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The Alaska Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−09:00). During daylight saving time its time offset is eight hours ( UTC−08:00 ). The clock time in this zone is based on mean solar time at the 135th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory .
As part of Russian America, Alaska used the Julian calendar and followed the same day of the week as Asia, using the date of the eastern hemisphere.In 1867, Alaska became a United States territory (through the Alaska Purchase) and began using the Gregorian calendar, aligning with the same day of the week as the Americas, using the date of the western hemisphere.
Alaska. Except Aleutian Islands west of 169.30°W [1] Hall Island (Alaska), at longitude 173°6′W, is the westernmost area of Alaska that observes UTC−09:00, but is far west of the theoretical zone limits (−142.5° to −127.5° longitude). Its position equates to a mean solar time of UTC−11:32.
CITY GUIDES: Alaska’s largest city is a place to climb mountains and meet local wildlife, discovers Alan Dymock, with post-adventure refreshments available in 12 different breweries to delight ...
KTVA broadcast 22 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with four hours each weekday and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays). Weekday news offerings included a one-hour morning newscast called Daybreak at 6 a.m. with an additional hour at 9 a.m. (which premiered on September 12, 2016), two half-hour evening newscasts at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. and a one-hour newscast at 6 p.m.
Area served City of license VC RF Callsign Network Notes Anchorage: 2 10 KTUU-TV: NBC: H&I on 2.2, Start TV on 2.3, True Crime Network on 2.4 : 4 20 KTBY: Fox: Dabl on 4.2, Cozi TV on 4.3, Ion Plus on 4.4, Ion on 4.5, Scripps News on 4.6
Vendors hawk shoreside trips and rows of buses stand ready to whisk visitors away, with many headed for the area’s crown jewel: the Mendenhall Glacier. A craggy expanse of gray, white and blue ...
Alaska Journal of Commerce – Anchorage; Arctic Sounder – Northwest Arctic Borough and North Slope Borough (under Anchorage Daily News) Bristol Bay Times – Bristol Bay (under Anchorage Daily News) Capital City Weekly – Juneau (under Juneau Empire) Chilkat Valley News – Haines; Cordova Times – Cordova; The Delta Discovery – Bethel