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Strong turnout in early voting across Alaska
An early voting location at the Division of Elections’s Region II office in midtown Anchorage (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) Across the country, the number of people voting...
View ArticleWrangell’s tax base shrinks as senior population grows
Wrangell has the second oldest population in the state, and the local borough is worried about the growing number of tax-exempt seniors. Those out-of-reach property tax dollars coupled with state cuts...
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49 Voices: Candidates for Alaska Zoo president
This week on 49 Voices: an election special. Zoo election, that is. Supporters of the Alaska Zoo will be electing a president of their own on Nov. 8. Today we’ll hear from three candidates — Aphun the...
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AK: Everyone is family at Gerry’s Barbershop
Gerry Carrillo Sr. at his barbershop. He’s owned Gerry’s Barbershop for nearly 30 years. (Photo by Lakeidra Chavis, KTOO – Juneau) Gerry’s Barbershop has been around for nearly three decades in Juneau....
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Study downplays leaking mine’s impact on fish
A state Department of Fish and Game staffer works on sampling fish for a study on toxic metal concentrations in Tulsequah and Taku river fish. (Photo courtesy Department of Fish and Game) State...
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Walker: Prostate cancer diagnosis won’t impair ability to perform duties
Gov. Bill Walker and (from left to right) Tessa Linderman (daughter), Sabrina Walker (daughter-in-law), Adam Walker (son), Lindsay Hobson (daughter), First Lady Donna Walker, Greg Hobson (son-in-law)...
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Alaskans travel to North Dakota to stand with Standing Rock
A handful of Alaskans this week are heading to the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota. They’re joining thousands of Native Americans who have gathered there to protest the construction of...
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Polaris Project seeks students from YK Delta
The Polaris Project hires student researchers, like these, to study climate change in Siberia and Alaska. Next summer, the project will be based 50 miles north of Bethel and seeks local graduate and...
View ArticleTanana Village public safety officers seek ability to carry guns
Tanana Chiefs Conference Village public safety officers are on track to be the first in the state to carry guns. Listen Now State legislators approved a bill in 2014 allowing for the arming of VPSO’s,...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, Nov. 4, 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 Walker: Prostate...
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State, Native Corps ask U.S. Supreme Court to enter fray over polar bear habitat
A polar bear mother watches carefully with her cubs along her side as their picture is taken, March 6, 2007. (Photo credit: USFWS) The State of Alaska and a dozen Native organizations have filed a...
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In Alaska, energy policy is key issue for some voters
Don Kubley chats with guests during a meet-and-greet with U.S. Senate candidate Lisa Murkowski on Oct. 17, in Juneau. Kubley is supporting Donald Trump for President and says energy policy and Alaska’s...
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Connecting the communities of rural Alaska
A new book by former public radio GM for KOTZ and KSKA, Dr. Alex Hills, tells the story of the early days of telecommunications in rural Alaska, what it took to connect the villages and who was doing...
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Fourth-generation pilot takes to the skies with new air taxi
Cade Schlagel (Photo by KDLG) There’s no question—air taxis are indispensable to Alaskans who live off the road system, where planes connect people and goods like trucks and cars do in bigger cities....
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Homegrown and hydroponic: Veggies are St. Paul’s new subsistence food
St. Paul’s greenhouse is named after an elder. It’s called Ludy’s Qalgadam Tagadaa, or Ludy’s Fresh Foods. (Zoë Sobel, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Unalaska) St. Paul’s greenhouse isn’t what you’d imagine....
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Why Alaska judges don’t raise campaign funds to continue to serve, like other...
Campaign sign for a judge in Lexington Park, Maryland (Creative Commons photo by Elvert Barnes)Campaign sign for a judge in Lexington Park, Maryland (Creative Commons photo by Elvert Barnes) Did you...
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Cook Inletkeeper requests public notice on proposed fracking
BlueCrest Energy is set to begin hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Cook Inlet this month. (Image courtesy of Cook Inletkeeper) The new fracking operation, which will occur about three and a half...
View ArticleNumber of registered Alaska voters at all-time high
More Alaskans than ever are eligible to cast ballots this year, thanks to record-high voter registration. Listen Now The state added 22,000 registered voters compared with four years ago – for a total...
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Alaska Human Rights Commission proposes regulation changes to protect LGBTQ...
Marti Buscaglia is the director of the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights. She took over the agency in May 2016. (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) Alaska’s Human Rights...
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Edward Itta remembered for balancing two worlds
Former North Slope Borough Mayor Edward Itta. (Photo courtesy of the Itta family) Former North Slope Borough Mayor Edward Itta died Sunday in Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow. Family members said...
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