AKPM Staff
Juneau to get another 'dumb, cheap and ugly' parking garage?
Telephone Hill in downtown Juneau could become the site of yet another big public debate. The city is planning a new parking garage and transit center that would hug the Hill. It's reminding some...
Alaska News Nightly: July 30, 2007
Federal agents with the FBI and the IRS are searching Senator Stevens' Girdwood home. Plus, residents of Coffman Cove hope a new school will help revitalize the struggling community. Those stories and more on...
KTOO's John Ryan takes 2007 PRNDI Series reporting award
The Alaska Public Radio Network is full of talent, and we're racking up the awards to prove it. In addition to the recent national win for AK, there's another Public Radio News Directors Inc....
Sheir covers WEIO events for Only a Game
During the recent World Eskimo-Indian Olympics in Anchorage, AK's Rebecca Sheir took camera and microphone to the events and captured a story for Only a Game, the weekly WBUR / NPR sports show distributed...
Preview: Talk of Alaska for Tue, July 31
Coming up Tuesday, July 31 at 10:00 a.m. on Talk of Alaska...
Problems with ethics in politics have become almost daily news in Alaska. First there were indictments against former and sitting state legislators and...
AK: Float the Boat
This week on AK, we float the boat. We'll take a ride to Tenakee Springs on the Alaska Marine Highway, and hop on board with the Inter-Island Ferry Authority. We'll find out why...
Scientists watching walrus movements as sea ice recedes
Biologists in Anchorage are getting a daily look at how walrus in the Chukchi Sea are responding to rapidly retreating sea ice. Walrus, especially females, depend heavily on sea ice to feed and care...
Alaska suspects merger by Japanese seafood processors is anticompetitive
The State of Alaska is opening its own antitrust investigation into a proposed merger of two Japanese seafood companies with major processing operations in the state.
Casey Kelly, KMXT - Kodiak
Moose population management debated, especially in Tyonek Corporation lands
Every spring and summer in Alaska, an undetermined number of moose calves are orphaned when their mothers are killed in automobile collisions or taken by bears. Some Alaskans say that those calves could be...
Bethel chooses to allow cyanide transport through the city's port
The Bethel City Council recently voted against banning cyanide from the city port. For the past two months the Council considered banning any amount of cyanide over 50 gallons from entering the city or...
BLM hosting Denali Highway volunteer clean-up this weekend
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is hoping for a large turnout tomorrow for a clean-up of public lands along the Denali Highway. The event coincides with the 50th anniversary of the 135-mile gravel...
Yakutat's new 'totem trail' grants access to memorial pole and fisheries demo
Work crews in Yakutat recently completed an accessible walkway leading to the first totem pole erected in the community in decades. The pathway will also serve as a fisheries education site.
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska
Albino porpoise — or Pacific white-sided dolphin — sighted in Southeast
Travelers aboard the Chilkat Cruises ship Yukon Queen were treated to a rare sighting last Sunday. A large, white sea mammal was seen near Skagway.
John Hunt, KHNS - Haines
Alaska News Nightly: July 27, 2007
Scientists are tracking walrus north of Barrow, to see how they respond to rapidly retreating sea ice. Plus, cruise ship passengers caught sight of an unusal white marine mammal near Skagway earlier this week...
Anchorage adding 2,500 jobs in steady growth trend
The Anchorage Economic Development Corporation released a mid-year report yesterday indicating the city will likely add 2,500 new jobs in 2007. That's an increase of 1.7% over 2006 and continues a steady economic growth...
Alaska Airlines stock nosedives on high fuel, low earnings
Rising fuel costs overwhelmed an increase in passenger traffic and cut into Alaska Air Group's second quarter earnings. Alaska Air Group is the parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.
Yesterday from its...
Murkowski sells back Kenai River land to short circuit ethics concerns
Over the past week, Senator Lisa Murkowski's Kenai River land deal with long-time friend and political supporter Bob Penney has brought her a firestorm of criticism and a Senate ethics complaint. So today, Murkowski...
Alaska Democrats start campaign against Don Young online
The Alaska Democratic Party has begun a full campaign against Don Young's re-election next year. Party leaders showcased a new website today called dropdon.com that chairman Jake Metcalfe says shows what he calls the...
New report shows consistent warming across Alaska
The Alaska Public Interest Research Group (AKPIRG) released a report today (written by U.S. PIRG) compiling and analyzing government climate data from Alaska and across the nation. The findings show that over the past...
Gold mine outside Fairbanks cleared for cyanide heap leach construction
The operator of the state's largest gold mine hopes to begin construction of a proposed heap leach facility later this summer. The project at Fort Knox Mine has undergone extensive scrutiny given the technology's...