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Then-President Barack Obama walks down the stairs of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the company’s production facility in Everett, Wash., in 2012. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) When he was still the president of the United States, Barack Obama joked about having another job on the side: salesman in chief. “I’m expecting a gold watch…

Alaska House members look on during a vote to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of $87 million in education funding. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) The Alaska Legislature on Thursday failed to override a veto by Gov. Mike Dunleavy that erased $87 million in education funding. Last year, as gridlock threatened a government shutdown, the House…

The storm surge from Typhoon Merbok brought high water 17 miles inland to Chevak from the Bering Sea coast, where boats parked on the Ninglikfak River were tossed around like bathtub toys. These boats aren’t just for recreation; they offer residents a way to access subsistence food resources, including fish and moose. (Emily Schwing/KYUK) Stories…

The storm surge from Typhoon Merbok brought high water 17 miles inland to Chevak from the Bering Sea coast, where boats parked on the Ninglikfak River were tossed around like bathtub toys. These boats aren’t just for recreation; they offer residents a way to access subsistence food resources, including fish and moose. (Emily Schwing/KYUK) The…

A Rural Deltana Volunteer Fire Department engine. (From RDVFD Facebook page) 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: The federal government will remain funded until early March, after…

Main entrance of Alaska Psychiatric Institution, or API, in Anchorage. (Photo courtesy of API) Alaska’s only state-run psychiatric hospital plans to launch two new programs this month for people without the mental capacity to stand trial. The programs are one-year pilots and will triple the Alaska Psychiatric Institute’s capacity to provide “restoration services” for people…

Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, speaks with Rep. Zack Fields, D-Anchorage on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023 at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau. (Loren Holmes / ADN) The Alaska House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to advance a bill that would repeal ranked choice voting and open primaries. The bill was first proposed last year by Homer Republican Rep.…

The U.S. Supreme Court (Liz Ruskin/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: Oil production in Alaska is expected to increase, painting a rosy picture for…

An above-ground section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System near the Toolik Lake Research Station in the North Slope Borough. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk) North Slope oil production is projected to rise significantly in the next decade, according to a state production forecast presented to lawmakers on Wednesday. Oil production has been flat or…

State representative Kevin McCabe (R-Big Lake) at the memorial for Rep. Don Young at Anchorage Baptist Temple on April 2, 2022. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) A Superior Court judge has ruled against state Rep. Kevin McCabe (R-Big Lake) in a lawsuit over McCabe having blocked a man from viewing or commenting on McCabe’s official Facebook…

The Alaska State Capitol in April 2023. (Riley Board/KDLL) 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: Officials respond to a gas leak on the North Slope. Plus, melting…

U.S. Supreme Court (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear an Alaska case in which Gov. Mike Dunleavy sought to uphold a policy that would make it harder for public employee unions to collect dues from their members. In 2019, Dunleavy tried to impose a new hurdle for unions…

Tom Pittman starts this month as Identity Alaska’s new executive director. (Photo courtesy of Tom Pittman) Identity Alaska, which operates the state’s only health clinic centered on the needs of LGBTQ+ people, has a new executive director, Tom Pittman. Identity’s clinic in Anchorage serves patients both in person and statewide through telehealth. Pittman, who is…

Erosion has left some houses in Nunapitchuk on their own little hills. The houses provide shade and support for the soil left underneath. (Sunni Bean/KYUK) A large crack runs down the center of James Berlin Sr.’s faded brick-red home. He’s been the mayor of Nunapitchuk for 16 years, and a pillar of the community. His…

A plastic sheet covers part of the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 at Portland International Airport on Jan. 8. NTSB investigators are trying to learn why the aircraft suffered a midair fuselage blowout last Friday. (Photo by Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images) A quality-control inspector working at a key supplier for Boeing’s 737…

Boats moored in the Thomas Basin marina in Ketchikan. (Jack Darrell/KRBD) Cody Cowan is a fifth-generation Ketchikan fisherman. He’s standing near a boat his grandfather built on the Bar Harbor North floats, a city-owned harbor dock, talking to other fishermen on a clear, snowy day. He’s furious.  “It’s getting bad,” Cowan says, to nods and…

Boats in Wrangell’s Heritage Harbor (Sage Smiley/KSTK) Wrangell’s Port Commission voted last Thursday to require that boat owners have insurance for their boats mooring at the harbor — or their fees will increase. The Borough Assembly still has to approve the change before it becomes law. The proposal comes as harbors across the state face…

(Courtesy of the Internal Revenue Service) Taxpayers in Alaska will not be a part of a program to directly file federal taxes with the Internal Revenue Service. In October, the IRS announced a new pilot program where people could directly file their federal taxes with the agency for free, instead of using a third-party tax…

Cover art from the free downloadable book “Black History in the Last Frontier,” published by the University of Alaska Anchorage and the National Park Service. (From NPS) Fairbanks is celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday weekend with several events including a gospel festival Friday evening, a youth breakfast Saturday, and a Black history event…

The Kenai Courthouse in November 2023. (Riley Board/KDLL) The attorney for a former Soldotna teacher and union president charged with 61 counts related to sexual abuse of a minor has filed a motion to dismiss the case. Nathan Erfurth was arrested in May 2023 on charges of second- and fourth-degree sexual abuse of a minor. A former…