Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
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LISTEN: Anchorage police monitoring for threats, preparing for protests
While Anchorage Police Chief Justin Doll says residents might see a bigger police presence at some government buildings, Doll says there are currently no specific threats of violence.
Anchorage man swerved to hit friend in fatal Glenn Highway collision, charges say
Brian McGee, 25, is charged with murder after police say he left his friend on the side of a highway, then came back and hit him with a car.
Ask a Climatologist: An Alaska-sized storm sets record
A massive storm way out in the Aleutian Islands at the end of the year set a record for the lowest atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the North Pacific... but you've probably never heard of it.
LISTEN: Alaska’s population keeps shrinking
The estimate says Anchorage lost about 3,000 residents from July 2019 to July 2020, while Fairbanks gained about a thousand people, associated with a buildup related to F-35 fighter jets stationed nearby. And the Matanuska-Susitna Borough continued its long-term, steady increase with about 520 new residents.
LISTEN: Alaska law enforcement has routinely failed to follow DNA collection law
The DNA is supposed to go into a database that can help police connect offenders to unsolved crimes, including rape and murder. But according to the ADN’s reporting, that’s not what’s happening.
Number of unsentenced Alaskans behind bars climbs under COVID-19 court, prison constraints
Jury trials remain suspended, and many people have no idea when they will get their day in court. Plus, defense attorneys say their inability to meet with clients put a damper on resolving cases through plea deals.
LISTEN: The survey says… majority of Anchorage residents taking COVID-19 recommendations seriously
As of early December, two thirds of Anchorage residents supported additional COVID-19 restrictions.
Ask a Climatologist: Anchorage avoids Chinook wind events, holds onto snow
Anchorage is within its usual range, and has held onto its snow, as the city's been missed by a couple Chinook wind events like those that've caused melting in recent winters, like 2019 (pictured).
Anchorage police charge brothers in Chelsea Inn homicide, one still at large
Only one of the homicide suspects, 31-year-old Josiah Pouli, is in custody. Police are still looking for 26-year-old Jacob Pouli (pictured).
Alaska guns sold in private sales discovered in secret shipments to Mexican drug cartel
Smuggling charges against the now-jailed Miguel Moreno-Cortez allege he was an Alaska-based gun purchaser who was part of a larger network exporting guns from the United States to a drug-trafficking organization called Autodefensas de Michoacán Cartel in the Mexican state of Michoacán.
LISTEN: A family heading to Alaska needed help. Then this nice Canadian man stepped up.
A British Columbia resident, Gary Bath, has gotten international attention after helping drive an American family the final 1,000 miles of their journey from the Lower 48 to Alaska.
Aurora expected from Alaska to northern Lower 48
All of Alaska and even the northern Lower 48 states could see northern lights today, according to an aurora forecast from the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Geophysical Institute.
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Ask a Climatologist: Historic Southeast Alaska rains linked to a changing climate
The rain wrecked havoc in some places, causing sinkholes and landslides, like in Haines, where the official search for two missing people was suspended Monday.
LISTEN: Alaska geologist says rainfall-induced landslides are like an ‘air hockey table’
Landslides don't always occur under the same conditions, but in Southeast Alaska they're often associated with rainfall soaking soils over time, followed by a sudden, torrential downpour that shifts the balance between friction and gravity.
LISTEN: Coronavirus further widening race-correlated health disparities
As members of the Alaska Black Caucus put it during a recent discussion of race-related health disparities in the pandemic, it's not race that's a risk factor for getting the disease, it's racism that's a risk factor.
LISTEN: Is the pandemic pushing more people into avalanche zones?
We talk with experts about the unprecedented pressure on backcountry terrain this winter, and whether this expanding enthusiasm could bring grim consequences?
Anchorage police investigate four homicides over three-day span
Four people died in Anchorage homicides from Thursday to Saturday, the deadliest stretch of 2020, a year marked by fewer homicides than usual, according to police.
LISTEN: Norwegian concept of frifluftsliv offers insight to coping with pandemic
There's a Norwegian term for deliberately embracing time spent outside, for both the mental and physical benefits.
It's frifluftsliv (pronounced FREE-loofts-leev), something Alaskans will find familiar, in spirit if not in name. And some say...
University eyes future gravel mine in Matanuska Greenbelt, drawing ire from trail users
Officials at the cash-strapped university say they need to know how much the land is worth, and whether excavating gravel could provide a stream of revenue.
LISTEN: Governor’s office slow to act in addressing attorney general’s misconduct
The victim in a misconduct scandal that caused former Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson to resign in August says the governor’s office knew for months prior to the resignation about inappropriate texts Clarkson sent the woman.