Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage

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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 Willow project

U.N. rapporteurs and Patagonia take Willow opposition to new level

U.N. Human Rights Commission appointees want to file a brief in lawsuit over Arctic drilling project.
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Anchorage man charged with soliciting minor for sex

The FBI is looking for any other potential victims Benjamin Roundy might’ve had.
A view of a grassy hill above a green coastline and ocean.

Northern Alaska follows global trend with warmest July on record

National Weather Service climate researcher Brian Brettschneider says about a quarter of Alaska had its warmest July on record.
A sign, in a small garden with shrubs, reads "Nesbett Courthouse."

Indiana man pleads guilty to soliciting Anchorage woman’s murder in catfishing scheme

Darin Schilmiller, 25, promised a group of teenagers millions of dollars to record themselves killing Cynthia Hoffman.
A prison building sits in the background.

Alaska woman’s lawsuit says she was victim at California prison known as ‘rape club’

The lawsuit follows a criminal conviction for the former prison warden, Ray Garcia, and seeks an unspecified sum of money to be determined in court.
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Anchorage hits grim milestone for outdoor deaths. Still, this reporter shares a story of hope.

The data on outdoor deaths comes from Anchorage Daily News stories, many of them written by ADN reporter Michelle Theriault Boots.

Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 31, 2023

A new state system lets sexual assault survivors track the evidence kits used in their cases. Also, as salmon disappears from the Yukon River, a program connects families with sockeye from Bristol Bay. And Bethel residents show off their vehicles at the community's first car show, each with their own story.
a wolf

Alaska game managers dispute study, saying predator control does work

Tom Paragi, a biologist with the Division of Wildlife Conservation, says other studies back up the notion that predator control can help declining populations of prey, like moose.
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Alaska News Nightly: Friday, July 21, 2023

Head Start programs in Alaska could lose millions in federal funding, because they don't have enough staff. Also, the state pushes back on research that says predator control doesn't work. And young burn survivors get hooked on Alaska.
a wolf in the snow

Alaska predator control doesn’t result in more moose harvests, according to a study of one game unit

The state disputes that, saying not enough time had passed between the predator control work and the analysis of moose harvests.
The sign outside the federal courthouse in Anchorage along 7th Avenue with the museum in the background

Indiana man accused in Alaska teen’s ‘catfish’ killing pleads guilty to child porn charges

Darin Schilmiller posed online as a rich man, claiming he’d pay millions of dollars for sexually explicit photos and video of Cynthia Hoffman's murder.
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When Alaska wilderness adventures go wrong, mental mistakes are sometimes to blame

Wilderness safety instructor Deb Ajango says adventurers can make thinking errors that, in some cases, make an uncomfortable situation much worse.
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Alaska News Nightly: Friday, July 7, 2023

Anton McParland was unknown in Alaska when he managed Congresswoman Peltola's campaign, and now he's also her chief of staff. Also, as Anchorage grapples with sheltering unhoused residents, some officials point to simplifying zoning. And visions of a mysterious white raven around Kenai have the town talking.
A skiff speeds up a river with low-lyingg bans

Alaska drownings led the nation, with alcohol use and lack of lifejackets often involved

Nearly nine of 10 Alaskans who drowned in non-occupational settings were not wearing a life jacket, according to a state report.
An outdoor sign reads: James M. Fitzgerald United States Courthouse & Federal Buildling

Alaska addiction patients were lucrative in treatment center’s scheme, insurance company’s lawsuit says

Moda claims a California addiction treatment center falsified Alaska patients’ income, in a scheme to overbill the insurer by $3.3 million.
A man in dive gear and a snorkle mask examines and octopus underwater.

Alaska researcher dives into the mysterious lives of octopuses in new book, ‘Many Things Under A Rock’

Dr. David Scheel's book is the culmination of many hours spent investigating octopuses underwater and in tide pools, with help from coastal Alaska's Indigenous people.
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Troopers say 2 women found dead near Trapper Creek were murdered

One of the women was reported missing in late May after making a 911 call.
A black dog chewing a stick while sitting on snow near a river.

Alaska’s spring was colder than average, while other places baked (so, yes, global warming is still a thing)

Lingering snow and cloudy days resulted in temperatures about 3.5 degrees below the statewide average from March through May.
Anchorage City Hall

Anchorage charity under investigation after city gave it a big pandemic recovery grant

The city gave $1.6 million to Rosalina Magaeva’s House of Transformations, despite the state having investigated her for alleged fraud.

Wasilla teacher who sexually abused students sentenced to 46 years

Lukis Nighswonger, 40, taught at Iditarod Elementary School before nearly a dozen young victims came forward against him.