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As BLM moves to protect the National Petroleum Reserve, Conoco pushes back
CD5, ConocoPhillips’ first oil development within the boundaries of NPR-A. (Photo by Elizabeth Harball/Alaska’s Energy Desk) It may be called the “National Petroleum Reserve,” but the 23-million-acre...
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Greenhouse grows inspired young people
Quavon Bracken checks the progress of his favorite plants at the Seeds of Change greenhouse. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media) A new Anchorage greenhouse is sprouting more than seeds – it’s helping young...
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49 Voices: John Borg of Eagle
Post Office building in Eagle during spring ice break-up. John Borg was the postmaster and mayor of Eagle when author John McPhee came through in 1976. (Photo courtesy of Brad Snow & Lilly Allen...
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AK: Club Baby Seal provides new artistic outlet in Juneau
From left to right, Club Baby Seal is: Allison Holtkamp, Grace Lee, Alicia Hughes-Skandijs, Brady Ingledue, Nate Williams, Hali Duran and Corin Hughes-Skandijs. (Photo by Scott Burton/KTOO) It’s awful...
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Alaska’s warming waters could slow coral growth, impacting fish
Bob Stone prepares to measure a tagged coral colony. (Photo by Linc Freese/NOAA Fisheries) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said warming ocean temperatures, due to climate change,...
View ArticleFairbanks Assembly backs code enforcement
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor has a green light actively enforce land use ordinances. The Assembly passed a resolution targeting neighborhood junk yards. The resolution sparked intense...
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March for women’s rights
Alaska Women Speak Fall 2016 Cover Women started the idea as a protest, but a march in Washington DC planned for the day after the presidential inauguration has grown into something much larger. Now...
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ConocoPhillips’ big new find on the North Slope could help replenish pipeline
Pipelines stretch twoards the horizon on NPR-A land leased by ConocoPhillips. The company announced it has found 300 million barrels of recoverable oil nearby. (photo by Elizabeth Harball/Alaska’s...
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Alaska Pioneer Homes escape state budget cuts, for now
The Sitka Pioneer Home was the first such facility. It and others in Ketchikan, Juneau, Anchorage, Palmer and Fairbanks have lost staff due to budget cuts. (Photo by Emily Kwong, KCAW – Sitka) When the...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, Jan. 13, 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 ConocoPhillips’ big...
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Board of Game approves Kenai wolf control program
(Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Fish and Game) The Alaska Board of Game reauthorized a proposal to reduce the Kenai Peninsula wolf population on Jan. 9. It aims to increase the region’s annual...
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Alaska’s population increases slightly
(Credit: Alaska Department of Labor) On January 12, the Department of Labor released its 2016 report on population change in Alaska. The population has grown slightly because of births, but people are...
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The Museum of the Aleutians new executive director takes over
Dr. Virginia Hatfield working in the field on Carlisle Island. (Photo: Dr. Virginia Hatfield) The Museum of the Aleutians has a new executive director, Dr. Virginia Hatfield. She took the reins at the...
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National and Alaska tribal health leader Sally Smith dies
Sally Smith of Dillingham, Alaska, died January 10, 2017. (Photo: Alaska Native Health Consortium Board of Directors) A Yup’ik woman from the Bristol Bay region known as one of the people who created...
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Mushing, a tradition on the fritz in Bristol Bay
John Hanson Jr. is one of four mushers in New Stuyahok. (Photo: Avery Lill/ KDLG) Dozens of canines howl in John Hanson Jr.’s dog yard, excited by the sound of a snow machine pulling up to the kennel....
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Jan. 16, 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 New snow slows CB...
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David Cornberg has the last word in “Coming into the Country”
David Cornberg went by the name “River Wind” in the late 70s when he was looking for a place to live along the Yukon River. (Photo: Lynn Cornberg) The last person John McPhee talks to in his book...
View ArticleEconomic forecast sees more job loss in Anchorage, but at a slower pace
With the state in a recession, many are searching for economic signs of what’s in store for 2017. Last Friday, inside a packed ballroom at a hotel in downtown Anchorage, members of the business and...
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Interior pick firmly against fed land transfer, with wiggle room for Alaska
Rep. Ryan Zinke, the nominee for Interior Secretary, greets well-wishers during a break in his Senate hearing. Photo: Liz Ruskin. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Interior Department...
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Pilot, passenger on downed aircraft near Pilot Point evaced Monday night
Authorities said the Cherokee crashed approx. four miles south of Pilot Point, in the vicinity of the King Salmon River, shortly after takeoff. (Graphic: Ben Matheson / Carto / Geographic Information...
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