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Rediscovering America’s link to Chinese exploration
(Stock image via Pinterest) China was arguably the most sophisticated society on Earth in the 1400s, leaving historians to wonder why the Chinese — rather than Europeans — failed to discover and then...
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Tanana Road opens
Alaska has a new road, connecting Tanana on the Yukon river. It is the first road to connect a community to the system built by the state in more than 20 years. Download audio Engineers, legislators...
View ArticleSun’aq tribe to open Alutiiq language immersion school for children
The Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak has just received a grant to begin an Alutiiq language program for preschool-aged children. Download audio Candace Branson is the tribe’s Alutiiq heritage educator and says...
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In U.S. House race, both claim labor’s love
File photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media It’s Labor Day, and in the U.S. House race, both Congressman Don Young and his Democratic challenger claim they’re getting strong support from organized...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Monday, September 05, 2016
September 5, 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...
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VIDEO: Anchorage professor bets on bio-insulation made from mushrooms
Fungus (Photo by Eric Keto, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage) From underneath the roads to inside our homes, insulation is everywhere in Alaska. But traditional foam board is energy intensive to...
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Gone glacier: fashion magazine depicts Mendenhall melt too soon
John Neary, the director of the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, in front of the actual glacier. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins, KTOO – Juneau) The magazine Marie Claire sent a team of journalists and...
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Licensed child care availability up 21% in Juneau
Licensed child care availability is up 21 percent in Juneau compared with last year, according to a local organization. Listen now Issy Kako-Gehring holds her two-year-old daughter, Ally. Kako-Gehring...
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Federal grants awarded to combat opioid use in Alaska
Prescribing of oxycodone and other opioid pain pills rose sharply after 2000.(Photo by John Moore, Getty Images) Three multi-year federal grants focused on combating opioid use have been awarded to the...
View ArticleAnother record high harvest of Yukon coho
For the third year in a row, a record high number of coho salmon have been caught in the lower Yukon commercial fishery. Listen now As of September 1, 141,000 coho were caught and sold in Yukon River...
View ArticleTanker trailer goes off the road near Fairbanks and leaks fuel, cleanup ensues
A cleanup operation continues along the Richardson Highway south of Fairbanks, where a tanker trailer went off the road and leaked fuel. Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation on scene...
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Joe Miller nabs Libertarian spot to challenge Murkowski
A big shake-up this afternoon in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race: Fairbanks attorney Joe Miller announced today that he will challenge Sen. Lisa Murkowski after all. Miller says Libertarian nominee Cean...
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Past crime rates give perspective on lower juvenile detention numbers
The graph shows juvenile referrals and offenses over a 10-year period. (Courtesy Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice) The state’s Division of Juvenile Justice said the number of kids being sent their...
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Westlake still leading Nageak as District 40 votes are certified
The Democratic primary results for the District 40 House seat grew closer today. Listen now Dean Westlake is challenging Barrow Rep. Bennie Nageak in the Democratic primary; in 2014, Westlake lost the...
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NOAA announces some Alaska whales no longer endangered
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday that most humpback whales will come off the endangered species list. And that means some whales that spend time in Alaska. Listen...
View ArticleBIA aids Togiak couples with moving into HUD homes
Last week in Togiak, two couples moved into their new HUD houses. They were the first in the state to take advantage of a down payment assistance program from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. With that,...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Sept. 06, 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 Joe Miller files to...
View ArticleAlaskans protest North Dakota pipeline construction
Authorities in North Dakota are sending officers from across the state to the site of a protest about an oil pipeline in anticipation of a court ruling on the issue. Listen now Violence broke out at...
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Lawsuit targets Borough marijuana initiative
A lawsuit seeks to prevent a ballot initiative asking whether to ban commercial marijuana in the Mat-Su Borough from appearing before voters. (Creative Commons photo by Brett Levin)In a last-minute bid...
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Ask A Climatologist: Alaska Reaches 200 Days of Warmer than Normal Weather
Alaska has seen 200 days in a row with above average temperatures. Photo from SNPP sattelite via UAF – GINA.Wednesday marks the 200th day in a row of above normal temperatures for Alaska. Even in a...
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