Fritz Charles’ family picks a chinook salmon from the net. (Sharon F. Charles/Charles Family) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: In response to a federal lawsuit, the state says the Kuskokwim River isn’t public for the purposes of fisheries management. Subsistence users...
Jul 13, 2022•29 min
President Trump speaks at the Alaska Airlines Center on July 9, 2022. (Kendrick Whiteman/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Monday on Alaska News Nightly: Former President Trump visits Anchorage and denounces Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Alaskans throughout the state march in support of r...
Jul 12, 2022•29 min
Aerial footage of Clear Fire. (Isaac Solomon/Operations Section Chief from Type 3 Team) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Friday on Alaska News Nightly: Residents near the Clear Fire wait to hear about damage to their subdivision. Also, the remains of two Alaska Native girls who died at a boarding sc...
Jul 09, 2022•29 min
Bird TLC veterinarian Dr. Karen Higgs opens a bird flu testing kit in the center’s garage. Staff set up a tent away from other birds where they can examine those with bird flu symptoms. (Katie Anastas/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Thursday on Alaska News Nightly: Fire burns t...
Jul 08, 2022•29 min
The Pilot Station sonar site has two counting stations on the banks of the lower Yukon River. (ADFG photo) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: Subsistence chinook and chum salmon fishing at the Yukon River will likely stay closed through the end of the season. Also, th...
Jul 07, 2022•29 min
Anchorage residents head to goose lake to cool off on Sunday, July 3, 2022. (Alaska Public Media/Matt Faubion) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: Wildland firefighting efforts ramp up as Alaska approaches 2.4 million acres burned this summer. Also, how the state saw som...
Jul 06, 2022•29 min
Areas labeled in red will be under an emergency burn closure starting at 11:59 p.m. Friday. The Municipality of Anchorage already had burn restrictions in place, including prohibiting open fires. (Alaska Department of Natural Resources) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Friday on Alaska News Nightly:...
Jul 02, 2022•29 min
Sullivan guests wait on a bus to take them to Centennial Campground on June 30 (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Thursday on Alaska News Nightly: As the Sullivan Arena shelter closes in Anchorage, people prepare to camp outside. Also, firefighters prepare for lightni...
Jul 01, 2022•29 min
A voter mails an absentee ballot in Oct. 2020 (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: Why so many ballots from rural Alaska were rejected in the special primary election. Also, Democratic House candidate Mary Peltola has a reputation for b...
Jun 30, 2022•29 min
Vanessa Bainter sets up her tent at Centennial Campground. Parks and Rec staff transporting her belongings from an illegal camp. (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: Victims rights advocates are concerned after a man accused in a stabbing...
Jun 29, 2022•29 min
Anchorage residents marched on Friday, June 24, 2022, in protest of the Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade. (Laura Philion/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Monday on Alaska News Nightly: Special election candidates share their views on abortion. Also, Anchorage opens a publi...
Jun 28, 2022•29 min
Alaska Division of Forestry firefighters work on the Elmore Fire in East Anchorage. (Mike McMillan/Alaska Division of Forestry) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Friday on Alaska News Nightly: Alaskans react to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Also, new programs for homeless youth in Anchor...
Jun 25, 2022•29 min
From left, Jonathan McKee, Alyosha Strum-Palerm and Matt Pistay pose for a photo aboard their 44-foot sailboat Dark Start after winning the 2022 Race to Alaska under the name Team Pure and Wild. (Eric Stone/KRBD) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Thursday on Alaska News Nightly: Sen. Lisa Murkowski s...
Jun 24, 2022•29 min
The Matanuska waits at Ketchikan’s state ferry terminal on June 20, 2022, the day of the Alaska Marine Highway System’s first voyage to Prince Rupert, B.C. since 2019. (Eric Stone/KRBD) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: Republican Tara Sweeney says her campaign will ...
Jun 23, 2022•29 min
Jessica Haley writes on a COVID test label at a drive-through testing site in Anchorage on June 14, 2022. (Katie Anastas/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: Alaska State Troopers and local police officers fatally shoot a man in Fairbanks. Also, most ...
