Solstice celebrations at the Alaska Rock Gym

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Alaska Rock Gym welcomed a crowd Friday evening for an inaugural event celebrating the winter solstice. See a spelling or grammatical error? Report it to web@ktuu.com Copyright 2024 KTUU. All rights reserved.

Alaska senators react to government spending bill passing, avoiding shutdown

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan shared their reactions on avoiding a government shutdown, with the government funding bill passing through Congress late Friday evening. In a press release, Senator Lisa Murkowski …

Solstice celebrations at the Alaska Rock Gym

Santa and Mrs. Claus use military transports to bring Christmas to an Alaska Native village

YAKUTAT, Alaska – Forget the open-air sleigh overloaded with gifts and powered by flying reindeer. Santa and Mrs. Claus this week took supersized rides to southeast Alaska in a C-17 military cargo plane and a camouflaged Humvee, as they delivered toys to …

Storms swirl over Alaska the week before Christmas

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska is going to see some changes through the weekend. First, winter solstice occurs at 12:20 am Saturday. Daylight lengths will start to increase on Sunday. The Gulf of Alaska will be like a super highway for storms over the …

2-time Olympic gold medalist Kristen Faulkner returns home to Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - It was a hero’s homecoming for two-time Olympic gold medalist Kristen Faulkner, who returned to Alaska for the first time Friday since her wildly successful Paris Olympics campaign. “It is just so special,“ Faulkner said after …

Dunleavy to introduce new Alaska agricultural department

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Friday that he plans to introduce a new agricultural department for Alaska when the new legislative session starts up in January. Dunleavy announced in a press release that the executive order — which he …

Soldotna’s Vice Mayor Lisa Parker Elected President Of Alaska Municipal League

The Alaska Municipal League, which represents over 97 percent of Alaska’s residents, has obtained a new president for their organization. Safeguarding the rights and interests of Alaska’s municipalities from Federal and State government actions as well as …

Sitka’s elementary schools made the Alaska Reads Act work last year. Now they’d like the funding to keep it working

Jacquie Hedrick guides a first-grader through a reading (and writing!) lesson. Last year, Hedrick was one of five reading interventionists in grades K-3 in Sitka. This year, she’s the only one, with a roster of 28 students in her classroom. (KCAW/ …

Montana State Honors College seeing increased American Indian/Alaska Native enrollment

Since it was started in 2021, Montana State University’s Honor Bound program has increased the enrollment of American Indian and Alaska Native students by helping to provide a close community where highly motivated students help each other succeed. Horses …