Alaska school leaders prepare summer school options to slow pandemic ‘slide’
Margaret McIntyre shows students how to use sandpaper to make [...]
Anchorage’s ethnic eateries, used to take-out, found a growing market in the pandemic
Staff and family at Jeepney Filipino Hawaiian Fusion Food pose [...]
State warns Kuskokwim communities to prepare for flooding
(Gabby Salgado/KYUK)The state is warning residents of Kuskokwim River communities [...]
Fourth-grader makes history at Inupiaq spelling bee
A fourth-grader became the winner of the first ever statewide [...]
Anchorage Assembly certifies municipal election
Election official Erik Hill (left) aids voters through the voting [...]
Could Seaweed Help Save the Planet? | INDIE ALASKA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhbRCzxaqoE Seaweed and kelp are [...]
Warm weather and plowing in Anchorage mean clear trails likely a week away
A trail plow operator clears slush from a spur of [...]
Matanuska ferry crew members test positive for COVID-19
The Matanuska docked on Friday, Feb. 7, 2020 at the [...]
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Tino Hidalgo, co-owner and prep cook [...]
Alaska development authority signs land access agreement with Native corporation for Ambler Road project
Map of the proposed Ambler Road project (Bureau of Land [...]
Gustavus calls for halt to state construction project after officials find more toxins at city airport
Gustavus Airport terminal (Mike Castleman/Creative Commons)Concerned residents in the Southeast [...]
Arctic research conference to highlight how rural Alaska communities approach energy, climate issues
Kotzebue residents walk out on the sea ice as it [...]
A decade after Fukushima nuclear disaster, Alaska expands seafood monitoring
The Sitka sac roe herring fishery in 2018. In Southeast, [...]
NTSB: Obstructed views, lack of alerts caused midair crash
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Obstructed views of the sky and [...]
Embattled Ketchikan schools superintendent submits resignation
The head of Ketchikan’s school district turned in her resignation [...]
Cooper Landing committee crafts trap setback proposal
Alaska Trappers Association Southcentral President Brad Christiansen shows the effect [...]
Ask a Climatologist: Alaska’s spring weather whipsaw
The sun melts snowbanks into icicles [...]
Tower could bring cell service to Summit Lake on Seward Highway
Vertical Bridge has proposed installing a communications tower on borough [...]
Peninsula lawmakers introduce bill to block vaccination requirements
Alaska State Capitol building (left) and Dimond Courthouse, Juneau, Alaska, [...]
High court takes up case on virus relief funding for Alaska Native Corporations
The NANA office on a snowy night in Ambler, one [...]
Biden administration freezes Alaska mineral development orders, veteran allotments
This dredge, located in Flat, Alaska, is a relic of [...]
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, April 19, 2021
Plow operator Kara Nicolet clears slush [...]
An insider’s look at ADHD
ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, [...]
Young, Murkowski aim to shape Biden’s infrastructure bill
U.S. Rep. Don Young. (Wesley Early/ Alaska Public Media)President Biden [...]
How are districts planning to catch students up this summer?
Aurora Elementary teacher Brianna Lundberg helps [...]
Peninsula lawmakers introduce bill to block vaccination requirements
State Rep. Christopher Kurka of Wasilla during a floor speech [...]
Senate votes to remove Reinbold as chair of Judiciary Committee
Sen. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle River, smiles before taking her seat [...]
Alaska prisons to open for visitation after year-long COVID closure
Goose Creek Prison. (Ellen Lockyer/KSKA)The state Department of Corrections plans [...]
Portable, Sitka-built ‘mini homes’ could help with Southeast Alaska’s housing crunch
Co-owners of Sitka Construction Solutions, Derek James and Kris Karsunky, [...]
Tribes and ANCs present grammar puzzle to Supreme Court, with $530 million at stake
U.S. Supreme Court (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)The U.S. Supreme Court [...]
SpaceX considers Alaska stations for satellite network to improve internet access worldwide
A Ketchikan Public Utilities networking facility sits at the end [...]
Indigenous creators hope to share history, cultural art forms through first-ever Tlingit opera
The first Tlingit opera in production is about the Tlingit-Russian [...]
