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Industry calls Senate oil tax credit bill “bad for Alaska”
Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, addresses the Alaska Senate Jan. 27, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) As the Alaska House continues its marathon debate on the oil and gas tax credit bill, the...
View ArticleSitka broadens commitment to assessing landslide risk
At their meeting last night, the Sitka Assembly broadened the city’s commitment to landslide risk assessment. They approved a community-wide mapping project and an analysis of the Gary Paxton...
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Warm weather to lead to mellow breakup, experts say
Warm weather and early snow melt, are conducive to a mellow break up. That was the message of forecasters during a teleconference Tuesday morning. Alaska River Forecast Center Senior hydrologist Crane...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Apr. 13, 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 Download Audio Oil and gas tax...
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Bill strengthening Alaska’s Code of Military Justice passes out of one...
The Senate State Affairs Committee passed HB126, where it continues onto the House Judiciary Committee. (Screenshot from the Alaska Legislature video stream) House Bill 126, aimed at strengthening the...
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Mallott, Murkowski try to put human face on King Cove road
Aleutians East Borough Mayor Stanley Mack and Sen. Lisa Murkowski prepare to meet with reporters in the Senate Press Gallery. Photo: Liz Ruskin/APRN Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott joined residents of King Cove...
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Walt Monegan reappointed as Commissioner for Department of Public Safety
Walt Monegan is, again, the Commissioner for the Department of Public Safety. Download Audio Walt Maegan, Commissioner, AK. Dept of Correction, at a governor’s press conference, January 22, 2016....
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Bill fixing alcohol and marijuana laws sails toward passage
Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage, and chair of the Judiciary Committee speaking to the House in February. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) A bill with big implications for alcohol and marijuana has...
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Poorest Alaskans hit hardest by new proposed budget solutions
The Legislature is trying to close the four billion dollar budget deficit this week. But a new report says the burden of closing the gap will fall too heavily on the poorest Alaskans. Download Audio...
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Invasive species may have stowed on Homer drill-rig from Singapore
The Randolph Yost, a drill-rig came to Homer from Singapore. A Homer environmental group is worried the Yost, now docked in the Homer port, could have brought invasive species into Alaska waters. The...
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‘Justice Beyond Borders’ highlights stories of local immigrants
According to the Pew Charitable Trusts, in 2012, about 52,000 Alaskans were born outside of the United States. The organization estimates that a quarter of them are here without authorization, some...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, Apr. 14, 2016
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University of Alaska faces $50 million cut due to committee vote
University of Alaska Fairbanks (Creative Commons photo by Jimmy Emerson) The University of Alaska faces a $50 million budget cut, due to a legislative committee vote on Thursday. The conference...
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Walker says he’d veto Anchorage legislative office purchase
The Anchorage Legislative Information Office, March 4, 2016. (Photo by Megan Ahleman) Gov. Bill Walker says he would veto the purchase of a legislative office building in Anchorage if that item remains...
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Correctional farm saves money, redirects lives
The 640-acre Point Mackenzie Correctional Farm outside of Wasilla provides food for the state’s prisons and local food banks. Inmates raise pigs, cattle, and chickens, and farm thousands of pounds of...
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Recounting a glacier rescue
Bear Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park.(Photo courtesy of Wikipedia) Alaska is a state known for extremes: Both beauty and risk. The dramatic rescue of two skiers from a glacier this month highlights...
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Pat Stack named top child-care admin in the state
A Ketchikan day care administrator was recognized last week with a statewide award for his work with young children. Pat Stack reads a story to kids at the PeaceHealth Ketchikan child care center, run...
View ArticleVehicle access to subsistence grounds at issue in three-day trial
Superior Court Judge Philip Pallenberg heard closing arguments on Wednesday in the case of Rosalie and Reuben Loewen versus the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources, and co-defendants. The...
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Young skiers enjoy the Nana Nordic Program in Ambler, AK
in 2011, an Olympic skier started a program to get kids in four Western Arctic villages in Alaska outside and on skis. Five years later, that program, known as NANA Nordic, has expanded to 40 villages...
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AK: Mayuri dancers bring Bollywood to Anchorage
Where ya gonna go when looking for a professional dance group to demonstrate the intricacies of traditional Indian dance? Russia, of course. Or that’s what the Asian Alaskan Cultural Center did to...
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