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The future of Alaska journalism
John McPhee and Willie Hensley in a newspaper clipping from 1980 when the two were awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Alaska. (Photo: Willie Hensley) Fake news. Lame stream media....
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One dead, one wounded in Aniak crime spree
Aniak. (Google Maps screenshot) In Aniak, one person is dead and another wounded in what appears to have been a violent crime spree. Listen now At about 2 a.m. on Sunday, residents of a quiet,...
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Two escapees from Bethel prison recaptured
Wilson Beaver escaped from YKCC in Bethel on Aug. 26, 2017. (Photo courtesy of DOC.) Carl Konig escaped from YKCC in Bethel on Aug. 26, 2017. (Photo courtesy of DOC.) Listen now Two...
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Alaska officials looking into lawsuit against opioid drugmakers
Prescribing of oxycodone and other opioid pain pills rose sharply after 2000.(Photo by John Moore, Getty Images) The State of Alaska is looking into whether it should sue the manufacturers of opioid...
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For now, Hurricane Harvey not expected to impact Alaska’s oil and gas
A Texas National Guardsman carries a resident from her flooded home following Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Aug. 27, 2017. (Army National Guard photo by Lt. Zachary West) Hurricane Harvey has caused...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Monday, Aug. 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 Violent crime spree...
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Fish wheel: Design from the past may be a solution for the future
Maggie Bobby and Barb Carlson (left to right) have run a fish wheel near Sleetmute since 2015. (MacArthur/KYUK) With gillnet fishing limited to only a few days on the Kuskokwim for most of June and...
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Alaska National Guard members helping with Harvey rescues
Airmen fuel a C-17 Globemaster III, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 28, 2017, preparing to leave for Texas to provide humanitarian support after Hurricane Harvey. The Air National...
View ArticleAppeals Court: FCC right in denying Dish-Doyon bidding discounts
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission was right to deny bidding discounts worth billions of dollars to a subsidiary of Doyon...
View ArticleAlaska Democrats seek chance for independents to run in party primaries
The Alaska Democratic Party voted last year to change its rules to allow independents to run for its nomination for office. But state officials blocked the move. Listen now Now both sides are in court...
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Summit emphasizes how people in recovery are fighting Alaska’s opioid epidemic
Panelists get ready to address the crowd at the Recovery Summit at the Glenn Massay Theater in Palmer. (Henry Leasia / Alaska Public Media) Support groups from Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna...
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Ask a Climatologist: The mind boggling rain of tropical storm Harvey
(Graphic courtesy of Brian Brettschneider) Lots of Alaskans have ties to the Houston area. Including climate expert Brian Brettschneider from our Ask a Climatologist segment. We asked him to help us...
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In Aniak, community works to recover after shooting spree
Bruce “Gotor” Morgan, age 24, was shot and killed in his truck in Aniak on Sunday morning. (Courtesy of Audrey Leary) The community of Aniak is struggling to recover from a recent shooting spree that...
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Bristol Bay wrapping up unexpectedly good fall silver fishery
A bin full of Ekuk Beach silvers, chilling in refrigerated seawater prior to delivery. Ekuk fishermen say they had solid, steady action, and were glad to have a market with Alaska’s Best Seafood....
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017
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Going further than Food Stamps in rural Alaska
Marcia Anderson (l) and Karolyn Ceron (r) demonstrate how to make fruity salmon salad at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. (Hillman/Alaska Public) For most of the United States, the most...
View ArticleBuilding burns north of Grayling, investigation underway
Another remote property along the middle Yukon River has burned. Alaska State Troopers report that several structures at an unoccupied compound about 40 miles north of the village of Grayling, were...
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The Afterlife of Unalaska’s Bald Eagles
A juvenile bald eagle takes off near Unalaska Bay. (Berett Wilber/KUCB) When bald eagles die in Unalaska, it’s the beginning of a long journey. Literally. Many of them travel thousands of miles and...
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St. Paul Ramps Up Reindeer Program to Improve Food Security
Students at St. Paul’s reindeer camp butcher a female from the island’s herd. This summer, the tribal government organized the camp as part of its effort to develop a more robust reindeer management...
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Investigators drop query into Zinke calls to Alaska senators
After a tense phone call, Interior Sec. Zinke posted this photo to show he and Sen. Murkowski on friendly terms. (Twitter photo from Ryan Zinke) The inspector general’s office for the U.S. Interior...
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