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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...
Alaska Native Heritage Center completes first renovation phase of 25th tourist season
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - After marking 25 years in the community this May, the Alaska Native Heritage Center’s first renovation phase has now been completed with significant changes to the “Hall of Cultures” exhibit space. Center leaders say the renovation’s first phase was mostly structural, focusing on...
Gardening Tips: Cross-pollination and its benefits
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - When shopping for apples, honeyberries and other plants to grow at home, Glen Risse, Co-Owner of Risse Greenhouse, recommends buying two different but related plants, so they can cross-pollinate. “If you have the same species, they tend not to pollinate each other as well, so having...
Saturday: Golden Days Parade in Fairbanks
The annual Golden Days Parade and street fair takes place Saturday in Fairbanks. And there’s also the rubber duck race in the Chena River. Since 1952, Fairbanks has celebrated its founding with Golden Days, including the biggest parade in Alaska, which starts at 10 a.m. at the Carlson Center and winds through downtown.
Alaska Club Seeks Donations for ASD's HUGGS Program Ahead of School Year
The Anchorage School District needs your help to get students ready for the start of school. The Alaska Club is accepting donations for ASD's HUGGS program. That's short for Helping Us Give School Supplies. In the lobby of the Alaska Club East and South, donation bins are all set up...
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.
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.
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