Earthquake damage at a warehouse at the old dock in Sand Point (Photo courtesy of David Walls) 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: A lawsuit over absentee ballot applications for the upcoming election heads…
Trump Administration approves road through Gates of the Arctic National Park
Aerial view of Ambler and the Kobuk River in the summer. (Courtesy of the National Park Service via UAF Gates of the Arctic Research Portal) The Bureau of Land Management has approved the proposed route for the controversial Ambler Road Project. In its record of decision released Thursday, BLM approved a route for the private…
Sand Point’s docks and road damaged in 7.8 quake
Damage at a warehouse at the old dock in Sand Point (Photo courtesy of David Walls) A magnitude-7.8 Aleutian earthquake late Tuesday night prompted tsunami warnings in communities across coastal Alaska, from Homer to Unalaska. Sand Point is a fishing community of about a thousand people, located about 550 miles southwest of Anchorage in the eastern portion of…
Upcoming – No Passport Required: A Food and Film Event
Friday, January 3, 2020Anchorage Museum in the Auditorium & Atrium3625 C Street, Anchorage AK6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Celebration of “foods from home” and the launch of Season 2 of the PBS foodie show, No Passport Required, come together to embrace the rich diversity of immigrant traditions. Join this culinary experience for the eyes and belly…
Anchorage School District postpones start of fall sports until at least Aug. 5
The Bartlett High School Golden Bears face off against the Chugiak Mustangs at Mulcahey Field in Anchorage for the 2017 state football semi-final. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media) The Anchorage School District has postponed the start of fall sports until at least Aug. 5 as the number of coronavirus infections in the municipality and the state…
No Passport Required: A Food and Film Event
Friday, January 3, 2020Anchorage Museum in the Auditorium & Atrium3625 C Street, Anchorage AK6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Celebration of “foods from home” and the launch of Season 2 of the PBS foodie show, No Passport Required, come together to embrace the rich diversity of immigrant traditions. Join this culinary experience for the eyes and belly…
Dunleavy announces new health mandates
Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at a COVID-19 news conference on July 7, 2020. (Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy) Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Wednesday that he’s mandating masks for state workers and people who go into state-owned buildings and facilities. The idea, he said, is to help contain the surge in cases of COVID-19 in Alaska.…
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Guests at the rooftop of Williwaw Social in downtown Anchorage on July 21, 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 Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: Anchorage announces a new mandate scaling back bar and restaurant…
Upcoming 2 – No Passport Required: A Food and Film Event
Friday, January 3, 2020Anchorage Museum in the Auditorium & Atrium3625 C Street, Anchorage AK6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Celebration of “foods from home” and the launch of Season 2 of the PBS foodie show, No Passport Required, come together to embrace the rich diversity of immigrant traditions. Join this culinary experience for the eyes and belly…
A tsunami warning that sent coastal Alaskans to higher ground has been canceled
Residents in Unalaska heading to higher ground after a tsunami warning on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. (Hope McKenney/KUCB) Update, 12:30 a.m.: A tsunami warning for a stretch of coastal Alaska has been canceled. NOAA’s National Tsunami Warning Center said the tsunami is no longer a threat. It reported a 24-centimeter wave at Sand Point. “Some…
Southcentral Foundation fires three dentists, including husband of chief executive, for falsifying health records
Sign outside the medical building named for Katherine and Kevin Gottlieb in Anchorage. (Alaska Public Media Photo) One of Anchorage’s leading tribal health-care providers has fired a senior executive and two dentists after an anonymous complaint documented “falsified health records” and “serious compliance issues,” the provider said in a statement Tuesday. Among those fired by…
Is it safe to send kids back to school?
Kasuun Elementary Principal Tarlesha Wayne congratulates a student on losing a front tooth on March 2nd, 2020. (Mayowa Aina/Alaska Public Media) As coronavirus cases spike in the U.S., states are in a mad scramble to figure out what to do about kids returning to school in the fall. Is the virus really “low risk” for…
