Multi-partisan House majority takes shape
The newly-formed House majority is working out who will fill its committee seats. Meanwhile, the majority coalition is still trying to add more Republican members who are currently in the minority.
Anchorage police have no timeline on implementing body-worn cameras as current draft policy draws scrutiny
Anchorage voters approved the purchase of the cameras during an election last spring. But Chief Michael Kerle says the department is still sorting through the thorny issues involved with implementing the policy.
Arctic Winter Games 2024 athletes take home medals and Mat-Su memories
Alaska, with its home-team advantage, took home the most ulu medals. But the games' highest prize rewards team spirit, cooperation and fair play.
Independent Al Gross to run for US House seat in Alaska
Gross made an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate in 2020.
90-Day Legislative Session Up for Debate
Jay Barrett, KMXT – Kodiak
As the first year of the 27th Alaska State Legislature draws near, the 90-day session approved by voters in...
AK: Anthropologists excavate 13,000-year-old secrets near Fort Greely
Anthropologists with the University of Alaska Fairbanks say a site they’re excavating near the Delta River west of Fort Greely was first inhabited by people some 13,000 years ago – not long after humanity crossed over a now-submerged land bridge that connected Asia and North America. Listen now
Second former Young staffer implicated in Abramoff corruption scandal
A second former staffer to Congressman Don Young, Fraser Verrusio, has been implicated in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling investigation. Identified in federal court papers...
Alaska House reverses itself on full dividend
The House had been stalled for days, when the majority split over the size of the PFD. Six members of the majority reversed their position. Listen now
Cobalt and Admiral – two harbor seal pups rescued in Kasilof – return to Cook Inlet
Both pups were brought to the Alaska SeaLife Center in June in rough shape – emaciated and dehydrated. Cobalt even had rocks in her stomach.
Ethics complaint filed against Palin staffers McCallister and Perry
An outspoken critic of Gov. Sarah Palin has filed ethics complaints against two of the governor's top aides, saying they misused their official positions...
High Court Hears Weyhrauch Case
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments this morning in the case of former Alaska state legislator Bruce Weyhrauch, a Republican from Juneau....
Bob Barker and 'PAWS' offer to take Alaska Zoo's 'Maggie' south to sanctuary — for free
An animal sanctuary in northern California has offered to take Maggie the elephant and pay for all costs of her relocation. The Performing Animal...
Matanuska ferry crew members test positive for COVID-19
Two crew members aboard the Matanuska tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend after the state ferry left Bellingham for ports in Southeast Alaska, according to state officials.
For soldier killed in Alaska helicopter crash ‘family was everything’
The mother of one of the soldiers killed when two helicopters collided last week said her son loved his country and his family and lifted others up.
Iditapod bonus: Apayauq Reitan interview with Shady Grove Oliver
Kaktovik dog musher Apayauq Reitan, the first out trans woman to compete in the Iditarod, talks to Iditapod colleague and Alaska Public Media contributor Shady Grove Oliver - originally for a piece in the Guardian newspaper - about Reitan's goals for this year's race, what it's like to mush dogs, her Alaska Native culture, coming out as trans and a lot more.
Anchorage working group narrows down potential shelter sites to 7
Members of the Anchorage Assembly and Bronson administration say the next step is doing a cost estimate for the sites.
Alaska Senate votes for $1,300 energy payment on top of PFD
The energy payment passed 12-7 as an amendment to the state budget package that senators were debating.
ACLU sues Dunleavy over “punitive” cuts to court system
The civil rights group claims that the move by the governor infringes on the separation of powers laid out in Alaska's constitution.
Chevak subsistence gear ‘strewn all over the place’ by storm
Reporter Emily Schwing discusses Chevak's response to damaged boats and water contamination from last weekend's storm.
Man arrested in Juneau stabbed multiple people on cruise ship, FBI says
Ntando Sogoni was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, after he allegedly attacked five people aboard the Norwegian Encore.