Jonathan Moore of Simon Fraser University studies sockeye salmon in a formerly glaciated river within the Taku watershed in British Columbia, Canada. (Photo courtesy of Mark Connor) The Gitanyow nation [...]
Fairbanks-based Alaska state troopers visiting the Interior village of Allakaket in December 2023 pose for a photo while wearing fur hats. (Photo provided by the Alaska State Troopers) The Alaska [...]
Clouds hang low in the air behind the Ketchikan Public Library on Wednesday, August 17, 2022. (Eric Stone/KRBD) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments [...]
Alaska Airlines planes are shown parked at gates at sunrise, March 1, 2021, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) An Alaska Airlines jetliner blew out [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court has thrust itself firmly in the middle of the 2024 presidential cycle. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether former [...]
Washington homicide victim Lori Anne Razpotnik, seen in a photo posted by the King County Sheriff’s Office in December 2023. (From King County Sheriff’s Office) It was the kind of [...]
A fuel filter containing thickened “No. 1” diesel heating fuel purchased from Vitus Energy is seen outside of a home in Bethel on Dec. 26, 2023. (Courtesy Jim Chaliak) After [...]
“How to Survive” is an exhibit at the Anchorage Museum exploring climate change through stories of hope and resilience. Many pieces were designed with recycled materials, including the title sign, [...]
The UAF coal plant in Feb. 2022 (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) The University of Alaska Fairbanks is set to receive a $9 million dollar grant from the Biden administration to [...]
Debris at the site of Wrangell’s deadly 2023 landslide, a month after the slide. (Rachel Cassandra/Alaska Public Media) Steve Prysunka, a search and rescue dog handler in Wrangell, gave “speak” [...]
Vance Peronto, 57, covered his face in Anchorage Jail Court on Monday, April 30, 2018. Peronto, an Alaska State Trooper, is charged with attempted sexual abuse of a minor. (Casey [...]
A screenshot of dashcam footage showing Kurt St. Jean’s Super Cub before it crashed along the Sterling Highway on Dec. 8, 2023. (From NTSB) Stories are [...]
Vance Peronto, 57, covered his face in Anchorage Jail Court on Monday, April 30, 2018. Peronto, an Alaska State Trooper, is charged with attempted sexual abuse of a minor. (Casey [...]
Fireworks explode above a boat in the Wrangell’s Christmas boat parade, December 22nd, 2023. (Rachel Cassandra/Alaska Public Media) Winter holidays can be a wonderful, celebratory time, but they can also [...]
Ketchikan’s state courthouse (Eric Stone/KRBD) Note: This story could be triggering for some listeners as it contains details of sexual assault. A former Ketchikan church leader was sentenced to 20 [...]
Commercial fishing vessels docked in the St. Paul Harbor in Kodiak; Feb. 6, 2023 (Brian Venua/KMXT) Russia will no longer be able to sell seafood to U.S. markets after processing [...]
The Seward Highway near its intersection with the Sterling Highway on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (Alaska Department of Transportation) An avalanche has closed the Seward Highway near its intersection with [...]
The Anchorage skyline on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54B5019ltBM Visibility was poor, the ground was slick, and the rain was more ice than wet on Nov. 15. Conditions too challenging for even Santa’s seasoned sleigh crew. Some [...]
Trident Seafoods’ Kodiak facility is known as ‘The Star of Kodiak’ in the island’s downtown. (Brian Venua/KMXT) Gerry Cobban Knagin is a commercial fisherman. She and her family have fished [...]
Flight attendants in Anchorage protested outside Ted Stevens International Airport Tuesday, demanding higher wages from Alaska Airlines. (Matt Faubion / Alaska Public Media) Flight attendants in Anchorage marched Tuesday to [...]
Juneau drivers who pay for hourly parking have to put coins or bills into slots in a cash box. Parks and Recreation Director George Schaaf said they can get full [...]
The waterfront restaurant Six Seven in Seattle, Washington, serves a variety of dishes involving Alaska seafood. (Jeffrey Zeldman/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Six Seven, an upscale restaurant located in Seattle’s historic Edgewater [...]
Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom last year. (Elyssa Loughlin/Alaska Public Media) Nancy Dahlstrom’s campaign for U.S. House now has a powerful backer in Washington, D.C.: The speaker of the House. Grow [...]
Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to reporters ahead of the open house. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and [...]
