Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Feb. 14, 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 Matt Hall wins...
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Cook Inlet company fined nearly half a million dollars for safety violations
Chunks of ice float in Cook Inlet on Dec. 13, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk) A state agency on Tuesday (Feb. 14) announced it is fining an oil and gas company...
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Lawmakers grill Alaska’s gasline corporation on its budget
Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, and Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla, listen to Alaska Gasline Development Corporation President Keith Meyer, aduring a Senate Finance meeting focusing on the...
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Can home wood pellet boilers go from fringe to mainstream?
Christal Higdon estimates her family goes through a little more than a $6 bag of pellets a day in her wood pellet boiler. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/Alaska’s Energy Desk) The Ketchikan airport has...
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Kenai Borough Assembly to consider eliminating religious invocation
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted to introduce an ordinance on Feb. 14 that would put an end to the invocation that begins each meeting.\ Listen now South Peninsula representative Willy Dunne...
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Alaska’s gender wage gap among largest in U.S.
(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) Alaska has one of the largest wage gaps between men and women in the country, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Tuesday....
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After die-off, sea stars face uncertain future
A researcher examines an ochre star with whitened arms — a symptom of sea star wasting syndrome. So far, about 20 different species along the Pacific Coast appear to be vulnerable to the disease....
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Most Alaska high school grads unprepared for UA math and english
A new University of Alaska report finds that the majority of Alaska high school graduates attending UA schools are not prepared for entry-level courses in math and English. Research done by UAA’s...
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Ask a Climatologist: This winter’s alarming record low Arctic sea ice
This winter, Arctic sea ice extent is at record lows. (Graphic: Zack Labe/UC Irvine) During a normal winter sea ice grows quickly in the Arctic Ocean, filling up nearly the entire ocean basin. This...
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Alaska migratory bird co-management council proposes an emperor goose...
Emperor Goose (USGS) After decades of conservation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has submitted a proposal to open a subsistence hunt and a general hunt for the Emperor Goose in Alaska. An egg...
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Governor Walker issues disaster declaration on opioid epidemic
Governor Bill Walker pictured in April 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray, 360 North) Governor Bill Walker has declared Alaska’s opioid epidemic a state disaster and ordered state and federal money for overdose...
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Reserves, dividends would be gone in 10 years without action, lawmakers told
David Teal, fiscal analyst for the Alaska Legislature, runs through various budget models related to House Bill 115 for the House Finance Committee on Wednesday. HB 115 creates a state income tax,...
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New bill from House lawmaker would hike minimum tax on oil industry
Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorage, , during discussions about the state operating budget shortly before it was passed out of the House Finance Committee, March 9, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) A state...
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Midtown Anchorage apartment fire kills 2, displaces many
Firefighters put out the smoldering blaze at Royal Suites Lodge in midtown Anchorage on Feb. 15, 2017. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media) A midtown Anchorage apartment building caught fire early Wednesday...
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View ArticleEnvironmental group to sue Hilcorp over Cook Inlet gas leak
Footage taken from a helicopter provides a look at a gas leak first reported last week in Cook Inlet. The video, emailed to reporters by environmental group Cook Inletkeeper, shows gas steadily...
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Report pinpoints concerns over new oil tanker escorts for Prince William Sound
Crowley Marine Services currently holds the contract to provide oil tanker escorts and spill response and prevention in Prince William Sound. (Photo by Eric Keto/Alaska’s Energy Desk)N A watchdog group...
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Students, teachers and extended absences at the Haines School
Haines school (Photo: KHNS) It’s pretty common for residents of rural Alaska to head south for some time in the winter. For a few weeks, a month, or more. In some cases, students become part of that...
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Lobbyist tax gets pushback in Alaska state House
Rep. Sam Kito lll addresses the Alaska House of Representatives on April 7, 2014. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) State Rep. Sam Kito III wants to close a $200,000 funding gap at the Alaska Public...
View ArticleIditapod: Recapping the Kuskokwim 300
In this episode we talk about: – This year’s Kuskokwim 300 with Ben Matheson. – Mushing’s rural to urban migration with Zachariah Hughes
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