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Army Aviation unit’s deployment reduces military role in remote civilian rescues
A medevac Blackhawk assigned to 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment sets down last summer on a range near Fort Greely during annual Arctic Anvil field training exercises.(Photo: U.S. Army) About 190...
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Bethel native sets American record in women’s powerlifting squat
Natalie Hanson set a new American record in women’s powerlifting on January 28, 2017 in Milwaukee, WI when she squatted 578.7 pounds at the USA Power Lifting Wisconsin State Open Championship. (Photo:...
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Juneau’s downtown cruise terminal preparing for bigger boats
New cruise ship terminal on January 25, 2017. (Photo: David Purdy/KTOO) A $54 million project to add a pair of floating cruise ship berths to Juneau’s downtown waterfront is within months of...
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Seeing the value of the forest in the trees: Chugach enters California’s...
An aerial view of the eastern edge of Alaska’s Copper River Delta. The area is the focus of an innovative deal that safeguards old-growth forests and major coal reserves. (Photo courtesy David...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Jan. 31, 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 Murkowski votes to...
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Sweeping criminal justice overhaul under fire — and revision
Sen. John Coghill, R-North Pole, at a Senate Majority press availability, March 21, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) Legislators are considering changes to a seven-month-old law that overhauled the...
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Walker criticizes Trump’s handling of refugee issue
Gov. Bill Walker delivers his State of the State Address to the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday. Behind him, left to right, are Senate President Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon,...
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Murkowski says she’ll vote ‘no’ on DeVos; Sullivan to vote ‘yes’
President Donald Trump’s nominee for Education secretary, Betsy DeVos. (Screenshot of U.S. Senate video) Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced Wednesday she will vote “no” on the confirmation of Betsy DeVos to...
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Wandering bison that “captured the hearts” of Western Alaska poached near...
Wood Bison No. 124, seen here from the air, was illegally shot and killed January 27, 2017 near Quinhagak. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is calling the animal’s death a setback for the Alaska...
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Servicemen stationed at Camp Lejeune decades ago may have diseases from bad...
Camp Lejeune’s wastewater treatment plant (Photo: U.S. Marines) Marines, National Guard members and reservists who were stationed, even temporarily, at North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune from the 1950s...
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Iditarod could move back to Fairbanks for a third time
Teams began the journey to Nome from the re-start at Willow Lake in Iditarod 44. Photo by Ben Matheson / Alaska Public Media. The Iditarod may once again be moving to Fairbanks. Listen now Though the...
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Cumbersome process slows rate for examining sexual assault kits
Michelle Collins demonstrates how to use one of the machines that processes DNA samples. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media) A recent legislative audit of the state’s Crime Lab said the facility isn’t...
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Ask a Climatologist: Calculating wind chill, then and now
The National Weather Service wind chill formula changed in 2001, altering record breaking wind chills from the 1989 cold snap. (Graphic: Brian Brettschneider) The wind chill dropped to -77 in Arctic...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017
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ACA repeal could complicate Medicaid reforms
Valerie Davidson, commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services in 2015. She’s concerned about the effect of an Affordable Care Act repeal. (Photo: Skip Gray/360 North) State health...
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Whale Pass vote certified, voters OK new city on Prince of Wales Island
Whale Pass (Photo from the Alaska Division of Community and Regional Affairs community photo archive) The results are final and residents of Whale Pass have approved the incorporation of Alaska’s...
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North Slope oil companies ask lawmakers for stable tax laws
Rep. Geran Tarr and Rep. Andy Josephson, Anchorage Democrats and co-chairs of the House Resources committee hear testimony from oil and gas industry representatives on Wednesday Feb. 1, 2017 in Juneau,...
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At a safe distance: Monitoring remote volcanoes from remote locations
Dave Schneider, a research geophysicist with the USGS, explains how volcanoes around the state can be monitored remotely by satellite from the AVO Operations Room in Anchorage. (Photo by Eric...
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Lawmakers consider protecting ‘ballot selfies’ as part of free speech
I Voted Today stickers may not be the only popular form of social media expression for voters if an Alaska measure passes. A measure going though the Alaska House could add so-called ballot selfies to...
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ConocoPhillips still struggling globally, but profitable in Alaska
ConocoPhillips’ Alpine facility on the North Slope. (Photo by Elizabeth Harball/Alaska’s Energy Desk) ConocoPhillips on Thursday announced it netted $115 million in Alaska last quarter — almost double...
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