No radiation leaks found at 1960s nuclear test site in Aleutians
Officials say the latest testing on Amchitka Island found no leaks from underground blasts decades ago.
Rural Alaska
Seals seem to be adapting to shrinking sea ice off Alaska
Evidence gathered through 2016 indicates that ice seals are getting plenty of food, a researcher says.
Alaska biologist reports increased sightings of mink in Kodiak
“We are getting more sightings every year. We’re also getting more trappers bringing them in every year,” a wildlife biologist said.
’We landed OK’: PenAir flight with 35 aboard loses engine power in midair
Pilots turned the plane around and returned safely to King Salmon.
At the Alaska Native Medical Center, healing comes in a bowl of seal soup
The soup, prepared in a generations-old style at the Anchorage hospital, is likely the only large-scale food service preparation of marine mammal in the U.S.
Alaska Native artist continues to have posts banned by Facebook, which said it would fix the problem
A spokesman with Sen. Dan Sullivan’s office said he’s hopeful Facebook will resolve the issue quickly.
Fermented beluga flipper suspected in Nome botulism death and illnesses
A preliminary analysis indicates botulism sickened five people following a New Year’s Day potluck in Nome, but the state is waiting for final test results.
Aleknagik boys basketball team plays for the first time in 32 years
Having a high school team gives the boys a structure to learn and improve as athletes. It’s also a reason for them to stay on top of their schoolwork.
Common bond: Japan’s Ainu people connect with Alaska’s Aleuts
As part of Ainu efforts to gain global attention as an indigenous group, representatives traveled to the Aleutian Islands last week.
After 36 years, Metlakatla OKs observance of daylight saving time
Alaska merged its four time zones into one in 1983, but the Southeast Alaska town opted out.
Teen grabbed air taxi controls over Western Alaska, troopers say
He caused the plane to “enter a steep climb and then a dive towards the ground."
3 men charged with sexually abusing children in Southwest Alaska. Two of them worked in law enforcement.
The men were all arrested within 24 hours, state troopers said.
Alaska cultural group ‘condemns’ Facebook ban on animal-part sales
Sen. Dan Sullivan said he’ll be writing a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, urging an exemption for Alaska Natives.
Weather service ordered to pay rural Alaska workers whose overtime hours were cut
The union representing the employees estimates the back pay will exceed $500,000.
Chemicals in firefighting foam contaminate groundwater at King Salmon Airport
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation discovered another Bristol Bay well contaminated with perflourinated substances.
Authorities recover body of Kake man after house fire
Firefighters put out the blaze in an hour, but the second floor had collapsed onto the ground floor
Partial government shutdown complicates landslide response in Southeast Alaska
About 300 people have been affected by the closure, and an old logging road has been a cumbersome detour.
Kodiak officials debate replacement of city warning sirens
Of the city’s 12 sirens, three don’t work and others are rusting.
Ice road along Kuskokwim River a ‘blessing’ for villages
Tribes make the frozen road that gives village residents in Southwest Alaska access to medical care, basketball games and restaurants, ‘just like regular America’.
Another Sand Point fisherman is chomped on by a sea lion
The third such bite in two years prompted a police warning in the Aleutian Islands town.