Lawyer arrested, charged with smuggling drugs to jailed client
An Anchorage attorney and her client are charged with smuggling drugs into jail. Listen now Lawyer Kit Karjala was behind bars Thursday, accused of concealing heroin inside court papers she gave to her...
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After 40 years, Air Station Sitka maintains original mission
Every couple hundred hours a team of Air Station technicians conduct a complete maintenance check on the Jayhawk helicopters. (Emily Russell/KCAW) It’s been 40 years since the hangar doors opened at...
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Tillerson gets earful on climate change from Arctic governments
United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson chaired the 10th Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in Fairbanks on May 11, 2017. (Photo by Arctic Council Secretariat Linnea Nordström) Secretary...
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Sitka man indicted on three counts of murder in girlfriend’s death
Ali Clayton, age 28, died on Saturday (05-06-18). A graduate of Sitka High, she spent nearly a decade working at Harris Air. Clayton’s boyfriend of two months, 39-year-old Reuben Yerkes, was charged...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, May 11, 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 Tillerson gets...
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Alaska’s income tax fight is only latest skirmish in decades-long conflict
Ernest Gruening was Alaska’s territorial governor from 1939 to 1953. He signed the income tax into law in 1949. (Photo courtesy Alaska State Library Historical Collections) The Senate plans to vote...
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EPA settles with Pebble, clears permitting path for mine
Pebble Partnership proposes to build a mine in Southwest Alaska. Opponents say it would threaten salmon streams. Photo by Jason Sear, KDLG – Dillingham UPDATE: 4:45 p.m. by Dave Bendinger, KDLG –...
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Kodiak embraces commercial harvest of kelp
Nick Mangini’s crew pictured from above following harvest. Tamsen Peeples far right. (Kayla Desroches/KMXT) Commercial seaweed farming could be the hot new industry in Alaska, and Kodiak is getting in...
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More than 200 Anchorage teachers to receive layoff notices
Amid uncertainty over state funding, the Anchorage School District is preparing to lay off hundreds of teachers. Listen now Todd Hess, ASD’s chief human resources officer, said 200 non-tenured teachers...
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49 Voices: Mackenzie Harvey of Eagle River
Mackenize Harvey of Eagle River (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) This week we’re hearing from Mackenzie Harvey from Eagle River. Last week, Harvey, her husband, and their two...
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AK: Feeding the hungry Susitna Valley residents
Volunteer Ron Caldwell assessing the stock in the non-regulation room. (Photo by Phillip Manning, KTNA – Talkeetna) The Upper Susitna Food Pantry, with locations in Talkeetna and Trapper Creek,...
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State gasline corporation raises specter of eminent domain
Members of the unincorporated Kenai Peninsula community of Nikiski are weighing their options after the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation filed for federal permitting of a massive LNG project,...
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Funding for pro-road group approved by Juneau Assembly
The view of Berners Bay from Cascade Point. The Juneau Access Lynn Canal Highway would be built through this area. (Photo courtesy Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities) At a...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, May 12, 2017
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View ArticleSockeye fire verdict: Not guilty
The trial of Greg Imig and Amy Dewitt, accused of the 2015 Willow area wildfire known as the Sockeye fire came to a dramatic conclusion today. The married couple were found not guilty on all counts but...
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Senate votes down state income tax
Senate Finance Co-Chair Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, speaks during budget deliberations in April. He said Friday the state will likely need an income tax, but not this year. (Photo by Skip Gray/360...
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Fans watch first Tlingit Miss Alaska reach final 10 in Miss USA contest
Sierra Flores, left, her mother Serena Hinchman, middle, and Raeanne Holmes holds signs at the Miss USA watch party in the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall in Juneau on Sunday, Hinchman and Holmes work for...
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Nursing Narratives turns the spotlight on unique experiences
Kevin Barrett tells his story at Nursing Narratives. (Photo by Joshua Corbett) Every day, nurses come home with stories. This week, seven nurses got on stage to share some of their favorites as part of...
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The future of the military in Alaska
Sen. Dan Sullivan and Gen. Robert Neller talking with reporters before an event at a VFW post in Mountain View. (Photo: Ben Matheson, Anchorage) Russian fighters have flown near Alaska’s coast 5 times...
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Boat owners fooled by website charging high prices for vessel documentation
Haines fisherman Norm Hughes received two letters telling him to renew his Coast Guard documentation. The one on the left is from the Coast Guard. The one on the right is from a third-party company...
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