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LISTEN: These two organizations fight to protect the civil rights of Alaskans

At least two legal agencies work to protect the civil rights of Alaskans. Today's show will look at the particular missions of the Northern Justice…

Jason Grenn, co-chair of Alaskans for Better Elections, hauls a card loaded with petition signature books to the Anchorage office of the Division of Elections for certification on Jan. 9, 2020. (Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)

Alaska election reform initiative smashes signature requirements on way to November ballot

The ballot initiative would increase reporting requirements for political groups spending money to influence elections, open up primary elections and move Alaska to a ranked choice voting system.

Lisa Manning with NMFS Office of Protected Services, takes questions from Southeast Alaska fishermen at a three-hour meeting in Petersburg, Jan. 6. (Angela Denning/KFSK)

Southeast Alaska fishermen unite against designating critical habitat for humpback whales

About 60 people crowded into the Petersburg borough assembly chambers and others overflowed into the hallway during a three-hour meeting hosted by the National Marine Fisheries Service in Petersburg Jan. 6.

An above-ground section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System near the Toolik Lake Research Station in the North Slope Borough. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk)

RCA says it needs another month to consider Hilcorp’s confidentiality request

Hilcorp is planning to buy BP's entire Alaska business, and it wants its financial records kept private.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski is a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. (Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)

Murkowski 'hesitant' to constrain Trump's use of military force

Sen. Murkowski says she's not sure how she'll vote on a Democratic-sponsored War Powers resolution that would rein Trump in

The starting line of the Kuskokwim 300 sled dog race in Bethel on Jan. 18, 2019. (Alaska Public Media)

19 mushers set to race 2020 Kuskokwim 300

Top competitors and previous K300 winners entered in this year’s race include Pete Kaiser, Jeff King and reigning champion Matthew Failor.

Aleknagik City Office. (Photo courtesy City of Aleknagik)

Aleknagik is still searching for answers to public safety concerns

In the Bristol Bay community of Aleknagik, a VPSO position has remained vacant for years. One hurdle? A lack of available housing.

Jade Williams was 19 when she died in 2017. She is remembered by her father, grandmother, and other friends and family. (Photo courtesy of Grace Gordon Duncan)

Former Kake man, back in Alaska, arraigned on murder charge

Isaac David Friday, 27, is facing one charge of murder in the first degree for the 2017 death of 19-year-old Jade Williams.

A view of Ketchikan from the top of the Edmonds Street stairs. Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly voted to postpone measures on a retail marijuana tax and a sales-tax cap increase during session Monday. (Photo courtesy of the state)

Ketchikan borough won’t oppose proposed marijuana cafe north of town

State marijuana regulators are scheduled to consider the permit later this month. If approved, Cannabis Corner could be among the first marijuana cafes in Alaska.

ASRC leaders and supporters held a press conference outside the Anchorage public meeting on oil leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Feb. 11, 2019. (Photo by Elizabeth Harball/Alaska's Energy Desk)

Opening the Arctic Refuge brought Alaska's largest Native corporation $22.5 million from BP and Chevron

Arctic Slope Regional Corp. collected $22.5 million from a pair of oil companies after Congress opened the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain to drilling in 2017, according to corporate documents.

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