Alaska News Nightly: Friday, April 21, 2023
Tim Fulton in his “happy place”: His home workshop. TISABAS did not spring into being overnight; Fulton has been prototyping for decades, with a variety of [...]
Tim Fulton in his “happy place”: His home workshop. TISABAS did not spring into being overnight; Fulton has been prototyping for decades, with a variety of [...]
LOUISVILLE — Monarch’s Sophia Stalter snapped her girls soccer team’s scoreless and winless streak in style Friday night. A wintry mess played as an unusual backdrop. A breakout player who [...]
Anchorage Police Chief Michael Kerle (left) and Deputy Chief Sean Case at a news conference at APD headquarters on April 20, 2023. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) [...]
Red flag laws, gun safety and community engagement were the hot topics at the Louisville Chief of Police finalists reception on Thursday. Louisville residents were invited to meet the four [...]
The Norwegian Bliss, a 4,000-passenger cruise ship out of Seattle, kicked off Juneau’s 2023 cruise season when it docked on April 17. (Photo by Anna Canny/KTOO) [...]
In the wake of a fire that destroyed a home near Lyons, community members are banding together to help ease their neighbors’ loss. A GoFundMe campaign created by a nearby [...]
STEAM intern Jossline Aranda-Jackson (center) uses a snow probe with sensors to read the layers of snowpack while working in the field with intern hosts Mike [...]
BROOMFIELD — Apparently, Gold Gloves aren’t just for big leaguers. The national high school baseball scene has its own version of the defensive award put out by the American Baseball [...]
Point Thomson is approximately 60 miles east of Prudhoe Bay. (Photo courtesy ExxonMobil) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [...]
A male suspect was hospitalized early Saturday morning after a felony traffic stop in Longmont led to him setting his own vehicle on fire. Robin Ericson, a spokesperson for Longmont [...]
From his wheelchair, Alfred Koonaloak looks out across the parking lot of the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage on Thursday. (Jeremy Hsieh/Alaska Public Media) Walter Tikiun has been staying at the [...]
After five seasons of college football at two different schools, Jordan Domineck had the opportunity to move once again. Provided with a bonus season because of the COVID pandemic in [...]
Anchorage Library Director Virginia McClure poses for a photo at the Loussac Library on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. (Jeremy Hsieh/Alaska Public Media) This week on State [...]
For families and individuals who lost their homes in the Marshall Fire, the path to recovery varies. In an effort to address the ongoing needs of fire victims, the second [...]
Aetos Kilgore (Jameson Robbins), left, battles Argon Kilgore (Tate Tucker) during a battle royale following Iron Sky’s 2023 Highland Games at Ketchikan’s Ward Lake. (Eric Stone/KRBD) [...]
Fairview boys swimming certainly has a flair for the dramatic. Last weekend, when the Knights graced the Veterans Memorial Aquatics Center in Thornton for the Mountain Range High School Mustang [...]
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LAFAYETTE — Lyons junior Michael Ping hit a home run so far Thursday afternoon that even he was lost on how far it really traveled. Ping’s two-run shot in the [...]
Melissa Berns-Svoboda opened Nuniaq in downtown Kodiak this winter, and plans to expand the location to include a dine-in section by the summer. (Kirsten Dobroth / [...]
The Boulder community gathered Wednesday night for an expert panel discussion tackling the question of how modern democracies can find stability in an increasingly polarized world. The discussion, titled “Can [...]
Summer chum salmon drying on a fish rack. Fall chum are starting to show up on the Yukon. Photo: Matthew F. Smith, KNOM. Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send [...]
FORT COLLINS — Batting average doesn’t mean much to a Broomfield team with one of the best offenses in Colorado. While hits are appreciated, the Eagles’ focus is instead on [...]
Homer has the highest average ex-vessel value from the federal waters of Upper Cook Inlet, which will be impacted by the council’s decision. (Sean McDermott/KBBI) Stories [...]
Three Superior streets have been scheduled for improvements this year after the Rock Creek Parkway improvement project was delayed to 2024. Brannon Richards, public works and utilities director, told the [...]
