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Alaska natives talk oil in DC

Alaska Natives worried about oil development on and off the North Slope are in Washington, DC this week to voice their concerns to lawmakers...

AFN gears up in Fairbanks

The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Conference officially kicks off in downtown Fairbanks on Thursday. In preparation for the event, the Elders and Youth...

Tlingit bones to be returned

Ancient human remains dug out of a Southeast Alaska cave will be reburied where they were found more than a decade ago. Details have...

BP makes progress with spill clean up

State officials expect the latest pipeline spill at Prudhoe Bay to be completely cleaned up by the end of the week. The idled BP...

AIX ordered to shut down

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ordered Anchorage-based Alaska Industrial X-Ray (AIX) to cease its radiography operations. The company performs on-site structural x-rays with a...

Perseverance Theater takes on new challenge

Juneau’s Perseverance Theater is premiering a musical by Tony Award-winning writers. The new show is "Yeast Nation." It may be the highest-profile work ever...

Next year will see even fewer Anchorage students

The Anchorage School Board heard Monday night that the downward trend of student numbers is almost certain to continue into the 2007-2008 school term....

School Board receives a hefty report card on district performance

Last night the Anchorage School Board learned how the district was performing, not according to federal or state benchmarks, but their own. The...

Houston to resolve mayoral stalemate

Houston's city council meets in a special session this evening to determine once and for all who won the city's mayoral post. Ellen Lockyer, APRN...

Linehan convicted; faces 20 to 99 years

A former stripper who remade her self as a doctor's wife was convicted of first-degree murder today in the decade-old death of her one-time...

Kohring jury selection underway

Day one of the federal corruption trial of former lawmaker Vic Kohring has come to an end. David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage

Pebble Mine's CEO makes rounds in Alaska

The CEO of the new partner developing the Pebble Mine near Iliamna is learning her way around Alaska today. Cynthia Carroll heads Anglo-American PLC,...

Fighting rats with RATs

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has just published a comprehensive plan on keeping rats out of the state and limiting the damage...

Houston to resolve mayoral stalemate

Houston's city council meets in a special session this evening to determine once and for all who won the city's mayoral post. Ellen Lockyer, APRN...

Bill supports Native claims to Tongass land

A bill introduced by Congressman Don Young would allow Southeast Alaska's regional Native Corporation, Sealaska, to claim up to 85,000 acres of federal lands...

Women no longer fish out of water

No one knows exactly how many women work in Alaska's commercial fishing industry, but it's safe to say the number is very small. The...

Juneau repeats as state champs

This year's statewide large schools football championship went to the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears. The title game against the Palmer Moose ended on a score...

Matunuska Valley tries to counter rising horse abuse cases

About four thousand horses live between the Kenai Peninsula and Fairbanks. Unfortunately, some horse owners can't afford their animals and horse neglect...

New KDLG web site

APRN member station KDLG in Dillingham has a new web site! We've updated our list of stations to include the link and we hope you'll...

Will special session end in a definitive oil tax vote?

Legislators are not yet in agreement over whether to end the special session on oil taxes by coming to some sort of definitive decision...