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Soldotna beer fest gives back
Nearly 100 beer connoisseurs braved the rain and cold Saturday in the parking lot of the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex to celebrate the diversity of Alaska-brewed beer. While some patrons stood under tents and chatted with bartenders, others danced to live music in raincoats and 6-ounce beer glasses in hand.
Fort Wainwright helicopter team responds to three medevac calls in 30-day period
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - A Fort Wainwright helicopter unit stands ready at all times to provide a medical evacuation when called upon, and in a recent 30-day period, the group performed three medevac operations around Alaska. These missions, which happened between July 5 and August 2, took place in a...
StarDate Susitna 8-11-24, by Kathleen Fleming
In this week’s Susitna Writers’ Voice, you’ll hear Kathleen Fleming and the same 7 voices of Upper Su residents who went to see the total solar eclipse last April. This is part 3 of the 5 part StarDate Susitna Eclipse Experience series.
Alaska Men’s Basketball Introduces Elyon Zevenbergen as Newest Addition
FAIRBANKS - Head men's basketball coach Frank Ostanik has announced the addition of Elyon Zevenbergen to the Nanooks basketball team. Zevenbergen arrives in Fairbanks after spending time with the Edmonds College Tritons of the Northwest Athletic Conference. Coach Ostanik shared his excitement for adding the 6-8 forward to the squad....
Alaska school districts got a one-time funding boost. It came too late for many teachers.
Laurie Duncan got her pink slip at the end of April, after her second year teaching first grade at Xóots Elementary in Sitka. She got the news during her prep period. She was three months pregnant. Nearly 20% of the teachers in Sitka were laid off this spring due to financial uncertainty. That included all […]
UA Cossatot Collegiate & Alumni FFA Attends Conference in Alaska
Students in the UA Cossatot agriculture program attended an FFA Alumni & Supporters Development conference in Alaska over the summer. Agriculture instructor and FFA Advisor, Kelli Harris, along with program assistant, Hadley Philamlee, traveled to Palmer, Alaska from June 20 - 24 with three students: April Klitz, Gynder Benson, and Hannah Jackson.
Soldier Found Dead on Fort Drum Was Killed by His Roommate, Military Officials Say
Fort Drum, N.Y. — A soldier assigned to Fort Drum killed a fellow member of his unit who was also his roommate, military officials said Monday. The soldier, U.S. Army Spc. Riley F. Birbilas, was charged Monday with premeditated murder and obstruction of justice, according to a Monday evening news release from Katherine Wright, a Fort Drum spokesperson.
Power-line problem triggered brief but broad outage across Southcentral Alaska
A power-line problem near Wasilla Monday night triggered a brief but large-scale outage across much of Southcentral Alaska, as utilities automatically dropped customers to prevent a blackout. Chugach Electric spokeswoman Julie Hasquet said Tuesday that the outage, which began at about 5:30 p.m. Monday, ultimately affected about 45,000 of the...
Alaska invested millions to fix food stamp backlogs. Some users still can’t get through.
At the height of the food stamp backlog last November, pro bono attorneys and other volunteers at Alaska Legal Services got more than 600 requests in one month from Alaskans seeking a fair hearing to get their overdue food benefits. So the 97 requests that came in this July didn’t feel like anything the group […]
Iconic KYUK tower comes down after 5 decades of service
A prominent feature of the Bethel skyline has been retired after roughly 50 years of service. KYUK’s iconic orange and white communications tower was originally intended to beam television programming, including local TV news, educational productions, and popular programs like Sesame Street, locally since at least as early as 1975. In more recent years, it carried FM radio programming as well.
An estimated 290 residences damaged by flooding from lake dammed by Alaska glacier, officials say
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Roughly 290 residences in Alaska’s capital city were damaged last week by flooding from a lake dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier, officials said. In addition to the homes and apartment and condo units, at least two businesses were damaged, Deputy City Manager Robert Barr said in an email Monday. The threat of this kind of flooding has become a yearly concern in parts of Juneau, though the extent of last week’s flooding, which reached farther into the Mendenhall Valley, was unprecedented, officials have said. The flooding occurs because a smaller glacier near Mendenhall Glacier retreated, leaving a basin that fills with rainwater and snowmelt each spring and summer. When the water creates enough pressure, it forces its way under or around the ice dam created by the Mendenhall Glacier, entering Mendenhall Lake and eventually the Mendenhall River.
Some Anchorage, Mat-Su schools opting for cellphone-free classrooms this year
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A handful of schools within the Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna Borough school districts are implementing a new cell phone policy this year requiring students to let go of their phones during academic hours. The new policies look different from school to school. At South Anchorage High School,...
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