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Seattle company seeks to build senior housing in Juneau
A Seattle-based company is one step closer to building a 49-unit senior housing facility in Juneau. If successful, it would cater to a region’s housing market that’s been historically difficult for...
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State Democratic officials look to create bipartisan House
State Democratic Party officials are backing challengers to two Democrats who caucus with the Republican-led House majority. The challengers and party officials say this will increase the chances for a...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, July 29, 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 State Democratic...
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Anchorage moves forward on downtown road plan
A view of the troubled section of road transitioning from the Seward Highway through the Fairview neighborhood of Anchorage. Image via Google maps. Officials in Anchorage have taken the first step in...
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Opioids in Alaska
Opioid abuse and addiction is a national crisis and Alaska is suffering the impacts of prescription and illegal drug problems right along with the rest of the country. An upcoming summit on opioid...
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Teen dies in third Anchorage fatal shooting in 3 days
APD police vehicles (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) Two teenagers were killed over the weekend in separate shooting incidents in Anchorage. Listen now At around 2:00 a.m....
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Passengers rescued after tour boat sinks
Two humpback whales near Juneau Saturday, June 4, 2016. (Public Domain photo by NOAA Fisheries) Two boats rescued the passengers of a whale watching vessel that sank Sunday. Listen now U.S. Coast Guard...
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Early spring impacts peony growers
Peonies are a growing Alaska export. In 2015, peony growers shipped more than 50,000 stems from Alaska, and Gov. Bill Walker recently declared July to be Alaska Peony Month for the second year in a...
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Unlikely allies: U.S. and Russia work together on walrus
What brought Soviet Russia and the U.S. together during the Cold War? Walruses. USGS Wildlife Biologist working at a haulout near Point Lay, Alaska. (Photo by Ryan Kingsbery/USGS) Now a new federal...
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Northern Alaska Peninsula has strong 2016 sockeye returns
The sockeye salmon run returning to the Stikine River near Petersburg and Wrangell was predicted to be good, but it’s turning out to be even better than expected. Listen now Wood River sockeye are...
View ArticleSearch called off for Alaska Juris
The search for the abandoned fishing vessel Alaska Juris has been called off. Listen now The unified command in charge of the search — consisting of the Coast Guard, Alaska Department of Environmental...
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Techno contra brings new life to traditional dance in Sitka
If you live in Sitka, you’ve definitely heard of contra dance. And if you live on planet Earth, you’ve certainly heard of techno or electronic dance music (EDM). A lively crowd dances at Techno Contra....
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Knife discovered at Kodiak Community Archaeology site
The Alutiiq Museum’s Community Archeology program led to the discovery of a knife this week. Listen now Patrick Saltonstall holds Alutiiq knife. (Photo courtesy of Alutiiq Museum & Archeological...
View ArticleDenali National Park road partially re-opened after large mudslide
The National Park Service is partially re-opening the road into Denali National Park where a large mudslide crossed it near mile 67, west of the Eielson Visitors Center on Saturday. The agency reports...
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Fisherman found dead on boat near Wrangell
A crew member on a fishing vessel west of Wrangell Island was found dead Saturday morning. Wrangell Search and Rescue responded to the scene after the Coast Guard was notified around 5:47 am Saturday....
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Alaska Airlines to build new $40 million hangar in Anchorage
Alaska’s current maintenance hangar in Anchorage, Alaska. (PRNewsFoto/Alaska Airlines) Alaska Airlines is building a new $40 million maintenance hangar at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport....
View ArticleHeavy rain hits Fairbanks area
The Denali mud slide is the result of heavy rain. The park reports measuring nearly 8 inches of rain at Eielson last week. National Weather Service meteorologist Benjamin Bartus said July precipitation...
View ArticleNinilchik tribe sets net in Kenai River
The Ninilchik Traditional Council has for years been seeking approval to use a more effective method for catching their subsistence allocation of sockeye salmon on the Kenai River and late last week,...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Monday, August 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 Listen now Denali National...
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Ketchikan assembly postpones vote on retail marijuana tax, sales tax cap...
After lengthy discussion Monday, two tax items on the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly agenda each were postponed: an increase to the sales tax cap and a tax on retail marijuana. A view of Ketchikan...
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