Back to back storms will deliver heavy rain, snow and wind to Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - There are currently 19 weather alerts in effect across Alaska for high winds, heavy snow, and rain.
Alaska Beacon6h
On Alaska names and neighborhoods
A commentary author writes that she is learning about the naming traditions “Denali” and other Alaska Native names for ...
Alaska Public Media6h
Rolling blackouts could loom for urban Alaska as natural gas crunch intensifies
The Homer Electric Association recently secured an “interruptible” gas agreement for the next year — meaning that it could ...
Marketplace8h
Building, instead of buying, a home
Justine Schmidt and Josh Paul fell in love with a plot of land in Fairbanks, where the self-taught couple constructed a home for $200,000.
Politifact9h
US’ highest mountain called Denali for thousands of years, and Mount McKinley for nearly a century
The Obama-era change followed decades of requests from Native Alaskan leaders for the mountain’s native name ‘Denali’, a Koyukon Athabaskan word meaning "the tall one," "the high one" or "the great ...
Denali versus McKinley: a brief history of the debate over a mountain’s name
President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders — including one to change the official name of North America's ...
Alaska Dispatch News12h
Warm, ‘incredibly wet’ weather could lead to weekend flooding in Southcentral Alaska
It may be January, but the unusually warm, rainy weather feels more like spring breakup, and it’s bringing the kind of flooding concerns also usually not seen in the Anchorage area until later in the ...
Golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction
Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago to mark the completion of the Alaska Railroad ...
Rain, snow and high winds return to Alaska as the week draws to a close
Rain showers continue for Southeast, where less than half an inch is expected today. Most locations will see lingering showers into Friday before tapering off. While rain is to be expected, higher ...
Alaska Dispatch News15h
Gov. Dunleavy and administration officials applaud Trump’s Alaska policies
Executive orders will enable more drilling, mining and other resource development, reversing Biden-era environmental restrictions, governor says ...
Alaska Native News17h
Shaheed Fleming, of Fairbanks, Found Guilty of Sexually Abusing Three Teens
Tuesday, a Fairbanks jury found 25-year-old Shaheed Fleming guilty of 23 counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and other exploitation, involving three different victims. He was acquitted of one count of ...