Search Continues In Prince William Sound For Missing Pilot
Crews from the Coast Guard and Air Force are searching for a missing pilot that went down in Prince William Sound Tuesday afternoon.
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Breakup Forecast: Sparse Snow, Slowly Warming Weather Lessens Flood Concern
Forecasters are anticipating a mellow break up over much of Alaska this spring. Below normal snow and ice in some areas, and gradually warming spring temperatures are lessening flood concerns.
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Murkowski Campaign Shows Financial Might
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is up for re-election next year, and her fundraising is going strong. Her campaign today reported she raised $700,000 in the first three months of the year, and has $1.5 million on hand.
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Anchorage Announces Fiscal Surplus
As law-makers battle over budgets in the closing days of the Legislature, the city of Anchorage is announcing a fiscal surplus.
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House Passes Bill To Change Hunting And Fishing License Fees
The state House has passed a bill that would increase the cost of hunting, fishing and trapping in Alaska.
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Fuel Sale in Nome Targets Spring Subsistence Hunters
Anywhere else in the United States, $5.47 per gallon for gasoline might be pretty frightening—but in Nome, it’s a sale for spring subsistence.
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Kenaitze Candlelight Vigil Raises Awareness about Sexual Assault
Members of the Kenaitze, health and social service professionals, and community members joined together Friday at the Tyotkas Elder Center to talk about an issue that’s often kept in silence.
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Athletes Prepare For Native Youth Olympics
About 500 athletes from elementary through high school will be at the Native Youth Olympics, which kicks off Thursday in Anchorage.
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Alaska News Nightly: April 15, 2015
U.S. Senate Favors Secure Rural Schools - Secure Docs, Too; Federal Agency Reviewing Yellow Cedar For Protection; House Bill Would Claw Back State Workers’ Raises; Opt Out Bill Could Cost Alaska $97 Million in Federal School Funding; Search Continues In Prince William Sound For Missing Pilot; Breakup Forecast: Sparse Snow, Slowly Warming Weather Lessens Flood Concern; Murkowski Campaign Shows Financial Might; Anchorage Announces Fiscal Surplus; House Passes Bill To Change Hunting And Fishing License Fees; Fuel Sale in Nome Targets Spring Subsistence Hunters; Kenaitze Candlelight Vigil Raises Awareness about Sexual Assault; Athletes Prepare For Native Youth Olympics
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Alaska News Nightly: April 14, 2015
House Steps Towards Full Legal Marijuana Sales; New Rules For National Guard To Wait Until Next Year; Eielson Will Keep F-16 Squadron; Lawmakers Opt To Keep Anchorage LIO Lease ... For Now; Facing Budget Cuts, Aleutians East to Close Cold Bay School; Juneau Assembly To Decide Fate Of Haven House; Alaska Salmon Producers Seek To Rejoin MSC Certification; Private Funding Allows Round Island To Remain Staffed, Open; Search Continues For 'Denali Highway Dog'
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House Steps Towards Full Legal Marijuana Market
The bipartisan 25-to-15 vote creates a parallel marijuana body within the Alcoholic Beverages Control Board to oversee a permit structure for all parts of a full legal market.
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New Rules For National Guard To Wait Until Next Year
A bill that applies a uniform code of military justice to the Alaska National Guard will not pass the Legislature this year.
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Eielson Will Keep F-16 Squadron
The Secretary of the Air Force told Alaska officials Tuesday that Eielson Air Force Base will keep its F-16 Aggressor squadron. Alaska Congressman Don Young says it’s good news on its own but it also improves the chances the Eielson will get F-35 aircraft, too.
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Facing Budget Cuts, Aleutians East to Close Cold Bay School
The Aleutians East Borough is closing its second school in three years. The school board voted this week to shut down the Cold Bay School, with state budget cuts looming and enrollment on the decline. Locals are worried the closure could put the tiny community in jeopardy.
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Juneau Assembly To Decide Fate Of Haven House
The Juneau Assembly heard an appeal Monday night challenging a transitional home for women who are former inmates.
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Alaska Salmon Producers Seek To Rejoin MSC Certification
A group of ten of Alaska salmon producers, which represent nearly three quarters of the Alaska’s salmon harvest, are attempting to rejoin the Marine Stewardship Council label.
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Private Funding Allows Round Island To Remain Staffed, Open
Round Island, the centerpiece of Alaska’s Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary will remain staffed this summer and perhaps next, thanks to private funding. Last year, citing state budget cuts, Fish and Game’s Division of Wildlife Conservation removed funding for the program, which costs around $100,000 annually.
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Search Continues For ‘Denali Highway Dog’
A Fairbanks animal advocate continues an effort to rescue a loose dog in the Anderson area. The so called “Denali Highway Dog” has been wandering through communities along the Parks Highway since last summer.
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Lawmakers Opt To Keep Anchorage LIO Lease … For Now
In a 13-to-1 vote, the Legislative Council has decided to punt on the question of what to do with the Anchorage legislative information office.
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Alaska News Nightly: April 13, 2015
Alaska Film Tax Credit Draws Spirited Debate As Lawmakers Tackle Subsidies; Lawmaker Sends Questionable Email On Medicaid Expansion; Dalton Highway Reopens After Flooding Closure; Greenpeace Activists Banned from Arctic Rigs; NPFMC Tightens Limits on Chinook Bycatch; Former Female Inmates Find Support And A Home In Juneau’s Haven House; Tax-Related Identity Theft Increasing; How Russian Easter Bread Became An Alaska Native Tradition
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