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Reluctant to comply with REAL ID, Alaska faces possible barrier to flying
Alaska rolled out updated driver’s license and ID cards in June 2014. They are not REAL ID-compliant. (Courtesy Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles) Alaska law bars the state government from spending...
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Japanese Day of Remembrance
Baggage, belonging to incarcerees arriving from an assembly center at Puyallup, Washington, is sorted and trucked to barracks at the Minidoka internment camp in 1942.PHOTO: FRANCIS STEWART, U.S....
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, Feb. 10, 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 The Iditarod is...
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Bill would bring back income tax, draw Permanent Fund money for state budget
Rep. Paul Seaton, co-chair, House Finance Committee, discusses House Bill 115 with Alaska Public Media and KTOO reporter Andrew Kitchenman following the House floor session Friday. The bill creates a...
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Environmental group calls for shutdown of leaking gas line in Cook Inlet
Local environmental group Cook Inletkeeper is calling a gas leak in the Inlet “serious,” while Hilcorp characterizes the incident as “low risk.” (Photo by Paxson Woebler/Wikimedia Commons) A local...
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Renewed fight, but old arguments for lawmakers wanting to open ANWR for drilling
The Canning River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons) Over the past 25 years, Alaska’s Legislature has passed nearly a dozen resolutions asking Congress to allow...
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Matt Hall leads Yukon Quest mushers towards Central
Matt Hall attends to his team at the Central checkpoint. (Photo: Molly Rettig / KUAC) 2015 Yukon Quest winner Brent Sass scratched on Sunday afternoon — just 16 miles from the Central checkpoint —...
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3 rescued near Akutan after fishing vessel takes on water
An aerial view of Akutan Harbor. (Photo: Stephanie Joyce/KUCB) Three people were rescued Monday (Feb. 13) morning after their fishing vessel ran aground near Akutan Harbor. Listen now After the U.S....
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No sign of missing fishing vessel or 6 fisherman in Bering Sea
(U.S. Coast Guard District 17) Two days after a fishing vessel went missing in the Bering Sea, U.S. Coast Guard officials say there’s been no sign of the ship — or the six people onboard — since...
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Ketchikan testing local beaches for PSP toxins
(Photo: seator.org) Last summer, Ketchikan Indian Community (KIC) began a phytoplankton and shellfish monitoring program in Ketchikan as part of the Southeast Alaska Tribal Toxins Program. KIC tests...
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Legislators mixed in response to income tax bill
Rep. Tammie Wilson, R-North Pole, addresses the Alaska House of Representatives, April 8, 2015. She is calling for an investigation into the Office of Children’s Services. (Photo by Skip Gray/360...
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22 candidates in election that could shakeup Anchorage Assembly
The Anchorage Assembly chambers at the Z. J. Loussac Public Library in Anchorage. (Staff photo) 22 candidates have filed to run for the Anchorage Assembly in the upcoming April election. The vote could...
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Health workers trying to control rare strep outbreak in homeless population
There’s an outbreak of a newly identified, rare strain of Group A Streptococcus bacteria in Anchorage that’s mostly impacting people who are experiencing homelessness. Public health workers will be...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Monday, Feb. 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 Listen now No sign of missing...
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From the ashes: Life returns to Kasatochi volcano
Two months after the eruption, Kasatochi Island looked like the moon. (Photo: Jerry Morris) The news may sound familiar: There’s a volcano erupting in the Aleutian chain that’s a refuge for marine...
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Alaska couple credits the radio for 35 years of marriage
Scott Disteth and Vickie Wilson met after Vickie heard Scott on KDLG radio (Photo from Vickie Wilson) You’ve heard of love at first sight. But what about love at first listen? This is a story about one...
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Matt Hall wins Yukon Quest race, just in time for lunch
Matt Hall pulls into the Yukon Quest finish line in Fairbanks (Photo: Molly Rettig, KUAC) The Yukon Quest has a winner! Matt Hall, a Two River musher, had to overcome adversity and have a little luck...
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Murkowski backs bill to strengthen volcano monitoring
Takawangha Volcano is on uninhabited Tanaga Island in the western Aleutians. (Photo: AVO / U.S. Geological Survey) Senator Lisa Murkowski wants to bolster the nation’s volcano monitoring system. Listen...
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Predator reg debate veers from ‘puppy killing’ to ‘bull poop’
Denali wolf (Photo courtesy of the National Park Service) Republicans in the U.S. House are trying to roll back some of the environmental rules of the Obama Administration, and today they turned their...
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New fee would sharply hike state fees for studded tires
Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, speaks at a Senate Majority press availability, February 13, 2017. She has proposed a bill to sharply increase state fees for studded tires. (Photo by Skip Gray/360...
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