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North Pole Council urges water-system expansion to help Moose Creek deal with...
Groundwater contamination around Moose Creek is likely to have mainly been caused by chemical compounds from a type of firefighting foam used in years past on Eielson Air Force Base. The Air Force now...
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Stephen Wallace appointed as Bethel District Attorney
Bethel District Attorney Stephen Wallace. (Teresa Cotsirilos/KYUK) Stephen Wallace is Bethel’s new District Attorney, the town’s third DA in less than three years. The court has been operating without...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, July 19, 2017
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Alaska’s U.S. senators diverge on repeal, replace
GOP senators had a working lunch at the White House Wednesday. Photo: WhiteHouse.gov President Trump summoned Republican senators to the White House for lunch Wednesday, where he pressured them to pass...
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Fishermen on Yukon lose economic opportunity when buyer becomes overloaded,...
Subsistence fishers check their nets near Koyukuk on the Yukon River. (Alaska Department of Fish and Game) Fishermen are selling more salmon than the Yukon River’s only buyer can handle. On Monday,...
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State, municipalities face higher borrowing costs from falling credit ratings
Standard & Poor’s lowered Alaska’s credit rating this week. (Creative Commons photo by eflon) Alaska’s credit was downgraded by two rating agencies in the past week. The state had the highest...
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Eruptions can’t stop sealife from calling Bogoslof home
Marine mammals are hauled out on Bogoslof island on July 3, the day after an eruption. (Courtesy Paul Wade, NOAA Fisheries) Before Bogoslof volcano started erupting, it was a haven for endangered...
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Anchorage park receives $750,000 DOI grant
A blueprint for the Mulddon Town Square Park (Image courtesy of the Municipality of Anchorage) A new park in Anchorage has received $750,000. The federal grant is part of a nationwide program to...
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F/V Destination wreckage discovered
NOAA Ship Fairweather captured this sonar image of the F/V Destination, where it rests on the sea floor near St. George Island. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Wreckage from the F/V...
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Senator David Wilson says he’s not running for Lt. Governor, he filed by...
Sen. David Wilson, R-Wasilla, addresses his colleagues in the Senate on Friday, June 16, 2017. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO) On Wednesday, State Senator David Wilson filed a letter of intent to run for...
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Oprah’s short visit to Sitka and lasting impact on fans
Oprah Winfrey disembarked the Eurodam in Sitka today, flying out on her private jet shortly after. Also aboard the 7-day Holland America Cruise is longtime friend and television personality Gayle King...
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State reverses decision, disallows Yukon king commercial sales
Yukon king salmon. (Alaska Department of Fish and Game) The state has reversed its decision to allow Yukon River fishermen to sell king salmon. Listen now The Alaska Department of Fish and Game...
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King Cove Road bill passes U.S. House
King Cove. (Photo: Aleutians East Borough) The U.S. House on Thursday passed a bill that would allow a road between King Cove and Cold Bay. If it becomes law, it could end a decades-long quest for...
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Trump picks Alaskan for Interior Department post
Joe Balash in Juneau in 2014. (Photo by Skip Gray/Gavel Alaska) President Trump has chosen a former commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources for a top position at the Interior...
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Initiative to regulate bathrooms likely to appear on Anchorage ballot
“I Voted” stickers at a polling place in the State Office Building in 2016. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO) A controversial new rule on sex, gender, and bathrooms looks likely to go before Anchorage...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 20, 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 King Cove Road bill...
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Federal scientist says Arctic climate work cost him position
Joel Clement, from his LinkedIn profile. A former policy adviser at the Interior Department said the Trump Administration has retaliated against him for warning about the dangers of climate change to...
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Kenai assembly member charged with DUI after early morning four-wheeler ride
Assembly member Jill Schaefer of Kenai faces charges of driving while intoxicate and refusing breath tests following an incident involving a 4-wheeler early Monday morning. (Courtesy of the Kenai...
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49 Voices: Jim Thiele of Anchorage
Workers maneuver joints into place to hold up the trans-Alaska Pipeline. (photo courtesy of Diane Schenker) This week we’re hearing from Jim Thiele in Anchorage. Thiele moved to Alaska in 1974 after...
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Bans on game harvest techniques currently under review
Black bear. (Alaska Department of Fish and Game) The Trump administration has directed the National Park Service in Alaska and the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge to reconsider bans on certain state...
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