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Alaska House votes to shut down budget debate
Rep. Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, gazes at the ceiling during debate Thursday on the House budget bill in Juneau. The House voted to shut down debate on the budget on Friday. Chenault’s Republican...
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49 Voices: Tsolmon Damba of Anchorage
Tsolmon Damba of Anchorage (Photo by Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) This week we’re hearing from Tsolmon Damba in Anchorage. Demba is a nursing student from Mongolia who arrived in...
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AK: How genetics changed mush dogs of the past
Lots of dogs resting in Galena, where many mushers are taking their 24 hour rests this year (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media) The huskies running today’s Iditarod bear little resemblance...
View ArticleVictor Joseph reelected as President of Tanana Chiefs Conference
Victor Joseph will serve a second term as President of the Tanana Chiefs Conference. Joseph was elected to remain head of the interior tribal organization for another 3 years during voting Thursday...
View ArticleOpen North American Sled Dog Championship kicks off
The Open North American Sled Dog Championship gets underway Friday (March 17) in Fairbanks. 23 mushers will compete for $40,000 in prize money over three days of sprint racing, with the fastest...
View ArticleFairbanks cyclist wins Iditarod Trail Invitational
Jay Cable of Fairbanks has won the 1,000 mile Iditarod Trail Invitational human-powered race. Listen now Cable pedaled his fat bike under the burled arch in Nome Wednesday to claim the top spot, after...
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Feds worry oil pipeline near leaking Cook Inlet gas line also at risk
Cook Inlet oil platforms are visible from shore near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk) Federal regulators are raising concerns about a second pipeline in Cook Inlet....
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House passes deep cut to per diem allowances
Rep. Tammie Wilson, R-North Pole, reads through a series of amendments to the state’s budget on March 7. She proposed cutting legislators’ per diem allowances. The House passed a similar proposal....
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Forecasting Sitka’s herring biomass is a thorough but imperfect science
Fisheries scientist Sherri Dressel reviews the data that shaped this year’s herring forecast in Sitka Sound. “It’s not a perfect world,” she told the 48 permit holders, “But Sitka has the best data set...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, March 17, 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 Italian company Eni...
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Italian company submits plan to drill for oil in the Arctic
Melting ice of the Beaufort Sea near where Eni hopes to drill for oil. (Photo courtesy NOAA) Italian energy company Eni this month submitted an exploration plan to drill for oil in federal waters in...
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Arctic research
Arctic Ocean (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey) What lies ahead for the Arctic and the people who live there? Researchers will gather in Anchorage, to present studies on changes in arctic...
View ArticleAnchorage Teamsters building break-in results in personal information theft
Last week, members of Teamsters Local 959 were informed by the union that a break-in had occurred at their building on January 26 and that personal information for those members who were contacted had...
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The Open North American Championship sled dog race comes to a close
Salcha musher Amy Dunlap lets a spectator pet one of her dogs after the race.(Photo by Robyne / KUAC) Roxy Wright won the Open North American Championship sled dog race in Fairbanks over the weekend....
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Nome Finishers’ Banquet marks end of Iditarod 45
A trophy of Joe Redington, Sr. — known as the father of the Iditarod — awaits the 2017 champion at the finisher’s banquet in Nome on Sunday afternoon. (Photo: David Dodman, KNOM) The 2017 Iditarod Sled...
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Citizen scientists monitor North Pole air
The B.A.M. monitor sits inside a heated tent. The unit draws in outside air through a stack that extends through the tent ceiling. (Photo: Dan Bross / KUAC) Fairbanks and North Pole have suffered...
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Feed Me Hope culinary school teaches skills for life beyond the kitchen
Julia Moore displays her tray of apple crumble at the Feed Me Hope Culinary School in downtown Anchorage. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media) A new culinary school that teaches more than the difference...
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Never Quit: Being a pararescueman
Jimmy Settle knows what it is to struggle back to health after being shot in the head. Settle and co-author Don Rearden recently released their new book, Never Quit. It tells of Settle’s experiences as...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Monday, March 20, 2017
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State health commissioner, Rep. Young concerned about health care bill
Health Commissioner Valerie Davidson during a discussion on Medicaid reform in Senate Finance Feb. 24, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) Alaska’s top health official said the federal health care...
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