• Alaska Railroad lays off 31 and cuts vacant positions - Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News

    Alaska Railroad lays off 31 and cuts vacant positions - Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News
    Alaska Dispatch News
    Alaska Railroad lays off 31 and cuts vacant positions - Alaska ...
    Alaska Dispatch News
    The Alaska Railroad Corp. has seen a significant loss of revenue and a downturn in freight tonnage.
    31 People laid off at Alaska Railroad - KTUUKTUU.com
    31 people laid off in Alaska Railroad job cutsKTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaskaall 6 news articles »
  • Immigration and refugees in Alaska, and the President’s executive orders

    Immigration and refugees in Alaska, and the President’s executive orders
    Justice Alaska on Hometown Alaska has frequently focused on how courts protect the most vulnerable in society. Previous shows explored judicial support for the elderly, children in need and disabled citizens.
    On this week’s Justice Alaska, we turn to another vulnerable population: immigrants and refugees. We seek an overview of this landscape in Alaska, a discussion over how immigration law differs from civil and criminal law, and a road map that follows President Donald Trump’s exec
  • Immigration and refugees in Alaska, and the President’s executive order

    Immigration and refugees in Alaska, and the President’s executive order
    Justice Alaska on Hometown Alaska has frequently focused on how courts protect the most vulnerable in society. Previous shows explored judicial support for the elderly, children in need and disabled citizens.
    On this week’s Justice Alaska, we turn to another vulnerable population: immigrants and refugees. We seek an overview of this landscape in Alaska, a discussion over how immigration law differs from civil and criminal law, and a road map that follows President Donald Trump’s exec
  • EPA Staff Pulled From Alaska Summit After Trump Team Orders - NPR

    EPA Staff Pulled From Alaska Summit After Trump Team Orders - NPR
    EPA Staff Pulled From Alaska Summit After Trump Team Orders
    NPR
    The White House transition team told about half of the Environmental Protection Agency officials scheduled to attend an Alaska climate and environment conference to stay home. The EPA cites travel costs, but some of those kept away live right in Anchorage.
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  • Two-story Anchorage building destroyed by fire - Alaska Dispatch News

    Two-story Anchorage building destroyed by fire - Alaska Dispatch News
    Alaska Dispatch News
    Two-story Anchorage building destroyed by fire
    Alaska Dispatch News
    Anchorage firefighters in an alley pause to move further back from danger before resuming attack on a fire destroying a building behind a 1414 Karluk Street residence on Friday morning, February 10, 2017, in Fairview. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News).and more »
  • The Iditarod is moving to Fairbanks

    The Iditarod is moving to Fairbanks
    Monica Zappa makes her way through Anchorage during the 2015 Iditarod ceremonial start. The same year, teams left Anchorage and headed to Fairbanks for the re-start because of low snow throughout much of the traditional trail (Photo by Josh Edge, APRN – Anchorage)Once again, the Iditarod start is moving to Fairbanks.
    The race’s Board of Directors met Friday in Anchorage and voted unanimously to change the race’s starting point from Willow to Fairbanks. Almost immediately a
  • Iditarod will start in Fairbanks for only the 3rd time ever - Alaska Dispatch News

    Iditarod will start in Fairbanks for only the 3rd time ever - Alaska Dispatch News
    Alaska Dispatch News
    Iditarod will start in Fairbanks for only the 3rd time ever
    Alaska Dispatch News
    Ralph Johannessen drops down onto the frozen surface of Puntilla Lake in the Alaska Range in the 2016 race. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News). For the second time in three years, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will have its official start in ...
    The Iditarod is moving to FairbanksAlaska Public Radio Networkall 11 news articles »
  • Trump transition limits EPA participation in Alaska environmental conference

    Trump transition limits EPA participation in Alaska environmental conference
    Participants at the Alaska Forum on the Environment in downtown Anchorage on Feb. 9, 2017. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz/Alaska’s Energy Desk)Trump transition officials ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to limit its participation in an Alaska environmental conference this week.
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    The Alaska Forum on the Environment gathers more than a thousand people in downtown Anchorage each year to discuss topics ranging from rural drinking water and sanitation to climate change. 34
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  • Meet Rian King, from Virginia


    This time on “New Arrivals” we’ll meet Rian King, who is from Virginia and is 15 years old.
    LISTEN NOW
    “New Arrivals” is Alaska Public Media’s profiles of people who recently moved to Anchorage, one of the most diverse cities in the world. Every Tuesday, we meet a New Arrival from another country, another state, or another part of Alaska. The stories air at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesdays during Morning Edition here on KSKA, Alaska Public Media.
    Host and Producer 
  • Alaska, Horizon employees get bonuses totaling $100 million - The Seattle Times