Anchorage’s Acting Municipal Attorney Anne Helzer addresses a question during an Anchorage Assembly meeting at the Loussac Library on March 22, 2023, in this video still. Attorney Anne Helzer was [...]
Art is about fine line work, walking the line of what is acceptable social commentary or just getting rid of the lines altogether. The NoBo Arts District tours provides local [...]
Anchorage City Hall on Dec. 8, 2020. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) The Anchorage Assembly on Friday suspended the municipality’s sister city relationship with Magadan in Russia’s Far East in protest [...]
BOULDER,CO: March 22:CU Head Coach, Deion Sanders,during Spring practice for the University of Colorado football team in Boulder on March 22, 2023.(Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer) At the halfway point of spring [...]
Anna Liljedahl on a research trip on Jarvis Glacier in the eastern Alaska range. Liljedahl is working to install a weather station on the glacier to model glacial melt. (Courtesy [...]
FREDERICK — If the girls soccer program from Erie High School wants to make good with what coach Jeff Vigil believes is the most talented roster in program history, the [...]
A Solid Waste Services’ truck picks up organics bins. (Erin McKinstry/Alaska Public Media) The Municipality of Anchorage’s Solid Waste Services director resigned on Thursday. It’s the second resignation announcement in [...]
WESTMINSTER — As former program standout Juliauna Hayward watched from the team bench Thursday afternoon, Legacy opened play in the Front Range League with a commanding — if not entirely [...]
Police patrol cars sit in a row at the station in downtown Anchorage on August 31, 2022. (Valerie Kern/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, [...]
The Broomfield City Council voted 7-3 Tuesday night to oppose Senate Bill 23-213: Land Use, a bill focused on addressing land use requirements in connection with housing needs in Colorado. [...]
The Holland family flew to Seattle from North Pole on March 20, only to find when they landed that it was the fourth false start for [...]
The Louisville Recreation and Senior Center, public library and police department are first in line to be decarbonized as the City Council approved a plan Tuesday night to complete its [...]
Narcan (Emily Kwong/KCAW) 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. And subscribe to the Alaska News [...]
Boulder has announced that construction is ready to start on the much-anticipated North Boulder Branch Library. The city has scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony for 1 p.m. Wednesday at the site [...]
Anchorage City Hall. (Hannah Lies/Alaska Public Media) The contractor that was halted part way into the construction of a homeless shelter and navigation center for the Municipality of Anchorage is [...]
More than 10,000 plastic Easter eggs were laid on the grass in Clayton Park, filled with candy, toys, prizes. Within moments, hundreds of kids raced across the field to collect [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7FWsaPAe8g The Alaska Legislature is more than halfway through its regular session, and as with many recent sessions, discussions largely center on the state’s finances. Multiple proposals are before [...]
Patty Limerick, the University of Colorado Boulder’s official University Fool, held court for the first time in years in celebration of April Fools’ Day on Saturday. Clad in rainbow-patterned clothes [...]
The IGA Foodland grocery store in Juneau on Dec. 20, 2022. (Paige Sparks/KTOO) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public [...]
No injuries were reported after a shooting early Tuesday morning in Longmont. According to an arrest affidavit, police responded to a report of shots heard in the 1000 block of [...]
a new study shows zooplankton are getting skinny with lack of sea ice (NOAA fisheries) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and [...]
In celebration of “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day,” the Boulder community offered local Vietnam War era veterans a belated but heartfelt homecoming in a ceremony Thursday afternoon at the East [...]
Allen Kemplen, the president of the Fairview Community Council, walks along Gambell Street on March 3, 2023. The Fairview Community Council is in the position to [...]
Ah the Grand Canyon. One of America’s best and most beautiful features. And lucky us Boulderites, it is only a 10 hour drive from here! If you leave at 6 [...]
Masked dancer performs at the 2023 Cama-i Dance Festival on March 25, 2023 in Bethel, Alaska. (MaryCait Dolan / KYUK) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. [...]
When Harry Lozinski founded the Longmont nonprofit Roberta’s Legacy in 2017, his goal was to provide financial assistance to two breast cancer patients each year. Now, Roberta’s Legacy is making [...]