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Debris at the site of Wrangell’s deadly 2023 landslide, a month after the slide. (Rachel Cassandra/Alaska Public Media) Steve Prysunka, a search and rescue dog handler in Wrangell, gave “speak” commands to rescue dog Cody. Cody barked several times and Prysunka gave him a treat for obedience.  Cody is one of six specially-trained dogs that…

The UAF coal plant in Feb. 2022 (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) The University of Alaska Fairbanks is set to receive a $9 million dollar grant from the Biden administration to research a project that would aim to capture carbon emission from a proposed coal power plant in the Susitna Valley in Southcentral. Northern Journal reporter…

A screenshot of dashcam footage showing Kurt St. Jean’s Super Cub before it crashed along the Sterling Highway on Dec. 8, 2023. (From NTSB) 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 Attorney General Treg Taylor speaks at a news conference at the Capitol on Dec. 14, 2023. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) This year, the state has sued over a scuttled King Cove access road, challenged federal authority to regulate fishing on the Kuskokwim River, joined a suit challenging limits on so-called “ghost guns” and asked…

The tribe of the village of Holy Cross, near the Yukon River, has won a $1.2 million dollar federal grant to organize a multi-tribe conservation district across a wide swath of Alaska, from the Bering Sea to the Central Interior.  The proposal goes by a long name: The First Indigenous Sovereign Habitat Tribal Conservation District…

Alaska Aerospace runs the Pacific Spaceport Complex at the end of Kodiak’s road system. (Brian Venua/KMXT) 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: Petersburg businesses balance catering to…

Shirley Mae Springer Staten, Ex. Director for Keys to Life, is center stage in a grand finale that brought all of the performers on stage together. (Rhonda McBride/KNBA) It’s been a grim year for news about life in Anchorage’s homeless camps. When the number of outdoor deaths hit 50 in November, that set a new…

The Wells Fargo branch in Bethel, Alaska. Nov. 21, 2023. (MaryCait Dolan/KYUK) Bank workers at the Wells Fargo branch in Bethel have withdrawn their petition to file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board. The Dec. 20 withdrawal came as a surprise after workers at another Wells Fargo branch in Albuquerque, N.M.…

Crews resumed a search along the north fork of Eagle River on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023 for Amanda Richmond, last seen disappearing under ice three days earlier as she tried to rescue one of her dogs. (Courtesy Alaska Dive Search, Rescue and Recovery Team Facebook page) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips,…

The city of Seward, seen from above (Sabine Poux/KDLL) Seward households and businesses are going to see higher electric bills after the local City Council voted to raise the utility rate by six cents per kilowatt hour at its Dec. 18 meeting. For an average household in the city using 600 kilowatt-hours, residents could pay…

Parts of the city-owned gondola sit outside at Eaglecrest Ski Area on Dec. 10, 2023. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) A gondola at Juneau’s Eaglecrest Ski Area will need more parts and cost more than expected to put up. That’s according to the area’s manager, who says it will need more towers, wheels and haul rope. “We were…

Juneau law enforcement execute a search warrant at a house downtown on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023 in Juneau, Alaska. (Mikko Wilson/KTOO) Police detained a man as part of a drug investigation Thursday after a standoff in downtown Juneau that lasted nearly three hours and closed four city blocks. Juneau Police spokesperson and interim police chief…

The Seward Highway near its intersection with the Sterling Highway on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (Alaska Department of Transportation) Update: The Seward Highway reopened Sunday afternoon after an avalanche forced a closure near its intersection with the Sterling Highway, according to a 3:15 p.m. update from the Alaska Department of Transportation. Earlier story: An avalanche…

Soldiers participate in a skiing exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Jan. 27, 2021. (Alejandro Pena/USAF) The end of the year is typically a time when members of Congress look back at their year and review their accomplishments. Looking back an extra year, to 2022, reveals one of the incentives Sen. Lisa Murkowski tried to bestow…

Trident Seafoods’ Kodiak facility is known as ‘The Star of Kodiak’ in the island’s downtown. (Brian Venua/KMXT) Gerry Cobban Knagin is a commercial fisherman. She and her family have fished around Kodiak and sold their harvest to Trident Seafoods, one of the largest seafood processors in the country, on and off for decades.  But on…

Anchorage recieved nearly 70 inches of snow from the last two months. (Mizelle Mayo/Alaska Public Media) Even with an El Niño climate pattern cycling warmer water up to Alaska, temperatures have stayed cool enough in Anchorage that the city has seen a lot of snowfall. Anchorage already set a November snowfall record, and December has…

New Mushing Magazine owners Robert and Michele Forto (Nicole Forto) Willow based dog mushers Robert and Michele Forto are the new owners of Mushing Magazine. Publishing is a new endeavor for the couple, but Robert Forto says they have a lot of experience as podcasters. “We’ve been podcasting since 2009. Primarily we started out as…

The Anchorage skyline on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. (Matt Faubion/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: The Biden administration closes a loophole on imported Russian…

Commercial fishing vessels docked in the St. Paul Harbor in Kodiak; Feb. 6, 2023 (Brian Venua/KMXT) Russia will no longer be able to sell seafood to U.S. markets after processing products through other countries, according to an executive order President Joe Biden signed earlier Friday to close a loophole. That’s after the federal government banned…