Alaska News Nightly: Friday, April 22, 2022

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Considers her position on the King Cove road after a visit this week. Also, a new film shows the never-ending work of cleaning up ocean plastic. And biologists are counting clams to see if a Kenai Peninsula fishery can reopen.

Algo Nuevo: December 7, 2014

Here’s the Sunday, December 7, 2014 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...

Craft in America: Threads

Explore woven textiles and story quilts by artists Faith Ringgold of Harlem, Randall Darwall of Cape Cod, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood in California and Terese Agnew in Wisconsin. KAKM: Friday, 5/11 at 9:30pm

State of Art: Celebrate 40 years of Alaska Quarterly Review with these live readings

This week on State of Art we have poetry from the Alaska Quarterly Review. In celebration of its 40 years, the literary journal and the Anchorage Museum teamed up to host 21 live online reading and discussion events featuring contributors to AQR.

Addressing Alaskans: Senator Begich and Ambassador Grabar-Kitarović

Senator Mark Begich met with Croatia's ambassador to the United States at a joint luncheon hosted by the the Alaska World...
Men and women on a Zoom call.

Alaska Black Caucus Anchorage mayoral candidate forum | Addressing Alaskans

The Anchorage mayoral election is on Tuesday, April 2. Find out more about the candidates and hear how they would lead the city.

Alaska News Nightly: May 1, 2012

Fish & Game Holding Off On Kenai Peninsula Wolf Kill Plan; Study Reveals Polar Bears’ Long Distance Swims; Report Shows Growing Arctic Militarization; Parnell Chooses Hughes To Fill Gatto’s Seat; After Harvest, Sitka Tribe Renews Herring Concerns; Aircraft Support Aplenty For Alaska Wildfire Crews; Smooth Sailing Ahead For Captain Of The Tusty; Homer Couple Rescues Florida Couple On Hawaiian Volcano

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
Funny River fire rages in the Kenai Keys area of the Kenai Peninsula May 25, 2014

Wildfire Season in Alaska

It’s wildfire season in Alaska and this year more than 50,000 acres have already burned. Is this the new normal? It's been a hot and dry spring and climate conditions are changing. Even the tundra is burning. How will these changes impact wildfires and how we fight them? APRN: Tuesday, June 16 at 10:00am Download Audio

Palin Emails Released; Housing Discrimination; and Reapportionment

Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 11 Former-Governor Palin's emails are being released; what's happening on Palin's bus tour; housing discrimination for Alaska Natives; revitalizing an endangered language; special session cost the state nearly $1 million; authorities preparing to clear out homeless camps; reapportionment board nearly complete; program to improve rural children's diet with traditional foods; and more rescues of mountaineers.

Stories of Struggle, Stories of Hope: Art, Politics, and Human Rights

Author, poet and Professor Chris Abani was recorded speaking on "Stories of Struggle, Stories of Hope: Art, Politics, and Human Rights" at an event hosted by Alaska World Affairs Council in partnership with UAA Student Activities on Friday October 5, 2012.

Healing the Warrior’s Heart

Healing the Warrior's Heart examines the emotional trauma of war through the prism of Native American tradition and ceremony. The program reveals the central role that military service plays in Native life and explores the spiritual traditions that help returning American Indian soldiers reintegrate into society.

Kids These Days! – Summer Reads

On today: Tuesday, May 10 at 2pm and 7pm SUMMER READS Youth services librarians, Jane Henriksen Baird and Susan Sommers, both from the Anchorage Public Library...
A woman holds a framed photo of her late husband.

Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Federal officials tout funding to increase broadband access in rural Alaska. Plus, officials haven't been able to reach the site of a plane crash in Denali National Park, nearly a week after it happened. And, as the Sitka hospital closes its home health department, residents worry about the future of hospice care.

Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018

Gulf of Alaska quake prompts alerts, evacuations and review of response; Tsunami warning prompts hundreds of Alaskans to evacuate to higher ground; Homer residents evacuate after quake sounds tsunami alarms; Unalakleet remains on boil water notice as search for leak continues; Board of Fish meeting wraps up; Alaska man, boy die when snowmobile crashes into moose; Federal grant to help Tanana chiefs assist communities with contaminated sites; Rescued Cook Inlet beluga calf to remain in captivity; Ferry Columbia out for repairs at least one week; Ferry Taku has new owners Listen now

Algo Nuevo: December 13, 2009

Here’s the music playlist from the Sunday December 13, 2009 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have...

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019

Coastal Alaska communities are bracing for higher ticket prices and big reductions in ferry service. Also: It's time to stock up on your supply of reusable grocery bags — Anchorage's plastic ban bag goes into effect Sept. 15.

Alaska News Nightly: April 15, 2015

U.S. Senate Favors Secure Rural Schools - Secure Docs, Too; Federal Agency Reviewing Yellow Cedar For Protection; House Bill Would Claw Back State Workers’ Raises; Opt Out Bill Could Cost Alaska $97 Million in Federal School Funding; Search Continues In Prince William Sound For Missing Pilot; Breakup Forecast: Sparse Snow, Slowly Warming Weather Lessens Flood Concern; Murkowski Campaign Shows Financial Might; Anchorage Announces Fiscal Surplus; House Passes Bill To Change Hunting And Fishing License Fees; Fuel Sale in Nome Targets Spring Subsistence Hunters; Kenaitze Candlelight Vigil Raises Awareness about Sexual Assault; Athletes Prepare For Native Youth Olympics Download Audio

In Alaska, Giving Wild Salmon Is Tradition

Nature Conservancy Smoked Salmon On a September morning, a coastal lagoon in Alaska glistens like smooth glass. The Tlingit village on the shore is still quiet. But a delectable aroma in the air reveals something at work: salmon were hung in the smokehouse with care. Read more.
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Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, March 15, 2016

BP lays of Anchorage workers; Obama OKs draft for offshore drilling; mitigation policies criticized; BLM director tours North Slope; Seavey roars to Iditarod win; Sass disappears from front; drones becoming more popular in Arctic; Juneau goes to the polls; the "Blob" returns; pot petitions duel in Juneau Download Audio