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State moves toward trial in Sockeye wildfire
State prosecutors are pushing for a criminal trial in the wake of last year’s devastating Sockeye wildfire near Willow. As the anniversary of the fire approaches on June 14, they have requested about a...
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Budget deal is done, but oil tax reform remains elusive
House Minority Leader Chris Tuck, D-Anchorage, watches a floor session Tuesday, May 31, 2016 in Juneau, Alaska. Members of the minority broke a stalemate on the stateâs operating budget and joined the...
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Legislature passes two bills aiding children in foster care
The Legislature took three actions this week that will help foster care children — passing two bills aiming at finding kids adoptive homes and adding money to the budget to help keep struggling...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, June 1, 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 Walker says the...
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Ferry budget changes, but schedule doesn’t
This week’s legislative budget compromise shuffled the source of some of the money that pays for the Alaska Marine Highway System. Download Audio Crew members tie up the fast ferry Fairweather in...
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Candidate Sullivan says surprise candidacy followed call to Joe Miller
2010 file photo of Dan Sullivan when he was mayor of Anchorage. Brehl Garza/USARAK Ex-Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan surprised everyone yesterday by filing to run against U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the...
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Four senators — including Ellis and Huggins — won’t seek re-election
Anchorage Democratic Sen. Johnny Ellis and Wasilla Republican Sen. Charlie Huggins announced they won’t seek re-election. Download Audio Sen. Johnny Ellis fields a question at a Senate Minority press...
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One dead and three injured in Kodiak fire
One person is dead and three others are injured after a fire at a remote fishing lodge on Kodiak Island. Download Audio Responders assess a fire at the Park’s Cannery near Uyak Bay on Kodiak Island,...
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Tires from 87 Merrill Field planes get slashed and vandalized
Vandals slashed the tires of 87 planes at Merrill Field in Anchorage early Thursday morning. Officials and pilots at the field say it’s the largest act of air travel vandalism they’ve seen in their...
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Cooler weather eases burden of Medfra Fire
The state’s first major wildfire of the year near McGrath has grown to nearly 10,500 acres. But efforts to fight the Medfra fire on Thursday are being helped by cooler, wetter weather. Download Audio...
View ArticleMarine experts seek help finding entangled humpback
Federal marine mammal experts are hoping the public will help lead them to a humpback whale that became entangled in anchor line in southeast Alaska. Download Audio Officials with the National Oceanic...
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Family of man who died in Anchorage jail files wrongful death lawsuit against...
The family of a former Juneau man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Department of Corrections. It’s the second wrongful death lawsuit filed against the department this year. Download Audio...
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Snow geese number rise after protective actions
Like other large waterfowl species, the North American population of snow geese was decimated in the early part of the twentieth century due to overhunting. But since then, thanks to hunting...
View ArticleWalrus create issues for salmon fishing districts
While geese may be getting out of hand on the North Slope, a new walrus haul out at Cape Greig in Bristol Bay could create some problems for the Bay’s Ugashik and Egegik salmon fishing districts. But...
View ArticleVolunteers work to restore the amphibious plane, the Grumman Goose
Since 1992, volunteers with Ketchikan’s “Save the Goose” project have been working to restore a historic amphibious plane. The Grumman Goose restoration is about 85 percent complete and now those...
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Members of House panel, some begrudgingly, move tax bills
The House Finance Committee has advanced three of Gov. Bill Walker’s tax proposals, though several members indicated they did so begrudgingly to allow for a House floor vote. Download Audio Governor...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: June 2, 2016
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View ArticleAPD: Spenard shooting under investigation
Anchorage police are investigating a shooting near the intersection of Spenard Road and Minnesota Drive. According to a press release, APD received a call just before 3:30 a.m. today [Friday], from...
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‘Big Mud Fire’ ravages Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge
A lightning-sparked wildfire is burning in Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge, in the state’s interior. The Big Mud Fire, burning 55 miles southwest of Tanana, was discovered yesterday by civilian...
View ArticleMan in Wasilla shot by State Troopers after charging at them with a knife
Alaska State Troopers shot a man wielding a knife Thursday evening in Wasilla. Download Audio Troopers responded to the incident just after 7:20 p.m. and encountered 33-year-old Joshua Smith. According...
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