The sign for the Homer Airport Terminal on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. The airport will have multiple closures from April to October. (Jamie Diep/KBBI) The Homer Airport will have nightly [...]

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, speaks to reporters on March 15, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bipartisan bill Thursday night that would have significantly boosted state [...]

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, speaks to reporters on March 15, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow [...]

Juneau City Manager Katie Koester speaks at an Assembly Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) The Juneau School District’s current school closure plan would have it [...]

The Juneau School Board meets in the auditorium of Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) The Juneau School Board voted Tuesday night to stick [...]

Iditarod musher Bailey Vitello, during his rookie run in the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Courtesy Bailey Vitello) A snowmachiner collided with a team competing in the Iditarod Trail [...]

The Alaska Club’s South location, off O’Malley Road near the Old Seward Highway, on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage police are seeking a man accused of [...]

Anchorage Concert Chorus Artistic Director and Conductor Grant Cochran appeared on State of Art to discuss the upcoming performance with the Yale Glee Club. (Ammon Swenson/Alaska [...]

Fairbanks musher Josi Thyr applies foot ointment to a dog’s paw in the Galena checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 9, 2024. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public [...]

Mayhem, a lead dog on Anna Berington’s team in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, in her box in Berrington’s dog truck at the race’s ceremonial start on Saturday, March [...]

Schooby, a dog on Nicolas Petit’s Iditarod team, sits on a pad at the race’s ceremonial start in downtown Anchorage on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media) Schooby [...]

Badges for the 2024 election (Getty Images) A group trying to preserve Alaska’s ranked choice voting system has asked a state judge to rule before Election Day on state campaign [...]

Anchorage City Hall on Dec. 8, 2020 (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) The Anchorage Assembly is now on the record asking Alaska’s congressional delegation to support negotiations for a cease-fire and [...]

Boeing workers at the Renton Municipal Airport in Washington finalize assembly of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet on Feb. 27. (Jovelle Tamayo for NPR) WASHINGTON — After a [...]

Brent Sass in 2015. A letter from an official at Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates Alaska said “multiple survivors” alleged sexual assault by Sass over the course of a decade. (Loren [...]

Rep. Maxine Dibert, D-Fairbanks, reaches for a handshake from Rep. Stanley Wright, R-Anchorage, who presented the Alaska House with a bipartisan compromise on a key education [...]

Rep. Maxine Dibert, D-Fairbanks, right, speaks with Rep. Stanley Wright, R-Anchorage, who presented the Alaska House with a bipartisan compromise on a key education bill on Feb. 22, 2024. (Eric [...]

Alyssa Sappenfield Leads a rally at Boney Courthouse with help from Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition organizer Arleigh Hitchcock. June 27, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Stories [...]

An aerial view of a North Pacific right whale. (NOAA) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter [...]

A mock-up of what the proposed bronze statue of William Riker in Valdez would look like. (Courtesy of Riker Maneuver) Commander William Riker is many things. A tactical leader. A [...]

Tuesday, February 13, 2024 — Full Episode On today’s program: Perseverance Theatre closes its season with Paula Vogel’s “Indecent” from February 16 through March 3 Set in the early 20th [...]

General Roofing Co. employee Nevada Hansen shovels a path out on an office building’s roof on Business Park Boulevard in Anchorage on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. A different crew was [...]

An Anchorage Police Department vehicle, photographed in Downtown Anchorage on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Dev Hardikar/Alaska Public Media) The city of Anchorage has reached a legal settlement with the organization [...]

Hilcorp Senior Vice President Luke Saugier testifies to a joint meeting of the House and Senate Energy Committees on Feb. 7, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) [...]

Anchorage Festival of Music’s upcoming concert is called “Visions of Spring” and features Alaska-born Victoria Frazier. The soprano has a broad background in music, performance and [...]

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau on Feb. 7, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, [...]

Anchorage School Board Superintendent Jharrett Bryantt and Board President Margo Bellamy at the Feb. 6, 2024 school board meeting. The Anchorage School Board on Tuesday presented a $900 million budget [...]

A patron settles into their cot at Anchorage’s Cold Weather Shelter, the former Solid Waste Services administrative building, on Nov. 8, 2023. The city opened an [...]

A still image from a video of Kodiak bear cubs found on a Florida road in December 2023 after escaping from an animal handler. (From Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office) A [...]

Jason Smart vacuums the floor at a temporary warming center at the former Golden Lion Hotel in Anchorage on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Friday morning, Jason [...]

Mark Begich, left, describes his downtown hotel redevelopment project to the board of the Anchorage Community Development Authority at a recent meeting. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) [...]

Author Kim Heacox is a former National Park Service Ranger who has written multiple award-winning books and is based in Gustavus, Alaska. (Courtesy of Kim Heacox) [...]

Marko and Meghan Marjanovic in front of Mount Logan, Canada’s tallest mountain. (Courtesy of the Marjanovics) Meghan and Marko Marjanovic’s book features 80 hiking routes in [...]

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, delivers his annual State of the State address to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Jan. 30, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) Gov. Mike Dunleavy implored [...]

Rejoining the community after incarceration can be challenging. People have to rebuild connections, earn people’s trust, and secure basic needs, like housing and employment. They also [...]

King Cove n August 2023. (Theo Greenly/KUCB) The U.S. Department of Commerce is giving the Aleutian Islands community of King Cove $888,789 for harbor improvements. Within the Commerce Department, the [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoGVAFrbmsE Whales used to be a common sight around Kodiak Island, but in recent years, locals have observed fewer of the iconic mammals. Last year, [...]

The House Rules Committee, which controls what legislation goes to the House floor, meets on Jan. 17, 2024 to consider a wide-ranging education bill. (Eric Stone/Alaska [...]

The Eklutna Lake dam covered in several feet of snow. Many stakeholders are advocating for complete removal of the dam without replacement. (Mizelle Mayo/Alaska Public Media) [...]

The storm surge from Typhoon Merbok brought high water 17 miles inland to Chevak from the Bering Sea coast, where boats parked on the Ninglikfak River were tossed around like [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXZgfV5Stdg Lawmakers are gathered in Juneau for the second session of the 33rd legislature. Education funding, energy costs, the size of the PFD, and a [...]

The storm surge from Typhoon Merbok brought high water 17 miles inland to Chevak from the Bering Sea coast, where boats parked on the Ninglikfak River [...]

The U.S. Supreme Court (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public Media [...]

The Alaska State Capitol in April 2023. (Riley Board/KDLL) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U36wPFxrtvc Alaska’s caribou are a vital source of food and are deeply connected to communities and culture, especially in rural parts of the state. But [...]

The Alaska State Ombudsman’s 31-page report issued Jan. 11, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) An elderly Alaskan died alone of hypothermia in the spring of 2021 even though concerned neighbors [...]

Boats moored in the Thomas Basin marina in Ketchikan. (Jack Darrell/KRBD) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow [...]

The Kenai Courthouse in November 2023. (Riley Board/KDLL) The attorney for a former Soldotna teacher and union president charged with 61 counts related to sexual abuse of a minor has [...]

Boats moored in the Thomas Basin marina in Ketchikan. (Jack Darrell/KRBD) Cody Cowan is a fifth generation Ketchikan fisherman. He’s standing near a boat his grandfather built on the Bar [...]

University of Alaska Anchorage’s campus on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Dev Hardikar/Alaska Public Media) For students with disabilities, the transition from K-12 to postsecondary education can [...]