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Alaska’s first Hall of Fame teacher talks about mixing dancing and math
Alaska Public Media’s Lori Townsend talks with Bob Williams about his lenghty career in education. Williams is Alaska’s first member of the National Teacher’s Hall of Fame. (Staff photo) For a teacher...
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Rural House members demand apology from Rep. Eastman over abortion remarks
Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, speaks during a House floor session in March. He hasn’t apologized for comments he made about Alaska women being glad to become pregnant so they can travel for abortions....
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Northern Opportunity – Alaska’s Economic Strategy
Wikimedia commons photo by Pen Waggener Alaska is in a recession…again. There’s a lot of hand wringing about the state’s fiscal future but beyond simply bridging the current funding gap, what can and...
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Top state ferry manager resigns
Alaska Marine Highway System Capt. Mike Neussl addresses the 2016 Southeast Conference in Juneau. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News) The man overseeing the Alaska Marine Highway System is...
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Sitka man with Juneau ties charged with murder
Reuben Yerkes. (Photo courtesy Sitka Police Department) A Sitka man formerly of Juneau was charged with first degree murder Saturday, after telling police he killed his girlfriend during an argument....
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After years of vacancy, Nome has an Animal Control Officer
Nome’s new Animal Control Officer holding a freshly bathed puppy at the City’s animal shelter. (Photo by Davis Hovey, KNOM) For the first time in almost five years, the City of Nome has an active...
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Artist gives visual voice to domestic violence
Artist Carmel Anderson’s stands before a central piece from her show “Unheard Voices, Unheard Wisdom.” As she’s traveled, she’s collected narratives of domestic violence and sexual assault from around...
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Rep. Eastman stands by controversial abortion statements, attacks media
Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, during a House floor session, March 1, 2017. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) Last week, Representative David Eastman made national news by claiming that there are women in...
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Strong earthquake shakes near Adak, registering magnitude 6.4
(U.S. Geological Survey / Alaska Earthquake Cente) A series of earthquakes shook the Aleutian Islands Monday morning, including a strong magnitude-6.4 quake near Adak. Listen now According to the...
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Week of the Arctic: ‘Very important’ event showcases concerns, interests in...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, shown here at a recent meeting in Moscow, both are scheduled to attend Thursday’s Arctic Council ministerial...
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Decades of trawl surveys help Bering Sea climate change research
Maps show changes in where Bering Sea Pollock are from year-to-year. (Graphic courtesy NOAA/Alaska Fisheries Science Center) There’s a new tool to help scientists and others interested in monitoring...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Monday, May 8, 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 Rep. Eastman stands...
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Runaway melt: Alaska permafrost is thawing even in winter
Much of the North Slope of Alaska is characterized by low, sweeping tundra hills, and a complete absence of trees. (Creative Commons photo by Paxson Woelber) When you think of carbon emissions, you...
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Only 3 gallons spilled from Hilcorp platform in April…and it wasn’t crude
Hilcorp’s Anna Platform in Upper Cook Inlet, where workers felt an impact before observing several oil sheens on Saturday. (Photo courtesy Cook Inletkeeper) The state has concluded that just three...
View ArticleCity moves to make emergency shelter space permanent
Anchorage officials are hoping to keep some emergency homeless shelters open longer, past the winter months and into the summer. The change affects about a hundred beds that are currently part of the...
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New respite program helps homeless people heal
Brother Francis Shelter Respite program manager Robin Dempsey sits in the new respite area. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media) A new community partnership is freeing up hospital resources by proving people...
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New legislation aims to enshrine PFDs in constitution
Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation sign at headquarters in March 2016. House majority members want to enshrine Permanent Fund dividends in the state constitution. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) Members...
View Article$10 million allocated to North Pole flood control project
Nearly $10 million allocated to the Army Corps of Engineers will pay for work to insure the integrity of the Chan Flood Control Project in North Pole. Listen now Project Manager Tim Faevel said...
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Snakewatch ends peacefully: 100-pound python, Sam, back at home in Meadow Lakes
Sam, a 17-foot 100-pound albino Burmese python is back home and happy Monday, May 8, 2017 in his tub after going missing for two weeks. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media) A 17-foot albino Burmese python...
View ArticleAlutiiq community seeks city-owned property for Memorial Park
The Alutiiq Museum is scoping out a site to bury ancestral remains that returned to the island in February. The internment would be the end of the ancestors’ long journey. Listen now Archaeologists in...
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