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(L-R) Moody Barr, Micah Wells, Ryan Atoruk, Joseph Barr, Alec Mills, Fannie Williams and Coach Shirelle Barr of the Kiana Lynx. (Photo courtesy of Northwest Arctic Borough School District) Three girls teams and seven boys teams came to Kotzebue this week to compete for a shot at going to the state basketball championship in Wasilla.…

What have you let go of in this past year? What do you love about living and working in Alaska? The PBS American Portrait series invites people to submit videos and narratives on a range of issues, and Alaskans responded. We’ll discuss what it means to be an Alaskan and how we can work to…

Bunny ears image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Host images by Alaska Public Media. The arrival of a new host to Hometown Alaska is a good opportunity to open the phone lines to hear from callers on what topics you want us to work on. We call it “all ears” because we’re listening for the ideas…

China’s State Councilor Wang Yi exits the US-China talks at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage on March 18, 2021. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe to Alaska Public Media’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. Friday on Alaska News Nightly: American and Chinese diplomats…

Neal Stanbury, Tui Stanbury, Leif Stanbury and Jodi Harskamp at Crater Lake, photo courtesy Jodi Harskamp. The retrofitted truck, photo courtesy of Jodi Harskamp The truck’s pantry, photo courtesy of Jodi Harskamp Sticker designed by Tui Stanbury to commemorate the family’s travels, photo courtesy Jodi Harskamp When Alaska Airlines Captain Jodi Harskamp took leave due…

Chris Neufeld, vice president of Blaze King: “I would say that all these stoves – everything that our industry is currently (making) – is exceptionally clean-burning.” (Liz Ruskin/AKPM) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe to Alaska Public Media’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. Thursday on Alaska News Nightly:…

Victoria Hardwick feeds her dog team while resting at the Finger Lakes checkpoint, in the Alaska Range during the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race, Monday, March 8, 2021. (Zacharah Hughes / for ADN) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The final musher has crossed the finish line in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, nearly three…

An exhaust pipe cut to remove a catalytic converter. (Metropolitan Garage) Catalytic converter theft from vehicles is on the rise across the country, including in the Fairbanks area. The exhaust system component contains precious metals which have spiked in value: The units can be sold legally and illegally for as much as a thousand dollars. …

In 2019, almost 1 in 10 births in Alaska was preterm. That’s as high as it’s been in the last two decades, according to a bulletin released from the state Department of Health and Social Services on March 16, 2021. (Creative Commons photo by Dru Kelly) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe…

Members of the citizen boards that set the rules for fishing and hunting on state lands aren’t allowed to join the discussion if they have a conflict of interest. The fishing vessel Commodore sits in port in Dutch Harbor next to its floating processing ship, the Northern Victor. (Nathaniel Herz / Alaska’s Energy Desk) But…

Kaitlin Sommer’s third grade students in class at Dillingham Elementary. Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (CREDIT JORDAN SANGER) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe to Alaska Public Media’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: The state’s revenue forecast for this year and the next is…

Federal prosecutors say this screengrab from a video that Alaska resident Aaron Mileur posted to Facebook shows Mileur participating in the siege on the U.S. Capitol in January, 2021. The FBI said Tuesday that it had arrested Wasilla resident Aaron James Mileur after people in his Facebook circle told authorities he had posted videos and…

Hilcorp’s Anna Platform in Upper Cook Inlet. (Photo courtesy Cook Inletkeeper) Hilcorp purchased several blocks of federal leases in Cook Inlet in 2017. Before it can even think about exploring for oil and gas there, the company has to do a geohazard survey to gauge potential geological hazards in the area. The company planned to…

Dallas Seavey poses with his dogs North, left, and Gamble. Seavey arrived in Willow to win the 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 15, 2021. (Marc Lester / ADN) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe to Alaska Public Media’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. Monday on…

Deb Haaland (Screenshot from Senate Energy Committee video) Both of Alaska’s U.S. Senators joined Democrats in voting to confirm Deb Haaland as Interior secretary Monday. The vote was 51-40. Haaland is the first Native American cabinet secretary. She has tremendous support among Alaska Natives and across Indian Country. Alaska Congressman Don Young, who worked with…

The Alaska State Capitol building in Juneau, pictured in Feb. 2017. (KTOO file photo) Two staff members to Alaska’s Senate tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday.  Legislative Affairs Director Jessica Geary wrote in an email that the cases are related to each other. But contact tracing is still underway so it’s not yet clear how…

Dallas Seavey racing out of the the Iditarod checkpoint on Thursday. (Zachariah Hughes/for ADN) The race is on: Just an hour separates mushers Dallas Seavey and Aaron Burmeister, with less than 70 miles to the finish line. Seavey, a four-time Iditarod champion, and his 10-dog team pulled into the Skwentna checkpoint first on Sunday, at…

Raymie Redington, son of Iditarod founder Joe Redington Sr., in a snow storm. As a longtime dog musher from childhood, Raymie raced in the first Iditarods, among many other races. (Quince Mountain/Braver Mountain Mushing) **Note: this interview is from 2020. Dog musher Quince Mountain sat down with Raymie Redington, son of Iditarod founder Joe Redington…

On Tuesday, April 6, Anchorage voters will choose the city’s mayor. The next person to hold the office faces the continued COVID-19 pandemic, a struggling economy, and other new and legacy city issues. In this forum, Anchorage mayoral candidates answer questions from non-profit organizations about how they would respond to various children and youth related…