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BP announces sale of midtown Anchorage building
BP announced Monday that it’s selling its midtown Anchorage building. In a statement, the company says the sale will “reduce costs and free up capital, allowing BP to focus on its core business.” BP...
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Special session off to slow start, despite looming deadlines
It was a slow Monday in Juneau, as lawmakers gaveled in for the first day of their fourth special session in two years. Gov. Bill Walker called the legislature back to work this week after it failed to...
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Navigating race as a family
Nathan (l) and Mike (r) Daigneault at Alaska Public Media. Nearly 16 years ago Mike Daigneault and his wife decided to adopt from the foster care system. They are white. The children they adopted are...
View ArticleCost for day one of special Legislative session: $520,000
Personnel and per diem costs tallied for the recently ended extended legislative session –so far– total about $520,000. Download Audio That’s according to figures provided by Jessica Geary, the...
View ArticleFormer Anchorage prosecutor sentenced for biggest wire fraud in state history
Former Anchorage resident and former municipal prosecutor Mark Avery was sentenced Monday for 160 months for the wire fraud and money laundering of about $52 million. This marks the largest wire fraud...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Monday, May 23, 2016
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 Download Audio Lawmakers have...
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Bear attack survivor: ‘Grace was extended to me’
The survivor of a brown bear mauling near Yakutat on May 13 said the animal was startled, and attacked instinctively. Ken Steck is recovering from his wounds with family in Anchorage. He spoke recently...
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‘Eskimo’ and ‘Aleut’ scrubbed from 2 U.S. laws yet live on
President Obama has signed a bill that removes the words “Oriental,” “Eskimo” and “Aleut” from two federal programs. The Alaskan terms, though, live on in other U.S. laws. Contrary to some accounts in...
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Haines and Hydaburg receive grant to jumpstart biomass renewable energy projects
Two Alaska communities are receiving a federal grant to jumpstart renewable energy projects. Haines and the village of Hydaburg were selected from 77 applicants nationwide. Download Audio Haines,...
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Generational differences among Japanese-American families
Susan Churchill is a Japanese-American who grew up in a small town near Seattle not long after World War II. But her experiences growing up were nothing like her father’s. Download Audio Susan...
View ArticleAs new companies enter Alaska oil fields, violations spike
2015 was a record year for fines in Alaska’s oil and gas fields. State regulators proposed some $1.7 million dollars in penalties against five companies — and the University of Alaska Fairbanks — for...
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Special Session Day 2: Lawmakers pan governor’s tax proposals
In the debate over how to close Alaska’s $3.8 billion budget hole, one potential solution hasn’t gotten much traction: finding new revenue sources. Rep. Dan Saddler, R-Eagle River, discusses the state...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, May 24, 2016
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Pay boost passed for Anchorage fire and police employees
Anchorage Police Department file photo. Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media. The Anchorage Assembly approved a pay increase for a small group of public safety employees during its Tuesday meeting....
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Former ASD Superintendent to lead Minneapolis Public Schools
Anchorage’s out-going superintendent Ed Graff was chosen to lead the Minneapolis Public Schools. That district has about 12,600 fewer students than Anchorage because the Twin Cities metropolitan area...
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Attorneys grow impatient in Sockeye Fire trial
It is almost one year since the Sockeye fire in Willow devastated over 7,000 acres of Southcentral Alaska and torched 55 homes. Download Audio The Sockeye Fire which devastated Willow in 2015 (Photo...
View ArticleState educators adapt to new Every Student Succeeds Act
The state education department is seeking public input on a new plan to meet Alaska’s unique education challenges. Under the new federal law, Every Student Succeeds Act, the state must design its own...
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Alaska corrections officer faces federal drug charges
A Goose Creek prison guard has been arrested in connection with an alleged conspiracy to distribute drugs in the correctional facility. The corrections officer faces federal charges. Download Audio...
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After bike impales daughter, mother sends public thank you to good samaritans
In rural Alaska access to emergency medical care relies on many factors like distance, weather, and time of day. For one 10-year-old girl in Eek, emergency care also relied on one pilot’s good will...
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Historic agreement gives Kuskokwim tribes say in fish management
The Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission signed a historic memorandum of understanding, or MOU, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The agreement is the first formalization of...
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