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Completed nigilax̂ frame in Daniels’ California based workshop. During the 2023 Alaska Native Day, the nigilax̂ will be launched at Metini, potentially the first vessel of this kind to touch water in over two centuries. (Courtesy Mike Ferguson) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public…

An Alaska Wildlife Trooper wears a body-worn camera. (Alaska Department of Public Safety) Alaska State Troopers and other state public safety officials will soon begin wearing body cameras. The state Department of Public Safety released its final body-worn camera policy on Monday. Department spokesman Austin McDaniel said 30 officers have already been equipped with cameras.…

Anchorage School District Healthcare Services Department Director Kathy Bell holds a nasal injector for Kloxxado, the brand name spray that contains Naloxone, an opioid-overdose reversing drug found in all Anchorage School District schools. (Tim Rockey/Alaska Public Media) The Anchorage School District is ramping up efforts to educate students, staff and parents about the dangers of…

Kao Lee entertains her age group at the Hmoob Cultural Center of Alaska on February 2, 2023. (Elyssa Loughlin/ Alaska Pblic Media) Child care in Alaska is expensive and hard to find. Lawmakers are debating the issue. Child care centers are struggling to hire. Caught in the middle are families trying to find affordable care…

The Alaska Supreme Court hears arguments in a 2018 case. (Elizabeth Harball/Alaska’s Energy Desk) Candidate Al Gross shook up last year’s special election for U.S. House when, citing personal reasons, he withdrew from the race in June. By then he was one of four candidates who’d won a spot on the special general ballot. The…

A wolverine kit at the Alaska Zoo on Friday. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) A trio of male wolverine kits are this year’s first animal births at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, where keepers and visitors have been watching the brothers grow and play. The kits were born in early February. Their parents are Jumbo and…

(Images courtesy of Anchorage Opera and Momentum Dance Collective) This week on State of Art we’re discussing two shows happening the weekend of May 5. First off, we’re joined by the leads of Anchorage Opera’s upcoming production of “Carmen.” Audrey Babcock (Carmen) and Ben Werley (Don José) talk about what makes the beloved opera stand…

Officials with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Housing and Urban Development and the Denali Commission toured Newtok by snowmachine, following government-to-government meetings with the Newtok Village Council on Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 in Newtok, Alaska. (Emily Schwing/KYUK) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public Media…

An AH-64D Apache like these crashed Thursday near Healy, returning from a training flight. (File/DVIDS) The U.S. Army has grounded aviation units for training after 12 soldiers died within the last month in helicopter crashes in Alaska and Kentucky, the military branch announced Friday. The suspension of air operations was effective immediately, with units grounded…

Gov. Mike Dunleavy at a candidate forum in October. (Elyssa Loughlin/Alaska Public Media) Gov. Mike Dunleavy said he’s optimistic that state leaders can come to an agreement on the budget before the end of the legislative session despite deep divides over the size of the Permanent Fund dividend.  And he said legislators may even be…

An AH-64D Apache like these crashed Thursday returning from a training flight. (File/DVIDS) Two U.S. Army helicopters crashed Thursday in Alaska returning from a training flight, the second accident involving military helicopters in the state this year. Each helicopter carried two people, said John Pennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Alaska. Pennell said he…

A group of St. Paul Island northern fur seals. (John Ryan/KUCB) 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: The Army Corps of Engineers reconsiders an important Pebble Mine…

Reporter Lex Treinen wins the Alaska Press Club Public Service Award on Saturday, April 22, 2023, for his investigative journalism. (Marc Lester photo) Alaska Public Media journalists won 14 Alaska Press Club Awards this weekend. That includes one of the night’s top honors. Lex Treinen won the Public Service Award for his exhaustive reporting last…

Anchorage Municipal Clerk Barbara Jones (left) and Elections clerk Jamie Heinz at the Anchorage Election Center. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage’s municipal election was certified on Tuesday night, with new Assembly members Scott Myers, Zac Johnson, Anna Brawley, George Martinez and Karen Bronga joining the 12-member body. Incumbents Chris Constant and Felix Rivera survived their…

A digital simulation of what the proposed Pebble Mine’s foundation would look like, if federal authorities allow it. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will reconsider its decision denying a permit for the proposed Pebble Mine. In 2020, the Army Corps rejected Pebble’s application for a large open-pit gold and…

Alex Ortiz, chief of staff for the late Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), served in the same position for Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska). (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola is losing her chief of staff. Alex Ortiz was the last chief of staff for Peltola’s predecessor, Congressman Don Young, R-Alaska. Peltola, a Democrat, hired…

The Alaska Capitol on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (Nat Herz/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. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: Amid the debate over increasing education funding, some calls…

A fisherman washing fresh-cut sockeye filets. July 13, 2021. (Brian Venua/KMXT) 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: Lawmakers discuss the possibility of introducing new taxes. Plus, as…

Sen. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle River, co-hosts an Alaska Legislature listening session at the Anchorage Baptist Temple on Nov. 22, 2021, “related to government action to COVID.” (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) A former Alaska legislator who was banned from flying on Alaska Airlines for refusing to comply with coronavirus masking policies is now suing the airline…