Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 8:28 AM AKDT
|By Maria Downey
In this edition of The Video Vault, we look back into our archives on a report of sightings in the 'Hairy Man' in Western Alaska.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2023 at 4:35 PM AKDT
|By Maria Downey
The USS Ted Stevens is a guided missile destroyer that will be christened Aug. 19 in Mississippi.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 3:37 PM AKDT
|By Maria Downey
In this edition of The Video Vault, we take a look at the history of agriculture in Alaska — how it started as an experiment as more people headed north.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 11:26 AM AKDT
|By Joey Klecka, Maria Downey and Georgina Fernandez
Sheffield, a Democrat, served as governor from 1982 to 1986, when Alaska’s economy was booming from the explosion of oil field development on the North Slope.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 10:48 AM AKDT
|By Maria Downey
In this edition of The Video Vault, we are focusing on Alaskan memorabilia and historic finds. Maria Downey is joined by Eric Sowl to discuss some Alaska pickers in Palmer.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 2:32 PM AKDT
|By Maria Downey
Iditarod legend Lance Mackey has died, according to an online post from his father and confirmed by a friend of the family, who announced his death on their Facebook page late Wednesday night. Mackey was 52. In this edition of The Video Vault, we pay tribute to the mushing legend.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 3:06 PM AKDT
|By Maria Downey
AMIMA archivist uncovered footage from a Texas man of the day John F. Kennedy was shot. In this edition of The Video Vault, we look back on our 2007 story.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 8:52 AM AKDT
|By Maria Downey
In this edition of The Video Vault, we're sharing one of our archive stories which is actually about archived and preserved moving images of our history. The Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association, better known as AMIPA, is a nonprofit that focuses on preserving, saving and sharing all this Alaska film and video. Here's a look at just some of the treasures the team uncovered in this 2005 Assignment Alaska segment.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 12:52 PM AKDT
|By Maria Downey
Today we venture back into our archives as we covered a historic event on Denali. It was more than a century ago when the first people climbed the summit of the Great One. Since then, thousands more have followed. Some have made it successfully, some have actually lost their lives on the mountain. In this Assignment Alaska from 2013, Steve McDonald shows us where it all started back in 1913, with four determined men in search of adventure.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 12:22 PM AKDT
|By Maria Downey
In this edition of The Video Vault, we look back in time at a historical event in Alaska that happened in the early 1900s. That was when the first automobile arrived in Fairbanks, but it was also about the time when the first automobile was built in Alaska.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 4:07 PM AKDT
|By Maria Downey
In Video Vault, we dig back into our archives for some of the most memorable moments that we've shared with you throughout the years. Today we're sharing a timely historic event — one that captured the attention of the whole world. It happened in August 1935, when much-loved humorist Will Rogers and Wiley Post, who was one of the most celebrated pilots at the time, crashed at Point Barrow. Our former colleague John Carpenter headed that way back in 2007 and even got a witness account.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 8:31 PM AKDT
|By Maria Downey
Many employers were finalizing plans to bring workers back to the office in person, until the delta variant caused COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations to rise.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2021 at 6:43 PM AKDT
|By Maria Downey
Check out these tips for spring and summer vehicle maintenance.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2021 at 3:07 PM AKST
|By Maria Downey
AARP and other consumer advocates are warning about the growing number of fake, but convincing, websites. Some of them are posting actual photos, and even the certification from legitimate breeders, on bogus websites.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2021 at 8:35 PM AKST
|By Maria Downey
The annual Go Red for Women event was held Wednesday with a virtual twist. While the American Heart Association event looked much different, the message was very much the same.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2021 at 4:34 PM AKST
|By Maria Downey
The Alaska Dinner Factory has seen a significant rise in its prepared, ready-to-serve meal plans during the pandemic.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2021 at 3:29 PM AKST
|By Maria Downey
The Better Business Bureau is warning of increased COVID-19 schemes, using multiple approaches, to acquire personal information and, in turn, money.
Updated: Dec. 4, 2020 at 8:57 PM AKST
|By Maria Downey
As part of Alaska’s News Source month-long project “End the Year With Cheer,” we are working on a way to lessen the burden on these families and the shelter.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2020 at 4:31 PM AKDT
|By Maria Downey
Those who recovered from COVID-19 are urged to donate plasma to help those who are currently fighting the virus.