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State appeals court overturns 2012 Ketchikan murder conviction
Devin Rossiter, then 19, is seen during his January, 2012, trial. The Alaska Court of Appeals has overturned Rossiter’s murder conviction. (KRBD file photo) Citing improper arguments by the...
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Pink salmon found in odd places near Homer
Pink salmon swim around in Beluga Slough. (Photo by Aaron Bolton/KBBI) Pink salmon are showing up in unexpected places around the Homer area. Fish can be seen swimming through Beluga Slough in the...
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Transgender troops: Sullivan says let them serve
Sen. Dan Sullivan and Gen. Robert Neller in 2016. (Photo: Ben Matheson, Anchorage) The U.S. Senate passed an annual Defense bill Monday night that includes icebreakers and more missile interceptors,...
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University of Alaska students may see 10 percent tuition hike over next two...
UA President Jim Johnsen. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO) University of Alaska officials are considering a 5 percent tuition increase in each of the next two academic years. UA has seen its tuition...
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After mining exec weighs in, Juneau Assembly holds off on boundary mine...
NASA satellite imagery shows Southeast Alaska in true color on Nov. 24, 2001. (Public domain image by Jacques Descloitres/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC) A local mine executive urged the...
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Ferry Taku sold, will become floating hotel
The Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Taku is in storage at Ketchikan’s Ward Cove. It’s been sold to a Portland company that wants to turn it into a hotel. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD) The Alaska...
View ArticleFairbanks’ anti-commercial marijuana ballot measures likely to boost turnout...
Local elections like the one coming up on Oct. 3 in Fairbanks are notorious for drawing low voter turnout. But observers say this year’s city and borough elections may be different, because the two...
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Murkowski could swing Senate for latest ACA repeal
Opponents of health care repeal at the U.S. Senate in July. (Photo by Liz Ruskin) Defenders of the Obama health care law are applying as much pressure as they can to get Sen. Lisa Murkowski to vote no...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Sep. 19, 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 Murkowski could...
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Walker administration appoints climate adviser, promises new policy “soon”
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott file for re-election on Monday, August 21, 2017, at the Division of Elections in Juneau, Alaska. The two are filing as unaffiliated candidates —...
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Changing the way you think to stay out of prison
Rey Soto-Lopez practices his welding techniques at the Ironworkers Union. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media) Rey Soto-Lopez said when he was in prison, he felt berated with a constant refrain. “’You lied so...
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Crystal Serenity won’t return to Nome for years, if ever
The cruise liner Crystal Serenity anchored offshore at Nome, 2017. (Photo: Gabe Colombo, KNOM) The luxury cruise liner Crystal Serenity, which stopped in Nome last month, won’t be coming around to...
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Sitka hatchery’s chum run funds improvements
Sitka Sound Science Center Aquaculture Director Angie Bowers explains operations in the Sheldon Jackson Hatchery’s egg room Sept. 14, 2017. (Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News) A strong chum salmon run is...
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Arctic nations tour microgrids, exchange green energy knowledge
Volcanic area of Krafla in Northern Iceland. Iceland uses hot springs like this one for its geothermal energy. (Creative Commons photo by Fougerouse Arnaud/Flickr) A program is leading representatives...
View ArticleFairbanks in a financial jam as state support declines
Declining state support has Fairbanks city and borough government up against a financial wall. That was the message Tuesday from local officials to the chamber of commerce. “BAM! This is what the...
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La Niña Watch triggered, could affect Alaska winter temparatures
Typical La Niña winter patterns (NOAA graphic) Cooling Pacific Ocean temperatures have triggered a La Niña Watch for the northern hemisphere. The Climate Prediction Center and the International...
View ArticleUnsecured database discovered with information from about 600,000 Alaska voters
Security consultants say they discovered an unsecured online database with information on nearly 600,000 Alaska voters last week. The database had more detail than what would have already be publicly...
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Ask a Climatologist: The fall color formula is pretty simple
Hikers near McHugh Peak near Anchorage, Sept. 19, 2017. (Photo by Dave Bass) Fall colors are just past their peak in Southcentral Alaska. And that timing doesn’t have much to do with weather...
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Interior official says Trump administration has the ‘guts’ to allow oil...
Flanked by Senator Lisa Murkowski and Governor Bill Walker, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks to reporters after signing an order to promote more drilling on Alaska’s North Slope. (Photo by...
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‘Vote no’: Left takes to TV and sky to reach Murkowski
Sen. Murkowski greeted health care advocates after a hearing Sept. 6. Photo: Liz Ruskin Advocates on the left are cranking up the pressure on Sen. Murkowski to vote against the latest bill to repeal...
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