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Man on a mission: Gov. Walker and the gas line
Bill Walker, fifth from left. As a Valdez City Council member, Walker traveled with a delegation from the Organization for the Management of Alaska Resources (later the Resource Development Council) to...
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Lawsuit could stall Mat-Su marijuana vote
A lawsuit challenging an upcoming Matanuska-Susitna Borough ballot initiative could stall a vote on banning commercial marijuana in the Valley. Attorneys for the Borough filed a response Monday,...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds viaemail, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn Listen now The man with the...
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Alaska fisheries escape effects of climate change for now
Commercial fishing in Alaska is a multi-billion dollar industry. (Aftab Uzzaman/Flickr) With coastlines eroding, temperatures rising, and sea ice retreating, Alaska is feeling the effects of a warming...
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Ask a Climatologist: The Blob is back
A map of sea surface temperatures from Sept. 19th shows the blob below Alaska. (Graphic courtesy of NOAA) The Blob is back. The term was coined a few years ago to describe a warm patch of water in the...
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Washington man due in federal court for Alaska scam
Floyd Jay Mann, of Puyallup, WA, is an auto mechanic and painter who concocted an elaborate hoax to bilk millions from his victims, according to federal investigators. A Puyallup, Wash. man is due in...
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High winds knock out power to 33,000 Interior households
Anchorage didn’t experience high winds as predicted last night but winds up to 70-miles-per-hour knocked out power to about 33,000 households around the Interior, including more than 500 in the Delta...
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Alaskans endure rising insurance costs
Open enrollment for health insurance. (Photo by Lisa Phu/KTOO) Alaskans shopping for individual health insurance on the federal exchange will only be able to choose from one insurer when open...
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In latest high-profile resignation, head of state’s oil and gas division quits
Corri Feige of DNR’s Division of Oil and Gas reads out bids during the state’s annual North Slope lease sale. Feige is resigning from her position as the state’s top oil and gas regulator. (Photo:...
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The man with the plan: Can Keith Meyer sell the gas line?
Keith Meyer took over as the new president of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. in June 2016. (Photo courtesy AGDC) As the state of Alaska takes the lead in the effort to build a natural gas...
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Two officers injured by gunshots in South Anchorage standoff (updated)
APD police cruiser (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) Updated 4:30 p.m. Police say a barricaded standoff in Midtown Anchorage is over. According to a release from the Anchorage...
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Begich will not enter race for U.S. Senate
Former Sen. Mark Begich addresses the Alaska State Legislature on Monday, March 3, 2014. (Skip Gray/ Gavel Alaska). Former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich says he will not mount a write-in campaign in the race...
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Missing Sitka man last seen hiking Verstovia Trail
Michael Hansen (Courtesy Sitka Search and Rescue) Searchers continued looking Wednesday for a Sitka man last seen Monday on the Mt. Verstovia Trail. Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said...
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Travel fair brings PFD deals under one roof
Valley of Geysers. (Creative Commons photo by Robert Nunn/Flickr) With the impending announcement of this year’s Permanent Fund Dividend, travel deals are heating up. And this weekend, some of the...
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Murkowski launches big Alaska bills whose days are numbered
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (File photo by Skip Gray, 360 North) U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski this morning brought some of her most controversial Alaska bills to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which...
View ArticleQuestions surround Walker’s gas line plan
Gov. Bill Walker is making the case that his new gas line plan will get the project off the drawing board and on to Alaskan soil. But it’s not hard to find skeptics who say Walker is just creating more...
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Permanent Fund will not invest in oil tax credits
Alaskans wait in line to file their Permanent Fund dividend applications in downtown Anchorage in March 2016. Photo: Rachel Waldholz, APRN The Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. has rejected a proposal from...
View ArticleMat-Su Borough lawsuit could stall commercial marijuana in the valley
A lawsuit challenging an upcoming Matanuska-Susitna Borough ballot initiative could stall a vote on banning commercial marijuana in the Valley. Attorneys for the Borough filed a response Monday,...
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Bent Columbia propeller shrinks Southeast ferry service
The state ferry Columbia will soon sail south for repairs to a damaged propeller. That will leave Southeast with fewer port calls. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News) The Alaska Marine Highway...
View ArticleFairbanks Police Chief on administrative leave
The Fairbanks Police Chief is on administrative leave today. The City issued a release yesterday (Wednesday) saying Chief Randall Aragon is on paid administrative leave while the city looks into...
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