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Crude oil leak in Cook Inlet halted successfully; spill volume still unknown
Hilcorp’s Anna Platform in Upper Cook Inlet, where workers felt an impact before observing several oil sheens on Saturday. (Photo courtesy Cook Inletkeeper) State regulators on Monday said a leak from...
View ArticleSmokejumpers prepare for wildfire season with practice jumps
Preparation for wildfire season is underway. Alaska Fire Service spokeswoman Beth Ipsen said smokejumpers have been training and will commence practice jumps this week in the Fairbanks North Pole area,...
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What are the 8 ballot measures in Anchorage’s Tuesday election?
A polling location at the Alaska Zoo in South Anchorage during Municipal elections in 2016 (Photo – Zachariah Hughes) When Anchorage voters head to the polls for municipal elections on Tuesday,...
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Alaskan skiers complete stellar race week in Fairbanks
Men ready to start the 50K national championship race Sunday in the Birch Hill stadium (Photo: Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks) A week of high-level cross country ski racing wrapped up in Fairbanks...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Monday, April 3, 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 Crude oil leak in...
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Senate committee seeks to cut per-student school funding
Senate Finance Committee Co-Chairman Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, during budget deliberations, April 3. The Finance Committee budget bill would cut per-student school funding by $69 million, or roughly...
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Cook Inlet leaks draw more scrutiny for Hilcorp and its aging infrastructure
An oil leak from a pipeline connected to Hilcorp’s Anna Platform, pictured here, is unrelated to a gas leak from a different Hilcorp-owned pipeline that was first detected in February. (Photo courtesy...
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Colorado-based conglomerate buys GCI
GCI’s president and CEO, Ron Duncan, in the 80s. (Photo courtesy of GCI) Alaska’s largest telecommunications provider, GCI, has been acquired by an even larger company. Listen now Colorado-based...
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Could the Alaska Sea Grant program go away this year?
The bearded seal was released back into the wild at Nome’s west beach. (Photo by Gay Sheffield/University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Sea Grant) Sea Grant knew the Trump administration wanted to...
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Alaska Railroad reports $4.4 million loss in 2016
The Alaska Railroad brings a load of tourists into Whittier in July 2008. (Creative Commons photo by Frank Kovalchek) The Alaska Railroad Corporation had a rough year in 2016, where it saw a dramatic...
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Unalaska terminates new fire chief charged with sexual assault in Illinois
(Photo by Laura Kraegel, KUCB – Unalaska) The man hired to serve as Unalaska’s new fire chief has been fired after he was charged with sexual assault in Illinois. Listen now David “D.J.” Dunn was...
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Oil company fined $10 million for illegally transporting a drill rig to Alaska
Tugs pull the Spartan 151 jack-up drilling platform up Cook Inlet in August 2011. The rig will be operated by Furie Operating Alaska, formerly Escopeta Oil. (Photo courtesy Peninsula Clarion) An oil...
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State confident less than 10 gallons of crude leaked into Cook Inlet,...
Pan ice in Cook Inlet on April 3, 2017, during an agency overflight near the Anna Platform. (Photo courtesy Cook Inlet Spill Prevention & Response Inc.) Ten gallons or less: that’s how much crude...
View ArticleThis year’s Arctic Man Classic to start at Summit Lake this week
Racers and fans gather this week at Summit Lake for the annual Arctic Man Ski and SnoGo Classic. Race day is scheduled for Thursday in the Hoodoo Mountains off the Richardson Highway, where organizer...
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Schlepping bronze, a Ketchikan artist retraces Seward’s route
Judith Rubin and her brother David show a poster of their statue at a luncheon at the National Press Club. (Photos by Liz Ruskin/APM.) On the anniversary of the treaty with Russia to buy Alaska, a...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, April 4, 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 Colorado-based...
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Forest Service mishandled timber sales, environmental group says
A Tongass National Forest clearcut is shown in this 2014 aerial view. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News) A Washington, D.C., environmental group is accusing the Tongass National Forest of...
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Predator hunting limits repealed for refuges
(Photo of U.S. Capitol by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) President Donald Trump on Monday signed a measure repealing federal limits on predator hunting on Alaska’s national wildlife refuges. Listen...
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Anchorage voters opt for bonds, more liberal Assembly
Christopher Constant on a victory lap at Election Central in Anchorage’s Denai’ina Center (Photo – Zachariah Hughes) In Anchorage’s municipal elections Tuesday, liberals gained an edge in the Assembly,...
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In Tyonek, celebration as a coal mining company backs down
Many in Tyonek, a village on the western shore of Cook Inlet, are celebrating after the Chuitna coal mine proposal was shelved by PacRim Coal. (Photo Courtesy The Salmon Project/Ash Adams) Residents of...
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