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Murkowski, Sullivan diverge on Sessions
Then-senator Jeff Sessions at a Trump campaign event last year. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/cc) U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said today (March 2) he will not involve himself in any investigation of...
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Scientists propose plan to help refreeze melting Arctic
Ice floes float in Baffin Bay between Canada and Greenland above the Arctic circle on July 10, 2008. A new paper from Arizona State University physicists proposes using sea water pumps to facilitate...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, March 2, 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 Public testimony...
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Ryan Redington will be first musher on 2017 Iditarod Trail
(Photo: Matthew Smith, KNOM) Ryan Redington will be the first musher to hit the trail Monday morning in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The grandson of Iditarod race founder Joe Redington,...
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New House minority Republicans vent, claim they’re sidelined in budget process
Rep. Lance Pruitt, R-Anchorage, during a discussion about HB 115 in the House Finance Committee on Feb. 13. He opposes a change that would reduce the House minority’s budget influence. (Photo by Skip...
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Proposed legislation to criminalize police sexual contact with sex workers...
The sign outside the Anchorage Legislative Information Office, March 4, 2016. (Photo by Megan Ahleman) Law enforcement officers in Alaska can legally have sexual contact with people they are...
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49 Voices: Ivan Simonek of Wrangell
Ivan Simonek of Wrangell (Photo by Aaron Bolton, KSTK – Wrangell) This week we’re hearing from Ivan Simonek in Wrangell. Simonek emigrated from Czechoslovakia in the 60s. Listen now SIMONEK: Well the...
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AK: Model Arctic Council simulates impending actual Arctic Council meeting
A total of 63 students from 13 countries participated at Model Arctic Council 2016 last spring in Fairbanks. (Photo courtesy University of Alaska Fairbanks) The Arctic Council returns to Alaska with...
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State reduces Hilcorp fine for worker safety incident
In September 2015, three men nearly died at Hilcorp’s Milne Point Unit on the North Slope, after the trailer they were working in filled with nitrogen. Image courtesy of AOGCC. The state is fining oil...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, March 3, 2017
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View ArticleIditapod: The Ceremonial Start of the 2017 Iditarod
In Episode 5 we talk about the ceremonial start of the 2017 Iditarod, and: Fur Rendezvous; trailgating; mushers’ reactions to the allowance of two-way communications devices on the trail; and...
View ArticleIditapod: The 2017 Iditarod’s Fairbanks Restart
In Episode 6, we talk about: The 2017 Iditarod’s restart in Fairbanks, weather and trail conditions in the Interior, and race strategies.
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Murkowski wants Alaskans approval for future national monuments
Misty Fiords National Monument is known for its dramatic granite cliffs. Pictured is a view from Rudyerd Bay. (File photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD) Alaska has five national monuments — public lands that...
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Senate passes bill to recognize Black soldiers’ efforts in building Alaska...
Historian Lael Morgan said the 10,000 U.S. soldiers who built the Alaska Highway included about 3,500 African-American troops, who mainly worked from Alaska southward into Canada. (Photo: U.S....
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As mushers race to Nome, a Chicago educator will teach on the trail
Annie Kelley is the Teacher on the Trail for the 2017 Iditarod (Photo: Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media) The Iditarod trail won’t be full of just mushers: a teacher will be following along as part of...
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The Iditarod – Past and Future
A banner for the Iditarod ceremonial start in Anchorage (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media) For only the third time in the race’s history, the Iditarod is starting in Fairbanks. During the...
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Preparations underway for Arctic Council ministerial, related events
Ann Maceda, Arctic affairs officer with the State Department’s Bureau of Oceans and Polar Affairs; and Larry Hinzman, UAF vice chancellor for research.(Greg Martin/Greater Fairbanks Chamber of...
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Fairbanks Four may receive dividends for 18 years of wrongful imprisonment
A Fairbanks Four banner at the 2015 Alaska Federation of Natives Conference. Two measures moving through the Alaska House would compensate the four men for the 18 years spent in prison. (Photo by Mikko...
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Proper packing becomes more important as mushers kick off from Fairbanks
Fairbanks volunteers prepare for race start on banks of Chena River (Photo by Ben Matheson, KNOM) Mushers are on the rivers heading out of Fairbanks right now, as the 45th Iditarod starts in earnest....
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Monday, March 6, 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 ACA replacement...
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