Unalakleet constructing assisted living facility to serve elders of Norton Sound
The facility is the first of its kind in the Norton Sound region and will have room for ten occupants. It will give elders in the region an option to receive services in a location closer to their home communities.
NOVA Producer Brings ‘Art of Science Television to Fairbanks
The Senior Executive Producer of a long-running and popular science documentary series on public television was in Fairbanks this week. Paula Apsell is in the Golden Heart City as part of a weekly research showcase hosted by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
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Gov hopes nonpartisan politics will help cross party lines
Gov. Bill Walker is in Juneau preparing for tomorrow's start to the legislative session. Regardless of other considerations, the big challenge will be finding common ground with lawmakers over how to fix the state's large and growing budget deficit.
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Permanent Fund Dividend Will be Lower than Last Year
Alaskans can expect a lower Permanent Fund Dividend this year. Even though the Fund had excellent earnings in the fiscal year that just ended, most of those earnings stayed in the Fund.
Former Coast Guard Commander Given Maximum Punishment
Former Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Commander Captain Herbert M. Hamilton was given the maximum allowable punishment at an Admiral’s Mast on Friday and will...
Alaska turned to a private guardianship agency to care for some of its most vulnerable residents. The result: dysfunction and debt.
The Office of Public Advocacy, facing a staffing crisis, relied on a fledgling nonprofit to lighten its caseload. Some transferred clients lost critical benefits.
Galena Residents Begin To Rebuild
Work continues to restore basic infrastructure in Galena, after an ice jam on the Yukon River severely flooded the village last week.
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Permanent Fund Distribution Around the Corner
It’s that time of year again when thoughts in Alaska inevitably turn toward the impending arrival of permanent fund checks.
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Fairbanks air quality lawsuit successful
Environmental groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have reached an agreement that settles one of two active lawsuits aimed at forcing the agency to take overdue action on Fairbanks-North Pole area air quality. Localized, but extreme wintertime episodes of fine particulate pollution due to wood and fossil fuel burning emissions have long plagued the communities. Clean air advocates see the legal action as a small win in a long-running effort to reduce pollution. Listen now
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020
Both sides in the campaign to recall Governor Mike Dunleavy will be making their cases tomorrow in front of a Superior Court judge in Anchorage. Plus, campaigners for an initiative to reform Alaska's elections submitted tens of thousands of signatures to the division of elections today.
Porcupine River Rescue Requires Help from Military
The extreme cold weather that gripped much of the northern territory last week also meant the Alaska military had to be called...
Chum Run is Strong on the Yukon
The fall chum run on the Yukon River has surpassed expectations with a return in excess of average. State Management biologist Jeff Estensen says the run is approaching 900 thousand fish, better than the 700 thousand average for this point in the season.
3 new COVID-19 cases at Southeast Alaska seafood plant among 10 statewide Monday
The three cases are at a salmon processing plant in Excursion Inlet, a remote spot about 40 miles west of Juneau. The plant is owned by OBI Seafoods, the new company formed by a recent merger of Icicle Seafoods and Ocean Beauty Seafoods.
Bethel voters back liquor store, sin taxes
Unofficial results for Bethel’s municipal election are in.
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Valley Girl Wins Top Spot in Homer Halibut Derby
Palmer residents Charles and Courtney Humphrey, along with their three kids, came to Homer on Sunday to try halibut fishing for the first time. Call...
Alaska Supreme Court upholds ranked choice repeal initiative, now bound for November vote
Ballot Measure 2 would end ranked choice voting and the state’s open primary election system.
Magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes remote part of Glacier Bay National Park
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck a remote part of Glacier Bay National Park at 12:40 p.m. Thursday. Anecdotal reports indicate no damage or injuries.
Joint Session to Address Marijuana Decriminalization As Municipalities Scramble to Regulate
Republican Senator Lesil McGuire of Anchorage has introduced the first large-scale bill regulating marijuana like alcohol in Alaska. The measure includes fine points that lawmakers, police, and the public need to adapt November's Ballot Measure 2 into a legal framework.
Association of Village Council Presidents enacts COVID vaccine mandate for employees
Under the policy, all employees must be fully vaccinated against the virus by Jan. 4, 2022.
ANWR advances with GOP budget
The U.S. House has passed a budget plan that could open the door to drilling in the Arctic Refuge. Listen now