Rebecca Palsha

6 days ago | alaskasnewssource.com | Rebecca Palsha

ADAK, Alaska (KTUU) - Once you’ve arrived in Adak, there are only a few rental options to spend the night. We booked our three-bedroom, six-bed duplex through The Adak/Aleutian Experience. “Our units are $175 a night, doesn’t matter how many people you have, they’re fully equipped,” Mark Chenney with Adak/Aleutian Experience said. “They have linen, towels, dishes, refrigerator, washer, dryer, TV.

6 days ago | alaskasnewssource.com | Rebecca Palsha

ADAK, Alaska (KTUU) - To begin our Roadtrippin’ adventure, we sleepily make our way to the terminal where our flight to Adak is expected to be about three hours. Turns out there wasn’t a real reason to rush; our flight has less than 20 people for a comfortable flight on an Alaska Airlines 737. Flight attendants cheerfully chat us up while passengers nap or quietly read books. We’re eager to get to Adak to birdwatch, hike, fish, and play archeologist at the former military base. Copyright 2025 KTUU.

3 weeks ago | sullivan.senate.gov | Rebecca Palsha

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Sullivan (R-Alaska) welcomed the announcement of upgrades to air traffic control systems with Alaska-specific provisions from the Department of Transportation (DOT) in an interview on Friday with Alaska’s News Source. The federal overhaul includes top-to-bottom reforms to the U.S. air traffic control system and the addition of 174 new weather stations specifically for Alaska. Sen. Sullivan emphasized the transformative potential of these upgrades for Alaska aviation safety.

4 weeks ago | alaskasnewssource.com | Rebecca Palsha

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska is getting much-needed upgrades to improve the safety of flying in Alaska. That news was hailed as a major win for a state with the highest crash and fatality flying rates in the country. “It is big and it is bold and it is needed,” Sen. Dan Sullivan said Friday morning. “This is a giant announcement. I am very, very excited,” Sullivan went on to say.

1 month ago | alaskasnewssource.com | Rebecca Palsha

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The trial for an Anchorage nurse practitioner continued Wednesday morning with the prosecution presenting copious amounts of digital records showing Kris Kile refilled or prescribed oxycodone to patients, with some being refilled before a patient should have run out of pills. Kris Kile faces charges of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the second and third degree related to oxycodone, fentanyl and meperidine.