Alaska News Nightly: Friday, May 9, 2025

Friday on Alaska News Nightly: Sen. Dan Sullivan hopes a new law will protect Alaska fisheries from foreign fleets. Also, Anchorage food trucks and breweries have a symbiotic relationship. And after a half-century of outfitting Anchorage's cowboy types …

Ongoing drop in childcare providers since COVID-19 Pandemic across Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Across the state, Alaska is continuing to see a dwindling childcare sector. According to Thread, a non-profit focusing on improving access to affordable and high-quality childcare, the state has lost 25% of its childcare …

‘It is big and it is bold’: safety upgrades could improve flying in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska is getting much-needed upgrades to improve the safety of flying in Alaska. That news was hailed as a major win for a state with the highest crash and fatality flying rates in the country. “It is big and it is bold and it …

Alaska Trauma Conference expands knowledge to professionals across the state

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - The 2025 Alaska Trauma Conference began on Friday as 150 medical professionals from across the state gathered to learn and share their skills and expertise. “We want to be ready for whatever kind of trauma, because we …

Former Alaska Nanooks Join Team Latvia for 2025 Ice Hockey World Championship

Former Alaska Nanooks players Gustavs Davis Grigals and Markuss Komuls have been named to Team Latvia for the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship to be held in Herning, Denmark, and Stockholm, Sweden. They are among 63 NCAA men's ice hockey players …

Alaska will fly Sea-Tac to Europe next year

Alaska Airlines’ next, new nonstop route from Seattle will be to Europe in 2026, CEO Ben Minicucci confirmed this week in an interview where he laid out his vision for the next few years at Alaska. Minicucci, a 20-year Alaska Air veteran who was named CEO …

Alaska poll: 87% say ‘only U.S. citizens’ should vote in AK elections

Alaskans overwhelmingly oppose allowing non-U.S. citizens to vote in Alaska elections, according to a new poll. Conducted April 27-30, the poll asked 616 likely voters the following question: “Do you believe that only U.S. Citizens should have the right to …

3 Alaska men arrested as part of national operation against child sex abusers

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Alaska announced, on May 8, the results of Operation Restore Justice, a coordinated enforcement effort to identify, track and arrest child sex predators. The operation resulted in the rescue of 115 children and the …

McKinley wanted in on Alaska LNG export project

Anchorage financial firm McKinley Alaska Private Investment made an effort to take over the Alaska liquefied natural gas export project — a bid that the state agency leading the development ultimately “tossed aside,” said McKinley’s chief executive, Rob …

Alaska Airlines set to debut Seattle-Tokyo nonstop flight