Wildfire season living longer than usual due to hot dry weather
Hot, dry weather over the northern Interior is keeping wildfire season alive longer than normal. Alaska Fire Service spokesman Sam Harrel said the activity continues at a time when the region usually...
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Interest in kelp farming drives state tideland applications
(Creative commons photo) The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is beginning to work through tideland lease applications for the mariculture industry. Current and potentially new farmers are...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, July 21, 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 Bill rider holds GE...
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Bill rider holds GE salmon at bay
This GE fish, branded AquAdvantage, is designed to grow faster in fish farms. (Photo by AquaBounty Technologies) Federal regulators have already approved a genetically engineered salmon for human...
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AK: Juneau cops and homeless strike common ground at the bowling alley
Wayne Fu Smallwood bowls at Taku Lanes on Saturday. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO) Two Saturdays ago, it was the Street versus the Beat at the Taku Lanes bowling alley. Both teams celebrate strikes...
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Underwater camera keeps an eye on Atka mackerel
Atka Mackerel (Wikimedia photo by Andrewwarm) Counting Atka mackerel became really important, according to National Marine Fisheries Service Biologist Suzanne McDermott, when Steller sea lions were...
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The future of the Alaska VA Healthcare system
The Veterans’ Wall of Honor in Wasilla. Photo: Veterans’ Wall of Honor website. Disability claims for veterans can take up to five years to process. Why? The VA has been plagued with problems for...
View ArticleStrong winds sweep through Interior
High winds swept across the Interior late yesterday, causing downed trees and numerous power outages. Golden Valley Electric Association crews worked overnight to make repairs affecting hundreds of...
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Personal use king crab fishery in Juneau area to open for 5 days
Red king crab (Photo via Alaska Department of Fish & Game) It’s been six years since it was legal to haul a pot full of red or blue king crab up out of Juneau area waters and take them home for a...
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‘Mayor’ Stubbs the Cat passes away at 20
Stubbs, often referred to as the “Mayor of Talkeetna.” Stubbs passed away late last week. (Photo courtesy of the Spone Family.) Stubbs the cat passed away in the overnight hours between Thursday and...
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Washington man pleads not guilty to murder, theft in Ketchikan doctor’s death
Jordan Joplin leaves the courtroom in the Ketchikan State Building after he pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree murder. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD) A 32-year-old Washington state man...
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Behind the scenes of Wild Alaska Live
The BBC and PBS are teaming up on a special series of live, prime-time nature programs showcasing Alaska’s wildlife to tens of millions of people around the world. The first Wild Alaska Live show...
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2 Haines food entrepreneurs are finalists in Southeast business contest
Two Haines entrepreneurs are finalists in a regional business competition. The Path to Prosperity program offers support to small businesses and startups in Southeast Alaska. The contest is a...
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Marine debris won’t stop, but neither will those cleaning it up
Marine debris neatly organized before it’s rebagged and weighed. (Photo by Aaron Bolton / KBBI News) Millions of pounds of plastic debris washes up on the Gulf of Alaska’s remote shores each year. It...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Monday, July 24, 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 Lawmakers to meet...
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Capital budget compromise unlikely to restore PFDs, address oil and gas tax...
Alaskans wait in line to file their Permanent Fund dividend applications in downtown Anchorage in March 2016. (Photo: Rachel Waldholz, APRN) The Legislature will return to Juneau on Thursday to vote on...
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Reassigned climate official worries “nobody home” on village relocation
Joel Clement thinks his job reassignment was retaliation. (Photo courtesy of Joel Clement) In June, the Washington Post reported that dozens of senior officials in the Department of the Interior would...
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Coast Guard works together with mariners on Kodiak rescue
Captain with crewman in water in the process of helping man onto vessel. (Screencap from video by Air Station Kodiak) A Good Samaritan vessel and a Coast Guard aircrew rescued four fishermen in Kodiak...
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Slow gas deal causing problems for Interior Energy Project
IEP logo (Credit Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority) Slow progress securing a sufficient natural gas supply is causing problems for the Interior Energy Project. A gas contract is key to...
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UAA celebrates 10 years of bringing writers together during summer reading...
David Stevenson, director of the Department of Creative Writing & Literary Arts. (Philip Hall/University of Alaska Anchorage) On a recent evening, Joann Beard addressed a crowd of avid readers and...
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