Weather calms down across Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Winter weather will hit a few areas of Alaska overnight and Tuesday. An advisory for 3 to 7 inches of snow will go into effect for Ketchikan and surrounding areas Tuesday evening. Winds will be to advisory levels in the eastern …

Begich gets committee assignments that benefit Alaska

Congressman-elect Nick Begich III has received his first committee assignments for the upcoming two-year session of Congress. NBIII will serve on the House Natural Resources Committee, chaired by Congressman Bruce Westerman, who not only endorsed Begich …

Mid Alaska Conference Regional wrestling results and state qualifiers

The Mid Alaska Conference (MAC) wrestling regionals took place at North Pole High School this past Saturday, Dec. 14. The event served as a qualifier for the 2024 Alaska Wrestling State Championships, which will be held in Anchorage this coming weekend Dec …

Alaska State Capitol visitors won’t face airport-style security checkpoint

The Alaska State Capitol on March 25, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Visitors to the Alaska State Capitol won’t need to pass through an airport-style security checkpoint, at least for now. That’s after a committee on Thursday set aside a …

Alaska Air National Guard Cuts Ribbon on Helicopter Engine Test Stand

“Anytime we had a repair that was going to take a substantial time or we were just unable to diagnose on the aircraft, we would remove it to the back shop,” DeVries says. “We took our best stab at what was wrong, rebuilt it, put it together, and then we …

Alaska State Fair Garden Display, Promotional Features Win International Awards

Myrvold started after the 2023 fair, sketching what she wanted the following year’s display to look like. Her drawn design was converted into a computerized draft for the maintenance department to follow. Welders set about building the metal frame that …

Measures aimed at closing small Alaska pollock fishery fail

A proposal allowing more flexibility in fishing and requiring full retention of salmon bycatch passed. Alaska regulators declined to push forward the two proposals that would have shut down the small pollock fishery entirely.Photo: Alaska Whitefish …

Dunleavy asks Trump to undo Biden’s four years of damage to Alaska’s economy

In a letter to President Donald Trump and his transition team, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy pulled no punches about how devastating the past four years have been for Alaska. And he asked Trump to, on his first day in office, issue an executive order to help …

Bay Area gets new routes to Hawaii from Alaska Airlines

Alaska and Delta introduce 3 nonstop flights from Seattle to winter getaways