Alaska News Nightly: Monday, March 10, 2025

Monday on Alaska News Nightly: Experts say Medicaid cuts would have an outsized impact in Alaska. Also, a California company says it can provide some of the data lost from National Weather Service cuts. And a Ketchikan woman hopes to prove, once and for …

Touring Wild Scoop’s ice cream test kitchen | Hometown, Alaska

Ice cream holds a special place in many Alaskans' hearts. Our Alaska Native cultures have been making traditional ice cream for longer than any of us have been around. Typically made with a mixture of snow, seal oil, fish and berries, depending on the …

Road-repair bill reveals friction between Republican leaders of different groups in Alaska Senate

A bill intended to fix potholes in a popular road within Chugach State Park has also exposed rocky relationships between two leaders of the Alaska State Senate. The Senate voted 18-1 on Monday to pass Senate Bill 47, which would allow the municipality of …

BOB BIRD: 3 branches of Alaska government converge on Road to Anarchy

Let’s play baseball. Get out the rule book. Like most sports, it is packed not only with rules that are macro and fundamental, but also micro and nuanced. Rules change, and are done so by mutual agreement, because experience dictated the necessity. Thus, …

‘Handcuffs off Alaska’ – US energy secretary talks up pipeline

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Monday (March 10) said he wants to boost U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas which includes the Alaska LNG project, an important priority of U.S. President Donald Trump who talked up the proposed $44 billion project …

This Day in Alaska History-March 10, 1920

The SS Admiral Evans. Alaska Digital Archives Four hours after the SS Admiral Evans left the port in Ketchikan and headed to Seattle on March 10th, a Greek man, Nick Demmar, while on Deck, fired eight rounds into the smoking room, wounding six. According …

Slightly cooler weather spreads across Alaska this week

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Despite temperatures remaining mild as we start off a brand new work week, we’re tracking the return to some cooler air. Active weather remains with the gulf coast region, with areas of the Aleutians and Pribilof Islands seeing …

LIVESTREAM: Alaska Natural Medicine

This livestream features David and Gina from Natural Medicine Alaska (NMA). They are part of a team running a project to work towards a psilocybin focused regulated access program in Alaska.  We’ll discuss the project’s aims and their path to get there for …

Skiers killed in Alaska avalanche remembered

University of Alaska Southeast begins reviewing uses of DEI online

The University of Alaska Southeast campus in Juneau on Monday, March. 4, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) The University of Alaska Southeast is taking next steps to remove mentions of DEI from its website.  In an email to university staff and faculty Friday …