Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017
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There’s a new Arctic drilling battle brewing…and it’s not in ANWR
The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska encompasses important habitat for migratory birds. The vast region is also increasingly promising for oil development. (Photo by Bob Wick, courtesy BLM) The...
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Feds move forward with review of Hilcorp’s Arctic drilling plans
Hilcorp’s design plans for the gravel island it aims to build in federal waters in the Beaufort Sea, as submitted to federal regulators in 2015. (Image courtesy BOEM) The federal government is moving...
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Solar eclipse has stargazers excited all over the U.S.
A solar eclipse reaches totality. (Photo courtesy of Rick Fienberg / American Astronomical Society/ Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) ) This Monday, August...
View ArticleDuring NTSB investigative hearing, Ravn announces changes; more to come
The fatal Ravn Air crash near Togiak last fall was the focus of the investigative hearing held by the National Transportation Safety Board in Anchorage on Thursday. Sitting in the audience was Ravn’s...
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Anchorage man beaten, bound and put in dog kennel, police searching for suspects
APD police vehicles (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) Anchorage Police are searching for five people involved in an assault and kidnapping in East Anchorage. Listen now Police...
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AK: Cyclists support the fight against cancer while riding from Texas to Alaska
The Texas 4000 riders pedal towards the finish line at UAA. (Henry Leasia / Alaska Public Media) On a rainy Friday afternoon, hundreds of people lined up along a road at the University of Alaska...
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49 Voices: William “Pops” Wilson of Wasilla
William “Pops” Wilson (right) poses for a photo with his grandkids. (Henry Leasia / Alaska Public Media) This week we’re hearing from William “Pops” Wilson in Wasilla. Wilson has been fishing in the...
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How oyster milkshakes and teamwork are getting Alaska’s shellfish safely to...
A lab technician blends up oysters for testing at the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation lab in Anchorage. (Photo by Henry Leasia/Alaska Public Media) Places like Washington state have a...
View ArticleAlaska Airlines pilots plan picket over lack of compensation
Alaska Airlines pilots have reached a breaking point in negotiations with the company, and now have plans to picket outside Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Listen now Their union, the...
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Fairbanks protesters organize against the state wolf control program
Denali wolf (Photo courtesy of National Park service) The state’s largest wolf control program was the target of a protest outside Alaska Department of Fish and Game Fairbanks headquarters on Thursday....
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, Aug. 18, 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 Fairbanks...
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Trump’s streamlining order: You’ve seen its kind before
Donald Trump photo by Gage Skidmore/CC 2.0 President Trump signed an executive order this week to speed up environmental reviews of infrastructure projects. His announcement of it, in the lobby of...
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The economic future of Alaska
Wikimedia commons photo by Pen Waggener Alaska is an oil state, but will that be true forever? The state is confronting low oil prices and declining production. Several companies are betting on new...
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Feds say Alaska ferry system violates family leave act
Crew members tie up the fast ferry Fairweather in Sitka. It and other marine highway ships will sail less in the next budget year. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska) The U.S. Department of Labor...
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Potential initiatives would enshrine Medicaid expansion, ACA provisions in...
Supporters of Medicaid expansion express their views at the state Capitol in April 2015. Doctors are sponsoring two initiatives that may appear on the 2018 ballot, one of which would enshrine the...
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Alaska Airlines pilots picket at airport over contract negotiations
Pilots picket in front of Ted Stevens International Airport in support of Alaska Airlines’ pilots request for a new contract. (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) On Monday...
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Quinhagak commercial fishermen struggle after two years without a buyer
Warren Jones, the CEO of Qanirtuuq Inc., surveys Quinhagak’s defunct processing plant. (Teresa Cotsirilos/KYUK) Several weeks ago, the financing fell through on a plan to bring the “Akutan,” a floating...
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Gov. Walker and Lt. Gov. Mallott officially register for reelection run
Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott (left) and Gov. Bill Walker. The two filed for reelection today for another unaffiliated ticket. Pictured April 20, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) Governor Bill Walker...
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Oil company sues over Alaska’s beleaguered cash-for-credits program
Cook Inlet oil platforms are visible from shore near Kenai, Alaska. Cook Inlet Energy and its parent company, Miller Energy Resources, have sued the state after emerging from bankruptcy. (Photo by...
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