Musher Brent Sass’ lead dog dies days before K300
The dog that lead Brent Sass to victory in last year’s Yukon Quest has died unexpectedly. Sass is coping with the loss as he prepares to start the Kuskokwim 300 in Bethel.
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AK: David Bowie’s Alaskan name-twin adopts rocker’s rebel streak
UAA linguistics Professor David Bowie -- pronounced BOO-wee, but spelled b-o-w-i-e -- has a vexed relationship with the celebrity he shares his name with. He resented the musician until he was in his 20s, when something changed.
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Roger Sparks of Eagle River
This week, we're hearing from Roger Sparks, a pararescueman with the Alaska Air National Guard. Five years ago, Sparks was involved in a heavy firefight in the mountains of Afghanistan. What happened after that changed his life.
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Soldotna karate teacher faces child porn charges
A longtime Soldotna resident and martial arts instructor is being charged with 14 counts related to the possession and distribution of child pornography.
Council ponders plan to switch management of Homer permanent fund
The Homer City Council is considering an ordinance that will end its contract with a company hired to invest money saved in the city’s Permanent Fund.
The future of the University of Alaska
University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen was direct in his recent comments about budget cuts the university system is facing. “We face terrible challenges, horrible challenges, tough challenges,” Johnsen said at the recent State of the University address. What does this mean for the future of higher education in Alaska?
APRN: Tuesday, 1/19 at 10:00am
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Homer, DOT negotiate natural gas assessments
The City of Homer and the Alaska Department of Transportation are negotiating how much DOT owes the city in natural gas assessments. Last year DOT refused to pay for eight of their properties in the city’s Natural Gas Assessment District.
Fort Wainwright rejecting IDs from 5 states, American Samoa
Some visitors to Fort Wainwright are no longer able to enter using just their driver's license to identify themselves.
Anchorage police find ‘explosive device’ during home search
Anchorage police say officers investigating a drug case found an "explosive device" at a home. The department's vice unit Thursday afternoon was carrying out a search warrant at a home on the 7300 block of Fourth Avenue when officers found the device.
Filing for new Juneau mayor opens Friday
The filing period for Juneau’s new mayor opens Friday. To be considered, candidates must be a Juneau resident for at least 30 days before the election, be qualified to vote in Alaska, and be at least 18 years old. Felons are not permitted.
Dead murres wash up on Haines’ beach
More than a dozen dead common murres washed up on the beach in front of Haines on Tuesday, part of an unsettling trend happening across the state. According to biologists, the seabirds are starving to death.
Alaskans fly south for Arctic symposium
The University of Washington School of Law is hosting policymakers from Alaska and around the country for discussions on Arctic security and politics, development, transportation and shipping, environmental protection, and climate change.
Confidential Informant heroin buy leads to another Dillingham arrest
Police allege that Chelsea Sam, 22, sold a dose of black tar heroin to a confidential informant three days before Christmas. At her arraignment on a felony charge of second degree misconduct involving a controlled substance Thursday, Chief Dan Pasquariello was asked to testify about the substance police recovered.
Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking tends to be closely associated with sex trafficking and prostitution, but this week's Alaska Edition includes guests who are taking initiative to expand how Alaskans understand the issue of people being exploited across an array of industries.
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Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016
Slaughterhouse shutdown prompts ag community to mobilize; City starts war on homelessness by sizing up the problem; PFD voter initiative nets needed signatures for ballot; Environmentalists say Tongass plan doesn't act fast enough; Marine Highway releases trimmed down summer schedule; Sitka to challenge state's setback for pot businesses; Board of Fish considers commercial Yukon pink salmon fishery
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Slaughterhouse shutdown prompts ag community to mobilize
Matanuska Valley ranchers and farmers turned out Tuesday at a Palmer meeting to let state lawmakers know that they want Mt. McKinley Meat and Sausage to remain in business.
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New tech and political clout put toward homeless campers
The Anchorage Mayor's office is throwing its weight behind initiatives to end homelessness, a problem the administration says has intensified in recent years. As social service providers gather data on homeless individuals, they're pairing new technology with an increased level of political support.
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PFD voter initiative nets needed signatures for ballot
A statewide effort to make it easier for people to vote is culminating this week. On Jan. 14, petitioners submitted tens of thousands of required signatures to the Division of Elections to earn the PFD voter registration initiative a spot on a ballot this fall.
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Environmentalists say Tongass plan doesn’t act fast enough
A federal proposal to make Southeast Alaska’s logging industry sustainable while preserving old growth in the Tongass National Forest does too little, too slowly--according to one conservation group. The Oregon-based Geos Institute says the Tongass National Forest draft plan is out of step with a global agreement to reduce climate change.
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Marine Highway releases trimmed down summer schedule
The Alaska Marine Highway System released its summer 2016 ferry schedule Tuesday, and as expected, it includes trimmed-down service.
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