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Coastal Yukon River faces flood advisory as lower Kuskokwim catalogs flood impacts
As high water recedes, communities on the coast and along the lower Kuskokwim River are taking stock of flood damage and erosion after two windy storms in quick succession filled rivers and streams and flooded low-lying areas. Some residents reported that the flooding was worse than Typhoon Merbok and rivals this year’s historic breakup floods on the Kuskokwim.
Coast Guard Foundation Activates Emergency Disaster Relief Program
The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to strengthening the Coast Guard community and service by supporting members and families, announced that its emergency disaster relief program is providing vital assistance to Coast Guard members and their families impacted by Hurricanes Beryl, Tropical Storm Debby, and glacial flooding in Juneau, Alaska. The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season has already proven to be one of the most challenging in recent memory. Hurricane Beryl, a powerful Category 1 storm, made landfall in Texas, bringing with it catastrophic winds, flooding and widespread destruction. Shortly after, Tropical Storm Debby followed, bringing damaging wind, heavy rains and flooding to multiple states on the East Coast, including Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Then, just last week, a glacial dam burst releasing floodwaters that damaged more than 100 homes in Alaska.
Dimond fends off Bartlett in Week 1 showdown
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - After offsetting penalties were called on the opening kickoff of the 2024 high school football season, Dimond used its re-kick to make a statement. After booting the ball downfield, the Lynx’s second kickoff attempt saw the home team complete a successful onside kick, sending Bartlett’s offense back to the sidelines.
An icebreaker joins the USCG Alaska fleet
The US Coast Guard has purchased the Aiviq, a commercial icebreaker previously used to support Arctic oil production operations. She’ll become a medium icebreaker for the USCG and will be berthed in Juneau. The Aiviq will be ready for Coast Guard service in about two years. Transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript082024.pdf.
Alaskan belugas face threat from dwindling food supply, pollution
Click play to listen to this article. (Alaska News Service) Beluga whales are known as the "canaries of the sea" for their melodious songs but conservation groups are concerned one pod in Alaska could be rendered silent. Belugas have lived in the Cook Inlet near Anchorage for centuries but because...
Alaska Art Alliance helps get people off the street and making art
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A unique program is helping Alaska Native men become skillful carvers and — in some cases — earn enough income to get them off the streets. The Alaska Art Alliance is located on Fourth Avenue, wedged between a bar and a small grocery store. Seven days a week, 365 days a year, the buzzing of drills can be heard from a studio in the back. It’s filled with Alaska Native men carving ivory.
Peltola, 2 Republicans advance in Alaska House race
Alaska Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola (D) advanced from Tuesday’s primary to the November general election, as expected, for what will be a hotly contested House race this fall, Decision Desk HQ has projected. Republicans Nick Begich and Nancy Dahlstrom were also projected to advance. Peltola is seeking a second full term representing Alaska’s at-large district…
Matt Gaetz's primary is the last stop on Kevin McCarthy's revenge tour
Rep. Matt Gaetz’s primary in Florida on Tuesday presents the last opportunity for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy to exact revenge on the Republicans who ousted him last year. Gaetz, however, is the heavy favorite as he faces Navy veteran Aaron Dimmock in Tuesday’s primary, when voters head to the polls in Florida, Wyoming and Alaska.
Voting in statewide primary off to slow start
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Voting in the statewide primary got off to a slow start Tuesday with election workers in Anchorage describing the morning and afternoon turnout as “very slow.”. The State Division of Elections, which does not track voter turnout throughout election day, reported a total of 20,129...
Live results: Alaska at-large primary
Voters in Alaska’s at-large congressional district are heading to the polls Tuesday to vote in the state’s nonpartisan primary election. Twelve candidates, including two Democrats and four Republicans, are running for the state’s at-large House seat. Other candidates are running as nonpartisans, or with the No Labels and Alaska Independence Party. Incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola…
Seward Highway back open after brief closure to crash with ‘serious’ injuries near Portage
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A serious crash briefly shut down both directions of the Seward Highway near Portage on Tuesday afternoon. Anchorage police said at 4:50 p.m. that the roadway was reopened in both lanes after the crash closed it about an hour earlier. Police initially sent out an alert...
Western Alaska Yup’ik village floods as river rises from a series of storms
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Storm-battered residents in the western Alaska village of Napakiak were preparing for the third storm in a week Tuesday, days after a minister had to use a front loader to free people from flooded homes. Napakiak, a Yup’ik village of about 350 residents in the...
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