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Homer celebrates 13th Annual Kachemak Bay Highland Games
Gabriella Rinehart throwing a lightweight hammer during the Kachemak Bay Highland Games on July 6, 2024. Scottish culture and heritage is celebrated around the world through a lineup of sport events and music performances held as part of Highland games celebrations. From the Kenai Peninsula to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, multiple communities celebrate the games in Alaska.
Smoky summer skies due to Canadian wildfires
BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — If you look outside, you may notice a haze or maybe even a smell of smoke in the air. An upper northwest flow is bringing in more smoke from wildfires out in Alberta, Canada. There are also fires around Alaska and Washington state. With this hot week ahead of us, some […]
Study: The average single-family home costs more in Juneau than anywhere else in Alaska
The average sales price for a single-family home in Juneau was nearly $510,000 in 2023 — which makes it the second year in a row that Juneau had the most expensive average in Alaska. That’s according to a study released by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development this month.
JBER soldier charged in infant son’s shaken-baby death
A soldier at Anchorage’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is accused of fatally shaking his infant son while he was on leave to care for the child this spring. Spc. Antonius Meyers, 24, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder, manslaughter and six assault counts in the child’s death, the state Department of Law announced Tuesday. Army officials say Meyers, a mechanic in the 11th Airborne Division, enlisted in 2021 and arrived in Alaska in May 2022.
All Aboard for Palmer Alaska’s Storybook Scavenger Hunt!
Fireside Books and their community in Palmer, AK are hosting a Storybook Scavenger Hunt July 1- July 31, 2024, with a party August 3rd for participants and prizes. Join us for our first ever Storybook Scavenger Hunt!. Take a trip through Palmer’s local businesses throughout the month of July to...
Elementary school fire does not appear suspicious, say city officials
The cause of a fire at Eagles View Elementary School on July 4 remains unknown but does not appear suspicious, according to a Thursday night statement from the City of Unalaska. “The cause of the fire is currently under investigation, but does not appear to be suspicious in nature,” the...
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