AKPM Site Search

Zoe Kitchel canvassing for the PFD voter ballot initiative. (Photo by Emily Kwong)

PFD automatic voter registration could increase turnout but cost is unknown

On November 8, Alaskans will vote on Ballot Measure No. 1, which would automatically register eligible individuals to vote when they apply for a PFD, unless they opt out. But would the initiative actually improve voter turnout? One expert says maybe a little. Listen Now

Mushers frustrated over cell phones on Iditarod trail

Mushers are expressing frustration over two controversial rule changes to the Iditarod made during a board meeting today.

Dutch Harbor remains nation’s top fishing port

On dinner tables across the country, Americans are eating more fish. The United States is responsible for more fish consumption than all other countries, except for China. Listen Now

Red tree corals are a focal point of the Deepwater Exploration of Glacier Bay National Park Expedition. These corals have been shown to be the foundation of diverse deepwater communities in Alaska. And can occur as shallow as 6 meters. Here several fish and urchins congregate around a large red tree coral. (Image courtesy of NOAA- Alaska Fisheries Science Center and Deep- Sea Coral Research and Technology Program.)

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016

Mental Health Trust board push for restructure, prompts resignation by long-time CEO ; Anchorage attorney accuses Justice Thomas of 1999 groping; University of Alaska seeks cuts to skiing and indoor track programs; For this Anchorage Republican, Johnson trumps Trump; Native artisans worry ivory bans in other states could reverberate in Alaska; Licenses for sport fishing, hunting and trapping to increase in price next year; Ask a Climatologist: In Anchorage, first snow is right on schedule; Glacial fjords home to surprise coral, but maybe not for long Listen Now

University of Alaska seeks cuts to skiing and indoor track programs

The University of Alaska is recommending elimination of 6 sports teams. Under the cost saving proposal rolled out at an Anchorage press conference by UA President Jim Johnsen Thursday, the University of Alaska Fairbanks would lose its cross-country ski teams, and the University of Alaska Anchorage would drop its ski and indoor track squads. Listen Now

Utqiagvik, Alaska (File photo by Steven Kazlowsk)

US Senate candidates debate Arctic issues in Barrow

Sen. Lisa Murkowski and three challengers - Margaret Stock, Ray Metcalfe and Breck Craig - debated today in Barrow in what is said to be the first U.S. Senate debate to take place above the Arctic Circle.

Bob Stone holds a 50 year old red tree coral. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk - Juneau)

Glacial fjords home to surprise coral, but maybe not for long

Most people wouldn't expect coral to thrive in Southeast Alaska. But it exists in the silty waters of glacial fjords. Now scientists are wondering if the coral, which serves as important fish habitat, could be in danger from an invisible threat — ocean acidification. Listen Now

Kenai Borough Assembly overrides mayor's veto of invocation policy resolution

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly has voted to override Mayor Mike Navarre's veto of the Assembly's new invocation policy resolution. Listen Now

David Rubenstein (Photo courtesy of the World Economic Forum)

Husband of ADN owner hosts TV show featuring fellow billionaires

If you like to watch billionaires on TV, you don’t have to wait for Donald Trump to launch his own media network. The husband of Alaska Dispatch News owner Alice Rogoff now has his own prime-time television talk show. Listen Now

Your U.S. senator is a chairman. What does that do for you?

If U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is unseated in the next election, the victor would get her Senate seat, but not her chairmanship of the Energy Committee. So what does that matter to you? Listen Now

Search results for