Anchorage aims to ease fee on ‘cottage food’ industry
It might soon get a little easier for people selling things like baked goods, jams, jellies and fermented food in Anchorage. Listen now The municipal health department is proposing a lower fee for...
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Ask a Climatologist: The early arrival of ‘peak summer’ in Alaska
(Graphic courtesy of Brian Brettschneider) Alaskans may not have very warm temperatures to look forward to each summer, but the interior part of the state hits peak summer earlier than almost anywhere...
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Navy to scan Kodiak waters for WWII explosives
In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, returning home from his 15-day tour of the Pacific during which he conferred with Pacific force leaders in Hawaii and visited...
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Cape Greig walrus are back, ADF&G plans changed fishery boundary again
A few of the couple thousand walrus hauled out at Cape Grieg north of Ugashik Bay in June 2016. ADF&G and USFWS says the walrus are back this year, but have not said yet how many. (KDLG photo) Last...
View ArticleViolent streak in Fairbanks draws concern from officials
A recent spate of violence in Fairbanks is drawing concern from local officials. Listen now ”Almost every day there’s some high-profile crime incident that’s happening,” Fairbanks city council member...
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3 things for Alaskans to know about Trump’s budget
OMB Director Mick Mulvaney. Photo: Whitehouse.gov President Trump is proposing to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. That’s one detail from the budget the White House delivered...
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For the sake of the herring egg harvest, Sitka Tribe calls for smaller fishery
From the air, ADF&G measured 63 miles of cumulative spawn in Sitka. Two years ago, ADF&G measured 84 miles. (Photo by Emily Kwong) At a potluck in April, organized by Sitka Tribe of Alaska, the...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, May 23, 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 3 things for...
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JPD sends Capitol slap case to Office of Special Prosecutions
Sen. David Wilson, R-Wasilla, during a Senate Floor Session on Feb. 6, 2017. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) The Office of Special Prosecutions now has the case in which a state senator is accused of...
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Conservation groups aim to build climate change resiliency in the classroom
Utqiagvik, Alaska (File photo by Steven Kazlowsk) A handful of research and conservation groups received a grant this month that will fund a program aimed at engaging students in western and northern...
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Human leg pulled from Gastineau Channel, owner unknown
The Gastineau Channel (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO) A human leg and boot were pulled out of Gastineau Channel near Sandy Beach on Monday afternoon, according to a Juneau Police Department news...
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Sea lion feeding hot spots have reliable, not necessarily abundant, food
Reliable food sources are more important to Steller sea lions than abundant prey. (Vladimir Burkanov/NOAA) New research could help wildlife managers better protect declining Steller sea lion...
View ArticleHe’s back: Former Gov. Murkowski pitches Alaska-Canada rail link (again)
Frank Murkowski is again pitching a rail link between Canada and Alaska, an old idea the former senator and governor worked on when he was in office. Listen now Now Murkowski is back, as a special...
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The Bard of Mooselandia: a wordsmithing wildlife worker
(A sizable bull moose resting on the land. Photo by Hagerty Ryan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) A small group of state wildlife managers have the unusual job of alerting the public whenever there is...
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Some Homer City Coucil members weigh recall case appeal
(Shahla Farzan / KBBI) An Anchorage Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday against three Homer City Council members seeking to halt a recall election next month. Council members Donna Aderhold, David Lewis...
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A conversation about death over cake and coffee
Topic cards to spark the conversation were on each table at Sunday’s Death Cafe. (KRBD photo by Leila Kheiry) Two Ketchikan women are trying to make a difficult topic a little easier for people to talk...
View ArticleShould the U.S. enter conflict with North Korea, Alaska at center of response
Alaska will be at the center of the response if the U.S. gets into a conflict with North Korea. That’s according to Alaska’s senior military officer: Lieutenant General Kenneth Wilsbach. Listen now...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, May 24, 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 After a week of...
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NTSB investigating helicopter crash on Herbert Glacier
A May 22 crash involved an Airbus AStar 350 similar to this one flown by Coastal Helicopters of Juneau. (File photo by Jacob Resneck) The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating how and...
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No legislative action on special session’s seventh day
There was no legislative action on the seventh day of the special session. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media) There were no committee meetings and only technical floor sessions...
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