Casey Grove
Alaska News Nightly HostCasey Grove is host of Alaska News Nightly and a general assignment reporter at Alaska Public Media.
Casey is a lifelong Alaskan, born and raised in Fairbanks, and a graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he majored in journalism and minored in arctic survival. He’s lived in Anchorage since 2006, and his reporting has taken him all across Alaska, from courtrooms to the Iditarod Trail. Prior to Alaska Public Media, Casey worked at the Anchorage Press, Alaska’s News Source, the Anchorage Daily News and the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
A love of the outdoors and telling good stories keeps Casey’s roots in Alaska strong.
Reach Casey at cgrove@alaskapublic.org.
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Juneau residents protest against potential cuts to Medicaid. Also, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reckons with hundreds of layoffs. -
The Alaska House pass a bill with the largest school funding increase in about a decade. Also, researchers say a volcano near Anchorage is likely to erupt soon. -
Experts say uncertainty from the Trump administration's federal funding freezes is affecting Alaskans. Also, lawmakers weigh dozens of amendments to a major education bill. -
Experts say Medicaid cuts would have an outsized impact in Alaska. Also, a California company says it can provide some of the data lost from National Weather Service cuts. -
There are questions about how Akima Infrastructure Protection — a subsidiary of Akima, itself a subsidiary of NANA Regional Corp. — is treating migrants detained at its facilities. -
National Weather Service job cuts in Alaska are already impacting forecasts. Also, a migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay is run by an Alaska Native corporation subsidiary accused of civil rights abuses.
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A new draft of the House education funding bill includes some compromises. And a massive avalanche kills three heli-skiers near Girdwood. -
This is Alaska’s first fatal avalanche reported this season. It is also the country’s deadliest since February 2023.
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Michael J. Heyman was appointed Friday and will serve as Alaska’s U.S. Attorney on an interim basis for 120 days. -
The crackdown has provided a rare look at how immigration proceedings work in the state.
