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Accusations of fake news and Islamophobia fill Anchorage Assembly
Greg and Maleika Jones spoke to the Anchorage Assembly on Dec. 6 , asking for an apology from member Amy Demboski. The couple eventually received a standing ovation from the crowded chamber. (Photo:...
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Congress adds soldiers, removes pressure for JBER cut
Jump packs at JBER. (File photo: Zachariah Hughes) President-elect Donald Trump has called for a much bigger military, and Congress took a step in that direction today. Listen Now The U.S. Senate has...
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‘Most wanted’ child pornographer apprehended by Fairbanks Airport police
On Monday morning, Fairbanks International Airport Police Officers arrested 40-year-old Kevin Trask, who had been on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s most wanted list, and was evading...
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Energy bill fails; Murkowski blames House
Photo by Liz Ruskin It was two years in the making, but it seems Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s energy bill is now dead. Listen Now The office of House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Wednesday there was no time...
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Census Bureau adds areas, languages to be translated for Alaska elections
Yup’ik and English ”I Voted” stickers from Bethel’s municipal election. Photo courtesy of Anna Rose MacArthur / KYUK. More people who speak Alaska Native languages but who have limited English...
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Former Fairbanks state Rep. Mike Kelly dies in plane crash
Former state Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Fairbanks, on Dec. 21, 2010. Kelly died Dec. 7, 2016, as a solo pilot in a plane crash 17 miles southeast of Fairbanks. (Creative Commons photo by James Brooks) UPDATE:...
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Search continues for missing Port Alsworth plane
An FAA cam at Lake Clark Pass West, at the northeast corner of Lake Clark, looking northeast. Ice fog conditions can develop quickly in this area, say local pilots, even when the weather is clear...
View ArticleProblems with Mat-Su code could lead to pot shop in Talkeetna
An oversight in Mat-Su Borough code could allow a marijuana store to open on Talkeetna’s Main Street without a conditional use permit from the borough. At public meetings this week, some Talkeetnans...
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Official who created state’s pot rules to leave just as industry gets on its...
Cynthia Franklin has been in charge of the body now known as the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Board since September 2014. (Photo courtesy of the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, Dec. 8, 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 Former Fairbanks...
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Newtok to ask Obama for federal disaster declaration
The village of Newtok in western Alaska, in August 2016. (Photo by Eric Keto/Alaska’s Energy Desk) The village of Newtok plans to request a federal disaster declaration from President Barack Obama...
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Pribilof scientists work to bring back decimated blue king crab population
The restrictions put in place to protect blue king crab also make it difficult to do research on the species. (Photo by Celeste Leroux/Alaska Sea Grant) The last commercial harvest of Pribilof Island...
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Obama draws fury and joy with Bering Sea protection
(Photo courtesy of Bering Sea Elders Group) President Obama today issued an executive order creating the “Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area.” The area covers more than 100 thousand square...
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49 Voices: Ives Viray in Anchorage
This week we’re hearing from Ives Viray from Anchorage. Viray is a professional break-dancer and is looking to open Express Dance Studio early next year. Listen Now Ives Viray in Anchorage (Photo by...
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Ask a Climatologist: With snow and cold, ‘it’s Alaska again’
A pedestrian walks through a snowstorm on Dec. 7, 2016 in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk) It’s winter again in Alaska. There’s snow on the ground across most of the...
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Mt. Edgecumbe High School wrestlers learn about healthy relationships
The Mt. Edgecumbe High School wrestling team. Emory Johnson helps hold up the poster. (Photo by Emily Russell, KCAW – Sitka) This fall, student wrestlers at Mt. Edgecumbe High School took part in a...
View ArticleExito sinking victim search called off
The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for two people who went missing Tuesday after their ship sank north of Unalaska. Listen Now Coast Guard officials made the announcement Thursday after a...
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AK: Hundreds of Douglas kids band together in music class
Gastineau Elementary School student Sophia Lundeman sings and plays guitar during a music class led by Patrick Murphy (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News) When you think about an elementary...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, Dec. 9, 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 Obama draws fury...
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Washington congresswoman will likely lead Trump’s Interior Department
Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers during a markup in the Energy & Commerce Committee this year. (Photo courtesy office of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers) Multiple national news outlets are...
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