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Kings remain low on Kuskokwim; chum and reds running strong
Salmon caught during the June 24, 2017 gillnet opening on the Kuskokwim. (Teresa Cotsirilos / KYUK Public Media) Anyone hoping to hear good news about the king salmon run on the Kuskokwim is going to...
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Report: Senate health reform cuts $3.1b from Alaska’s Medicaid
Protestors at the U.S. Capitol in May. Photo by Liz Ruskin. A new state-commissioned analysis of the U.S. Senate health care bill said it would lower Medicaid payments to the Alaska by $3.1 billion...
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Interior starts process for new offshore leasing plan
Shell’s Polar Pioneer leaving Dutch Harbor in 2015. (Photo by John Ryan, KUCB – Unalaska) The Trump administration announced an initial step toward a new offshore leasing plan that could mean new...
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Senate to return to Juneau on July 10 to focus on oil and gas tax credits
Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in April. She would like to see the end of oil and gas tax credits for which companies receive cash payments. (Photo by...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, June 29, 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 Interior starts...
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Alaska’s largest needle exchange is rushing to keep up with demand
Volunteer Zane Davis restocking alcohol swabs and other supplies at the Alaska AIDS Assistance Association’s Anchorage office (Zachariah Hughes – Alaska Public Media). There is an abundance of...
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Alaskan Independence
“Alaska’s flag, may it mean to you,” goes the Alaska Flag Song. Well, that raises a question. Beyond the blue and the gold, just what does it mean to you to be an Alaskan? That’s the subject on the...
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Wrangell contract talks resume, strikers return to work
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers representative Julius Matthew walked the picket line with Wrangell municipal workers Lorne Cook, Dwight Yancey and Andrew Scambler before the strike...
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AK: Ketchikan Arts Council hosts summertime story slams
Spice was judged the winner of a recent Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council Story Slam at the Arctic Bar. She won temporary custody of a rubber chicken. (KRBD photo by Leila Kheiry) On a recent...
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Longliners say killer whales stealing fish more persistent than ever
Killer whales (Creative Commons photo by Chis Michel) The battle between killer whales and longline fishermen has been going on for decades in the Bering Sea. Pods of whales will follow boats and pick...
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Katmai bear cam is back for its sixth year
Bears nicknamed Grazer and Beadnose face off near Brooks Falls on June 26, 2017.(Credit explore.org) The Katmai bear cam went live last week. This is the sixth year that live footage from popular bear...
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No joke: A bear walks into a Lemon Creek liquor store
A bear likely was just following its nose when it walked into a Lemon Creek business on Friday. Listen now Bob Dilley is a community service officer supervisor with Juneau Police Department. He said a...
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University of Alaska Southeast tightens belt, gets creative after budget cuts
The University of Alaska Board of Regents met in Anchorage for an executive session in September 2014. (Photo by Josh Edge, APRN) The University of Alaska’s Board of Regents unanimously agreed on a...
View ArticleAn Interior wildfire sparks back up
A wildfire north of Delta Junction has reignited. The more than 8 thousand acre South Fork Salcha Fire was started by lightning earlier this month in a remote area about 70 miles southeast of...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, June 30, 2017
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49 Voices: Adam Foutch of Anchorage
Adam Foutch of Anchorage. (Wesley Early / Alaska Public Media) This week we’re hearing from Adam Foutch, who lives in Anchorage. Listen now FOUTCH: My family moved up here when I was like 6 months old,...
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Shareholder unrest shapes Shee Atiká meeting
A movement to vote in independent directors and remove CEO/President Ken Cameron is gathering steam online and on the ground. Shareholders made protest signs in advance of the annual meeting last...
View ArticleSullivan asks to nix August recess
Congress is now on recess until July 9 in honor of Independence Day but some members are looking ahead and asking to cancel their August break. Listen now Alaska’s Dan Sullivan is among a group of 10...
View ArticleYoung drives King Cove road through committee
A new bill to create a road for King Cove is advancing in the U.S. House. Like many before it, this bill would authorize a land trade to acquire an 11-mile corridor through the Izembek National...
View ArticleMotives of armed Northway suspect unclear after fatal police shooting
There was a funeral service in the village of Northway on Friday for a man shot by police in Fairbanks earlier this month. 21-year-old Mathew Colton Stover of Northway died in a confrontation with FPD...
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