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With loss of leader, Alaska Commons faces uncertain future
John Aronno, former managing editor for Alaska Commons (Photo courtesy of Alaska Commons) An influential web-site in Alaska lost its driving force earlier this week. For several years, Alaska Commons...
View ArticleWrangell’s Happy Cannabis given go-ahead, but its doors will remain closed
Wrangell’s only proposed pot business has been given the go-ahead, pending the approval of a local building permit. Listen now The Wrangell Borough Assembly approved Happy Cannabis for both cultivation...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, April 26, 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 Anchorage police...
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Construction at area’s Air Force installations to inject $1.5 billion into...
Work is under way on new facilities at Eielson Air Force Base that’ll accommodate the 54 F-35As that will be coming to Eielson beginning in 2020, along with the personnel who’ll be flying and...
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Coast Guard cleans up graffiti on World War II bunker as tagging...
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mellon has painted over graffiti that was found on a Mount Ballyhoo bunker last month. (DMITRI DANE/ALEUTIAN ISLANDS PHOTOGRAPHY & U.S. COAST GUARD) In...
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Labor issues loom for Alaska Airlines-Virgin America merger
(Photo by Alaska Airlines/Virgin America) Unionized pilots at Alaska Airlines and recently acquired Virgin America pulled off a virtual barrel roll Wednesday to get management’s attention. Listen now...
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Trump to rescind Obama’s ‘permanent’ Arctic leasing ban
Map of Obama Arctic withdrawal area. (Map: BOEM) President Trump is expected to sign an order Friday aimed at lifting his predecessor’s ban on new oil leasing in waters off Alaska’s Arctic coast....
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Native Youth Olympics kicks off for 47th year
Nearly 500 student athletes from more than 100 Alaska communities gather for the opening ceremonies of the 2017 Native Youth Olympic Games at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage on Thursday, April,...
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Trump may have plans for Alaska, but not for its national monuments
Misty Fiords National Monument is known for its dramatic granite cliffs. Pictured is a view from Rudyerd Bay. (File photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD) On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive...
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Senate defies Walker’s call to weigh nominees
The main doors of the Alaska Capitol face the Dimond Courthouse. (Photo by Skip Gray, 360 North – Juneau) Governor Bill Walker tried and failed to get lawmakers to vote on his nominees Thursday. Listen...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, April 27, 2017
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Pollen and mold season upon Alaskans
Pollen from a variety of common plants (Wikimedia image courtesy of Dartmouth College Electron Microscope Facility) Allergy and asthma sufferers beware, the pollen and mold season is upon us. There are...
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Mulling the possibility of a “managed retreat” from climate change
The view of Kivalina from Air Force One on Sept. 2, 2015, as President Barack Obama flew to Kotzebue. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) By the end of the century, researchers predict climate...
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49 Voices: Taylor Holman of Unalaska
Taylor Holman of Unalaska (Photo by Laura Kraegel, KUCB – Unalaska) This week we’re hearing from Taylor Holman in Unalaska. Holman is a high school senior and placed first place in Alaska’s Russian...
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AK: From tree to cream; how birch syrup makes its way to dessert bowls
An option for Wild Scoops ice cream is to have birch syrup glazed over it (Photo by Daysha Eaton) The chartreuse leaves of the birch tree are one of the first signs of spring in Southcentral Alaska....
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Secretary Tillerson to attend Arctic Council meeting in Fairbanks
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, shown here at a 2012 meeting with Russian president Vladmir Putin. At the time Tillerson was the CEO of ExxonMobil. (Photo courtesy Government of the Russian...
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Northwest Arctic Borough to receive almost $200 million over 10 years from...
The Red Dog Mine in 2010. (Alaska Public Media file photo) After a Borough meeting Tuesday night, a new payment in lieu of taxes (PILT) agreement has been struck between the Northwest Arctic Borough...
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Mat-Su Borough Assembly asked for more school funding
Mat-Su Borough Assembly and staff in Willow on Thursday. (Photo: Phillip Manning – KTNA) On Thursday night, the Mat-Su Borough Assembly held it’s third and final public hearing on its annual budget at...
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Southeast Alaska tribal government moves into defense contracts
Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska President Richard Peterson, right, poses with delegates during this month’s Tribal Assembly in Juneau. (Photo courtesy Tlingit-Haida Central...
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Trump lifts ban on Arctic offshore drilling
Sen. Murkowski shows the pen the president used to sign the order. (Photo by Liz Ruskin) Today, President Trump signed an order lifting a ban his predecessor imposed on drilling off Alaska’s Arctic...
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