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Sep 13 2019

Aerial view of Ambler and the Kobuk River in the summer. (Photo courtesy of the National Park Service via UAF Gates of the Arctic Research Portal)

Hunters, conservationists criticize Alaska mining road plan

By Associated Press | Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Interior, Politics, Subsistence, Transportation, Wildlife

Hunters said the proposed Ambler Road would be closed to the public, while conservationists said it would hurt caribou and other wildlife needed by area villages.

By Associated Press | September 13, 2019 4:12 pm

Sep 13 2019

U.S. Navy personnel stand on the flight deck of the USS Comstock, docked in Kodiak, Sept. 10, 2019.

US military exercises come with indications of a growing Navy presence in Alaska

By Kavitha George, KMXT - Kodiak | Aleutians, Arctic, Economy, Federal Government, Military, Nation & World, Southcentral, Southwest, Transportation, Western

Kodiak’s Pier 2 is used to hosting cruise ships and large crab boats this time of year. So a 600-foot Navy warship was a little out of place on Tuesday.

By Kavitha George, KMXT - Kodiak | September 13, 2019 2:12 pm

Sep 13 2019

Alaska’s sales pitch: Vast resources and a melting Arctic

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Juneau

Gov. Mike Dunleavy had an audience of more than 30 sovereign wealth funds at a global forum happening in Juneau this week.

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | September 13, 2019 12:23 pm

Sep 13 2019

Gardentalk – The bulbs have arrived

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Gardentalk, Juneau, Outdoors

Store bulbs in a cool, dry and dark place for now. Don’t start planting until the end of September or early October, or at least until just before the ground freezes and the snow falls.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | September 13, 2019 10:02 am

Sep 12 2019

State files felony charges against Baker Hughes after Kenai Peninsula workers were sickened

By Rashah McChesney, Alaska's Energy Desk | Business, Crime & Courts, Energy & Mining, Southcentral, State Government

The charges against the company and its subsidiaries stem from an alleged 2014 incident involving workers from UIC Construction.

By Rashah McChesney, Alaska's Energy Desk | September 12, 2019 7:38 pm

Sep 12 2019

Rural Alaska clinics depend on broadband internet. What happens when it goes out?

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Aleutians, Arctic, Community, Health, Interior, North Slope, Northwest, Science & Tech, Southeast, Southwest, Western

Gail Alstrom of the St. Mary’s Sub-Regional Clinic says rural Alaska health care clinics like hers rely on broadband internet service. An outage sends them back in time.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | September 12, 2019 5:32 pm

Sep 12 2019

Results of the Performance Evaluation for Alaska's Schools (PEAKS) assessment, administered in spring 2019, were released Sep. 5, 2019. (Data from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development)

2 in 5 Alaska students are proficient in English language arts, fewer in math

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | 2 Alaska, A News, Education

The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development shared the results of last school year’s statewide testing last week. There’s plenty of room for improvement.

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | September 12, 2019 3:29 pm

Sep 12 2019

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

US House votes to block drilling in Arctic Refuge; bill unlikely to become law

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Arctic, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Nation & World, North Slope, Politics

Alaska Congressman Don Young voted against the bill. On the House floor, he told ANWR drilling opponents, “You’re wasting our time.”

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | September 12, 2019 2:28 pm

Sep 12 2019

Anchorage School District finds ‘pattern’ of bias in judge who disqualified teen swimmer

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | Education, Southcentral, Sports

After a Dimond High School athlete was disqualified at a swim meet over a uniform infraction, uproar and investigation led the Anchorage School District to call for a volunteer judge’s dismissal.

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | September 12, 2019 1:45 pm

Sep 12 2019

Caribou graze on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with the Brooks Range as a backdrop in October 2010.

Trump administration rolls out final environmental review for Arctic Refuge oil leasing

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Nation & World, North Slope, Politics

On Thursday, the Trump administration took one of the last steps to allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk | September 12, 2019 12:51 pm

Sep 11 2019

This Anchorage ‘refillery’ aims to eliminate packaging waste. Here’s how it works.

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | Business, Economy, Environment, Oceans, Southcentral

Just as Anchorage is preparing to ban plastic bags from local retail, a new venture is trying to go a step further: eliminate packaging waste altogether.

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | September 11, 2019 7:00 pm

Sep 11 2019

Updated: Coast Guard suspends some Allen Marine tour boats

By Rashah McChesney, Alaska's Energy Desk | Business, Juneau, Southeast, Tourism

The scenic and wildlife-viewing tour company said most guests on Wednesday were able to be shifted to other Allen Marine boats.

By Rashah McChesney, Alaska's Energy Desk | September 11, 2019 6:28 pm

Sep 11 2019

Bridget Weiss smiles as she's congratulated on her appointment to interim superintendent of the Juneau School District at a meeting of the Juneau School Board on Aug. 6, 2018. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)

Juneau superintendent gets new three-year contract

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | 2 Alaska, A News, Education, Juneau, Juneau Schools

Bridget Weiss has been in the role since August 2018, when she became the interim superintendent before the school board officially chose her to lead the district in January.

