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Northern elephant seals can go long stretches with only small naps. Then they crash once they’re on shore. (Jessica Kendall-Bar/NMFS Permit 23188) Maybe you didn’t get enough sleep last night, but chances are you’re still doing better than the typical northern elephant seal. Scientists have discovered the massive creatures — so named because the males…

Fourth grader Darrel Tuuya Owen from Akiak did not seem fazed by the crowd. He spelled out his words in a loud, clear voice. (Rhonda McBride/KNBA) The statewide Yup’ik language spelling bee was born when one of Freda Dan’s sons came home beaming, after he won a prize in an English spelling bee. She wondered:…

This illustration photo taken in Los Angeles on April 20, 2023, shows Elon Musk’s Twitter account on a smartphone. (Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images) Twitter has stopped labeling media organizations as “state-affiliated” and “government-funded,” including NPR, which recently quit the platform over how it was denoted. In a move late Thursday night, the…

Harlow Robinson, executive director of Healthy Futures and the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame. (Photo courtesy of Harlow Robinson) On this Outdoor Explorer our guest is Harlow Robinson, the executive director of Healthy Futures and the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame. On April 27, the Hall will induct the class of 2023. Harlow will tell…

Tim Fulton in his “happy place”: His home workshop. TISABAS did not spring into being overnight; Fulton has been prototyping for decades, with a variety of rollers and belts to move heavy items like fish boxes in the bellies of airplanes. His first two TISABAS are headed to an equipment supplier for Malaysian Airlines —…

The offices of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services are seen in Juneau on Friday, July 1, 2022. The department is being split into two separate agencies. (Photo by Lisa Phu/Alaska Beacon) An Anchorage resident filed a class action lawsuit this week seeking to force the state Division of Public Assistance to get cash…

Dude Mtn frontman Cullen McCormick, left, and bassist Chazz Gist play at the Alaskan Hotel and Bar on April 15, 2023. (Photo by Brittany Rickard, courtesy of Cullen McCormick) The Alaska Folk Festival wrapped up last weekend in Juneau, drawing artists from across the state and the country.  KRBD sat down with the Ketchikan-based psychedelic…

Tim Fulton in his “happy place”: His home workshop. TISABAS did not spring into being overnight; Fulton has been prototyping for decades, with a variety of rollers and belts to move heavy items like fish boxes in the bellies of airplanes. His first two TISABAS are headed to an equipment supplier for Malaysian Airlines —…

Three moose rest on a lawn in a Midtown Anchorage neighborhood on Oct. 14, 2022. More than 1,000 moose live in or travel through Anchorage, and many of them are leaving antibiotic-resistant microbes in the scat that they drop around town, University of Alaska Anchorage research shows. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) The moose that…

Anchorage Police Chief Michael Kerle (left) and Deputy Chief Sean Case at a news conference at APD headquarters on April 20, 2023. (Wesley Early/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.…

The front of the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau is seen on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) The Alaska Legislature has seen several proposals for statewide taxes this session, and that will apparently also include a sales tax bill from Gov. Mike Dunleavy. There are some other tax bills filed, including…

Anchorage Police Chief Michael Kerle (left) and Deputy Chief Sean Case at a news conference at APD headquarters on April 20, 2023. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage police officials say they’re moving forward with getting body cameras on officers, even though they’re locked in a dispute with the police officers union.  It’s a major announcement…

The Norwegian Bliss, a 4,000-passenger cruise ship out of Seattle, kicked off Juneau’s 2023 cruise season when it docked on April 17. (Photo by Anna Canny/KTOO) 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.…

A police officer drives past the Kansas City home where 16-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot last week. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) The recent shootings of two people who accidentally came to the wrong address — a 16-year-old boy in Kansas City and a 20-year-old woman in rural New York — have renewed concerns over the controversial…

The Norwegian Bliss, a 4,000-passenger cruise ship out of Seattle, kicked off Juneau’s 2023 cruise season when it docked on April 17. (Photo by Anna Canny/KTOO) On a misty Monday afternoon in Juneau, a small welcoming committee gathered at the Alaska Steam dock, in front of the towering Norwegian Bliss. The 4,000-passenger ship was the…

STEAM intern Jossline Aranda-Jackson (center) uses a snow probe with sensors to read the layers of snowpack while working in the field with intern hosts Mike Janes and Kanaan Bausler from AEL&P and STEAM mentor Ellen Bradley. (Photo courtesy of Sealaska Heritage Institute) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments…

The view downslope is seen on Aug. 2, 2021, at one of the lakes along the Williwaw Lakes Trail in Chugach State Park. Alaska’s numerous outdoor trails are an important economic force, generating income and keeping residents and businesses in the state, advocates say. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) Trails are places for people to relax, exercise…

Rep. DeLena Johnson, R-Palmer and co-chair of the House Finance Committee, speaks Monday, April 17, 2023, during a news conference following House passage of the state operating budget. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) The Alaska House of Representatives on Monday approved a $6.4 billion state operating budget for the 12 months that begin July 1,…

Point Thomson is approximately 60 miles east of Prudhoe Bay. (Photo courtesy ExxonMobil) 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: Exxon says it does not plan to expand…

(Photo by O’Hara Shipe) In 2020, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling determined that workplace discrimination based on a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity was illegal. A year later, the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights followed suit and even added additional protections for housing and “public accommodation.” However, the introduction of three proposed bills…

ExxonMobil’s Point Thomson project is approximately 60 miles east of Prudhoe Bay. (Photo by ExxonMobil) ExxonMobil told shareholders last week the company doesn’t expect to expand its activities in the Arctic. “Our current investment plans do not include exploration activity within the (global Arctic) region, and we plan relatively limited investment to sustain our existing…