The owner of an Anchorage business destroyed during a building fire in March has filed suit against Denali Disposal, owned by Republican gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson, and two other businesses that also used the destroyed building. The lawsuit, by auto repair firm 2nd II None LLC, accuses all three defendants of negligence that contributed to the fire […]
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Alaska typhoon victims’ losses of traditional foods go beyond dollar values
When natural disasters strike in the Lower 48, people affected are compensated for income lost from wage-earning jobs that have been interrupted, as well as lost assets with assigned financial value. For residents of the Yukon-Kuskokwim region who were displaced by Typhoon Halong, such losses are not so easily quantified. In the region’s affected villages, […]
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‘Molly’ hits the road: New PBS miniseries takes viewers to five reservations
This story was originally published by ICT. Curious, adventurous and boisterous, 10-year-old Molly of Denali gets around this season, taking her Grandpa Nat on trips to five different reservations to learn about their life and culture where they end up on everything from a hand-carved dugout canoe to a hot air balloon. “Molly’s Epic Adventure” […]
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Indigenous identity: ‘Invisible within the data’
This story was originally published by ICT. WASHINGTON — Even in the fight to decolonize data, Abigail Echo-Hawk thinks about how she’s counted, whether that’s on a census form, in the doctor’s office or for a survey. She’s a citizen of Pawnee Nation in Oklahoma and a member of the Upper Ahtna Athabaskan people of […]
Posted inSoutheast News, Environment & Natural Resources
Sitkan Escapes Injury as Tree Crushes House
A Sitka man narrowly escaped serious injury when gale-force winds early this morning pushed a large Sitka Spruce tree onto the roof of his home at 504 Charteris Street. Sam Skaggs told the Daily Sitka Sentinel on Monday that he was in bed and sleeping through the wind storm when he realized a tree beside […]
Posted inSoutheast News, Environment
‘Explosion’ of invasive European green crabs reported in Southeast Alaska
When a young Sealaska intern walking a beach in July 2022 found the first evidence of European green crab presence in Alaska – a discarded shell on a beach on Annette Island in the state’s far southeast corner – it was an ominous sign about the invasive species’ northward spread. Since then, the Metlakatla Indian Community, the tribe […]
Posted inSoutheast News, Obituaries
Pete Carran, longtime Juneau radio journalist and hall of fame broadcaster, dies at 77
Pete Carran, an Alaska hall of fame radio journalist for more than five decades who spent most of his career in Juneau, died Wednesday at the age of 77. Carran, who spent 15 years in Anchorage working in radio and television after being honorably discharged from the military in the late 1960s, moved to Juneau […]
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Legislature’s education task force to hear recommendations Thursday at Capitol
Highly expected recommendations such as better pay for teachers, along with some perhaps unexpected suggestions such as getting rid of the Alaska Reads Act, are set to be presented to the Legislature’s Task Force On Education Funding on Thursday at the state Capitol. The meeting scheduled to start at 10 a.m. is the first in […]
Posted inLocal News, Environment & Natural Resources
24-mile boat launch could shut down
The popular 24 Mile boat launch could be shut down, Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials say, after an inspection showed the launch area and its access road run through salmon spawning habitat. The area has been used as a boat launch for decades — at least 40 years, local sportsmen say. It’s not […]