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‘Kipnuk is still home:’ A year after Halong, evacuated residents still in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Thursday marked a year since the first plane carrying Typhoon Halong evacuees arrived in Anchorage. Impacted residents said the memories are still vivid. “That felt forever when we were floating down,” Tristen Carl, a Kipnuk evacuee, said. “Sometimes I have nightmares, but not as bad as...
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AROUND ALASKA: Hazardous Waste, Pink Day, and Halloween Event!
Plans to launch a new text-to-9-1-1 service in the Mat-Su Valley have been delayed. MatCom Public Safety Dispatch originally planned to roll out this feature on October 20. But now officials have pushed the launch back to December 7. Over 100 people in Sitka took part in a hazardous waste...
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Municipality of Anchorage takes part in earthquake preparations during Shake Out
“They are finding out what infrastructure is damaged, what’s needed to fix that, who needs to respond to it, whether it’s an electric company or a gas company or the fire department. They are tracking everything,”
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Page 2 Thu. Oct. 15: Candidate Interviews Air on Sunday and Other Events
It’s election season. We asked the 39 candidates that are campaigning for contested seats in our listening area to sit down for an interview. This includes the Borough Assembly, School Board, State House, Governor, and US Congress candidates. About 20 replied and were interviewed. We will air these interviews...
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Photos: Army ROTC Field Training Exercise
The Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) ran a three-day field training exercise in Wasilla from Sept. 24-27. The UA Anchorage and Fairbanks ROTC programs collaborated to set up the field training. The last exercise of the third day included the ambush exercise. In this exercise, three members of the cadre, who are skilled personnel who train cadets, acted as enemy soldiers in a surprise attack while the training cadets prepared to fire weapons holding blanks. The training exercises are used for third-year army cadets to prepare for Advanced Camp, where they work towards becoming a commissioned officer.
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Page 2 Fri. Oct. 9: The Wait is over for Seward-Meridian Parkway
The wait is finally over. Seward-Meridian Parkway in Wasilla is finished and open to traffic from the Parks Highway to Seldon Road. It opened in early September. The impact on driving and traffic was immediate. Wasilla is the fastest growing city in Alaska. According to the latest census the population...
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Mat-Su residents turn out to ‘Flip the Script’ at back-to-back Sentinel candidate forums
PALMER — Hundreds of Mat-Su residents turned out for two Mat-Su Sentinel candidate forums this week that gave voters a chance to meet state and borough candidates — and gave candidates a chance to hear directly from residents through live audience polling. Rather than asking candidates to debate one another
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Anchorage community sees opportunity in superintendent’s departure
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Anchorage School District (ASD) Superintendent Dr. Jharrett Bryantt is leaving his role early next year. Bryantt announced on Thursday he would be leaving in early 2027 to start a new role as the superintendent for Alexandria City School Board in Virginia. “I care deeply about our...
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Recall LaFrance application certified; drone logs made available to the public
About a month ago, Anchorage residents launched an effort to recall Mayor Suzanne LaFrance after finding a failure to comply with certain municipal laws related to surveillance technology. On October 5, the Municipal Clerk certified the group’s application to petition a recall. Anchorage Municipal Code 3.102.040 requires the mayor...
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A WWII camp for Japanese Americans cost his father his sight and his grandfather his life. In Alaska, he explains why he still tells the story
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - At 9 years old, Sam Mihara filled his free hours in Wyoming the way a boy might: searching the ground for stone arrowheads and looking for rattlesnakes. He did it as a prisoner of his own government. “Barbed wire fence, guard towers, sentries with weapons, we...
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Denali Street pilot tests new design for winter snow removal
Anchorage is testing a temporary two-lane design on Denali Street between Tudor and Northern Lights to improve snow removal efficiency. The pilot will use the outside lanes for snow storage and cost a few hundred thousand dollars. Businesses are raising concerns about winter visibility and access, while the city says community feedback will help determine what happens next.