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‘Nones’ in Juneau changing religious landscape
Grass grows in a planter off a window of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in downtown Juneau on July 15, 2017. The Catholic Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is in the...
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Troopers shoot bear after it kills, eats a dog in a Sitka neighborhood
A brown bear strolls through a Sitka neighborhood in July, 2014. (Facebook photo/Sitka Bear Report) Wildlife troopers in Sitka shot and killed a brown bear Friday afternoon after it killed and...
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BP leak investigation led to shutdown of 5 more wells
Image taken on April 18, 2017, showing the area of light crude spray near BP’s well. (Photo by Jade Gamble, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation) BP was forced to shut down five at-risk...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Monday, July 17, 2017
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Walker says future special sessions depend on progress
Gov. Bill Walker speaks at a press availability in Anchorage on Monday. He said he won’t call lawmakers back to Juneau unless they make progress. (Photo by Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Gov. Bill...
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Why wildlife cops spent over a year investigating a hunting spree across...
Alaska Wildlife Trooper Jake Abbott stands in front of the Alaska State Trooper post in Juneau on Saturday. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO) It’s hard to get ahold of Trooper Jake Abbott during the...
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Big harvest and a buck a pound, Bristol Bay’s 2017 should be huge
Harvey Nick, 19, and Cuk-Ayak Olick, 20, two Bristol Bay set-netters from Kwethluk, were enjoying another big harvest day near Dillingham late last week. (Photo courtesy of Mike Davis) The Bristol Bay...
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Yukon kings arriving in early blast; Kuskokwim kings arriving in late trickle
King salmon, red salmon, and chum salmon. (Photo: Shane Iverson / KYUK) The Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers are having opposite experiences with king salmon this season. Listen now The Kuskokwim kings...
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Pink salmon season forecast looks positive
Pink salmon splashes through shallows. (K. Sowl / Alaska Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife) It looks like numbers at this early point in the pink salmon season are settling back into a normal pattern for...
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Middle school students prepare for lift off at UAA’s Summer Rocketry Academy
Two rocketry academy students chase down their rocket as it descends. (Henry Leasia / Alaska Public Media) Fourth of July celebrations may be over, but that doesn’t mean people have stopped firing...
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Despite uncertainty, Sitka Hospital maps out a future
In order to survive, Sitka Community Hospital needs to overhaul how it does business. That was the message of an outside consultant to the Sitka Assembly Thursday night (7-13-17). (Emily Kwong/KCAW )...
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On-site consumption back on the table for Alaska pot businesses
A battery-powered oil rig, seen here at a 2015 cannabis job fair in Anchorage, heats small amount of concentrated cannabis product to the point of combustion. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes – Alaska Public...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, July 18, 2017
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Repeal without replace? Murkowski tweets ‘no’
Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Photo by Liz Ruskin. When the Republican health care reform bill collapsed Monday night, President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell switched to a “repeal and delay”...
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With budget, US House inches toward ANWR
The U.S. House unveiled a budget that could lead to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Image by USGS) A budget blueprint in the U.S. House is reviving hopes for Alaskans who want to see...
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Judge orders Anchorage to pay ex-cops $2.7M after city loses racial...
The Anchorage Police Department Building (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) A judge has increased the penalty the Municipality of Anchorage will pay two former Anchorage police...
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Motor fuel tax stalls in a year of few bills
Richard Carrillo gases up his suburban in July 2016 in Juneau. Lawmakers decided against passing a bill this year that would triple the motor fuel tax. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO) In a year when...
View ArticleSafeway to pay feds $3M after Wasilla pharmacy lost thousands of pain pills
The supermarket chain Safeway Inc. has agreed to pay $3 million dollars in a settlement that involves missing pain medication from a pharmacy in Wasilla. Listen now A settlement agreement signed...
View ArticleSenator David Wilson files for lieutenant governor race
A second Mat-Su Valley Republican senator has filed for statewide office on Wednesday. Listen now Senator David Wilson of Wasilla has filed a letter of intent to run for Lieutenant Governor in the 2018...
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Alaska Airlines might reduce flights to Bethel this winter
Passengers traveling in and out of Bethel can expect changes to the daily Anchorage flight schedule this year. The airlines plans to announce the new schedules soon. (Katie Basile / KYUK) Alaska...
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