Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020
Researchers say food scarcity is why so many birds died in Alaska in 2015. Plus: Pete Kaiser's dad, Ron, returns to the trail to race the Bogus Creek 150. And, how people suffering from homelessness in Juneau manage during a cold snap.
Alaska fish board explores changes to commercial Dungeness plans
The State's Board of Fish heard testimony last week over proposals to open and close a number of areas in Southeast Alaska to commercial...
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019
Alaska House tied in knots on session’s first day; In this shutdown, every day is a winding road; Polar bear encounter reported in Arctic Village, many miles south of normal range; Alaska Railroad tank car derails; no spill detected; Fairbanks city, borough take in $1M in pot taxes for 2018; State Board of Game votes against requiring IDs on traps or snares; Upper Lynn Canal leaders discuss implications of Juneau cruise industry lawsuit; Repurposed shelter houses Nome’s homeless 7 days a week; Ask a Climatologist: Fairbanks sees low-temp, but brief, cold snap
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, June 17, 2016
Permanent Fund restructuring bill dies in House committee; Russia launches largest, most powerful icebreaker in the world; fledgling Fairbanks pot business sees high startup costs; raft capsizes near North Slope, two Nevada women dead; George Mute's body found after nine months; Bristol Bay communities working on processing plants; AK: Summer ski jumping; 49 Voices: Onya Enkhbat of Unalaska Download Audio
Haines students invited to watch the US Supreme Court in action
Six students from Haines will get the rare opportunity to see firsthand how Alaskan issues are handled at the federal judicial level.
John Hunt, KHNS...
Lightning strikes spark new wave of Interior Alaska wildfires
Alaska Fire Service spokeswoman Beth Ipsen says the agency recorded 7,000 lightning strikes around the Interior overnight Monday.
Polaris and snowmachine rider who hit sled dog team charged with reckless driving
Three dogs were killed in the crash on the Denali Highway east of Cantwell.
Bill to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighting foams passes Alaska House and Senate
The bill prohibits the use of man-made chemicals known as PFAS, which have polluted drinking water across Alaska and the rest of the country.
Palmer man convicted of murder in drug robberies won’t face death penalty after all
Prosecutors say John Pearl Smith II, 36, shot and killed Ben Gross and Crystal Denardi in a garage during another attempted robbery in 2016 in Wasilla, after which he burned the bodies and garage.
Sealaska Lands Bill Will be Reintroduced in Congress
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Every new session of Congress is a clean slate. Bills that didn’t pass in the previous two-year...
‘Lullaby Project’ connects mothers to kids through prison walls
A program aimed at helping mothers who are in prison connect with their kids is called the Lullaby Project. Professional musicians work with inmates at the Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River to write songs for the inmate’s children then the musicians record them onto a CD. Listen now
Alaska Delegation Divided on Arming Syrian Rebels to fight ISIL
Congress today approved President Obama's request to arm and train Syrian rebels to fight the terrorist group known as ISIL, but no one in the Alaska delegation was happy about it.
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Money for new Kodiak missle launch pad said to be in Governor's proposed budget
A representative from the Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation recently told the borough assembly in Kodiak that there is more than 17-million-dollars in the governor’s...
Purchase finalized: PenAir now officially a part of Ravn Air Group
The air carrier that long served as Bristol Bay and the Aleutian-Pribilof regions' primary service to Anchorage is now a part of Ravn Air Group.
Key critic says the votes aren’t there for full repeal of crime bill
The House Judiciary heard a variety of proposed changes to Senate Bill 54. The bill would scale back some of the reductions in criminal sentencing enacted last year. Listen now
Alaska Unemployment Rate Drops In January
Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percent in January, to 7.2 percent, according to figures released by the state Labor Department Tuesday.
Iditapod: Wade Marrs is the first musher into Ruby
In Episode 9, we talk about Wade Marrs leading the way to Ruby, run/rest strategies, two-way communications,and a story from Iditarod past.
Parnell Sets 2015 Deadline for Getting Gas to Railbelt, SouthCentral
People hoping for a gas line from the North Slope to the Railbelt and SouthCentral Alaska now have a deadline. Governor Parnell on Monday signed...
Search intensifies for missing Denali hikers
The effort to find 2 hikers missing in Denali National Park intensified today. Sixty people are involved in the search for Abby Flantz of...
Specialty crop grant deadline approaches
'Tis the season for specialty crop grant applications. The grants are part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's effort to expand certain crops and are distributed by the state Division of Agriculture. Listen now