    Alaska, Horizon employees get bonuses totaling $100 million - The Seattle Times
    The Seattle Times
    Alaska, Horizon employees get bonuses totaling $100 million
    The Seattle Times
    A fueler at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport pulls a hose towards an Alaska Airlines jet so its tanks can be filled. Alaska Air Group said Friday its employees at Alaska Air and Horizon Air will receive annual bonuses roughly equal to an additional ...
    Alaska Airlines pays out $100 million in employee bonuses - Puget ...Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)all 3 news articles »
  • Civilian helps Alaska officer, bystander attacked by knife-wielding man - Police News

    Civilian helps Alaska officer, bystander attacked by knife-wielding man - Police News
    Civilian helps Alaska officer, bystander attacked by knife-wielding man
    Police News
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An officer and a woman are recovering after being stabbed by a knife-wielding fugitive. According to Alaska Dispatch News, a woman, 36, was walking to her car Wednesday when Armando Walker, 26, got into a “verbal confrontation” ...
  • Gynecologic cancer update

    Gynecologic cancer update
    The five types of gynecologic cancer.This program will review the prevention, detection and treatment of gynecologic cancers with cancer specialist Dr. Joanie Hope. The finding of human papilloma virus (HPV) as a cause of cervical cancer and its close association with other gynecologic cancer has led to the development of the HPV vaccine and the prevention of infection with this virus and HPV related cancers. 
    HOST: Dr. Thad WoodardGUESTS:
    Dr. Joanie Mayer Hope, a B
  • Calling all college campuses in Alaska - KTUU.com

    Calling all college campuses in Alaska - KTUU.com
    KTUU.com
    Calling all college campuses in Alaska
    KTUU.com
    ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Calling all college campuses across Alaska. Here's your chance to get your school in the spotlight. Today's Al Roker is back and this time he's storming into the madness. If you think your school has the right stuff, the most school ...
  • Islam and peace


    Photo courtesy; Edward Musiak, FlickrThis week we’re learning more about Islam from some of our fellow residents of Anchorage. We’ll hear from a panel of three people as they answer questions and discuss the interfaith relationships of modern religions. Lise Falskow, President & CEO of the Alaska World Affairs Council, moderates the discussion.
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    GUESTS: 
    Bin Jones, also known as Shabaan Jones, is a 3rd generation African American Muslim originally from South
  • Free Alaska DLC For Ubisoft's Steep Delayed, New Trailer Released - GameSpot

    Free Alaska DLC For Ubisoft's Steep Delayed, New Trailer Released - GameSpot
    GameSpot
    Free Alaska DLC For Ubisoft's Steep Delayed, New Trailer Released
    GameSpot
    You'll have to wait a little while longer to book your trip to Alaska. Last updated by Eddie Makuch on February 10, 2017 at 8:58AM. 2 Comments. RELATED. Steep. %gameName%. Can't Get Enough %gameName%?. No spam, no fuss; just the latest updates ...
    Steep's free Alaska add-on is not shredding the gnar this weekDestructoid
    Steep's Alaska Expansion Sees Slight Delay, New TrailerWWGall 5 news articles &raqu
  • Alaska Regulators Seize CBD Products at Retail Dispensaries - Ganjapreneur

    Alaska Regulators Seize CBD Products at Retail Dispensaries - Ganjapreneur
    Ganjapreneur
    Alaska Regulators Seize CBD Products at Retail Dispensaries
    Ganjapreneur
    Alaska's Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office have seized thousands of dollars' worth of imported CBD oil from the state's licensed retail cannabis shops over confusion about their place in the state's adult-use regulatory structure, the Alaska Journal ...and more »
  • How far should Alaska gardeners go to stop invasive species? - Alaska Dispatch News

    How far should Alaska gardeners go to stop invasive species? - Alaska Dispatch News
    Alaska Dispatch News
    How far should Alaska gardeners go to stop invasive species?
    Alaska Dispatch News
    The response so far from readers to the idea, raised in my last column, that Alaskans should stop using non-native trees and shrubs, has been interesting, to say the least. We are in the in-between period insofar as gardening in Alaska is concerned, so ...
  • EPA Halves Staff Attending Environmental Conference In Alaska - NPR

    EPA Halves Staff Attending Environmental Conference In Alaska - NPR
    NPR
    EPA Halves Staff Attending Environmental Conference In Alaska
    NPR
    The Environmental Protection Agency's presence at an environmental conference in Alaska this week was cut in half, after the Trump administration's transition officials ordered the change. The agency had helped to plan the Alaska Forum on the ...
    Trump transition limits EPA participation in Alaska environmental conferenceAlaska Public Radio Network
    EPA Staff Yanked From Alaska Summit as Trump Team Weighs InBloombergall 47 new
  • Alaska men's basketball tops Montana State Billings - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

