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Walker, industry leader have separate concerns on oil, gas bill
Gov. Bill Walker voiced concerns about changes in the types of oil and gas companies that would benefit from state tax credits, under a bill the House Rules Committee unveiled Tuesday. Download Audio...
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Republicans converge on Fairbanks, with eyes for Cleveland
If Donald Trump doesn’t have the presidential nomination in the bag by July, the Republican National Convention could be the most exciting in decades. 28 Alaskans get to participate, and this week...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Apr. 27, 2016
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 Download Audio Walker,...
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Alaska cities brace for reduced state funding
Alaska’s larger cities could see a drop in state funding as Community Revenue Sharing is scaled down. Anchorage takes the biggest hit. Juneau could lose over a million dollars in the next few years....
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Hooligan make strong return to Chilkoot and Chilkat
The hooligan are back. After last year’s disappointing runs in the Chilkoot and Chilkat rivers, Haines and Klukwan subsistence fishermen are excited that this spring’s return has been abundant. Area...
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Federal Board closes caribou hunting to non-locals in the Northwest Arctic
In the Northwest Arctic, caribou hunting has been contentious for years. Alaska’s largest herd continues to decline, while tensions have emerged between rural subsistence users and outside hunters....
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Negotiators reach deal on excess power program earnings
House and Senate negotiators have reached agreement for use of any excess earnings from a fund set up to help rural areas faced with high electricity costs. Download Audio Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel,...
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Former Alaska Senator Gravel to speak at UAA
Former Alaska U.S. Senator Mike Gravel is in Alaska this week. The outspoken Democrat is known for being fiercely independent, famously reading the Pentagon papers on the floor of the Senate in 1971 at...
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Political intrigue at the Alaska Republican Convention
TOWNSEND: The state Republican Convention started this afternoon in Fairbanks. We sent APRN reporter Liz Ruskin to check it out. Liz, how’s it going there? Download Audio Party chair Peter Goldberg...
View ArticleHouse science committee grills McLerran on EPA’s effort to block Pebble
EPA Region 10 Administrator Dennis McLerran testified in front of a House oversight committee Thursday. It was McLerran who decided to move forward with a Clean Water Act 404c determination in the...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, Apr. 28, 2016
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 Download Audio Negotiators...
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State’s largest school district, 48K students to be led by an Alaskan–but which?
Dr. Deena Paramo, left, and Dr. Steve Atwater are the two finalists in ASD’s search for a new superintendent. Photos courtesy of ASD. The 48,000 students in the Anchorage School District could have a...
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AK: With the ‘Little a Triathlon’, a father grieves and gives
Teacups that will be used for gifts at the triathlon. Photo credit: Annie Feidt How do you begin to cope with the death of your child? J.T. Lindholm is answering that question, in part, by organizing a...
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49 Voices Jenna Holcomb of Anchorage
This week we’re hearing from Jenna Holcomb in Anchorage. Holcomb is a life-long Alaskan and works at the Brown Bag Sandwich Company. Jenna Holcomb of Anchorage (Photo by Zoe Sobel, KUCB – Unalaska)...
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Gearing up for Alaska’s wildfire season
Funny River fire rages in the Kenai Keys area of the Kenai Peninsula May 25, 2014 Fire season has already started. The mild winter and lack of snow in Southcentral Alaska has firefighters nervous about...
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Bethel prepares for first liquor store in 4 decades
Bethel’s first liquor store in over 40 years is set to open next week. AC Quickstop received the town’s first liquor license last fall after decades of restricted alcohol sales, and Walter Pickett, AC...
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Sitka drivers told: Hands off your cell phone
Alaska banned texting while driving in 2008. The maximum penalty for a first time offense is $10,000, the highest in the country. And in Sitka, the Assembly cracked down on the issue even further. On...
View ArticleTroopers investigate 2 caribou wanton waste cases
Alaska State Wildlife Troopers are investigating two cases of wanton waste of caribou in northwest Alaska. Troopers found multiple cow caribou killed and left to waste near the Kauk River. The say it’s...
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Board creates new regulations on retail marijuana consumption
The board tasked with regulating Alaska’s nascent marijuana industry has approved draft regulations for how customers will be allowed to consume pot they buy in certain retail stores on site. Marijuana...
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Sitka Tribe opens biotoxin lab to monitor PSP
With warming ocean temperatures, the risk for paralytic shellfish poisoning can linger all year round. And Alaska has only one FDA-certified laboratory to test shellfish. There are no labs to protect...
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