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The view across Cook Inlet from Nikiski. (Riley Board/KDLL) A massive $206 million federal grant will fund a project to run a 50-mile undersea cable through Cook Inlet, to better connect Railbelt utilities and improve access to renewable sources. KDLL’s Riley Board talked with reporter James Brooks from the Alaska Beacon about the project, and the flexibility…

The American Bar Association hosted a panel of prominent Native American women to talk about how they became lawyers. (Courtesy ABA) Whether it’s decades of litigation in the Katie John subsistence rights battles or enacting the Indian Child Welfare Act, Indigenous issues have a never-ending need for lawyers. But there is a shortage of Native…

The Nunalleq dig site is located just off the coast of the Bering Sea, close to Quinhagak. A portion of the site already eroded into the sea. And the threat from erosion increases each year as storm surges grow in number because of climate change. (Photo by Katie Basile/KYUK) Stories are posted on the statewide news page.…

Snow on an unplowed side road in Anchorage on November 14, 2023. (Rachel Cassandra/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage residents have faced a series of snow storms this week, and navigating streets and sidewalks in the city has been challenging, if not impossible. Many sidewalks are covered in several inches of snow. The city has intermittently suspended…

Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom. (Elyssa Loughlin/Alaska Public Media) Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom announced Tuesday that she’s running for the state’s sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, challenging Congresswoman Mary Peltola. “I’ve dedicated my career advocating for our military and veterans, protecting our families by locking up violent criminals, and developing Alaska’s natural…

George Cromer, a teacher at Airport Heights Elementary, took a break from remote learning to blow snow off his driveway in Anchorage on Monday, Nov.13, 2023. (Matt Faubion/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 the…

Jusdi Warner, Executive Director of the Trust Land Office, walks on a piece of land up for auction through the fall land sale auction. (Rachel Cassandra/Alaska Public Media) Note: Alaska Public Media receives funding from the Alaska Mental Health Trust. Allison Biastock, chief communications officer for the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, is clomping over…

The Petersburg courthouse (File/KFSK) Six people have been charged in a Petersburg drug bust and warrants have been issued for at least two more.  The arrests were made after a year-and-a-half-long investigation by the regional task force Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs, or SEACAD. In April of 2022, officers seized $177,400 worth of methamphetamine, heroin, suspected…

Editors Shane Hawk and Ted Van Alst compiled an Indigenous horror anthology, “Never Whistle at Night.” (Photos courtesy of Shane Hawk and Ted Van Alst) It started with a tweet asking when the world would get a collection of horror stories by Indigenous writers. Authors Ted Van Alst and Shane Hawk answered the call —…

The Kodiak Island Ambulatory Clinic serves patients in the city’s downtown. (Brian Venua/KMXT) The Kodiak Island Ambulatory Care Clinic was searched by officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday morning. Despite the raid, the clinic is still open and no charges have been filed.  The clinic’s medical director and owner, John Koller, said…

Myoung Kim poses with his just-purchased king crab after asking fisherman Gabriel Prout (right) to take a photo to post on Facebook. Before he left, Kim came back to buy two more crabs to freeze for Thanksgiving. (Mizelle Mayo/Alaska Public Media) With Alaska’s Bering Sea snow crab fishery shut down for the second year in…

Flowers placed on a door handle honor artist Alfred Koonaloak who was homeless at the time he passed away outdoors on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. Photographed at an alcove on F Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues in downtown Anchorage on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (Bill Roth / ADN) Four people believed to be homeless…

The Anchorage Education Association Building on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) The Anchorage Education Association and Anchorage School District have come to a preliminary agreement on teachers’ pay. The Anchorage teachers’ union announced a tentative agreement Friday on a one-year contract with a 3% pay increase. About 3,000 union members will vote…

Ian Wahl shovels snow off his car, after a heavy overnight snowfall in Anchorage on Thursday, November 9, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Aaska 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 the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Friday on Alaska…

Anchorage resident Daniel King shovels his driveway after heavy snowfall on Thursday November 9, 2023. (Adam Nicely/Alaska Public Media) A winter storm buried Southcentral Alaska in snow overnight Wednesday and throughout the day Thursday, causing difficult driving conditions, power outages and the cancellation of in-person school. Depending on the location, the storm dumped between 17…

Snow on the Glenn Highway’s Eagle River bridge on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (From 511.alaska.gov) 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. Thursday on Alaska News Nightly: A federal judge rules in favor…

Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, right, visits the floor of the Sullivan Arena in this photo posted to the mayor’s Facebook page on Nov. 3, 2023. (Courtesy of Anchorage Mayor’s Office) Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and Assembly members sparred again Tuesday in another turf battle over contracting authority. This time, it was over the Bronson administration…

A seated inmate seen through a window at Anchorage Cook Inlet Pretrial Center. (Rhonda McBride/KNBA) 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: Members of the Fairbanks Four speak…

Snow falls on St. Elias Specialty Hospital in Anchorage on Wednesday, November 8, 2023. (Valerie Lake, Alaska Public Media). When someone has a critical illness or a major injury like a damaged spinal cord, they often need long term care and intensive rehabilitation. This has often required patients in Alaska to travel out of state,…