http://www.ktva.com/news/local RSS Feed for KTVA - News - Local en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 15:51:27 GMT http://www.ktva.com/news/local/Circle-Cleans-Up-After-Worst-Yukon-River-Flood-208327091.html The Yukon River community’s population of 100 people spent Monday picking up the pieces, mopping up silt and assessing the damage done by the flooding. http://www.ktva.com/news/local/UA-Museum-of-the-North-Exhibit-Marks-100th-Anniversary-of-First-Ascent-of-Denali-208328821.html Angela Linn, the museum’s collections manager for ethnology and history, has spent the past year and a half preparing the exhibit. The first step was acquiring the journals each climber kept during the expedition. http://www.ktva.com/news/local/Yahoo-Tumblr-Deal-a-Play-for-Young-Mobile-Users-208138191.html Mellody Hobson discusses the motivation, risks, and potential payoff of Yahoo's $1.1 billion purchase of the blogging site Tumblr http://www.ktva.com/news/local/One-Pilot-Flights-Revolutionary-or-Ludicrous-208136151.html Research reportedly under way to have co-pilots work remotely from the ground; Find out what Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger thinks about that prospect http://www.ktva.com/news/local/Yukon-River-Causes-Major-Flood-Damage-in-Circle-208132701.html The surge sent 5 to 8 feet of water and ice into the community, which has a population of about 100, at about 9 a.m. Sunday. http://www.ktva.com/news/local/Adviser-on-White-House-Scandals-Partisan-Fishing-Expeditions-Wont-Distract-Obama-208058581.html While admitting IRS scandal is "inexcusable," Dan Pfeiffer defends administration's handling of controversies http://www.ktva.com/news/local/For-GOP-Scandals-Could-be-an-Electoral-Plus---or-Minus-208002021.html Series of scandals could help Republicans make gains in 2014, GOP strategists say, but the challenge is to not overreach http://www.ktva.com/news/local/Salmon-Arrives-in-Seattle-207959451.html First shipment of Copper River salmon from Cordova arrived Friday morning http://www.ktva.com/news/local/Anchorage-Pools-Cleaner-than-Most-207951541.html A CDC study found a high amount of fecal matter in public pools, but that's not the case in Anchorage. http://www.ktva.com/news/local/Ice-Jam-Sends-Yukon-River-Floodwaters-into-Eagle-207950491.html Pat Sanders, who works for the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, said the resulting flood knocked seven homes off their foundations in Eagle, while nine other outbuildings were destroyed.