Juneau Afternoon: Juneau Symphony offers "Holiday Cheer" concertDecember 13, 2024On this episode: A preview of Juneau Symphony's "Holiday Cheer" concert on Sat, Dec. 14, and Sun, Dec. 15; Christmas Light [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241220-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Those still hoping to put up a Christmas tree can harvest their own in Southeast Alaska, Juneau utility staff say they need to raise residents’ water [...]
Alan Steffert with the city’s Engineering and Public Works department fields questions at an informational meeting about utility rates at Thunder Mountain Middle School on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (Clarise [...]
The entrance to PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center’s emergency department on Dec. 15, 2024. (Photo by Jack Darrell/KRBD) The PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center Emergency Department is staffed 24 hours a day, [...]
Attendees wearing gear embroidered with the name “F/V Wind Walker” bow their heads for a moment of silence during Sitka’s community vigil on Saturday, December 7. The Wind Walker was [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241216-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Two bowhead whales were harvested in the same afternoon near St. Lawrence Island, A recent state report found that the Alaska Office of Children’s Services failed [...]
A moose grazes in Anchorage on April 19, 2023. (Photo by Brian Venua/KMXT) This is Lingít Word of the Week. Each week, we feature a Lingít word voiced by master [...]
Midtown Anchorage, blanketed in snow, on December 3, 2019. (Photo by Joey Mendolia/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow [...]
One of several ash piles near the entrance to White Sands Beach near Kodiak. The beach is a popular spot for bonfires, fishing, bear watching, walks, [...]
A KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to Eielson’s 168th Wing, with iconic polar bear image on the tail, touches down after a refueling mission in March 2021. (From Defense Visual Information Distribution [...]
A group of students in Galena learning about EV engines. (Courtesy Jen Schmidt) Transportation within remote, Alaska communities that are inaccessible by road usually means burning gas or diesel. For [...]
FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during an Election Threats Task Force meeting at the Justice Department in September 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday announced he [...]
A shopper pushes a cart through a Kroger supermarket in Newport, Ky. (Al Behrman/AP | AP) A federal judge in Oregon has blocked temporarily the merger of grocery giants Kroger [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) The Supreme Court declined to intervene or overturn a Hawaii State Supreme Court decision that allowed the state to prosecute a man carrying [...]
(left to right) Enstar CEO John Sims, Chugach Electric government affairs manager Trish Baker, Northern Journal journalist Nat Herz, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche and REAP executive director Chris [...]
(left to right) Enstar CEO John Sims, Chugach Electric government affairs manager Trish Baker, Northern Journal journalist Nat Herz, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche and [...]
Construction in downtown Anchorage in August 2023. The construction industry saw 6% job growth last year. (Dev Hardikar/Alaska Public Media) The average wage in Alaska rose 3.5 times faster than [...]
Norton Sound, part of the Northern Bering Sea, is seen from the outskirts of Nome on Sept. 30, 2020. Record-low winter ice in 2018, followed by near-record low ice in [...]
The J. Edgar Hoover building — Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters — is photographed on Oct. 8, 2024. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Trump transition [...]
Cody Pitka points at a pepper growing at Angoon High School’s hydroponic facility on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) In the remote Southeast Alaska village of Angoon, high school [...]
Andy Rogers, owner of Tier 1 Cards & Games (right), recently joined Hometown, Alaska host, Dave Waldron, to discuss what’s happening in the world of tabletop [...]
Saoirse Rearden speaks about the proposed closure of Bear Valley Elementary School during an Anchorage School Board meeting on Nov. 4, 2024. (Matt Faubion / Alaska [...]
Pallets of Amazon packages stacked taller than a man on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Matt Faubion) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, [...]
Anchorage police officers ride bikes around University Lake on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage police have stepped up patrols around the popular University Lake Park after a [...]
Anchorage police officers ride bikes around University Lake on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage police have stepped up patrols around the popular University Lake Park after a [...]
