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Moviegoers enter the Century 16 theater in Anchorage on Sept. 28, 2020 (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 @AKPublicNews Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: With jury trials suspended for months, some Alaskans’ lives are on hold,…

Anchorage School District Superintendent Dr. Deena Bishop stands outside an ASD office on September 15, 2020. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage Schools Superintendent Deena Bishop said she’ll likely push back the return to in-person schooling because of a surge of COVID-19 infections in the city. Bishop gave the update during a virtual town hall on…

Samples for COVID-19 testing are collected using a cotton swab like the one pictured here from the lab at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation hospital in Bethel, Alaska. (Photo by Katie Basile / KYUK) Alaska has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases over the last week. Daily case counts had been hovering in the upper double…

View of the jury box in one of the courtrooms in the Dimond Courthouse in Juneau. (Matt Miller/KTOO – Juneau) 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: A coronavirus pause on jury trials for six…

Bill Ferguson exits a voting booth at a precinct in the Southwest Alaska hub community of Bethel, in 2016. (Katie Basile/KYUK) Last month, a longtime Alaska state senator, John Coghill of North Pole, lost his seat. Coghill came from a longtime Republican family, and over 22 years in the Legislature, he repeatedly pushed socially conservative…

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA A bear warning sign, photo by Paul Twardock, How and why do we react the way we do when we encounter a stressful situation in theoutdoors? This episode explores how the mind and body react to the unexpected surprise and emergencies. As a bear charges a group or an accident happens some…

Secrecy folders for ballots and “I Voted” stickers at a polling place in the State Office Building for early and absentee voting, Aug. 15, 2016. (Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO) JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal appeals court will not hear an Alaska absentee ballot lawsuit before the Nov. 3 general election. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals…

Sen. Dan Sullivan in Anchorage last month. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is speaking up to oppose the Pebble Mine.  “Let me be even more clear: I oppose Pebble Mine. No Pebble Mine,” he wrote on Twitter Thursday night. Sullivan came out against the mine last month, too. He said then he…

The Alaska Depatment of Fish and Game said Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, that it’s searching for an aggressive black bear in Russian Jack Springs Park. (Tegan Hanlon/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…

The Alaska Depatment of Fish and Game said Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, that it’s searching for an aggressive black bear in Russian Jack Springs Park. (Tegan Hanlon/Alaska Public Media) The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said Friday that it’s searching for a troublesome black bear in East Anchorage’s Russian Jack Springs Park. The bear…

University of Alaska Fairbanks and state officials pose during a media event in front of the bus at the UA Museum of the North in Sept. 2020. (Dan Bross/KUAC) Historic Bus 142 arrived returned to Fairbanks where it first served as part of part of the city’s public transit system in the 1940s. Backdropped by…

Mariza Tovar calls her deck “The Gentle Tarot.” She created it, in part, because she’s been practicing tarot herself for many years and hadn’t come across a deck with artwork that reflected the unique support and warmth she seeks while practicing. (COURTESY OF MARIZA TOVAR) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe to…

A classroom at Dena’ina Elementary School near Wasilla. (Mat-Su School District photo) The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District and local teachers union announced Thursday that they have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. The announcement follows more than 18 months of negotiations, and a recent vote by the union authorizing a strike if a…

(Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) Republican Dan Sullivan has been Alaska’s junior U.S. Senator for the last six years. He’s running for reelection and wants Alaskans to send him back to Washington DC to continue work on a range of Alaska and national priorities. What does he think the most urgent needs are for the state…

Caesar the alpaca, who died in a bear attack Saturday night in Anchorage. (Alaska Zoo) 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: Pebble CEO Tom Collier resigns amid blowback from secret recordings. And, Anchorage teachers…

A sign at the Pebble office in Dillingham (KDLG Photo) Tom Collier has resigned as the CEO of Pebble Limited Partnership, according to a news release from Pebble’s parent company, Northern Dynasty Minerals. Northern Dynasty says Collier resigned because of his comments about Alaska’s elected leaders and federal regulators. The calls were secretly recorded by…

Polling place at City Hall in downtown Anchorage. (Alaska Public Media photo) On November 3, Alaskans will vote on Ballot Measure 2. The measure would enact ranked choice voting, open primaries and increased campaign finance transparency. This week on Addressing Alaskans we hear a local debate about the measure. We’ll also balance out an argument…

A student at Dena’ina Elementary School in Wasilla plays by the swing set during recess on September 21, 2020. (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 Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: Senator Lisa Murkowski says she…

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at a news conference at his Anchorage office last year. (Nat Herz/Alaska Public Media) An independent investigator found that a social media campaign from Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy broke state ethics laws because of “quick decisions” and “lack of appropriate staff ethics awareness and supervision,” according to a 22-page report…

(Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brien Aho/U.S. Navy) Healthcare encompasses a wealth of career opportunities and is quite a portable profession. There are many exciting clinical careers aside from Doctors and Nurses. If blood and guts are not for you, you can still enjoy a blood-free clinical career in healthcare. Or, even engage the business…

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to reporters at a fundraiser in January. (Nat Herz/Alaska’s Energy Desk) Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and disbanded the commission charged with guiding his state’s response to climate change. Kerry Williams and Ceal Smith are climate activists who were among the 50,000…