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Dimond Center giving away 250 backpacks of school supplies
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Dimond Center in Anchorage is hosting a backpack and school supply giveaway on Saturday to ease the burden for families in need of supplies. The Back to School Bash starts at noon with the backpack giveaway slated for 12:30 p.m. at the information desk. Event...
Boater discovers body in Kuskokwim River near Akiak
Alaska State Troopers say a man’s body has been recovered from the Kuskokwim River just downstream of Akiak. Troopers said that they were notified that a boater had found a body on the morning of Aug. 8. They have not said whether the man is one of two missing boaters that search and rescue crews have been searching for since a boat capsized in the area on the evening of July 27.
Anchorage Braces for Strong Weekend Winds, Power Outage Risks
Anchorage, AK – Anchorage and Palmer are on alert as a powerful low-pressure system is expected to bring strong winds to the region this weekend. The U.S. National Weather Service in Anchorage has warned of gusts reaching up to 55 mph, particularly around the Anchorage Hillside and Turnagain Arm areas.
Soldotna is alive with "The Sound of Music"
Actors hit Soldotna High School’s stage earlier this week for one of Triumvirate Theatre's final rehearsals of “The Sound of Music,” which opens Friday. The cast features actors of all ages and has been rehearsing for months. “The Sound of Music” is loosely based on the true...
Expansion of Alaska Native Medical Center emergency department is underway
Alaska Native health officials and other dignitaries gathered Wednesday in an Anchorage ceremony where they grabbed shovels and moved bits of dirt to celebrate the start of an emergency department expansion at the Alaska Native Medical Center. The board of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, which manages the hospital in partnership with Southcentral Foundation, […]
Workshops on saving seeds, breeding plants planned
Jim Myers, a professor of vegetable breeding and genetics at the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University, will lead three workshops on saving seeds and breeding plants. The workshops will be hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station’s Alaska Variety Trials Program.
Anchorage businesses are optimistic for the future, new report shows
Anchorage businesses are optimistic about the future, but finding workers remains a top concern, according to new survey results from the Anchorage Economic Development Corp. AEDC’s latest Annual Business Confidence Index Report is based on survey responses from 150 Anchorage-area businesses and organizations. This year’s composite index decreased two...
These local meal delivery services are trying to help Alaskans save time
Emily Brown sorted through food piled onto a cart in an Anchorage commercial kitchen, double-checking that the entire order was ready. There were prepared, individually wrapped Italian focaccia sandwiches, plus the ingredients for cauliflower shrimp tacos and beef fajitas — all ready for the recipient to quickly assemble themselves.
Celebrating language – Inupiaq workshop comes to Nome
Last weekend the Inupiaraaqta or “Let’s Speak Inupiaq” workshop landed in Nome, bringing together people from all over the region, of all ages and levels of fluency for an immersive, connective experience of language and culture. Kissaq Kingikmiuraguqtuat, a non-profit dedicated to preserving Inupiaq, specifically the Wales...
Dept. of Defense sends envoy to Nome to roll out Arctic Strategy
The U.S. Department of Defense sent a high-ranking official, Greg Pollock, Principal Director of the Arctic and Global Resilience Policy Office, to Nome last week. His visit was an engagement effort to roll out the DoD’s new Arctic Strategy, which was released in late July. The new Arctic Strategy acts as implementation of the new National Strategy for the Arctic Region released by the federal government two years ago; it’s stated aim is to enhance, engage, and exercise in a way that “will pursue an end state that preserves the Arctic as a stable region in which the U.S. homeland remains secure and vital national interests are safeguarded.”
An industrial Alaska community near the Arctic Ocean hits an unusually hot 89 degrees this week
An industrial community near the Arctic Ocean that supports Alaska’s North Slope oil fields hit a record 89 degrees Fahrenheit (31.6 C) this week, the warmest temperature Deadhorse has seen in more than a half-century of record keeping. The unincorporated community marks the end of the 414-mile (666-kilometer) Dalton...
Tongass tree will ‘deck the halls’ of Washington D.C.
A tree from Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest has been chosen for this year’s Capitol Christmas Tree near the White House. Last month the U.S. Forest Service and D.C. officials met in Wrangell to decide which one will become “The People’s Tree” to grace the grounds of the Capitol lawn.
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