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Peltola’s predecessor, the late Don Young, was on the committee for decades and used to be its chair.
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Dillingham’s housing crisis has teachers sleeping in the school
September 16, 2022 | Izzy Ross, KDLG – Dillingham
The housing shortage in Dillingham is intertwined with a national shortage of teachers.
Transportation officials to share locations for a possible second Juneau-Douglas crossing
September 16, 2022 | Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO
Over the fall and winter, transportation planners will hold more meetings to refine the ideas and narrow down the options. Their study is scheduled to be complete in the spring.
Western Alaska braces for coastal flooding and 90 mph gusts from potentially historic storm
September 16, 2022 | Davis Hovey, KNOM – Nome
Officials are urging people in Western Alaska to make last-minute preparations and check on neighbors who might need help.
Agreement with Japanese company boosts fortunes of planned hydropower project near Alaska’s capital, developers say
September 16, 2022 | Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon
The cornerstone user will be Coeur Alaska’s Kensington mine, a gold producer north of Juneau.
Amid housing crunch, Sitka tightens rules for short-term rentals
September 16, 2022 | Katherine Rose, KCAW – Sitka
The new rules require owners to live on the property for at least six months a year.
Peltola’s campaign gets big financial boost after special election win
September 16, 2022 | Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Nearly of it came from individual contributions — just $3,500 came from groups.
Fourteen years on, Palin’s ‘bridge to nowhere’ comment still resounds
September 16, 2022 | James Brooks, Alaska Beacon
In Ketchikan, Gravina Island is now seen as an opportunity for affordable housing.
Peltola lands a spot on House Resources. Next up: the Magnuson-Stevens fisheries bill
September 15, 2022 | Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Peltola’s predecessor, the late Don Young, was on the committee for decades and used to be its chair.
Storm of the decade forecast for Bering Strait region
September 15, 2022 | Davis Hovey, KNOM – Nome
The storm could be just as damaging as the 2011 Bering Sea superstorm and have similar coastal flood impacts.
Longtime AWARE staff member dies at 76
September 15, 2022 | Yvonne Krumrey, KTOO
Her daughter says Joanne Hansen grew up in the Midwest, but she bloomed in Juneau.
To center Yup’ik culture, a Southwest Alaska school district has adopted a subsistence calendar
September 15, 2022 | Will McCarthy, KYUK – Bethel
“We don’t want our future generations to forget who we are,” one school board member said. “We want to educate them about our ancestors and how they survived in this harsh environment.”
Alaska health officials report Juneau’s 23rd death from COVID-19
September 15, 2022 | Jennifer Pemberton, KTOO
Alaska health officials say that a Juneau woman in her 70s has died of COVID-19. It’s not clear when she died.
Former player says Ketchikan volleyball coach charged with assault has history of abusive behavior
September 15, 2022 | Raegan Miller, KRBD – Ketchikan
Johnson was issued a formal reprimand on his teaching license from the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission in 2014.
Alaska’s cruise tourism industry has recovered, but not fully, from COVID-19
September 15, 2022 | James Brooks, Alaska Beacon
The number of cruise ship tourists is expected to be near pre-pandemic levels in 2023.
At open house, scientists explain what HAARP can — and can’t — do
September 14, 2022 | Ned Rozell, University of Alaska
It’s a facility that some claim has caused caribou to walk backward.
‘I’m here to represent all Alaskans’: A close-up look at Mary Peltola’s swearing-in
September 14, 2022 | Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Peltola says she wants to prioritize legislation Don Young was already working on as she finishes out his term.
Report highlights Southeast Alaska’s soaring economy but warns of housing crunch and loss of state jobs
September 14, 2022 | Eric Stone, KRBD – Ketchikan
The shining star of the 2021 economy was the seafood sector, which was Southeast’s top private sector wage provider for the first time since 2015.
Engineering firm pitches plan to solve Skagway’s rockslide problem
September 14, 2022 | Mike Swasey, KHNS – Haines
If Skagway wants to return to hosting four ships at a time next summer, it has less than seven months to fix the problem.
UAS to get $2.3M in federal funds to expand mariculture program
September 14, 2022 | Katherine Rose, KCAW – Sitka
The White House recently announced $49 million dollars in funding for further development of Alaska’s mariculture industry.
Murkowski surveys rockslide threatening Skagway’s cruise ship dock
September 13, 2022 | Claire Stremple, KTOO
Active rockslides are threatening to devastate the town’s multimillion dollar cruise ship port. That could take a serious bite out of the visitor industry that feeds Southeast Alaska’s summer economy.