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Hunting area expands for this years caribou season
Biologists have expanded the area for hunting caribou on the Nushagak Peninsula to reduce the size of the herd. The season began on August 1st. The caribou population on the Nushagak Peninsula is thriving, with an estimated 600 caribou, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Andy Aderman, a wildlife biologist with the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, says there is a need to significantly reduce that number.
City leaders discuss mayor’s plans in handling police shootings, public transparency
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Disagreements on the appropriate speed of reaction to six officer-involved shootings in three months were expressed among Anchorage Assembly members during a special committee meeting Wednesday. Assembly Public Health & Safety Committee co-chair Kameron Perez-Verdia held Wednesday’s meeting in response to recent updates from Mayor Suzanne...
Talk on the Rock: Petersburg-based artist Ashley Lohr on making earrings and teaching art
Episode 24: The Irene Ingle Public Library will host Petersburg-based artist Ashley Lohr, who owns her jewelry business The Rosie Finn. Lohr will teach a workshop on how to make torch fired enamel earrings. She speaks with KSTK’s Colette Czarnecki on her process with jewelry making, her passion with it and what to expect at her workshop, for those who were lucky enough to reserve a spot before it reached its maximum capacity. The conversation was pre-recorded by telephone while Lohr waited in an airport, so a loudspeaker can be heard periodically throughout.
Cache Energy Heat Storage Pilot Project Launches in Anchorage
The Cache Energy reactor being tested at Halliburton in Anchorage. At the top, a hopper feeds limestone-based pellets into the silo. Heat goes in during the charge phase; hot air comes out during discharge. A portfolio company of Launch Alaska installed its first long-duration energy storage pilot project in Anchorage....
Economic Development District invites developers to town to address critical lack of housing
This October, the Prince William Sound Economic Development District (PWSEDD) will invite a group of housing developers to Cordova to showcase the potential for housing developments in the region — a move meant to address Cordova’s need for increased housing options. A PWSEDD housing analysis report from December...
Fairbanks Continues To Update Facilities
MILFORD CENTER – The Fairbanks Local School District learned Monday at its regular meeting that it opened its doors for the 2024-25 school year last week to 1,211 students and 149 staff members. Superintendent Adham Schirg reported that Phase I of the Master Faculty Plan is complete and the...
Alaska Hockey to Host Young Guns Hockey Camp on August 23
FAIRBANKS - The Alaska Nanooks are hosting their Young Guns Hockey Camp on Friday, August 23, at the Patty Ice Arena. The camp is open to participants ages 5-8 and will be held in two sections, with campers ages six and under slated for a 4-4:45 p.m. time slot and ages seven and eight to take the ice from 5-5:45 p.m. Registration for the camp can be found here and is due by Thursday, August 22 at 9:59 p.m. AKST.Details:Location: Patty Ice ArenaCost: $79.50 ($75 + $4.50 Fee)Date and Times: August 23 6U Time: 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. 8U Time:...
Final Day to Register for Nanooks All-Women’s Hockey Camp
FAIRBANKS - Today is the last day to sign up for the Alaska Nanooks All-Women's Hockey Camp. The camp is open to all female participants over the age of 18. For the three-day camp held August 21 to 23, attendees will hit the ice with current and former Nanooks hockey coaches and players. Registration for the camp is due tonight, August 20, by 9:59 p.m. AKST. The registration link can be found here. Camp attendees will learn skills and fundamentals through training techniques utilized by Division I and NHL athletes. More information about the camp can be found below. Who:...
Coast Guard names Juneau as home port for new icebreaker
The U.S. Coast Guard recently announced that it will homeport a commercially procured icebreaker in Juneau, Alaska. The Coast Guard is acquiring the Aiviq, a U.S.-registered vessel originally designed for Arctic oil exploration. With modifications, it will be equipped to serve as a medium polar icebreaker for the Coast Guard, thanks to its icebreaking capabilities.
Caleb Leyland says he’s ‘ashamed’ at sentencing for murder-for-hire
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Court TV) — A man who admitted to being involved in the murder-for-hire of a 19-year-old girl has been sentenced to spend the next 30 years behind bars. Caleb Allen Russell Leyland pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder for killing Cynthia Hoffman in June 2019, Alaska’s Department of Law announced last... Read more » Fore more crime and trial news coverage, visit Court TV
2024 UAA Volleyball Season Preview
On the heels of an up-and-down campaign, the Alaska Anchorage volleyball team seems poised to return to playoff contention atop the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in 2024, sporting one of its deepest rosters in recent memory. The Seawolves return seven letterwinners and three redshirts from last year's squad that finished...
Northernmost Jewish Community Gets Chabad House for 80th Chof Av
A new Chabad House in Fairbanks, Alaska, the northernmost Jewish community in the world, will open this Shabbos by shluchim Rabbi Heshy and Chani Wolf in honor of the 80th anniversary of Chof Av. A new Chabad House is opening up in the northernmost community in the world, in the...
Search for missing Troy family ends
HOMER, Ak. (FOX 44) – Search efforts for the Maynard family have ended, according to the Alaska Dive Search Rescue and Recovery Team. The Recovery Team said on its Facebook page that if something is found or possibly found in the future, it will respond to assess what is found if requested by the state’s […]
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