PHS track and field sprint into 2025 full of potential

Orin Pierson count Front row from L-R: Maelle Boiter, Zia Hulebak, Lexi Tow, Cadence Flint, Ashley Eilenberger, Olivia Hinde, Emilia Anderson. Middle row from L-R: Freya Tucker, Arielle Tucker, Gabriele Whitacre, Tyler Ward, Noah Pawuk, Brayden Tucker, …

Quality over quantity:

While the total number of cruise ship visits to Petersburg will decline this summer, local tourism experts say the quality of port calls should actually increase. "I think after looking at the schedule, the numbers of port calls are down, however, the …

Milk Run Music Fest coming to Wrangell

WRANGELL - Without a real plan, Olivia Strano found herself in the right place at the right time. When she walked away from her work as a yacht stewardess and onto a Wrangell dock last summer, she felt she had found her home. "I've been searching …

Warmer weather brings early bear activity to Alaska

With warmer temperatures and less snow than usual, bears on the Kenai Peninsula are already starting to wake up. Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Jason Herreman said it’s not unusual for some bears to leave their dens early. “We don't …

Ravn Alaska stops Homer flights

Travelers in and out of Homer now have fewer flight options after Ravn Alaska abruptly ended service to the city this week. The regional airline announced the decision on its website, citing a QUOTE "inability to arrive at an equitable agreement with …

Alaska Medical Board joins growing movement to protect children from predatory transgender procedures

Alaska Medical Board joins growing movement to protect children from predatory transgender procedures The Alaska State Medical Board has unanimously opposed hormonal and surgical treatments for gender dysphoria in minors, citing insufficient evidence of …

Alaska Natives cheer Trump’s energy revival: “Our voices are finally being heard”

Alaska Natives cheer Trump’s energy revival: “Our voices are finally being heard” The Trump administration overturned Biden-era drilling restrictions in Alaska’s NPR-A and ANWR, reopening oil and gas leasing to boost energy independence and tribal …

Former Juneau chiropractor’s long-delayed sexual assault case now scheduled for April trial

A plaque at the Dimond Courthouse’s public entrance in Juneau acknowledes the building’s namesake, Feb. 27, 2017. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO) After nearly four years, the sexual assault case against a former Juneau chiropractor is slated to go to …

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US and Russia squabble over Arctic security as melting ice opens up shipping routes

“You cannot annex another country.” This was the clear message given by the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, at a recent press conference with the outgoing and incoming prime ministers of Greenland. It did not appear aimed at Russian president …