tim rockey
@rockey-balboa.bsky.social
Newspaper reporter in Anchorage, AK
Baseball/softball fiend, Barn Bro, sub-par fisherman, washed up skier.
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Baseball/softball fiend, Barn Bro, sub-par fisherman, washed up skier.
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The Anchorage School Board voted NOT to close either Fire Lake Elementary or Lake Otis Elementary at their meeting Tuesday night.
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The Anchorage School Board voted NOT to close either Fire Lake Elementary or Lake Otis Elementary at their meeting Tuesday night.
#AlaskaSky from Mount Roberts in Juneau
October 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
#AlaskaSky from Mount Roberts in Juneau
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A group of reporters and editors at two Kenai Peninsula newspapers are resigning over what they say was the handling of a recent article by their parent company, Carpenter Media Group, after it was criticized by a Republican state lawmaker.
Several staff at 2 Alaska newspapers resign over handling of article by parent company Carpenter Media
Two reporters and two editors from the Peninsula Clarion and Homer News cited actions by their parent company in altering an article after pushback by a state lawmaker in their resignations.
www.adn.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A group of reporters and editors at two Kenai Peninsula newspapers are resigning over what they say was the handling of a recent article by their parent company, Carpenter Media Group, after it was criticized by a Republican state lawmaker.
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RIP Robert Redford
September 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
RIP Robert Redford
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1950s silent footage of women playing softball at Griffin Park in Fairbanks. Note the styles and hairdos. Via UAF's Alaska Film Archives. #alaskahistory #alaska
August 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
1950s silent footage of women playing softball at Griffin Park in Fairbanks. Note the styles and hairdos. Via UAF's Alaska Film Archives. #alaskahistory #alaska
ASD Chief HR Officer Marty Lang told the school board that all 20 teaching positions have been filled from the $2.6M appropriated on Aug. 5 to hire those 20 teachers.
122 vacancies remain, down from 148 at the start of last year.
The board will vote on another $3.5M for 27 more teachers shortly.
122 vacancies remain, down from 148 at the start of last year.
The board will vote on another $3.5M for 27 more teachers shortly.
August 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
ASD Chief HR Officer Marty Lang told the school board that all 20 teaching positions have been filled from the $2.6M appropriated on Aug. 5 to hire those 20 teachers.
122 vacancies remain, down from 148 at the start of last year.
The board will vote on another $3.5M for 27 more teachers shortly.
122 vacancies remain, down from 148 at the start of last year.
The board will vote on another $3.5M for 27 more teachers shortly.
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Bobby Bonilla Day celebrates one of the worst deals in baseball history. In this episode, we go back to the year the Bobby Bonilla deal was made to find out how the Mets found themselves paying someone $29.8 million to not play baseball. Then we talk to the legend himself.
Bobby Bonilla Day : Planet Money
How the worst deal in baseball explains one of the most important concepts in economics. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
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July 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Bobby Bonilla Day celebrates one of the worst deals in baseball history. In this episode, we go back to the year the Bobby Bonilla deal was made to find out how the Mets found themselves paying someone $29.8 million to not play baseball. Then we talk to the legend himself.
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Circa 1960s Palmer postcard. #alaskahistory #alaska
April 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Circa 1960s Palmer postcard. #alaskahistory #alaska
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As the Trump administration works to end nearly all federal support for public broadcasting, the loss of that money for the state’s public radio and TV stations could jeopardize remote Alaskans’ access to news, and public safety.
Trump wants to cut funds to public media. Here’s what that could mean for 27 radio and 4 TV stations in Alaska.
A memo set to appear before Congress on Monday will ask lawmakers to rescind $1.1 billion in funds that support public media nationwide and heavily subsidize public radio stations and television stati...
www.adn.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
As the Trump administration works to end nearly all federal support for public broadcasting, the loss of that money for the state’s public radio and TV stations could jeopardize remote Alaskans’ access to news, and public safety.
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Mid 20th-century Matanuska Maid ice cream cartons. Matanuska Maid closed in 2007. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska
March 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Mid 20th-century Matanuska Maid ice cream cartons. Matanuska Maid closed in 2007. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska
Hey hey whaddaya say, what’s today? IT’S OPENING DAY!!!
March 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hey hey whaddaya say, what’s today? IT’S OPENING DAY!!!
Go read @ava-in-alaska.bsky.social ‘s story from Front St. in Nome about this year’s Iditarod Champion, Jessie Holmes!
(Also if you’re up early, tune into 91.1 in a few minutes to hear Ava’s stellar reporting that includes sounds from the finish line)
alaskapublic.org/news/iditaro...
(Also if you’re up early, tune into 91.1 in a few minutes to hear Ava’s stellar reporting that includes sounds from the finish line)
alaskapublic.org/news/iditaro...
'It's unreal': Jessie Holmes wins his first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
The Interior Alaska musher won his first Iditarod on his eighth try, arriving in Nome with his dog team early Friday.
alaskapublic.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Go read @ava-in-alaska.bsky.social ‘s story from Front St. in Nome about this year’s Iditarod Champion, Jessie Holmes!
