They Said Alaska Potatoes Could Not Make A Chip. Alaska Chip Company Did It...
The idea arrived on a beach in Hawaii. In 2002, Ralph and Darcy Carney were sharing a bag of chips on vacation when they decided to make their own back home in Alaska, from potatoes grown there. After returning home, they built a chip-testing lab in their garage and began calling growers, grocers, suppliers, and market
Anchorage’s Dome could face permanent closure if $6M funding goal falls short
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - For the past 20 years, The Dome has served as a hub for sports, youth camps and year-round indoor recreation in a region where outdoor activity is limited by climate. The next 20 years are less certain. The nonprofit still needs more than $1 million to...
Anchorage Police Identify Two Men Killed in Fiery Crash Involving Patrol Car, Saying Officer...
ANCHORAGE, AK — Anchorage police have identified the two men who died early Saturday in a crash involving an Anchorage Police Department patrol car and a taxicab at 36th Avenue and A Street. Police Chief Sean Case said the taxi driver, 68-year-old Cemal Sadiku, and passenger William Phillips, 45, were killed when the v
Alaska Motorcycle Instructor Urges Riders and Drivers to Watch Closely After Deadly Summer Crashes...
ANCHORAGE, AK — Motorcycle rider education director Bonnie Welsh says every ride carries risk, even when a motorcyclist does everything right. She spoke as Alaska has seen several deadly motorcycle crashes this summer, including a collision with a van on the Parks Highway on July 27 and a fatal crash involving a bicycl
Kasilof man dies after Sterling Highway crash injuries
An 87-year-old Kasilof man has died from injuries he suffered in a crash last week on the Sterling Highway. Alaska State Troopers say Bruce Lape died Sunday at an Anchorage-area hospital. The crash happened July 30 at the intersection of the Sterling Highway and North Cohoe Loop Road. Investigators say...
A rare opportunity to plan with the Mat-Su
The Alaska Department of Natural (DNR) Resources’ preliminary decision concerning approximately 19,950 acres north of Houston has prompted understandable questions. Residents want to know what could be built, how it would affect trails, wildlife and water, whether a data center is already planned, and what the communit
State says the Seward Highway project will make it safer. Critics call it a...
The Alaska Department of Transportation is planning major changes to the stretch of the Seward Highway between Anchorage and Girdwood. State officials say the project will make important improvements on a dangerous stretch of road. But the plan is raising the hackles of some Anchorage policy makers, who say it’s the wr
Nobody Was Building Fast Chargers In Alaska, So An Oil Engineer Did
In September 2017, a North Slope oil engineer named Kris Hall sat down and wrote a white paper. It proposed a three-phase plan for a Tesla Supercharger network across Alaska, complete with GPS coordinates for parking lots in Anchorage and Fairbanks and corridor stops at Talkeetna Junction, Healy, Delta Junction, and Gl
Two major projects could reshape mental health care for Mat-Su youth
A pair of new mental health facilities coming to Mat-Su in the next two years could have a dramatic impact on youth mental health support, giving clinicians a way to help more people in need of services while avoiding sending them to Anchorage or out of state for treatment. In...
Two juveniles hospitalized in late night Anchorage shooting
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Two minors were hospitalized with gunshot wounds following a late-night shooting in a Muldoon neighborhood, according to police. Cops were called to reports of a shooting at an apartment complex in the 8000 block of Boundary Avenue at 11:48 p.m. Sunday, according to the Anchorage Police Depar
