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Veteran Journalist Lori Townsend hosts Alaska Insight, a weekly public affairs program exploring issues that have Alaskans talking. In-depth interviews and video stories move the conversation beyond the headlines and into Alaska’s communities.

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What did legislators accomplish this year and what was left for the second session?
We discuss the uncertain future of programs that bring refugees and immigrants to Alaska.
How close is an Alaska LNG pipeline to becoming a reality? What challenges does it face?
We hear about how Alaska businesses are coping with broad and uncertain tariffs.
Delayed repairs have led to a health and safety crisis in many Alaska schools.
How should you prepare to protect your health and home for a potential ash cloud over Anchorage?
We discuss how Filipino culture and history contributes to the vibrant communities across the state.
How are state, local, and federal agencies preparing for an early fire season in Alaska?
We discuss what a reduction in service at NOAA could mean for Alaska.
We discuss the impacts of frozen federal funding on nonprofits and governments.
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Entrepreneurs say the uncertainty they’re facing is potentially just as damaging as the tariffs.
Alaska's rural schools are facing a public health and safety crisis from long-delayed repairs.
A look behind the scenes at how Mount Spurr activity is monitored.
Nonprofits and local communities respond to frozen funding
Kodiak's community and biologists are looking at solutions to keep the population of crayfish down.
Lori Townsend reports, the people who monitor seismic activity worldwide are in Alaska
Alaska Public Media takes a look at Drew Michael's Carving process and his path to self discovery
Madilyn Rose reports on what Get Out The Native Vote is doing to encourage and inform voters.
In Hiland Mountain Correctional Center, a teacher is offering women a space that gives them normalcy
An after-school program aims to give students the skills to fish for their own meals.