Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
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Alaska Senator Murkowski said Friday she would not vote for a justice ahead of Inauguration Day
Shortly before the announcement that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died Friday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in an interview that if she was presented with a vacancy on the court, she would...
LISTEN: Alaska’s chief medical officer says we need to remain vigilant, ‘it’s darkest before dawn’
Among the most immersed in all things related to COVID-19 is Dr. Anne Zink, the state's chief medical officer. Zink has been as much of a public face for the state's response as the governor himself, while still occasionally doing some work as an emergency room physician.
LISTEN: How an Alaska hospital’s understanding of COVID-19 has evolved
Among those watching the coronavirus the closest is Alaska Regional Hospital's Infection Prevention Coordinator Jenny Mayo, who works with frontline staff and hospital administration on minimizing the impact of infections from things like viruses.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Oil prices remain low with no increase in sight. Plus, with fall coming, Anchorage hospitals keep an eye on COVID-19 numbers. And young bears are causing lots of problems in Juneau.
LISTEN: Anchorage schools superintendent talks challenges of educating during a pandemic
We're asking experts and local leaders what they’ve learned in the past six months of the coronavirus pandemic, and that includes Dr. Deena Bishop, superintendent of the Anchorage School District, the largest school district in the state.
LISTEN: Anchorage mayor reflects on 6 months of coronavirus pandemic
We're asking experts and policy makers what they’ve learned in the past six months. Among the policy makers is Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, who says hindsight is always a wonderful tool.
LISTEN: Woman propositioned by former Lt. Gov. Mallott breaks silence in ADN report
The woman, former Village Public Safety Officer Sgt. Jody Potts, says she wants to set the record straight after false reports and rumors led to the harassment of her daughter.
LISTEN: Bering Sea ice at lowest extent in at least 5,500 years, study says
While it's notable that there's less sea ice now than thousands of years in the past, study co-author Matthew Wooller from UAF says the research provides a deeper understanding of the context and mechanisms of change over those years.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, September 4, 2020
State health officials begin preparing to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine, when one is available. And how dramatic is sea ice loss in the Bering Sea? Very dramatic, according to a new study. Plus, a group of Yellowstone Bison arrive in arrive at their new home: a valley on Kodiak island.
LISTEN: Wild Alaska blueberries a benefit to old rat brains
But what's in those little blue bundles? Answer: More than just a delicious, sweet and tart treat. And, believe it or not, they're not even technically blueberries.
Alaska ranks last in census responses by phone, mail or computer
Census officials are sounding the alarm about a low rate of response in Alaska, despite having started the once-a-decade tally of everyone living in the United States in an Alaska village. But they say the lack of response might not be due to the usual difficulties of counting Alaska's remote communities, or the new challenge of the pandemic.
LISTEN: Southeast Alaska sees record-breaking rain, and for Fairbanks, exceptional thunder
We hate to say it, but the end of summer 2020 is here, at least that time period from June to the end of August that many Alaskans consider summer. And that means it's...
LISTEN: Alaska Federation of Natives opposes cutting census count short
The Alaska Federation of Natives is raising the alarm about the Census Bureau’s plan to end its once-a-decade count of everyone living in the United States a month earlier than expected.
Lawsuit claims Homeland Security officer sexually assaulted woman at Anchorage Museum in 2017
The allegations are detailed in a suit filed in federal court Aug. 26, nearly three years after the woman says Chris Heitstuman, who is described in the suit as a Department of Homeland Security employee, sexually assaulted her on two occasions in her office at the museum where she was head of security.
LISTEN: Mail carriers union president says pushback prevented Postal Service problems in Alaska
Pushback on comments by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy from postal workers and attention by the congressional delegation have prevented negative impacts in Alaska so far, a mail carriers union president says.
Charges: ConocoPhillips employee and cop friend stole millions in fraud scheme
A senior ConocoPhillips employee tricked the oil company into paying more than $3 million to a business owned by his friend, an Anchorage police officer, for work that was never performed and materials that were never received, according to criminal charges filed this week.
LISTEN: How months of reporting on attorney general’s unwanted texts led to his resignation
The Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica reported that Clarkson sent a junior state employee 558 text messages to her personal phone in the month of March. In the texts, Clarkson asked the woman to come to his house at least 18 times, often using a kiss emoji and commenting on the woman’s beauty.
LISTEN: Study shows Alaska salmon are shrinking
The shrinking of chinook, sockeye, coho and chum salmon has a negative impact on the number of eggs fish lay, but smaller body sizes also mean fewer meals, fewer commercial fishing dollars and fewer nutrients transported into rivers every year.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, August 24, 2020
Pebble mine opponents say a new federal requirement effectively ends the project. And, Pacific Islanders in Alaska deal with a high rate of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations. Plus, a ton of salmon data helped answer a question that biologists have been puzzling over.
Charges: Alaska doctor stole millions through unnecessary urine tests
The doctor allegedly sent his patients' urine samples to a lab in Tennessee that he owns, charging up to $8,000 per test.