3 OK After Vessel Sinks Near Valdez
Three men are okay after their vessel sank near Valdez while participating in an oil spill response drill. The Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Command Center received a report Wednesday night that the landing craft Belltech 5 was taking on water and sinking near Valdez Arm.
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Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 23, 2018
State leaders say salmon initiative would cost time and money if it passes; More Y-K Delta tribes protest Donlin Mine as permitting process progresses; Troopers investigate double North Pole shooting; Interior heat wave to continue as temperature records are broken; Small fires put out near Copper River over weekend; Siemens and Knikatnu propose to jointly supply IGU with LNG; Southeast invests in tourism hoping for big return; Solarize Anchorage spreads solar across Airport Heights neighborhood; Selling Arctic science with a BARC-becue; Here's why ice was a hot commodity in the Nushagak this summer Listen now
Yukon kings arriving in early blast; Kuskokwim kings arriving in late trickle
The Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers are having opposite experiences with king salmon this season. Listen now
Airplane crash victims identified
The two people killed earlier this week in a small airplane crash in Anchorage have been identified. The victims are 55-year-old Thomas Blake...
AFN wraps up in Fairbanks
The Alskaka Federation of Natives 2007 Convention drew to a close on Saturday tying off loose ends before adjourning.
Lori Townsend/Nellie Moore, APRN - Anchorage
Veniaminof Volcano Active Once More
A volcano on the Alaska Peninsula has again become active during a months-long eruption, with a trace of ash falling on communities up to 35 miles away.
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Anchorage mayor’s second pick for library director, an educator and GOP activist, likely to fuel more controversy
Judy Eledge drew attention for posts from a Facebook account under her name that linked gay and transgender people to pedophilia, advertised Eledge and her husband aboard an airplane during the pandemic without masks and complained about Alaska bush communities "getting everything and having no tax and almost everything paid for them."
Mat-Su Borough holds terror response drill in Palmer
A terror response drill was held in Palmer over the weekend, organized by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. It was a staged scenario of a busload...
Agriculture Officials Hope to Keep Potato Blight out of Alaska
Spring planting season is here, and Matanuska Valley potato farmers are getting ready to plant for this year's crop of spuds.
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA -...
Outbreak at Seward salmon processing plant grows to 96, state says
The plant has about 260 workers, who are a mix of residents and nonresidents, according to Scott Meszaros, Seward's city manager. He said 90 employees have been tested so far, and that more positives are expected as the remainder of the workers are tested.
Libertarian Candidates for Governor and U.S. Senate
Libertarians believe citizens should be free to engage in any activity that does not violate the rights of others. Their party wants government out of the way so people can pursue liberty and freedom. How would this translate to elected positions?
APRN: Tuesday, 10/28 at 10:00am
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Object Runway 4 Documentary Online Release
The full length Object Runway 4 documentary is now available online on the Alaska Public Media YouTube channel.
This wearable art runway show was filmed live at the Beartooth Theater Pub in Anchorage, Alaska in January, 2013.
Judge Sentences Kott, Kohring
Two former state lawmakers were sentenced to time served at a federal courthouse in Anchorage on Friday. U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline accepted plea deals for former state House Speaker Pete Kott and former lawmaker Vic Kohring.
Noorvik’s mayor says he was denied a REAL ID. He’s concerned other villagers won’t qualify for the same reason
There are several requirements needed to get a REAL ID, including two documents bearing a physical address showing proof of residence. For some Alaskans, that's a problem.
Dept. of Corrections Confirms Inadvertent Recording of Attorney-Client Calls
At a hearing last week in Dillingham, a public defense attorney mentioned to the judge that he had been cautioned by his agency about discussing confidential matters with clients in custody at state correctional facilities. The agency had learned that the state's Department of Corrections was either monitoring or recording phone calls between inmates and their attorneys, a practice that defies the attorney-client privilege.
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Nonattorney advocates to represent Alaskans in court under new waiver
The Alaska Legal Services Corp.’s director said the system is unique to Alaska — no other state has a program quite like it.
Lawmakers advance bill to hike Alaska’s gas tax
Most of the revenue raised from the tax would go toward highway maintenance. And it enjoys wide support from business and industry groups that say it would help reinvest in Alaska’s road infrastructure.
Mitch Seavey Wins 2013 Iditarod
Mitch Seavey has won the 2013 Iditarod, crossing the finish line at 10:39 p.m. Tuesday. After racing neck and neck with Aliy Zirkle through the last few checkpoints, he widened the gap after both mushers left White Mountain about 15 minutes apart, not taking a minute over their mandatory 8-hour layover.
COVID cases have been rising steadily in Alaska, but is it a surge?
Even epidemiologists are struggling to find the best way to present COVID data over time, state epidemiologist Louisa Castrodale says.
BLM announces leasing plan for northeastern NPRA
The Bureau of Land Management today announced their leasing plan for the Northeastern portion of the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska or NPRA. Although the...