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Alaska Marine Highway will drop price for Taku ferry once again
The Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Taku was tied up in 2015. It’s been for sale, but so far no one has submitted a bid. (Creative Commons photo by Ted McGrath) The price is dropping for the state...
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Flags at half-staff for former Alaska attorney general
Former AK Attorney General Grace Schaible in an interview at KUAC in Fairbanks. (Credit KUAC) Flags are at half-staff in honor of former Alaska attorney general and lifelong University of Alaska...
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Tax would require low- to middle-income residents to pay higher share
The House Finance Committee turned its attention Monday to a tax that Gov. Bill Walker included in the compromise package he proposed a week ago. The tax has been called a few different names,...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly Mon. 6/12/17
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 Tax debate in...
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Military ramps up spending ahead of Eielson fighter jet squadrons
The Army Corps of Engineers last week awarded two more contracts worth more than $55 million last week for construction of facilities to accommodate the two squadrons of F-35As that will coming to...
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UAA athletic director leaving program, heading to Midwest
Outgoing UAA Athletic Director Keith Hackett addresses the media for the first time on Sept. 20, 2013. (Photo by Josh Edge, APRN – Anchorage) The head of the University of Alaska Anchorage’s athletic...
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Murkowski and Sullivan recommend federal judge nominees to President Trump
Alaska may soon have a new federal judge. There are only three full-time U.S. District Court judge positions in Alaska, and one of them has been vacant for nearly a year and a half. Listen now U.S....
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Pebble Partnership contracts with ASRC Energy Services
The Pebble Partnership has contracted with ASRC Energy services. The Pebble Partnership announced today a new contract with a subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation. ASRC Energy Services (AES)...
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No hearing for Senate health bill and, says Murkowski, no sighting, either
Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks to reporters at the Capitol. File photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she’s not happy with the fast-track process the Senate Majority leader is...
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What’s the feds’ cannabis enforcement policy? ‘Confusing’
Cannabis plant (Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Whether the Trump administration will enforce the federal ban on marijuana in Alaska remains ambiguous. Sen. Lisa Murkowski asked Deputy...
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Former lawmakers join Senator Wielechowski to challenge Governor Walker’s PFD...
Former Republican Senator Clem Tillion. (Credit: Alaska State Legislature) While the Legislature considers making changes to how Alaska Permanent Fund earnings are spent, a pair of former lawmakers are...
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Ask a Climatologist: Alaska’s hottest temp ever matches Hawaii’s
Fairbanks hit 90 degrees last week for the first time in four years. The heat was very localized to the Tanana and Yukon river valleys. Graphic courtesy of Brian Brettschneider Listen now We asked...
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Naknek’s Fishy Fabrications takes on skiff building this spring
George Wilson puts the finishing touches on the second skiff Fishy Fabrications has built this spring. (KDLG) Bristol Bay has a big fishery but not a big marine services industry, beyond the seasonal...
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Propeller problems postpone ferry Columbia’s return
The largest vessel in the Alaska Marine Highway fleet will be late to return to service this summer. Listen now The state ferry Columbia (KFSK Ffle photo) The 418-foot ferry Columbia was due to return...
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Fiber broadband coming to Nome by year’s end, Quintillion says
In order to stay on schedule, Kristina Woolston, Quintillion’s Vice President of External Relations, says they will have three vessels in Alaskan waters this summer to install 40 more miles of fiber,...
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State House votes to restore full dividend check
The Alaska House voted to restore Permanent Fund dividends to the full projected amount of roughly $2,200 dollars this fall. The Alaska state capitol building in Juneau. (Public Domain photo) Listen...
View ArticleCharges: Treasurer for Alaska movie industry union stole nearly $200K
The former treasurer of an entertainment industry union that raked in money during Alaska’s film-making boom is charged with stealing nearly $200,000 from the union. Listen now Anchorage resident Ann...
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Homer’s recall remains in limbo until vote certification
The votes are all in for Homer’s recall election of three liberal city council members. But the results are not yet clear. The politically divided town will remain in limbo until absentee votes are...
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‘Woman with small shovel’ finds a clue to Sitka’s paleo past
A sewer replacement project in Sitka has turned up more evidence that one of Alaska’s oldest cities has been inhabited for a long, long time. Nancy Yaw Davis grew up on this corner while her father, W....
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Dispute looms over Anchorage parking meter policy
A parking lot in downtown Anchorage between 6th and 7th avenues on H Street. (Staff photo) There’s a battle brewing in Anchorage over parking. It centers on a new plan to start charging at parking...
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