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Canoe steaming carries on Tlingit and Haida tradition
To transform a hollowed-out log into a dugout canoe requires more than expert carving — it requires steam, and lots of it. Earlier this week the skies over Eagle Beach in Sitka were filled with smoke...
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Arson suspected in Sunday morning market fire in Dillingham
Dillingham Police Officer Craig Maines stretches crime scene tape around the front of the N&N Market in downtown Dillingham, after fires damaged the inside Sunday morning.(Photo by KDLG) Dillingham...
View ArticleGrant issued to hospitals for offering legal aid to patients
Hospitals typically are not in the business of providing legal aid to patients, but several tribal health facilities in Alaska are going to start doing just that. The pilot project is being funded...
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GOP unites behind Trump after weekend defections
Donald Trump in Trump Tower. 2015 file photo: Michael Vadon Both of Alaska’s U.S. senators said over the weekend they won’t support Republican Donald Trump for president, not after seeing him brag on a...
View ArticleCommissioner turns down challenge of predator control rules
Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game commissioner has rejected calls from petitioners critical of the state’s predator control rules to change the hunting program. Listen Now The Fairbanks Daily...
View ArticleTroopers investigate death of woman in Willow home
Alaska State Troopers are investigating the death of a woman at a home in Willow. Listen Now Troopers say 41-year-old Elizabeth Foster was found dead Sunday morning. The death is being investigated as...
View ArticleState says first federal trust status application filed
Alaska officials say the first application by an Alaska Native entity to put lands into federal trust has been submitted to the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs. Listen Now The state Department of Law...
View ArticlePew report sees Alaska ahead of other states in its ‘sovereign wealth fund’
A national report said other states can learn from the example of the Alaska Permanent Fund as they seek to grow their own funds built from natural resource extraction. Listen Now The Pew Charitable...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Monday, Oct. 10, 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 says first...
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One last chance to protest at the end of an era for the Tongass
Part of the Tongass National Forest in April 2008. (Creative Commons photo by Xa’at) The federal government is getting close to finalizing a plan that could shape the future of timber in the Tongass...
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Ferry storage costs close to a half-million dollars
The M/V Chenega undergoes repairs in drydock at the Ketchikan Shipyard in 2014. (Photo by Heather Bryant, KTOO – Juneau) The Alaska Marine Highway System is paying more than $1,200 a day for long-term...
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GCI announces $100,000 in donations to suicide prevention efforts
Alaska telecommunications company GCI has announced $100,000 in donations to support nine suicide prevention efforts across the state. Two village organizations in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region will...
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Fairbanks discusses changing the name of an elementary school
School district officials held a public meeting Monday night at a North Pole elementary school to discuss changing the schools name. Badger Road Elementary is named after Badger Road, which was named...
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Alaska Women Speak and growing with the times
It started as a feminist magazine and in the last 24 years, Alaska Women Speak has grown with the times and the topics that are important to women. Carmen Davis is one of the volunteers that has kept...
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Murkowski, Sullivan resign GOP posts after denouncing Trump
Alaska’s two U.S. senators resigned leadership posts in the state Republican party in denouncing GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. Listen Now Senator Murkowski discusses the spending bill. (Image...
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Tribe explores ‘self-determination’ options in downtown Craig
The Craig Tribal Association building is in the center of Craig. (Image: Google) Indian law is often complicated and obscure. But one bit of Indian law just got a lot more concrete for the Southeast...
View ArticleFairbanks Chief of Staff returns to work following summer DUI charge
One personnel issue has come to a close, and another continues at the City of Fairbanks. Speaking at a city council meeting Monday night Mayor John Eberhart welcomed chief of staff Jeff Jacobsen, who...
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Hoping for jobs and lower fuel costs, an Alaska Native Corporation explores...
Exploration well Tolsona No. 1, located about 11 miles West of Glennallen, Alaska (Photo by Elizabeth Harball. alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage) Alaska Native Regional Corporation Ahtna, Inc. is...
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25 to 30 percent rate increase in store for ML&P customers in Anchorage
Assembly members listen to news about utility rate changes during a meeting of the rules committee. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) In the next few months, customers of the...
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Workers hopeful as Agrium takes steps to reopen its Kenai Peninsula plant
The sun sets over Agrium’s currently dormant fertilizer plant on Sept. 29, 2016 in Nikiski, Alaska. The company is working to get the permits it would need from the state were it to reopen the...
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