Looming state deficit encourages Alaska House lawmakers to quash budget additions
House legislators made few additions to their spending plan as they worked through a second day of amendments.
Line One: Thyroid nodules and cancer
Most thyroid nodules are not serious and do not cause symptoms, but a small percentage of thyroid nodules are cancerous.
Area Fishing Industry Expresses Ambivalence Toward Greenpeace Mission
The last time Greenpeace was in Unalaska, they didn’t get a warm welcome. The local fishing industry shunned the group in part because of campaigns against trawling in the Bering Sea. But when the Greenpeace vessel Esperanza came into port this week to prepare for a campaign against Arctic drilling, opposition to the group wasn’t as fierce.
Anchorage signs police and fire contracts, paying $60M more over 5 years
This week the Anchorage Assembly approved two major union contracts. Over the next five years, the combined increased cost to the city above the...
Aaron Burmeister and his 13-dog team are first to McGrath
For his first-place arrival, Burmeister won a pair of locally-made musher mitts and a musher hat.
Crooked Creek receives $16M to rebuild runway
The longer, lighted runway has been in the works for more than a decade.
Governor May Call Special Session
Governor Sean Parnell says he will call Alaska lawmakers into special session if the Senate passes an oil tax bill by Sunday. The Session is under a statutory deadline to adjourn by that day, but with a key piece of legislation still pending in the Senate, Parnell says he wants to make sure the House has time to evaluate the version that emerges.
On SB91, Anchorage officials want for reforms, not repeal
The Anchorage Assembly debated dueling measures concerning Senate Bill 91, the omnibus crime overhaul signed into law last summer. Listen now
Ft. Richardson Soldier Held by Taliban
A soldier based with Fort Richardson in Anchorage is being held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Private Bowe Bergdahl is a 23-year old...
Early breakup occurs along Yukon River
Ice is going out early along the Yukon River. Flooding has so far not been an issue. Download Audio
Former Ketchikan teacher pleads guilty to sexual abuse of minor; gets six years
A former Ketchikan High School teacher pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexual abuse of a minor through a plea agreement that calls for him to serve six years in jail.
Nature: Cold Warriors – Wolves And Buffalo
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For thousands of years, wolves hunted buffalo across the vast North American plains, until the westward settlement of the continent saw the virtual extinction of these vast herds and their eternal predators. However, this ancient relationship was not lost altogether and continues uninterrupted in only one location — the northern edge of Canada’s central plains in a place named Wood Buffalo National Park. Wednesday 2/13 @ 7:00 p.m.Alaska News Nightly: January 26, 2012
Rural Alaska Parents Settle In School Funding Case, DNR Proposes Changes to Mission, Legislature to Review, State Sen. Stevens Says Oil Tax Agreement Most Important This Session, Rep. Gara Pushes Against Texting While Driving, Crews Clean Up After Savoonga Fuel Spill, Enough Running Water Returns To Bethel Schools For Restroom Use, Tribal, Federal Representatives Attempt To Solve Sewage System Problems, IPHC Meeting Underway, Scientists Detail Concerns Over Stock Assessments, Anchorage Folk Festival Taking Place
No legislative action on special session’s seventh day
There were no committee meetings and only technical floor sessions in the Capitol on Wednesday, the seventh day of the Alaska Legislature’s 30-day special session. Listen now
Fairbanks police say gunman killed a man outside Safeway before opening fire inside
Joshua Eric Butcher, 41, who turned himself into police minutes after Sunday’s shooting in Fairbanks, has been charged with first-degree murder and was being held at the Fairbanks Correctional Center.
Sen. Sullivan votes to advance Haaland nomination
The vote was just procedural but it clears the way for a final vote Monday.
Can Logging Switch To Second-Growth Sooner?
Can Southeast’s timber industry survive while only logging second-growth forests? An Oregon research group says it can. And it could happen sooner than many expect.
Alaska and its tribes sign child services compact
The state of Alaska has entered into a first-of-its kind compact to let tribes and tribal organizations take over child welfare services in their communities. Listen now
Bird-calling competition brings beautiful, mysterious and wacky calls to Homer
The bird-calling competition is a fan favorite of Homer's annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival.
Museum Of The North New Home To Seal Stone
The Museum of the North in Fairbanks is now home to a rare stone that’s made its way back to the state of Alaska decades after it was taken from Shemya Island in the Aleutian chain. The stone is covered in petroglyphs, but, lots of research hasn’t uncovered their secrets.