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State seeks contractors to operate 5 Delta-area parks semi-closed due to...
State Parks and Outdoor Recreation Division officials last week cut back amenities at five Delta-area parks due to another round of budget cuts. (Alaska Department of Natural Resources) The state Parks...
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Free Tlingit workbook part of language revitalization
Richard Radford writes on a whiteboard during the Monday night Tlingit language learners workshop in the Juneau Public Library. (Photo by Carter Barrett/KTOO) This isn’t a class, and there is no...
View ArticleRemains of two people missing in Marmot Bay found and identified
The remains of the two people missing in Marmot Bay have been located. Listen now The Alaska State Troopers followed up on the incident from last Thursday where a fishing vessel, the Miss Destinee,...
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In Sitka: A mobile plant built to chill out the Bristol Bay fishery
Pat Glaab (r.), Ben Blakey, and Roger aboard their processor at Sitka’s Gary Paxton Industrial Park. Their staking around $2 million on the idea that fish buyers will pay a premium for Bristol Bay...
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Fatal December plane crash ruled a suicide
Mark Matter and his plane.(Courtesy of Dave Cannon) Last December, Mark and Cecilia Matter lost their lives when their red plane crashed into Marvel Dome, a snow-covered mountain near the family’s...
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Wrangell contract talks end, strike may resume
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...
View ArticleAlaska wildfires aren’t heating up this year
It’s been a slow wildfire season so far. As of July 6, just over 200,000 acres have burned from 273 different fires. Which, according to Tim Mowry, spokesman for the State Division of Forestry, puts...
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Summer SE Dungeness crab season shortened by three weeks
Dungeness crab. (NOAA photo) The summer season for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Southeast Alaska will be three weeks shorter than usual, closing on July 25th. Listen now The Alaska...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 6, 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 Remains of two...
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What enviros won by losing the pipeline battle
Attorney Jim Moorman and his dog, Ginger. He filed the lawsuit that forced the oil companies to design a better pipeline. The case also showed a brand new environmental law had teeth. In the late...
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Alaska Legislature has nothing to show for two weeks after budget
The Alaska Capitol Building in Juneau on June 6, 2017. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO) The Legislature’s special session hasn’t ended, two weeks since most state lawmakers left Juneau after passing the...
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The Senate’s Health Care Bill
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital in Fairbanks, Alaska (Wikimedia commons photo) The US Senate is taking a stab at replacing Obamacare. The newest healthcare reform bill reduces tax credits for buying health...
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AK: ANSEP students get an inside look on the world of sharks
Dr. Cheryl Wilga gives ANSEP students a presentation on shark myths (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) Last week, more than 50 students from the Alaska Native Science and...
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49 Voices: Merridy Littell of Anchorage
Merridy Littell of Anchorage (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) This week we’re hearing from Merridy Littell in Anchorage. Littell is nine years old and originally from Seattle....
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Black bear that attacked workers near Pogo Mine was behaving like a predator
The adult male black bear on June 19 attacked two workers conducting field work near the Pogo Mine, located in a remote spot in the upper Goodpaster River valley about 38 miles northeast of Delta...
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Fairbanks health care rally draws diverse crowd
North Pole city council member Santa Claus at a health care rally outside Senator Lisa Murkowski’s office Thursday evening. (Dan Bross / KUAC) Alaskans concerned about the effects of a US Senate health...
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Anchorage exhibit highlights ‘unseen’ exploits of combat medics
One of the photos featured in the Unseen exhibit by Joe Yelverton (Courtesy of Joe Yelverton) An exhibit opening Friday, July 7th, at an Anchorage art gallery takes a look at a reality most of us hope...
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New Anchorage power plant improves efficiency and reliability while...
Plant Superintendent Nat Lewis shows off one of Plant 2A’s new turbines. (Photo by Henry Leasia/ Alaska Public Media) Last year, Municipal Light & Power completed a $300 million overhaul of their...
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As Cape Greig walruses draw “flightseers,” pilots urge caution
A few of the couple thousand walrus hauled out at Cape Greig in 2016. They are back again this year. (KDLG photo) On a trip to southwest Alaska, some tourists are willing to pay hefty prices for the...
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Silver salmon buyer coming to Kuskokwim Bay
Silver salmon fills the bottom of a boat during a subsistence opening in August 2016 near Bethel. (Photo: Katie Basile / KYUK) It looks like there will be a commercial fishery for silver salmon on the...
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