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A lunchtime crowd with homemade signs crowded on Juneau’s capitol steps on March 20, 2019, urging the state to support the Alaska Marine Highway System. (Photos by Jacob Resneck/CoastAlaska)

Ferry supporters rally as DOT ponies up $250,000 for privatization study

This comes as the Dunleavy administration decided to offer more time — and a lot more money — for a new study to recommend ways to reduce or eliminate the state’s subsidy for the Alaska Marine Highway System.

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Donna Steward, Deputy Commissioner, left, and Sana Efird, Director, Admin Services, both from the Department of Health and Social Services, give an overview of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed changes to Medicaid in Alaska to the House Health and Social Services Committee , March 19, 2019. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)

Medicaid cuts, while aimed at access, still raise concerns

As Gov. Mike Dunleavy seeks to close a $1.6 billion budget gap, the administration looked to Medicaid, where it could cut a lot of costs: $249 million.

The entrance to the New Polaris Mine shown in this undated photo. It’s near the Tulsequah River just over the border in British Columbia. It shut down in 1951 after 14 years of operations. (Photo courtesy of Canarc Resource Corporation)

Owner of B.C. gold mine near Taku River courts investors

A Canadian mining company wants to reopen a long-shuttered mine about 40 miles east of Juneau. It’s just a few miles from the Alaska border, and conservationists question the Dunleavy administration’s commitment to engaging British Columbia over potential pollution from mines upstream from Alaska waters

The view from inside the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. The airport is anticipating a 6 percent increase in passenger capacity this summer. (Photo by Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media)

Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Medicaid cuts, while aimed at access, still raise concerns; Hundreds protest in Juneau over Dunleavy's proposed ferry system cuts; Most Alaska military projects spared from border wall fund diversion, DOD says; Federal ruling could hurt Trump ANWR ambitions; As Trump administration contemplates Arctic drilling, North Slope organizations stress need to protect subsistence resources; Three decades after Exxon Valdez oil disaster, Prince William watchdog group remains on alert; After some ups and downs, U.S. halibut market favorable for Alaska fishermen in 2019; Anchorage airport anticipates more passengers this summer; With 20 ships scheduled, Unalaska expects record-setting cruise season

Skagway’s city hall and museum. (Photo by Greta Mart)

Skagway mayoral election too close to call

The results of Tuesday’s special mayoral election in Skagway are too close to call.

Most Alaska military projects spared from border wall fund diversion, DOD says

Funding for Alaska military projects is largely spared from diversion for construction of a southern border wall, under criteria released by the Department of Defense.

A group of researchers from the Prince William Sound Science Center sample pink salmon carcasses near Cordova as part of Fish and Game's Alaska Hatchery Research Project. (Photo by Aaron Bolton, KBBI)

Fish and Game seeks to understand genetic differences between pink salmon populations

A study by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game looking at chum and pink salmon runs in Southeast and Prince William Sound is expanding to help biologists understand the interplay between wild runs and hatchery strays.

Anchorage airport anticipates more passengers this summer

Passenger capacity on planes flying to Anchorage is projected to increase by 6 percent.

A screengrab of Carl Brodersen's testimony during Jason Brune's confirmation hearing before the House Resources Committee March 15. (Courtesy of aklegislature.tv)

At DEC nominee Brune's confirmation hearing, public testimony centered on Pebble ties

Opposition centered largely on Brune’s involvement with the proposed Pebble Mine. From 2011 to 2014 he served as the public affairs and government relations manager for Anglo American -- a company that backed the project until 2013.

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