A school is facing a fine after its football team forfeited a game that left two players injured. The Ketchikan Daily News reports the Alaska School Activities Association has put Ketchikan High School on probation and issued a $500 fine. Two players went to the hospital with injuries sustained in a game against Juneau’s Thunder…
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Coast Guard rescues 3 after plane crash near Kodiak
The Coast Guard rescued three people after their plane crashed near Kodiak on Friday afternoon. A Coast Guard spokesman said in a statement that the rescue team took a female plane occupant who suffered injuries in her leg and back to emergency medical personnel. The plane’s two other occupants suffered a possible broken hip and…
Giant cruise ship makes historic voyage in melting Arctic
The largest cruise ship to ever sail the Northwest Passage is en route to New York City from Alaska. The Crystal Serenity left Seward, Alaska, in mid-August and plans to dock in New York on Sept. 16. The ship sailed up the Bering Strait, and made a port call in Nome where guests got a…
Alaskans protest North Dakota pipeline construction
A handful of Alaska tribal members are in North Dakota as part of the protest efforts. In a video posted to Facebook Tuesday, a pickup with “907” written on its window towed a canoe on a trailer flying a Tlingit and Haida tribal flag.
Feds release report on Chugach National Forest management
The U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with plans to update its management plan for the Chugach National Forest on the eastern part of the Kenai Peninsula.
Anchorage man faces charges in fatal hit-and-run accident
A 20-year-old Anchorage man faces manslaughter and other charges in a fatal hit-and-run accident over the holiday weekend.