Alaska GOP Aims To Block Party Coups
The Alaska Republican Party has taken measures to prevent a takeover by libertarian and Tea Party activists.
Two Alaska State Troopers Slain In Tanana
A 19-year-old Tanana man has been arrested in connection with the murder of two Alaska State Troopers on Thursday. The bodies of the two slain law officers were brought to the state medical examiner’s office in Anchorage on Friday, accompanied by a Trooper escort.
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Tanana Residents Devastated By Trooper Deaths
Tanana is an Athabascan village about 130 miles west of Fairbanks, near the confluence of the Tanana and Yukon Rivers. The village’s 300 residents all know one another, and many are related.
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Lindsey Holmes Not Seeking Reelection To House Seat
Holmes has served eight years in the Legislature, six of them as a Democrat. She switched parties after her last election, and then became the target of a recall campaign. She says that while the criticism was difficult, that's not her primary motive for leaving office.
Firefighters Respond To Caribou Lake Wildfire
Firefighters with the Alaska Division of Forestry are responding to a wildfire near Caribou Lake today.
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Carl Moses Remembered for ‘Full Career’ of Public Service
Flags are at half-staff today as Alaska says goodbye to its longest-serving state representative. Carl Moses died in Sand Point on Wednesday after a long illness. He was 84. He leaves a legacy of service in Southwest Alaska and across the state.
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Fairbanks Schools Anticipating Teacher, Staff Reductions
The State Legislature has boosted money for education, but it’s not enough to stem cuts by the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. The district is getting 6 million new dollars from the state, $3.3 million more than the expected increase, but acting Superintendent Karen Gaborik says it’s not sufficient to avert teacher and staff reductions.
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AK: Smokejumpers
The first Red Flag warnings have already been issued for parts of Southcentral and the Interior and wildland firefighters are gearing up for the season. Some of them will approach wildfires from the ground, but there’s one elite group that’s been training for more than two months to fight fire from the air.
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300 Villages: Wrangell
Carol Rushmore works for the city and Borough of Wrangell.
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Alaska News Nightly: May 2, 2014
Two Alaska State Troopers Slain In Tanana; Tanana Residents Devastated By Trooper Deaths; Tensions Bubble Up Between Alaska GOP, Tea Party; Firefighters Respond To Caribou Lake Wildfire; Rep. Lindsey Holmes Will Not Seek Reelection; Carl Moses Remembered For ‘Full Career’ Of Public Service; Fairbanks Schools Anticipating Teacher, Staff Reductions; AK: Smokejumpers; 300 Villages: Wrangell
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Miller Rejects Unity Pledge At Republican Convention
At the Republican convention, Senate hopefuls mostly avoided personal attacks and stuck to their message of beating Democratic incumbent Mark Begich. But dark horse candidate Joe Miller broke the calm when he said he would not support the Republican nominee if he didn't win.
Alternative Public Education Opportunities
For many years policy leaders have been talking about ways to bring more education choices to rural Alaskans. Now those options are beginning to appear. Legislation has passed to benefit charter schools and boarding schools around the state.
APRN: Tuesday, 5/6 at 10:00am
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Two Alaska State Troopers Killed In Tanana
Two Alaska State Troopers were killed Thursday while conducting an investigation in the Interior Alaska village of Tanana, agency spokeswoman Megan Peters said.
NTSB Recommends Safety Review Of Ravn Alaska
The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending a comprehensive audit of safety programs and regulatory compliance of the company providing much of the commuter air service within Alaska.
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Major General Thomas Katkus Responds To National Guard Sexual Assault Allegations
Governor Sean Parnell has been responding to allegations that sexual assault crimes within the state’s National Guard were reported to him four years before he requested a federal investigation. The Governor says as soon as he had specific information, he acted. Parnell’s commissioner of the Department of Military and Veteran’s Affairs, Major General Thomas Katkus says the federal investigation should help improve the system.
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Flint Hills Begins Shutting Down Fairbanks Refinery
Officials with Flint Hills Resources-Alaska began shutting down the company’s North Pole refinery on Thursday.
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Project To Restore Herring, Starting In Sitka
Before statehood and the advent of scientific management, Southeast Alaska’s herring populations were harvested – and depleted – without much thought for the future. Many believe the herring population in Sitka Sound now is a fraction of what it was in those days, and wonder if herring stocks – like salmon – can be restored.
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Peggy Wilson Ending Long Legislative Career
One of Southeast’s longest-serving lawmakers is retiring. Peggy Wilson says she will not seek re-election to her Wrangell-based House district.
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Historical Photo Collection Being Made Available Online
In 1897 the American Museum of Natural History sent a team of anthropologists to the Pacific Northwest and Siberia. Six years later, they had confirmed the theory that humans migrated across the Bering land bridge. And they brought back thousands of photographs – many of which are now available online for the first time.
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Ballot Initiatives Could Boost Younger, Liberal Voter Turnout
When the Republican-led Legislature went into overtime last week, they knocked a set of citizen’s initiatives onto an already packed November ballot. In the process, they changed the playing field in a fight for a U.S. Senate seat that their party needs to pick up if they want to take control of Congress. But the shift might not be in their favor.