Mental Health advocates asking Governor to look into actions of Mental Health...
Mental health advocates are expressing concern that the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority is straying from its mission after the sudden resignation of its CEO, and several groups are calling for...
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Salmon fishing in St. Paul: Building a new subsistence resource
For many Alaskans, subsistence is all about salmon. But in St. Paul, that isn’t the case. Fur seals and seabirds are primary subsistence food in the Pribilof Island community. Listen Now But the Aleut...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Nov. 1, 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 Procession held in...
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Unlawful ‘free samples’ postpone Anchorage’s first pot shop
Marijuana for sale at a dispensary in California. (Photo: Dank Depot via Flickr Creative Commons) In an unexpected move, the Anchorage Assembly has put a stop on what would have been the first retail...
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Bering Strait School District unveils Fab Lab course in Unalakleet
At the Unalakleet School, a new class has been added to the curriculum for students that currently no other school in the Bering Strait School District offers. It’s called Fab Lab. Listen Now Taught by...
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Ask a Climatologist: Arctic sea ice at record low for the season
(Image courtesy of National Snow and Ice Data Center) This late in the fall, Arctic sea ice should be forming near the community of Utqiagvik , which until recently was know as Barrow. Instead, the...
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Search continues for downed pilot in Lake Clark National Park
Neacola Moutains (Photo courtesy of the National Park Service) It’s been five days since Anchorage pilot David McRae’s plane went down in Lake Clark National Park last Friday. With a window of slightly...
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‘Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge’ speaks in Anchorage about suicide...
Retired Sgt. Kevin Briggs is known as the Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge. For years he patrolled the iconic San Francisco landmark and spoke with people who were considering suicide. He’s in...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 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 Abortion ruling at...
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Alaska’s top oil companies adjusting to low prices
Arriving at ConocoPhillips Kuparuk River Unit, the temperature hovered around -7 degrees. Photo: Rachel Waldholz/APRNc The big three oil majors that operate in Alaska — BP, ConocoPhillips and Exxon...
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Mushers await release of documentary criticizing the sport
Alaska mushers are waiting for the release of a Canadian-made documentary film that is purportedly damaging to sled-dog racing. Parts of the film were made with the help of Iditarod resources, yet...
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Abortion ruling at center of justices’ retention battle
Alaska Supreme Court Justices Joel H. Bolger, Peter J. Maassen , Craig Stowers and Daniel E. Winfree (left to right), listen as then-Chief Justice Dana Fabe delivers the 2014 State of the Judiciary...
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Alaskan Cub superfans react to their team’s historic victory
Last night, an estimated 40 million people tuned in to game seven of the World Series. What they saw was history in the making: the Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland, 8-7 in 10 innings to win their first...
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Man convicted in Tanana trooper killings sentenced to 203 years in prison
Nathanial Kangas charged in a Fairbanks court on May 3, 2014. (Photo courtesy of KTUU) The man convicted of killing two Alaska State Troopers in the Interior village of Tanana in 2014 was sentenced...
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ASD data dashboard helps people glimpse what’s happening in local schools
A screenshot of Anchorage School District’s new Data Dashbaord taken on Nov. 3, 2016. The Anchorage School District has a new public web page that lets community members comb through district data. You...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday. Nov. 3, 2016
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View ArticleLake Clark plane crash victim found
After six days, the body of missing pilot David McRae and his plane have finally been found in Lake Clark National Park. Lieutenant Colonel Candis Olsmstead directs public affairs for the Alaska...
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Interior race between political veterans could shape Alaska Senate
One of the most-watched races in the state is happening in and around Fairbanks, where two longtime politicians are running in a match-up that could help decide control of the Alaska Senate. Listen Now...
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Amendment would allow state bonds to back college loans
Alaskans are voting whether to allow the state to issue debt to lower the interest students pay for college loans. Listen Now Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R-Eagle River, on the floor of the Senate in March....
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CoastWalk volunteers clean up local beaches
For over 30 years, the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies in Homer has organized its annual CoastWalk. Lani Raymond and two other volunteers collected several bags of trash from the beach near Miller’s...
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