Craig
LATEST NEWS
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.
Ludacris’ gulp of untreated Alaska glacier melt was totally fine, scientist says
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rapper-turned-actor Chris “Ludacris” Bridges sparked concern from some social media followers when he knelt on an Alaska glacier, dipped an empty water bottle into a blue, pristine pool of water and drank it. Video of Ludacris tasting the glacial water and proclaiming, “Oh...
Church Opens Doors in Response To Deadly Alaskan Mudslide
It was around 4 p.m. on Sunday when Alan McElroy, pastor of White Cliff Church in Ketchikan, Alaska, had sat down with a cup of coffee at home. Then the power went out. “I looked at the street and the power pole in front is just bent over and then whipped back like a fishing rod,” he said. “I thought, ‘Well, that’s not good’ and threw on my rubber boots and old Army jacket. Then I told my wife I bet someone had run into a power pole and I was going to see if they needed help.”
Titans Football Competing in D6 in 2024
(8-28-2024, 12:00PM): Lumen Christi came into 2023 with a new conference and new opponents, but ended in the same ultimate goal: winning back-to-back state championships. 2023 was the first year Lumen Christi athletic teams competed in the Catholic High School League (CHSL). The Catholic High School League is the largest Catholic sports league in the U.S. with 33 private high schools located throughout southeast Michigan.
Progressive drops out of West Anchorage state House race, leaving Democrat uncontested
Nick Moe, a nonpartisan progressive running for House District 16 in West Anchorage, is ending his campaign, he announced Monday. “There’s a path to winning, but it’s narrow,” he said after preliminary primary election results showed him significantly trailing Democratic candidate Carolyn Hall. “I mean, we’re gonna...
Nanooks Open 2024 Season With a Trip to Hawaii
FAIRBANKS - The Alaska Nanooks volleyball team kicks off their 2024 season on Thursday, August 29, with a trip to Hawaii for the Hawaii-Alaska Challenge. The Nanooks open up the invitational with a match against No. 12 Chaminade University on Thursday at 8 p.m. AKDT. The following day, Alaska faces off against Hawaii Hilo at 2 p.m. AKDT before wrapping up its trip with a showdown against Hawaii Pacific on Saturday at 4 p.m. AKDT.
AOTW: Deuce & Simeon Alailefaleula look to add to family legacy at Bartlett
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - In 2000, Tui Alailefaleula dominated on the Alaska gridiron as the state’s No. 1 recruit with 90 tackles and 18 sacks for the Bartlett Golden Bears. He was named the Defensive Player of the Year before going on to play four years at Division I’s University of Washington.
IB 24-32: NMFS Prohibits Directed Fishing for Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels using Trawl Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, September 1, 2024, according to Jonathan M. Kurland, Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. This...
Atlas Air to invest in Anchorage base expansion as e-commerce surges
Atlas Air is negotiating with the state of Alaska to build a large, dedicated operations base that would improve fluidity and ensure the airport can accommodate continued growth as the airline increasingly focuses on booming e-commerce trade from Asia to the United States, according to public documents and officials. The...
Ellen Frankenstein and Atman Mehta’s Documentary ‘Cruise Boom’ Looks at Effects of Tourism on Small Alaskan Town | Watch Clip
From filmmakers Ellen Frankenstein (Tracing Roots, Eating Alaska) and Atman Mehta, comes Cruise Boom, a documentary telling the story of a small Alaskan town as they face a new challenge of globalization as the cruise tourism industry rebounds after the COVID lockdown. The documentary film focuses on the effects of the changes from the eyes of the town locals.
Homer City Council funds underpass feasibility study
The Council appropriated funds earlier this year to design a pedestrian underpass for the Sterling Highway, connecting the Diamond Creek and Homestead trail system near the city. A memorandum for the ordinance said the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities would be open to building the underpass if the...
Football Game Preview: Wasilla Heads Out
The Wasilla Warriors will venture away from home to square off against the Barrow Whalers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Wasilla is headed into Saturday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They lost 43-20 to North Pole.
State condemns listing king salmon as endangered at sportfishing roundtable
It’s been more than eight months since an organization from Washington petitioned the federal government to put Gulf of Alaska’s king salmon on the endangered species list. But the issue was still top of mind at last week’s annual Kenai River sportfishing summit in Soldotna. Every year,...
It’s essential to note our commitment to transparency:
Our Terms of Use acknowledge that our services may not always be error-free, and our Community Standards emphasize our discretion in enforcing policies. As a platform hosting over 100,000 pieces of content published daily, we cannot pre-vet content, but we strive to foster a dynamic environment for free expression and robust discourse through safety guardrails of human and AI moderation.