Alaska wades back in, as Sturgeon case navigates back to US Supreme Court
The State of Alaska is weighing in again on a lawsuit over management rights of navigable waterways, known as the Sturgeon case, which is back before the U.S. Supreme Court. Listen now
PFD expected to reach record high
Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend checks will be soaring to their largest amount ever this year.
John Hunt, KHNS - Haines
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YWCA is One Year Closer to Closing the Wage Gap for Women
The YWCA Alaska is one year into their initiative to eliminate the gender pay gap in Alaska by 2025. State Dept. of Labor and US Census data show that women in Alaska only make about 68 cents for every dollar made by a man. The question is, why?
Report: Data lacking on murdered Native women
Many police departments didn't respond to requests for data about missing or murdered indigenous women. "You will never solve a problem you won't admit you have, that you don't have data on," says Sen. Heidi Heitkamp.
Closure of Interior’s only dairy shows vulnerability of Alaska’s food security
The only commercial dairy in the Interior will soon shut down. The owners of Northern Lights Dairy in Delta Junction, one of Alaska’s two operating dairies, say they’ve decided to close the dairy they’ve operated since 1970 due to a lack of workers and other challenges. Listen now
Legislators Prefile 23 More Bills
Lawmakers submitted 23 early bills today, after having prefiled more than 60 pieces of legislation last week.
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Anchorage sees property tax hike as 2016 budget sails through
During its Tuesday night meeting, the Anchorage Assembly approved the city's 2016 budget, which totals just under $481 million dollars.
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Alaska suspects merger by Japanese seafood processors is anticompetitive
The State of Alaska is opening its own antitrust investigation into a proposed merger of two Japanese seafood companies with major processing operations in...
Sample sales present snag for overhaul of state alcohol laws
Until last week, alcohol sellers and others were in agreement over the need to make legal changes. Listen now
Flying Over Fall Colors
Paramotoring over Eklutna Lake and Twin Peaks near Anchorage, Alaska - the golden fall scenery is amazing in September.
State’s largest rural solar project nears completion above the Arctic Circle in Kotzebue
The ambitious solar project is second only to the Willow Solar Farm.
Fisheries Management Council Weighs In on Industry Plan
Steve Heimel, APRN – Anchorage
Friday, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council weighed in behind an industry plan to curtail the Atka Mackerel and Pacific...
With salmon ballot measure’s defeat, Pebble celebrates
In an interview Wednesday, Pebble CEO Tom Collier said even though his company’s mine proposal wasn’t always at the forefront of the debate, the salmon habitat initiative was, in some ways, all about Pebble.
Southeast Man Dies in Bike Accident
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A 42-year-old Kake man died in a bicycle crash in his Southeast Alaska village.
Alaska State Troopers say on Saturday Roderick D. Cavanaugh was...
Man arrested in woman’s death after body found near Eklutna Lake
Anchorage police say 27-year-old Jerilyn Nicholson was reported missing Friday was found dead Saturday north of the city.
Murkowski says she’ll affirm Biden’s win; Sullivan is mum
Presidents Trump’s false claim that he won the 2020 election is dividing GOP senators.
Edgmon and Stutes ask Dunleavy to keep his distance from Pebble’s permit quest
In the secretly-recorded"Pebble Tapes," the CEO of Pebble promised an investor firm support from the governor.
Fallen Hoonah Officers Begin Trip to Memorial Ceremony
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
Today the bodies of the two Alaska lawmen killed in an ambush last week in Hoonah will begin their trip...
Palin leads the race for cash in Alaska US House election
Former Gov. Sarah Palin is ahead of the field in campaign fundraising. But a rival has surpassed her by tapping his personal wealth.
Campaign to unseat Alaska Supreme Court justice gets $10K donation from Outside
A group of conservative and religious leaders is asking Alaskans to vote “no” on retaining Alaska Supreme Court Justice Susan Carney. Campaign finance donations show that