Sen. Murkowski and fellow moderates in the House and Senate announced their agreement on COVID relief Dec. 1. (C-SPAN screenshot) 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: Senator Murkowski calls for President Trump’s resignation. And,…
State of Art: Check out the debut album from Anchorage’s Photonak
On December 17th, Anchorage rockers Photonak released “Tempered.” LINKS:WebsiteBandcampSpotify Top Featured Tags: – Alaska News Press Release Distribution Service
Dunleavy will appeal permit denial for the proposed Pebble Mine
Gov. Mike Dunleavy at the Capitol in Juneau in 2019. (Rashah McChesney/KTOO) Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Friday that the state is appealing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to deny a permit for the proposed Pebble Mine. In a statement from the governor’s office, Dunleavy called the denial a “dangerous precedent” that would harm Alaska’s…
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, January 7th, 2021
Volunteers drag an open hole in the Kuskokwim River near Tuluksak, working to recover the body of a man who drowned on Jan. 1, 2021. (Bethel Search and Rescue Photo) 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…
An ‘imperfect system’: Getting Alaska’s seniors signed up for the COVID-19 vaccine is not going smoothly
A health care worker at Bartlett Regional Hospital prepare doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 15, 2020, in Juneau. (Screenshot of Bartlett Regional Hospital video) Juneau resident John Palmes, 74 got up early on Wednesday to try to beat the rush to get a vaccination appointment. He went to the website…
Looking for a ‘lost one,’ young searchers find new recovery skills
Volunteers drag an open hole in the Kuskokwim River near Tuluksak, working to recover the body of a man who drowned on Jan. 1, 2021. (Bethel Search and Rescue Photo) Searchers continue looking for the body of one of two men who drowned near Tuluksak on New Year’s Day. The body of one man was…
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, January 6th, 2021
Protesters outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 before Pro-Trump extremists stormed that capitol. Photo from a 10:21 a.m. tweet. (Liz Ruskin/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. Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: The nation…
‘Mob rule’: Alaskans at the Capitol watch unrest roiling outside their doors
Protesters outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 before Pro-Trump extremists stormed that capitol. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media). Angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in a chaotic protest aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer of power, forcing lawmakers to be rushed from the building and interrupting challenges…
Arctic Refuge lease sale goes bust, as major oil companies skip out
Caribou graze on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with the Brooks Range as a backdrop. (USFWS) One of the Trump administration’s biggest energy initiatives suffered a stunning setback Wednesday, as a decades-long push to drill for oil in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended with a lease sale that attracted just…
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, January 5th, 2021
A shipment of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccinations lands in Bethel, Alaska and is transferred to a deep freezer at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation on December 16, 2020. (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. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly:…
Here’s what you need to know about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s first-ever oil lease sale
The Canning River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Randy Brown/USFWS) Two weeks before leaving office, the Trump administration is planning to hold the first-ever oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The sale, scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, is a controversial milestone in a 40-year battle over whether to drill…
Federal judge denies requests to block Arctic refuge oil leasing
Caribou graze on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with the Brooks Range as a backdrop. (USFWS) A federal judge Tuesday denied requests that she block the Trump administration from issuing oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason’s ruling means the federal government can continue…
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, January 4th, 2021
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) 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…
Federal judge could rule as soon as Tuesday on request to halt oil leasing in Arctic refuge
Caribou graze on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with the Brooks Range as a backdrop. (USFWS) A federal judge in Anchorage says she could rule as soon as Tuesday on a request by environmental groups to block the Trump administration from carrying out the first-ever oil and gas lease sale in…
More skating and skiing options help Anchorage glide through the pandemic
Skaters enjoy the ice rink in Town Square in Anchorage on Dec. 30, 2020 (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage’s parks department is using a boost in funds to give residents more places to ski and ice skate this winter. The city recently announced it was partnering with the school district to maintain eight rinks from…
Healthy Futures: Physical Activity And Children’s Health
Theater exercises at Perseverance Theatre in Douglas in 2018. (Photo by Jacob Resneck/KTOO) One of the biggest challenges we have as humans is breaking the unhealthy habits we develop as children. Early childhood is the time when we develop our likes and dislikes and the practices we will carry with us into adulthood. While there…
Alaska will prioritize people 65 and up for next round of COVID-19 vaccine, breaking from federal guidance
Capital City Fire/Rescue career staff assemble for a pop-up clinic for COVID-19 vaccinations at the downtown fire station in Juneau on Dec. 17, 2020. The vials of vaccine must be diluted with saline before injection. (Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO) The state of Alaska is breaking from federal guidance by focusing its next round of COVID-19 vaccine on…
WATCH: Rep. Young issues call for unity before swearing in Pelosi as House speaker
As the dean -the longest serving member – of the U.S. House, it fell to Alaska Congressman Don Young to swear in Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who narrowly won the election for speaker of the House. Young seized the moment to make an unexpected speech on the House floor. “Madame Speaker, before I issue the…
Google taps Tlingit artist for Doodle honoring Alaska Native civil rights icon Elizabeth Peratrovich
Google Doodle of Alaska Native civil rights icon Elizabeth Peratrovich by Michaela Goade (Source: Google) If you need to Google something on Wednesday, you might see a familiar face. The tech company’s Doodle of the day is of Alaska Native civil rights icon Elizabeth Peratrovich. For the illustration, they tapped Tlingit artist Michaela Goade who is based…
Health care workers are first in line for the COVID-19 vaccine. But who’s next?
Capital City Fire/Rescue paramedic Lily Kincaid injects firefighter/EMT Mark Fuette with Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine at the downtown fire station in Juneau on Dec .17, 2020. (Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO) As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout begins across Alaska, people are starting to ask: “when is it my turn?” For Alaska’s vaccine task force, the answer changes every day…
Bean’s Cafe gets surprise after tractor trailer overturns: 15 tons of fresh food
Workers sort and prepare food at Bean’s Cafe on July 13, 2020. (Kavitha George/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage soup kitchen Bean’s Cafe received a Christmas surprise after a tractor-trailer overturned and spilled groceries into a ditch on the Glenn Highway on Christmas Eve: about 30,000 pounds of fresh produce and meat. The food was deemed no…
Here’s how to watch fireworks in Downtown Anchorage tonight
Downtown Anchorage will host a New Year’s Eve celebration and fireworks show Thursday, but it will look a bit different than in previous years. A drive-in fireworks and live music show will take place at specified parking garages around beginning at 7 p.m. The Anchorage Downtown Partnership, the event organizer, will stream live music from…
