131-year-old fish plant, other Alaska sites to be considered for national historical places registry
Also up for consideration: name changes for geographic landmarks like the Suicide Peaks near Anchorage.
Anchorage Author Investigates "The Fate of Nature"
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
Its a story Alaskans know well. Natives lived here for centuries, respecting the environment and cooperatively owning the land. Then the...
Effort to Repeal ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ Falters in Senate
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Senate Democrats lost their attempt today to take up a major military bill that includes allowing the repeal...
AEDC pushes Anchorage utilities to merge
In a letter sent Wednesday to city leaders, the director of the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation wrote that a recently convened working group concluded that stakeholders should seriously consider merging Municipal Light and Power with the Chugach Electric Association. Listen now
Alaska News Nightly: May 15, 2014
Earmarks: Congress Mulls Return of Practice that Enriched Alaska; Sealaska Reports $35 Million Net Loss Last Year; Oil Tax Referendum Groups Ramp Up Campaigns; How Much Is The Pipeline Worth?; TSA Offering Travelers A Chance To Streamline Security Experience; Clearwater Lodge Burns Down; Working Group Discusses Caribou Decline, Ambler Road; Olympic Aspirations: Training At The Alaska Boxing Academy
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Anchorage Bowl Land Use Plan Map
Municipality of Anchorage planners are engaged in a project that could outline how the city will look in 20 years. In the meantime, Anchorage neighborhoods are changing. Throughout the past decade, the city has seen growth that has brought forth new challenges. This week, a team of presenters has been hosting informational sessions around town on the Anchorage Bowl Land Use Plan Map Update. On this week's Alaska Edition, these presenters will fill us in on how the community can further this discussion.
Alaska’s Senators Fail to Block Gun Debate
The Senate voted Thursday morning to open debate on a new package of gun regulations. Neither of Alaska’s senators supported the procedural vote.
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AK@100 Part Two
The International Geophysical Year changed the face of science for the world. Even though it was not yet a state, Alaska was a big part of that change. 50 years later it was time for the International Polar Year, and we’re just starting to learn its results.
Board creates new regulations on retail marijuana consumption
The board tasked with regulating Alaska's nascent marijuana industry has approved draft regulations for how customers will be allowed to consume pot they buy in certain retail stores on site.
The government will no longer be sending free COVID-19 tests to Americans
The Biden administration is pausing its distribution of free COVID-19 tests this week, but you can still order new ones before the end date.
With a recall looming, the session opens quietly, the governor no longer a firebrand on budget cuts
This legislative session, there are no major proposals being openly debated that would close the budget gap.
Union Files Class Action Grievance Over Office Space
The Alaska State Employees Association has filed a class action grievance over the state’s newUniversal Space Standards policy.
Alaska Youth Work for a Renewable Energy Future
Members of Alaska Youth for Environmental Action want the legislature to support renewable energy projects in the state.
Bonnie Sue Hitchcock, KCAW - Sitka
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‘Tribes for Tribes’ Gather in Anchorage
Tribal representatives from across the state are gathered in Anchorage today, intently working on language for an accord, or treaty, between Alaska tribes to compel Congress to enact an Alaska Native Restoration Act.
Greenpeace sails to Amchitka 36 years after controversial nuclear bomb test
In 1971, a group of Canadian environmental and peace activists attempted to sail to Alaska's Amchitka Island in protest of the American government's plans...
When the lights went out – Alaska’s great recession
Less than ten years after oil started flowing, Alaska’s economy cratered. The recession was quick and deep. Ten banks failed, real estate values plummeted and tens of thousands of people fled the state. It was Alaska’s great recession, 20 years before the rest of the country went through almost the same thing.
Dropping of State’s Militia Charges Raises Questions
It’s been a week since the state dropped charges against members of Fairbanks militia group accused of plotting against the government. The failed prosecution has raised questions about what went wrong in the joint federal state investigation.
Alaskans Mourn Katie John
A Memorial Service was held Wednesday at the Anchorage Baptist Temple for Ahtna Athabascan elder Katie John, who worked to secure Alaska Native subsistence fishing rights in Alaska.
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Fate of Goose Creek Prison Remains Uncertain
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Now that the Senate has denied initial operating funds for the prison, the fate of the 240 million...
Two Alakanuk men face felony charges for kidnapping, sexually abusing a minor
Two Alakanuk men have been arrested on six felony charges of sexual assault, kidnapping and sexual abuse of a minor.