Southeast’s Columbia ferry stalls in Petersburg
One of Southeast Alaska’s ferries stalled near Petersburg on Wednesday. Listen now The southbound Columbia ferry arrived in Petersburg early this morning and was scheduled to depart shortly after, but...
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ADN owner responds to $1 million dollar lawsuit
The owner of the Alaska Dispatch News has submitted a response to a $1 million lawsuit filed against her. Listen now A copy of the napkin signed by Rogoff, courtesy of Tony Hopfinger. In the document,...
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Walker vetoes bills allowing lawmakers on gas pipeline board, insurers to use...
Governor Bill Walker vetoed two bills this week that would have allowed legislators to serve on the board overseeing gas pipeline development, and insurers to use credit scores to adjust rates. Listen...
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Gusto levels vary as Alaskans embrace Trump
Downtown Cleveland gussied up for the GOP convention. Photo: Lawrence Ostrovsky. The Republican National Convention ends tonight in Cleveland with a big speech by the party’s presidential nominee,...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 21, 2016
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View ArticleWhy Juneau’s rape stats tripled in one year
The number of reported rapes in Juneau nearly tripled from 2014 to 2015. That increase is from more rapes being reported, but also because the Juneau Police Department had been under-counting rapes in...
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Metlakatla resident to represent Alaska at DNC
A Metlakatla resident is heading to the City of Brotherly Love next week as an alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Gavin Hudson stands with a Bernie Sanders cardboard cutout...
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Housing crisis in Stebbins results in overcrowding and frustration
In many communities across Western Alaska, populations are rising, but housing has failed to keep up. In the late 1990s the tribal government in Stebbins took control over housing from the regional...
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Supreme Court overturns parental notification law for minors seeking abortions
Alaska Supreme Court JusticesFront Row (L-R): Senior Justice Dana A. Fabe (Ret.), Chief Justice Craig Stowers, Justice Daniel E. WinfreeBack Row (L-R): Justice Peter J. Maassen, Justice Joel H. Bolger...
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Rain helps effort to contain McHugh Creek fire
The McHugh Fire burns near Beluga point (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) Wet weather has brought much-needed relief to the ongoing effort to control the McHugh Creek fire in...
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Anglers get more chance at Kenai sockeye
The Kenai River is seeing less sockeye in recent days but more fishing opportunity starting July 22. Listen now Dip-netters line the north shore of the Kenai River. (Photo by Jenny Neyman, KBBI –...
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49 Voices: Trevor Shaw of Ketchikan
This week we’re hearing from Trevor Shaw of Ketchikan. He’s an Alaska Delegate who’s been attending the Republican National Convention this week. Listen now Trevor Shaw at the Republican National...
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AK: 2016: The year Bristol Bay landed its 2,000,000,000th salmon
Bristol Bay is home to the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world. Over 132 years of commercial effort, now more than two billion salmon have been harvested from the Bay’s waters. In fact, the two...
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Stika hospital treats first known Alaskan case of Zika Virus
The state department of Health and Social Services announced the first known case of the Zika Virus in Alaska today. The patient was treated at SEARHC’s Mt. Edgcumbe Hospital in Sitka. The patient, a...
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State health officials investigate Salmonella illnesses in Bethel area
The Alaska Division of Public Health is investigating salmonella infections in the Bethel area. A team is in Bethel to track down the source of the infection. Listen now Medical illustration of...
View ArticleTwo people drown in Noorvik, police report
State troopers reported the drowning death of two people from the Northwest community of Noorvik this week. According to a press release, Merna Sheldon, age 54, and her son Albert Sheldon, age 34, were...
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Walker hires former attorney general as oil, gas consultant
Gov. Bill Walker has hired Craig Richards as an oil and gas consultant, less than a month after Richards resigned as Alaska’s attorney general. Listen now Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards. (Photo...
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Head of USMC to visit military bases in Alaska this weekend
The head of the U.S. Marine Corps is coming to Alaska this weekend, stopping at military installations in both Anchorage and the Interior. Listen now General Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the Marine...
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The Governor and gridlock
Governor Walker’s plans for overhauling the system of funding state government has met with resistance from lawmakers and the public. Lawmakers are unhappy with his vetoes and cuts to the PFD but they...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, July 22, 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 Listen now Supreme Court...
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