Brown (Grizzly) bear tracks in the backyard this morning. Looks like a big one! #Alaska #Anchorage #BearValley #Bears
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We just spent 4 days at Katmai National Park during what is supposed to be the slow season. We got lucky with huge sockeye salmon run, fine weather, and anywhere from 4 to 14 bears around Brooks Falls. Amazing experience!
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Alaska publishes a quarterly list with the names of Indigenous people reported missing — but it still doesn’t issue a list for those who’ve been killed.
When a local nonprofit requested that information, the state said no.
Alaska and vicinity seasonal 50-year temperature changes (ºF) updated through autumn 2025, all in one graphic for your convenience. A whole lot of warming going on. #akwx #Alaska #ClimateChange #Arctic @Climatologist49
Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.
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Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-justine-paul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Eunice Whitman's boyfriend was indicted for her murder on flawed evidence. A defense witness wrote that police should have treated no fewer than 12 people as suspects of “higher interest.”
A decade after the killing, no one has been convicted in Whitman’s death
https://www.propublica.org/article/eunice-whitman-murder-alaska-justice-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Alaska #Crime #TrueCrime #Murder #Justice #CriminalJustice #Law
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The time it takes to resolve Alaska’s most serious felony cases is three years, or more than twice as long as in 2015.
A state lawmaker wants an end to the delays. “I hate how slow this system is. It kills me,” he said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
It's been a week! Here's a cute, young bull moose who was rambling around a friend's front yard today. Enjoy! #Alaska #AlaskaWildlife #Moosetodon
NEW: Roger Shoffstall spent three years in prison for evading income taxes.
It hasn’t stopped the FCC from sending him $1 million a year to sell obsolete internet service in Alaska.
The money comes from a special government subsidy program. You help pay for it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-telecom-subsidies-roger-shoffstall?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters.
After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-schools-emergency-shelter-neglect-typhoon-halong?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Alaska #School #Emergency #Disaster #Weather #Indigenous #Education
Typhoon Halong’s destruction in Kipnuk, Alaska, adds an exclamation point to long-simmering fears about the future of coastal villages facing climate change.
Which town will be wiped away next? Should their former homes be rebuilt?
https://www.propublica.org/article/kipnuk-alaska-typhoon-halong-climate-change?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
It’s been over a decade since Alaska significantly increased its funding for public education.
Two school districts are now suing the state for what they say is a long-running failure to give students a “sound basic education.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Alaska #Education #School #Law #Students #Lawsuit #Children #Family
Alaska’s Deteriorating Schools Could Receive More Than $148 Million for Repairs. It’s a Fraction of What They Need.
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Following reporting by KYUK, ProPublica and NPR, lawmakers tripled the funding the state would allocate toward school construction and maintenance. The budget increase would still only cover about 13% of what school districts requested.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-schools-repairs-funding-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Alaska #School #Education #Students #Teachers #Government
Great. Now we can't use the front door. They've decided to hang out under our bedroom tonight. #Alaska #Anchorage #BearValley #Moose #WildLifePhotography.
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NEW: On Alaska’s Adak Island, it costs more than $340,000 per year to provide hundreds of buildings — all but a few of them empty — with internet access no one uses.
The money being wasted is yours.
https://www.propublica.org/article/adak-island-alaska-internet-subsidy-fcc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Alaska #Internet #FCC #Wifi #Business #Government #Money
Set out Sunday evening to photograph mushrooms and ended up chasing light across the tors instead. The Asgard Tor in full fall color, Granite Tors Trail. Story and more photos in my Field Notes Substack: https://lwpetersen.substack.com/p/impromptu-evening-at-granite-tors
Inside one of the glacier caves we visited this summer in the Alaska Range. Story and photos here: https://lwpetersen.substack.com/p/three-days-in-the-alaska-range-day
McGinnis Peak in the Alaska Range towers over the Black Rapids Glacier. Freshly covered ice foliation, likely from sedimentary stratification in the accumulation area, creates a rippled surface in the light.
https://www.lwpetersen.com/alaska-information/black-rapids-glacier/
