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  • A USCGC Alex Haley boarding team boards the fishing vessel Run Da after the vessel was suspected of illegal high seas driftnet fishing in the North Pacific Ocean, 860 miles east of Hokkaido, Japan, June 16, 2018. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard)
    Kodiak-based Coast Guard intercepts illegal Chinese fishing vessel
    An illegal fishing vessel was intercepted off the coast of Japan with 80 tons of chum salmon and one ton of squid onboard. Listen now
  • The Holland America cruise ship Zaandam docked in Juneau on June 22, 2018. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO)
    Holland America cruise in Alaska hit by norovirus
    At least 73 people have reportedly fallen ill aboard the Zaandam following an outbreak of norovirus on the Holland America cruise ship. It’s the second reported outbreak of norovirus this year on a cruise ship in Alaska. Listen now
  • Searching for closure on Colony Glacier
    In 1952 an Air Force plane collided with the side of a mountain north of Anchorage. A crew has assembled every June since 2012 to bring closure to the families of the service members who lost their lives. Listen now
  • Equipment for collecting sediment samples from a lake bottom lies on the lake’s frozen surface during a research project on St. Paul Island in 2013. (Photo courtesy of Matthew Wooller, UAF)
    Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, June 21, 2018
    What they mean when they say 'immigration problem'; In Alaska, family separations evoke past trauma; Fansler sentenced to year of probation, alcohol treatment and community service; State receives $56 million in federal relief for 2016 pink salmon season disaster; Farm bill with large changes to food stamps narrowly passes the US House; Crews tackle small wildfire in Ketchikan; Southcentral king salmon sport fishing closures continue; Climate change may have sparked human migration into Interior Alaska, UAF study finds; Spike in shipping costs has Southeast businesses up in arms; Kake to reuse historic cannery for tourism; At the top of the world, an international field school for research students Listen now
  • Sealaska Heritage Institute president Rosita Worl is concerned about the fate of thousands of children separated from their parents due to the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” border policy. (Photo by Jacob Resneck/KTOO)
    In Alaska, family separations evoke past trauma
    A survivor of a BIA boarding school for Alaska Natives says the separation of children at the border is reminiscent of her own experiences. The context is different: but the traumatic effects are arguably similar. Listen now
  • Students at an Arctic field school in Utqiaġvik learn how to use an ice corer, June 2nd, 2018. The program is a collaboration between the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the University of Calgary and the University of Tromsø in Norway. (Ravenna Koenig/ Alaska’s Energy Desk)
    At the top of the world, an international field school for research students
    Earlier this month, the University of Alaska Fairbanks participated in an international field school in Utqiaġvik, giving early-career researchers a broad view of the Arctic coastal system and how it’s changing, along with some different methods for studying it. Listen now
  • Mark Weaver is a peer support specialist with Cook Inlet Tribal Council's new recovery center in Wasilla. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media)
    Guiding peers on the path to recovery from addiction
    The path to recovery from drug or alcohol addiction can be long, arduous, and isolating. Now people in the Mat-Su Valley have a new place to start the journey -- and guides to help them along the way.
  • State: Permafrost thaw from Arctic broadband projects violated permits
    Alaska officials are still trying to sort out the scope of a problem caused by trenching for fiber optic cables owned by GCI and Quintillion, which could threaten the only haul road to the oil fields at Prudhoe Bay, as well as dozens of streams along the way. Listen now
  • AEL&P’s main offices, pictured here on March 24, 2018, are located in the Lemon Creek area in Juneau. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
    AEL&P to share the wealth from corporate tax cut
    Electricity rates in Juneau are coming down by 6.73 percent. That’s because of a tax windfall realized by Alaska Electric Light & Power whose rates are regulated by the state. Listen now
  • A photo of the 100-pound mammoth tusk released by the Bureau of Land Management to help identify the tusk if found. (Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management)
    Campbell Creek Science Center offers reward for information on stolen mammoth tusk
    Someone stole a 10,000-year-old mammoth tusk from the Campbell Creek Science Center in March. They're now offering a $500 reward for information. Listen now
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