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Alpha Media Cuts Reach Alaska.
Alpha Media cuts in Alaska claim the staff of “Classic Country 100.9” KAYO Wasilla. The job cuts in the 49th state follow similar moves the company has made across the country. Those recently affected include KAYO morning personality Kathy Mitchell, who also hosted middays at country sister “K-Bear...
AROUND ALASKA: Affordable Housing, Nightly Blasting, and Polar Bears!
Move-in has now begun at a new affordable housing facility in downtown Juneau. KTOO reports Glory Hall's former homeless shelter and soup kitchen has been converted into seven affordable housing units. There's also a commercial space downstairs. Officials say construction took less than a year. Grants from the city and other local organizations helped fund the project in Juneau.
Alaska Pacific University to receive millions from NASA to study microplastics
To examine microplastics in Alaska waterways, APU Chemistry and Environmental Sciences professor Dee Barker has to first filter a water sample and examine what’s left over under a microscope, identifying small particles that might be plastic. Then she has to move it to a different, infrared microscope. “And then...
Governor’s vetoes whittle list of funded Alaska Long Trail projects to four
Only four of nine projects that the Legislature funded this year as part of an envisioned Alaska Long Trail network survived Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto pen. Dunleavy’s vetoes left a bit over $1.1 million of the $3.7 million in Alaska Long Trail projects that lawmakers approved in their capital budget.
British Airways kills redemptions on AA and Alaska (again for the very first time)
Evidently, they’re still a little sore about the whole Independence Day thing on the other side of the pond. Overnight, British Airways seems to have completely destroyed its award chart for flights on AA and Alaska Airlines within the US, in some cases raising prices by almost 50%. BA already took a mallet to those awards in late-2023, so domestic US flights under 3,000 miles now cost between 50-100% more than they did last Summer.
Large quantities of roofing nails dumped on the Glenn Hwy, APD says
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - While most people in Eagle River were preparing for firework celebrations on July 3, Bryan Brenner was fixing an unexpected flat tire. As Brenner quickly came to discover, he wasn’t alone. Brenner and a close friend were some of the Eagle River residents who have...
Three ATV incidents in Kodiak during Fourth of July, two of them end in death
Many Kodiak residents may have heard wailing sirens on the evening of July 3 into the early morning of July Fourth, as emergency responders were called to three separate ATV accidents. According to a public information officer with the Kodiak Police Department, Francis De La Fuente, around 6 p.m. on...
Mount Marathon Race: A Treacherous Fourth of July Tradition in Seward
One annual and rather treacherous holiday tradition took place to mark the Fourth of July in Seward. The year 2024 marked the 96th running of the Mount Marathon race in Seward. Distance-wise, it doesn't seem bad, just a 5K or 3-point-1 miles. But since the racers are climbing up and...
Anchorage HOME Initiative set to become law after surviving potential vetoes
When the Anchorage Assembly narrowly passed the HOME Initiative last week — a measure that effectively eliminates single-family zoning in most of the Anchorage Bowl — it came with the caveat that it would be susceptible to a mayoral veto. The 7-5 vote was a single vote short...
Fire reduces new Bristol Bay floating fish processor’s capacity
An electrical fire has damaged one of three spiral freezers aboard Northline Seafoods’ new floating fish processor Hannah, which is anchored in Bristol Bay’s Nushagak district this salmon season. The vessel is currently operating at a reduced capacity after Sunday’s blaze, and other processors are taking on some...
Klaire Rhodes claims Mount Marathon women’s crown with one of the fastest times in history
Klaire Rhodes kept looking over her shoulder as she raced toward the Mount Marathon finish line in first place Thursday afternoon in Seward. No pursuer was in sight. The only people near her were the thousands of fans lining the streets, many with arms outstretched in the hope of high-fiving the soon-to-be champion.
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