APD clarifies proper Amber Alert procedure
On New Years Day, a car was stolen in Anchorage. It was a Silver Nissan Sentra with dice on the rear mirror, according to a release sent out at 5:38 p.m. that evening from the Anchorage Police...
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King Cove continues push for road to Cold Bay
Frosty Creek, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge (Photo courtesy of Kristine Sowl/ Alaska Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) When Alaska Congressman Don Young was sworn in for his 23rd term in the...
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Wrangell’s Sourdough Lodge to become assisted-living facility
The former Old Sourdough Lodge will become a assisted living facility (Photo by Aaron Bolton, KSTK – Wrangell) Wrangell may see a new senior and assisted living facility come to fruition this year. The...
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At hacking hearing, Sullivan steers clear of Russia
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan (File photo by Skip Gray/360 North) In the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan has been a consistent voice warning about the Russian threat, particularly when...
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Fairbanks air quality lawsuit successful
Wood stove pipe on Fairbanks area home (Photo by Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks) Environmental groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have reached an agreement that settles one of two active...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, Jan. 5, 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 At hacking hearing,...
View ArticleSeveral upticks mar a fairly mild Alaska flu season
This year’s flu season is off to a mild start, though there was an uptick of cases reported nationwide and in Alaska during the last two weeks of the year. Listen now Dr. Jay Butler is Alaska’s Chief...
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A SE Alaska village thinks reneweable hydropower should be implemented
Hoonah’s hydro project, Gartina Falls, was completed in 2015. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/Alaska’s Energy Desk) A multimillion dollar dam in Kake would make it easier to bring renewable energy to the...
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Alaska’s congressional leaders renew push to allow ANWR drilling
Alaska’s congressional delegation this week renewed their effort to allow development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Image courtesy U.S. Geological Survey) U.S. senators Lisa Murkowski and...
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Ft. Lauderdale shooter lived in Anchorage
A victim is taken into Broward Health Trauma Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Friday following a shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. (Photo courtesy of Getty Images)...
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Mental Health Trust investments in legal “ambiguity”
The Trust Authority Building in Anchorage houses their main offices. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media) The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority board met on Thursday to discuss the legality of its...
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Anchorage man in custody for Ft. Lauderdale airport shooting
A victim is taken into Broward Health Trauma Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Friday following a shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. (Photo courtesy of Getty Images) The...
View ArticleAnchorage weighs sales tax option
Officials in Anchorage are weighing a potential sales tax to deal with state’s on-going fiscal challenges. The two percent tax is forecast to bring $90-$150 million in new revenues to the city and is...
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49 Voices: Jack Bennett of Homer
Jack Bennett of Homer (Photo courtesy of Jack Bennett) This week we’re hearing from Jack Bennett from Homer. Bennett is an industrial hemp advocate looking to establish more hemp homes throughout rural...
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AK: Garrison Keillor’s Sitka pen pal
The first time Keillor and Woods met was in 2013, after his show in Boone, North Carolina. Woods, whose red hair is somewhere between copper and strawberry blonde, stuck straight up. “He thought this...
View ArticleOrthodox Christmas in Sitka
January 6, 2017 is Christmas Eve in Orthodox Christian parishes across Alaska. Orthodox faithful will go from house to house on foot, in cars or on snow machines, singing carols and sharing food behind...
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Miners dislike BLM’s ‘balanced’ plan for Eastern Interior
Image: BLM You could consider it a zoning decision of landscape proportions: The U.S. Bureau of Land Management completed a planning document for Alaska’s Eastern Interior. The plan governs land use on...
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Wind gusts forecast up to 80 mph into the Juneau weekend
Cold weather and high winds cause white caps and water to mist into the air Friday along Gastineau Channel as seen from the U.S. Coast Guard Juneau station. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO) The ferry...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday Jan. 6, 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 Anchorage man in...
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Newtok asks: Can the U.S. deal with slow-motion climate disasters?
Newtok is asking for ongoing erosion and thawing permafrost to be qualified for federal disaster relief from FEMA. Village relocation coordinator Romy Cadiente spoke with reporters about the effort to...
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