Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Feb. 24, 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 Ice in Cook Inlet...
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Murkowski says Trump policies on Arctic, climate still unclear
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, left, and Norwegian member of parliament Eirik Sivertsen took questions from reporters during a meeting of the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region in...
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Ice in Cook Inlet likely to delay fix to Hilcorp gas leak for weeks
Still from footage taken by a helicopter of a gas leak in Cook Inlet, obtained by the environmental group Cook Inletkeeper. (Image courtesy Cook Inletkeeper) Hilcorp recently informed state regulators...
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Industry pushes back against proposed changes to state’s oil tax system
SAE Exploration Chairman and CEO Jeff Hastings answers questions Wednesday after his testimony before the House Resources Committee in Juneau. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk) As...
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Senate majority unveils spending limit, Permanent Fund draw
Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, at a Senate Majority press availability on Feb. 24, 2017. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) The Senate majority unveiled its plan to limit state spending and draw money from...
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Supporting foster care
Photo from Alaska Public Media’s Community In Unity program entitled Fostering Our Future, which discussed the foster care system. The Office of Children’s Services isn’t alone in taking responsibility...
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Activists call for Alaska town halls, but senators say they’re accessible
Juneau residents take part in a rally Friday in front of the Alaska Capitol, encouraging U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan to hold a town meeting. Sullivan was at the Capitol earlier in the day to give his annual...
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Fairbanks police officer won’t be charged for fatal summer shooting
Fairbanks Police Department commander’s Dodge Charger. (Flickr Creative Commons photo by Steven H. Robinson) A Fairbanks police officer will not be charged for fatally shooting a man last summer. On...
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Students work to reduce ocean trash, one spork at a time
McNeil Canyon Elementary students Hannah Stonorov and Jenna Lapp work on their spork dragon mascot (student Alex LeBlanc shown in background). (Photo: Joanna Greene) A new educational program is...
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‘I Am Inuit’ goes from Instagram to Anchorage Museum
Photographer Brian Adams stands before a few of the 50 images featured in the Anchorage Museum’s exhibition for his “I Am Inuit” project. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media) Who lives in the...
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State to hold meetings on evaluation process for controversial water protections
The Chilkat River. (Abbey Collins) Four Alaska communities from Haines to Bristol Bay have applied for high-level water body protections. The Outstanding National Resource Water, also known as Tier 3,...
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Tribe’s Herring Committee drafts proposals to protect subsistence
Herring caught during the 2014 Sitka Sound sac roe fishery. A recent study suggests that managers should take a longer view when managing fisheries like this one. (KCAW photo/Rachel Waldholz) The Sitka...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Monday, Feb. 27, 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 Lawmakers ideas on...
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State demands Hilcorp monitor environmental impact of Cook Inlet gas leak
Still from footage taken by a helicopter of a gas leak in Cook Inlet, obtained by the environmental group Cook Inletkeeper. (Image courtesy Cook Inletkeeper) The state is asking oil and gas company...
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Juneau’s electric utility says natural gas not in the plans anymore
AEL&P headquarters in Lemon Creek. (Photo by Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau.) Juneau’s privately-owned electric utility won’t be bringing natural gas to the capital city anytime soon. Alaska Electric...
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EPA budget cut could slow permits, slash grants
U.S. Capitol (Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) President Trump is giving his first formal address to Congress tonight. His first budget proposal is expected in mid-March, and it reportedly...
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Homer City Council votes down ‘inclusivity’ resolution
Dozens of residents turned out to provide public testimony at the Feb. 27 Homer City Council meeting.(Photo: Shahla Farzan / KBBI) Homer City Council heard a resolution on Monday that would have...
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Lawmakers split on Health and Social Services budget changes
Rep. Les Gara addresses the Alaska House of Representatives in 2015. He supported transferring funds on Monday to pay for more social workers in the Office of Children’s Services. (Photo by Skip...
View ArticleNew drug bag could help public health officials
Alaska has another tool in the fight against opioid abuse. Public health officials are distributing thousands of drug-disposal bags that are safe and easy to use. Listen now They’re sealable pouches...
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Descendants gather to welcome Chirikof ancestors home
Father Innocent Dresdow performs service on the remains in the room where they’re being kept, in a lower level of the Alutiiq Museum. (Photo by April Laktonen Counceller / Alutiiq Museum) After years...
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