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Dec 03 2019

Joshua Kindred, then an attorney for the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, at a conference in 2018. (Photo courtesy Heather Holt)

Trump’s nominee for US court in Alaska gets low marks from state bar, but has youth on his side

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | 2 Alaska, Federal Government, National News, Politics

In selecting Joshua Kindred, President Trump veered from the process Alaska’s senators normally use.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | December 3, 2019 8:24 am

Jul 24 2019

Watch live: Former special counsel Mueller testifies before Congress

By NPR News | National News, NPR News

Former special counsel Robert Mueller is appearing in two separate hearings before the U.S. House Judiciary and Intelligence committees. The proceedings are scheduled to start Wednesday at 4:30 a.m. and conclude at approximately 10 a.m. Alaska time.

By NPR News | July 24, 2019 4:00 am

Jun 19 2019

‘Starving’ polar bear wanders into Siberian town

By Scott Neuman, NPR News | NPR News, Wildlife

Residents in the town of Norilsk in northern Siberia were surprised to see the female bear, who reportedly appeared to be exhausted and looking for food.

By Scott Neuman, NPR News | June 19, 2019 2:32 pm

May 16 2019

A building in Kiana's old town. Inupiat people have occupied the site at the confluence of the Kobuk and Squirrel rivers since at least the late 1700s, according to archaeological investigations conducted by Brown University.

Lawless: One in three Alaska villages have no local police

By Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News | Community, Crime & Courts, Local Government, Northwest, ProPublica, Public Safety, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, State Government, Western

At least 1 in 3 Alaska villages has no local law enforcement. Sexual abuse runs rampant, public safety resources are scarce, and Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants to cut the budget.

By Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News | May 16, 2019 4:19 pm

Feb 02 2019

Sen. Lisa Murkowski hosted an Arctic round-table in the Senate Energy Committee room on Jan. 24, 2019. (Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)

Calls for ‘vigilance’ on Russian military buildup in Arctic

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Arctic, Federal Government, Military, Nation & World, National News, Oceans

Moscow has been building its military presence in the Arctic, and one Russia scholar says she’s grown increasingly concerned. While Russia’s Arctic ambitions worry regional experts, so do the lack of ambitions on the part of the United States.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | February 2, 2019 2:50 pm

Jan 22 2019

Harbor seals gather on a spit of land in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge near Cold Bay, Alaska. For six decades, the refuge along the coast of the Bering Sea has been protected as one of the wildest nature spots on Earth.

Trump’s swap of ‘irreplaceable’ wilderness allows millions of dollars in seafood transport

By Jane Kay, Reveal | Aleutians, Economy, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Nation & World, Reveal, Transportation

A road through a national refuge in Alaska is meant to be for medical evacuations. But a little-known loophole lets it move fish, not just patients.

By Jane Kay, Reveal | January 22, 2019 1:55 pm

Jan 17 2019

Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Don Young in 2014. (Photo by Jennifer Canfield/KTOO)

Alaska officials call on court to uphold Indian Child Welfare Act

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Crime & Courts, Family, Federal Government, Government, National News, State Government

Alaska’s attorney general and two of the state’s congressional lawmakers are calling on a federal appeals court to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act. A U.S. district court judge struck the law down in October.

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | January 17, 2019 6:37 pm

Jan 17 2019

This line of garbage extends all the way around the shore of the Navotas neighborhood in Manila.

An island crusader takes on the big brands behind plastic waste

By Christopher Joyce, NPR News | Nation & World, NPR News, Oceans

Every year, 8 million tons of plastic wash into the oceans. The biggest sources are in Asia. In the Philippines, one man is going head-to-head with multinational corporations to stop the plastic tide.

By Christopher Joyce, NPR News | January 17, 2019 2:52 pm

Jan 12 2019

A functioning government or border security? Murkowski wants both.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Federal Government, National News

“I’ve got a lot of people who are saying ‘Lisa, you’ve got to stand with the president. …'” Murkowski said on the Senate floor. “And then I have an equal number that are saying, ‘Please, please, do something to help reopen this government.'”

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | January 12, 2019 11:57 am

Dec 22 2018

Court documents show the Internal Revenue Service's office in charge of vetting applications for tax-exempt status focused on conservative groups. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

How the IRS was gutted

By Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica | Federal Government, National News

An eight-year campaign to slash the agency’s budget has left it understaffed, hamstrung and operating with archaic equipment. The result: billions less to fund the government. That’s good news for corporations and the wealthy.

By Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica | December 22, 2018 11:24 am

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Trump’s nominee for US court in Alaska gets low marks from state bar, but has youth on his side

Watch live: Former special counsel Mueller testifies before Congress

‘Starving’ polar bear wanders into Siberian town

Lawless: One in three Alaska villages have no local police

Calls for ‘vigilance’ on Russian military buildup in Arctic

Trump’s swap of ‘irreplaceable’ wilderness allows millions of dollars in seafood transport

Alaska officials call on court to uphold Indian Child Welfare Act

An island crusader takes on the big brands behind plastic waste

A functioning government or border security? Murkowski wants both.

How the IRS was gutted

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