Controversial Anchorage bathroom bill will go on April ballot
Anchorage voters will decide next spring how public bathrooms are going to be regulated. According to the municipal clerk’s office, a citizens’ initiative has gathered enough signatures from supporters...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 27, 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 Alaskans weigh-in...
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Fish Creek opens for dipnetting, drawing crowds
Dozens of fishermen dip their nets along the banks of Fish Creek. (Henry Leasia / Alaska Public Media) Near Wasilla today, hundreds of salmon set to spawn in Fish Creek swam a gauntlet of dipnets after...
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Legislature passes capital budget in one-day special session
Rep. Neil Foster, D-Nome, and Rep. Chris Tuck, D-Anchorage, talk before the vote on the capital budget on Thursday. The House voted for the budget, 27-13. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO) The Alaska...
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49 Voices: Casey Ketchum of Anchorage
Casey Ketchum of Anchorage (Photo courtesy of Casey Ketchum) This week we’re hearing from Casey Ketchum in Anchorage. Ketchum is the head cook at City Diner. This weekend he’ll defend his 1st place...
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AK: Russian adventurers look to retrace Alaska route of past countrymen
The Russian team and the Dillingham residents who helped to place the monument at Nushagak pose with the American, Russian, and Alaskan flags. (Photo by Allison Mollenkamp, KDLG – Dilingham) This...
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Pilot recovered from wreckage of Regal Air Cessna 206 north of Lake Clark
Wreckage of Regal Air Cessna 206 that crashed Wednesday north of Lake Clark, killing pilot Joel Black from Ohio. (NPS photo) The body of a pilot was recovered Thursday night after his plane crashed...
View ArticleReview finds Fairbanks officers justified in May shooting
A state review concludes that Fairbanks Police officers were justified in fatally shooting a local man in May. Results of the Office of Special Prosecutions investigation released on Thursday say the...
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After a rocky start, Unalaska’s subsistence salmon run hits target escapement
So far more than 11,000 sockeye have passed through Unalaska’s McLees Lake weir. (KUCB) While Unalaska’s biggest subsistence salmon run got off to a slow start this season, it’s now at a sustainable...
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State OSHA investigation targets Silver Bay Seafoods in Naknek
Silver Bay Seafoods (KDLG photo) A state OSHA investigator is looking into claims of workplace health and safety issues at the Silver Bay Seafoods processing plant in Naknek. While many of Bristol...
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Caterpillars spike around lakes and rivers near Aleknagik and Dillingham for...
Noctuid caterpillars munch on plants in Wood-Tikchik State Park. (Photo courtesy Daniel Schindler/University of Washington) Visitors to Wood-Tikchick State Park were greeted by an unusual sight this...
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Competition for airspace between drones and eagles intensifies in Unalaska
A bald eagle takes off near Unalaska Bay.(Berett Wilber/KUCB) Before sending a $6,000 drone to record aerial footage in Unalaska, Emmett Fitch warned the pilot he might want to reconsider one thing....
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Murkowski’s healthcare vote causes a stir in Washington and Alaska
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks with reporters following her annual address to the Alaska Legislature on Feb. 22, 2017. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) The Alaska Dispatch News is reporting that the...
View Article$5 million in capital budget designated for UA renovations and repairs
$5 million is included in the capital budget for the state’s university system to spend on major building renovations and repairs. Listen now The Legislature passed its capital budget Thursday and it’s...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, July 28, 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 New capital budget...
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New capital budget is much lower than previous budgets
A conceptual rendering of the Knik Arm Bridge. Construction industry advocates support the project, but Gov. Bill Walker hasn’t pursued it. (Image courtesy Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority) State...
View ArticleNSSP plant in Nome violated processing discharge permit, agreement reached...
Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation (NSEDC) will pay $51,050 in penalties after reaching an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Listen now According to a Wednesday...
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Murkowski in Sitka hours after critical health care vote
Sen. Lisa Murkowski flew to Sitka hours after casting a deciding vote on health care repeal legislation. She got a hug from Alaska Airlines Sitka Airport Manager Mandy Odenheimer (Sentinel Photo by...
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The state budget and the future
Gov. Bill Walker, an independent, speaks at a press availability shortly after calling the Alaska Legislature into the second special session of the year in June. Walker signed the operating budget on...
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Test missile launches from Kodiak
A terminal high altitude area defense, or THAAD, interceptor is launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, during Flight Experiment THAAD (FET)-01 on July 30, 2017. (Photo by...
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