Alaska News Nightly: Friday, March 28, 2025

Friday on Alaska News Nightly: Native shareholders question their corporation's migrant detention contracts. Also, state lawmakers pass a bill designating March as women's history month in Alaska. And a multi-village potlatch in western Alaska is a …

Filipino American history and culture in Alaska | Alaska Insight

Filipino Americans are one of the largest resident demographics in Alaska with a long, rich history in our state. The fisheries industry brought many Filipino people here initially, but the history goes back much further. On this Alaska Insight, we discuss …

Alaska Zoo donates Bactrian camel bones to Fairbanks museum

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - The Alaska Zoo has donated the remains of Mary Lu — a 13-year-old Bactrian camel that passed away on March 21 — to the University of Alaska Museum of the North (UAMN) in Fairbanks. Marry Lu on the right, and Knobby on …

Volcano Watch: ‘A case-by-case basis,’ Alaska zoo lays out animal care plan

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Alaska Zoo is laying out its plan in anticipation of Mount Spurr’s possible eruption. On Friday, the zoo’s executive director, Tristan Thon, told Alaska’s News Source that her team is briefed on its general emergency plan, …

Picture Alaska - Volcano Watch and Northern Lights

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Auroras or the northern lights, Putting a glow in our nights. Now a volcano shows unrest. Mt. Spurr’s steam makes for a show. Will it or won’t it eventually blow? March 28, 2025 See a spelling or grammar error? Report it to web@ …

Alaska lawmakers pass bill designating March as Women’s History Month

Rep. Carolyn Hall, D-Anchorage, speaks in support of a bill designating March as Women’s History Month in state law on March 28, 2025. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) The Alaska Legislature passed a bill Friday that would, if signed by the governor, …

Sequatchie Co. deputies arrest man for child sex crimes committed in Alaska

The Sequatchie County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man for child sex crimes committed in Alaska.  Darold Greg Love, 65, was indicted for sex abuse of a minor and sex assault charges committed in November of 2021. Warrants for his arrest were served …

Juneau man wins 1 million Alaska Airlines miles

Alaska prison suicide rate 2nd-highest in nation for unified correctional systems

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - In Alaska, there have been at least 114 prisoner and inmate deaths from 2015 to 2024, according to new Department of Corrections data. DOC is required to provide prisoners and inmates “essential care,” according to Travis Welch, …

Alaska Obtains Six-Figure Civil Penalty in Product Labeling Case

[co-author: Stephanie Kozol]* Alaska’s Department of Law’s Consumer Protection Unit recently announced it obtained a Superior Court order issuing a $250,000 civil penalty against B. Merry Studio, which the state alleged to have marketed products as being …