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‘It’s really sad’: Juneau kids sorry to see playground burn
Firefighters at Project Playground at Twin Lakes on Monday, April 24, 2017. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO) Foam clung to the charred remains of castle steeples and playhouses while firefighters swept...
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Senator Dan Sullivan attends Homer meet-and-greet
Senator Dan Sullivan at the Homer Spit on Friday, May 21, 2017. (KBBI photo) Senator Dan Sullivan visited Homer for a meet-and-greet Friday (April 21) afternoon. It was one of the few opportunities the...
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ACLU files lawsuit against city of Homer over proposed recalls
Homer City Hall (Photo courtesy of City of Homer) On Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska filed a suit against the City of Homer. Listen now The suit targets the proposed recall of...
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Former Goose Creek prison corrections officer sentenced in drug conspiracy
Goose Creek Prison. Photo by Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage. A former Department of Corrections officer convicted of smuggling drugs into Goose Creek Correctional Center was sentenced Tuesday to eight...
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Coast Guard rescues three seal hunters off coast of Hooper Bay
Joseph Lake, 39, (center) texted his brother-in-law Friday evening, saying that he, his cousin, Nathan David Lake, 38 (second to the right) and nephew Marlin Lake, 24 (left), were anchored in the...
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How should close-flying Russian planes be addressed?
A Russian Tu-95 Bomber being escorted by British forces in 2014. (Photo courtesy of U.K. Ministry of Defence) Last week, Russian military planes flew near Alaska’s coast on four separate occasions....
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Fairbanks City Council ponders Polaris building
Polaris Hotel. (Photo: Dan Bross / KUAC) The fate of the Polaris building drew public testimony at a Fairbanks City Council last night, as an ordinance to keep the long vacant downtown high rise under...
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Mat-Su Borough budget shrinking as population grows
Mat-Su Borough Logo The Matanuska-Susitna Borough’s budget proposal is out and it’s smaller than last year. Listen now If approved, the budget for the fastest-growing population center in the state...
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Fire marshal: Youths confess to Twin Lakes playground fire
Firefighters spray down a fire on Monday, April 24, 2017, at the playground near Twin Lakes. (Photo by Kelli Burkinshaw/KTOO) The two teenagers arrested for setting the Twin Lakes playground on fire...
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Bill requiring nonresident caribou hunters to have guides meets opposition
Rep. Dean Westlake, D-Kotzebue, speaks during a House Floor Session on Feb 3, 2017. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) House bill 211 sponsored by Kiana Democrat Dean Westlake met opposition in a house...
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Senate majority not pleased with prospect of income tax as public testimony...
Senate President Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, talks to reporters at a Senate Majority press availability. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) Senators gave the proposed income tax a cool reception earlier...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, April 25, 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 majority not...
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Ask a Climatologist: Alaska’s lucky winter
Attendance numbers spiked at Eaglecrest Ski Area in Juneau thanks to fresh snowfall as seen here on March 5, 2017. (Photo courtesy of John Erben) Winter is more or less over in most of Alaska. And if...
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Two dead squid in two weeks: Coincidence?
Larry Schmidt poses next to Unalaska’s second squid visitor in as many weeks. (Courtesy Larry Schmidt) The novelty of seeing a jumbo squid in Unalaska is not wearing off: a second one washed ashore...
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In public testimony, most support state income tax bill
Juneau resident Julie Nielsen testifies in favor of House Bill 115 at a Senate committee hearing in Juneau on Tuesday. Most of the more than 100 Alaskans who testified supported the bill. (Photo by...
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Remote controlled kayaks ready for research at LeConte Glacier
Mechanical engineer, June Marion, works on the kayak’s engine assisted by her dad, Bobby Brown. Working on the rear kayak is robotics science students, Nick McComb and Corwin Perren. (Photo/Angela...
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Government shutdown would close Skagway’s national park at the start of...
Park ranger Charlotte Henson leads a group of visitors on a walking tour of Skagway in summer of 2016. (Photo: Emily Files) In less than a week, the first cruise ship of the season will dock in...
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State’s biggest military training exercise takes off next week
Northern Edge military exercise in the Gulf of Alaska. (2016 file photo: U.S. Navy) The skies above the Interior and Southcentral Alaska will get a lot busier starting next week, when Northern Edge...
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Mariculture poised to come of age in Alaska
NOAA Researcher Mike Murphy holding Laminaria saccharina sugar kelp algae. Kelp grows over the winter months in Southeast Alaska, and is not difficult to farm. According to Markos Scheer, it’s a $20...
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Anchorage police determine one man responsible for 5 killings last summer
Mugshot of 40-year-old James Dale Ritchie. Ritchie was posthumously determined by police to be responsible for five killings over the course of last summer. (Photo courtesy of Anchorage Police...
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