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Ask the Energy Desk: What about wave and tidal energy in Alaska?
Waves crash onto Yakutat’s Cannon Beach. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska.) When you think about renewable energy in Alaska, what comes to mind? Probably wind, which contributes to about 3 percent...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, March 30, 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 Congress lets...
View ArticleSpecialty crop grant deadline approaches
‘Tis the season for specialty crop grant applications. Listen now The grants are part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s effort to expand certain crops and are distributed by the state Division of...
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Bill would halve Gov. Walker’s pension bond authority
Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R-Anchorage, co-chair of the Senate Finance Committee presides over a meeting on March 23. She introduced a bill that would cut the amount Gov. Bill Walker can issue in pension...
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Bethel organizers prepare for the 2017 Cama’i Dance Festival
Byron Nicholai sings and drums at the 2016 Cama-i Dance Festival in Bethel. (Photo by Laura Kraegel, KNOM – Nome) The 2017 Cama’i Dance Festival begins tomorrow at the Bethel Regional High School. The...
View ArticleVideo: Can we harness the power of Cook Inlet?
Cook Inlet has some of the most dramatic tidal shifts on the planet. From scientists to startups, many have speculated how this fast-flowing water could be harnessed to produce electricity. Professor...
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49 Voices: Cole Tamblyn of Anchorage
Cole Tamblyn of Anchorage (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) This week we’re hearing from Cole Tamblyn in Anchorage. Tamblyn is the head brewer at Resolution Brewing Company....
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AK: Celebrating Turkish culture in Anchorage
Rabia Duddy belly dancing at a Turkish cultural event in Anchorage. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) The Republic of Turkey is about as far as you can travel from Alaska on...
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Two Sitka moms discuss balancing fishing and family
Iris Nash and Sarah Jordan (KCAW photo) Iris Nash fell in love with fishing her very first day on the water. She loved it so much she married a fisherman. The two starting working together a few years...
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Unalaska teen: If you like sushi, you better take care of the environment
Cade Terada fishing in Unalaska. (Photo courtesy Cade Terada) Across the state, there’s a cohort of young Alaskans raising awareness for the rapidly changing Arctic environment. Cade Terada is one of...
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High school student honored for Gold Creek rescue
Left to Right: Yaakoosge Daakahidi High School student Iosefa Riley John, 14, was honored by Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, Juneau Police Chief Bryce Johnson and Capital City Fire Chief Richard Etheridge...
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Juneau superintendent questions funding plan
Rep. Shelley Hughes authored education legislation that concerns Juneau’s school superintendent. (Photo by Skip Gray/Gavel Alaska.) Sen. Shelley Hughes, a Wasilla Republican, held a series of committee...
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Southeast tribal court builds on its experience
Presiding Judge Debra O’Gara discusses tribal justice in the Juneau courtroom of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News) Southeast...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, March 31, 2017
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Hilcorp reports another leak in Cook Inlet; this time it’s oil
Glacial erratics protrude from the water near Bruce Platform, near Granite Point in Cook Inlet. (Creative Commons photo courtesy Ground Truth Trekking) Updated at 8:49 p.m. Sunday, April 2 The dominant...
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Budget cut impacts to municipalities
Lance Wilber, left, briefs the Anchorage Assembly on the administration’s 2017 budget proposal. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) State lawmakers continue to chip away at the...
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How should Alaska evaluate Tier 3 water protection nominations?
Photographers take pictures of eagles feeding on salmon in the Chilkat River. The Chilkat River is one of four water bodies in Alaska nominated for Tier 3 protection. (Emily Files) People in four...
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Police say doctor’s death ‘suspicious,’ theft charges filed against friend
Ketchikan Police Department building. Photo courtesy KRBD. The death of Ketchikan doctor Eric Garcia earlier this week is now considered suspicious after police learned the friend who reported Garcia...
View ArticleChild hospitalized after snow slides off roof and buries her
A child is hospitalized after being buried by snow sliding off a roof in North Pole. Alaska State Troopers report that the 4-year-old girl’s grandmother called Troopers after 1 p.m. Saturday saying the...
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Sitka’s electric rates to change seasonally
This fall, the Sitka Assembly is implementing a seasonal rate structure that would lower the cost of energy in the wintertime but raise it in the summer. The city is still short funding for Blue Lake...
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