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Hilcorp Senior Vice President Luke Saugier testifies to a joint meeting of the House and Senate Energy Committees on Feb. 7, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Alaska lawmakers are searching for solutions to a looming shortage of natural gas that threatens power and heating for much of the state’s population. The state’s largest gas utility…

A moose stops for a midday snack in a snowbank near Boniface Parkway in Anchorage on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) A Palmer teen suffered minor injuries when she was trampled by a moose Wednesday morning, according to Alaska State Troopers. Biologists say moose are under greater stress than usual, amid an…

Hilcorp Senior Vice President Luke Saugier testifies to a joint meeting of the House and Senate Energy Committees on Feb. 7, 2024. (Eric Stone/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 Alaska News Nightly podcast.…

An Anchorage Police Department vehicle, photographed in Downtown Anchorage on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Dev Hardikar/Alaska Public Media) The city of Anchorage has reached a legal settlement with the organization that sued it over the lengthy amount of time it took to outfit police officers with body cameras.  The Alaska Black Caucus, a local advocacy…

A red squirrel. Scientists say some species of squirrels can carry the Alaskapox virus. (USFWS Photo) A man from the Kenai Peninsula died in late January from the Alaskapox virus, according to the state health department. He was immunocompromised and is the first known person to die from the Alaskapox virus, or AKPV.  The health…

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, speaks to reporters during a news conference on Feb. 7, 2024. (Eric Stone/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 Alaska News Nightly podcast. Thursday on Alaska News Nightly: Gov. Dunleavy…

Anchorage City Hall on Dec. 8, 2020 (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) Anyone can now go online to access the city of Anchorage’s spending and other financial records without filing a records request. The city launched its new online checkbook Thursday.  The Assembly approved the project a year ago. Assembly chair Chris Constant said he and…

A still from a snowboarder’s helmet camera shows the moment he was caught in an avalanche near Portage on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. He was carried 800 vertical feet but survived without injuries. (From CNFAIC YouTube page) Three people were caught in separate avalanches in the Chugach Mountains last week according to Alaska State Troopers…

Chief Justice Peter Maassen delivers his first State of the Judiciary address on Feb. 7, 2024. (Eric Stone/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 Alaska News Nightly podcast. Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: Congress…

Chief Justice Peter Maassen delivers his first State of the Judiciary address on Feb. 7, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Peter Maassen delivered his first State of the Judiciary address Wednesday to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature. “The state of the judiciary is, in a word, good,” Maassen…

The intersection of Anchorage’s 5th Avenue and E Street would be impacted by a new Assembly proposal that would ban right-on-red turns in much of downtown. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) A new proposal before the Anchorage Assembly would prohibit right-on-red turns in much of downtown.  North Anchorage Assembly member Daniel Volland, who represents the downtown…

Brian Steven Smith sits in a courtroom while waiting for his arraignment to start in Anchorage, Alaska, Oct. 16, 2019. The double murder trial of Smith, a South Africa native accused of killing two Alaska Native women will begin this week, more than four years after a woman provided police with a digital memory card…

This screenshot from a court filing by the Alaska Department of Law shows two identical pairs of wool booties taken from a tourist shop near Denali National Park. One pair bears the label “made in Nepal,” while the other says that it was made in Alaska. (Screenshot) A clothing shop near Denali National Park will…

A mother holds her infant in Anchorage. (Courtesy of the photographer) More women in Alaska are now eligible for Medicaid coverage during pregnancy and after giving birth. And eligible mothers will be covered for a full year after giving birth, instead of just two months. Medicaid is free health insurance for low-income people in the…

The Alaska House and Senate Education Committees hear testimony from school administrators on Feb. 5, 2024. (Eric Stone/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 Alaska News Nightly podcast. Monday on Alaska News Nightly: School…

Protestors at the White House in 2023 demonstrate opposition to the Willow oil drilling project on the North Slope. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) ConocoPhillips has already begun to develop its Willow oil leases in the western Arctic, but environmental organizations and a group of Inupiat people opposed to the project are still trying to stop…

The Alaska House and Senate Education Committees hear testimony from school administrators on Feb. 5, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Alaska school districts are facing unprecedented challenges in hiring and turnover, school administrators told lawmakers on Monday. “We are struggling in the worst crisis Alaska has ever seen in terms of turnover. We can’t recruit…

This episode of Addressing Alaskans features the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation’s 2024 economic forecast for the city. The report covers demographics and employment, updates of various sectors of the economy and expectations for the future. Keynote speaker Patience Fairbrother discusses national relocation trends and talent attraction and Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson gives an update on…

There is no plan to bring any cargo from the Genius Star XI, which docked Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024 after a fire aboard, into Dutch Harbor. (Maggie Nelson/KUCB) The M/V Genius Star XI, a cargo ship that has been moored outside of Broad Bay for over a month, was brought to the Unalaska Marine Center…

A GCI employee discusses Cook Inlet telecommunications, which include fiber optic cabling laid across the inlet’s floor. (Courtesy Brad Lipovsky) Underwater fiber optic cables span the globe, providing telecommunication services in the blink of an eye. They transmit photons of light from one side to another, which are sometimes reflected back. Scientists have found that…

A ballot cast at City Hall during the 2023 Anchorage municipal election. (Elyssa Loughlin/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage’s city election is coming up. Ballots go out March 12 and Election Day is April 2. We’re in the process of putting together questionnaires for the mayoral candidates, in collaboration with the Anchorage Daily News. We want to…