Fr. Michael Nicholai pauses to offer the shovel to another clergyman while uncovering the grave of Matushka Olga during the process of her exhumation in Kwethluk on Nov. 16, 2024. [...]
The seafood industry around the world has been devastated by market turmoil. Seafood processors have sold off, paused operations or even shut down plants in coastal communities across Alaska.One of [...]
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Private attorney Will Earnhart, hired to represent the Department of Corrections, left, and plaintiff’s counsel Eric Fong argue a point before Anchorage Superior Court Judge Una Gandbhir during a trial [...]
A large open hole is seen in the Kuskokwim River in front of the community of Akiak on Nov. 18, 2024. (Courtesy Mark Leary/Bethel Search and Rescue) While the Kuskokwim [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb6aORu2R0o The Alaska Division of Elections is set to announce its final unofficial vote count Wednesday before tabulating voters’ ranked choices to determine the winners of races where no [...]
Cars drive by the intersection of 36th Avenue and Seward Highway on Sept. 16, 2024. The intersection is one of the most dangerous for pedestrians in [...]
Capt. Andrew Merrill, commander of Alaska State Troopers’ C Detachment, is seen in Bethel on Nov. 12, 2024. (Evan Erickson/KYUK) In September, the Alaska State Troopers chose Bethel as the [...]
Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich helps wave signs with supporters for his campaign in Anchorage on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Republican Nick Begich declared victory [...]
Supporters of both Nick Begich’s campaign and ballot measure two wave signs at passing traffic at the intersection of Northern Lights Boulevard and the Seward Highway in Anchorage, Alaska early [...]
A tiny, old, white house that sits along a slough from the Ningliq River is one of the first homes built in Newtok. It once belonged to Carolyn George’s grandmother, [...]
Headed and gutted halibut are displayed on ice and for sale on Oct. 3, 2023, at New Sagaya Midtown Market in Anchorage. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) A federal judge has [...]
Rep. Matt Gaetz arrives to speak during the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisc., on July 17. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images) President-elect Donald Trump [...]
Seward Highway traffic in Anchorage on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2022. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) The percentage of Alaska high schoolers texting or emailing while driving has jumped over the past [...]
The Boney Courthouse building in Anchorage holds the Alaska Supreme Court chambers. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) The Alaska Judicial Council has nominated an Anchorage judge, an assistant attorney general [...]
Hecla Greens Creek Mine on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) 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 [...]
When Anchorage musician, audio engineer and producer Chad Reynvaan set about putting together an album of one-minute songs he found that working within these boundaries helped [...]
A sign designating a parking meter for disabled residents by the Downtown Anchorage Transit Center on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) The Anchorage Assembly is floating a [...]
The Household Hazardous Waste “Reuse” station was filled with various hazardous waste materials on Nov. 07, 2024. (Courtesy Kelli Toth) Anchorage residents can pick up previously-used hazardous waste materials at [...]
Anchorage police are still trying to find the mother of an infant found dead outdoors downtown last week, emphasizing officers’ care about her condition. “We’re concerned about her well-being at [...]
An iPhone. (Renee Gross/KBBI) The harm that comes from too much cell phone time, especially for young people, has become much clearer in recent years. So [...]
Two containers packed with batteries rest near a new concrete pad at Nome Joint Utility System’s powerplant. (Ben Townsend/KNOM) Utility officials in Nome are hoping a new battery system recently [...]
Angoon leaders listen during the official Navy apology for the 1882 bombardment of Angoon. Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, [...]
Nick Begich III and Mary Peltola at Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (James Oh/Alaska Public Media) Spending in Alaska’s U.S. House race has exceeded $40 [...]
Brenda Franz, a director of nursing at Providence Alaska, watches while telenurse James Efird demonstrates the new technology. (Rachel Cassandra/AKPM) Nurse James Efird appeared on a wall-mounted screen that sat [...]