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Jun 11 2019

Sitka Pioneer Home resident Nancy Ricketts meets for coffee with friends in a local cafe. At 94, Ricketts says she carefully budgeted in order to live in the Pioneer Home — including selling her house. She testified that increased financial stress on residents will jeopardize their health, and ultimately cost the state more. “The state will have to pay to keep us here, or throw us out on the street,” she said. “A loss of independence is the most horrible thing I can think of.”

Alaska Pioneer Homes residents fight proposed rate increases

By Robert Woolsey, KCAW-Sitka | Aging, Family, Health, Interior, Mental Health, Politics, Southcentral, Southeast, State Government

A proposal to more than double the monthly costs for most residents in Alaska Pioneer Homes met with stiff opposition during recent public testimony on the issue.

By Robert Woolsey, KCAW-Sitka | June 11, 2019 2:43 pm

Jun 10 2019

Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, describes the $4.3 billion operating budget in the Senate chamber, June 10, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media)

Alaska Senate sends budget to governor without PFDs

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | Economy, Education, Health, Politics, Public Safety, Southcentral, Southeast, State Government

It’s not clear how deeply Gov. Mike Dunleavy will cut using the line-item veto. Medicaid, the university and school bond debt reimbursement are the areas with the biggest increases over what he proposed.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | June 10, 2019 7:09 pm

Jun 10 2019

Juneau icefield researchers resurrect ‘Gorgon Spire’ — a name nearly lost in obscurity

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | History, Juneau, Southeast, State Government

An unnamed peak in the Juneau Icefield may get a cool-sounding name dreamed up a half-century ago — but then nearly forgotten.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | June 10, 2019 5:31 pm

Jun 10 2019

Eggs in a female red king crab. The laboratory studies the impacts of ocean acidification on crabs from the earliest life stages. (Photo by Eric Keto / Alaska's Energy Desk)

US House calls for more research on ocean acidification

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Aleutians, Climate Change, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Nation & World, Oceans, Politics, Science & Tech, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, Subsistence, Wildlife

Ocean acidification makes oceans more corrosive to crabs, clams and creatures at the bottom of the food chain, with impacts that reach all the way up.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | June 10, 2019 6:00 am

Jun 09 2019

The city of Wrangell declared a red alert water watch in March 2018.

In a rainforest, Southeast Alaska towns face extreme drought

By June Leffler, KSTK-Wrangell | Economy, Environment, Local Government, Southeast, Weather

Believe it or not, one of the worst droughts in the nation right now is in Southeast Alaska. Meanwhile, cities like Wrangell are struggling to keep up with summer water demand.

By June Leffler, KSTK-Wrangell | June 9, 2019 6:00 am

Jun 07 2019

A helicopter flies over the memorial service for three air ambulance crew members who died when their plane went down in January. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO)

Community remembers Guardian Flight crew lost in January plane crash

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Community, Southcentral, Southeast

In an emotional memorial service in Juneau, speakers remembered pilot Patrick Coyle, paramedic Margaret Langston and flight nurse Stacie Morse, who was pregnant with a daughter, Delta Rae.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | June 7, 2019 7:20 pm

Jun 07 2019

Budget deadlock could delay Medicaid payments to health care providers

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | Economy, Health, Politics, Southcentral, Southeast, State Government

Health care advocates say nursing homes and behavioral health providers are among those who may not have large cash reserves to cover costs during a delay.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | June 7, 2019 5:22 pm

Jun 07 2019

Meet the Juneau couple who brush their teeth next to history

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Community, Energy & Mining, History, Juneau, Southeast, Tourism

The Last Chance Mining Museum is celebrating 25 years of continuous operation. But for the Juneau couple who lives there, it’s been a permanent residence for longer than that.

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | June 7, 2019 1:42 pm

Jun 06 2019

New book reveals the history and ephemera of salmon canneries in Southeast Alaska

By Sheli DeLaney, KRNN | Arts & Culture, Fisheries, History, Southeast

Half a century in the making, the book examines the historical impact of salmon canneries and how they built the economic foundation of Southeast Alaska.

By Sheli DeLaney, KRNN | June 6, 2019 4:54 pm

Jun 06 2019

A man plays an acoustic guitar into a microphone on a blue background in a television studio. Guitarist Justin Smith performs a Red Carpet Concert at KTOO Public Media during the 2019 Alaska Folk Festival (Photo by Annie Bartholomew/KTOO)

Red Carpet Concert: Justin Smith, ‘Rolling Tune’

By Annie Bartholomew, KTOO | Arts & Culture, Folk Fest, KRNN, KRNN Tune IN, Southeast

Gustavus guitarist and sound engineer Justin Smith performs his instrumental “Rolling Tune” during the 2019 Alaska Folk Festival.

By Annie Bartholomew, KTOO | June 6, 2019 6:00 am

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Alaska Senate sends budget to governor without PFDs

Juneau icefield researchers resurrect ‘Gorgon Spire’ — a name nearly lost in obscurity

US House calls for more research on ocean acidification

In a rainforest, Southeast Alaska towns face extreme drought

Community remembers Guardian Flight crew lost in January plane crash

Meet the Juneau couple who brush their teeth next to history

New book reveals the history and ephemera of salmon canneries in Southeast Alaska

Red Carpet Concert: Justin Smith, ‘Rolling Tune’

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