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White House’s election fraud commission suspends request for Alaska voter...
Secrecy folders for ballots and “I Voted” stickers at a polling place in the State Office Building for early and absentee voting, Aug. 15, 2016. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO) Alaska will not be...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, July 11, 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 Feds agree to shore...
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Sport fishermen frustrated by king salmon management amidst banner sockeye run
(Allison Mollenkamp / KDLG) The Nushagak River is having a near record return of sockeye salmon. Normally, the river is more famous for the strength of its king return, where many other Alaska rivers...
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Wrangell, workers reach new contract agreement
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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Assembly covers Sullivan Arena deficit, supports on-site consumption
The Anchorage Assembly chambers at the Z. J. Loussac Public Library in Anchorage. (Staff photo) Anchorage is scrambling to cover hefty financial loses at the Sullivan Arena that are only expected to...
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Cleanup under way at sites along old pipeline that fueled Interior bases
The cleanup contractor at the Timber Pump Station, about 10 miles north of Delta Junction, has begun excavating contaminated soil at the north end of the site where the old burn pit was located. (Tim...
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Bethel native works to program a “Yup’ik Siri”
(Photo courtesy of Christopher Liu) YK Delta communities are keeping Yup’ik alive through immersion schools, bilingual media, teacher training programs, and speaking the language at home. And now,...
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Lawsuit against ADN owner goes before judge
A copy of the napkin signed by Rogoff, courtesy of Tony Hopfinger. A Superior Court judge heard arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit against the owner of Alaska’s largest newspaper. Listen now Alaska...
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ADN reports large salaries, small workload for state fisheries commission
Lamprey harvested around Grayling in 2015. (Photo by Kwikpak Fisheries) Two state commissioners are making big money even though they don’t have much work left to do. That’s the story recently reported...
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Far apart politically and geographically, lawmakers talk oil and gas taxes
Rep. David Talerico, R-Anchorage, Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, and Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, listen to Democratic lawmakers in Anchorage. The two sides don’t agree on reducing the ability of oil...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, July 12, 2017
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Senators seethe at IHS blunders
Michael Weahkee, a Public Health Service offers, is the acting head of the IHS. He was on the hot seat at a Senate hearing Wednesday. (Image from hearing video on Senate.gov) President Trump proposes...
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Working around the clock to make sure the Trans Alaska Pipeline holds water
A group of 798 pipeliners welds a section of the Trans Alaska Pipeline. (Photo courtesy of Diane Schenker) Robert Grove had spent three years living in a cabin he built in Talkeetna when he decided to...
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Anchorage officials look into connections between drug addiction and property...
Prescribing of oxycodone and other opioid pain pills rose sharply after 2000.(Photo by John Moore, Getty Images) Officials in Anchorage want to know if drug addiction is driving a rise in property...
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Recalled Anchorage teacher relieved to be back in the classroom
Shoshana Keegan (left) and Rosalind Worcester (right), both teachers in Bowman Elementary School’s 1st/2nd grade optional program, dress up for a school spirit day. (Courtesy Rosalind Worcester) Last...
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Facing global gas glut, ConocoPhillips to mothball Kenai LNG plant
The Feb. 2, 2008 file photo shows the ConocoPhillips LNG facility in Nikiski. The company plans to mothball the facility in the fall of 2017. (Photo courtesy of the Peninsula Clarion) Last year,...
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Klukwan’s Hotch will attend National Medal awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Lani Hotch with her Berners Bay weaving in the Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Heritage Center in Klukwan. (Emily Files) The Alaska State Museums are set to receive the National Medal for Museum and Library...
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Fast times and fat wallets – how Alaska got its pipeline
The trans-Alaska pipeline was the largest privately-funded construction project in the world, built across the biggest U.S. state and faced with unprecedented natural obstacles. It came with an $8...
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Legislature’s capital budget impasse could delay Haines Highway project
Haines residents look at a map of the Haines Highway at a project information meeting in 2015. (Jillian Rogers) A major Haines infrastructure project that is years in the making may have to wait a...
View ArticleWashington man admits he scammed millions out of Dillingham victims
On Wednesday, Floyd Jay Mann, 55, from Puyallup, WA, pleaded guilty to all counts against him in the case of a massive scam of money out of more than a dozen people, mostly from Dillingham. Listen now...
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