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Science The Courier Journal Did you miss the full Buck moon? Enjoy Friday's moon illusion thanks to Louisville's clearer skies

Science The Courier Journal Did you miss the full Buck moon? Enjoy Friday's moon illusion thanks to Louisville's clearer skies

If you missed Thursday's full Buck moon shining over Louisville, not to worry! Friday night's moon will be shining at 99% illumination, according to NASA. Louisville residents also should have a fairly good view of the moon thanks to mostly clear...

Jetstream2 Used for Agriculture Research

Jetstream2 Used for Agriculture Research

July 11, 2025 — Two graduate students from Tennessee State University (TSU) recently utilized resources from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) ACCESS program and presented their work at the 47th annual Tennessee State University...

Seabird Research by Bucknell Featured in National Geographic

Seabird Research by Bucknell Featured in National Geographic

LEWISBURG — Bucknell University biology professor Morgan Benowitz-Fredericks and Bucknell graduate Sierra Pete will be featured in the August issue of National Geographic for their research on black-legged kittiwakes in Alaska. Since 2016,...

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 10, 2025

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 10, 2025

Thursday on Alaska News Nightly: Advocates say a detained immigrant contracted tuberculosis in Anchorage, but corrections officials dispute that claim. Plus,despite recent rainfall, fire managers warn Interior residents about ongoing fire danger....

Alaska spaceport deal draws rocket-launch industry interest

Alaska spaceport deal draws rocket-launch industry interest

The global space-launch industry is welcoming the prospect of launching rockets from Alaska’s two spaceports to relieve the backlog at larger facilities in the Lower 48. Top officials with Alaska’s two civilian launch facilities say their new...

‘No finish line when it comes to hope’: Cancer survivor completes 5,000-mile motorcycle tour to Anchorage

‘No finish line when it comes to hope’: Cancer survivor completes 5,000-mile motorcycle tour to Anchorage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A Wisconsin man ended his 20-day tour to Anchorage as part of an effort to raise money and awareness for pancreatic cancer research. Daniel Winkelman told Alaska’s News Source he was given a 7% chance of living past five...

Alaska is America's worst state for business in 2025 as falling oil prices sink economy

Alaska is America's worst state for business in 2025 as falling oil prices sink economy

Pipeline Winding in Summer Mountain Landscape Sarkophoto | Istock | Getty Images From the first discovery in Prudhoe Bay in 1968, Alaskans have had a love-hate relationship with oil. On one hand, it allowed Alaska to abolish its state income tax,...

Alaska AG touts LNG project potential amid concerns from skeptics over cost, viability

Alaska AG touts LNG project potential amid concerns from skeptics over cost, viability

Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor has high hopes for the proposed 800-mile Alaska LNG pipeline, crediting former President Trump’s first-day executive order on “unleashing Alaska’s resource potential” for drawing renewed attention to the...

Scientists issue warning after observing concerning phenomenon in the Arctic: 'More vulnerable'

Scientists issue warning after observing concerning phenomenon in the Arctic: 'More vulnerable'

"There is yet more to learn." by Zachary EhrmannJuly 10, 2025 Arctic sea ice has plummeted to near-record lows, creating potentially severe threats to how millions of people live, eat, and survive on our rapidly changing planet. What's happening?...

Court affirms split federal-state salmon management system for Alaska’s Cook Inlet

Court affirms split federal-state salmon management system for Alaska’s Cook Inlet

A federal judge has upheld the National Marine Fisheries Service’s new system to manage commercial harvests in federal waters of Cook Inlet, concluding that the agency has no obligation to extend that management to state waters. The July 1 ruling...

Travelers can now keep shoes on through TSA checkpoints at Anchorage airport

Travelers can now keep shoes on through TSA checkpoints at Anchorage airport

A new travel rule is now in effect at major airports, including Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Travelers can now keep their shoes on while going through TSA security. The "shoes off" rule was introduced in 2006 following an attempted...

Must Read Alaska mistakes one John Williams for another in ‘on-brand’ blunder

Must Read Alaska mistakes one John Williams for another in ‘on-brand’ blunder

Renowned composer John T. Williams is not running for the U.S. House in Alaska. Nor is Cordova fisheries workforce specialist John D. Williams, whose biographical information filled out a post announcing the candidacy of a “John Williams” on the...

Federal science advisor launched Sky Canada Project 2 years ago without budget, oversight

Federal science advisor launched Sky Canada Project 2 years ago without budget, oversight

Article content Or at least Cabinet’s science advisor Dr. Mona Nemer.Article content The federal employee, who makes $393,000 a year, proposed in a draft memo to examine the feasibility of contacting alien civilizations, according to Blacklock’s...

Juneau School Board pays off debt with extra state money as funding uncertainties persist

Juneau School Board pays off debt with extra state money as funding uncertainties persist

The Harborview Elementary School playground on July 9, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO) https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/09JSDAddBacks.wav A windfall of state education money means the Juneau School District Board of Education can...

Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: As climate change makes life more difficult in rural Alaska, research is helping inform tough decisions. Plus, Alaskans honor Benny Benson on the anniversary of his state flag design. And, Pacific Islanders in...

Trains once ferried across the river from Baton Rouge to Anchorage. But where was Anchorage?

Trains once ferried across the river from Baton Rouge to Anchorage. But where was Anchorage?

The George S. Walker train ferry transports a train across the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to the Anchorage railroad site in West Baton Rouge Parish in 1937. At this time, an engine on one side of the river put the train on the ferry. The...

Alaska's congressional delegation votes for bill cutting Medicaid spending

Alaska's congressional delegation votes for bill cutting Medicaid spending

Alaska’s congressional delegation joined with their Republican colleagues in voting for an 870-page bill that appropriates $170 billion for the president’s border security and immigration agenda and an additional $150 billion for defense programs....

Anchorage-based nonprofit sues U.S. Navy for canceling $5 million grant

Anchorage-based nonprofit sues U.S. Navy for canceling $5 million grant

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - An Anchorage-based nonprofit has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Navy for suddenly canceling a $5 million federal grant that funded Alaska’s ARCTIC program. According to its website, Launch Alaska is a nonprofit...

Competitive research experiences give Lock Haven chemistry major advanced look into field

Competitive research experiences give Lock Haven chemistry major advanced look into field

LOCK HAVEN — Nick Manning has a deep love for trying to optimize things. It sparked an investigative drive in the Commonwealth University-Lock Haven chemistry major while operating his own microgreens business in high school growing little plant...

Alaska Democrats have their candidate for US House

Alaska Democrats have their candidate for US House

The Alaska Democratic Party now has its first declared candidate for the state’s sole US House seat on the 2026 ballot. At 10 pm on July 2, John Brendan Williams, a fisheries specialist with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Sea Grant program,...

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