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.
The state is starting to buy land for a wider, safer ‘KGB’ Road. But not everybody is in a selling mood.
The Alaska Department of Transportation is starting to make offers on private land it needs to widen a section of Knik-Goose Bay Road on the edge of Wasilla. The road has seen ever-increasing traffic on a two-lane design intended for fewer vehicles.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, July 24, 2020
A lawsuit over absentee ballot applications for the upcoming election heads to federal court. And the Food Bank of Alaska says it's seeing far more people in need amid the pandemic. Plus, Sand Point, close to Tuesday's earthquake, deals with the damage.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 23, 2020
A lawsuit over absentee ballot applications for the upcoming election heads to federal court. And the Food Bank of Alaska says it's seeing far more people in need amid the pandemic. Plus, Sand Point, close to Tuesday's earthquake, deals with the damage.
Anchorage residents should not have gotten tsunami phone alert after Aleutian quake, warning center says
While the overlapping zones for tsunami alerts have, in the past, led to alerts in Anchorage out of an abundance of caution, the Tsunami Warning Center says the one that pinged some phones in Anchorage Tuesday night should not have.
LISTEN: Why ignoring tsunami warnings, even after ‘false’ alarms, could kill you
What if people evacuate, time after time, only to find out later a predicted tsunami was only an inch or two high? Experts like Humboldt State University Geologist Lori Dengler say, even so, they hope anyone in a tsunami zone knows their life could be in danger and they should be ready to evacuate.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Anchorage announces a new mandate scaling back bar and restaurant capacity. And state lawmakers consider expanding a court system that focuses on treatment instead of prison time.
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, July 21, 2020
So far, fishing towns have stayed largely safe from fishing industry COVID-19 cases. And Alaska teachers voice concerns about returning to the classroom. Plus, a show tunes singer who usually performs for cruise ship tourists takes his act to the Juneau IGA instead.
No more prison time for Anchorage man who shot mom and sister as a juvenile
Now that he is 20 -- the age limit for juvenile custody -- and the case against him has been resolved in court, Corbin Duke walked out of the Anchorage courtroom with no additional jail time or conditions of release, after about four years at a juvenile detention facility.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 20, 2020
The Army Corps of Engineers prepares to publish an important Pebble Mine study later this week. And Anchorage officials defend the city's plan to expand services for the homeless.Plus, the cruise ships may be absent but tourists are still visiting Juneau.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, July 17, 2020
A surge in Covid-19 cases in Anchorage has local health officials sounding the alarm. And how doctors like Alaska Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink are avoiding the virus in their own lives. Plus, a late-night kitten rescue in Ketchikan.
LISTEN: Anchorage union president says teachers are concerned about returning to classrooms
With Covid-19 cases on the rise in Anchorage and elsewhere in Alaska, and the first day of school, Aug. 20, a little more than a month out, some parents and teachers think the district's plan is not cautious enough.
International ‘skimmer’ schemer caught in Alaska with illegal card-reading device, charges say
The charges say Marcus Catalin Rosu’s criminal activity spans the globe. In Alaska, Rosu faces one criminal count of “possession of counterfeit access device-making equipment,” which investigators allegedly found hidden in the ceiling tiles of his Anchorage hotel room.
LISTEN: Alaska polar bear den disturbances part of ‘death by a thousand cuts,’ researcher says
The authors of a recently published study say current requirements for the oil industry to stay at least one mile from known polar bear dens are working. But they’ve also found that the industry’s current den-detection methods miss more than half of the dens.
LISTEN: Haines author’s new book shares the ups, downs and adventure of small-town politics
"Of Bears and Ballots" is about Heather Lende's time as a member of the Haines assembly, from running for office, through some contentious debates, some uplifting moments, and then a recall effort that ultimately failed.
LISTEN: Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz talks mask mandate, concerns about Fourth of July gatherings
As the pandemic hit Alaska this spring, it forced the closure of nonessential businesses in Anchorage, and Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz says mandating mask-wearing now -- as cases spike in the city -- is a way to avoid another shutdown.
Ask a Climatologist: Where are we at so far this summer in Alaska?
Whether it's thunder and lightning and rain in Fairbanks, or just a whole lot more rain in Juneau, a couple things stand out about the summer so far in Alaska.
Alaska court district to test grand jury by Zoom
Alaska’s courts will test the use of videoconferencing in grand jury proceedings later this summer in the northwest region of the state. The goal is for residents to hear cases and complete jury service while staying home, to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
LISTEN: This Alaska Native artist dug a grave for Capt. Cook’s statue
The art installation took over a year to conceive and create, and it's called “Shadow on the land, an excavation and bush burial," part of Sydney’s 22nd Biennale art exhibition. It's the work of Yeil Ya-Tseen Nicholas Galanin, a Tlingit-Unangax̂ artist from and based in Sitka.
LISTEN: Alaska sports advisory council wrestling with how to restart sporting events
The Alaska Sports and Recreation COVID-19 Advisory Council is comprised of three dozen people from a broad range of sports and recreation interests, from athletes to event organizers and backcountry guides.
LISTEN: Investigative report uncovers allegations of sex abuse against priest in western Alaska
A Jesuit Catholic priest who visited Alaska off and on for many years is among nearly a dozen who worked at a prominent university in the Pacific Northwest and are also accused of sexual misconduct.