Adelyn Baxter, KTOO - Juneau
We’re ‘all ears’ on Hometown Alaska this week
The arrival of a new host to Hometown Alaska is a good opportunity to open the phone lines to hear what topics you want us to work on. We call it "all ears" because...
RUNNING: 2021 Anchorage Mayor’s Race – issues and candidate Q&A responses
UPDATE: Candidate responses to Alaska Public Media's 2021 Mayor Candidate questionnaire are now available at Running 2021. Fifteen candidates filed to run; 9 candidates returned the questionnaire. Albert Swank, Reza Momin, Anna Anthony, David...
Alaska’s pandemic housing boom driven by interest rates, tight inventory and shifting attitudes
The housing market’s upswing doesn’t account for thousands of Alaskans who are struggling to make ends meet.
RUNNING: 2021 Anchorage School Board Race – issues and candidate Q&A responses
UPDATE: Candidate responses to Alaska Public Media's 2021 School Board Candidate questionnaire are now available at Running 2021. Sixteen candidates are running; 12 responded to the questionnaire. Candidates Judy Norton Eledge, Marilyn Stewart, Kim...
Reporter Kyle Hopkins: Revealing the human cost of broken safety and deferred justice in rural Alaska
Many programs on Justice Alaska focus on explaining Alaska's judicial system from the inside, from the perspective of judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys, as well as participants in therapeutic courts and administrators within the...
LISTEN: What another summer without cruise ships could mean for Alaska’s economy
Alaska lost 27,000 jobs in 2020. And, while the whole state suffered, regions that depend on tourism were hit especially hard.
Three local pastors respond to Henry Louis Gates’ “The Black Church”
In a sweeping, song-filled and emotional telling, Henry Louis Gates takes viewers through the beginnings of the Black Church in America, from its beginnings in white Christianity with influence from home countries and spiritual...
To face 2020 head-on, one Anchorage tour company branched out
In the last year, employees at Salmon Berry Tours delivered groceries, plants and Christmas Trees. They also took on a new role in Hatcher Pass.
Dana Stabenow talks about her latest crime novel, her writing career and her support for women writers
Dana Stabenow is having a great writing career.
Her latest book, Spoils of the Dead, is No. 5 in her series about Alaska State Trooper Liam Campbell.
After a demotion from sergeant back to trooper...
Three killed in avalanche on Bear Mountain near Chugiak while ascending a technical route
Alaska State Troopers are warning of avalanche danger around Bear Mountain in Chugiak, after three people were reportedly killed in a slide there this week.
LISTEN: Meet some of the Alaska owls that live in your backyard
One dark December morning, as I headed out with my dog for some exercise, I met a young man carrying an aluminum ladder. Since it was nearly Christmas, I asked if he was decorating...
Alaska Permanent Fund Corp, with millions of dollars in GameStop shares, eyes stock surge warily
CEO Angela Rodell says the organization recently held slightly over 168,000 shares in GameStop, but that number changes daily.
With modest job growth expected in 2021, Anchorage’s economic leaders show cautious optimism
The forecast predicts Anchorage will add 4,000 jobs this year.
Wanted: Underrepresented artists who need financial support for their creative work
In times of stress and economic hardship, it can be easy to let art and its impact on us slip off the radar screen. Yet, that could be the very time when we need...
Anchorage restaurant grants to feed hungry create a ‘win-win-win’
The Restaurant Rescue program, aims to help keep restaurants busy, while feeding residents in need.
After a year of dramatic lows, Alaska sees modest climb in oil prices
Right now, West Texas Intermediate, Brent and Alaska North Slope Crude are all selling for over $50 per barrel.
Alaska health care officials address vaccine concerns in Black and Indigenous communities
https://youtu.be/sh6_RZuaZ_Q
To defeat COVID-19, Alaska needs to vaccinate as many residents as possible. But how do concerns about the vaccine affect the success of that mission? Some people have declined getting the shot, and health...
LISTEN: Alaska jobs expected to slowly return in 2021
Alaska is expected to add jobs in 2021, but at a slow pace.
Balancing Alaska’s budget is getting so hard that it hurts. Here’s one citizen’s plan.
As Cliff Groh puts it, he's studied how the State of Alaska "collects, saves and pays out money" for 40 years. As a legislative aide in 1982, he worked on creating the Alaska Permanent...
As COVID-19 canceled live events, Anchorage residents went analog
"They want comics to read or graphic novels or they want to play a role playing game just to get away from the real world for a few hours."