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Paramo selected as new Anchorage Schools superintendent
Deena Paramo talks about her new position as the superintendent of Anchorage School District during a press conference with School Board President Kameron Perez-Verdia. (Hillman/KSKA) The Anchorage...
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Sitka Tribe opens biotoxin lab to monitor PSP
Lab manager Michael Jamros stands with Chris Whitehead, founder of the Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research group. The lab hopes to be regional testing hub for commercial and casual shellfish...
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Legislature OKs up to $12.5M for Wells Fargo building in Anchorage
The Wells Fargo building in the Spenard neighborhood of Anchorage in July 2006. (Creative Commons photo by Dana) The Legislative Council approved spending up to $12.5 million to buy the Walls Fargo...
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Juneau Assembly approves new pot licensing rules
(Creative Commons photo by Brett Levin) The Juneau Assembly approved new guidelines for a city pot license on Monday. Those seeking to cultivate commercial marijuana will have to apply for the $250...
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With ‘stuck’ housing market, a Juneau family lives aboard
Download Audio Alaska’s capital is one of the most expensive places to live in the nation. With no roads in or out, the city has been dealing with a “stuck” housing market. A report commissioned by...
View ArticleMat-Su school district searching for Paramo’s replacement
Download Audio Matanuska-Susitna Borough school district officials say they will miss Dr. Deena Paramo’s enthusiasm and attention to students, now that Anchorage has hired her. Susan Pougher, President...
View ArticleUAS prof mauled by bear in fair condition
Download Audio The University of Alaska Southeast professor who was mauled by a bear near Haines a couple weeks ago is now in fair condition at Providence Hospital in Anchorage. On April 18,...
View ArticleResearchers want to expand markets for roe
Download Audio Researchers in Kodiak want to open up new markets and expand existing ones for a popular fish product. This delicacy is what you might imagine people at cocktail parties eating over...
View ArticleWarming ocean temps shellfish poisoning can linger year-round
Download Audio With warming ocean temperatures, the risk for paralytic shellfish poisoning can linger all year round. And Alaska has only one FDA-certified laboratory to test commercial shellfish.
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US won’t support trade ban on polar bear products
(Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) The United States recently announced it will not support an international ban on the trade of polar bear products at an upcoming meeting on endangered species. In...
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Big Lake Comprehensive Plan tests gravel plan
Big Lake homeowner Cindy Moore speaks against a controversial gravel plan at Tuesday’s Mat-Su Assembly meeting. (Photo by Ellen Lockyer\KSKA) Dozens of Big Lake residents lined the hallways of the...
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Sunrise Fire update 9:00 am Thursday
The Sunrise Fire’s general location Wednesday afternoon. (Map Courtesy of Mat-Su Borough) Firefighters are making progress in fighting the Sunrise Fire in the Meadow Lakes area North of Wasilla. Fire...
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Ulman selected new CEO of Alaska Public Media
Ed Ulman has been chosen as CEO of Alaska Public Media. Ed Ulman has been named the new CEO of Alaska Public Media. He currently serves as Executive Director and General Manager for KBTC Public...
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Liquor store opens in Bethel – first in 40 years
The Bethel AC Quickstop. (Photo by Dean Swope / KYUK.) Download Audio AC Quickstop opened Bethel’s first liquor store in more than four decades on Tuesday. A line of about 10 people were waiting for...
View ArticleFirefighters contain Sunrise wildfire north of Wasilla
Download Audio The 30-acre Sunrise wildfire north of Wasilla is now 100% contained. Mop-up operations are underway, according to state fire information officer Norm McDonald. About 30 firefighters are...
View ArticleBorough ban angers cannabis council
Cannabis vendors in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough have been put on hold for the time being. A contentious ordinance approved by the Mat-Su Assembly this week restricts all marijuana business activity,...
View ArticleAlaska House votes to overhaul state’s criminal justice system
Download Audio The House voted 28-11 on Thursday to adopt one of the largest overhauls ever to Alaska’s criminal justice system. It would allow some low-risk nonviolent offenders to avoid jail time. It...
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For first time, Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale has no bidders
The state has received no bids during lease sales in the past, but never in Cook Inlet. Photo: Paxson Woelber, Wikimedia creative commons license Download Audio Cook Inlet has apparently lost some of...
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Art of an avant-garde Arctic in downtown Anchorage
“Subsistence,” a sculpture by Marek Ranis from old military maps suspended on metal fish racks, part of the Anchorage Museum’s “The View From Up Here” exhibit. Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public...
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49 Voices: Tim Pominville of Eagle River
This week we’re hearing from Tim Pominville from Eagle River. We caught up with Tim in downtown Anchorage where he works at the Glacier Brewhouse. Tim Pominville of Eagle River (Photo by Zoe Sobel,...
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