Pot testing rules difficult to meet for island communities
Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott has turned down a proposed change to marijuana regulations that would have made it easier for southeast and rural Alaska communities to comply with testing requirements.
More flood protection planned for Dalton Highway
The Alaska Department of Transportation is taking additional steps to protect the northern section of the highway that leads to North Slope oil fields.
Men gets 6 years for 2014 fatal Kodiak stabbing
A Kodiak man has been sentenced to six years in jail with four suspended for fatally stabbing another man while demonstrating his martial arts moves.
Palmer sculptor heats up the art scene
Palmer sculptor Pat Garley's Arctic Fires Bronze Sculpture Works is a gathering place for local artists.
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Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016
Alaska's Future campaign urges lawmakers to tap Permanent Fund; Alaska job forecast holds steady despite plunging oil prices; Proposal to boost min. enrollment makes little headway; Rash of car thefts unnerves Anchorage; Juneau weaver adds to family legacy of Chilkat robes; Bronze artist Pat Garley received Governor's Award
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Alaska’s Future campaign urges lawmakers to tap Permanent Fund
An unlikely coalition of Alaskans, ranging from business and union leaders, to Alaska Native Corporations and past politicians, are launching the Alaska's Future campaign. The initiative is promoting long-term solutions to the state's fiscal crisis, and the group says the Permanent Fund needs to play a crucial role.
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Alaska job forecast holds steady despite plunging oil prices
As oil prices have dropped to levels that were unthinkable just a year ago, many Alaskans are wondering whether the state is facing economic calamity. The short answer is: not yet. We spoke with state labor economist Neal Fried, to ask how it's possible that at $30 dollars a barrel, Alaska is still doing pretty well.
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For one brief day, women run the U.S. Senate
In Washington, the side streets of Capitol Hill look suitable for running the Iditarod. But the U.S. Senate did meet this morning. For all of 10 minutes. Only the female senators from two northern states participated.
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Proposal to boost min. enrollment makes little headway
A controversial proposal to increase minimum school enrollment seems unlikely to pass this session, if such a bill even materializes.
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Rash of car thefts unnerves Anchorage
Sixteen cars were stolen in a single 24-hour period in Anchorage, starting yesterday (Jan. 25) and running through this morning (Jan. 26).
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Juneau weaver adds to family legacy of Chilkat robes
The Portland Art Museum in Oregon has commissioned a Tlingit Chilkat robe from a Juneau weaver — adding a fourth generation to a lineage of weaving students and teachers.
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New Senate group convened to scrutinize Medicaid reform
The Senate Fiance Committee is creating a new subcommittee to look at Medicaid reform. Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R-Eagle River, will lead the subcommittee. She says the other members will be announced Wednesday morning.
Talkeetna water tests high for arsenic
Talkeetna water system customers will soon receive a notice about slightly elevated arsenic levels in the water in December and January.
Marine Science Symposium – LIVEBLOG – Tuesday
2:45 p.m. The afternoon has been full of presentations about fish, seabirds and marine mammals of the Chukchi Sea. For the most part researchers only have one year's worth of data, so it's hard yet for them to see how things are changing. But clearly they are improving their equipment.
NSHC works to finalize designs for new regional treatment center
With construction estimated at $18 million, Angie Gorn says it’ll be a while before the Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC) can break ground on a treatment center in Nome. But with 35 percent of the building designs done, she says plans are slowly coming together for an intensive facility for those fighting addiction around the Bering Strait Region.
Alaska Democrats vote to allow independents in party primary
Alaska Democratic party leaders have approved allowing candidates not affiliated with a political party to run in the Democratic primary.
Alaska court dismisses case based on tribal sovereignty
A case between two tribes over the alleged misuse of federal transportation funds has been dismissed in Alaska's Superior Court.
2017 Arctic Council ministerial meeting will be in Fairbanks
Fairbanks has been selected to host the next ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council in 2017.
Woman dies in Sterling Highway head-on crash
A 19-year-old Soldotna woman died Monday in a head-on crash on the Sterling Highway.
Three teens charged with the murder of Kotzebue man
In Kotzebue, three teenagers have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder following the shooting death of Joshua Sours III.