News

All news stories, regardless of topic (local, statewide + national news stories, as well as Talk of Alaska, Alaska News Nightly, Alaska Insight, Alaska Economic Report). Some news stories may also have other categories marked, which will also put them on a subpage. Not all news stories will fall into a subpage.

the Willow project

Conservation groups sue to block Biden-approved Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope

A day after President Biden approved the controversial North Slope oil development, opponents sought to stop it from moving forward.
Nushagak sockeye salmon

Board of Fish limits sockeye fishing to conserve Nushagak kings

The Board of Fisheries has approved an action plan to help conserve the Nushagak River’s sharply declined king salmon runs.
the Alaska House Finance Committee

After years of contentious fights, Alaska’s state budget is advancing smoothly in the House

House subcommittees made few changes to a proposal authored by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
Tallie Medel

Ketchikan’s Tallie Medel has ‘surreal’ Oscar night after co-starring in Best Picture winner

Medel co-starred in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which took home a total of seven Oscars, including Best Picture.
a musher behind a dog team

Kaiser and Diehl round out ‘almost unheard of’ all Alaska Native Iditarod podium

After Ryan Redington’s win, Richie Diehl and Pete Kaiser say they’re showing that rural mushing isn’t dying.
two people hug in finish chute

Iditapod: An Iditarod champ from the founding family

The 40-year-old Ryan Redington has won his first Iditarod and the first championship for the Redington family, on his 16th try (and after six previous scratches). "I've just been on pins and needles," said his mom, Barb, at the finish line. We'll hear Redington's finish itself in this episode, and from Alaska Public Media's Lex Treinen about the finish and how Redington arrived there first. The dog friends that did the leading into Nome -- Sven and Ghost -- are our obvious picks for Dogs of the Day. And we have a listener question about dog-human friends, with a fun answer from a friendly musher.
a man smiles at finish line

Redington notches family’s first Iditarod victory, a childhood dream

The grandson of the “Father of the Iditarod” won his first Iditarod Tuesday on his 16th try.
two dogs and a musher

Sven and Ghost, the Iditarod champions

Sven and Ghost led Ryan Redington to his first Iditarod victory on Tuesday.
Tanaga Volcano

2 Aleutian volcanoes on watch for potential eruption

Tanaga Island west of Adak, home to Tanaga and Takawangha volcanoes, began showing increasing earthquake activity March 4.
lumber at a Home Depot

Local lumber bill would put grading in hands of producers

State Sen. Jesse Bjorkman's bill would allow certified sawmill operators to grade their own lumber rather than send it to third-party agencies.
a dog team

Redington is first out of Safety, with just 22 miles to Iditarod finish line

Ryan Redington’s closest competitors are Pete Kaiser and Richie Diehl
sockeye salmon

Fish and Game forecasts stronger, still below-average Upper Cook Inlet sockeye run

State officials estimate the inlet's sockeye salmon run at 5.1 million fish, with approximately 3.12 million available for harvest.
Juneau's Driftwood Lodge

Tlingit and Haida acquires Juneau’s Driftwood Lodge

The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska now owns another acre of property in downtown Juneau.
an Alaska Division of Public Assistance sign

State SNAP backlog hits close to home in Homer

An attorney suing the state says the backlog in food assistance — and the burden of reapplying for aid — falls unequally on rural Alaska.
a beluga whale

Tyonek the Cook Inlet beluga celebrates 5 years in San Antonio

The only Cook Inlet beluga whale in captivity is celebrating five years at his aquarium home, SeaWorld San Antonio.
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

ANWR boundary dispute will continue as Alaska challenges ownership of oil-rich land

A dispute between state and federal officials over the western border of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge won’t be resolved anytime soon.
leaders of Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S.

Biden is selling U.S. nuclear submarines to Australia to counter China

Under the AUKUS pact, Australia will buy at least three U.S. nuclear-powered submarines before building its own fleet.

Questions about Biden’s approval of Arctic drilling of Willow? We’ve got answers.

What we know about the permit ConocoPhillips won in the National Petroleum Reserve and the new limits Biden is imposing on drilling there.

Biden approves Willow oil project, announces new limits elsewhere in NPR-A

The Biden administration announced Monday that it will approve ConocoPhillips' Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.