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Matt Hall wins Yukon Quest race, just in time for lunch
Molly Rettig, KUAC – Fairbanks
The Yukon Quest has a winner! Matt Hall, a Two River musher, had to overcome adversity and have a little luck along the way.
Cook Inlet company fined nearly half a million dollars for safety violations
Elizabeth Harball, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage
A state agency today announced it is fining an oil and gas company that operates in Cook Inlet for major safety violations.
Legislators want to know how the AGDC spends its money
Rashah McChesney, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Juneau
The state corporation charged with taking the lead on the massive Alaska natural gas project is again having its finances questioned.
Predator reg debate veers from ‘puppy killing’ to ‘bull poop’
Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
Republicans in the U.S. House, trying to roll back environmental rules of the Obama Administration, have turned to a rule that prohibits several methods of hunting predators in Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuges. Amid talk of “puppy killing,” Alaska Congressman Don Young argued it’s up to the state to manage wildlife populations.
Health workers trying to control rare strep outbreak in homeless population
Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
There’s an outbreak of a newly identified, rare strain of Group A Streptococcus bacteria in Anchorage that’s mostly impacting people who are experiencing homelessness. Public health workers will be visiting Brother Francis Shelter, Beans’ Cafe, and other services this week to distribute antibiotics and antiseptics to try to stop the spread of the disease.
New fee would sharply hike state fees for studded tires
Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
A proposed bill would increase, by fifteen hundred percent, the fee Alaskans pay to the state when they buy studded tires.
From the ashes: Life returns to Kasatochi volcano
Zoe Sobel, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Unalaska
Nearly every year since Kasatochi erupted, scientists have returned to study how ecosystems respond to cataclysmic destruction.
Murkowski backs bill to strengthen volcano monitoring
Zoe Sobel, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Unalaska
Senator Lisa Murkowski wants to bolster the nation’s volcano monitoring system.
Kenai to buy land affected by erosion for federal project
Associated Press
The Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward with plans to begin construction on an erosion mitigation project in southcentral Alaska that’s been in the works for nearly 20 years.
Alaska couple credits the radio for 35 years of marriage
Emily Kwong, KCAW – Sitka
You’ve heard of love at first sight. But what about love at first listen? This is a story about one woman who found exactly that with the flip of a the dial.
