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Fortymile caribou season in zones one and four to close August 16
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game: The State of Alaska fall registration hunt (RC860) for Fortymile caribou in Zone 1, accessible from the Steese Highway and Chena Hot Springs Road, and in Zone 4, White Mountains, will close at 11:59 p.m. on August 16, 2024. Harvest has been consistent since the season opened on August 11 and is expected to meet the quota of 195 for Zones 1 & 4 combined by the time of this closure.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Alaska’s primaries
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alaska voters on Tuesday will shrink the pool of contenders for its highly sought-after U.S. House seat from a dozen candidates to just four. In Alaska, every candidate runs on the same primary ballot, regardless of partisan affiliation. The four candidates with the most votes advance to the general election. The composition of the four-candidate ballot, including each candidate’s party affiliation, shapes the dynamics of the general election, when voters can rank the candidates in order of preference.
‘Teen Mom OG’ Alum Bristol Palin Shares Son Moved To Alaska
Teen Mom OG alum Bristol Palin had to celebrate her son Tripp Johnston’s first day of school from a distance, as she revealed he has moved back to Alaska. The 33-year-old mom shared festive snaps of her other children, Sailor Grace and Atlee Bay, on their first day and then revealed that her eldest son had traveled back to Alaska “to finish out high school closer to his dad and our entire family.”
Tragic Accident: Texas Man Plummets To Death In Alaskan Waterfall
Texas is not known for large, cascading waterfalls, and our opportunities for river rafting are somewhat limited. It's not surprising that an adventurous soul would travel thousands of miles to experience the thrill of the water in Alaska. Sadly, that adventure ended tragically for one Texas man. Larry Keith Erwin,...
AROUND ALASKA: Breaking the Ice, Filling the Boot, and Getting Psychedelic!
It's now official: The U.S. Coast Guard has just announced that it will base its newest icebreaker in Alaska's capital city. The commercial icebreaker called the Aiviq will be homeported in Juneau. Originally built for oil exploration in the Arctic the vessel requires some upgrades to meet the Coast Guard's needs. U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan helped secure the federal funding needed to purchase the Aiviq earlier this year.
In America’s largest state House district, six people vie for a seat in the Alaska Legislature
When Republican Rep. Mike Cronk of Tok suddenly became a Senate candidate earlier this year, it set off a scramble. His decision to seek Fairbanks Republican Sen. Click Bishop’s seat meant there was no longer an incumbent representative in America’s geographically largest state House district. Six candidates, acting on short notice, signed up to fill […]
Alaska mental-health provider Akeela sued over delayed data breach warning
A Washington woman is suing Alaska-based behavioral health provider Akeela Inc. after a 2023 data breach. The federal class-action lawsuit claims it wasn’t until last month that the nonprofit told former patients their personal data had been stolen. Akeela has facilities in Homer, Kenai, and Anchorage. It ceased operations...
Candidate pool for local elections takes shape
The candidate filing deadline for this year’s local elections was yesterday evening, and the pool is pretty small. The only contested local race on the central Kenai Peninsula this year will be for Kenai’s school board seat. Candidates vying for the four open seats on the Kenai and Soldotna city councils will run unopposed, as will candidates for all three open Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly seats and two school board candidates.
Indigenous youth gain hands-on knowledge of traditional devil's club use
Under an awning at the Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s Birch Tree House in Old Town Kenai on Thursday, a small group of some of the tribe’s younger members rubbed steel wool along the stems of freshly cut devil’s club. The plant found throughout southcentral Alaska is known for its maple-shaped leaves and prickly stems.
Samoan community plans peaceful march for justice in Leafa shooting
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Anchorage’s Samoan community, outside organizations, and citizens will assemble Saturday morning outside the Anchorage Police Department’s downtown headquarters for a march for Easter Leafa. Samoan leaders, who are encouraged to wear white, will stand alongside community partners and the public, all wishing for justice...
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