Alaskan cyclists could have trouble finding and affording new bikes this year
A child’s bicycle on the north edge of Nuiqsut, where [...]
Learn about these organizations working to support local, sustainable food systems
Stacked can goods at the Homer Community Food Pantry. (Photo [...]
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, April 16, 2021
Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks about his [...]
Here’s how small airlines in Alaska are surviving the pandemic travel slow-down | Alaska Insight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6QdijNawtY Air travel came to [...]
Alaska to offer vaccines to visitors as part of plan to boost tourism
Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks about his hopes for holding a [...]
LISTEN: Anchorage sets vaccination target to ‘do it for summer’
Acting Anchorage Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson in her Turnagain neighborhood on [...]
Drones: Uses and regulations – Alaska Public Media
Drones, or Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), [...]
Dunleavy administration withdraws DMV privatization plan
The DMV office in Haines, Alaska. (Courtesy of State of [...]
This Anchorage piñata maker is crafting giant COVID germs for smashing
Carolina Tolladay Vidal, 38, makes custom COVID-19 piñatas in her [...]
Mekoryuk likely first Alaska community to reach 100% vaccination against COVID-19
YKHC Mekoryuk health aides Linda Davis (left) and Shara Davis [...]
Alaska would be first state to use blockchain-based voting system under proposed bill
Alaska would become the first state to adopt blockchain technology [...]
APOC denies expedited hearing after allegations of Bronson campaign finance violation
Voters cast their votes at the Loussac Library voting center [...]
Gov. Dunleavy orders investigation into state disclosure of personal information with Anchorage
Gov. Mike Dunleavy (Dunleavy Flckr)On Thursday, Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered [...]
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, April 15, 2021
Quarantine and testing is recommended for [...]
After 5-month wait forces fuel ration, barge arrives in St. Paul
The North Pacific Fuel barge arrived in St. Paul Tuesday. [...]
Widow of Gary Knopp files cross complaint against charter company
Rep. Gary Knopp, R-Soldotna, speaks during a House Minority press [...]
Alaska delegation tries multi-pronged effort to save part of cruise season
The cruise ship Noordam in 2017. (Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)Alaska’s congressional [...]
U.S. Seafoods apologizes to Unalaska after COVID-positive crew caused widespread exposure at bar
The 240-foot Seafreeze America docked in Captains Bay on Tuesday, [...]
Ketchikan police investigate racist, homophobic graffiti at local skate park and trail
Few traces of the graffiti remained Tuesday on a paved [...]
Alaska denied Permanent Fund dividends to gay couples despite court rulings
Protesters gathered June 5 on Ketchikan’s Berth 3 promenade to [...]
Juneau gets state’s first electric bus
Gov. Mike Dunleavy, wearing a Capital Transit cap, talks with [...]
Biden taps Alaskan as Interior Department deputy
A 2012 photo shows Tommy Beaudreau meeting with North Slope [...]
After a year of pandemic isolation, Anchorage Muslims return to mosque for Ramadan
Youssef Barbour, a doctor in Anchorage and spokesperson for the [...]
Western Alaska village puts up vaccine requirement to enter store
Kongiganak, Alaska in 2004. (Credit Department of Commerce Community Photo [...]
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Youssef Barbour, a doctor in Anchorage [...]
Alaska Native pilots fly with hometown values
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFbyE7-XH9A Many of the pilots [...]
Officials confirm Juneau’s first COVID case caused by more contagious virus variant
Ralph Dagdag, a graduate student at [...]
Anchorage Assembly extends COVID emergency declaration by closest vote yet
The Anchorage Assembly Chambers in the Loussac Library on Jan. [...]
After year of cancellations, Denali’s base camp manager prepares for return of climbing season
Lisa Roderick outside her tent at Denali Base Camp in [...]
Kenai Borough mayor attacks school district’s mask policy
KPBSD reopened school buildings to students in January, though some [...]
Judge recommends state not uphold Donlin mine water certificate
The site of the proposed Donlin Mine, 145 miles northeast [...]
For Alaska Native earring makers, the pandemic brought a boom
Lisa Apangalook, ivory carving artist, in her art studio in [...]
Report sheds little light on fatal Alaska helicopter crash
A rescue helicopter lands near the site of a fatal [...]
