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  • Anchorage efforts to reduce homelessness see success, challenges
    Anchorage Assembly member Felix Rivera, chairman of the Assembly's Committee on Homelessness, says funding is one of its top concerns
  • Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, March 21, 2019
    Dunleavy keeps open court seat, questions nomination process; Lawmakers, open meeting advocates criticize conditions on attending Gov. Dunleavy meetings; Dunleavy appointee to lead state environmental agency hits back at critics; China, Russia find common cause in Arctic; Foretold Disaster – the Exxon Valdez oil spill; Anchorage efforts to reduce homelessness see success, challenges; Wild dogs take down muskox near Toksook Bay; Racist graffiti targets Homer restaurant owners; Eagles fly free as Alaska Raptor Center rings in spring
  • Dunleavy appointee to lead state environmental agency hits back at critics
    Jason Brune's appointment is controversial because he worked as the public affairs and government relations manager for mining company Anglo American when it backed the proposed Pebble Mine.
  • Three decades after Exxon Valdez oil disaster, Prince William watchdog group remains on alert
    On March 24th, 1989, 11 million gallons of crude oil spilled into Prince William Sound when the Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground. Three decades later, the Prince William Sound Regional Citizen's Advisory Council has an important role in making sure a disaster of that magnitude doesn't happen again.
  • The first cruise ship of the 2019 season is scheduled to arrive in Unalaska on May 6. (Photo by Berett Wilber/KUCB)
    With 20 ships scheduled, Unalaska expects record-setting cruise season
    While tourism demand is growing in Unalaska, Carlin Enlow of the Unalaska Visitors Bureau doesn’t see the small fishing community becoming a major cruise ship destination like Ketchikan or Juneau.
  • 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.
  • Traveling Music 3-24-19
    Traveling MusicShonti Elder3-24-19 Concert ahead: Judy Collins, Thursday, March 28, 7 PM at PAC Format:Song Title Artist / ComposerCD TitleLabelDuration…
  • 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
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