Wrangell Swim Club members who attended the 2023 First City Invitational. From left: Jack Roberts, Chandler Roane, Delilah Roane, Stella Buness, coach Jamie Roberts and Piper Roane. (Maria Dudzak/KRBD) Six [...]
An empty classroom at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé in Juneau, Alaska, on July 20, 2022. (Photo by Lisa Phu/Alaska Beacon) Alaska’s Board of Education has approved a draft report that’s a [...]
The 907 Initiative put up signs like this one on 14th Avenue in Anchorage, pictured here on Dec. 11, 2023, in late October and early November. The organization has been [...]
Alaska’s Department of Public Safety commissioner James Cockrell (left) and the department’s interim head of the Village Public Safety Officer program Joel Ward (right) at a Nov. 8, 2023 town [...]
Alaska Airlines planes taxi to and from various Seattle-Tacoma International Airport gates on Jan. 5, 2022. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) Abby Query learned early on how to make the most [...]
Students in a second grade classroom at Ptarmigan Elementary School in Anchorage receive instruction from student teacher Erisa Koci on Sept. 29, 2023. (Tim Rockey/Alaska Public Media) Alaska spends a [...]
Fr. Michael James Oleksa is seen while giving an interview at St. Innocent Russian Orthodox Cathedral on July 5, 2021. (Simon Scionka/Sacred Alaska Film) Stories are [...]
People filled vases with flowers at a vigil in honor of those affected by domestic violence on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 in Bethel. (Sunni Bean/KYUK) Alaska has some of the [...]
Husband and wife Denis and Bentha Otieno at their home in 2017, calculating their monthly budget shortly after they began receiving a monthly grant from the charity GiveDirectly. Researchers are [...]
Anchorage City Hall on a sunny day. (Hannah Lies/Alaska Public Media) The Anchorage Assembly has overridden all of Mayor Dave Bronson’s line-item budget vetoes for the city’s operations in 2024. [...]
Solar panels in Dillingham (Dave Bendinger/KDLG) It’s not easy starting a business in Alaska. The distance from lower 48 supply chains, customers, and investors can create [...]
Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines planes, seen in 2005 at Kahalui Airport, Hawaii and in 2021 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport respectively. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, Ted S. Warren) Another proposed airline [...]
Mason Vallarma is the interim manager of the City and Borough of Wrangell. The deadly Nov. 20, 2023 landslide happened on his first day on the job. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public [...]
Mason Villarma is the interim manager of the City and Borough of Wrangell. The deadly Nov. 20, 2023 landslide happened on his first day on the job. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public [...]
Members of Eielson Air Force Base’s 354th Civil Engineering Squadron Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit excavated 98 blocks of TNT — 49 pounds of explosives — from a September 2023 cache [...]
Gay rights activists carry rainbow flags as they march during a May Day rally in 2013 in St. Petersburg, Russia. (File/AP) TALLINN, Estonia — Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ [...]
A growth of Japanese knotweed in Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley National Park. (From National Park Service) It comes from Japan, and it can’t be stopped. You can’t burn it, drown it [...]
The front doors at Petersburg High School and Mitkof Middle School are now locked after 8:05 a.m. (Hannah Flor/KFSK) The front doors of Petersburg’s middle and high schools will be [...]
The Wells Fargo branch in Bethel, Alaska. Nov. 21, 2023. (MaryCait Dolan/KYUK) A wave of victories in recent months by major American unions like the Teamsters, United Automobile Workers, the [...]
Tevita Paletua, a volunteer for Food Bank of Alaska, gives a plate of food to a child at the Mountain View Community Center on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska [...]
The deactivated Fort Greely nuclear reactor’s vapor containment structure is seen in this screenshot of an Army Corps of Engineers video. (From U.S. Army Corps of [...]
A Nov. 21, 2023 view of the Wrangell landslide looking north. (Courtesy Calib Purviance via State of Alaska) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments [...]
A grower holds psilocybin mushrooms in growing medium. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media) Health professionals discussed the potential of psychedelic therapy in Alaska Nov. 2. The panel was hosted by the [...]
An Anchorage resident blows snow off his driveway on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Over the last two weeks, many Anchorage residents have been frustrated by snow-clogged [...]
Shoppers walk past sale signs at the Avalon shopping center in Alpharetta, Ga., during Black Friday in 2022. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images) If you’re reading this, Black Friday deals are already [...]