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Anchorage, United States · AnchorageThe Anchorage Police Department, photographed in Downtown Anchorage on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Dev Hardikar/Alaska Public Media) Police officers are tasked with keeping order in our communities and ensuring residents and visitors engage in lawful conduct. It can be a difficult job where decisions sometimes need to be made in seconds, especially when people are at risk, in crisis and threatening themselves or others. After Anchorage police of…See the Story
Police accountability and community trust
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Anchorage, United States · AnchorageBartlett High School in Anchorage. Photo by Daysha Eaton, KSKA – Anchorage. An additional police officer was stationed at Bartlett High School in Anchorage Monday after a post circulated on social media that threatened “BHS.” The same threat delayed classes briefly Monday at Bethel Regional High School. According to the Bethel Police Department, the threat was from a post that originated in Binghamton, New York. Corey Allen Young, a spokesperson…See the Story
Unsubstantiated social media threat disrupts two Alaska schools
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Anchorage, United States · AnchorageA police vehicles emergency lights flash blue and red. (Valerie Lake / Alaska Public Media) A man is dead after a multi-vehicle crash involving a school bus Monday afternoon, according to Anchorage police. Neither the bus driver or the lone student aboard the bus were seriously injured, a school district spokesperson said. Police say a school bus rear-ended a green Chevy pickup on East Tudor Road, near Lake Otis Boulevard, at about 4:45 p.m. Mon…See the Story
Man dies in multi-vehicle crash on Tudor Road involving school bus
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Alaska · AlaskaNORAD detected and tracked the flight of two Russian Ilyushin Il-38 Dolphins through the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone Sunday. (Wikimedia Creative Commons photo) For the fourth time in five days, Russian aircraft have flown through international airspace off Alaska’s coast. The North American Aerospace Defense Command said Sunday that it detected and tracked a couple of Il-38 maritime surveillance aircraft Saturday as they were flying t…See the Story
4 Russian aircraft groups in 5 days fly through airspace near Alaska
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Alaska · AlaskaSt. Mary’s, Alaska (courtesy of Walton Smith)
Four people are dead after a plane they were traveling in from Bethel crashed short of the runway in St. Mary’s late Sunday night, according to transportation officials. The Cessna 207 was operated by Bethel-based Yute Commuter Service. The pilot and three passengers departed Bethel for the roughly 100-mile journey to the lower Yukon River community at around 9 p.m. Sunday, according to National Tran…See the Story
4 people killed in St. Mary’s plane crash
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Anchorage, United States · AnchorageUltra-endurance cyclist Lael Wilcox bikes a segment from Anchorage to Tolsona, Alaska, Aug. 8, 2024, on her around-the-world ride. (Courtesy Lael Wilcox) An Alaskan has broken the record for the fastest around-the-world bike ride by a woman. Lael Wilcox was born and raised in Anchorage and is a familiar name in ultra-distance cycling. She holds records in the 2,745-mile Tour Divide and 4,400-mile Trans Am Bike Race. But a course of over 18,000 m…See the Story
Alaska's own, Lael Wilcox, sets record for around-the-world bike ride
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EPA · JuneauIn a commercial operation like Juneau Composts in Lemon Creek, items are sorted out before they are mixed into a compost pile. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO) The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska has received $15 million in funding via the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction grant program. The Tribe will use the money to expand composting in Juneau and tribal communities across Southeast…See the Story
$15 million EPA grant for Southeast composting projects latest in local expansion efforts
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Alaska · AlaskaLittle Rock, the Alaska Zoo’s male muskox grunts into a microphone while being discussed. (Ammon Swenson/Alaska Public Media) Join host Kim Sherry on a tour of the Alaska Zoo with Education Director Rich Capitan. On the walking tour, we hear the sounds, smell the scents and talk about the zoo’s animal residents. We hear about the unique history of how our zoo got started and learn some interesting facts about the local fauna that we share this g…See the Story
Exploring the Alaska Zoo | Hometown, Alaska
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