Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Aug. 23, 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 State works to...
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New F-22 proposal could mean more noise for Mt. View
F-22 Raptors taking off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as part of training exercises in 2015. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media) The Air Force is weighing a plan that could bring more...
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Juneau representatives disappointed with lack of progress on budget plan
Rep. Sam Kito III, D-Juneau, and Rep. Justin Parish, D-Juneau, stand in the Capitol in February. They both say the Legislature accomplished some good in the legislative session, but has more work to...
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Ask a Climatologist: Rainy…even by Ketchikan standards
Flooding at Ketchikan’s Ward Lake Recreation Area, Aug. 22, 2017. (U.S. Forest Service photo by Paul Robbins Jr.) Alaska can be really rainy in August, but Ketchikan is going above and beyond in the...
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Someone’s painting rainbow colors over a Juneau crosswalk; the city wants it...
An unidentified couple pose for the recently painted rainbow crosswalk at the intersection of 7th and Gold streets in August 2016. (Photo courtesy of Sue Warner) A crosswalk in a downtown Juneau...
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Scientists find new clue in Steller sea lion decline
Sea lion pups rest on an Aleutian Beach. (Photo courtesy NOAA) Scientists have finished another research season without solving the 40-year-old mystery of the Steller sea lion decline in the Aleutian...
View ArticleSix charged in extensive Anchorage mail fraud case
Six Anchorage residents have been charged in a large mail fraud case. Listen now Assistant U.S Attorney Aunnie Steward said the suspects used altered checks from stolen mail and stolen vehicles in...
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Former senator, longtime Native leader Albert Kookesh fighting cancer
Albert Kookesh discusses regional issues in his legislative office in 2012, when he was a state senator. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska) A longtime Alaska political and business leader is fighting...
View ArticleFish and Game criticized over “chronic failure” regulating Mat-Su waters
Leadership at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game got an earful Tuesday night in Palmer. Listen now That’s where the Matanuska-Susitna Borough’s fish commission told Fish and Game Commissioner Sam...
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Assembly approves expansion to Sitka Hospital’s clinic
The space designated for a $400,000 modular unit that attaches to the clinic, which the Sitka Assembly approved at their meeting Tuesday night (08-22-17). (Emily Kwong/KCAW photo) Sitka Community...
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Responders have mitigated pollution threat of F/V Akutan, Coast Guard says
The F/V Akutan is still moored in Unalaska’s Captains Bay. (Berett Wilber/KUCB) Six days after forming an emergency response team, officials have suspended their efforts aboard a disabled fishing...
View ArticleLong awaited Interior natural gas contract expected
The fate of the long pursued Interior Energy Project will soon come into better focus. The state funded effort hinges on a natural gas supply from Cook Inlet, and that’s expected next month. Listen now...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, Aug. 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 Six charged in...
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Secretary Chao announces infrastructure changes for Alaska
Transportation Secretary Eilane Chao speaking with Senator Dan Sullivan after a transportation summit in Anchorage (Photo: Zachariah Hughes – Alaska Public Media) During a visit from the country’s head...
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Update: PFD supporters plan to make case to voters
The Alaska Supreme Court hears arguments in the Boney Courthouse in Anchorage on June 20, in a case that seeks to overturn Gov. Bill Walker’s veto of about half of Alaska Permanent Fund dividend money...
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AK: Gold claims expand as Herbert Glacier retreats
The Herbert Glacier viewed from the banks of the eponymous river on August 12, 2017. (Photo by Jacob Resneck/KTOO) A retreating glacier is exposing virgin territory about 20 miles north of Juneau....
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49 Voices Brittney Anderson of McGrath
Brittney Anderson of McGrath (Photo courtesy of Brittney Anderson) This week we’re hearing from Brittney Anderson in McGrath. Anderson moved to McGrath in January of 2016. Listen now ANDERSON: I don’t...
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State to replace Accu-Vote machines
(Katie Basile / KYUK) The State of Alaska is on target to provide election materials in Alaska’s Native languages in order to meet a court-ordered deadline in a voting rights case. Listen now Many at...
View ArticleFleet consolidation and loss of fishing jobs a hot topic at MSA hearing
Timed to coincide with the 25th annual Kenai River Classic invitation-only fishing derby, Senator Dan Sullivan brought his Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard to Soldotna on...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, Aug. 25, 2017
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