• Mat-Su ‘snake watch’ enters Day 2 with no sign of 100-pound python

    Mat-Su ‘snake watch’ enters Day 2 with no sign of 100-pound python
    Animal control officers in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough have entered Day two of “snake watch,” as the borough described an ongoing situation with an enormous pet python still at large in the Meadow Lakes area as of Wednesday.
    Residents near West Mallard Lane are advised to keep a close eye on small pets and children.
    The snake’s owner says he’s gone door-to-door warning neighbors. And with good reason: David Hyde said the 17-foot, 100-pound Burmese python — na
  • Alaska Sea Grant’s funding secure for now

    Alaska Sea Grant’s funding secure for now
    The bearded seal was released back into the wild at Nome’s west beach. (Photo by Gay Sheffield/University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Sea Grant)The White House wanted to cut Sea Grant’s funding for the remainder of this fiscal year. If the request had been approved, several projects in Alaska would have ended as early as this summer.
    Sea Grant helps coastal communities with fisheries and climate change research.
    Despite President Donald Trump’s request, Congress released a bipar
  • Scientists see the future in the bellies of fish

    Scientists see the future in the bellies of fish
    University of Alaska Fairbanks students and volunteers pull in a seine net. (Photo courtesy of University of Alaska Fairbanks)Southeast Alaska is home to hundreds of glaciers and a lucrative fishing industry. As those glaciers retreat, the freshwater they send into the ocean could begin to dry up. Scientists are trying to figure out how that will impact the marine environment.
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    The gut lab at the University of Alaska Fisheries Department in Juneau has all the traces of its namesake: fi
  • Young mum on health care bill; Murkowski knocks it

    Young mum on health care bill; Murkowski knocks it
    Rep. Don Young, center, in the U.S. Capitol in January. With him are his wife, Anne Young, and spokesman Matt ShuckerowThe U.S. House plans to vote Thursday on a Republican bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, and Alaska Congressman Don Young isn’t declaring a position. His office says Young has no new comments on the subject.
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    Sen. Lisa Murkowski wasn’t so reticent Wednesday afternoon.
    “I have real hardship with the direction I’m seeing the House go,”
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  • Rep. Young mum on health care bill

    Rep. Young mum on health care bill
    Rep. Don Young, center, in the U.S. Capitol in January. With him are his wife, Anne Young, and spokesman Matt ShuckerowAlaska Congressman Don Young isn’t staking out any position on the latest proposals by his Republican colleagues to replace the Affordable Care Act. His office issued a statement Tuesday saying Young has no new comments.
    Young was also quiet in March, ahead of a vote on a previous health care bill. After that vote was cancelled for lack of Republican support, You
  • At congressional hearing, Alaska Airlines promises compensation for unhappy customers - Alaska Dispatch News

    At congressional hearing, Alaska Airlines promises compensation for unhappy customers - Alaska Dispatch News
    Alaska Dispatch News
    At congressional hearing, Alaska Airlines promises compensation for unhappy customers
    Alaska Dispatch News
    WASHINGTON — An Alaska Airlines executive testifying at a congressional hearing on airline service Tuesday promised that employees will be more empowered to compensate unhappy fliers and customer service agreements will be clearer.
  • Alaska Pollution Regulators Gear up for Cruise Ship Season - U.S. News & World Report

    Alaska Pollution Regulators Gear up for Cruise Ship Season
    U.S. News & World Report
    The state's cruise ship pollution monitors say they're prepared to keep Alaska waters clean as some of the world's biggest cruise ships are expected to land in Juneau this year carrying a record number of passengers. | May 3, 2017, at 11:19 a.m.. MORE.and more »
  • Alaska wrestling is making weight– and noise - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

    Alaska wrestling is making weight– and noise - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
    KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
    Alaska wrestling is making weight– and noise
    KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
    This weekend at their annual Alaska USA tournament at the Menard Center in Wasilla, more than 1500 wrestlers traveled from across the state to compete. “It brings them all to one central location where they can enjoy camaraderie of seeing their teams ...
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  • Thousands of military personnel converge on Alaska for 12-day Northern Edge exercise - Alaska Dispatch News

    Thousands of military personnel converge on Alaska for 12-day Northern Edge exercise - Alaska Dispatch News
    Alaska Dispatch News
    Thousands of military personnel converge on Alaska for 12-day Northern Edge exercise
    Alaska Dispatch News
    An Air Force F-22 takes off from its home base at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Tuesday during Northern Edge, a major military training exercise. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). About two dozen military planes took off from Joint Base ...
    Northern Edge military exercise takes to Alaska's sea, air and landAlaska Public Radio Networkall 6 news articles 
  • Alaska Marijuana Industry Association hosts first cannabis convention - webcenter11

