News

All news stories, regardless of topic (local, statewide + national news stories, as well as Talk of Alaska, Alaska News Nightly, Alaska Insight, Alaska Economic Report). Some news stories may also have other categories marked, which will also put them on a subpage. Not all news stories will fall into a subpage.

Walker Releases Parnell Budget As Placeholder

Walker described Parnell’s proposal as a “starting point” to meet a budget deadline that comes two weeks after inauguration. Download Audio

Walker Administration Preparing Energy Disaster Declaration

While Gov. Bill Walker addressed the cost of energy in his inauguration speech, an economic disaster declaration for the Interior and for rural Alaska is still outstanding. Download Audio

Fire Destroys Kivalina’s Only Store

A fire destroyed Kivalina’s only store early Friday morning, leaving the northwest Alaska village of 400 without all the food and supplies that were stored there. Download Audio

NAACP to host peaceful rally remembering Mike Brown, Eric Garner

The Anchorage NAACP is hosting a peaceful rally on Saturday in memory of two unarmed African-American men who were killed by police in the lower 48 over the summer. NAACP President Wanda Laws says Alaskans need to be part of the national dialogue about race relations and police actions. Download Audio

Juneau Schools To Replace Controversial Texts With Local History

Juneau Schools Superintendent Mark Miller says the district will remove four controversial readers from the elementary school language arts curriculum. He announced his decision at a press conference Thursday at the Zach Gordon Youth Center. Download Audio

Land Conservation Project Preserves Over 1,000 Acres Of Eklutna Land

Eklutna, Inc. and the Greatland Trust have partnered on a land conservation project that will preserve over 1,000 acres of Eklunta, Inc. owned land for subsistence use. Download Audio

Santa Steers Blackhawk Sleigh to Newtok

Christmas is still three weeks out, but Santa Claus made an early visit to Newtok Thursday with the help of the Alaska Army and Air National Guard. Download Audio

AK: Drumline

Imagine you're in middle school. You don't love math or history or any other subject. But there's this thing you look forward to everyday after school. It's called drumline. And a teacher at Clark Middle School thinks it can help kids learn about music and teach them some other skills too. Download Audio

300 Villages: Noorvik

This week, we're heading to Noorvik, a town of about 650 people, located near Kotzebue in Northwest Alaska. Bobby Wells is a lifelong resident and acting administrator of Noorvik. Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: December 5, 2014

Gov to Release Parnell Budget Without Endorsements; Walker Administration Preparing Energy Disaster Declaration; Anchorage DJ Arraigned On Child Porn Charges; Fire Destroys Kivalina's Only Store; Anchorage NAACP Hosting Peaceful Rally; Juneau Schools To Replace Controversial Texts With Local History; Land Conservation Project Preserves Over 1,000 Acres Of Eklutna Land; Santa Steers Blackhawk Sleigh to Newtok; AK: Drumline; 300 Villages: Noorvik Download Audio

Police and Deadly Force

If you live in a high-crime neighborhood, even if you’re just visiting, you’re under increased risk of encountering a scared police officer if your skin is dark. Does urban Alaska have a chance to avoid the problems other cities are having that involve police and deadly force? APRN: Tuesday, 12/9 at 10:00am Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: December 4, 2014

Alaska Communications Sells Wireless Customer Base To GCI; Community Showing Support For Vandalized Anchorage Church; DEC Gets Feedback on Fairbanks Air Quality Plan; UAF Student Found Dead; State's New Attorney General To Review Gay Marriage Case, Guard Issues; Alaska's Top Military Commander Checks In After A Year On The Job; Hoonah Sound's Herring Spawn-on-Kelp Fishery Will Remain Closed in 2015; Alexandria House Project Hits Permitting Snags; Bryan Bearss Named as Substitute for Injured Musher Karin Hendrickson Download Audio

Alaska Communications Sells Wireless Customer Base To GCI

General Communications, Inc. - or GCI - will purchase Alaska Communications' cell phone customer base. The $300 million purchase should be finalized by the end of March 2015. ' Download Audio

Anchorage Police Investigate Church Vandalism

A Catholic church vandalism incident has spurred an Anchorage Police investigation. Download Audio

DEC Gets Feedback on Fairbanks Air Quality Plan

State Department of Environmental Conservation officials have been in Fairbanks this week sharing information and taking public feedback on a plan for getting the area into compliance with federal air quality standards. Download Audio

UAF Student Found Dead

A University of Alaska Fairbanks student is dead, the apparent victim of an accident. Download Audio

State’s New Attorney General To Review Gay Marriage Case, Guard Issues

Alaska's new attorney general says he will view litigation over same-sex marriage in the state strictly along constitutional lines. Download Audio

Alaska’s Top Military Commander Checks In After A Year On The Job

Alaska's top military commander, Lieutenant General Russell Handy has been on the job here for more than a year. He's overseeing ALCOM here at a time when the U.S relationship with Russia has grown frosty. In September, Russian military flights that were within 50 miles of the Alaskan and Canadian coast lines caused enough concern that F22s were sent from JBER to intercept them. Lt. General Handy says the Russian flights did not cross into the 12 mile international boundary zone and were not considered hostile. Download Audio

Hoonah Sound’s Herring Spawn-on-Kelp Fishery Will Remain Closed in 2015

The herring spawn-on-kelp fishery in Hoonah Sound will remain closed in the 2015 season - for the second year in a row. The Alaska Department of Fish & Game announced the closure this week after forecasts for the area predicted herring numbers far below the threshold required for commercial harvest. Download Audio

Alexandria House Project Hits Permitting Snags

Plans to turn an old bar into a way to raise money for emergency housing in Unalaska are slowing down. That’s after the city discovered that the nonprofit Alexandria House had worked on the project all year without a building permit. Download Audio