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House Majority Leader Chris Tuck pushes reforms to improve voter turnout
Sally Williams uses a sticker that says cucuklillruunga, or “I voted” in Yup’ik to teach the phrase at the Togiak voting site on Aug. 16, 2016. (Photo by Molly Dischner/KDLG) In the last Legislature, a...
View ArticleHerring fleet catches 1/4 of quota in Sunday opener
The Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery opened Sunday (March 19) for just over three hours. In that window, the fleet caught nearly a quarter of this year’s quota. The Alaska Department of Fish &...
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Murkowski at odds with Trump’s call to end NEA funding
Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks to reporters in one of the Senate’s more ornate rooms. (Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) President Trump’s budget outline calls for eliminating funding for the...
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Senate lifts ban on predator killing in Alaska refuges
A grizzly checks out visitors in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Photo by Florian Schulz/Anchorage Museum) The U.S. Senate today voted to overturn an Obama Administration rule that banned certain...
View ArticleTo the displeasure of some locals, Tailgate Alaska grabs land use permit from...
One of the biggest winter sports events kicked off over the weekend in Thompson Pass. Tailgate Alaska is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. But, not everyone is in a joyful mood. Some...
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Final fuel spill cleanup near Paxson may be delayed
An estimated 4,329 gallons of diesel fuel leaked out of the forward compartment of a 10,000-gallon fuel tank that overturned when the driver wrecked on Jan. 10 around milepost 164.4 of the Richardson...
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Consultant recommends Sitka’s hospitals merge
For the past year, the SEARHC and Sitka Community Hospital have been in talks about consolidating services. An outside consultant is now recommending a merger and will present his findings to the Sitka...
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After 30 years, Raven Shark pole back in Sitka
The top of the Raven Shark totem pole lies in Totem Hall at Sitka National Historical Park. (Emily Russell/KCAW) The totem pole is an icon of the Pacific Northwest. The carved art form showcases clan...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, March 21, 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 Senate lifts ban on...
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Differences over future divide Alaska Legislature
Rep. Neal Foster, D- Nome, co-chair of the House Finance Committee, discusses budget issues at a House Majority press availability on March 21. Foster is concerned about the potential effect of further...
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Wildlife managers urge conservative hunting of emperor geese
Eric Taylor with the USFWS Division of Migratory Bird Management addresses the AVCP Waterfowl Conservation Committee on March 20, 2017 concerning the coming emperor goose hunt.(Photo: Anna Rose...
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Longtime leader Rosita Worl to leave Sealaska board
Longtime Sealaska regional Native corporation board member Rosita Worl will step down as a director in June. She will continue to head up the Sealaska Heritage Institute. (Photo by Lakeidra...
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Federal air quality officials visit Fairbanks
Wood stove pipe on Fairbanks area home (Photo by Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks) Fairbanks North Star Borough residents have to find ways to burn less and cleaner to bring the community into compliance...
View ArticleHeating system fire caused last year’s Ice Alaska fire
An investigation has concluded that a fire that destroyed the main building at Ice Alaska late last year, originated in a heating system. Listen now Alaska State Troopers report that the state Division...
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White House budget proposal cuts legal services for low-income Alaskans
Some of Alaska Legal Services Corporation’s first attorneys. (Photo courtesy of ALSC.) For the past 50 years, Alaska Legal Services Corporation has offered free legal help to low-income Alaskans. Cases...
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Mat-Su Borough bans trapping on some public land
Mat-Su Borough Logo A ban on trapping within some public lands in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough is now official, after a yearlong push by concerned trail users. Listen now The Borough Assembly approved...
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Arctic winter sees record low sea-ice cover
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: Wednesday, March 22, 2017
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Police on lookout for Fairbanks library shooter
Fairbanks Police Department commander’s Dodge Charger. (Flickr Creative Commons photo by Steven H. Robinson) A man was shot in a Fairbanks North Star Borough library. A press release from Fairbanks...
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Will a Texan-Australian partnership bring the ‘shale revolution’ to the North...
Conventional oil is what’s traditionally flowed through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. But some companies hope to bring shale oil into the mix. (Photo courtesy the Center for Land Use Interpretation) Amid...
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