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IBU strike shuts down Alaska ferries; State house approves bill to reverse vetoes; It's back: Interior signs new land swap for King Cove road; Anchorage declares a civil emergency over looming cuts; Kenai murder suspect has prior violent crime convictions; Wildfires in Alaska have burned more than 2 million acres; Igiugig's hydropower launch a major step toward independence from diesel; Anchorage raises age to buy tobacco products to 21; Juneau Assembly approves local on-site marijuana consumption; Juneau moves forward with annexation proposal; Western Alaskans concerned about Graphite One project’s impact on subsistence; The post Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 appeared first on Alaska Public Media.

Alaska lawmakers weight two major bills; 2 British Columbia teenagers suspects in 3 deaths along Alaska and Cassiar highways; Mother and daughter found shot to death at Kenai home; Operation “Summer Heat” leads to 42 arrests in Anchorage; Lights out for rural Alaska as the PCE endowment faces endangerment; Juneau’s Glory Hall will cut breakfast, lunch service in response to budget vetoes; USGS scientists say there’s not yet enough information to tie seabird die-offs to toxins; What a drought index of 500 means for Anchorage; Government Hill residents seek to reconnect neighborhood through new trail The post Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 appeared first on Alaska Public Media.

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Capital budget funding fails in House vote Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO – Juneau The Alaska House of Representatives has failed to pass funding […] The post Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 22, 2019 appeared first on Alaska Public Media.

Alaska lawmakers debate bill to fund capital budget; Congressional delegation eyes federal funds at risk in state budget impasse; Lawsuit will not interrupt Alaska public school funding; 1 dead, 5 injured in Tutka Bay floatplane crash, Troopers say; VA Secretary outlines new facilities and funds planned for Alaska; UAS accreditation renewed despite budget concerns; Fire officials shift priorities as wet weather slows Shovel Creek Fire; Anchorage to consider new camp clearance rules to slow fires; Talkeetna food pantry director discusses potential veto impacts; ADEC approves waste management permit for tunnel excavation at the Palmer Project; The Iceman finds roots, captures Sitka The post Alaska News Nightly: Friday, July 19, 2019 appeared first on Alaska Public Media.

Attorney General pushes back on ACLU lawsuit over court cuts; Hospital group sues to block emergency Medicaid payment cut; Could climate change research in Alaska be put on ice?; Locals testify for hours at Senate Finance hearing in Fairbanks; Two worlds that overlap: Richard Glenn sees ANWR drilling as a boon to Inupiaq communities; Planes violating airspace restrictions raise safety, operations concerns at Swan Lake Fire; Amid PCE issues, what Y-K Delta residents can expect electric bills to look like; New ADN report details how villages hire police with criminal background The post Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 18, 2019 appeared first on Alaska Public Media.

Dunleavy calls lawmakers to Juneau to continue special session; ACLU sues Dunleavy over "punitive" cuts to court system; National credit rating agency downgrades University of Alaska's credit rating by three notches; Alaska State Arts Council shuts down after funding loss; Alaska sees first measles case since 2015; 'We're never going to surrender' -- Sarah James on a life fighting oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge; Owner of tug that spilled diesel in Canadian waters fined millions; Bears try to move in, Angoon sets boundaries; Author of 'American Predator' describes murder spree of Israel Keyes The post Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 appeared first on Alaska Public Media.

Alaska Legislature sues governor over validity of school funding law; As University of Alaska faces uncertain financial future, officials focus on supporting current students; Lawmakers here from constituents at Wasilla LIO; Draft ferry schedule shows long gaps in service to coastal communities; Effort to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy working to coalesce around legal grounds; Meet the Trump administration official whose signature could formally open ANWR to drilling ; Young votes against condemning Trump for racist tweets; Galvin tries again to unseat Young; Containment efforts keep Swan Lake Fire away from communities The post Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 appeared first on Alaska Public Media.

Legislature seeks new path to fund vetoed programs; Locals provide testimony at Anchorage LIO; UA Board of Regents postpones exigency vote; UA Board of Regents postpones exigency vote; 'This needs to stop': Murkowski rebukes Trump for tweet; Rural Alaskans brace for impact as Power Cost Equalization funds disappear; Grassroots group restores creeks in Southeast; NOAA closes investigation into close call between cruise ship and humpback whales; Rain slows some Alaska fires while others continue to burn; Anchorage mayor unveils municipality's first, state's largest, rooftop solar project at Egan Center; Molly of Denali launches nationwide The post Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 15, 2019 appeared first on Alaska Public Media.

