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Chilkat weaver receives national folk art honor
This undated photo shows Anna Brown Ehlers, right, and her daughter wearing Chilkat blankets she’d woven. (Photo courtesy of Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie/National Endowment for the Arts) A 62-year-old Juneau...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Monday, June 26, 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 CBO sees peril in...
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CBO sees peril in Senate bill for uncrowded regions
Photo by Liz Ruskin The Congressional Budget Office has what amounts to a warning for “sparsely populated areas” in its analysis of the Senate’s draft health care reform bill. The CBO said while most...
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Anchorage seeks proposals for Transit Center overhaul
A People Mover bus. (Anne Hillman/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage is trying to figure out what’s next for the downtown Transit Center. The facility was a central hub for city buses, but problems with...
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Redington High School commemorates ‘father of the Iditarod’ with bronze statue
The statue titled “Joe Redington Senior on the Trail.” (Henry Leasia / Alaska Public Media) A new bronze sculpture of Iditarod co-founder Joe Redington Sr. was unveiled at Redington High School in Knik...
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As Uber arrives in Alaska, towns without taxis have new transportation option
Haines resident Alex Stock has signed up to drive for Uber. He’s waiting on a background check and vehicle inspection. (Photo by Emily Files/KHNS) In visits to the Lower 48, Alaskans may have caught a...
View ArticleNew treasure trove of Inupiat recordings being assessed for possible digital use
In Kotzebue, An aging trove of Inupiat photographs, books and recordings at risk of deteriorating are being assessed in the hope they can be digitized for future use. Aqqaluk Memorial Trust, a cultural...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, June 27, 2017
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Hughes leaves Senate majority over budget
Sen. Shelley Hughes, R-Anchorage, describes education legislation to the Senate Finance Committee in April. Hughes left the Senate majority caucus over the budget. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) For...
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Cancer patient to senators: Dump this bill
Steve Taylor confers with Rosalee Abbott outside Sen. Murkowski’s office. Abbott, also Alaskan, works for American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. (Photo by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media) U.S....
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Ask a Climatologist: Utqiagvik ends above normal temperature streak
Utqiagvik, Alaska (File photo by Steven Kazlowsk) Residents of Utqiagvik have experienced above normal temperatures for the last 17 months. But a cooler-than-normal June will end that streak. Brian...
View ArticleAssembly approves granting immunity to sex workers who aid police
On Tuesday night, the Anchorage Assembly approved a measure that gives immunity to sex workers who tell police when more serious crimes have occurred. Listen now When the ordinance was first introduced...
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Governor Walker signs law recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day in Alaska
Governor Walker in Utqiaġvik on June 24, 2017 after signing Indigenous Peoples Day into state law.(Courtesy of the Governor’s Office of Alaska) In Utqiaġvik over the weekend, Governor Bill Walker...
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Shareholders re-elect Sealaska board incumbents
Sealaska Plaza, the corporation’s headquarters. (KCAW Photo) The management slate won this year’s Sealaska board election. Three incumbents and a newcomer who ran with them beat out eight independent...
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Produce coming soon from Pilgrim Hot Springs farming project
Mountain view at Pilgrim Hot Springs. (Photo: Maddie Winchester, KNOM) Nome residents could soon be able to buy locally grown vegetables from Pilgrim Hot Springs at a market stand in town. Listen now...
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University of Alaska receives grant to address Native suicides in villages
University of Alaska Fairbanks (Creative Commons photo by Jimmy Emerson) University of Alaska researchers are planning new strategies to address suicide in Alaskan Native Communities. An over $4...
View ArticleContractor’s blunder causes outage to University of Alaska statewide network
The University of Alaska’s information technology infrastructure and many of its network systems suffered a prolonged, widespread outage Wednesday on at least two campuses — Fairbanks and Anchorage....
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, June 28, 2017
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Wave of addiction costs is hitting Alaska’s healthcare system
Discarded needles at the 4A’s syringe exchange in Anchorage (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) Like much of the country, Alaska is seeing a surge in opioid and heroin addiction....
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Unalaska is the nation’s eagle attack capital. Why?
A juvenile bald eagle goes for a stroll on Front Beach in Unalaska.(Berett Wilber/KUCB) Unalaska is the national hot spot for bald eagle attacks. Biologists and law enforcement officials agree: You’re...
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