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Moonrise over the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 18, 2021. (Brett Davis) Congress on Thursday passed a $280 billion bill to subsidize domestic production of computer chips and invest in science and technology innovation. Alaska’s sole vote on the bill was U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s. He voted no. His office said he didn’t have time this week…

(Creative Commons photo by Andy Tyler) Many Ironman Alaska athletes are scrambling after Alaska Airlines notified them that bicycles shipped through them may not arrive in time for the triathlon in Juneau, which is less than two weeks away. In an email to customers on Tuesday, Alaska Airlines said that applies to bikes checked as baggage or…

In the Ester hills, outside of Fairbanks, strong winds on Monday, July 25, 2022, knocked over trees, some toppled onto homes and others onto powerlines, causing outages. (Bob Grove) 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…

Tara Sweeney, a candidate for U.S. House, in downtown Anchorage in June. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) Republican congressional candidate Tara Sweeney said she’s focused on her campaign for a full two-year term in the U.S. House. She’s no longer on the special election ballot to decide who serves the remainder of the late Congressman Don…

An Alaska State Trooper cruiser. (Matthew Smith/KNOM) Four children are dead in what Alaska State Troopers say was a murder-suicide in Fairbanks. A trooper dispatch says officers responded to a call about shots being fired late Tuesday afternoon at a home in the Skyridge Drive subdivision.  The dispatch says troopers found four children dead from…

A seiner hauls in hatchery-produced chum salmon in Crawfish Inlet in 2018. (Photo courtesy of NSRAA) 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: Residents of the Interior…

A de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver floatplane partially submerged in Anchorage’s Lake Hood after crashing while taking off the morning of July 26, 2022. (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Police and Fire Department) A floatplane heading to Katmai National Park and Preserve crashed Tuesday morning while departing Anchorage, injuring six of the seven people onboard,…

Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson speaks with journalists after a special Anchorage Assembly meeting on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) Dave Bronson began serving as Anchorage mayor last July after a razor-thin victory. His win was fueled by a large public backlash to pandemic-related shutdowns and a scandal-plagued exit from the previous elected…

Young Wood Bison that are being transported to join a herd seeded along the Innoko River in 2015. (Alaska Department Of Fish And Game) 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…

The U.S. Army and Navy base on Adak Island is seen in 1943, during World War II, in this National Park Service photo. Adak is now home to dozens of contaminated sites, and the state of Alaska has filed a lawsuit that seeks to have the federal government take responsibility for cleaning sites on Adak…

Cats and kittens were at capacity at the Juneau Animal Rescue Center on July 21, 2022. (Paige Sparks/KTOO) Juneau Animal Rescue has too many cats. To be exact, 142 cats have come in over 111 days. The town’s shelter is asking people to consider taking in a new family member — temporarily or forever —…

A whalebone arch and an umiak frame, seen on Oct. 4, 2018, are landmarks on the beach at Utqiagvik, the northernmost U.S. community that is also known as Barrow. The display highlights the region’s Inuit culture. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) For the organization that represents Inuit people in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia’s Chukotka region, work…

Wood River sockeye are pictured in this June 2016 photo. (Photo by KDLG Staff) A record number of sockeye salmon passed through the sonar on the Kasilof River Thursday. About 125,628 sockeye were recorded at the sonar there — a new daily record for the run, according to Brian Marston, Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s area…

Natasha Price looks for sale produce at Carrs in South Anchorage on Thursday, July 14, 2022. (Kavitha George/AKPM) On a grocery run to Carrs in South Anchorage, Natasha Price examined her options for ketchup. “My husband is very particular with his ketchup, being from Pittsburgh, so he wants Heinz,” she said. “So this is where…

The seal of the state of Alaska hangs on April 19, 2018, behind the dais where Alaska Supreme Court justices normally hear cases in the Boney Courthouse in Anchorage. (Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO) An Anchorage man in prison for killing two teenage girls while driving drunk nearly a decade ago will be resentenced after an Alaska Supreme…

Fresh sockeye salmon, also called red salmon, is on sale on July 19 at Anchorage’s New Sagaya City Market. The Bristol Bay region has the world’s biggest sockeye salmon runs and is enjoying a record return this summer.(Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) For Alaska salmon fishing, the summer of 2022 is the best of times and the…

Supporters of House Bill 123, the tribal-recognition bill, pose for a group photo after the Alaska Senate approved the bill on Friday, May 13, 2022. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) Gov. Mike Dunleavy will sign a bill giving state recognition to Alaska’s 229 federally recognized Native tribes, the Alaska Federation of Natives said Thursday. In a July 28 ceremony,…

Les Gara on Feb. 14, 2022 (Lex Treinen/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.  Friday on Alaska News Nightly: What campaign contributions can tell us about Alaska’s gubernatorial race.…

Yukon river residents are not able to make dry fish from chum and chinook for the second year in a row. (Shane Iverson/KYUK) As the Yukon River begins to switch over to fall management, the numbers for the summer season are in and it is not looking good for chinook and summer chum salmon. It…

• A commission in progress of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, on the easel near Reno, photo by Alli Harvey. The happy artist pictured with the Colorado aspen in autumn commission, photo by Wes Hoskins The Airstream boneyard at P&S Trailer Service in Ohio, photo by Alli Harvey. The newly minted Alli Harvey Mobile Art Studio…

Natasha Price looks for sale produce at Carrs in South Anchorage on Thursday, July 14, 2022. (Kavitha George/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.  Thursday on Alaska News Nightly: Anchorage police…

Anchorage Police Department vehicles respond to a shooting at Centennial Campground on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 (George Martinez photo) Two Anchorage police officers exchanged gunfire late Wednesday with a man at an East Anchorage campground where hundreds of homeless people are camping, sending the man and one officer to a hospital, according to police. Both…