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Copper River Seafoods Named Alaska Manufacturer of the Year
Copper River Seafoods has been honored as Alaska’s Manufacturer of the Year for 2023, with the award being presented Aug. 6 in Anchorage. Copper River was chosen for the honor by officials with Alaska’s Commerce, Community and Economic Development (CCED) department. CCED Commissioner Julie Sande cited Copper River...
NEA leadership meets with Alaskan Native, JBER artists in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The 13th chair of the National Endowment for the Arts paid a visit Wednesday morning to the Alaska Native Heritage Center, part of a busy day of site visits in Alaska’s largest city. As Yup’ik dancers’ music echoed throughout the open space, Maria Rosario Jackson,...
UAA, UAF volleyball teams picked fifth and sixth, respectively, in GNAC preseason coaches poll
The 10 coaches in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference agree the Seawolves and Nanooks will be better volleyball teams than they were a year ago. However, they don’t agree who’s the top team in the NCAA Division II league. Central Washington, Seattle Pacific and Simon Fraser each received...
Nostalgia Tour Wraps Up August With Afton And Thunder Mountain
CENTER LISLE, NY – The Dirt Modified Nostalgia Tour will try again to get a pair of shows in at the Afton Fairgrounds Speedway and Thunder Mountain Speedway this coming weekend after raining out the previous double header for the Spoonhauer run tracks earlier this month. The upcoming dates...
Statewide housing organization to field Unalaska’s concerns at community forum
Representatives from a statewide housing organization are holding a meeting Wednesday morning to hear Unalaskans’ concerns about the local market. The Alaska Housing Finance Corp. aims to make housing more accessible. They provide loans and offer energy efficiency, senior housing and professional development programs. The group was created in 1971 by the state of Alaska and runs public housing statewide. It also invests in a sizable chunk of the mortgage market in Alaska every year — anywhere from 25% to 35%.
Incumbents lead in early primary election results
Unofficial results are in for this year's state primary election. Polls closed Tuesday at 8 p.m. The top four vote-getters in each race advance to the General Election in November. Senate District D (Northern Kenai Peninsula including Kenai, Soldotna) Incumbent Republican Sen. Jesse Bjorkman carries a lead of about three...
Jenae Larson’s Playground Opens Just In Time For New School Year
Kim Larson cuts the ribbon while Jenae's previous students wait to go play. Saturday afternoon saw the long anticipated opening of Jenae Larson’s Playground. Planning for the playground has been happening since early 2021, just months after the Beach Road landslide took the lives of David Simmons and Jenae. A graduate of Haines High School, Jenae Larson returned to her hometown to work as the kindergarten teacher at Haines Elementary School at the time of her death. Jenae’s mother, Kim Larson, said her daughter had always wanted a new playground for her students. Kim Larson and other supporters began fundraising for that goal in March 2021.
Community slideshow: Early fall storm floods the Y-K Delta
Fall storms are a common occurrence for Western Alaska, but a "conga line" of three early-season storms that hit the Kuskokwim and Yukon Delta coasts last week caused floods that rivaled Typhoon Merbok and the historic breakup flooding seen this spring. While communities have not reported serious injuries or death...
HEA board approves buying energy from what will be Alaska’s largest solar farm
The board of Homer Electric Association, or HEA, unanimously approved a purchase contract on Aug. 13 with Renewable IPP, a power producer that’s built several large solar farms in the state. Jenn Miller is the CEO of Renewable IPP. She said the company is working to give Alaskans energy...
AASB executive director shares statewide struggles amid flat education funding
The Alaska Municipal League’s Summer Legislative Conference in Kodiak Aug. 13-15 included several presentations about common struggles between city and borough governments across the state. One spotlight was that school districts everywhere have faced mostly flat funding since 2017. That’s why organizers invited Lon Garrison to host a forum....
Illegal trafficking of tiny turtles blamed for Salmonella outbreak
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - A multi-state outbreak of Salmonella illnesses, particularly affecting young children, has been traced back to contact with illegal small pet turtles. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) says that the outbreak has reached 51 known cases in 21 states, including one case in Alaska. Twenty three...
JetBlue launches status match for AA, Alaska, Delta and United elites
JetBlue has launched a new status match opportunity for elite members of United, Delta, American and Alaska Airlines. Depending on the status that you have with the respective competitor, JetBlue will give you either Mosaic 1 or 2 status (see below for the benefits). The initial status match is for...
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