Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
Casey Grove is host of Alaska News Nightly, a general assignment reporter and an editor at Alaska Public Media. Reach him at cgrove@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Casey here.
US Army Alaska commander says soldier suicide prevention is top priority
That's after the numbers jumped from eight suicides in 2019 and seven in 2020 to 17 in 2021 that are either confirmed or suspected suicides.
Anchorage police search for man’s killer nearly 6 years after his disappearance
Jose Guadalupe Gonzalez was 46 in July of 2016, when police say his coworkers reported that he had not shown up for work.
Anchorage monoclonal antibody clinic under scrutiny for political donation and patient billing
Anchorage Assembly members and others have been questioning how WEKA got the deal with the city and why it charged patients hundreds of dollars per treatment session.
Alaska military exercise seeks more ocean; public comment ends soon
Northern Edge is a biennial, large-scale training exercise that involves the Air Force, Army and Marine Corps, as well as the Navy, which says it needs more room.
Alaska heli-ski guide dies in Thompson Pass avalanche
Michael Hamilton, 46, was leading a group of skiers and scouting a run when he triggered an avalanche that swept him about 1,500 feet down the mountain and over a cliff, troopers said.
Ask a Climatologist: A look back at Alaska’s second La Niña winter in a row
For our Ask a Climatologist segment, National Weather Service climatologist Brian Brettschneider is holding on to wintry thoughts, as we're now able to look back and analyze the winter of 2021-2022.
Alaska’s first investigator focused on missing and murdered Indigenous people is a veteran of the troopers
Anne Sears had been retired after 22 years in law enforcement, as the first Alaska Native woman to serve as an Alaska State Trooper.
Alaska artist’s new film captures ‘slow motion tsunami’ of plastic marine debris
It's called "If You Give a Beach a Bottle," it's by Max Romey and it incorporates scenes of volunteers cleaning up Alaska shorelines littered with marine debris, coupled with images from Romey's watercolor sketchbooks.
Man wanted in connection to Anchorage double homicide is arrested in New York
Police found the man's wife and daughter dead from gunshot wounds.
On 4/20, Alaska House passes bill on marijuana records, underage possession
House Bill 246 would make past records of marijuana possession unavailable to the general public in searches of court cases.
‘Person of interest’ in Anchorage double homicide is arrested
Police had warned that 39-year-old Jalonni M. Blackshear was considered armed and dangerous.
Alaska wildlife officials on the lookout for new, deadlier bird flu
This strain does not seem to pose a serious risk to people but there's concern for backyard flocks and the wild birds that are a food source for many Alaskans.
Alaska snow crab fishery saw steep decline. This reporter went ‘Into the ice’ to see it for himself.
As part of the "Into the ice" series, Seattle Times reporter Hal Bernton and Anchorage Daily News photographer Loren Holmes spent two weeks in January aboard a crab boat called the Pinnacle, one of the biggest in the fleet at 137 feet.
Arliss Sturgulewski paved the way for Alaska women in politics, friend says
Sturgulewski's longtime friend and fellow community organizer, Jane Angvik, says Sturgulewski paved the way for other women politicians, but it was her interest in improving all Alaskans' lives that really drove her.
Visiting Alaska, Canada’s Ambassador to the US talks border, Russia and about being the first woman in the role
As ambassador during the pandemic, Kirsten Hillman says a major focus for her and her team has been on Canada's unique relationship with the U.S., especially with the countries' shared border.
Will Alaska oil production get a boost from high prices? Not likely, says this industry observer.
Even with oil above $100 a barrel, longtime industry observer Larry Persily says it's unlikely the high prices will drive up production in Alaska.
Alaska avalanche expert says more should be done to avoid putting homes in slide paths
Anchorage-based avalanche expert Doug Fesler says more should be done to avoid building in avalanche paths.
Sorting the 48 Alaska candidates running in the special US House election
It’s the most candidates ever in one election in Alaska.
Iditapod bonus: Aaron Burmeister interview in Nome
Veteran Iditarod musher Aaron Burmeister talked to Alaska Public Media’s Jeff Chen at the Nome radio station, KNOM, roughly a day after Burmeister finished his 21st Iditarod. Burmeister talks about stepping away from the Iditarod, about how his race went this year, and how much dog mushing has changed over the many years he’s been a competitive musher.
Iditapod bonus: Brent Sass interview in Nome
In this hour-long interview, we hear more from 2022 Iditarod champion Brent Sass about how he’s forged a unique bond with his dog team, how he draws inspiration from his idols like Susan Butcher, and how his life in his remote homestead has made him the musher he is. Alaska Public Media’s Lex Treinen sat down with Sass, along with a group of other reporters, and Sass’s dad Mark at the Nome Nugget newspaper in downtown Nome.