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | September 11, 2019 4:47 pm

Sep 11 2019

The Holland America Cruise Ship Westerdam prepares to dock in Juneau July 16, 2012.

Holland America settles with Alaska DEC over Glacier Bay spill

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Crime & Courts, Economy, Environment, Oceans, Southeast, State Government, Tourism | No Comments

Carnival Corporation’s Holland America Line agreed to pay $17,563 to Alaska authorities over a graywater discharge in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | September 11, 2019 3:41 pm

Sep 11 2019

A year after a dam was removed, this river near Anchorage is still waiting for water

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Environment, Local Government, Science & Tech, Southcentral, Wildlife

Officials say it will take years before they decide whether to add more water that could help restore salmon in the Eklutna River.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | September 11, 2019 1:28 pm

Sep 11 2019

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, talks with reporters about his hope that the Legislature complete its work on the state budget and permanent fund dividends. He sat down with reporters in the governor's office in the Capitol in Juneau, May 29, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media)

Dunleavy, DEC commissioner tour Palmer Project as agency reconsiders key permit

By Claire Stremple, KHNS - Haines | Business, Energy & Mining, Environment, Southeast, State Government

The unannounced visit came as state regulators reconsider a wastewater permit for the proposed metals mine north of Haines.

By Claire Stremple, KHNS - Haines | September 11, 2019 12:39 pm

Sep 10 2019

U.S. Army soldiers wait to depart from Fort Wainwright.

More than 2,000 Fort Wainwright soldiers to deploy to Iraq

By Tim Ellis, KUAC - Fairbanks | Interior, Military, Nation & World

The soldiers are part of a joint task force that will mainly be helping train Iraqi troops, law enforcement officers and other security forces.

By Tim Ellis, KUAC - Fairbanks | September 10, 2019 7:01 pm

Sep 10 2019

Below-average sea ice levels are expanding Arctic shipping options

By Davis Hovey, KNOM - Nome | Arctic, Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Nation & World, Northwest, Oceans, Science & Tech, Tourism, Transportation, Weather, Western

As of Aug. 31, Arctic sea ice coverage dropped to the third-lowest extent on satellite record for that day, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

By Davis Hovey, KNOM - Nome | September 10, 2019 3:28 pm

Sep 10 2019

Delta Western fined $400,000 over Juneau tank farm violations

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Business, Juneau

The Seattle-based company neither admitted nor denied any wrongdoing in the settlement. But had it been convicted and sentenced to the maximum penalties, it could have paid out more than $90 million.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | September 10, 2019 2:01 pm

Sep 10 2019

In this picture taken in early June 2019, Tom Lafollette, caretaker of the Annex Creek Hydroelectric Facility in Taku Inlet (obscured behind left side of greenhouse), explains to visitors how he built this scratch-built geodesic greenhouse for growing tomatoes, peppers, and other vegetables. The greenhouse is about 10 feet in diameter and is a slightly smaller version than a previous greenhouse he constructed from plans.

Gardentalk – How to avoid the greenhouse blues

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Food, Gardentalk, Juneau, Outdoors

Keep mold from turning your vegetable plants into gray mush by ventilating your greenhouse and moving the air. Also, still more about this summer’s most controversial gardening subject: woolly bear caterpillars and whether you should squish them.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | September 10, 2019 5:00 am

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Hunters, conservationists criticize Alaska mining road plan

US military exercises come with indications of a growing Navy presence in Alaska

Alaska’s sales pitch: Vast resources and a melting Arctic

Gardentalk – The bulbs have arrived

State files felony charges against Baker Hughes after Kenai Peninsula workers were sickened

Rural Alaska clinics depend on broadband internet. What happens when it goes out?

2 in 5 Alaska students are proficient in English language arts, fewer in math

US House votes to block drilling in Arctic Refuge; bill unlikely to become law

Anchorage School District finds ‘pattern’ of bias in judge who disqualified teen swimmer

Trump administration rolls out final environmental review for Arctic Refuge oil leasing

This Anchorage ‘refillery’ aims to eliminate packaging waste. Here’s how it works.

Updated: Coast Guard suspends some Allen Marine tour boats

Juneau superintendent gets new three-year contract

Holland America settles with Alaska DEC over Glacier Bay spill

A year after a dam was removed, this river near Anchorage is still waiting for water

Dunleavy, DEC commissioner tour Palmer Project as agency reconsiders key permit

More than 2,000 Fort Wainwright soldiers to deploy to Iraq

Below-average sea ice levels are expanding Arctic shipping options

Delta Western fined $400,000 over Juneau tank farm violations

Gardentalk – How to avoid the greenhouse blues

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