Warming temperatures tripled Arctic lightning strikes over the past decade
Lightning strikes in the Arctic tripled from 2010 to 2020, a finding University of Washington researchers attribute to rising temperatures…
US Urges Immediate Pause in Use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine
Federal health officials in the United States are recommending an immediate pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson…
Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program Brings Full-time Acceleration Academy Component to Bethel This Fall
BETHEL, Alaska – With the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program’s new Acceleration Academy (Bethel), students across Lower Kuskokwim region…
Sitka Man Perishes in Boating Accident while out Gathering Herring Eggs in Southeast
AST reports that Wildlife Troopers are conducting an investigation into the cause of a fatal boating accident that took place…
Alaska Court Rules in Favor of Governor Dunleavy in Appointments Case
(Anchorage, AK) – Friday, the Alaska Supreme Court issued an order in Dunleavy v. Alaska Legislative Council (S-18003), concluding that the…
Big Change on a Big Landscape
The Alsek, a world-class rafting river that flows into the Gulf of Alaska from its headwaters in Canada, may soon…
Dillingham Man Indicted for Attempted Murder After Officer Involved Shooting Incident
(Anchorage, AK) – Tuesday, April 6th, an Anchorage grand jury indicted 32-year-old Daniel Wahl on one count of Attempted Murder in…
Cloyd Lacap Sentenced for 2019 Craigslist Armed Robberies
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man was sentenced to nine years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for…
Two Mexican Nationals and Eight U.S. Citizens Indicted on Federal Drug Charges
ANCHORAGE – A federal grand jury in Anchorage returned an indictment that was unsealed this week charging two Mexican nationals…
Spruce/Deciduous-Alutiiq Word of the Week-April 11th
NAPAQ (SPRUCE); UQGWIK (DECIDUOUS) SUN’AMI MAANI NAPAT AMLERTUT, ANGSINARLUTENG CALI. KAL’UNI, LARSEN BAY-MI NAPAITAARTUKUT. – HERE IN KODIAK WE HAVE…