Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage

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
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Along with national recognition, 2 Alaska artists awarded $25,000 each

Alaska was well-represented among recipients of the 2017 Joan Mitchell Foundation's grant awards for painters and sculptors. Listen now

Alaska game board votes touch a menagerie of management issues

The Alaska Board of Game wrapped up its recent meeting in Anchorage on Friday after voting on some changes to statewide hunting regulations. Listen now

First in decades, Anchorage mumps outbreak triples in size

The number of cases reported in Alaska's first mumps outbreak in decades has tripled. Listen now

Alaska game board to decide legality of hedgehog-like pet

Along with setting Alaska's hunting regulations, the state Board of Game also makes decisions about what animals Alaskans are allowed to keep as pets or livestock. At this year's meeting, currently underway in Anchorage, the game board is considering a proposal to allow a new species: the lesser hedgehog tenrec. Listen now
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Report: Alaska’s meth-related deaths quadrupled in last decade

Methamphetamine-related fatalities have increased fourfold in Alaska over the last decade, according to a state epidemiological report released Tuesday. Listen now

As legal Mat-Su marijuana blossomed, tax revenue grew too

Revenue from legal marijuana sales in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough has steadily grown since the first pot shops opened there in March. And so, too, has the associated tax revenue flowing into borough coffers. Listen now

Five Alaska inmates overdose in 24 hours; DOC credits recovery to anti-OD drug

Five inmates overdosed at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River over a 24-hour period, from Monday night to Tuesday night, according to the Alaska Department of Corrections. All five women are expected to survive. Listen now

UAA names economics lab after Nobel laureate Vernon Smith

Nobel laureate economist Vernon Smith spent three years at the University of Alaska Anchorage late in his career, and UAA has now named the centerpiece of its experimental economics program after him. Listen now

Mat-Su looks north to Fairbanks for advice on air quality

Smoke from wood burning in the Mat-Su's Butte region is pushing ever-closer to violating federal air quality standards. Too many bad air days, and the Environmental Protection Agency will swoop in to take action. Listen now

Alaska and its tribes sign child services compact

The state of Alaska has entered into a first-of-its kind compact to let tribes and tribal organizations take over child welfare services in their communities. Listen now

Vigilantes or heroes? Anchorage group takes to streets, reuniting owners with stolen vehicles

One group mobilizing through Facebook is reuniting stolen vehicles with their owners. Members of the A Team, as they call themselves, say they are filling a void left by overworked police. Listen now

Anchorage’s Spanish-immersion students raise thousands for sister school in Puerto Rico

Spanish-immersion students in Anchorage are well on their way to a goal of raising $10,000 to benefit fellow students in Puerto Rico hit hard by Hurricane Maria. Listen now

Alaskans among victims of Las Vegas shooting rampage

At least two Alaskans are dead, and another is wounded, after a gunman's rampage at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas. Many other residents were at the event and fled to safety, sending messages back to family overnight and into Monday. Listen now
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Anchorage police to take on Turnagain Arm traffic patrols

Anchorage Police Department officers plan to take over patrolling the Seward Highway along Turnagain Arm on October 1, with help from a state grant. Listen now

With an Anchorage audience, look into whale’s death begins

The extraordinary sight of a 30-foot long dead humpback whale that washed up on a beach area in Anchorage has drawn dozens of onlookers to gawk at its carcass. Among them Tuesday were veterinarians working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Listen now

Lawsuit seeks to allow non-Alaska residents to gather signatures for state ballot initiatives

A lawsuit filed in federal court this week seeks to remove the residency requirement for people gathering signatures for state ballot initiatives. Listen now

Unsecured database discovered with information from about 600,000 Alaska voters

Security consultants say they discovered an unsecured online database with information on nearly 600,000 Alaska voters last week. Listen now

Judge approves sale of Alaska Dispatch News to Binkley family

A bankruptcy court judge today approved the sale of Alaska Dispatch News, the state's largest newspaper from Alice Rogoff to the Binkley family of Fairbanks. The judge still needs to sign the official paperwork on the deal, which is set to close on Friday. Listen now

Uncle names girls killed in Butte fire, says trailer needed repairs

Armando Astorga identified the fire victims as Jaelynn Flores, 3, Sofia Flores, 6, Lillyanna Flores, 7, Nevaeh Flores, 8, and Alexis Quackenbush, 12. Listen now

Five kids dead in Butte trailer home fire

Five children died in a fire that gutted a trailer home in Butte this morning off the Old Glenn Highway near Palmer. The girls ranged in age from three to 12. Listen now