Picture Alaska! With Jackie Purcell

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The holiday season is here! And like always, Picture Alaska is about the state, the weather and the people of our great state. Here is a look at viewer supplied photos, past and present! See a spelling or grammar error? Report it …

Russian aircraft spotted near Alaska airspace, NORAD says

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Four Russian military aircraft were spotted in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) by The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) on Tuesday. The agency said the Russian planes did not enter American or …

Alaska Marine Science Symposium to feature Backyard Buoys, keynote speakers 

Backyard Buoys – a project enabling Indigenous and coastal communities to gather and use wave data enhancing their blue economy and hazard protection – will be a keynote topic at the 2025 Alaska Marine Science Symposium (AMSS) in Anchorage from Jan. 27-31 …

Picture Alaska! With Jackie Purcell Dec. 18, 2024

Alaska seafood processors settle class action lawsuit over COVID wage dispute

A Washington state judge has ruled in favor of former employees of Seattle-based OBI Seafoods and Ocean Beauty Seafoods in a class action lawsuit, granting damages for delayed wage payments during COVID-19 quarantine periods. OBI Seafoods is owned by the …

First Ever National Civics Bee Crowns 8th Grade Girl From Alaska for Knowing How Government Works

– credit: US Chamber of Commerce Foundation A month ago, an 8th-grader from Alaska won the inaugural National Civics Bee aimed at cultivating the next generation of leaders through competition. Winning the Alaska state civics bee, Emily Brubaker was able …

Spinnakers, Sweat, and Survival: A Race to Alaska Adventure

Melissa Roberts steers Wild Card toward Cape Caution just north of Vancouver Island, while the author navigates the foredeck after a headsail change. Taylor Bayly/Courtesy R2AK I held my breath as I pulled up the sock to unfurl our spinnaker in Haro …

Alaska schools’ motivational speaker sentenced for sexual abuse of minor

An Anchorage man who regularly traveled throughout Alaska giving motivational school speeches, and oftentimes coming into contact with students across the state, has been sentenced to prison for sexually abusing a minor child. On Dec. 17, Superior Court …

Federal Subsistence Board expands with Alaska Native recommendations in mind

Rural Alaskans have long relied on subsistence practices to put food on the table, which is why it matters who regulates fishing, hunting and gathering in the state. The Federal Subsistence Board manages how wild foods are harvested on federal lands and …

Sunken shipwrecks tell the story of Alaska’s ‘forgotten’ WWII battlefield

"Our approach was to survey and document what the underwater battlefield looked like,"  says lead author Andrew Pietruszka, a maritime archaeologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego who led the …