    Alaska men's basketball tops Montana State Billings - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
    Alaska men's basketball tops Montana State Billings
    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
    Alaska's Brandon Davis, right, covers Anchorage's Sekou "Suki" Wiggs, left, during second half action of the GNAC men's basketball matchup between the Nanooks and the Seawolves Tuesday night, February 7, 2017 at the UAF Patty Center.and more »
  • Researchers: Warm Pacific water led to vast seabird die-off - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

    Researchers: Warm Pacific water led to vast seabird die-off - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
    Researchers: Warm Pacific water led to vast seabird die-off
    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
    Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or call 907-456-6661. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A year after tens of thousands of common murres, an abundant North Pacific seabird, ...
    Warm Pacific water led to seabird deaths in Alaska, researchers sayCTV Newsall 5 news articles »
  • Alaska regulators raid pot stores over oil sales - KTUU.com

    Alaska regulators raid pot stores over oil sales - KTUU.com
    KTUU.com
    Alaska regulators raid pot stores over oil sales
    KTUU.com
    JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) Alaska marijuana regulators raided several retail pot shops that appeared to be selling oil made from marijuana plants in violation of state law. The Alaska Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office, in a Thursday release, said ...
    State seizes CBD products from marijuana storesAlaska Dispatch News
    State raids cannabis shops, seizes CBD oilAlaskajournal.comall 6 news articles »
  • Study: Climate change will be costly to Alaska's public infrastructure - Alaska Dispatch News

    Study: Climate change will be costly to Alaska's public infrastructure - Alaska Dispatch News
    Alaska Dispatch News
    Study: Climate change will be costly to Alaska's public infrastructure
    Alaska Dispatch News
    Climate change will add billions of dollars through the end of the century to the costs of maintaining and repairing Alaska's public roads, buildings and utilities, according to a new study published by the National Academy of Sciences. Reducing carbon ...
  • Alaska expected to see increase in cruise ship passengers this year - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

    Alaska expected to see increase in cruise ship passengers this year - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
    KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
    Alaska expected to see increase in cruise ship passengers this year
    KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
    At 1 million passengers, 2016 was considered a great year for the cruise ship industry in Alaska. But, 2017 could be even better. Sarah Leonard, president of the Alaska Travel Industry Association, says demand is up for Alaska cruises with some lines ...
    Carnival Splendor to Offer Extended Alaska CruiseCruise Radio (blog)
    Carnival slates 14-day Alaska sailing on Splendor
  • Alaska gas line agency to host $200,000 summit for potential ... - Alaska Dispatch News

    Alaska gas line agency to host $200,000 summit for potential ... - Alaska Dispatch News
    Alaska Dispatch News
    Alaska gas line agency to host $200,000 summit for potential ...
    Alaska Dispatch News
    The Alaska gas line corporation is planning a summit in March as it attempts to woo commercial customers to support its $45 billion Alaska LNG project, with ...
    Alaska Journal | AGDC board approves $102M spending plan for ...Alaskajournal.comall 2 news articles »
  • Reluctant to comply with REAL ID, Alaska faces possible barrier to flying - KTOO

    Reluctant to comply with REAL ID, Alaska faces possible barrier to flying - KTOO
    KTOO
    Reluctant to comply with REAL ID, Alaska faces possible barrier to flying
    KTOO
    Sen. Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, after a floor session in July. He sponsored the 2008 law barring the state from spending money to comply with the federal REAL ID Act. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO). Alaska law bars the state government from ...
  • State coffers won’t cover cost of cleanup if oil companies walk away


    Cook Inlet oil platforms are visible from shore near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk)The agency that oversees oil and gas drilling in the state says it doesn’t collect nearly enough money to clean up wells in case companies walk away. Regulators say the recent influx of small, private companies means Alaska risks shouldering the cost of abandoned wells. State lawmakers are receptive to addressing the issue.
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    Cleaning up after an oil or gas wel
  • Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017


    Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn
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    EPA employee numbers limited at Alaska environmental conference
    Rachel Waldholz, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage
    President Donald Trump’s transition team ordered Environmental Protection Agency employees to limit participation in an Alaska environmental conference this week.
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  • Wrestlemania is coming to Alaska. Here's everything you need to know. - Alaska Dispatch News

