NTSB Team Begins Investigation Of Deadly Soldotna Plane Crash
Federal investigators arrived on the Kenai Peninsula Monday to examine the scene of a Sunday plane crash in Soldotna.
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Peter Tony’s Stepdaughter Speaks Out About Abuse
Peter Tony, age 69, is in jail in Bethel awaiting court proceedings for multiple charges of child sexual abuse. Meanwhile, his case keeps growing. It’s evolving from two sides: the past and the present; a 48-year-old alleged victim and a four-year-old alleged victim. Kimberley Bruesch is Peter Tony’s step daughter who says he abused her when she was 8. She says her abuse lasted for about a year but the aftermath went on for decades.
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Stuart Creek 2 Firefighters Race to Beat Warm, Dry Weather Coming Later This Week
Crews battling the Stuart Creek 2 Wildfire northeast of Fairbanks have made significant progress. But, an evacuation watch for residents of nearby Two Rivers and Pleasant Valley remains in effect.
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Incident Meteorologists Help Crews Predict Fire Paths
More than a million acres have burned in the 446 wildfires in Alaska this season. That’s an area larger than Rhode Island. Many of these fires are left to burn if they aren’t a danger to people or infrastructure, but the most dangerous of them are battled by hundreds of firefighters and other support personnel. Some fires even warrant their own “incident meteorologist” – or IMET.
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Seward Ceviche Whiz Dines at White House
Nine year old Rowan Bean wins trip to second Kids' State Dinner.
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Russian Fire Bomb Washes Up Near Chignik
Coast Guard helicopter dropped an elite team of explosives experts near Chignik last week. Their mission: to detonate a suspicious bomb that washed up on a remote beach. On paper, it was a standard assignment for the Army's explosive ordnance disposal team. But, the case still managed to turn up some surprises.
Anchorage Man Dies In Motorcycle Accident
A motorcyclist died in South Anchorage on Monday when he ran into a pickup truck making a turn off the Old Seward Highway.
Veteran Highlight: Ron Travis
After getting out of the Navy, Ron Travis used the GI Bill to go to college in Washington state where he recalls his professors, during the height of the Vietnam War, organized protests to the war.
In this interview, Travis recalls that difficult time.
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9 Rescued After Boat Runs Aground Near Auke Bay
Nine passengers were rescued from a boat that ran aground near Juneau on Monday evening. The 36-foot motor vessel Islander ran aground at Shelter Island just outside Auke Bay.
South Carolina Family Killed In Soldotna Plane Crash
A family of five from South Carolina are among the victims in the Soldotna plane crash that left 10 dead.
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UPDATE: Stuart Creek 2 Wildfire Grows, Residents Evacuate Two Rivers
Warm, dry and windy weather in the Fairbanks area over the weekend stoked the Stuart Creek 2 Wildfire burning east of Eielson Air Force Base.
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Coast Guard Investigating ‘Naknek Spirit’ Grounding
The Coast Guard is investigating a grounding the led to a fuel spill in the western Prince William Sound over the weekend. The Naknek Spirit’s starboard fuel tank ruptured when it ran aground Saturday evening in Passage Canal six miles east of Whittier.
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Redistricting Board Offers New Plan
the Alaska Redistricting Board is now one step closer to finalizing the state's political boundaries. The "concept plan" released on Monday addresses a variety of legal complaints against the interim map that was used for the 2012 election.
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Igushik Fishery Remains Closed
In another, earlier tender grounding in Southwest Alaska, Magone Marine divers contracted by the US Coast Guard have been working to seal off fuel vents on the tender Lone Star, which sank near the mouth of the Igushik River in Bristol Bay a week ago Sunday.
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Traini Targets Executive Pay and Benefits
The Anchorage Assembly will hear public testimony Tuesday on an ordinance that would cap pay for the city's executive workers.
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Program Helping Anchorage’s Childhood Obesity Rate Drop
Anchorage is one of fewer than a dozen communities in the U.S. where the number of kids who are obese is declining. Between the 2002 and 2010 school years, the obesity rate among students in grades K-8 fell 3 percent. Cindy Norquest is program director for Healthy Futures, a statewide initiative to get kids exercising every day. She’s in Washington D.C. this week to share Anchorage’s success story in a panel discussion sponsored by the American Cancer Society and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Elodea Spreading In Southcentral Alaska
Pilots of floatplanes could unwittingly be spreading a dangerous invasive weed throughout Southcentral Alaska. Elodea, an aquatic plant that chokes lakes and slow running rivers, has been found in several lakes in the Anchorage area, and at least one water body near Fairbanks, and authorities are warning that the plant’s spread threatens irreversible harm to fish habitat.
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Centennial Denali Climb Members Return To Talkeetna
A group of climbers that successfully retraced the hundred year old footsteps of their ancestors by reaching the summit of Denali last month have completed their long walk out to civilization. KTNA’s Phillip Manning spoke to some members of the climb in Talkeetna and has this story.
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Evacuation Notice Lifted For Two Rivers, Pleasant Valley
The Evacuation Notice for residents of Two Rivers and Pleasant Valley has been lifted by the Interagency Management Team, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Fairbanks North Star Borough and the Alaska State Troopers.
Air Taxi Crashes At Soldotna Airport, 10 Killed
An air taxi has crashed at the Soldotna Airport killing all 10 people on board. Alaska State Troopers Spokesperson Megan Peters says Soldotna Police, Central Emergency Services and troopers responded to a call just after 11 a.m. on Sunday and found the fixed-wing aircraft fully engulfed in flames.