Learning more about Alaska’s elusive Pacific sleeper shark
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For a species that is often portrayed in the media as a tropical species with serious attitude, one shark defies stereotypes.
on Sat, 8PM
STrEaM Academy students build tiny home for homeless residents
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Students at STrEaM Academy in Anchorage have designed and built a tiny house to address the city’s housing needs.
on Nov 1
Troopers: Sitka hunter mauled to death by bear
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Alaska State Troopers said an overdue hunter was found mauled to death Wednesday after search and rescue crews were sent out to find him.
on Oct 31
For the 1st time in 80,000 years: see the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet this week in Alaska
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Pictures have been flooding in of the incredible celestial visitor who hasn’t been spotted in at least 80,000 years, and Alaskans are getting a mostly unobstructed view of the comet known as
on Oct 17
City says it will buy more snow plows after discovering unspent funds
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The LaFrance administration discovered $3.7 million in a city account left over from 2022 and is spending it on new snow removal equipment.
on Sep 29
Machine learning helps accelerate NOAA fish surveys
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With advances in underwater camera technology and machine learning image processing, biologists with NOAA Fisheries have been able to complete fish surveys in a fraction of the amount of time previously needed.
on Sep 22
State of Alaska releases 2024 PFD amount
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In an email at 9 a.m. Thursday, the Alaska Department of Revenue announced the 2024 PFD will be $1,702.
on Sep 20
Young walrus calf rehabilitating at SeaLife Center
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The Alaska SeaLife Center is getting support from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums organizations across the country to help care for an orphaned pacific walrus calf.
on Aug 30
NOAA says Bering Sea snow crab collapse is result of human-caused climate change
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The snow crab population in the southeastern Bering Sea has been drastically reduced in recent years due to human-caused climate change, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
on Aug 24
Where’s Otis the bear? Fans of Katmai cam bruin are concerned
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Fans of "Otis" the bear, a longtime presence in Katmai National Park and a common sight on the live stream cameras that online viewers can watch, has not been seen this summer, creating concern among fans.
on Aug 14
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This year's crest was just over a foot higher than last year's historic flooding.
on Aug 6
Alaska experiencing widespread 911 outage
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A tech issue is affecting systems across the U.S. Anchorage police can still be reached via 911, but callers from areas outside the MOA may run into issues.
on Jul 19
Former Anchorage pastor banned from Alaska Airlines after allegedly hitting wife on flight
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A former pastor at Grace Baptist Temple in Anchorage was arrested and charged with assault after allegedly hitting his wife on an Alaska Airlines flight headed to Anchorage.
on Jul 13
Bronson concedes Anchorage mayor’s race to LaFrance
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Mayor Dave Bronson conceded the 2024 race for mayor Thursday morning to his challenger, Suzanne LaFrance.
on May 23
LaFrance declares victory, vows to ‘clean-up the mess at City Hall’ in Anchorage mayor’s race
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Suzanne LaFrance, the challenger to Mayor Dave Bronson in this year’s race for mayor, declared victory Tuesday with a more than 5,000 vote lead.
on May 22
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Dozens of abandoned, leaking oil wells are hidden across Alaska, and while efforts to plug them are underway, it comes at an expensive cost.
on May 9
Viral question asks women if they’d rather be alone in the woods with a bear or a man
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A hypothetical question going viral on social media asks women if they’d rather be alone in the woods with an unknown man or a bear.
on May 8
Iditarod finish line’s iconic Burled Arch collapses in Nome
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The Burled Arch of the Last Great Race on Earth collapsed in Nome, which marks the end of the race for the Iditarod sled dog race.
on Apr 29
Efforts underway to help entangled humpback whale in Unalaska
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An entangled whale has commanded the attention of a small community in the Aleutian Islands and set in motion a response effort from multiple agencies.
on Apr 12
Volunteers uncover fate of thousands of Lost Alaskans sent to Oregon mental hospital a century ago
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A 15-year volunteer effort is helping identify the fates of thousands of Alaskans who were shipped to a controversial psychiatric hospital in Oregon between 1904 and the 1960s.
on Apr 4
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Jessie Holmes of Nenana was the first musher in Iditarod 52 to reach the coast on Sunday, but ended up chasing Dallas Seavey, who breezed through the checkpoints of Unalakleet and Shaktoolik.
on Mar 11
2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Live Blog
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Follow Iditarod 52 with this live blog that brings all the latest updates and details from the trail!
on Mar 9
Ravn Alaska cuts 130 employees, CEO says
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More than 100 Ravn Alaska staff have lost their jobs, a company spokesperson confirmed Friday afternoon.
on Mar 1
Coffee shop owner eliminates tipping, instead raises workers’ pay from $8 to $18 an hour
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A coffee shop in Salt Lake City is doing away with tipping and instead giving employees a significant raise.
on Feb 1
Over 50 people charged in connection to expansive drug trafficking ring
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“One of the biggest drug trafficking rings harming Alaska communities in the history of our state” has resulted in 53 defendants being charged for allegedly “trafficking large amounts of drugs,” mostly fentanyl, in recent years into over a dozen communities.
on Jan 26
More boats sink, roofs collapse, avalanche danger remains high as snowfall pummels Juneau
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Several boats have sunk and at least one roof has caved in as Alaska’s capital city remains under avalanche alerts amidst a record-breaking snowfall.
on Jan 25
Alaska Beagle Ranch. Dave Dorsey collects unwanted beagles so they can have a wonderful life!
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Dave Dorsey collects Beagles. Because he loves them. Old, rejected, neglected, injured, and abandoned. Dave takes them all and gives them their forever home. At his Alaska Beagle Ranch in Wasilla, Alaska, the former, military man and now retired car parts dealer spends his time loving, caring,...
on Jan 22
16-year-old Emily Robinson out-mushes Iditarod champions to Knik 200 victory
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Competing in the longest sled dog race of her young career, 16-year-old Nenana musher Emily Robinson and her Robinson Racing Kennel huskies chased down 2022 Iditarod champion Brent Sass during the final stretch of the Knik 200 to claim victory by 1 minute, 5 seconds.
on Jan 10
Off-duty Anchorage police officer charged with driving impaired in unmarked patrol car
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An officer with the Anchorage Police Department has been charged with driving a patrol car while drunk on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson last month, according to an official with the department.
on Jan 4
Group favoring ranked choice voting in Alaska files new complaint against group opposed
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There is a new development in the ongoing fight between two groups on opposite sides of Alaska’s ranked-choice voting debate.
on Dec 5
‘Enough is enough’: Lawsuit seeks to bring banned books back to the Mat-Su school district
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The Northern Justice Project and the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska filed a lawsuit against the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District for the removal of 56 books from school libraries.
on Nov 18, 2023
Winter storm blog: Power outages reported in Anchorage, Mat-Su
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Additional snow accumulation looks likely before snow transitions to rain for this storm.
on Nov 9, 2023
Rare blue-tusked mammoth on auction in Anchorage
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The current auction offered by Alaska Auctions and Appraisals features a complete mammoth skull with both tusks intact. To give you an idea of the size of this beast, each tusk is almost twelve feet long.
on Oct 29, 2023
Person shot during call for civil standby at Independence Park
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A person was shot in the lower body Sunday night during a civil standby between another person and the Anchorage Police Department.
on Oct 2, 2023