Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media
Government Conducting Oil Spill Analysis in Chukchi
Photo and Story Alexandra Gutierrez, KUCB – Unalaska
The federal government will be conducting a new oil spill analysis before it completes a lease sale in the Chukchi Sea.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,...
Exxon Reopener Clause Decision Rests With Judge
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
The issue of whether Exxon should be ordered to pay the $92 million requested under the reopener clause provision from the 1991 settlement over the Exxon Valdez...
Mushers Not Expecting Yukon Quest Conditions on Iditarod Trail
Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
Running the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod back to back has been popular with mushers in recent years. But teams who compete in both have only a ...
Iditarod Leaders Pass Through Rainy Pass
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Iditarod leaders are into Rainy Pass checkpoint, and a hand full of them have moved beyond it. Robert Buntzen is in the lead, followed by Paul Gebhardt,...
Tribes Score Victory in Child Protection Case
Joaqlin Estus, KNBA – Anchorage
Tribes have scored a victory in a case against the state of Alaska over the right of tribal courts to initiate child protection cases and to have...
Alaska News Nightly: March 7, 2011
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Fish and Wildlife Decides Against Unimak Island Wolf Kill
Alexandra Gutierrez,...
SLIDESHOW: Ceremonial Iditarod Start
Photos by Josh Edge, APRN - Anchorage
Check out some pics from the ceremonial start of the Iditarod. More pictures to come.
Mushers Looking Forward to Scenery, Time With the Dogs
Video by Josh Edge, APRN - Anchorage
Mushers took some time away from prepping for their ceremonial start to talk with us about what they are looking forward to the most during the race this...
Racers Discuss the Challenges of the Trail
Video by Josh Edge, APRN - Anchorage
APRN was able to catch some of the racers before they took off on the ceremonial start from downtown Anchorage on March 5, 2011.
Mushers Share the Scoop as the Iditarod Begins
Video by Joshua Tucker, APRN - Anchorage
We were able to follow along and talk with musher Billy Snodgrass as he worked to prepare his team for the ceremonial start of the Iditarod. A number...
Aliy Zirkle Journeys Through Ceremonial Start
Video by Josh Edge, APRN - Anchorage
This year, musher Aliy Zirkle allowed APRN to attach a camera to her sled for the ceremonial start of the Iditarod. Here is some footage of Zirkle making...
APRN's Iditarod Coverage Begins Saturday
APRN will be bringing viewers in-depth coverage from the start in downtown Anchorage on Saturday, at the restart on Sunday and more on the trail. Listen to APRN and keep an eye on APRN.org...
Officials Worried About TransCanada Missing October 2012 Proposal Deadline
Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau
Alaska lawmakers say Federal Energy Regulatory Commission officials are worried TransCanada might miss an October 2012 deadline to submit an application to build a natural gas pipeline...
Peterson, Gara Introduce ‘Truth in Alaska Oil Company Profits Act’
Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO – Juneau
Two state lawmakers say the state should force major oil companies to declare their Alaska profits.
Anchorage Representatives Pete Peterson and Les Gara have authored the “Truth in Alaska...
Federal Regulation Lowers Permissible Amount of Benzene in Gasoline
Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage
For some time now, gasoline sold in Anchorage and Alaska has contained a higher benzene level than most of the United States. But that situation changes in...
Fur Rondy 2011: CANstruction
Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage
It’s a Rondy event that draws engineers, architects, sculptors and others with an “uncanny” sense of art and design. And for the past four years this competition...
Musher Finds Success Creating ‘Team Williams’ Legacy
Angela Denning-Barnes, KYUK – Bethel
Only a handful of mushers from Western Alaska run the Iditarod. One of them—Mike Williams Jr. – is from the small Kuskokwim village of Akiak. He’s the...
US Forest Service Chief Defends Timber Sales Plan
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
The Chief of the U.S. Forest Service defended its plan Thursday to reduce the number of 10-year timber sales in Southeast Alaska. Tom Tidwell appeared before...
UAF Making Facilities Available to Small Businesses Bringing Local Food to Market
Lorien Nettleton, KUAC – Fairbanks
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service is making facilities available to small businesses interested in bringing local food to market.
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Unique Prom Held in Anchorage
Joshua Tucker, APRN – Anchorage
Most prom queens are in their teens. But at a unique prom held last week in Anchorage, the crowned royalty were middle-aged. That’s because these women are...