Category: Alaska News

All eight inmates contracted a specific strain of the bacteria through eating romaine lettuce served at AMCC. (Public domain photo, via Pixabay) Alaska has reported its first cases of a strain of E. coli bacteria related to...

Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska President Richard Peterson advocates business development as a way to replace federal funding. “We’re only as sovereign as we can afford to be,” he told delegates at...

Rep. Dan Ortiz, I-Ketchikan, center, poses April 25, 2018, for photos with Alaska Native language supporters outside of the Alaska Senate Chambers. The Senate was about to consider an amendment to House Concurrent Resolution 19,...

Alaska has two seasons: winter, and road construction. (US. DOT image) The state Department of Transportation is gearing up for another busy construction season on Southcentral highways, and delays for motorists could be felt...

Photo of site on Shuyak Island. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Chadux) A $9 million oil spill cleanup is winding down on the southern end of Shuyak Island in an area that’s critical habitat for marine mammals like sea otters and...

Extreme ice encasing a GCI communications tower near Scammon Bay has disrupted phone and internet services throughout the area since March. (Image courtesy of GCI) City workers along the mid-Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta coast are...

(From left to right) Kent Fielding, Eric Rush, Ben Walker and Karen Martin were the finalists for the 2018 Alaska Teacher of the Year award. Ben Walker ended up being selected. (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media –...