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Alaskans for Honest Elections held an event to gather more of the 27,000 signatures needed to repeal rank choice voting on Feb. 16, 2023. (Elyssa Loughlin/Alaska Public Media) Alaska’s campaign finance watchdog on Wednesday denied a request to fast-track a complaint against a group collecting signatures on a petition to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting…

An eight-week-old sea otter rescued from Seldovia, Alaska, peaks out of his enclosure at Shedd Aquarium Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Chicago. The otter was found alone and malnourished and was taken to the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska, which contacted Shedd, and the Chicago aquarium was able to take the otter in. He…

An Anchorage police cruiser. (Valerie Lake/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage police say an officer fired on a wanted man Wednesday afternoon at a Midtown hotel before he jumped out of a window. Police did not publicly identify the man, who was injured and arrested. No officers were hurt in the incident. Anchorage Police Chief Michael Kerle…

Preparing to harvest the Together Tree. (Jack Darrell/KRBD) 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 Nightly podcast. Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: The White House unveils nearly 200 stewardship agreements with Indigenous Tribes. Plus, Alaska…

An Anchorage police vehicle at a crime scene Nov. 24, 2023. Police say an officer fired at a man who pointed a pepper spray gun at him. (Valerie Lake / Alaska Public Media). 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…

Sen. Dan Sullivan in 2021. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., lifted his hold on more than 400 military promotions Tuesday, backing off of a protest he launched 10 months ago against a Pentagon abortion policy. Tuberville’s capitulation came after fellow Republican senators called him out publicly, saying he was damaging the…

Juneau City Manager Katie Koester writes a list of ways the city could limit cruise ship tourism at a Juneau Assembly retreat on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) A record number of cruise ship passengers visited Juneau this year. Now, city leaders are considering whether — and how — to set a future limit. At a…

Charlie and Mel Hazel’s house became a safe haven for people who fled their homes on the night of the landslide (Anna Canny/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 on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Monday on Alaska…

Supporters of a petition to repeal ranked choice voting collected signatures at the Alaska State Fair on Labor Day 2023 (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) Scott Kendall, the architect of Alaska’s ranked choice voting system, filed a new complaint Monday with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, this time alleging that opponents of ranked choice are using…

Pull-tab game options are presented at River City Pull Tabs in Soldotna. (Riley Board / KDLL) In 1960, the Alaska legislature enacted regulations allowing certain games of chance and contests of skill, for purposes of charitable fundraising. The state doesn’t participate in national lotteries like Powerball or Mega Millions, but does allow games like pull-tabs…

Varieties of kelp are seen underwater. A U.S. Department of Energy-funded project will investigate whether kelp and other seaweed in the waters off Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island can absorb significant amounts of rare earth elements that leach out from the Bokan Mountain site. (National Marine Sanctuary photo provided by NOAA) What if prized rare earth…

The cast and crew of the musical “Frozen” with Mayor Dave Kiffer in Ketchikan, temporarily renamed Arendelle in its honor. (Jack Darrell/KRBD) The drama students of Ketchikan High School are the only theater troupe in Alaska licensed to perform the official Broadway musical “Frozen.” The Kayhi Drama Kings were chosen by Disney in a national…

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 near Tok. (From 354th Civil Engineering Squadron EOD) Explosives experts from Eielson Air Force Base detonated nearly 100 containers of old TNT recently discovered near…

Licensed clinician Jennifer Pierce and paramedic Michael Riley listen to a man regarding his needs from the mobile crisis team in Mountain View on Aug. 5, 2022. They’re first responders with the Anchorage Fire Department’s Mobile Crisis Team, which works emergency calls for people in mental health crises. (Mizelle Mayo/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage Mayor Dave…

Denise Saigh, and her dog Nanook, enjoy a walk in the fresh snow at Goose Lake Park in Anchorage on Monday, November 6, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Alaska’s top veterinarian is seeking information from clinics and pet owners in the state on any signs of a mysterious respiratory illness affecting dogs across the Lower…

Alexis Sheeder (center) plays the title character in “Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas.” (Galen Eggleston) Fancy Nancy is a series of children’s books written by author Jane O’Connor about a young girl who pushes being fancy to the next level. Cyrano’s Theater Company’s family friendly holiday production of “Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas Musical” follows Nancy at…

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 Media) 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…

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 Media) The lethal landslide in Wrangell abruptly shifted the focus of its new interim city manager. Not that Mason Villarma had had much time to…

The latest U.S. House hearing on Arctic drilling, on Nov. 29, 2023, featured a panel of Alaska witnesses: Alaska Commissioner of Natural Resources John Boyle, left,; Doreen Leavitt of the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope; Karlin Itchoak, The Wilderness Society; Charles Lampe, president of Kaktovik Inupiat Corp. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted…

The latest U.S. House hearing on Arctic drilling, on Nov. 29, 2023, featured a panel of Alaska witnesses: Alaska Commissioner of Natural Resources John Boyle, left,; Doreen Leavitt of the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope; Karlin Itchoak, The WIlderness Society; Charles Lampe, president of Kaktovik Inupiat Corp. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) Room 1324 of…