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Juneau Police Department to outfit 40 officers with body cameras
A policeman wears a body camera during 2016 St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Juneau Police Department plans to use grant money to outfit 40 of its officers with...
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Through a student lens: Films focus on place, culture and climate change
Five Mount Edgecumbe High School students took part in a film-making class last year and will showcase their work at a screening in Sitka tonight. The films focus on place, culture, and climate change...
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New online service aims to ease commutes, encourage alternative transportation
Municipality of Anchorage’s Chief Innovation Officer Brendan Babb presents LinkAK at City Hall in Anchorage on Nov. 10, 2016. (Photo by Josh Edge/APRN) The Municipality of Anchorage launched a new...
View ArticleVeteran Town hall to be held in Palmer
This weekend, the first Veteran Town Hall to be held in Alaska is happening in Palmer. Listen Now The event is part of a growing national movement to better integrate the lives and experiences of...
View ArticleUniversity of Alaska takes sports off the budget chopping block
The University of Alaska has decided not to cut six sports teams. UA President Jim Johnsen rescinded an earlier cost saving recommendation that men’s and women’s ski teams at the University of Alaska...
View ArticleTrial of Kavairlook murder suspects postponed until January
A hearing on Tuesday in Fairbanks Superior Court postponed the trial date for the four men accused of the killing of John Kavairlook Jr. The trial was scheduled to begin next week, but now is set to...
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High-level U.S., Canadian military chiefs meet again to confer on Arctic...
A second Chinook helicopter carrying U.S. and Canadian general/admiral-ranking officers and their staffs kicks up dust Tuesday upon landing at Black Rapids Training Site after a flight from Eielson Air...
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Retail marijuana sales in Juneau could begin this month
Rainforest Farms’ marijuana grows in Juneau on Monday. Co-owner James Barrett says these plants will provide the first legal marijuana for sale in Juneau. (Photo courtesy of Rainforest Farms) Juneau’s...
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About 120 to leave gas line team as state takes charge of project
Prudhoe Bay at night. Gov. Bill Walker’s team hopes state leadership will mean North Slope gas can someday make it to market. (Photo by J Weston/Flickr Creative Commons) At a meeting of the Alaska...
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Longtime private-sector engineer to head state’s oil and gas division
Chantal Walsh poses with a sign wishing the University of Alaska Fairbanks a happy 100th birthday, on Sept. 23, 2016, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Walsh has just been named as the director of the Department...
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New House majority names slate of chairpersons
Rep. Geran Tarr addresses the Alaska House of Representatives in 2014. Tarr and Andy Josephson will replace Benjamin Nageak (seated, right) and David Talerico as the co-chairs of the House Resources...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, Nov. 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 Transitions in gas...
View ArticleHow Alaska voted: Precinct by precinct
Note: This does not include early and absentee ballots. The state of Alaska does not report those on a precinct level.
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49 Voices: Ronell Corral of Anchorage
This week we’re hearing from Ronell Corra, in Anchorage. Corral is a UAA student and a second generation Filipino-American. Listen Now Ronell Corral of Anchorage (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public...
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AK: Fairbanks Four’s plight inspires musician’s latest composition
Members of the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Symphony and Choir, conducted by Houston Symphony associate conductor Robert Franz, perform the world premiere of “Mass for the Oppressed” on July 30 in...
View ArticleAlaskans on front lines of Standing Rock protest
A group of Alaska Native women helping with the Standing Rock Sioux protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline, are providing an inside perspective on the dispute that’s getting worldwide attention. Listen...
View ArticleUniversity of Alaska announces five percent tuition hike
University of Alaska students will see a five percent tuition hike next year. Listen Now For Alaska residents, that means lower division classes for the 2017-2018 school year will cost $202 per credit...
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New ShoreZone project grants access to Alaska coastal information
Alaska has 33,904 miles of coastline, more than the rest of the United States combined. For a long time, there has not been much information available to researchers or to the public about that...
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Alaska veteran and advocate unbothered by Trump prsidency
On this Veteran’s day, the nation is transitioning to a new Commander in Chief who, for the first time in history has no elected office or military experience. But that doesn’t bother long time...
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Other states look to Alaska as model for insurance relief
Insurance Division Director Lori Wing-Heier, in Juneau Jan. 29th, 2016 (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) Donald Trump’s election as president is expected to lead to major changes in the individual health...
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