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Tlingit artist Robert Mills created this depiction of Gunakadeit joseeae in 2020. (Image courtesy of Sealaska Heritage Institute)

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020

ConocoPhillips adjusts its development plan to respond to local concerns. Plus: A surviving fisherman describes the night the F/V Scandies Rose sunk. And, a Southeast Alaska fossil is officially declared a new species and gets a Tlingit name.

An Alaska State Trooper cruiser parked on Nome’s Front Street in January 2015.

Five dead in small commercial plane crash outside of Bethel

Bethel, Alaska — Five people are dead following a plane crash Thursday near the lower Kuskokwim community of Tuntutuliak, according to Alaska State…

Neil Steininger, director of the Office of Management and Budget, fields questions from House Finance Committee members during a presentation he was giving to the committee regarding Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed supplemental budget bill on Wednesday. (Photo by Skip Gray/KTOO)

Wildfires, Medicaid push state to request $262.5M more than budgeted

Wildfires and Medicaid costs led state officials to ask the Legislature to add more money to the state budget than they have in at least 10 years.Nearly…

Tom Boutin, executive director of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, fields questions during a House Commerce, Community & Economic Development Finance Subcommittee meeting in the state Capitol on Tuesday. Boutin defended the no-bid contract with economic consultant Clark Penney, grandson of Bob Penney, a major campaign donor to a group that supported Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s election. (Photo by Skip Gray/KTOO)

Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020

Rescuers describe finding the four children who went missing from Nunam Iqua - alive. Plus: Southeast Alaska residents react to the Governor's canceled visits. And, the grandson of a top campaign supporter of Governor Dunleavy wins a consulting contract from Alaska's economic development arm.

AIDEA head defends no-bid contract for grandson of major Dunleavy supporter

The grandson of a top campaign supporter of Gov. Mike Dunleavy was the only person who could provide economic development advice to the state for $8,000 per month, according to the leader of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, or AIDEA.

The community of Nunam Iqua, photographed in 2009. (Photo courtesy of Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development; Division of Community and Regional Affairs’ Community Photo Library)

Rescuers found lost Nunam Iqua children in a hole in the snow, huddled around the youngest child

When the searchers arrived, all four children were able to verbally respond to their questions. The searchers said they looked bad, and would not comment further on the children’s physical condition.

The Alaska Chamber's Allen Hippler speaks in front of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska in downtown Anchorage on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (Tegan Hanlon / Alaska Public Media)

Alaskans split over proposed BP sale during six hours of public comment

The meeting Tuesday marked the first time Alaskans could provide in-person comments to the state regulatory commission that's overseeing a portion of the pending $5.6 billion sale.

A dead stand of yellow cedar on West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness in Southeast Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Lauren Oakes)

Yellow cedar is dying. Can Southeast Alaska sawmills profit?

A recent study explores the business potential of salvage logging, or harvesting trees that are already dead.

A ferry at a dock with a mountain in the background at twilight

State eyes private ferries for Angoon, Hoonah and Kake

The state is seeking to fill gaps in Southeast Alaska ferry service using a private charter company. It’s given potential operators less than 24 hours to answer its Monday call for interest.

The ferry Matanuska on Jan. 31, 2020 in Auke Bay ferry terminal. It was to be the sole vessel servicing Southeast Alaska until it broke down nearly a week ago. (Jacob Resneck/CoastAlaska)

Camped in staterooms, stranded ferry passengers are prisoners of the state’s hospitality

When the last of the Alaska Marine Highway System mainliners broke down in Juneau last weekend, the state chartered a pair of private catamarans to get most of the Matanuska’s passengers to their destinations. But more than two dozen people with cars and trucks remain stranded.

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