    Alaska Marijuana Industry Association hosts first cannabis convention - webcenter11
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    Alaska Marijuana Industry Association hosts first cannabis convention
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    FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - With the budding cannabis industry in full swing, the Alaska Marijuana Industry Association hosted the first inaugural Fairbanks Community and Cannabis Industry Conference, which came as a much needed educational ...and more »
  • Alaska Sea Grant's funding secure for now - KTOO

    Alaska Sea Grant's funding secure for now - KTOO
    KTOO
    Alaska Sea Grant's funding secure for now
    KTOO
    The bearded seal was released back into the wild at Nome's west beach. (Photo by Gay Sheffield/University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Sea Grant). The White House wanted to cut Sea Grant's funding for the remainder of this fiscal year. If the request had ...
  • Alaska Native representatives offer support for income tax - Alaska Public Radio Network

    Alaska Native representatives offer support for income tax - Alaska Public Radio Network
    Alaska Public Radio Network
    Alaska Native representatives offer support for income tax
    Alaska Public Radio Network
    Natasha Singh, seated at right, said Tanana Chiefs Conference supports an income tax. She spoke to the House Finance Committee, with her sister Grace Singh, left. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media). Representatives of two ...and more »
  • Alaska Native representatives offer support for income tax

    Alaska Native representatives offer support for income tax
    Natasha Singh, seated at right, said Tanana Chiefs Conference supports an income tax. She spoke to the House Finance Committee, with her sister Grace Singh, left. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media)Representatives of two regional Alaska Native tribal organizations offered support for an income or another progressive tax Tuesday.
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    Tanana Chiefs Conference General Counsel Natasha Singh said Alaska Natives would contribute to a tax.
    “We often hear that we
  • Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, May 2, 2017

    Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, May 2, 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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    State troopers leading efforts to recover pilot from crash site south of Chigniks
    Dave Bendinger, KDLG – Dillingham
    Authorities have shifted into recovery operations for a pilot killed south of the Chigniks on Monday. Gabriele Cianetti, 54, was the only occupant in a Grant Aviation Cessna 208B Caravan tha
  • Fairbanks North Star Borough looks to address F-35 deployments on community

    The Fairbanks North Star Borough is contracting for a plan to address community impacts of the Air Force’s deployment of F-35 fighter jets at Eielson Air Force Base.
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    The borough assembly voted to approve funding for the study at a meeting Thursday, during which special assistant to the mayor Jeff Stepp outlined key issues.
    “The regional housing gaps that might exist, the fiscal impact of 3,500 new people and $500 million in spending coming into our community,” Stepp
  • Haines master carver unveils carving honoring veterans

    Haines master carver unveils carving honoring veterans
    Master carver Wayne Price carved two totem poles and a screen for the Soboleff McRae Veterans Village and Wellness Center in Haines. (Abbey Collins)Tlingit master carver Wayne Price is well-known for his art in Alaska. He’s carved close to 40 totems that stand throughout Southeast. But until recently, none of Price’s totems stood in Haines, where he lives. Art created for the local veteran’s village changes that.
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    The Chilkat Dancers of Klukwan and the Dei-shu Dancers
  • Tillerson headed to Alaska for Arctic Council meeting - The Hill

    Tillerson headed to Alaska for Arctic Council meeting - The Hill
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    Tillerson headed to Alaska for Arctic Council meeting
    The Hill
    Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Alaska on May 10 and May 11 in order to attend the 10th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Fairbanks, the State Department announced on Tuesday. "At the Ministerial Meeting, representatives from the ...
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  • Alyssa London to showcase Tlingit design at Miss USA pageant

    Alyssa London to showcase Tlingit design at Miss USA pageant
    Miss Alaska USA Alyssa London with Tlingit artist Preston Singletary, who designed killer whale formline art for her pageant evening gown. (Photo courtesy of Alyssa London.)In less than two weeks, Miss USA will be crowned and one of the hopeful contestants is from Southeast Alaska. 27-year-old Alyssa London touched down in Las Vegas earlier this week to prepare for the beauty pageant. She was crowned Miss Alaska USA earlier this year and is the first Tlingit woman to hold that title.
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  • Northern Edge military exercise takes to Alaska’s sea, air and land

