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Coast Guard still investigating what sank the Alaska Juris
Crewmembers abandoned the F/V Alaska Juris after it began taking on water on July 26. Investigators with the U.S. Coast Guard will interview witnesses at public hearings in December.( Photo courtesy of...
View ArticleFour new pot shops approved in Anchorage
The Anchorage Assembly approved four new cannabis businesses within the municipality on Tuesday during its regular meeting. Listen Now They include two retail shops and a manufacturing facility in the...
View ArticleAnchorage Assembly budget makes several cuts to increase police force
The Anchorage Assembly passed a $504 million operating budget during it’s Tuesday night meeting, up slightly from last year’s budget of $488 million. Increases are going primarily to pay for a larger...
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Fairbanks school to change controversial name
A North Pole school will get a new name. The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of education approved a measure Tuesday night to rename Badger Road Elementary. The road and the school...
View ArticleNorthern moose migration corresponds with early snow-melt and increased...
Moose and other species have advanced north with warming temperatures. University of Alaska Fairbanks assistant professor of water and environmental research Ken Tape said movement of boreal species...
View ArticleAdvocates fear cutting Bethel’s Sex Offender Treatment Program could mean...
State budget cuts have reduced Bethel’s Sex Offender Treatment Program to a fraction of its former self. The program’s staff has gone from three members with a combined experience of almost 40 years to...
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Walker names Anchorage lawyer as new chief of staff
Gov. Bill Walker named a new chief of staff Wednesday, bringing in Anchorage lawyer Scott Kendall to replace Jim Whitaker, effective Dec. 2. Listen Now Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reporter Matt Buxton...
View ArticleEmmonak struggles to rebuild water systems following fire
The City of Emmonak remains without its sewer and water after a fire. Efforts are underway to improve the situation. Listen Now On Tuesday night, the Emmonak City Council approved a proposal to start...
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Ask a Climatologist: Alaska’s “relentless” streak of warm temperatures
Weather stations in Alaska have logged an “unprecedented” run of above-normal temperatures, says climatologist Brian Brettschneider. (Graphic courtesy of Brian Brettschneider) According to an...
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Sockeye Fire trial to begin at end of November
The Sockeye Fire which devastated Willow in 2015 (Photo courtesy of the Mat-Su Borough) Two Alaskans charged with starting the destructive Sockeye wildfire over a year ago will face trial starting in...
View ArticleNOAA determines that Iliamna Lake harbor seals are not endangered
NOAA Fisheries announced today that after review, they view the listing of Pacific harbor seals in Iliamna Lake as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act as not warranted....
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Nov. 11, 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 Tension lingers...
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Tension lingers over handling of investigation into linked homicides
Anchorage Police Department Chief Chris Tolley addresses the media at the department’s West Anchorage training facility. (Photo by Josh Edge/Alaska Public Media) A day after news broke that five...
View ArticleAnchorage man charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor
On Wednesday, an Anchorage grand jury charged 63-year-old Paul Allen Harris on one count of kidnapping, two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree and one count of sexual abuse of a...
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Judge upholds Walker’s veto halving Permanent Fund dividends
The Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.’s exterior sign. A judge ruled in favor of the corporation and upheld Gov. Bill Walker’s veto of half of dividend funding. (Photo by Skip Gray, 360 North) Governor Bill...
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Alaska Native corporation acquires oil and gas leases in Arctic waters
The Alaska Native corporation representing the North Slope has bought two federal leases in the Beaufort sea formerly owned by Shell. That gives the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, or ASRC, the...
View ArticleUFA hones in on salmon habitat issues
An Alaska commercial fishing advocacy group is beginning to get an idea of what its new Salmon Habitat Information Program – or SHIP – will look like. The program is aimed at engaging commercial...
View ArticleAlaska ferry system plans more fare hikes
The Alaska Marine Highway System plans its next round of fare changes to start May 1, when the new summer schedule begins. Listen Now AMHS spokesperson Jeremy Woodrow said it’s the second year of a...
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ConocoPhillips puts historic Kenai LNG plant up for sale
An LNG tanker fills up at the ConocoPhillips liquid natural gas export facility in Nikiski, Alaska. When it opened in 1969, it was the only facility of its kind in the U.S. to get a license to export...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016
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