News

All news stories, regardless of topic (local, statewide + national news stories, as well as Talk of Alaska, Alaska News Nightly, Alaska Insight, Alaska Economic Report). Some news stories may also have other categories marked, which will also put them on a subpage. Not all news stories will fall into a subpage.

Alaska News Nightly: May 28, 2014

Rains Helping on Kenai; Firefighters Shifted to Funny River; Parnell Signs Budgets; Sealaska Names New CEO; Ferry Workers OK Strike Authorization; Search Continues for Missing Hiker

Alaska News Nightly: May 27, 2014

Rains Help Combat Kenai Fire; Evacuation Lifted; Begich, Admiral Visit Aleutian Islands; Acid Levels To Be Monitored; Utility Has Plans for Fairbanks Area; Golden Valley Loses Biggest Customer; Help Available to Alaska Farmers; Uncertainly Hangs Over Fishing Season

Alaska News Nightly: May 26, 2014

Crews Battle Funny Fire, Anchorage Air Affected by Fires, Tyonek Fire Almost Contained, China Lifts Ban on AK Shellfish, Feds Updating Chukchi Scenarios; New Fisheries Possible for Unalaska, StoryCorps: Paratrooper

Alaska News Nightly: February 5, 2014

Who Should Pay For Public Education?; Shively Takes Aim At Recent Anti-Pebble Mine TV Spot; Senate Passes Farm Bill; Richardson Highway Reopens After Avalanche Debris Removed; Board Of Fish Contemplates Kenai River King Conservation; Cook Inlet Salmon Changes Could Benefit Mat-Su; Legislation Allows Pre-2008 Canadian Polar Bear Trophies Into U.S.; 2 Minors Charged In Illegal Musk Ox Killings; Yukon Quest Leaders Race Into Dawson City; U.S. Ski Team's Winning Formula Includes Plenty Of Fun Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: January 2, 2014

Exxon, Chevron Make Big Contributions To Preserve New Oil Tax Law; New Energy Politics Changes Likely To Affect Alaska; CH2M Hill Selected to Rescue Anchorage Port Project; Legislative Task Force Clashes Over Education Funding; New Mat-Su Trooper Unit Gets First Arrests; Expansion Planned For Nome Graveyard; Alaska Air National Guard Finds Missing Snowmachiner; Climate Change, Arctic Activity Expected To Multiply Pollutant Concentrations; ‘Targeted Hunt’ Aims For Moose Near Roadways; Yukon Commercial Fishermen May Be Able To Use Purse Seine Gear Download Audio

300 Villages: Port Heiden

This week, we're heading to Port Heiden, a community of about 100 people on the Alaska Peninsula. Scott Anderson is mayor of Port Heiden. Download Audio

The Big News Stories of 2013

One year ago Shell Oil’s drilling rig had not gone aground and changing the state’s oil tax regime was just the Governor’s dream. Nobody expected Congress to be so gridlocked that budget sequestration would kick in, and the prospects for the Affordable Care act were not good. A lot has changed. APRN: Tuesday, 12/31 at 10:00am

At Unalaska’s Methodist Church, Telling A Special Christmas Story

Kids at Unalaska’s United Methodist Church got to tell the story of Christmas during their annual living nativity last week. Fifteen elementary school kids from the congregation dressed up as wise men, shepherds and angels. Pastor Dan Wilcox helped lead the show. Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: December 20, 2013

Big Money Expected In Oil Tax Battle; GCI Buys 3 Southeast TV Stations, With Big Ambitions; Bridge Could Be Viable Replacement For Flood-Prone Chester Creek Culvert; Savoonga Get Extra Bowhead Strike To Supplement Food Stores; St. Lawrence Island Receives Big Food Donation; AK: Robotics; 300 Villages: Chevak Download Audio

300 Villages: Chevak

This week, we're heading to the community of Chevak in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. James Tall lives in Chevak. Download Audio

Tales of the Movie Business in Alaska

It’s getting so you can’t turn on a television set without seeing or hearing something about Alaska. And a lot of Alaska is getting into the movie theaters as well. Is any of it true? APRN: Tuesday, 12/24 at 10:00am Download Audio

Fairbanks Light Project Shines On

Holiday light displays are a common site this time of year, including on the internet, where you can view highly orchestrated light shows. It wouldn’t seem that a few strings of bulbs on a small Alaska cabin could compete, but a Fairbanks area couple has gained international following for putting control of their lights in the hands of internet visitors. Download Audio

Thousands Of New Fish Specimens Double Museum’s Collection

The University of Alaska, Fairbanks Museum of the North recently acquired as many as 150,000 fish and marine specimens from the National Marine Fisheries Service.  The acquisition means the museum’s fish collection has doubled in size. Download Audio

300 Villages: Shaktoolik

This week we travel to the native village of Shaktoolik, a coastal village about 125 miles east of Nome on Norton Sound. Shaktoolik mayor Eugene Asicksik tells us more. Download Audio

Canada’s Arctic Claim Includes North Pole

Canada's Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said today that Canada will make a claim to the North Pole, but has not finished the science around its Arctic seabed.

300 Villages: Whale Pass

This week, we’re heading to Whale Pass, a small community on Prince of Wales Island. Bob Meyer lives in Whale Pass. Download Audio

Slow Fish: An Idea Whose Time has Come in Alaska?

Alaskans have always enjoyed and defended their fish. We love our clam beaches, most of us oppose fish farming and many of us have our own special recipes not only for cooking, but preserving salmon and other fish. Alaska’s remoteness has helped to protect its fisheries, but in more populated parts of the world, small-scale local fisheries are threatened by habitat degradation and outside-owned fleets. APRN: Tuesday, 12/10 at 10:00am Download Audio

300 Villages: Kwigillingok

This week we're heading 80 miles southwest of Bethel to a village the locals call "Kwig." Andrew Beaver is the tribal administrator in Kwigillingok. Download Audio

The Anchorage International Film Festival

The new motion picture “Icebound,” about the Alaska serum run to Nome, is just one of many films coming to the Anchorage International Film Festival in early December. Also, “The Frozen Ground,” which only had limited theatrical release in Alaska. APRN: Tuesday, 12/3 at 10:00am Download Audio

300 Villages: Kwigillingok

This week we're headed 77 miles southwest of Bethel to the village of Kwigillingok. Andrew Beaver is the tribal administrator for the Native Village of Kwigillingok. Download Audio