Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Sep. 6, 2017
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Senators aim for ACA fixes, Murkowski-style
Sen. Murkowski greeted health care advocates after the hearing. (Liz Ruskin) A U.S. Senate committee met Wednesday to figure out what to do about health care. The hearing was open and bipartisan, just...
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As Trump slashes health care outreach 90 percent, Walker asks Congress to...
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker discusses a compromise budget in June. He joined a bipartisan group of governors last week in asking Congress to make changes to federal health care laws. (Photo by Jeremy...
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Alaska hatches plan for vast road network across the Arctic
Potential transportation corridors to communities and resources are indicated in red on the state’s map outlining the ASTAR project. (Courtesy Alaska Department of Natural Resources) Citing tough...
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Ask a Climatologist: Fairbanks records early first freeze
(Graphic courtesy of Brian Brettschneider) Fairbanks dropped to 32 degrees early Sunday morning, the first freeze of the season. That’s about a week ahead of normal according to Brian Brettschneider...
View ArticleAlaskan firefighters dispatched to battle blazes in Montana
Over 500 Alaskans are working wildfires in the Lower 48. According to state and federal wildfire response agencies, a sixth jet load of emergency firefighters from Alaska deployed this week to Montana....
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Community members and archaeologists race against time at Nunalleq
Archeologists, tribal leaders and volunteers are racing against time to recover as many artifacts as they can from Nunalleq, an ancient village along the coast outside of Quinhagak. This summer,...
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Building community fish harvest monitors to create “change on the Kusko”
Community harvest monitors working with the Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association in Kuskokwim villages: (left to right) Mike Williams Jr., Ben Agimuk, Jackie Larson, and Bernard Williams.(Anna Rose...
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Alaskan says he’ll build consensus in Interior post
Joe Balash is nominated to be an assistant secretary of the Interior Department. (Liz Ruskin) If confirmed by the Senate, former Alaska Natural Resources commissioner Joe Balash will be assistant...
View ArticleFive kids dead in Butte trailer home fire
Five children died in a fire that gutted a trailer home in Butte this morning off the Old Glenn Highway near Palmer, according to Alaska State Troopers Listen now But troopers couldn’t — or wouldn’t —...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sep. 7, 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 Five kids dead in...
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Sheldon Fisher appointed Alaska revenue commissioner
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker appointed Sheldon Fisher to commissioner of the Department of Revenue. He replaces Randall Hoffbeck, who retired August 2017. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor) Gov. Bill...
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Walker ‘doubtful’ he will ask legislature for more funding for gas line
Gov. Bill Walker delivers his State of the State address to the legislature in January 2017. Walker says he won’t be asking lawmakers for more funding for the gas line project. (Photo courtesy Alaska...
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Rep. Young apologizes for his ‘offending words’ on House floor
(Image: c-span.org) Alaska Congressman Don Young reverted to form Thursday night. He spoke somewhat harshly of another lawmaker on the floor of the U.S. House. Judged against his past statements, it...
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AK: Archaeologists shed light on Tlingit culture near Petersburg, before...
This pictograph of canoes and sun is located near Petersburg. The exact location is kept secret for fear of public vandalism. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Forest Service) The small island town of Petersburg...
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That Atlantic salmon farm was on its last legs — and Washington state knew it
A wild Pacific salmon, left, next to an escaped farm-raised Atlantic salmon, right, on Aug. 22 at Home Port Seafoods in Bellingham. (Photo by Megan Farmer/ KUOW) More information is coming to light...
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49 Voices: Carlos Godfrey of Anchorage
Carlos Godfrey in McGrath (Photo by Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media) Today we’re hearing from Carlos Godfrey in McGrath. Godfrey works for the National Weather Service and is based in Anchorage....
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Alaska airborne/infantry unit begins Afghanistan deployment
Soldiers with the Army’s 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division at a deployment ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept. 8th, 2017 (Photo: Zachariah Hughes – Alaska Public...
View ArticleAlaska Supreme Court reaffirms tribal immunity from lawsuits
The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed that Alaska Native tribes have sovereign immunity from state courts in a decision released Friday. The 19-page ruling upheld a lower court’s decision involving a legal...
View ArticleNOAA Fisheries hosts first citizen beluga count this weekend
On Saturday, NOAA Fisheries Alaska is organizing its first ever citizen beluga count in Cook Inlet. Listen now There will be a dozen viewing spots along Knik and Turnagain arms. Each will have NOAA...
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