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Ridge of high pressure leads to sunnier skies the next few days
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Things are drying out across the region, as a ridge of higher pressure builds into the southwest. Ridging will lead to sunnier skies for Southwest, Southcentral and Southeast in the coming days, with slowly warming temperatures. SOUTHCENTRAL: Areas of fog are evident this morning across parts...
Economic impacts of mining in Alaska include wages, taxes and career training, report says
Alaska’s mining industry supported 11,800 jobs and $1.1 billion in total wages in 2023, according to a report commissioned by the Alaska Miners Association and Alaska Metals Mines. The four-page report, by the McKinley Research Group, uses data from 2023 and earlier years to calculate the economic impacts of one of the state’s largest industrial […]
Inside the ‘titanic’ legal case that will help determine Alaska’s energy future: an analysis
Should Anchorage residents who consume more electricity, and use up more of the region’s dwindling supplies of natural gas, have to pay a higher price to reflect the steeper cost of the imported fuel that will replace it?. How much will developers of wind and solar projects have to...
Alaska’s pre-primary election turnout is down from extraordinary 2022 and 2020 primaries
Voter turnout ahead of Alaska’s Aug. 20 primary election is down from the past two elections but is running ahead of what it was in 2018 and 2016, the last two primaries without extraordinary factors in play. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic emergency encouraged Americans to vote by mail, and in 2022, Alaska’s primary election […]
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 […]
Alaska Beacon Voter Guide offers step toward more informed election
Alaskans voting in the Aug. 20 primary election again have a resource to learn where the candidates stand on a wide range of issues: the Alaska Beacon’s 2024 Voter Guide. These questions encompass candidates’ positions on everything from schools to taxes to what candidates see as the biggest local need. Across the U.S., many news […]
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 […]
Caswell Lakes Access Priority for Residents
Following multiple recent wildfires in the Caswell Lakes area, residents have recognized the importance of more than one access road. But they have gotten little traction in moving a project forward. The Montana Creek Fire this summer was the smallest by far at a little more than 150 acres, but...
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.
Family of Anchorage man shot and killed by police files lawsuit
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The family of an Anchorage man shot and killed by police earlier this year filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the four officers involved and expects to take the city to court as well. The 24-page lawsuit details the night that 34-year-old Kristopher Handy died. “...at no...
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