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Young OK with special counsel, rues ‘media hype’
Alaska Rep. Don Young. Photo: Liz Ruskin. Alaska Congress Don Young said it’s fine with him that the Justice Department has appointed a special counsel to oversee its investigation into Russian...
View ArticleMayor’s veto cuts Mat-Su education budget
A bit of last-minute school funding did not survive the veto pen of Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Vern Halter. Listen now During its work tailoring the 2018 budget, the Borough Assembly had earlier...
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From gangs to a grad: A former inmate celebrates finishing college
Marcos Galindo and his son, Lucian, after a University of Alaska Southeast graduation ceremony May 7, 2017. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO) This month, 30-year-old Marcos Galindo graduated with a...
View ArticleSinkhole pops up at Ft. Wainwright
A sinkhole has opened up on Ft. Wainwright in Fairbanks. Listen now Public affairs officer Mel Slater said the 3-foot diameter void discovered Monday near a housing unit, is suspected to be the result...
View ArticleNew trooper boss talks priorities on first day
The Alaska State Troopers have a new boss: Longtime trooper Hans Brinke is now Col. Brinke, the head of an organization he joined 26 years ago as a recruit. Listen now Brinke said Tuesday, his first...
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Repair season under way on ‘just about every road in Alaska’
Workers and equipment will be busy on roadways throughout the state over the next few months, to get as much done as possible during Alaska’s short construction season.(KTOO photo) The Alaska...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, May 17, 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 No budget plan...
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Special session to begin Thursday after lawmakers fail to compromise
Gov. Bill Walker signs a proclamation for a special session focused on the budget and long-term spending plan, after lawmakers failed to compromise on Wednesday. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and...
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Kodiak Biologists to Conduct Bear Population Survey
A female (sow) pauses at the edge of a waterfall, surveying potential fishing opportunities. (Lisa Hupp/USFWS) The spring bear hunting season closed Monday, and that means it’s time for local...
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Nation’s first group of K-12 Russian immersion students graduates from West...
(Left to Right) Russian teacher Elena Farkas, Anastasia Erikson, Wesley Piscoya and Parker Roy. Erikson, Piscoya and Roy all graduated from West Anchorage High School on May 17, 2017 (Photo by Wesley...
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State says harsh conditions, not aging infrastructure, culprit in Cook Inlet...
Still from a 1965 Shell video of Cook Inlet pipeline installations. (courtesy Cook Inletkeeper) Everyone knew drilling for oil and gas in Cook Inlet wasn’t going to be easy. Listen now This is made...
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Pebble forms advisory committee to help with range of issues
Stock photo of work camp at the Pebble deposit. (KDLG Photo) The Pebble Partnership announced Thursday that is has officially formed a new advisory committee in an effort to expand its engagement with...
View ArticleRequest denied for additional restrictions on Cooper king salmon harvest
The Alaska Board of Fish has narrowly voted down a request for additional restrictions on commercial harvest of Copper River king salmon. At a meeting Thursday, the panel voted 4 to 3 against an...
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Interior nominee sees ‘clean slate’ on land in trust
Image from video of David Bernhardt’s U.S. Senate confirmation hearing. Tribes that want to place land in federal trust, giving them Indian Country jurisdiction, are still waiting to see how the Trump...
View ArticleNOAA looks to give up potentially mineral-rich Fairbanks property
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wants to relinquish a tract of potentially mineral-rich property north of Fairbanks. Listen now According to a Bureau of Land Management notice, the...
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Uber, Lyft could be back in Alaska by June
A screenshot of the Uber app on an iPhone taken in 2014. The state House and Senate have both passed bills that allow Transportation Network Companies to operate, which means controversial businesses...
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$50 million budget cut latest indicator of waning support for state gasline...
Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, and Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasill, listen to Alaska Gasline Development Corporation President Keith Meyer, aduring a Senate Finance meeting focusing oncorporation’s...
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State House, Senate call for each other to give ground, Walker hopes for...
Rep. Paul Seaton, left, R-Homer, Rep. Chris Tuck, D-Anchorage, Speaker Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham, and Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage, take turns speaking during the first day of the special...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, May 18, 2017
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49 Voices: James Hart of Haines
James Hart (right) with Tlingit and Haida Central Council president Richard Peterson (Photo courtesy of James Hart) This week we’re hearing from James Hart in Haines. Hart is a young tribal council...
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