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Ketchikan’s first pot shop set to open Friday — or maybe Saturday
Stoney Moose owners Mark Woodward and Eric Reimer stand in what will be the new pot shop’s retail sale area. (KRBD photo by Leila Kheiry) Ketchikan’s first marijuana retail store could open as early as...
View ArticleFairbanks police identify suspected weekend homicide victim
Fairbanks Police have identified the victim of suspected homicide. They say 44-year-old Jose Alfonso Sifuentes Morales was found dead in the road in the area of 3rd Avenue and Hall Street at 12:24 AM...
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Air Force destroys World War II shell discovered in Unalaska
Explosive specialists with the U.S. Air Force return to their plane Tuesday after destroying World War II-era ordnance found in Unalaska. (Photo by Laura Kraegel/KUCB) The U.S. Air Force made a special...
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Legislature passes bill recognizing Black Americans’ efforts in AK Highway...
Pvt. Refines Simms Jr., a bulldozer operator with the Army’s 97th Engineer Battalion, exchanges a handshake with Pvt. Alfred Jalufka, an operator with the 18th Engineer Brigade, when soldiers working...
View ArticleTroopers: Anchorage snowmachiner dead in wreck near Willow
An Anchorage man is dead after an apparent snowmachine wreck near Willow this week, according to Alaska State Troopers. Danny Maroney, 66, was hauling supplies from Deshka Landing to his cabin near...
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Commercial silver fishing could return to the Lower Kuskokwim this summer
Silver salmon fills the bottom of a boat during a subsistence opening in August 2016 near Bethel. A new fish processor in Bethel may allow for commercial openings during the 2017 silver salmon run....
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, April 5, 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 The House and...
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Senate Finance budget cut falls short of $300 million goal
Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla, proposed a series of budget amendments during a Senate Finance Committee meeting on Monday. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) The Senate will debate a state government...
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Young pulls punches for this road foe
Witnesses wait to testify at a hearing in the U.S. House on the King Cove Road. Photos by Liz Ruskin/APM At the U.S. Capitol, Alaska Congressman Don Young is known to berate Democrats and...
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Climate change hits Alaska’s rural water and sewer systems
Open water, seen from the beach in Unalakleet in November 2015. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media) For decades, Alaska has struggled to get running water and sewer systems to its rural...
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Most, but not all, scientists agree that starvation killed hundreds of...
St. Paul residents have seen 300 puffin carcasses wash ashore since mid-October. Scientists say seabirds are good indicators of overall ecosystem health, which means the die-off could be a sign of...
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Ask a Climatologist: Should we be worried about methane hydrates on the sea...
A Methane hydrate sample under a rock encrusted with deep-sea mussels on the seafloor in the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo courtesy of NOAA) What are methane hydrates and what role could they play in global...
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Alaskans claim medals in Special Olympics World Winter Games
Jennifer Troutman, 23, competes in the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria. (Photo from Special Olympics Alaska) Two Alaskans traveled to Austria in March to compete in the Special...
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Narcan saves lives in opioid epidemic but is only first step
Nichelle Willams pulls stickers off boxes with Commissioner Valerie “Nurr’araaluk” Davidson on a Narcan kit assembly line at Covenant House in March. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media) The state’s...
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Fate of competing plans to close state budget is uncertain
Co-chair of House Finance Rep. Paul Seaton, R-Homer, asked questions during a hearing on Tuesday. Seaton supports reintroducing an income tax. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) To some House members,...
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Is Bogoslof Volcano done erupting?
A satellite image shows the last major eruption of Bogoslof Volcano on March 8, 2017. (Dave Schneider/USGS/AVO) Bogoslof Volcano is back at a low-level “advisory” for the first time since it began...
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Troopers searching for poachers who shot 2 muskox near Bethel
Muskox (Credit National Parks Service) Two muskox have been poached near Bethel, and Alaska Wildlife Troopers are searching for whoever is responsible. The Troopers found the two animals near a...
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Canada geese make first drop into Fairbanks this year
Canada Goose on the Colville River Delta. (Photo by Ryan Askren, USGS.) Canada Geese have touched down at the Creamers Field Refuge in Fairbanks. Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Mark Ross...
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2017 Kobuk 440 starts today
Racers at the starting line of the 2016 Kobuk 440 (Photo: Emily Schwing, KNOM.)ga The 2017 Kobuk 440 sled dog race begins today in Kotzebue. 16 teams will head out in a mass start in front of the...
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Essential Air Service has friends in US Senate
Photo of U.S. Capitol by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media Alaska is a big beneficiary of the Essential Air Service program, but Alaska’s congressional delegation isn’t the only one urging that the...
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