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Delta Airlines strands family of 12 in Alaska: 'No guarantee they will refund us'
ANCHORAGE, A.K. (WCIV) — A Charleston family is stranded 4,500 miles from home. Delta Airlines cancelled their flights out of Alaska the weekend of July 19, and now it's lagging behind as the rest of the airlines rebound from the Crowdstrike tech outage. “We have no guarantee that they...
Outfitting North Slope Workers with Layers of Protection
There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing. The Norwegian adage is wise advice for Alaskans too. Workers at the Prudhoe Bay oil fields 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle have learned through experience how true the saying is. Equipped with their employer’s list of required...
HOMETOWN HEROES: Deputy Chief Juarez, Sergeant Fenton, and Sergeant Mullowney, ANC Police and Fire
Congratulations to Deputy Chief Juarez, Sergeant Fenton, and Sergeant Mullowney all with the ANC Police and Fire on their recent promotions!. "On Thursday we celebrated three promotions. Deputy Chief Juarez, Sergeant Fenton, and Sergeant Mullowney were joined by family and friends to celebrate their promotions to their respective positions! We look forward to them serving the public and department in their new positions."
Searches underway for 2 missing men on Chena and Yukon rivers
A search continued Sunday on the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks where a man went missing in the water Friday, a day before a Yukon River boater was reported overdue. With prayers and Gwich’in singing, the family of Elia Ansaknok gathered Sunday morning to resume searching for his body in the Chena River. Elia’s uncle, David Solomon of Copper Center led family members in song, as Fairbanks police and Alaska State Troopers launched three boats yesterday at Graehl Landing to dredge the river below the pedestrian bridge where Ansaknok went into the river.
Isaac Updike closes his track season with searing steeplechase; Allie Ostrander’s steeple season is done, she’s headed to the trails
After a bout of COVID derailed Isaac Updike’s Olympic dreams at the U.S. Trials last month, his steeplechase performance Saturday night in Los Angeles provided some salve. The 32-year-old pro runner from Ketchikan closed fast at Sound Running’s 2024 Sunset Tour to blow away the field, clock a season’s-best 8 minutes, 19.11 seconds and win by 2.57 seconds.
Texas man dead after rafting accident southeast of Bethel
A Texas man has died after an accident during a remote river rafting trip southeast of Bethel. According to a Alaska State Trooper dispatch, 53-year-old Larry Erwin of Dallas, Texas was part of a rafting trip around 53 miles southeast of Bethel. Erwin reportedly went over a waterfall after losing...
King Cove man charged with killing parents in Anchorage house fire
A man from King Cove is now charged with arson and murder in his parents’ deaths earlier this year following an Anchorage house fire. Joshua Gould, 46, is facing more than half a dozen charges filed Wednesday, including two counts of first-degree murder and a count of arson in the deaths of James and Kathryn Gould.
Alaska Comprehensive Forensic Training Academy visiting Cordova
The Alaska Comprehensive Forensic Training Academy (ACFTA) is visiting Cordova today to offer community members, health care professionals, and first responders a training on how to adequately document and report cases of violence and abuse. The event will take place at the Cordova Community Medical Center from 10-11:30 a.m. and...
Vehicle Accidents On Seward And Kenai Spur Hwys Claim 2 Lives
Two people are dead after a pair of major motor vehicle accidents occurred within minutes of one another on Saturday morning on the Seward and Kenai Spur Highways. At 11:55 a.m., Alaska State Troopers in Soldotna responded to a report of a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Treasure Chest and the Kenai Spur Highway.
Pilot project puts wildfire sensors on Anchorage Hillside
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Anchorage Fire Department has a new tool for detecting wildfires on the Anchorage Hillside that can provide an early alert to first responders. The system called FIRE-SPY consists of a small box that contains a sensor which is mounted on a utility pole. There are currently 25 monitors in place on the Hillside with plans to install five more by the end of July.
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