Lydia Jacoby is headed back to 12th grade and another year of swimming for Seward High School.
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Seward swimming in hometown pride for Olympic champ Jacoby
Megan O’Leary, who coached Jacoby in Seward, said Jacoby had her eyes on the gold before she jumped in the pool. “She texted me before her race and she said, ‘I want it,'” she said. “And I was like, ‘Then you got it.’”
The Pacific Northwest heat dome just skirted Southeast. What will Alaska’s own extreme heat waves look like?
This summer has been one of the colder summers the region has had in the last few years. But when compared with summers over the last several decades, it’s still among the hottest.
Cold weather pushes back peony picking in Alaska
Peonies are usually ready to pick in early July. But due to this year’s colder weather and the lack of sun, they’re still not ready in the middle of the month.
Kenai Peninsula parents join national outcry over critical race theory. School district says it’s not in the curriculum.
Educators on the Kenai Peninsula said the debate over incorporating critical race theory into public schools is a red herring.
Tsunami threat to Whittier less severe than early estimates, scientists say
The new data has allowed researchers to drop their worst-case estimates for Whittier from a 30-foot wave to a 7-foot wave.