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Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, at a Senate Majority press availability in 2017. Giessel will be the Senate president in the 31st Legislature. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) A recount of an Anchorage-area state Senate race reaffirmed Republican Cathy Giessel as the winner. The recount was conducted by the state Division of Elections Wednesday at the…

A couple of snowmachiners groom the Westchester Lagoon trails on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (Mizelle Mayo/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: A small launch…

A sled dog team passes a resting team during the 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media) The 34 dog mushers signed up to run the next Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race are the fewest in the race’s 50-year-old history. In the beginning, one of the main goals of starting the 1,000-mile…

Elaine Nigh uses her snow blower to clear out her driveway on S Street in downtown Anchorage on Thursday. (Mizelle Mayo/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage residents are still shoveling out of a massive snowstorm that hit Tuesday and continued into Wednesday, with some parts of town reporting more than 2 feet of snow.  Road crews continue…

Anchorage is still shoveling out on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, from a heavy snowstorm that started Tuesday afternoon. (Mizelle Mayo/Alaska Public Media) A major snowstorm has closed Anchorage and most Mat-Su schools again on Thursday, the second day in a row. All Anchorage and Mat-Su schools closed on Wednesday as a snowstorm dumped more than…

A snow plow clears an Anchorage road on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. (Valerie Kern/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: More than a foot of…

“I’ve always wanted a gold sticker on my book. And now I have one,” said Brendan Jones. (KCAW photo) A Sitka-based author has taken a detour into young adult fiction, and the diversion has paid off with a national award. Brendan Jones will receive the Green Earth Book Award in a virtual ceremony on Dec.…

More than a foot of snow dumped on Anchorage during the recent storm. (Valerie Kern/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage is digging out from more than a foot of heavy and wet snow. The storm closed Anchorage and Mat-Su schools on Wednesday, slowed traffic and sent cars sliding off area roads. The Anchorage School District announced Wednesday…

The shorefast sea ice off Utqiaġvik, April 21, 2019. (Photo by Ravenna Koenig/Alaska’s Energy Desk) 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: Alaska’s northernmost community is seeing a…

Democrat Roselynn Cacy and Democrat Denny Wells. (Photo courtesy Roselyn Cacy campaign & by Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Recounts in two Anchorage-area legislative races are scheduled to take place this week, a top state elections official said Tuesday. A recount is planned for Wednesday in the Senate District E race and for Thursday in the…

The Sullivan Arena, Anchorage’s low-barrier emergency winter shelter, can sleep up to 200 people under an Anchorage Assembly policy. Mayor Dave Bronson is proposing raising the number of beds to 360. (Elyssa Loughlin/Alaska Public Media) Wintry weather has maxed out emergency cold weather shelter capacity in Anchorage. On Monday, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson proposed raising…

(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. Monday on Alaska News Nightly: The Anchorage assembly considers approving a controversial housing development in Girdwood. Plus, Sitka residents looking for halibut…

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, seated left, and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom sign their oaths of office during the inauguration ceremony on Monday. (Mark Thiessen/AP) Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy was sworn in for a second term on Monday, saying his goal is to “work with everybody to create an Alaska for the next 50 years.” The Republican…

What better way to stay warm than with Alaska Public Media’s warmest holiday tradition? Talk of Alaska: Holiday Greetings Across the State returns to connect Alaskans. From Utqiagvik to Juneau, hear festive greetings, well wishes, and sentiments from those who call Alaska home. Join host Steve Heimel live on Tuesday, December 20 at 10 a.m.…

The ANICA Stebbins store, the only store in the Western Alaska village, burned down after catching fire on Nov. 29, 2022. (Courtesy of Linda Greta Camillus) Donations are coming from around the state to help the Northwest Alaska village of Stebbins, after the community lost its only grocery store in a fire on Tuesday.  State…

A notice posted on a bulletin board at the University of Alaska Anchorage’s School of Allied Health, seen on Wednesday, warns about rising rates of syphilis. The notice provides information about prevention and treatment. Alaska has some of the nation’s highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases, including syphilis, and the escalating trend is continuing, according…

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 27: U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona delivers remarks at the department’s Lyndon Baines Johnson Building on January 27, 2022 in Washington, DC. Cardona laid out the department’s priorities almost one year after being sworn in as head of the $64 billion agency. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Supreme Court on…

This week on State of Art we’re hearing from Juneau-based singer-songwriter Marian Call. As part of the Alaska Independent Musician Initiative and a new endeavor called MusicAlaska, Call tells us about the work being done to compile playlists of Alaska musicians to help paint a more complete picture of the state’s music scene. We hear…

Maryann Schneider stands in front of her trailer home. Her boyfriend, 23-year-old Brad Robert, was shot and killed in front of the home on Nov. 11. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Maryann Schneider stood in the living room of her trailer home in Anchorage on Wednesday, surrounded by boxes filled with clothes, games and toys. She…

Drake Charles and Jeffrey Charles Jr. catch fish along the banks of Baird Inlet on July 20, 2020 in Mertarvik, Alaska. Residents of Newtok are slowly relocating to Mertarvik and will receive $25 million from the Interior Department toward that effort. (Katie Basile/KYUK) The U.S Department of the Interior is putting $75 million toward community relocation…

The Midtown Mall in Anchorage. (Zachariah Hughes/AKPM) 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. Friday on Alaska News Nightly: What a merger between Kroger and Albertsons could mean for Alaska. Also, the U.S.…

The Sullivan Arena, Anchorage’s low-barrier emergency winter shelter, can sleep up to 200 people. (Elyssa Loughlin/Alaska Public Media) It’s a bad convergence-cold weather, darkness and a growing need for shelter for vulnerable Alaskans, at a time when the pinch of inflation is making it more challenging for service providers to keep their doors open.. As…