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Jul 15 2019

Rural Alaskans brace for impact as Power Cost Equalization funds disappear

By Rashah McChesney, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Business, Economy, Energy & Mining, Local Government, Politics, State Government, Western

As legislative gridlock continues over funds included in an annual sweep into state savings, rural Alaskans soon could see more expensive electricity bills.

By Rashah McChesney, Alaska's Energy Desk | July 15, 2019 6:17 pm

Jul 15 2019

Rep. Neal Foster, D-Nome, co-chair of the House Finance Committee, speaks in support of Senate Bill 38 during a House floor session in Juneau on March 29, 2019. The bill would appropriate money for various disaster relief programs related to the earthquake that struck the Anchorage area on Nov. 30, 2019.

Legislature seeks new path to fund vetoed programs

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

A draft bill discussed Monday would set permanent fund dividends at $929 to have a balanced budget. House Bill 2001 would both reverse Dunleavy’s vetoes to the operating and capital budgets and set the dividend level.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | July 15, 2019 6:00 pm

Jul 15 2019

Anchorage mayor unveils state’s largest rooftop solar project

By Amy Mostafa, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage | Energy & Mining, Southcentral

216 solar panels are expected to power up to 9% of the center’s electricity needs for the year. It’s the state’s largest rooftop solar installation, according to a press release from the city.

By Amy Mostafa, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage | July 15, 2019 2:31 pm

Jul 15 2019

Forest Service chief makes quiet visit to Tongass National Forest

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Federal Government, Nation & World, Timber

Sen. Lisa Murkowski recently hosted the U.S. Forest Service’s top official in a visit to Wrangell, Ketchikan and Prince of Wales Island. The delegation met with tribes and talked ‘Roadless Rule’ with the local timber industry

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | July 15, 2019 10:48 am

Jul 12 2019

Record warm water likely gave Kuskokwim salmon heart attacks

By Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK - Bethel | Climate Change, Environment, Fisheries, Oceans, Science & Tech, Southwest, Weather, Western, Wildlife

Never-before-seen temperatures in the Kuskokwim River likely sent salmon into cardiac arrest. Salmon don’t function well past 70 degrees, and the water had pushed just above that limit.

By Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK - Bethel | July 12, 2019 4:54 pm

Jul 12 2019

Anchorage Republican Sen. Natasha von Imhof speaks during Wednesday’s joint session of the Alaska Legislature.

PFD fight splits Alaska GOP, leaving some aligned with Democrats

By Nat Herz, Alaska Public Media | Alaska's Energy Desk, Business, Economy, Politics, State Government

One of the biggest ideological fractures complicating this year’s legislative session is within the Alaska Republican Party. And that’s creating some strange bedfellows.

By Nat Herz, Alaska Public Media | July 12, 2019 11:43 am

Jul 11 2019

Pilot dies in Thursday afternoon plane crash near Ketchikan

By Leila Kheiry, KRBD - Ketchikan | Public Safety, Search & Rescue, Southeast, Transportation

The Coast Guard sent out small boats from Station Ketchikan, and a search and rescue helicopter from Air Station Sitka. Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad crews were mobilized, and KVRS found the crashed plane.

By Leila Kheiry, KRBD - Ketchikan | July 11, 2019 10:51 pm

Jul 11 2019

Murkowski finds EPA criticism of Pebble Mine ‘substantial’

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Energy & Mining, Federal Government, Nation & World

The Environmental Protection Agency issued harsh assessments of the proposed Pebble Mine last week, and they’ve made an impression on Lisa Murkowski.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | July 11, 2019 10:39 pm

Jul 11 2019

Warmer waters believed to be main cause for dead pink salmon in Norton Sound

By Davis Hovey, KNOM - Nome | Fisheries, Oceans, Western

Norton Sound residents have reported salmon die-offs in unusually large numbers during the last week.

By Davis Hovey, KNOM - Nome | July 11, 2019 10:25 pm

Jul 11 2019

The Eurodam, a Holland America Line ship, sits in port on Monday, June 24, 2019. Video posted to Facebook on Monday appears to show the ship passing close to a pod of humpback whales. (Photo courtesy of Anjuli Sastry)

NOAA closes investigation into close call between cruise ship and humpback whales

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Juneau, Oceans, Tourism, Wildlife

NOAA Fisheries confirmed that the agency’s Office of Law Enforcement determined Holland America Line’s Eurdoam altered course and slowed speed as it approached the humpback whales on June 24.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | July 11, 2019 6:12 pm

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Rural Alaskans brace for impact as Power Cost Equalization funds disappear

Legislature seeks new path to fund vetoed programs

Anchorage mayor unveils state’s largest rooftop solar project

Forest Service chief makes quiet visit to Tongass National Forest

Record warm water likely gave Kuskokwim salmon heart attacks

PFD fight splits Alaska GOP, leaving some aligned with Democrats

Pilot dies in Thursday afternoon plane crash near Ketchikan

Murkowski finds EPA criticism of Pebble Mine ‘substantial’

Warmer waters believed to be main cause for dead pink salmon in Norton Sound

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