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An empty classroom at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé in Juneau on Wednesday. With the new school year approaching, school districts throughout the state are struggling to properly staff schools and classrooms. (Lisa Phu/Alaska Beacon) Bobby Bolen is trying to fill around 50 teaching positions at the North Slope Borough School District. “This is our…

Tents at Centennial Campground on June 27, 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.  Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: The donor behind the biggest contributions to Senator…

Outside of Centennial Park’s designated campsites, many tents are scattered around the area. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) State Fish and Game officials are raising public safety concerns over the large houseless population at Anchorage’s Centennial Park campgrounds. The biggest issue: bears. The animals have been a problem at Centennial Campground the past few weeks, since the…

An Anchorage Police patrol vehicle is parked outside the Anchorage Police Department Headquarters on a sunny spring day in early May 2021. (Hannah Lies/Alaska Public Media) A woman who allegedly told detectives she had wanted to become a serial killer faces murder charges in the deaths of two men in Anchorage earlier this month. Bail…

Crews from outside are demobilizing from the Lime Complex, a group of 18 wildfires that have burned more than 865,000 acres in southwest Alaska. (Gannett Glacier’s Bryan Quimby/Alaska Incident Management Team) 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…

James Keele starts a fire using a makeshift burner at Centennial Campground. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Roughly 200 houseless people are staying at Anchorage’s Centennial Park. And advocates are worried about whether they’re receiving the resources and care they need. At the end of June, the city closed the mass shelter at the Sullivan Arena,…

A Youth Emplyment in Parks crew. Photo by Paul Twardock. A Youth Emplyment in Parks crew. Photo by Paul Twardock. The Youth Emplyment in Parks logo. A Youth Emplyment in Parks crew. Photo by Paul Twardock. A YEP crew member. Summer camps are ubiquitous in Alaska. Though few offer the chance to get paid to learn…

Sockeye in a creek in the Wood River watershed. July 28, 2021. (Stephanie Maltarich/KDLG) 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: As COVID circulates widely, state epidemiologists…

Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson at a June 1 2022 Assembly meeting (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage mayor Dave Bronson has vetoed an ordinance that gives the Anchorage Assembly a process for removing him or any mayor from office for a breach of public trust.  The ordinance, passed by the Assembly last week, lays out a…

The worst damage from the flash floods was at the Bear Creek Bridge, which is scheduled for replacement. (Alaska Department of Transportation) The main artery between Fairbanks and Valdez reopened yesterday after a weeklong closure due to flood damage.  Department of Transportation spokeswoman Danielle Tessen says the worst damage was under a 70-year-old bridge at…

This year’s Salmonfest runs from August 5 through 7 at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds. The salmon-supporting festival features dozens of visiting and local musicians. Here’s a sample of what you can expect. Umphrey’s McGee: Shakey Graves: Rising Appalachia: The California Honeydrops: Kyle Hollingsworth: Steve Poltz: Diggin’ Dirt: Gordie Tentrees: Top Featured Tags: – Alaska News…

Mary Dawn Wilson (Alaska State Troopers) Alaska State Troopers are searching for the grandmother of a 2-year-old boy who was found alone and abandoned in a locked car Thursday just outside of Healy. Mary Dawn Wilson, 69, is the last person known to be with the child Troopers say they got a report around 1:30…

Volunteers and organizers with the Alaska Civic Engagement State Table gather on Election Day 2020 in Mountain View to remind residents to vote. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) A federal judge on Thursday denied a request to block campaign finance provisions of a ballot measure approved by Alaska voters in 2020, finding that the plaintiffs had…

Alaskans file their Permanent Fund dividend applications in downtown Anchorage in March 2016. (Rachel Waldholz/Alaska Public Media) This year’s Alaska Permanent Fund dividends will start hitting bank accounts on Sept. 20, Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced on Friday. Payments to those who submitted paper applications or requested paper checks are set to go out about two…

Protesters rallied against Anchorage’s Deputy Library Director Judy Eledge in front of City Hall on Friday. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media) A group of protesters gathered in front of Anchorage’s City Hall on Friday to demand an investigation of the city’s deputy library director, Judy Eledge. About 30 people rallied against Eledge, holding signs that said…

AT&T has brought 4G LTE cell phone coverage to Nome. (Matthew F. Smith/KNOM) AT&T workers in Alaska voted Wednesday to authorize a strike. Their union, Teamsters Local 959, has been negotiating a new contract with AT&T for several months. They’re asking for cost of living increases and more affordable health care. Employees have written letters…

Sockeye salmon. (Courtesy of Redoubt Reporter) 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: Telecommunications workers in Alaska could soon go on strike. Also, experts weigh in on…

U.S. House candidates Sarah Palin, Mary Peltola and Nick Begick III. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) Sarah Palin is leading the field in campaign contributions for the U.S. House race. The Republican former governor brought in more than $200,000 in the prior three months. But not far behind her is Democrat Mary Peltola. She raised $162,000…

Sara Palin gives a speech during a rally at the Alaska Airlines Center on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Kendrick Whiteman/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…

Chum salmon. (NOAA) Fall chum are expected to begin entering the Yukon River soon, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is projecting another low run for the species after 2021’s record low return. To conserve the salmon, government fishery managers will keep fishing for fall chum closed unless an unexpected surge of the…

A torrent of meltwater gushes around big chunks of ice at the mouth of the Castner Glacier ice cave and dumps into Castner Creek. The torrent has widened the cave opening near the terminus of the glacier, which is covered by rocks and gravel and, on top, vegetation. (Tim Ellis/KUAC) The Castner Glacier ice cave…