(Also if you’re up early, tune into 91.1 in a few minutes to hear Ava’s stellar reporting that includes sounds from the finish line)
alaskapublic.org/news/iditaro...
(Also if you’re up early, tune into 91.1 in a few minutes to hear Ava’s stellar reporting that includes sounds from the finish line)
alaskapublic.org/news/iditaro...
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Just under half of Alaska’s rural schools are owned by the state, which is required by law to pay for construction and maintenance projects. But the state has been an absentee landlord and problems have grown.
A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to Collapse.
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that primari...
www.propublica.org
March 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Just under half of Alaska’s rural schools are owned by the state, which is required by law to pay for construction and maintenance projects. But the state has been an absentee landlord and problems have grown.
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Our updated story, with photos: Today's Iditarod ceremonial start drew eager dog teams, throngs of spectators and calls for "bootie bootie bootie" www.adn.com/outdoors-adv...
Iditarod ceremonial start draws eager dog teams, spectators and calls for ‘bootie bootie bootie’ - Anchorage Daily News
Even as a lack of snow forced organizers to shorten the course to less than 2 miles, the crowds in downtown Anchorage brought the enthusiasm and energy that’s long been a hallmark of the ceremonial st...
www.adn.com
March 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Our updated story, with photos: Today's Iditarod ceremonial start drew eager dog teams, throngs of spectators and calls for "bootie bootie bootie" www.adn.com/outdoors-adv...
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Coen Niclai (#1 overall player and catcher of Alaska) first homer as a Duck 💚💛
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Coen Niclai (#1 overall player and catcher of Alaska) first homer as a Duck 💚💛
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Oh, it's Pete Weber day?
February 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Oh, it's Pete Weber day?
The Anchorage School Board passed an $886M budget 6-1 tonight that cuts middle school sports, high school hockey, swimming and gymnastics and the IGNITE program for gifted students.
An amendment that passed details how $71M in additional funding would be spent, in the event of a $1,00 BSA increase.
An amendment that passed details how $71M in additional funding would be spent, in the event of a $1,00 BSA increase.
February 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The Anchorage School Board passed an $886M budget 6-1 tonight that cuts middle school sports, high school hockey, swimming and gymnastics and the IGNITE program for gifted students.
An amendment that passed details how $71M in additional funding would be spent, in the event of a $1,00 BSA increase.
An amendment that passed details how $71M in additional funding would be spent, in the event of a $1,00 BSA increase.
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Some positions and programs could be restored if the state adds funding. But the Anchorage School Board president warned that the longer it takes to sort out a funding package, the more difficult it becomes to reverse some of the cuts. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
With a $111M deficit, Anchorage School Board set to vote on ‘devastating’ budget
Some positions and programs could be restored if the state adds funding. But the Anchorage School Board president warned that the longer it takes to sort out a funding package, the more difficult it b...
www.adn.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Some positions and programs could be restored if the state adds funding. But the Anchorage School Board president warned that the longer it takes to sort out a funding package, the more difficult it becomes to reverse some of the cuts. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
Cooper DeJean is NOT a safety
February 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Cooper DeJean is NOT a safety
T swizzle followed by some Pink Pony Club at the P Bar. Who says Palmer isn’t cultured?!
February 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
T swizzle followed by some Pink Pony Club at the P Bar. Who says Palmer isn’t cultured?!
If you have a kiddo in Anchorage schools or are impacted in any way by these cuts, consider filling out the prompt at the bottom of this story to tell us more about how.
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Public speaks out against deep Anchorage School District cuts
Students, staff and parents spoke in support of the IGNITE program and the school for deaf students.
alaskapublic.org
February 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you have a kiddo in Anchorage schools or are impacted in any way by these cuts, consider filling out the prompt at the bottom of this story to tell us more about how.
alaskapublic.org/news/educati...
alaskapublic.org/news/educati...
People should be required to pass a spatial awareness test before entering the eastside Costco
February 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
People should be required to pass a spatial awareness test before entering the eastside Costco
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100 years ago today, diphtheria antitoxin was moving through Interior Alaska on the way Nome by dog team rely. It was really cold, reportedly in the 60s below in places between Nenana and Kaltag. #Alaska #akwx
www.nomenugget.com/news/one-hun...
www.nomenugget.com/news/one-hun...
One hundred years ago, dogs came to the rescue of Nome
“With the arrival of Gunnar Kaasen on Monday morning with the package containing 300,000 units of diphtheria antitoxin a great strain was lifted from the minds of many of the population of Nome,” r
www.nomenugget.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
100 years ago today, diphtheria antitoxin was moving through Interior Alaska on the way Nome by dog team rely. It was really cold, reportedly in the 60s below in places between Nenana and Kaltag. #Alaska #akwx
www.nomenugget.com/news/one-hun...
www.nomenugget.com/news/one-hun...
@gavelalaska.bsky.social watching szn is BACK baby!
January 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
@gavelalaska.bsky.social watching szn is BACK baby!