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The Anchorage Pioneer Home in July 2020 (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage home for older adults has reopened its doors to family members and others eager to see the residents after a lockdown of 11 months. Anchorage Pioneer Home welcomed back visitors beginning Wednesday. The largest state-run assisted living facility…

Dana Stabenow, Alaska author of nearly 40 books, many in crime fiction. One series focuses on private eye named Kate Shugak, and a second series focuses on a a mythical Alaska State Trooper living in a remote Alaska community. (Photo courtesy Dana Stabenow) Dana Stabenow is having a great writing career. Her latest book, Spoils…

Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Anne Zink, is vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dr. Michael Alter, Emergency Medicine Specialist at Mat-su Regional Medical Center on Dec. 18. (Photo courtesy Alaska Department of Health and Social Services) Health officials want Alaskans to know COVID-19 vaccines have not killed anyone in the state — or anywhere in the…

Cots spread out on the floor of the Sullivan Arena on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Shelter managers found that even with a few COVID-19 cases, nearby cots weren’t getting infected. (Lex Treinen/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…

The 32nd Annual Anchorage Folk Festival artwork by Ted Kim. The 32nd annual Anchorage Folk Festival was held virtually this year. Despite the pandemic, they persevered and came through with as close an approximation of the festival that we’ve come to know and love. Relive the fest or catch up with these Anchorage Folk Festival…

The 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race held its ceremonial start in Anchorage on Saturday, March 7, 2020. (Joey Mendolia/Alaska Public Media) The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has canceled this year’s ceremonial start in Anchorage. The cancellation stems from concerns about holding a large gathering during the pandemic, according to a statement Friday from…

Colleen Echohawk is executive director of the Chief Seattle Club, an organization that helps the city’s indigenous people in need. (Credit Colleen Echohawk via Facebook) 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: Alaska might not…

The Anchorage School District board room when it is empty, taken March 13, 2020. (Mayowa Aina/Alaska Public Media) There have been several classroom closures since the district began phasing students for in-person learning two weeks ago in the Anchorage School District. Eight district classrooms are currently closed due to a combination of positive COVID-19 cases…

The Carter family in Juneau after the birth of their youngest child. (Image courtesy of the family) Alaska women who live in rural and remote communities usually travel to city centers to give birth — against incredible geographical odds. And now, COVID-19 has made a hard trip even more daunting. There is no road to…

Claudette Barber makes mittens and other fabric items from her workshop in Soldotna. They’re made of upcycled wool and lined with fleece. (Courtesy Claudette Barber) 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. Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: Anchorage’s international airport…

The Biden administration has chosen Anchorage attorney Natalie Landreth for a high-ranking job in the Interior department.  Landreth has worked for the Native American Rights Fund for 17 years. She’s worked to protect Native voting rights. Last year, she successfully challenged the state’s requirement that mail-in ballots have witness signatures, the most common reason such…

Two caribou hides hanging on a rack behind a house on the east side of Shishmaref (Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media) A large number of unfilled seats on the councils that manage Alaska’s subsistence hunting and fishing has left advocates worried their voices won’t be heard and confused about the process of filling those seats. The…

A sign that’s part of the Juneau Voices project is posted outside the Alaska State Museum on Whittier Steet. (Photo by Pablo Arauz Peña/KTOO) 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: As Democrats move to…

Department of Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka, whose agency maintains the Checkbook Online system, speaks at a 2019 news conference at the Capitol in Juneau. (Rashah McChesney/KTOO) After a nearly year-long shutdown of Alaska’s government spending database, GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration said it plans to bring the system back online later this week. The Checkbook…

The underside of the U.S. Capitol dome, as viewed from the Rotunda. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) Democrats in the U.S. Senate took the first step Tuesday toward a $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill through a a process that would allow it to pass without any Republican votes. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was at the White House…

The Lower Kuskokwim School District announced Bethel students would start school remotely on Aug. 24. (Katie Basile / KYUK) 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 Alaska News Nightly: For the second time in six months, Alaska’s Attorney…

Author Don Rearden recently released his first collection of poetry called “Without a Paddle.” (Photo courtesy of author) This week on State of Art we’re hearing from author Don Rearden. In his first published collection of poetry Rearden covers everything from tiny moments in time to Alaska memories to big picture reflections. He tells us…

A bull caribou from the Mulchatna caribou herd (Photo from USFWS/Togiak Wildlife Refuge) State biologists have found an unusual disease among caribou in Southwest Alaska. The disease is called brucellosis and is caused by the bacteria brucella. It can be lethal to caribou and can also lead to miscarriages. The Department of Fish and Game…

A picture of the COVID-19 vaccine, after the third person in Alaska received it the morning of Dec. 15, 2020, at the Alaska Native Medical Center. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) To readers: Yesterday, Alaska Public Media published my story about tribal health vaccine distribution in Anchorage. The piece left out important context and hurt many…

Assistant Attorney General Ed Sniffen addresses the Juneau Chamber of Commerce on July 11. (Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s then-attorney general resigned while the Anchorage Daily News and the ProPublica investigative journalism organization were preparing an article about allegations of sexual misconduct with a 17-year-old girl three decades ago. The Daily News and…

(Photo by Mark Buckawicki via WikiCommons) The COVID-19 pandemic has created unique challenges for everyone, but many people with physical, developmental and cognitive challenges have had to adapt to even more uncertainty and frustration. How has their access to medical and social services been affected? What about the isolation those in assisted living facilities face? We’ll…