Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Nov. 11, 2019
Efforts to ease conflicts over Southeast Alaska's growing sea otter
population are underway. Plus: Alaskans celebrate Veterans day around the state.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Nov. 8, 2019
An ad campaign targets Senator Murkowski to persuade her to vote no on one of President Trump's judicial nominees. Also: Fort Wainwright works to address the high number of soldier suicides.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019
Fishermen are expressing alarm that the Coast Guard hasn't been able to restore a VHF signal across much of coastal Alaska. Plus: As part of a new federal rule, Fort Wainwright officials are evicting the union that represents federal employees from the on-base office it's held since the 1970s.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019
The legal peculiarities of Alaska law on recall elections, as the effort to unseat the governor lands in court. Also: Fairbanks militia leader Schaeffer Cox has been re-sentenced after a successful appeal.
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019
With criticism for the attorney general, the fight to recall Governor Dunleavy heads to court. Also: The Alaska State Troopers graduate a new class of drug dogs, and one already has a big bust. And a tribute to Richard Nelson, the anthropologist, writer and host of “Encounters," who passed away Monday.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Nov. 4, 2019
The group seeking to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy says it will take its case to court after its application was denied by a state elections official. Also: Mark Begich says he has a solution to the exorbitant grocery prices that plague rural Alaska.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Nov. 1, 2019
It's looking like an oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will not happen before the end of the year. Also: Southeast residents are trying to cope with ferry service cuts, reduced further now with a vessel under repair. And private developers want to build a new ferry dock near Ketchikan.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019
Don Young talks about why he voted no today on the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Also: A grassroots youth movement in Anchorage led by two local men aims to create safe spaces for kids to express themselves and plug into peer support.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019
Unalaska may declare a state of emergency in the wake of this month's fatal plane crash on the island. Also: Alaska's top environmental regulator responds to a call for action on climate change by the state's leading Native group.
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019
Unalaska may declare a state of emergency in the wake of this month's fatal plane crash on the island. Also: Alaska's top environmental regulator responds to a call for action on climate change by the state's leading Native group.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Oct. 28, 2019
Judge rules that a ballot measure that would change how Alaskans choose state elected officials can move forward. Also: Still no sign of a missing Homer woman who vanished Oct. 17.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Oct. 25, 2019
Fire-fighting foam containing PFAS works well for putting out burning airplanes, but is worth the risk of contaminating drinking water? Also: Raising the next generation of Lingít speakers in a language immersion program for kids.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019
With winter closing in, whalers in Utqiaġvik haven't landed a single bowhead whale. Also: Unalaska residents brace for at least another 10 days with no scheduled air service. For one mom,that means being separated from her kids.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019
Questions about safety procedures after the fatal plane crash in Dutch Harbor last week. Also: A plan to ship liquefied natural gas from Alaska's North coast with ice-breaking tankers. And moving day has finally arrived for the first wave of Newtok residents being relocated.
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019
The proposed Pebble Mine's backers spent more than $1 million dollars this year to lobby Congress. Also: A judge orders the state to stop housing psychiatric patients in jails.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Oct. 21, 2019
A passenger describes what it was like on board the plane that crash landed in Dutch Harbor yesterday, killing one person. Also: Corporate leaders express support for the effort to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy on day two of the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Fairbanks.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Oct. 18, 2019
A passenger describes what it was like on board the plane that crash landed in Dutch Harbor yesterday, killing one person. Also: Corporate leaders express support for the effort to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy on day two of the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Fairbanks.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019
In Fairbanks, a protest erupts on the first day of the AFN convention. Also: Sen. Lisa Murkowski responds to the latest revelations regarding the President and Ukraine.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019
State lawmakers seek common ground for a solution to the PFD debate. Also: After increased incarceration rates, prisoners will again be sent to detention facilities out of state.
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019
Questions about the governor's relationship with the Alaska Federation of Natives. Also: A proposal to fully exempt Tongass National Forest from the Roadless Rule draws criticism.