Alaska Legislature ends efforts to overturn budget vetoes; PFD fight splits Alaska GOP, leaving some aligned with Democrats; Wildfire forces evacuations in Anderson area; Sec. Acosta did right by Alaska, Murkowski and Sullivan say; Pilot dies in fourth plane crash near Ketchikan this summer; Forest Service officials keep low profile on Tongass visit; Forest Service officials keep low profile on Tongass visit; Record warm water likely gave Kuskokwim salmon heart attacks; How hospital ERs in Alaska are helping patients with opioid use disorder; For Alaskans dealing with veto-induced anxiety, a therapist offers advice The post Alaska News Nightly: Friday, July 12, 2019 appeared first on Alaska Public Media.

Lawmakers remain far apart, physically and politically, as clock winds down on veto overrides; Murkowski finds EPA criticism of Pebble Mine 'substantial'; Warmer waters believed to be main cause for dead pink salmon in Norton Sound; As polar bears encroach on this Alaska village, feds charge whaling captain with illegally shooting one; 'Who are the 100?' If budget vetoes stand, Anchorage shelter says it must choose who stays and who leaves; UAA students, staff respond to impending, unprecedented budget cuts; Smoke fouls Fairbanks, North Pole area; Premera Blue Cross pays states $10 million over data breach; Alaska communities debate proposed location of LNG project; University cuts could hurt state earthquake center; Artists call on Legislature to fund state arts council The post Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 11, 2019 appeared first on Alaska Public Media.

Alaska’s divided Legislature fails to override governor’s line-item budget vetoes; University of Alaska president: Campus closures, program elimination and layoffs on the table under Dunleavy vetoes; Anchorage leaders brace for "unprecedented" budget situation; State's largest wildfire continues to burn across Interior; Dunleavy veto erases funding for local emergency planners ; How vetoes to the university system could affect climate research in Alaska; Governor’s vetoes cancel state funding for library broadband program; Nome Inupiaq School aims for 2020 launch The post Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 appeared first on Alaska Public Media.

Senators say time is running out on Power Cost Equalization, college scholarships and grants, and medical education; In 4 a.m. emails, demonstrations and in-person ambushes, Alaskans press lawmakers on budget vetoes ; Cuts to universities could threaten Alaska’s unified library catalog; Portugal. The Man returns home to protest budget vetoes; After public pressure Fairbanks City Council opposes Dunleavy line-item vetoes; Budget cuts cost Nome its youth facility; Dry weather could exacerbate wildfire risk in Interior; Public safety officials discuss AG visit, rural justice; NASA researchers’ first visit to Nome focuses on satellites, Yukon River plume The post Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 appeared first on Alaska Public Media.

Alaska legislature split on budget vetoes, dividends — and even where to meet; Constituents use Wasilla special session to lobby Alaska lawmakers on Gov. Dunleavy's budget vetoes; Juneauites turn out to protest budget cuts on first day of special session; Following boat explosion, Coast Guard searching for missing man in Whittier; Malaspina and Montana Creek Fire update for July 8th; Efforts shift away from Sterling as crews battle Swan Lake blaze; Conditions improve in fire containment for Shovel Creek; Barricaded man commits suicide in Denali National Park; Children rejoice as roaches invade Ketchikan Public Library; Katmai National Park unveils new permanent Brooks River Bridge The post Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 8, 2019 appeared first on Alaska Public Media.

Alaska Senate president says lawmakers to meet in Juneau for special session; Alaska court system responds to governor's vetoes; Fires update for July 5th, 2019; Ask a Climatologist: Alaska sites reach record high temperatures on Independence Day; First class of veterinarians graduate from UAF-Colorado State program; Families along Kuskokwim River report high amounts of parasites in salmon; Australian mining firm explores potential vanadium deposit near Juneau; AK: A floating veterinary clinic goes to the dogs -- and to all other pets -- in Southeast's remote island towns; 49 Voices: Ivan Simonek of Wrangell The post Alaska News Nightly: Friday, July 5, 2019 appeared first on Alaska Public Media.

Montana Creek Fire update for July 4th, 2019; House speaker, Interior lawmakers lay out case for overriding governor’s budget cuts; 40 years after closure, volunteers restore historic Cold War site; Mount Marathon Race participants decide whether to run as smoke lingers in Seward; In Portage, business boom follows glacial recession; Honoring the Stars and Stripes The post Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 4, 2019 appeared first on Alaska Public Media.