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Moose population increases in the Yukon Charley Rivers National Preserve
Natural factors are credited with growing the moose population in the Yukon Charley Rivers National Preserve. Preserve wildlife biologist Mat Sorum said the latest data from moose population surveys...
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Togiak herring fishery opens on earliest date on record
The Togiak herring fishery opened Sunday, the earliest date on record. Coastline in Togiak, March 2015. (Photo courtesy of City of Togiak) The herring showed up unexpectedly last week and have already...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Monday, Apr. 18, 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 Download Audio Legislators go...
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Changing what it means to be a foster parent
Laura Ingham poses with portraits of her kids. (Hillman/KSKA) Slade Martin was in foster care for 14 years. He said it wasn’t easy because people make a lot of negative assumptions about foster kids....
View ArticleBill seeks to rein in state employees’ wages until oil prices rise
State workers wouldn’t see pay hikes based on experience until oil prices rise sharply, under a bill introduced Monday in the House. Download Audio House Bill 379 says that the Legislature plans to...
View ArticleOne injured in Haines bear mauling
A Fairbanks man and University of Alaska assistant professor was airlifted to an Anchorage hospital from Haines on Monday afternoon after being mauled by a bear nine miles west of town. Download Audio...
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Lawmakers pass bill strengthening Alaska Code of Military Justice
Air Guard Chopper ready for rescue mission (Photo courtesy of Guy Hayes) House Bill 126 – updating the Alaska Code of Military Justice – has passed the Legislature and is on its way to Governor Bill...
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Audit: Skagway misspent CPV taxes on playground equipment
Alaska charges cruise ships that stay three or more days in state waters a $34.50 tax per traveler. It’s called the Commercial Passenger Vessel Tax. The tax brings in millions of dollars each year,...
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Budget talks are quiet as Walker projects optimism
Progress on the state government budget has slowed to a crawl this week. But Governor Bill Walker remains hopeful the Legislature can reach an agreement on an oil and gas tax bill that’s at the center...
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Fourth whale harvested by North Slope Borough this year
Subsistence hunters in Alaska’s North Slope Borough have harvested a 41-foot bowhead whale, marking the fourth animal that has been captured during the borough’s spring whale hunt. Download Audio...
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Senate authorizes funding for FAA air carrier services to Diomede
For decades, Diomede has scrambled to fund reliable air carrier service. On Tuesday, the small island community got one step closer to a long-term solution for passenger travel and mail delivery. The...
View ArticleWildfire season getting an early start
The season’s first wildfires are getting attention. The Alaska Interagency Coordination reports a 25-acre blaze in the Palmer being worked by 13 firefighters, with smaller blazes in the MatSu, on the...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Apr. 19, 2016
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Reuniting families with community support
Princess Taala (center, orange shirt), Crystal Stone (front left) and their family. (Hillman/KSKA) For most children who enter foster care, the ultimate goal is to reunite them with their families. But...
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U.S. Senate passes Murkowski’s energy modernization bill
Sen. Lisa Murkowski addresses a joint session of the Legislature on Feb. 17 (Photo: Skip Gray/KTOO The U.S. Senate this morning passed Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s energy modernization bill, by a vote of...
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Leaf Lake fire under investigation
A 25-acre wildfire along the Knik River is the latest indication that the state’s forest fire season is getting a head start. Norm MacDonald, an fire management officer with the state division of...
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Haines bear mauling victim was attacked by brown bear sow
A man who was injured in a bear mauling near Haines early this week was attacked by a brown bear sow with at least one cub. That’s according to Alaska Fish and Game Biologist Stephanie Sell, who is...
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Plane crashes in Birchwood, 4 fatalities reported
Emergency vehicles near the scene of a plane crash in Birchwood on April 20, 2016. (Photo by Ellen Lockyer/Alaska Public Media) Updated at 12:30 p.m. Emergency crews from the Anchorage Police...
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ShoreZone photographers shoot thousands of photos to map changing coasts
How many photos do you figure you shoot out the window when you take a trip? 5? 10? 20? How many of you take a picture every three seconds? KUCB’s Zoe Sobel caught up with a helicopter crew of modern...
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