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Kenai Woman Arrested In Homer After Providing False Name And Throwing “Urine-Covered Shoes” At Officers
A Kenai woman was arrested in Homer after she attempted to give Alaska State Troopers and Homer Police a false identity and threw urine-covered shoes at them. According to the AST dispatch on the incident, Troopers responded to a report of an intoxicated female walking in traffic on Diamond Ridge Road near the Sterling Highway in Homer at around 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 11. When they arrived on the scene, law enforcement contacted 42-year-old Kenai resident Kentoria Wise, who was described in the dispatch as “extremely intoxicated.”
Kodiak celebrates state ferry Tustumena’s 60 years of service
Kodiak residents gathered Wednesday to honor the state ferry Tustumena, which began service 60 years ago in 1964 and has become an icon for the Alaska Marine Highway System. Affectionately known as the “Trusty Tusty,” the boat has been the sole ferry to serve Kodiak Archipelago communities the last few years.
Staffing at City of Fairbanks department an ‘upside-down triangle,’ retired director says
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - Ongoing competition for quality — and qualified — workers prompted the Fairbanks City Council to take action Monday as they greenlighted a one-time bonus to employees in the Public Works Department. That department performs residential garbage collection for about 6,300 residences and maintains city...
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.
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,...
State moves closer to improving safety at one of Juneau’s most dangerous intersections
State transportation officials are seeking a company to design a traffic light to fix one of Juneau’s most dangerous intersections. The intersection by the Fred Meyer grocery store — where Yandukin Drive crosses Egan Drive — has long been one of Juneau’s most accident-prone areas. Dozens of crashes, some deadly, have occurred there over the years.
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