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HOMETOWN HERO: Deputy Chief Erich Scheunemann, Anchorage Fire Department
Congratulations to Deputy Chief Erich Scheunemann on his recent retirement from the Anchorage Fire Department after 26 years with the department. Have a Hometown Hero in your life who deserves to be recognized? Email their name with a photo to news@youralaskalink.com. And to all our heroes: thanks for all that...
Econ 919: Kenai's personal use fishery
There’s less than a week to go until residents from around Alaska descend on Kenai to participate in the city’s personal use salmon fishery. The annual sockeye harvest for Alaska residents is open July 10 through the end of the month. Last year, the City of Kenai took...
Company provides new Anchorage option to recycle more types of plastic
Alaskans will have a new place to recycle more types of plastics in Anchorage starting Saturday. Alaska Plastic Recovery is opening a drop-off location in Midtown which provides a unique twist on recycling: The company uses the material to make plastic lumber, which can be used in place of wood.
Prelude to the Midsummer Classic 250 at White Mountain Offers Provisional, $2,000 Winner’s Share in Non-Point Qualifier
American-Canadian Tour officials, in conjunction with White Mountain Motorsports Park, have added a special non-point event to the 2024 schedule with the Prelude to the Midsummer Classic 250 on Sunday, July 14 as part of a doubleheader midseason championships weekend at White Mountain. The 75-lap sprint on the North Woodstock highbanks offers a $2,000 winner’s share and all ACT Late Model drivers who take the green will be provisional eligible for a starting spot in the 7th annual Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250 on Saturday, August 3.
Borough of Petersburg develops tiny home designs in hopes of easing housing market
Petersburg has a tight housing market – last year a survey found the town would need an additional 300 homes in the next decade. But a new local program aims to make it easier for people to add small homes, also known as Accessory Dwelling Units, or ADUs, to their property. The Borough of Petersburg has developed detailed, pre-permitted blueprints that are available to residents free of charge. Community Development Director Liz Cabrera said she hopes it provides people with affordable, doable housing opportunities.
Aniak’s tribe sues state, feds over ancestral remains taken from airport site
Aniak’s tribal government is suing state and federal agencies for allegedly taking human remains from a burial site discovered beneath the local airport – and not returning them. The Aniak Traditional Council, the federally-recognized tribe for the Kuskokwim River community about 90 miles northeast of Bethel, says the...
Alaska Airlines flight attendants win tentative agreement to boost pay, avert strike
Alaska Airlines flight attendants say they’ve reached a tentative agreement with the airline for a new contract that would boost pay 32%, and also compensate flight attendants for boarding time before the plane takes off. The three-year contract, if ratified by the Association of Flight Attendants’ Alaska members, would...
Choose Your Trip: Trippin’ America Contest Rules
ALPHA MEDIA’S CONTEST-SPECIFIC RULES FOR CHOOSE YOUR TRIP: TRIPPIN’ AMERICA. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. These contest-specific rules should be read in conjunction with Alpha Media’s General Contest Rules, which are applicable to all contests conducted by Alpha Media LLC and/or its subsidiaries (including licensee subsidiaries).
Three ATV incidents in Kodiak during Fourth of July, two of them end in death
Many Kodiak residents may have heard wailing sirens on the evening of July 3 into the early morning of July Fourth, as emergency responders were called to three separate ATV accidents. According to a public information officer with the Kodiak Police Department, Francis De La Fuente, around 6 p.m. on...
Alaska's top-heavy glaciers are approaching an irreversible tipping point
The melting of one of North America's largest icefields has accelerated and could soon reach an irreversible tipping point. That's the conclusion of new research colleagues and I have published on the Juneau Icefield, which straddles the Alaska-Canada border near the Alaskan capital of Juneau. In the summer of 2022,...
Alpha Media Cuts Reach Alaska.
Alpha Media cuts in Alaska claim the staff of “Classic Country 100.9” KAYO Wasilla. The job cuts in the 49th state follow similar moves the company has made across the country. Those recently affected include KAYO morning personality Kathy Mitchell, who also hosted middays at country sister “K-Bear...
Gov’s $5.4M veto won’t slow UAF’s pursuit of top-tier research status this year, chancellor says
A $5.4 million veto from Gov. Mike Dunleavy took a bite out of University of Alaska Fairbanks’ nearly $18 million boost in state money to increase its graduate student population in pursuit of top-tier research university status. Chancellor Daniel White said the veto does not affect the university’s progress towards its goal in the next […] The post Gov’s $5.4M veto won’t slow UAF’s pursuit of top-tier research status this year, chancellor says appeared first on Alaska Beacon.
Missing in the North: Shanna Oman
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - Shortly after midnight, Shanna Marie Oman left a residence just north of Fairbanks, in June of 2019 and there have been no traces of her since. Oman, from Eagle River, stopped by Fairbanks to see a friend. She visited a house on McGrath road before leaving around 12:30 a.m. on June 3, she then went to a cabin on Pleasant Valley Road, Mile 23 Chena Hot Springs Road. The owner of the cabin later said Oman “walked away” sometime on June 4.
Troopers: 2 Wasilla women’s deaths ‘likely’ caused by carbon monoxide poisoning
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A pair of Wasilla women were found unresponsive inside a home on Saturday afternoon from what officials say is “likely” carbon monoxide poisoning. According to Alaska State Troopers, authorities went to the Williwaw Subdivision in Wasilla early Saturday afternoon on a report of two...
Meet James Harris, Bethel's new police chief and public safety director
Bethel’s new Chief of Police started work on July 1. James Harris comes to Alaska from New Mexico with 32 years of experience in law enforcement. Before taking the job in Bethel, Harris served as police chief in Belen, New Mexico, beginning in 2019. Harris will also serve in...
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