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Alaska’s most-visited national park puts little-known Buffalo Soldiers story...
Buffalo Soldiers in Dyea prepare halibut for a fresh meal for their army unit. (Photo courtesy of the Alaskan State Library ASL- P226-868)When you think of Buffalo Soldiers, does Alaska come to mind?...
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Northern Alaska House seat to be decided in recount
Rep. Benjamin Nageak addresses the Alaska House of Representatives. He’s four votes behind Dean Westlake in the HD 40 race. Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) Listen now There will be a recount on Monday of...
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Alaska Natives protesting Dakota Access pipeline share mixed views on oil
Demonstrators in downtown Anchorage protest the Dakota Access pipeline (photo by Elizabeth Harball/Alaska Public Media) About 60 demonstrators, including many Alaska Native people, gathered in downtown...
View ArticleWind drives power outages in Mat-Su
High winds in Southcentral Alaska Sunday night and in the early hours of Monday morning knocked out power to more seven thousand households in Matanuska Electric Association’s coverage area. MEA...
View ArticlePlane crash kills pilot in Anchorage
One man is dead after his float plane crashed Saturday into a residential neighborhood on Anchorage’s Hillside. Anchorage police have identified the deceased as 75-year-old James Hefty. He was the only...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Monday, Sept. 12, 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 Westlake extends...
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Westlake extends lead over Nageak in Northern Alaska recount
Barrow Representative Benjamin Nageak says he isn’t conceding the Democratic primary to Dean Westlake. “No, no, no, I haven’t conceded anything,” said Nageak. That’s despite the fact that Westlake’s...
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Alaska prepares for vessel disasters
A helicopter practices dropping an Emergency Towing System on the Coast Guard cutter Morgenthau.Photo by Zoe Sobel/KUCB.Thousands of vessels every year move through Alaska’s waters. If something goes...
View ArticleIvanoff Bay man found after week-long search
In the remote village of Ivanoff Bay on the Alaska Peninsula, one of the four residents went missing on August 30. 66-year-old Allen Kalmakoff walked off and couldn’t be found. Amazingly, after a...
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Overdue hiker visiting “Into the Wild” bus found safe
CarlosCastrejon was found safely in Denali National Park. (NPS Photo/ Tim Rains).The search for an overdue hiker headed to the abandoned bus where Christopher McCandless died, ended happily Monday...
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Group launches campaign to keep Arctic in oil lease plan
20 groups are launching a media campaign to keep Arctic leases in the federal lease plan. Image from Arctic Energy Center.Alaska and national business and labor groups launched a media campaign Monday...
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Museum of the Aleutians reopens after yearlong closure
The Museum of the Aleutians opened after a yearlong closure. Photo by KUCB.The Museum of the Aleutians has officially reopened in Unalaska — after a scandal closed the space for nearly a year. Last...
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Charging bear killed near Sitka
A charging brown bear was killed near Sitka last month. This is not the bear that was shot in Sitka. (Photo from Alaska Department of Fish and Game)A pair of Forest Service workers killed a charging...
View ArticleTraditional Haida longhouse restoration complete
Restoration is finally complete for the last remaining, traditional Haida longhouse in the United States. The Son-i-Hat longhouse in Kasaan on Prince of Wales Island had been falling into disrepair for...
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APD searching for shooting suspect near Central Middle School
Shooting suspect “Tommy Rumph.” (Photo courtesy APD) UPDATE: Anchorage police report they made contact with shooting suspect Tommy Rumph in the area of 29th Ave. and Willow Dr. where he surrendered...
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GOP officers ditch party roles to back Miller
File photo: Lawrence Ostrovsky. The Central Committee of the Alaska Republican Party voted to remove one of its members over the weekend, and several other party officers resigned, all so they can...
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Fairbanks representative calls for an investigation into the Office of...
Rep. Tammie Wilson, R-North Pole, addresses the Alaska House of Representatives, April 8, 2015. She is calling for an investigation into the Office of Children’s Services. (Photo by Skip Gray/360...
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Walker administration won’t challenge veto reversal
Pat Pitney, director of the Office of Management & Budget, at a press conference, Feb. 5, 2015. The Walker administration is not challenging a decision to reverse his veto. (Photo by Skip Gray/360...
View ArticleSecond suspect indicted in Campbell Airstrip Road murder
A grand jury has indicted a second suspect on murder charges in the death of man found on a rural Anchorage road in August. Anchorage police say a warrant has been issued for the arrest of 19-year-old...
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Suspect admits to guilt over Facebook Live after Anchorage homicide
A police crime lab parked outside a duplex at 506 W. 15th Avenue not far from Downtown Anchorage. Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage. Police in Anchorage have taken a man into...
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