Sullivan defends inclusion of Alaska Native Corporations in CARES Act funding
Tribal governments, including some in Alaska, say that CARES Act funding should not be going to for-profit Alaska Native Corporations.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016
Oil industry prepares to fight to keep tax credits alive in 2017; UPDATE: Aleutian volcano erupts; AK State Troopers say cuts may force them out of urban areas; Outdoor rec area at Goose Creek might violate constitutional rights; Alaska, British Columbia detail transboundary mine pact; Murkowski, Sullivan support Russian election meddling probe; Sullivan finds traction, moves up in Senate Listen Now
Fairbanks Filmmaker Rolls Forward on Yup’ik Movie
A Fairbanks resident has a movie in the works featuring Alaska Native characters. She’s looking to cast Yup’ik, or Alaska Native people.
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Wind causes oil spill north of City of Kodiak
On Monday, high winds knocked up to 3,000 gallons of fuel off a dock roughly 50 miles north of the City of Kodiak. Listen now
Alaska Supreme Court Sets New Guidelines for Dispensing Drugs
The state Supreme Court has set new guidelines for giving psychotropic drugs to people who don't want to take the medication.
Dave Donaldson, APRN -...
AK: Various looks at the controversial Alaska Day
The holidays are a time of tradition, but also reflection for why we celebrate the way we do. And in Sitka, no holiday is as much of a lightning rod for cultural debate as Alaska Day. Listen now
NASA study sheds new light on auroras
Scientists are now one step closer to understanding the inner workings of the northern lights.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
Homer author Tom Kizzia named 2022 Historian of the Year
Tom Kizzia came to the Kenai Peninsula nearly five decades ago. He spent three years with the Homer News in the late 1970s before moving to the Anchorage Daily News, where he worked for 25 years.
The future of the pot business in AK
This week on Alaska Edition, we are discussing the pot industry in the state.
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Walker names Soldotna’s Ruffner to fish board
Governor Bill Walker announced five nominations to the board of the Alaska Fish and Game on Tueeday. On the list again this year for a fish board seat is Robert Ruffner of Soldotna, who would replace Fritz Johnson, a commercial fisherman from Dillingham. If confirmed, it will be the first time the fish board would not have a member from Bristol Bay. Download Audio
Alaska News Nightly: February 21, 2012
State Concerned Over Increasing Numbers of HIV Cases, Bill Would Help Conversion From Oil Heat Sources, Austerman Open to Changes to ACMP Bill, Parnell Signs Bill Changing Disclosure Rules into Law, Researchers Launch Rocket to Study Northern Lights, Researchers Investigate Weightlessness Effects on Human Body, Bill Would Offer Energy Relieve for Alaskans, Fairbanks Entrepreneur Setting Up Third Wind Power Generator, First Iron Dog Racers Reach Nome
Stevens Funeral Details Released
The funeral service honoring former Senator Ted Stevens is scheduled for Wednesday, August 18 at 2:00 p.m. His family released the details...
‘Expedited Partner Therapy’ Lowers YK Gonorrhea
There’s been a big decrease in the number of gonorrhea cases in Southwest Alaska over the past five years, according to the state Department of Health. It comes after local doctors tried a new strategy, called expedited partner therapy.
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Cross-Border Energy Group Meets in Juneau
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau
A group that wants to connect Southeast Alaska hydroprojects to Canada’s power grid is trying to drum up support.
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Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, April 3, 2018
UA President Johnsen shares outlook for university budget; Alaska corrections leaders look to Norway for inspiration; Denali area wolf harvest paused; Meet the Fairbanks teen who’s suing the U.S. government over climate change; Dillingham marches against domestic and sexual violence; Governor invites Alaska's export-minded entrepreneurs to join China Trade Mission Listen now
Kaktovik tribe says Biden didn’t reach out before agreement with Canada on Arctic refuge caribou
The Native Village of Kaktovik says the tribe wasn’t consulted about an agreement President Biden made with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding protections of the Porcupine caribou herd in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Oil Tax Overhaul Poised For Senate Floor Debate
Governor Sean Parnell’s oil tax overhaul is poised for debate Tuesday on the Senate floor. For weeks committees have been reviewing the bill and making changes to it and this is the first time it will appear before the full Senate.
UAF team digs up Chena, the abandoned gold rush boomtown that preceded Fairbanks
A group of University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers and students that spent six weeks at an archeological site just west of the city are compiling reports on what they found in the area, where the gold-mining town of Chena boomed more than a century ago before going bust.
Bethel’s local option failed. So, what’s next?
Bethel voters have decided that their community should remain wet, for the time being, after the strictest form of local option alcohol control available failed in Tuesday’s election. Listen now
Alaska reports 53 COVID-19 deaths
Most of the deaths happened in September, which was already the deadliest month of the pandemic.