Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Aug. 15, 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 drops appeal...
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Signs, cash, puppies: competing strategies in state’s most expensive primary
Jeff Landfield has used limited funds to garner “earned media,” aiming to recruit untapped primary voters. (Photo: taken from Landfield for State Senate) One of the most closely watched races in next...
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With Handy leaving, Alaska to get new top general
Lt. Gen. Russell J. Handy (Photo: courtesy of the U.S. Air Force) Alaska’s top military official is stepping down. Listen now On Tuesday, following a change-of-command ceremony at Joint Base...
View ArticleAlaskans cast Primary ballots at regular polling spots, also airports
Today is Primary Election day. In addition to the regular polling locations, you can also vote today at the airport in six Alaska cities: Ted Stevens International in Anchorage, Fairbanks...
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At DNR, new leader tackles ‘maze’ of oil and gas development on federal land
From Soldotna to the North Slope to Anchorage, the state’s newest natural resources commissioner has spent his career weighing in on energy issues all over the state. Now, Andy Mack has been tapped by...
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Coast Guard suspends search for missing fisherman, Arnold Skeek
The Coast Guard stopped looking for Arnold Skeek, the missing 27-year-old fisherman from Kake, early Monday afternoon. Authorities believe he fell from the Beaufort Sea, 60-foot fishing tender, into...
View Article2016 Alaska Primary Elections
Update 11:07 A.M. House District 9 map House district 38 map Update: 12:00 A.M. With 85 percent of precincts statewide now reporting, a clear picture is emerging — and the short version is, a lot of...
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Ketchikan youth detention facility to close Sept. 15
The Ketchikan Regional Youth Facility, a detention center for juvenile offenders, will close Sept. 15. Listen now The Ketchikan Regional Youth Facility will close Sept. 15th due to state budget cuts....
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On the scene with the Crystal Serenity
Tonight, the cruise ship Crystal Serenity will cast off from Seward for a first-of-it’s kind trip through the Arctic’s Northwest Passage to New York City. It’s the first luxury liner to attempt the...
View ArticlePetition sent to Walker asking for predator control reform
A petition signed by 150 Alaskans sent to Governor Bill Walker, asks for changes to state predator control programs. The letter sent Monday asked the governor to replace lethal predator control methods...
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LGBTQ history bus tour highlights changing acceptance in Anchorage
Participants load the bus for the LGBTQ history bus tour outside of the Raven. (Hillman/Alaska Public) During the rowdy pipeline construction days, bars lined 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage. Many of...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Aug. 16, 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 Alaskans cast...
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What’s causing Anchorage’s wave of homicides?
Anchorage Police Chief Chris Tolley addresses reporters during a brief press conference in July of 2016. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes – Alaska Public Media, Anchorage) 24 people have been killed so far in...
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Von Imhof wins Republican primary for Senate L
Natasha Von Imhof (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Natasha Von Imhof won the three-way race for the Republican nominee for Senate District L Tuesday with 48 percent of the vote....
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Three incumbents to lose seats in Alaska election aftermath
Three incumbents lost their seats according Tuesday election returns, including Democratic incumbent Bob Herron in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region’s House District 38, and two more failed to move from the...
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No surprises in U.S. House and Senate primaries
An origami “I Voted” sticker dispenser among the sample ballots at an absentee and early voting polling place in the State Office Building, Aug. 15, 2016. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO – Juneau) When it...
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As wildfires blaze, Southeast glaciers could be feeling the melt
Out on the glimmering white expanse of the Juneau ice field, a group of students and scientists work an assembly line of sorts. Listen now Shad O’Neel releases an ice core onto a make-shift “work...
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Decade-old efforts to modify West Glacier Trail enters final phase
The U.S. Forest Service plans to expand parking, extend a trail and improve an outhouse near the West Glacier trailhead. Part of the West Glacier Trail. (Photo by Heather Bryant, KTOO – Juneau) The...
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Haines Chamber of Commerce grapples with role of nonprofts
Whether nonprofit and for-profit businesses should have an equal voice in the Haines Chamber of Commerce has been debated for a while. Haines Chamber of Commerce members will vote this week on amended...
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Watershed Coalition tracks salmon stream temp trends
The Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition plans to record the temperature of salmon streams across Southeast Alaska over the next two years. The project aims to collect the data to measure climate...
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