Alaska Aviation Museum Fly By Festival aimed at creating new generation of flight enthusiasts

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Alaska Aviation Museum hosted its annual Fly By Festival and fundraiser Saturday. It was held at the museum, which is on the banks of Lake Hood, the world’s largest and busiest seaplane base, according to the Alaska …

Alaska Aviation Museum holds Fly By Festival

Opinion: Mertarvik is an overlooked Alaska success story of resilience and progress

Homes of people who relocated from Newtok are visible in Mertarvik in August 2024. (Rick Bowmer / AP) Communities across Western Alaska have been hit with a series of major changes to foundational aspects of our lives and well-being. Nearly everyone …

Murkowski’s Alaska Gold Rush Loses Some Gold Plating

The pork-barrel deal with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) was enough to get her to vote for the motion to proceed to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) late last night, which passed by a count of 51-49. But the deal lost a lot of its luster this morning, …

Small sawmills can now certify their lumber through a University of Alaska program

Up until now, locally milled lumber in Alaska couldn’t be used in residential building projects. That wasn’t because of quality, but because building codes typically require a grade stamp from a national agency, something too expensive and inaccessible for …

Providence Alaska chief executive to retire in August

Ella Goss, chief executive of Providence Alaska, has announced her retirement, effective Aug. 1. Goss has worked with Providence for nearly 30 years and was the first woman and registered nurse to lead the state’s largest health care provider since its …

80-something couple proves the road to Alaska is paved with stories

What happens when you give two adventurous octogenarians a Class C motorhome, a loaded itinerary and 15,642 miles of North American wilderness? You get “Ride With Us! 15,642 Miles, Seventy Nights Camping,” a memoir by Sportyman (the husband’s pseudonym) …

Protect Alaska’s energy future and back Sen. Murkowski’s stand for fair policy

‘Alaska’s energy economy” is not a political slogan. It is the foundation of our communities, a driver of our independence, and a critical piece of national security. That is why I support Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s efforts to protect the energy tax credits …

Alaska needs more responsible resource development

I am Alaska Native — Koyukon ‚ raised on the Upper Koyukuk River. I know my family history. I know my culture, my language and the values passed down from our elders. I know what it means to live off the land, and I also know what it means to live in a …

Stone tools and silent stories trace a lost Alaska

It was a cheap tool, poorly made from cut-rate material. Still, someone had put work into it. And the person who lost it — centuries or perhaps a millennium ago — probably missed it. After all, they couldn’t just pop into Samson’s Hardware for a …