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Today’s Alaska Stories: A new health report looks at both challenges and signs of progress. ENSTAR restores service to Whittier. Two Southwest Alaska schools hit hard in last fall’s major storm won’t reopen. A Sitka teacher recognized for bringing Indigenous knowledge to the classroom.
Photos courtesy of Maggie Endres, Casey Cash, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer and GoFundMe.
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Studio Q&A: Major Mike Padilla | ATOH Air Operations Officer -
Josh is in town to perform at this year's Rock the Hill festival and he stopped by to share some live music and conversation on Tuesday July 14, 2026. -
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About 90% of the public comments opposed the road. -
The public has through Sep. 21 to comment on the rescission, which would allow new road construction in undeveloped parts of national forests across the country — including the Tongass. -
The civilian-contracted aircraft crashed at the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, roughly 450 miles west of Anchorage. -
A federal judge has vacated a land swap agreement that was key to road construction between the communities of King Cove and Cold Bay. The road would pass through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. -
In the seat left vacant by Sen. Lyman Hoffman, early results showed a preference for another political veteran to represent the sprawling district that covers Bristol Bay, much of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, and the entire Aleutian Chain.
