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AWARE program expands to combat sexual assault at UAS
University of Alaska Southeast (Photo by Lisa Phu, KTOO – Juneau) One out of every eight UAS students said they experienced some form of sexual misconduct or sexual assault between 2015 and 2016....
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Ferry study recommends changes
The ferry Malaspina makes a rare appearance near downtown Sitka in 2010. A new report suggests a public corporation be formed to manage ferry operations. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News) A...
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New head of Federal Subsistence Board says local voices are essential
Hydaburg Mayor Tony Christianson in Eek Inlet off Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. (Photo courtesy The Nature Conservancy) Hydaburg Mayor Anthony Christianson has been appointed the new...
View ArticleNorth Slope schools expand curricula to ‘reflect ideologies of the Inupiat’
North Slope government and history is now part of high school graduation requirements for all North Slope Borough schools. Listen Now The borough school board passed a new policy this month making the...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Nov. 22, 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 New head of Federal...
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Two Athabascan men join Standing Rock protest
On the chilly plains of North Dakota, organizers estimate that around 2,500 people are now gathered near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation to support the Great Sioux Nation, or Oceti Sakowin, in...
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Service dog nonprofit helps veterans
A national nonprofit group that provides service dogs to military service members and veterans has opened a new training facility in Fairbanks. Paws for Purple Hearts involves service members and vets...
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Rep. Seaton joins bipartisan House caucus
After more than two decades of Republican control, the Alaska House is now led by a bipartisan caucus. Democrats make up the majority of the 22-member caucus, along with two independents and three...
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Ask a Climatologist: Dreaming of a white Thanksgiving? Dream on, Anchorage.
(Graphic courtesy of Brian Brettschneider) In Alaska, a white Thanksgiving is usually a given for most of the state. But not this year. The entire state is below normal for snowfall. Brian...
View ArticleLatest effort to revise Kenai invocation policy stalls
For the past four months, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly has debated whether it should restrict who is allowed to give the invocation, or prayer, that begins each meeting. Listen Now The...
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Small explosion delays Healy 2 startup
Golden Valley Electric Association customers will see a slight decrease in their monthly bills next month, but well short of what GVEA had hoped to give ratepayers. That’s because the co-op has run...
View ArticleAlaska Native corporation heads dam removal project
An old dam on the Eklutna River is destined for destruction. The dam is on Alaska Native corporation land, and it is hoped that when it comes down, salmon runs will return to the river. The demolition...
View ArticleDoyon continues search for Nenana Basin oil and gas
Interior regional Alaska Native Corporation Doyon is not giving up on finding oil and gas in the Nenana Basin, southwest of Fairbanks. That’s despite more than a decade of exploration with various...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Nov. 23, 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 Rep. Seaton joins...
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UAA women take fourth place in Great Alaska Shootout
UAA senior guard Kiki Robertson drives toward the basket in the 2016 Great Alaska Shootout. (Photo by Josh Edge/APRN) The University of Alaska Anchorage women’s basketball team fell Wednesday to NCAA...
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Rural lawmakers wield power without recent precedent
DOT Commissioner Marc Luiken, Aleknagik Mayor Jane Gottschalk, Sen. Lyman Hoffman and Rep. Bryce Edgmon cut the ribbon on the Aleknagik Wood River Bridge in October 2015. In 2017, Hoffman will be the...
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Trump, Congress and Southeast timber, what are the possibilities?
The Tongass National Forest includes most of Southeast Alaska. (Image courtesy U.S. Forest Service.) Could President-elect Donald Trump and the incoming Republican-led Congress change logging plans in...
View ArticleAll absentee ballots counted and accounted for
Just before heading out for the Thanksgiving holiday, the Alaska Division of Elections made its final count Wednesday of outstanding ballots from the November 8th General Election. Listen Now About 700...
View ArticleSitkans aim to raise funds, traditional foods for Standing Rock protesters
Protests on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation continue this week. That’s despite rising tensions between protesters and police and dropping temperatures in the Midwest. An event in Sitka this...
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49 Voices: Ma’o Tosi of Anchorage
This week we’re hearing from Ma’o Tosi in Anchorage. Tosi is a property manager at the Northway Mall and a community advocate. Listen Now Ma’o Tosi of Anchorage (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public...
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