon Pili (Miami) and Edefuan Ulofoshio (Buffalo) officially named to NFL rosters
NFL Sunday will provide Alaska football fans with the ultimate two-a-days after two Anchorage players were officially named to 53-man rosters Tuesday. Defensive tackle Brandon Pili has returned for his second season with the Miami Dolphins while linebacker Edefuan Ulofoshio made the cut as a rookie with the Buffalo Bills, making this the first season since 2014 that two Alaskans will be playing in the NFL at the same time.
Glacier flooding in Alaskan capital sets new record
In the early hours of August 6, a lake dammed by Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier burst through the ice, flooding hundreds of homes and businesses in the Mendenhall Valley where many of the Alaskan capital's residents live. This outburst led to the largest flow ever recorded in the Mendenhall Basin and surpassed last year's historic flood levels, with an estimated 16 billion gallons of water—enough to fill more than 32,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools—draining into the river.
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