    Wrestlemania is coming to Alaska. Here's everything you need to know. - Alaska Dispatch News
    Alaska Dispatch News
    Wrestlemania is coming to Alaska. Here's everything you need to know.
    Alaska Dispatch News
    No, that's not the setup for a weird hockey joke. It's a real thing that's going to happen this Saturday and Sunday when World Wrestling Entertainment brings some of its wrestling "Superstars" to Anchorage and Fairbanks on a two-day swing through the ...and more »
  • One refugee’s story of fleeing war and finding love


    Marie Claire Mukambuguje and her husband, Faustin Murengezi pose with three of their children. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media)Refugee stories are often about fear: people fleeing their homes because they fear for their safety. But they can also be stories of joy. One Anchorage woman and her family took a path from war to love, and finally, to Alaska.
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    Marie Claire Mukambuguje fled Rwanda during the genocide in 1994 only to find herself caught up in the war in the neighboring Democratic R
  • City data on crime, property, health brought online


    Mayor Ethan Berkowitz speaking at a press conference in Anchorage City Hall, with Capt. Justin Doll, Homeless Services Coordinator Nancy Burke, and Chief Information Officer Brendan Babb. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)On Wednesday (Feb. 8), the city of Anchorage announced the launch of its new open data portal. The website is designed as a one-stop shop for the public to get information that’s already collected by the municipality, but not always easy
  • Alaska Air doesn't want all of the Airbus A321neo jets Virgin America ... - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)

    Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
    Alaska Air doesn't want all of the Airbus A321neo jets Virgin America ...
    Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
    Alaska Air Group executives said they won't use all of the Airbus A321neo jets Virgin America agreed to lease before Alaska's $2.6 billion takeover.and more »
  • Musher suffers dog “expiration” as racers continue Yukon Quest

    Musher suffers dog “expiration” as racers continue Yukon Quest
    A Yukon Quest dog.
    (Whitney McLaren /Yukon Quest)Yukon Quest front runner Brent Sass got back on the trail this morning after completing the 36 hour break mushers must take at the race’s halfway point in Dawson City, Yukon. Sass was followed about 4 hours later by Hugh Neff, with close running Matt Hall and Allen Moore about another 2 hours back. In a video posted by the Yukon Quest this morning, Neff, the race’s defending champion, down played competition as the frontrunners got bac
  • Alaska Air Soars on Fourth-Quarter Earnings Beat and Solid Outlook - Nasdaq

    Alaska Air Soars on Fourth-Quarter Earnings Beat and Solid Outlook - Nasdaq
    Nasdaq
    Alaska Air Soars on Fourth-Quarter Earnings Beat and Solid Outlook
    Nasdaq
    Investors initially reacted skeptically to Alaska Air 's(NYSE: ALK) plan to acquire smaller rival Virgin America. Alaska Air shares, which had traded for more than $80 before the merger was announced, tumbled 30% in the next few months, bottoming out ...
    Imperial Raises Alaska Air Target On Virgin Acquisition; Risks RemainBarron's (blog)
    Analyst Activity – Imperial Capital Raises Its Price Target On Alaska Ai
  • Alaska's new judges: Walker appoints four to superior courts and ... - Alaska Dispatch News

    Alaska's new judges: Walker appoints four to superior courts and ... - Alaska Dispatch News
    Alaska Dispatch News
    Alaska's new judges: Walker appoints four to superior courts and ...
    Alaska Dispatch News
    The four newly named Superior Court judges will serve in Bethel, Nome, Dillingham and Kenai.and more »
  • Juneau’s proposed ‘camping ban’ could affect HUD funding

    Juneau’s proposed ‘camping ban’ could affect HUD funding
    The headquarters of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington in December 2006.(Creative Commons photo by David)An ordinance to ban the homeless from camping in the downtown core continues to generate controversy. Now there’s questions over whether a ban could affect the community’s access to federal housing dollars.
    There’s been a lot of outcry over a proposed ordinance that would ban homeless people from camping in Juneau’s downtown core. Propon
  • Cruise With Oprah, Gayle, and Holland America To Alaska - Condé Nast Traveler

    Cruise With Oprah, Gayle, and Holland America To Alaska - Condé Nast Traveler
    Condé Nast Traveler
    Cruise With Oprah, Gayle, and Holland America To Alaska
    Condé Nast Traveler
    While Oprah will only be joining the inaugural cruise, there will be plenty more O-inspired trips through 2018. Share via facebook dialog · Share via Pinterest. Apparently dreams do come true. How do you make anything in life better? Easy, add Oprah to it.
    Oprah plans cruise in Alaska in Holland America partnershipLa Crosse Tribune
    You Can Take a Cruise to Alaska With Oprah This

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