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 [...]
Water pipes in a Bethel housing subdivision. (Will McCarthy/KYUK) In Bethel, dozens of multi-unit residential properties haven’t been paying what they should for utilities, according to the city government. That’s [...]
Firefighters put out the smoldering blaze at the Royal Suite Lodge apartments in midtown Anchorage on Feb. 15, 2017. (Anne Hillman/Alaska Public Media) Two people have been sentenced to decades [...]
Abdul Elgdi cleans the snow off his car in downtown Anchorage on Oct. 29, 2024. (James Oh/Alaska Public Media) Southcentral Alaska’s first snowstorm of the season led to slick roads [...]
Joe Casassa drops off his ballot at Anchorage City Hall on October 28, 2024. (James Oh/Alaska Public Media) More than 46,000 Alaskans have cast their ballots in person or by [...]
Anchorage musician Shane Russell. (Courtesy of Shane Russell) Shane Russell’s parents made the bold decision to buy him a drum set when he was just five [...]
A pumpkin falls from an airplane at the Kenai Pumpkin Drop on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Hunter Morrison/KDLL) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news [...]
Butch Laiti responds to the City and Bureau of Juneauʼs formal apology for the 1962 burning of the Douglas Indian Village. Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) The [...]
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a joint press conference with Poland’s President Andrzej Duda (not seen in the photo) at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, [...]
Former President Donald Trump, on a camera monitor, speaks to the press as he arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court on Feb. 15 for a hearing in his case of paying [...]
Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich speaks to an audience at the Alaska Chamber of Commerce’s U.S. House debate on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in Fairbanks. At left is incumbent [...]
A police vehicle’s emergency lights flash blue. (Valerie Lake/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage police say the deaths of four people shot over the past week, including a man found Sunday in [...]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) addresses the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention on Oct. 19, 2024. (Mat Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, said she hopes Democratic Congresswoman [...]
U.S Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) addresses the 2024 Alaska Federation of Natives convention on Oct. 18, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide [...]
U.S Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) addresses the 2024 Alaska Federation of Natives convention on Oct. 18, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan addressed the 2024 Alaska [...]
Volunteers at Anchorage School District hand out ballots to voters during Alaska’s primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Early voting starts Monday, Oct. 21 in [...]
Walgreens said Tuesday it would close 1,200 stores. Rival drugstore chain CVS recently laid off thousands of employees to cut costs. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Not too long after Tim Wentworth [...]
An outdoor play area at The Next Best Thing Daycare in Kenai. (Hunter Morrison/KDLL) It’s just before lunch time at The Next Best Thing Daycare in Kenai. A baby girl, [...]
The American Triumph — a 285-foot factory trawler with an onboard processing plant — sits in the Port of Dutch Harbor. (Hope McKenney/KUCB) The international advocacy organization Oceana is pushing [...]
The Fishing Vessel Confidence reported 35-45 knot winds from the northwest and 14-18 feet waves from the west, dangerous conditions, especially for a ship experiencing engine troubles. (Lauren Adams/KUCB) A [...]
ABL Space Systems’ RS1 rocket on the launchpad at Kodiak’s Pacific Spaceport Complex in November 2022. (Courtesy ABL Space Systems) After a failed rocket test at Kodiak’s spaceport this summer, [...]
Voters stand in line at Anchorage School District waiting to receive their ballot for Alaska’s primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)\ Moderate candidates have a [...]
Then-Municipal Manager Amy Demboski at a June 1, 2022 Assembly meeting (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) The Anchorage Assembly reversed course Tuesday night and decided to pay [...]
An Oct. 6, 2024 landslide near Ketchikan that blocked Revilla Road past Ward Lake. (Courtesy of Janet Lydia) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news [...]
An Alaska State Troopers vehicle in Bethel. (Elyssa Loughlin/KYUK) A 20-year-old Hooper Bay resident has been arrested and charged with murder in the violent deaths of [...]