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Lonny Alaskuk Strunk (left) and Christopher [...]
Pacific heatwave had lasting impacts on Gulf of Alaska marine species
John Moran of NOAA and Jan Straley of the University [...]
Election update: Anchorage school board race tightens
The Anchorage School District logo on a wall at the [...]
Activists want voters to consider limiting cruise ship access to Juneau
A passenger stands on the dock in Juneau near the [...]
‘The dean’ meets with Biden, has concerns about infrastructure bill
President Biden met with lawmakers in the Oval Office Monday [...]
Alaska providers pause use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine while feds investigate rare risk of blood clots
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention imageAlaska providers are following [...]
Senators unveil bill to extend, limit Alaska disaster declaration as deadline for food aid looms
Sen. Click Bishop, R-Fairbanks, participates in a Senate Finance Committee [...]
Alaska executives, employers wrestle with whether to mandate, incentivize or encourage COVID-19 shots
A vial of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a community [...]
Yup’ik engineers team up to build apps for Yugtun language learning
Lonny Alaskuk Strunk (left) and Christopher Egalaaq Liu (right) in [...]
You’re vaccinated for COVID-19. Now what can you do?
Nurse Shawnece Stovall prepares doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine [...]
Savoonga woman joins White House council on environmental justice
Vi Waghiyi at KNOM (Zoe Grueskin/KNOM) Viola Waghiyi of Savoonga [...]
Anchorage acting mayor seeks emergency order extension
A hand-drawn sign about mask requirements at a downtown Anchorage [...]
Denali Park glacier surging 65 feet a day, threatening summit route
The Muldrow Glacier on March 17, 2021. (National Park Service)The [...]
Key federal fisheries advisory panel loses Alaska Native voice
Natasha Hayden (back row, third from right), pictured here in [...]
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, April 12, 2021
A recent photo of the Unangax̂ [...]
Interior Department chooses Native woman for top Alaska advisor
Raina Thiele, from her days in the Obama administration. (Photo: [...]
Anchorage mayor loosens pandemic restrictions, plus adds incentive to get vaccinated
Signs at a downtown Anchorage café encouraging patrons to wear [...]
Bering Sea fishermen likely had COVID-19 and still went to Unalaska bar. Now, locals have to quarantine
Quarantine and testing is recommended for people who are not [...]
All about anesthesia – Alaska Public Media
A child is prepared for anesthesia. [...]
Gov. Dunleavy announces national Alaska tourism ad campaign to counter ‘death grapple’ with CDC
Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks about his hopes for holding a [...]
Iñupiaq grad goes viral after defending doctorate with distinction
Dr. Cana Uluak Itchuaqiyaq is originally from Kotzebue and just [...]
LISTEN: As summer approaches, Alaska leaders are making continued efforts to salvage cruise tourism
The Norwegian Pearl tied up at Skagway’s Broadway dock in [...]
At Sitka herring camp, an advocate passes down subsistence traditions
Students at Herring camp carefully carry a Hemlock branch across [...]
‘Green bank’ for sustainable energy projects finds favor with Dunleavy and Young
Anchorage Solar owner Ben May installing a solar panel in [...]
Hilcorp ordered to replace gas pipeline with history of leaks
Cook Inlet oil platforms are visible from shore near Kenai, [...]
How the pandemic has further strained recovery resources | Alaska Insight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_bf9W7LDPA Surviving the covid-19 pandemic [...]
New recovery center in Mat-Su addresses addiction amid pandemic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwNWQGOmTH4 The number of Alaskans struggling with substance abuse [...]
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, April 9, 2021
Bethel’s annual Peace Walk, hosted by [...]
Alaskans asked to weigh in on Arctic Research Plan
Scientific research in the Arctic helps [...]
Cases are rising again, but Alaska’s rate of vaccination is slowing
Anchorage Health Department public health nurse Marguerite Leeds prepares to [...]
Dunleavy’s $70m cut to UA could cost the state $130m in federal pandemic funds
The University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. (University of Alaska) The [...]
Extra marks on ballots held up tabulating on Anchorage’s Election Night
Just before 6 p.m., April 5, 2021, Anchorage resident Arenza [...]
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