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Indigenous youth gain hands-on knowledge of traditional devil's club use
Under an awning at the Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s Birch Tree House in Old Town Kenai on Thursday, a small group of some of the tribe’s younger members rubbed steel wool along the stems of freshly cut devil’s club. The plant found throughout southcentral Alaska is known for its maple-shaped leaves and prickly stems.
Fire at Circle Bay; investigation is underway
A fire is burning in the Circle Bay area on Woronkofski Island. That’s about seven miles west of Wrangell on U.S. Forest Service land. The Wrangell Fire Department and the Forest Service are working together to formulate a plan for extinguishing the fire. Currently, the wildfire is estimated to be less than one acre.
Resource development trade group visits Unalaska
A nonprofit trade group focused on growing Alaska’s industries visited Unalaska Aug. 7 - 9. Board members from the Resource Development Council toured landmarks around town, including processing plants and city facilities. The council advocates for policy at the local, state and federal levels. Board members do an annual...
Nomeites raise concerns about IPOP to state regulators
Dozens of comments submitted to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation call for IPOP LLC to be denied a state permit for its proposed gold mining operation in Bonanza Channel. IPOP, a Nevada-based group on a long and controversial quest to begin dredging for gold outside of Nome near Solomon,...
Assembly takes step toward creating permanent tourism commission
A permanent Sitka Tourism Commission came a step closer to reality Tuesday night, but it’s not expected to simply be a continuation of the recently-concluded tourism task force. At its regular meeting last night, the four members of the Sitka Assembly present approved the creation of the new commission...
Juneau welcomes back students to newly consolidated middle and high schools
The neighborhood surrounding Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé was packed Thursday morning. It was the first day of school for the Juneau School District. Cars lined the streets, buses filled the roads and students shuffled down the sidewalks. Juniors Ximena Ramirez and Aurora Cole were headed to their first...
Flooding put this Juneau child care center out of commission. Community support helped it reopen.
On Tuesday, Issac Benson crouched down to help his two-year-old son Silas take off tiny purple rain boots. Then he scooped Silas up and carried him through the doorway of a classroom at Juneau’s former Floyd Dryden Middle School. “I’m back,” Silas Benson said, as he entered a room...
Join Juneau Rotary Clubs for Fish Creek shelter ribbon-cutting on August 21
Join Juneau Rotary Clubs for Fish Creek shelter ribbon-cutting on August 21. The Rotary Clubs of Juneau will celebrate the completion of the new Fish Creek Park shelter with a ribbon-cutting on Wednesday, August 21 at 6 p.m. The community is invited to join for a first look at the newest addition to Juneau’s outdoor recreation facilities.
Coast Guard Announces Newest Icebreaker Will Head to Juneau as Healy Suffers Major Fire
The Coast Guard announced Wednesday that it will homeport its newest icebreaker -- a commercially acquired ship to be adapted for homeland security -- in Juneau, Alaska, as its 27-year-old Arctic icebreaker aborted its summer deployment following an electrical fire.The vessel currently known as the Aiviq should be operational in 2026, according to a service announcement Wednesday. While the Coast Guard previously had said it favored Juneau as the ship's home station, officials said as recently as June that it had not received funding to build the infrastructure needed in the Alaskan capital.Wednesday's announcement made it official, however.Read Next Marines...
Seawolf gymnasts lead nation in team GPA
MARLBORO, N.J. – The Alaska Anchorage gymnastics team made history in 2023-24, leading the nation in combined grade-point average for the first time with a sterling 3.8678 mark. UAA edged fellow Mountain Pacific Sports Federation member Southern Utah (3.8584) and San Jose State (3.8295) for the top spot in the annual rankings published by the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association.
Candidate pool for local elections takes shape
The candidate filing deadline for this year’s local elections was yesterday evening, and the pool is pretty small. The only contested local race on the central Kenai Peninsula this year will be for Kenai’s school board seat. Candidates vying for the four open seats on the Kenai and Soldotna city councils will run unopposed, as will candidates for all three open Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly seats and two school board candidates.
Irreverent local web series returns with new episodes | State of Art
The infrequent, locally produced web series “Matt and Megan and Mike don’t give a F***” is an irreverent, borderline nihilistic comedy with surreal elements that draws from the likes of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and “Seinfeld.” Matt Jardin and Megan Hellenthal play highly self-absorbed versions of themselves involved in various, let’s just say, interesting situations.
Three roads, 229 miles and 48 hours— road tripping around Nome
The mission: to traverse all 229 miles of the summer-only road system in and around Nome in 48 hours to capture the beauty of a Seward Peninsula summer while it still blossomed around us. To play tourist in our own area is an important indulgence, to bask in the wonders we pass casually each day, to put fresh eyes on daily drives.
‘We cannot remain where we are’: Community leaders respond to mayor’s comments on 6th officer shooting in 3 months
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Community leaders throughout Anchorage are responding to Mayor Suzanne LaFrance and Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case’s comments regarding Tuesday’s fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Easter Leafa. During Thursday’s press conference, LaFrance apologized to Leafa’s family, saying she was “incredibly sorry” for their loss, adding...
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