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  • Governor Bill Walker signs senate bill 28 Thursday, November 16, 2017 at Petersburg’s Sons of Norway Hall. Behind him are legislative staffer Melissa Kookesh, Petersburg community and economic development director Liz Cabrera, mayor Mark Jensen, Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, Petersburg harbormaster Glo Wollen and daughter Sigrid, legislative aide David Scott and lobbyist Ray Matiashowski. (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK)
    Governor signs Petersburg land bill
    A major increase to the land granted to the new Petersburg borough is now official. Governor Bill Walker Thursday signed legislation granting over 14-thousand acres of state land to the local government. Listen now
  • Goodnews Bay eighth grader Tucker Evans leaps in the air during the One-Foot High Kick. He says that his cast throws off his balance but increases his momentum. (Greg Lincoln / Delta Discovery)
    AK: "Kicking the sky with your feet," four teams compete in Bethel's NYO Invitational
    Bethel’s Native Youth Olympic Invitational went on as scheduled. Teams arrived by boat and small planes through thick fog to compete in the traditional games of strength and endurance at Bethel’s Gladys Jung Elementary School. Listen now
  • At last week's IGU board meeting in the Key Bank Building in downtown Fairbanks, General Manager Jomo Stewart discusses the status of work on a natural-gas distribution system in the Fairbanks-North Pole area while the utility's board of directors, seated around the table, and audience members looks on. (Tim Ellis/KUAC)
    Interior Gas Utility sets public meetings to explain proposed purchase of Pentex Assets
    The Interior Gas Utility has scheduled a couple of public meetings for later this month to inform Fairbanks North Star Borough residents about the status of the IGU board’s proposal to buy Pentex Alaska Natural Gas Company as part of the local utility’s efforts to build a natural-gas distribution system for Fairbanks and North Pole. Listen now
  • Tutka Bay Lagoon Hatchery. (Courtesy of Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association)
    Hatchery association reduces release numbers in Tutka Bay
    The Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association walked back a contentious plan to move most of a hatchery operation further into Kachemak Bay State Park on Saturday. Listen now
  • Roderick Phillip, the Puvurnaq Power Company's manager, stands in front of Kongiganak's power plant. (Teresa Cotsirilos / KYUK)
    Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017
    Alaskan officials eager to open ANWR, even if promised more; Trump's pick for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention deemed problematic by Anchorage nonprofit; Kodiak City Council raises sales tax cap by 300 percent; Victim of Delta Junction car accident identified; In Kongiganak, a groundbreaking microgrid cuts heating costs in half; Trump administration proposes $2.1 billion expansion of Fort Greely missile-defense base; Study: Erosion caused by spawning salmon could make mountains significantly shorter; State publishes new land use plan for proposed 855-acre timber sale near Haines Listen now
  • Michael Dourson during a Senate committee hearing. (Youtube screenshot)
    Trump's pick for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention deemed problematic by Anchorage nonprofit
    A nominee for a top position at the EPA is drawing both praise and criticism, including concerns from a non profit in Anchorage that works to raise awareness about the health affects of hazardous chemicals. Listen now
  • Map of the Bristol Bay region. Iliamna and Newhalen are close to the Pebble Deposit location, indicated by the red box. (U.S. EPA map)
    A potential neighbor to the Pebble Mine sees both sides
    At least one resident who lives in a community near where Pebble would be developed is still deciding whether the mine is a good idea. Listen now
  • Northwest has new regional HUD boss
    The Trump Administration has appointed a new Northwest regional director for HUD, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listen now
  • (Graphic courtesy of STAR)
    Ending patterns of abuse
    For too long Alaska has been near or at the top in the nation for violence against women and sexual assault. Recent harassment and rape allegations against powerful people in Hollywood and in media have elevated the problem. But will that attention help change behavior? Listen Here
  • Members of the unincorporated Kenai Peninsula community of Nikiski are weighing their options after the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation filed for federal permitting of a massive LNG project, raising the possibility of using eminent domain to get the land it needs for the project to go forward. (Photo by Rashah McChesney)
    In China, Alaska gets new gasline partners — but no guarantees
    The deal links Alaska’s gas pipeline project to three Chinese entities with deep pockets. Listen now
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