Video: To recruit for cleanup, Unalaska kids rap, dance to ‘Paper Planes’
In a new public service spot out of Unalaska, fourth graders from Eagle’s View Elementary School sing and dance to the tune of rapper M.I.A’s “Paper Planes.” Unlike M.I.A., whose lyrics are about...
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Juneau PD: Intoxicated driver rams Governor’s Mansion
Juneau police arrested a man late Thursday night for driving while intoxicated after finding him and a dog in a vehicle stuck in construction fencing at the Capitol. Download Audio The Alaska...
View ArticleIditarod Committee: Beals will not compete in 2017 race following domestic...
The Iditarod Trail Committee Board released a statement today regarding rules related to musher conduct. Recent reports of domestic violence charges against musher Travis Beals have prompted Iditarod...
View ArticleDrug enforcement discussed at Mat-Su public hearing
Few people turned out to testify at a public hearing on the Matanuska Susitna Borough budget in Wasilla Thursday night, but those who did outlined a disturbing trend. Download Audio Wasilla mayor Bert...
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Ice jam on the Yukon releases
An ice jam on the Yukon River below Eagle has released. National Weather Service hydrologist Ed Plumb said the jam in place since Tuesday, broke up early this morning. Download Audio Ice fog on the...
View ArticleVideo: Transforming Adults Only: A Neighborhood Interaction
Anchorage is saying adieu to the building that housed the last self-described sex business in Anchorage, and it’s going out with quite a bang. Throughout April, the Light Brigade and friends teamed up...
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Republicans in Fairbanks vie to be national delegates
A few hundreds Republicans are gathered in Fairbanks today for the state party convention. APRN’s Liz Ruskin is reporting from there. Download Audio Paul Dawson of Craig wears his colors at the Alaska...
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Impending crime bill looms as Legislature moves to temporary building
The Legislature didn’t do much work Friday, as lawmakers moved into their temporary digs in the Bob Ray Center while the Capitol is under construction. Sen. John Coghill, the primary sponsor for SB 91,...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, Apr. 29, 2016
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 Download Audio Impending crime...
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Alaska GOP names Babcock party chair
Tuckerman Babcock, of Soldotna, is the new chairman of the Alaska Republican Party. Tuckerman Babcock, a long-time Republican strategist and former aide to Gov. Wally Hickel, is the new chairman of the...
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Fog delays Bethel liquor store opening
The Bethel AC Quickstop. (Photo by Dean Swope, KYUK – Bethel) Weather conditions have delayed the opening of Bethel’s liquor store. Fog prevented Walter Pickett, AC general manager, from landing in...
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Alaska floats rules for pot use at certain shops
Cannabis Plant. (Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) The board tasked with regulating Alaska’s nascent marijuana industry has approved draft regulations for how customers will be allowed to...
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Hiker dies after fall in Denali National Park
Seachers discovered the remains of Michael Purdy, 24, near Savage River Loop Trail in Denali National Park. (Photo via NPS press release) A hiker died last week in Denali National Park. Searchers...
View ArticleAlakanuk man arrested after hitting brother-in-law with ax
A man from the Western Alaska village of Alakanuk is in custody after striking his brother-in-law in the head with an ax. Troopers say 25-year-old Simon Kokrine and the unnamed victim, also age 25 of...
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Ferry fares rise for third time in a year
The ferry Taku sails into the Wrangell Narrows on its way south in 2013. (Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News) Beginning in May, it will cost 14 percent more to take the ferry to and from the Lower 48. The...
View ArticleJury selection starts in Kangas murder trial
Dowload Audio Jury selection began Monday in Fairbanks for the trial of a Tanana man charged with killing two Alaska State Troopers. Nathaniel Kangas, 22, is charged with the May 1, 2014 murders of...
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Legislature makes slow progress on criminal sentencing overhaul
The Terry Miller Legislative Office Building, April 20, 2016; the temporary location for the Alaska House and Senate for the 2016 extended legislative session. Download Audio Lawmakers found they had...
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New GOP chairman calls for unity, but party fault lines still show
Tuckerman Babcock was elected chairman of the Alaska Republican Party (Photo: Josh Walton) Download Audio The Alaska Republican Party has a new chairman: Tuckerman Babcock, of Soldotna. While...
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GOP supports mandatory drug-testing for welfare applicants
Photo illustration via Pixabay The Alaska Republican Party wants to require drug testing for welfare recipients. That’s one of the new planks it added to the party platform at its convention in...
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‘Most Likely to Succeed’ author encourages education innovation
Ted Dintersmith. (Photo courtesy of Most Likely to Succeed) Download Audio An advocate for a revolution in education has been touring the nation and recently spent eight days visiting Alaska schools....
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