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Missing Homer dog found and receiving medical care with community support
Jaime Sylva lives in Homer and spends her days raising huskies for herself and a kennel, including 16 month old Moonie. When the mini husky slipped through a fence opening on July 9, Sylva began a frantic search across town to find him. “He has no concept of where he...
Ferry to Seldovia temporarily suspending service
The Seldovia Bay Ferry is temporarily suspending its sailings until further notice. The ferry service is issuing refunds for all canceled sailings, which may take longer than usual to process. There is no set day when normal operations will resume, but the announcement states they expect repairs to take several...
Before he made the big leagues, Marshall Boze made Alaska history with 21 strikeouts in 1988
Before he became the first Alaskan to play Major League Baseball, Marshall Boze had a different claim to fame. He recorded 21 strikeouts, and amazingly lost the game. In 1988, the Kenai Twins’ rocket right-hander threw a three-hitter in eight innings and broke the state’s all-time strikeout record in a 6-1 setback to the East T-birds in Game 12 of the Legion State Tournament at Mulcahy Stadium.
New Boss for iHeartMedia Stations in Alaska and Hawai’i
The iHeartMedia family of radio stations in Alaska has a new boss. Effective October 1, Kim Williams is promoted from Market President of the Fairbanks cluster to oversee all ten stations in the Alaska market as Area President. Her responsibilities also include overseeing seven stations in Honolulu. The iHeartMedia cluster...
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Has a New Chief of Staff
NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center has added a chief of staff to its leadership team. In this role, Dr. Elaina Jorgensen will lead a newly organized strategic support team to more efficiently provide products and services to both center staff and Alaska interested parties. “We have been undertaking a...
Alaska Native students gain cross-cultural experience through Ilakucaraq program
Earlier this month, a dozen teenagers gathered in KOTZ’s studio in Kotzebue to listen to gospel music. Fifteen-year-old Edward Ochoa was one of them. He lives in Arizona but has family ties to the Northwest Arctic. “My mom and aunty used to come down here all the time to...
Schutt reappointed to Permanent Fund board
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has reappointed Ethan Schutt to the Alaska Permanent Fund Board of Trustees, where he serves as the current chairman. This move allays concerns by some that if he was not reappointed, trustee Ellie Rubenstein might ascend to the chairmanship of Alaska’s $80 billion investment account. She has been identified as having conflicts of interest with her own investment groups and that of her father, Carlyle Group’s founder David Rubenstein.
One lane of Seward Highway reopened after fatal crash at mile 114
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Anchorage Police have reported one person is dead following a two-vehicle crash near Mile 114 on the Seward Highway Saturday. A social media post from the Anchorage Police Department posted around noon stated a serious injury vehicle crash occurred just south of the weigh scales on the Seward. An update posted at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday said that a Kia traveling northbound crossed the center line and struck a Ford F150 pickup truck traveling southbound in the opposite the lane. The driver of the Kia was declared deceased at the scene, and both occupants of the pickup truck were transported to an Anchorage hospital for treatment of serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
July 4th Means Freedom for Humpback Whale Near Valdez, Alaska
NOAA and the U.S. Coast Guard worked together this 4th of July to free an entangled humpback whale in the Port of Valdez, Prince William Sound. The NOAA Fisheries Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline received numerous reports late afternoon on July 3. A young humpback whale was entangled in the middle of the Port of Valdez, near Allison Point and the new harbor. The animal was believed to have multiple wraps of line around the base of its tail and was trailing a bright yellow buoy. A U.S. Coast Guard Station Valdez boat crew launched to get eyes on the situation to pass along observations to NOAA experts to determine the severity of the entanglement. The information and photos they collected from a safe distance, along with members of the public, were vital in enabling the NOAA entanglement experts and partners to create a rescue plan.
Grow North Farm Raises Urban Produce for Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Mountain View’s Grow North Farm provides space for immigrants to learn what grows well in Alaska’s climate, as well as to try growing foods from their homeland here. Grow North Farm, a project of Anchorage Community Land Trust and Catholic Social Services, launched its sixth season last week with a Thursday Grow North Marketplace. Its farm stand will operate through the summer from 4 to 7 p.m. on weekdays.
The Fairbanks animal shelter is overwhelmed with surrendered dogs
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Animal Shelter is at capacity for dogs, with limited options for those that can’t be adopted out quickly. Earlier this week, a chorus of barks and cries coming from dogs looking for new homes filled the shelter’s kennel rooms. The facility is seeing at least twice as many dogs being dropped off as adopted out, said shelter operations supervisor Kimberly Imbert.
Rick Whitbeck: If extremist Anchorage leadership has its way, the Eklutna Dam will be removed
I’’ve written before about the Anchorage Assembly’s fascination with threatening the infrastructure that allows for 90% of the Municipality’s water supply and approximately six percent of Southcentral Alaska’s overall power generation. The Eklutna hydroelectric project is currently in the final phases of a reauthorization of...
Texas man dies on river rafting trip near Bethel
BETHEL, Alaska (KTUU) - The Department of Public Safety (DPS) has reported that a Texas man was killed in a boating accident on a remote river near Bethel on Friday. A DPS dispatch says that Alaska State Troopers were notified of a boating fatality on June 19 at 6:21 p.m. The fatality occurred around 53 miles Southeast of Bethel during a remote river rafting trip. Troopers did not indicate which river the incident occurred on.
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