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Galena to receive more than 1,000 acres of land from National Defense...
Representative Don Young speaking in Washington, DC. (Photo: Don Young congressional webpage) Once President Barack Obama signs the national defense authorization act into law, the City of Galena will...
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Nome-based non-profit hopes to revitalize Inupiaq with ‘language nest’
Marjorie Tahbone, the new vice chair of Inuusiq, Inc., teaching an Inupiaq class at the Nome high school in 2014. Inuusiq, a new non-profit, is creating a language nest in Shishmaref to revitalize...
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Continued unrest at Bogoslof volcano
Although Bogoslof Island is uninhabited, it is an important breeding ground for sea birds, seals and sea lions. (Photo by T. Keith, U.S. Geological Survey) Seismic unrest continues at Bogoslof volcano....
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State monitoring spill at Tesoro pipeline facility near Cook Inlet
The spill location and photo of the leak on Dec. 18, 2016 in Nikiski, Alaska. (Graphic courtesy Tesoro) Workers at a Tesoro facility on the Kenai Peninsula are cleaning up contaminated soil and snow...
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Clamming halted on East Cook Inlet beaches due to low razor clam numbers
Cook Inlet Razor Clams (Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Fish and Game) A decline in the number of mature razor clams the past several years has prompted the state Fish and Game department to...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016
Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn Listen Now Anchorage to close...
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34 homicides and no clear solution in Anchorage
Police Chief Chris Tolley speaking to reporters during a press conference in September APD Headquarters. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) It’s been a deadly year in Alaska’s...
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‘Naughty’ Facebook locks North Pole Santa Claus out of account
North Pole’s Santa Claus (Photo courtesy of Santa Claus’ Facebook page) North Pole resident Santa Claus –yes, that is his legal name — has been living under that name for about 11 years. He was elected...
View ArticleTwo sled dogs die after vehicle collision
Two sled dogs are dead after the team of Yukon Quest and Iditarod veteran Sebastian Schnuelle was hit by a vehicle outside Fairbanks. Listen Now In a post on Dec. 29, the 2009 Quest champion said his...
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Port Mackenzie repairs spread Mat-Su budget thin
Ship unloads at Port MacKenzie. Courtesy of Mat Su Borough. Recurring structural problems at Port Mackenzie’s barge dock are adding costs to the Mat-Su Borough’s already tight budget. Port officials...
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Monitoring Bogoslof: How life responds to volcanic destruction
Even with the formation of new land, Bogoslof Island has shrunk. (Courtesy Chris Waythomas, AVO/USGS) Bogoslof Island is an important breeding ground for marine mammals and seabirds, making it the...
View ArticleNorthwest Alaska faces heavy, severe weather warnings
Blizzard and severe weather warnings remain in effect for communities on the northwest coast of Alaska as a winter storm continues to bring wind, heavy snow and in some cases rain. Listen Now The...
View ArticleAK: 2016 favorites
This week on AK… Our favorite segments from 2016! Traditional dancers that bring Bollywood to Alaska… An Alaska museum that leaves you “hammered”… and Sharing a name with the Spaceman, Alaska’s own...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, Dec. 30, 2016
Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn Listen Now Two sled dogs die...
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Alaska Marine Science Symposium preview
A study animal resting on ice in a group near Hubbard Glacier in Disenchantment Bay. (Photo by John Jansen, NOAA) In late January, scientists gather at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage to share the...
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Restoring Ohmer Creek
Download audio The U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with a project to restore a stream damaged by decades-old logging and road-building south of Petersburg. The work will likely mean logging some...
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Letter from past found inside wall of Kodiak home
Houses can be historic in many senses – for instance, in the history that families create. Recently, the owner of one house on a hill in Kodiak found a little of that family history while renovating....
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: January 2nd, 2017
Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn Listen now 21 year old...
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Homeless in Dillingham: one man’s tough life, lived on his terms
Matfie McCarr (Photo by Avery Lill, KDLG – Dillingham) Christmas lights are up and a chilly wind is blowing on a snowy December day in downtown Dillingham. A gentle, smiling 61-year-old man hanging...
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For Haines and Skagway, 2016 was the warmest year on record
Three cruise ship docked in Skagway’s port in Sept. 2016. (Photo by Emily Files, KHNS – Haines) Things got a little heated in the Northern Lynn Canal last year. Both Haines and Skagway experienced the...
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