The Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association (AMIPA) has been quietly safeguarding Alaska's visual history since 1988 — from early 20th century missionary film shot on King Island to footage of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction and the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Board member and veteran photojournalist Rob Stapleton joined In-Depth Alaska host Jennifer Summers to explain how the nonprofit, housed at the UAA/APU Consortium Library, collects, stores, and indexes film, video, and analog media donated by individuals, TV stations, and government agencies.
The air traffic control tower at Fairbanks International Airport will close overnight starting this weekend, according to a notice received by Alaska’s News Source.
The cub has been wandering the Anchorage bowl ever since Fish and Game killed its mother and a sibling for repeatedly getting into trash in a Lake Otis neighborhood. A third cub was captured immediately and has been living at the Alaska zoo ever since.