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Assembly member flooded with threatening messages since controversy
Amy Demboski surrounded by supporters after the 2015 mayoral election. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) It’s been a little over a week since an article posted to Facebook by...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016
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Fracking in Alaska: Who should weigh in?
A state corporation agreed to modify the terms of a $30 million loan to BlueCrest Energy Inc.’s operation, shown here in southern Cook Inlet, on Dec. 1, 2016. The company blamed construction delays and...
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49 Voices: Sophie Leshan of Anchorage
This week we’re hearing from Sophie Leshan in Anchorage. Leshan is originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan and moved to Anchorage in 2013. She will be the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Fall commencement...
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AK: Praising La Señora de Guadalupe in Anchorage
Aztec dancers whirled, while drums beat and a guitar-backed chorus sang Spanish hymns in praise of La Senora de Guadalupe. The pre-dawn celebration honors Mexico’s patron saint, and even in frozen...
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Alaska wildfires linked to climate change
Flames from the Funny River Wildfire flare up on May 24, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The wildfire started unusually early in the season and burned nearly 200,000 acres on the Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by...
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Why Trump’s pick for Interior wants land to stay federal
Rep. Ryan Zinke, President-elect Trump’s pick for Interior secretary. Photo: Gage Skidmore/CC 2.0 No federal appointee has as much control over Alaska as the secretary of the Interior , the person in...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, Dec. 16, 2016
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Season’s greetings
It’s that time of year again – the days will soon be getting longer, holiday celebrations to bring in another year are beginning, and on Tuesday a great big radio greeting card goes out across the...
View ArticleAlutiiq language immersion school to open in Kodiak
An Alutiiq language immersion preschool will open next month. Listen Now Teacher Michael Bach said he and his colleagues will lead classes in Alutiiq, and it’ll be much like any other preschool. “You...
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Alaska saw record-high number of suicides in 2015
(Creative Commons photo by Alex) According to the Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics, more Alaskans killed themselves in 2015 than in any previous year since at least 1978. The bureau’s numbers show 200...
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Alaska’s three electors vote for Trump with little incident
Jacqueline Tupou, Sean Parnell and Carolyn Leman sign their Electoral College votes for Donald Trump during a ceremony on Monday Jan. 19, 2016 in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney- Alaska’s...
View ArticleState irked at feds’ new GPS survey method
At statehood, Alaska was promised more than 100 million acres of land. So far, the federal government has transferred just 65 percent of it. That’s because it takes time to survey the land. At the...
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Obama brought attention to threatened Arctic villages, but little funding so far
President Barack Obama waves goodbye to Kotzebue from the doorway of Air Force One. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) It’s been more than a year since President Barack Obama visited Alaska and...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Dec. 19, 2016
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Obama ‘indefinitely’ bars drilling in Arctic waters
Map of the Arctic withdrawal area.(Graphic courtesy of Bureau of Ocean Energy Updated 3:50 p.m. President Obama today (Dec. 20) put nearly all U.S. Arctic waters off-limits for future oil and gas...
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Easier reporting could reduce violence against sex workers
Names of victims adorned the walls at a commemoration of the Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers on Dec. 17, 2016 in Anchorage. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media) To honor the International Day to End...
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Alaska Airlines now nation’s fifth largest airline
An Alaska Airlines jet takes off at the Nome airport. (Photo courtesy of David Dodman.) Alaska Airlines is now the fifth largest airline in the nation after acquiring Virgin America Airlines last week....
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Gov. Walker proposes stable Fish and Game budget
Fishing skiff in Marshall, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Danielle Ringer / Alaska Department of Fish and Game) Gov. Bill Walker proposed cutting about 45 positions and $3.5 million from the Alaska...
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Alaska Pacific University to become tribal college
The Alaska Pacific University board of trustees voted Dec. 19 to partner with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium to transform the small Anchorage-based university into a tribal college....
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