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Dogs resting between sled tours. (Photo by Claire Stremple/KHNS)

Heatwave shuts down dog sled tours early on a glacier near Skagway

The tour company moved 240 dogs and 60,000 pounds of equipment from the Denver Glacier above Skagway to camp on the Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau, where they had to scout new, even higher altitude terrain.

H3 vocalist and bassist George Noga overlooks a crowd at an Anchorage Live After Five concert at Town Square Park on June 20. (Photo by Amy Mostafa, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage)

Two decades later, Alaska's H3 says music is sanctuary

Anchorage-based H3’s been bringing a Hawaiian reggae vibe to live music in Southcentral Alaska for nearly two decades.

Governor Mike Dunleavy and UA Board of Regents chair John Davies sign a compact detailing three years of cuts to the university system. (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage)

Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019

Dunleavy halves vetoes to University of Alaska, spreads cuts over three years; Dunleavy agrees to fully restore $9M in funding to Head Start, early learning programs; New water test results show Bethel city subdivision lead and copper levels meeting federal standards; Fairbanks city council OK's what could be state's first marijuana onsite consumption facility; Heatwave shuts down dog sled tour on Denver Glacier early; NSHC opens new health clinic in Shaktoolik; Sophocles play added to Ft. Wainwright military suicide prevention training; Shishmaref man finds 50-year-old message in a bottle

Dunleavy halves vetoes to University of Alaska, spreads cuts over three years

The University of Alaska will see a $25 million cut in funding for this budget year, which began on July 1st. The next two years would see cuts of $25 million and $20 million for a total of $70 million.

Governor Dunleavy announces that he will fully restore funding to early learning for this fiscal year. He made the announcement at a classroom at RurAL CAP Child Development Center in Anchorage (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage)

Dunleavy agrees to fully restore $9M in funding to Head Start, early learning programs

The restoration totals about $9 million and includes $6.8 million to Head Start and $1.2 million to early childhood grants. It's one of several veto reversals the governor has made this week.

A wetland near Diamond Creek Trail in Homer. (Photo by Renee Gross, KBBI - Homer)

As Kenai Peninsula dries out, likelihood for fires increases

The Kenai Peninsula is drying out and this summer, fires have sprouted up in some unusual places. Scientists warn about this trend: meaning bigger fires and more of them.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy announcing to a lunch-time audience at the Chugiak-Eagle River Senior Center that he will restore funds for the Senior Benefits Program in his forthcoming operating budget (Photo: Zachariah Hughes - Alaska Public Media, Anchorage).

Dunleavy reverses potential cuts to senior benefits

Dunleavy told a room of people he was moved to change course on the Senior Benefits Program after hearing input from beneficiaries and their families.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy signing the capital budget on Thursday in Anchorage (Photo: Wesley Early - Alaska Public Media, Anchorage)

Capital budget vetoes to hit homelessness, addiction treatment

In Anchorage, there are worries that vetoes to addiction treatment facilities and a homeless assistance program could exacerbate a problem that's already worsening.

State of Art: August 9th, 2019

This week on State of art we're talking Stories at the Cemetery and hearing from an Alaska musician who sang on the theme song for the new PBS Kids show Molly of Denali.

2017 has seen a number of spills and violations by oil and gas producer Hilcorp.

Hilcorp clears some regulatory hurdles to conduct a seismic survey in lower Cook Inlet

Oil and gas development company Hilcorp is planning to survey an offshore lease site in lower Cook Inlet.

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