Flight attendant union strikes major deal with Seattle-based Alaska Airlines

SEATTLE - Alaska Airlines flight attendants have ratified a new three-year contract that promises significant wage increases and improved working conditions for the 7,000 flight attendants employed by the Seattle-based airline. The agreement was approved …

Most Juneau internet services restored, Alaska Communications says

JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) - At 7:57 a.m. on Sunday, Alaska Communications said they have, “restored a majority of services in Juneau and Southeast,” following an outage that affected the city. Internet and voice services can be seen working again. They are …

Alaska Flight Attendants Overwhelmingly Ratify Contract

Alaska Flight Attendants Overwhelmingly Ratify Contract February 28, 2025 - Today, Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants voted to ratify a new contract. The industry-leading three-year agreement provides an immediate, double digit wage increase for the 7,000 …

Planned Parenthood opens virtual health center for Alaska following Juneau closure

Planned Parenthood expanded access to health care in Alaska on Monday through a virtual center offering telehealth appointments. Patients can enter their zip code and select telehealth on the virtual health center’s search page. The center’s goal is to …

A prospector tried to sell his mining claims near Haines. The Alaska Mental Health Trust doesn’t want them.

For years, a prospector who discovered a controversial mineral deposit outside Haines has offered to sell federal mining claims to a state-run trust. That entity, the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, owns much of the land around the deposit and …

Alaska teens to participate in the United States Senate Youth Progran

Murkowski: In Alaska, We Do Have an Energy Emergency

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today voted against S.J.Res.10, a resolution to terminate the national energy emergency declared by President Trump on January 20, 2025. Murkowski spoke on the Senate floor in advance of the chamber’s …

Former Cordova residents win top retail honors at Alaska Symphony of Seafood 

A fishing company with roots in Cordova and a goal to share Alaska’s sustainably caught seafood with the world, won top honors in new retail product competition at the 2025 Alaska Symphony of Seafood.  Meghan Luck, co-founder of Fable Fish Company with her …

Alaska Air flight attendants ratify labor contract

(Reuters) - Alaska Air flight attendants have ratified a new three-year labor contract, a union representing the workers said on Friday. The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, the union representing the attendants at the Seattle-based carrier, said that …

Cost questions stall bill that would offer Alaska students free meals

Taelyn Eriksen, a freshmen at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé, orders breakfast on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) The Alaska Legislature is looking at a bill from Rep. Maxine Dibert, D-Fairbanks, that would fund free …