Alaska News Nightly: May 3, 2010
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Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, February 25, 2021
The University of Alaska Board of Regents grants Anchorage’s hockey and gymnastics teams more time to fundraise. And, Ketchikan businesses brace for another summer without tourists. Plus, how some Unalaska teachers are approaching Black History Month this year.
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Murkowski: OCS Revenue-Sharing is 'Simple Fairness'; 'Erin's Law' Hangs On For a Bumpy Ride; Walker Allows Legislature to Convene in Anchorage This Week; Anchorage Mayor-Elect Announces Community-Driven Transition Process; Hot, Dry Weather Fuels an Early Start to Fire Season; Rare Thunderstorms Move Through Southeast Alaska; 'Ridiculously Resilient Ridge' Returns This Winter; Bandit the Runaway Wave Buoy Back in Service; Grocery Shopping to Cross the Stikine Icefield
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Meet Richard Nelson at the Campbell Creek Science Center
KSKA and the Campbell Creek Science Center Would like to invite you to come meet and hear Richard Nelson, cultural anthropologist and the...
Addressing Alaskans: Healing Racism
Speaking to Alaskans gathered at the Wendy Williamson auditorium at UAA, Tim Wise (pictured right) asks audience members to consider how they entered the...
Alaska teens’ perspective on mental health stigma and advocacy
The stigma of mental health is one of the biggest barriers to people seeking effective treatments for depression and other mood disorders. Mental health advocacy programs are often poorly funded compared to visible medical conditions like cancer and heart disease.
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Hometown, Alaska: Entrepreneurial Spirit
What does it take to become an entrepreneur?
Challenging economic times give birth to the entrepreneurs among us. On today’s Hometown, Alaska, two experts join...
Alaska News Nightly: August 20, 2007
The Alaska Zoo considers relocating Maggie to an elephant rescue facility in California. Plus, a Fairbanks non-profit is looking at developing a hybrid alternative...
RUNNING: State Senate, District N Anchorage
Ed Cullinane(D), Lesil McGuire (R) and Clinton DesJarlais (non) are running for State Senate in District N, Anchorage in Alaska’s General ...
Iditarod Trail Invitational
On the next Outdoor Explorer, we're talking about the Iditarod Trail Invitational race, which claims to be the longest winter ultra marathon in the world, sending racers by foot, bike or ski either 1000 miles from Knik to Nome, or 350 from Knik to McGrath.
KSKA: Thursday, Feb. 19, at 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
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A digital revolution arrives in rural Alaska, thanks to the pandemic
Rural Alaska communities have largely been left behind in the digital revolution -- until now. Akiak will be the first community in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta to bring high-speed broadband internet to all its residents later this month on November 15.
New AMIPA “Politics of the Past” Screening
To celebrate and raise public awareness of some of the unique, historic collections and resources held by two archival institutions here in Southcentral Alaska, the Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association (AMIPA) and UAA Archives and Special Collections will co-host an open house.
AMIPA will present a new edition in our popular "Politics of the Past" screening series-featuring vintage political spots and other moments from Alaskan public life.
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Cyrano’s The Good Times Are Killing Me
Cyrano's Theatre Company is currently running cartoonist Lynda Barry's (Ernie Pook's Comeek) play about a thirteen year old girl growing up in racially mixed Seattle neighborhood in the 60s:The Good Times Are Killing Me. Kate Grace (who plays Edna Arkins) and Nic Sweet (Scenic Designer) drop by this week to talk about it. The Good Times Are Killing Me runs Thursdays through Sundays until May 29th.
KSKA: Friday, May 13 at 2:45pm
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RUNNING: State House, Anchorage, District 20
Max Gruenberg (D) and Scott Kohlhaas (L) are running for State House in district 20 in the primary election on...
The Wolf
Biologist Gordon Haber may have spent more hours observing Alaska’s wolves than anyone else. He died in a 2009 plane crash tracking wolves in Denali National Park. His work will be the subject of a book coming out later this month.
APRN: Tuesday, 10/8 at 10:00am
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Alaska News Nightly: Monday, January 24, 2022
Lawmakers oppose a vaccine requirement for truck drivers through Canada. Also, how disaster declarations for Alaska fisheries could bring in new federal funding. And a look at the rapid weekend warm-up in Southcentral.
Lyrics and riffs with Portugal. The Man’s Eric Howk
Their Grammy-winning "Feel It Still" is kinetic, playful but also provoking. How did it happen and what's next? We listen to tunes and get an update from band member Eric Howk.
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Soul to Soul: August 16, 2008
Here's the music playlist from the August 16, 2008 edition of Soul to Soul with Marvel and Sherry Johnson. All tracks played are listed...
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Wrangell continues the search for people still missing after a deadly landslide. Plus, Sen. Murkowski hosts a bipartisan sing-a-long.
Film School Shorts Return for Another Season
FILM SCHOOL SHORTS return to Alaska Public Media starting Thursday, August 6 at 10:30 p.m. This very well may be our best season yet. Whether it’s a touching comedy set to a Harry Nilsson soundtrack (Humpty) or a gripping period drama that took home the Gold at the 2014 Student Academy Awards (Above the Sea), these colorful and provocative short films rival the latest multiplex features … in a fraction of the time.