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Lumen Christi baseball will have new coach in 2025
The Lumen Christi baseball team has a new coach. After a Division 3 state runner-up finish in 2024, Phil Clifford stepped down, with long-time assistant coach Derek Tracy slated to take charge of the Titans for the 2025 season. If you purchase a product or register for an account through...
Wet Socks and Winning Streaks: Erickson Brothers Battle for Logrolling Glory
Petersburg’s waterfront came alive with splashy competition as part of the community’s Fourth of July festivities. Participants engaged in traditional games inspired by the town’s history of fishing and forestry, making waves in more ways than one. In Petersburg’s North Harbor, the stage was set for a...
US judge suspends Alaska Cook Inlet lease, pending additional environmental review
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An environmental review underpinning a 2022 oil and gas lease sale in Alaska failed to properly analyze the potential impacts on endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales, a federal judge has ruled in suspending the lone lease stemming from that sale. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason, in a decision Tuesday, found the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management failed in its analysis of the impact of ship noise on Cook Inlet beluga whales, which are listed as protected under the Endangered Species Act. She also found problematic the agency’s lumping together of the beluga whales and other marine mammals when weighing cumulative impacts, noting that the Cook Inlet belugas “have been impacted differently than other marine mammals in Cook Inlet by past actions” and that the agency should have considered cumulative impacts of leasing activities on them separately. Gleason, who is based in Alaska, declined to vacate the lease sale, as the conservation groups who sued over the sale had requested. Instead, she suspended the lease issued in the sale pending a supplemental environmental review that addresses the issues she identified.
Alaska AG’s office: Body camera footage should not be released until investigations are complete
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Following nine Alaska law enforcement-involved shootings this year — including five involving Anchorage Police Department officers since May — one of the state’s top criminal prosecutors reiterated the state’s position body camera footage should not be publicly released until investigations are complete.
Three University of Alaska professors appointed as Arctic program leaders
Three professors, each representing one of the three main University of Alaska campuses, have been named as special liaisons to coordinate Arctic studies though the university system and elsewhere in the state. The three were named as President’s Arctic Professors, tasked with leading the university’s Arctic Leadership Initiative launched last...
Photos: A look in the Anchorage Museum
The Anchorage Museum offers a variety of exhibits: art, history, crafts and storytelling all in one place. The museum’s Discovery Center offers hands-on learning for curious learners. In the Arctic Align area, there are pieces of artwork that raise awareness of climate change, created by young artists who call themselves Climate Communicators. The Smithsonian Arctic Study has over 600 Alaska Native cultural heritage pieces with 3-D sound art, which include information and articles to learn through touch screens.
A proposed Anchorage sales tax could fund projects from a children’s museum to a public sauna
The leaders pushing Project Anchorage, an initiative to create a local sales tax to invest in the city’s quality of life, took two dozen questions from a business-minded audience on Monday. The subjects of the questions included sales tax exemptions, Oklahoma City’s experience with its version, concerns about raising...
As encampment settles in next door, Anchorage nonprofit to build 6 tiny homes for the homeless
A grassroots charity plans to break ground in Anchorage later this summer on six tiny homes to shelter people who are homeless. It’s likely to be the first time anywhere in Alaska that the extra small structures are used specifically to address homelessness. The tiny homes will be built...
Nielssen, Proffit earn Academic All-American honors
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – The University of Alaska Anchorage had two skiers, Carmen Nielssen and Ainsley Proffit, earn Academic All-American honors from the College Sports Communicators. Nielssen earned All-American honors with an eighth-place finish in the slalom and placed 18th in the giant slalom at the NCAA National Championships. The...
Field Day showcases Fairbanks agricultural research
Spend an afternoon in the fields of the Fairbanks Experiment Farm with researchers and learn about the agriculture-related science happening at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Fairbanks Research Field Day, 2-6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, is a free educational event for farmers, community leaders and the general public. UAF...
Exhibit specialist offers tips for upcoming fair
If your turnips are terrific and your dahlias delightful this summer, display your green thumb at the Alaska State Fair in August. The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service has invited Kathy Liska, the fair’s crop superintendent and a master gardener, to lead a free webinar on how to participate in the competitive exhibits at the fair, which runs Aug. 16-Sept. 2 in Palmer.
Campus workers keep the lights on
When students are busy rushing to class in the Eugene Short Hall or grabbing a coffee in the Social Sciences Building, a dedicated force of custodial and maintenance workers labor behind the scenes to ensure the university continues to function properly. In 2022, the University of Alaska Anchorage, employed over...
NWAC North Region MVP Chris Lee of Ketchikan to play for Nanooks
One of the greatest scorers from hoops rich Southeast Alaska will play his college basketball in Fairbanks after former Ketchikan High all-state standout Chris Lee signed with UAF. Lee joins the Nanooks after winning NWAC North Region MVP honors last season at Edmonds College, where he averaged 19.5 points on...
Dena'ina Wellness Center celebrates a decade of care
On Friday, the Dena'ina Wellness Center celebrated it's tenth anniversary of providing holistic healthcare to the Kenai Peninsula. Operated by the Kenaitze Indian Tribe, the 52,000 square foot facility offers dental, vision, primary care, behavior health and traditional healing services. The tribe's primary healthcare facility started as a small clinic...
2024 Municipal Candidacy filing opens for Fairbanks North Star Borough
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - Filing for municipal candidacy opened for residents in the Fairbanks North Star Borough on Monday, July 15. The upcoming election on Oct. 1, includes Borough Mayor as well as seats A, F and G in the borough assembly. Seats A and B are also going up for election on the Interior Alaska Natural Gas Utility (IGU) Board, as well as school board seats A and B.
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