While installing solar panels has allowed some people and organizations in Kake to cut their energy bills, the impact on the local grid is more complicated.
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Alaska DOT charters private boat for stranded travelers in Haines, Skagway and Juneau
Engine trouble on the Alaska ferry Matanuska has stranded travelers in the Upper Lynn Canal. A basketball team from Skagway has been on the road for more than two weeks.
In severely overcrowded housing market, Nome residents are finding creative solutions
The Kugzruk Kommons used to be a local Baptist church. Now it’s a place residents call home.
Highlights from Kuskokwim 300: Kaiser wins 5th title, and a surprise musher engagement
Though Bethel musher Pete Kaiser was met with a huge welcome from the hometown crowd, the real excitement came later, with dramatic sprints to the finish and an unexpected marriage proposal.
Skagway News owner sells newspaper to Chugiak teachers for $20
“I’m selling it for $20, because I figure I should at least get a pizza out of this,” says The Skagway News owner Larry Persily.
Some Thunder Mountain Mobile Park residents frustrated after more than a week of water issues
On Jan. 12, water pressure at Juneau’s Thunder Mountain mobile home park dropped to a trickle. It took days to get fixed, and now they have to boil the water to use it.