Jun 22, 2022•29 min
Guest reader Luna, left, acts out a line from the book “The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish” alongside Amie Toepfer, the Ketchikan Public Library’s head of children’s services, on June 17, 2022. (Eric Stone/KRBD) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Monday on Alaska News Nightly: A federal...
Jun 21, 2022•29 min
Residents of Mountain Village and St.Mary’s check-in for their flight home after temporarily relocating to Bethel for a week due to large tundra fires. June 16, 2022 in Bethel, Alaska. (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Friday on Alaska News Nightly: Fire crews in the...
Jun 18, 2022•29 min
The U.S. House primary special election was primarily conducted by mail, however voters could also cast their ballot in person at more than 100 sites across the state. (Katie Basile/KYUK) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Thursday on Alaska News Nightly: Ballot rejections in the special election are ...
Jun 17, 2022•29 min
Boats along the Andreafsky River are packed and ready if evacuation orders come through in St. Mary’s, Alaska. June 11, 2022. (Katie Basile/For KYUK) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: Scientists draw a direct link between climate change and the state’s largest wildfi...
Jun 16, 2022•29 min
View of the East Fork Fire from the St. Mary’s boat ramp on the Yukon River. (Jacob Welsh/AK IMT) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: The search is on for housing before Alaska’s largest homeless shelter closes. Also, as a tundra fire burns, a nearby village could lose r...
Jun 15, 2022•29 min
Chase Tai flies a kite outside his home in St. Mary’s during a historically massive wildfire on June 11, 2022. (Katie Basile/KYUK) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Monday on Alaska News Nightly: Dozens of wildfires burn in Western Alaska, sending smoke across the state. Also, lodge owners fight a pr...
Jun 14, 2022•29 min
Bethel City Hall in April 28, 2020 (Katie Basile/KYUK) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Friday on Alaska News Nightly: Residents evacuate as a tundra fire continues to spread near St. Mary’s. Also, tenants in Anchorage face rising rent costs. And the regional director for the federal health departme...
Jun 11, 2022•29 min
A Bethel Fire Department fire truck. (Christine Trudeau/KYUK) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Thursday on Alaska News Nightly: Residents of St. Mary’s prepare to evacuate as a tundra fire continues to burn. Also, the state prepares to distribute COVID vaccines for young children. And inflation driv...
Jun 10, 2022•29 min
A photo of the St. Mary’s fire from June 4, 2022. (BLM Fire Services) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: Fires spread in Southwest Alaska as hot, dry weather continues. As some legislators celebrate the Alaska Reads Act, others worry about rural school districts. And ...
Jun 09, 2022•29 min
A security guard walks by the warming tent outside the Sullivan Arena shelter the morning of Nov. 19, 2021. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: The state is reviewing whether it’s legal for families to use homeschool funds to pay for priva...
Jun 08, 2022•29 min
Judy Eledge or other Bronson administration officials did not attend a at a meeting on Friday, June 3, 2022. (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Monday on Alaska News Nightly: A special election candidate loans hundreds of thousands of dollars to his campaign. Also, fo...
Jun 07, 2022•29 min
Darryl Sample fills up the tank on his car on Thuesday, June 02, 2022 (Matthew Faubion / Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Friday on Alaska News Nightly: Alaskans are spending more at the gas pump and could be for a while. Also, Alaskan mothers ask Sen. Lisa Murkowski to support ...
Jun 04, 2022•29 min
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson at a June 1 2022 Assembly meeting (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Thursday on Alaska News Nightly: Candidates finish filing their paperwork ahead of crowded statewide elections. After hours of public testimony, the Anchorage Assembly po...
Jun 03, 2022•29 min
School facilities burn in Akiuk Kasigluk, Alaska on May 26, 2022. (Natalia Brink) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: School officials assess the damage after multiple school facilities burn in Kasigluk. One woman’s effort to find care for her husband with memory loss....
Jun 02, 2022•29 min
Judy Eledge attends the special Anchorage Assembly meeting on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews . And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: Controversy and complaints about the top library administrator in Anchorage. Also, honoring an Unangax soldier kille...
Jun 01, 2022•29 min
