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Anchorage Assembly weighs options for $1.9B Port of Alaska project

Anchorage Assembly members are considering whether to spend $100,000 to hire an independent analyst to monitor an ongoing modernization project at the Port of Alaska.

By Kirsten Swann, Alaska Public Media | March 19, 2019 4:47 pm

New report confirms major problems at Alaska Psychiatric Institute

The investigation was prompted by a hospital safety officer warning that API staff were excessively restraining and isolating patients, as well as using force in ways that violate the facility’s own guidelines.

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | March 19, 2019 3:56 pm

Climate Change

Green New Deal? Murkowski says no, opts for middle way on climate.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski is talking about global warming more than ever. While the Green New Deal is a lightning rod in Congress, Murkowski says she’s reaching for what’s politically possible.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | March 19, 2019 2:26 pm

Guardian Flight recovers crashed plane’s voice recorder

Air ambulance company Guardian Flight says it has recovered the cockpit voice recorder for its plane that crashed in Southeast Alaska’s Frederick Sound in late January.

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK-Petersburg | March 19, 2019 1:23 pm

Politics

Dunleavy announces series of public meetings on budget plan

Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he’s holding meetings to engage Alaskans, adding, “Alaskans must buy into the decisions being made in Juneau.”

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | March 18, 2019 6:54 pm

An above-ground section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System near the Toolik Lake Research Station in the North Slope Borough. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska's Energy Desk)

Economy

State forecasts higher oil prices, lower production in spring update

Combined with some other changes, the Alaska Department of Revenue now projects that the state will have $89 million less for this year’s budget. And it will have $39 million more for the 2020 budget that begins in July.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | March 18, 2019 6:26 pm

State Government

Republicans leave school budget subcommittee in protest over process

Chairman Rep. Dan Ortiz claims minority-caucus Republicans had more of a say on the governor’s ideas than they had in the past.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | March 18, 2019 6:06 pm

Alaska's Energy Desk

Alaska lawmakers learn about a subsistence superfood

The state’s food safety codes currently don’t allow seal oil in public facilities like nursing homes. But a movement is underway to serve the beloved food to Elders.

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | March 18, 2019 5:50 pm

Liz Cornejo explains the Palmer Project at a public forum focused on mining and water on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. Cornejo is vice president of community and external affairs for Canadian company Constantine Metal Resources Limited. (Photo by Daysha Eaton, KHNS)

Energy & Mining

Court rules against Klukwan, conservation groups in mine exploration lawsuit

A federal court ruled Friday that the Bureau of Land Management does not have to consider future impacts of mine development before approving activities for mineral exploration in the Chilkat Valley.

By Henry Leasia, KHNS-Haines | March 18, 2019 2:43 pm

State Government

New House Tribal Affairs Committee aims to advance state relationships

Because the Alaska state government’s relationship with tribes cuts across many different state departments, House lawmakers decided to have one committee that would attend to the full range of tribal affairs.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | March 18, 2019 12:16 pm

Sea ice near Nome on Jan. 29, 2018. (Photo by Zoe Grueskin/KNOM)

Search & Rescue

Nome miner jumped between floes before floating ice rescue

A man who was rescued from a drifting sheet of floating ice in northwest Alaska said he had to jump from floe to floe as the ice started breaking into smaller pieces.

By Associated Press | March 16, 2019 5:18 am

Marijuana

Alaska poised to let people use marijuana at certain stores

Alaska is poised to become the first state in the nation with statewide rules allowing people to use marijuana at certain stores where they buy it. The regulations take effect April 11, but there will be a lag before people can smoke or consume marijuana edibles at stores.

By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press | March 16, 2019 5:08 am

Ketchikan High School Tsunami Bowl team, the Saber-Toothed Salmon, won the 2019 Alaska Tsunami Bowl. (Photo courtesy of Tsunami Bowl)

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Green New Deal? Murkowski says no, opts for middle way on climate.

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Guardian Flight recovers crashed plane’s voice recorder

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Dunleavy announces series of public meetings on budget plan

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State forecasts higher oil prices, lower production in spring update

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Republicans leave school budget subcommittee in protest over process

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Alaska lawmakers learn about a subsistence superfood

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Court rules against Klukwan, conservation groups in mine exploration lawsuit

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New House Tribal Affairs Committee aims to advance state relationships

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Nome miner jumped between floes before floating ice rescue

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Alaska poised to let people use marijuana at certain stores

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Ketchikan High School’s Saber-Toothed Salmon take state ocean science bowl

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Tongass old growth timber sale gets go-ahead despite habitat concerns

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