    Northern Edge military exercise takes to Alaska’s sea, air and land
    Fighter jets participating in the Northern Edge 2017 joint military training exercise on the flight line Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media)The massive training exercise called Northern Edge is back in Alaska.
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    It’s the largest military training exercise in the state this year, with more than a week of practice between the U.S. Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Army and National Guard that involves thousands of personnel and hun
  • National omnibus bill contains Mental Health Trust-Tongass land trade

    National omnibus bill contains Mental Health Trust-Tongass land trade
    A bill to fund the federal government through September is on the move in Congress, and it includes a long-sought land trade in Southeast Alaska.
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    The swap would exchange Alaska Mental Health Trust land near Ketchikan, Petersburg and other Southeast cities for about 20,000 acres of the Tongass National Forest.
    It would allow the Trust to gain logging revenues to pay for mental health programming from land that is less controversial.
    The Trust’s plans to log areas near Ketchikan a
  • Alaska Airlines offers new perk to land Visa mileage card customers - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)

    Alaska Airlines offers new perk to land Visa mileage card customers
    Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
    Consumers who sign up for a new Alaska Airlines Visa card in May and June can enjoy a sweet deal for the rest of the year, the airline said. Subscribe to get the full story. Already a subscriber? Sign in. Subscribe to get the full story. Already a ...
  • 17-foot python loose in Meadow Lakes, Mat Su animal control warns

    17-foot python loose in Meadow Lakes, Mat Su animal control warns
    A image from Mat-Su Animal Control warning of the loose python. They noted that the photo of the snake is the yellow and white color pattern of the snake and they’re awaiting an actual photo of the snake. (Courtesy of Mat-Su Animal Control)Mat-Su animal control said a 100-pound python is on the loose in Meadow Lakes.
    Borough officials say the snake has been missing for two days and could be a threat to small children or pets. They say residents in the West Mallard Lane area should keep an
  • MAP: Aircraft Crashes in Alaska - KTUU.com

    MAP: Aircraft Crashes in Alaska - KTUU.com
    MAP: Aircraft Crashes in Alaska
    KTUU.com
    Of this total, 508 crashes are not included on this map, because the aircraft's exact latitude and longitude crash coordinates are missing from NTSB's data. Check out the interactive map, above, to: - Examine the crash coordinates of NTSB reported ...
  • State troopers leading efforts to recover pilot from crash site south of Chigniks

    State troopers leading efforts to recover pilot from crash site south of Chigniks
    An ELT for a Cessna 208B was transmitting south of the Chigniks Monday. The Grant flight that is overdue is believed to have left Port Heiden on its way to Perryville with only the pilot onboard.
    (U.S. FAA)Authorities have shifted into recovery operations for a pilot killed south of the Chigniks on Monday. Gabriele Cianetti, 54, was the only occupant in a Grant Aviation Cessna 208B Caravan that crashed into a mountain on its way to Perryville.
    “The current location puts the wreckage at abo
  • Activists deliver petition to preserve wildlife refuge in Alaska to Heitkamp's office - INFORUM

    Activists deliver petition to preserve wildlife refuge in Alaska to Heitkamp's office - INFORUM
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    Activists deliver petition to preserve wildlife refuge in Alaska to Heitkamp's office
    INFORUM
    FARGO—A local group says it's asking U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., for help protecting the Earth. Several concerned people gathered nearly 300 signatures to bring to Heitkamp's Fargo office on Tuesday, May 2. The petition asks the senator to ...and more »
  • Nowhere to turn, Wrangell e-waste event dumps electronics properly

    Nowhere to turn, Wrangell e-waste event dumps electronics properly
    The Wrangell Cooperative Association partnered with Seattle-based recycling company Total Reclaim to collect old computers and other e-waste. (Photo by Aaron Bolton/ KSTK)In Wrangell, recycling isn’t as simple as wheeling a plastic container out to the curb each week. That service doesn’t exist in most communities in Southeast Alaska. Not to mention trying to get rid of large items like old TVs, computers and printers. In order to prevent these items from ending up in a landfill, the
  • Alaska lawmakers mull measure calling abortion 'child abuse' - ABC News

    Alaska lawmakers mull measure calling abortion 'child abuse' - ABC News
    The Independent
    Alaska lawmakers mull measure calling abortion 'child abuse'
    ABC News
    In this Jan. 17, 2017, photo Alaska state Rep. David Eastman applauds in the House chamber in Juneau, Alaska. Eastman, a conservative lawmaker, has successfully tacked an anti-abortion message onto an otherwise innocuous resolution in the Alaska ...
    Republican amendment forces Alaska to consider measure aligning abortion with 'child abuse'The Independentall 7 news articles »

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