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Lieutenant Governor Primary Election: Bob Williams
(Photo courtesy Bob Williams) In Alaska, the Lieutenant Governor has duties beyond backing up the Governor and keeping custody of the State Seal. The Lieutenant Governor oversees the enactment of...
View ArticleThe Newly-Named ‘Alaska Dispatch News’
Not very many years ago it was pretty easy to know how the publisher of a newspaper felt about things. All you had to do was look at the editorial page. But when the Anchorage Daily News was acquired...
View ArticleScientists in Denali Looking for Dinosaur Remnants
Download Audio Late last week Dr. Tony Fiorillo and his team were wrapping up work at the site near the road and preparing to helicopter out to another undisclosed location for a week of investigating...
View ArticlePrimary Election: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Joe Miller
It will soon be decision time for Alaska voters on which of three Republican should face incumbent U.S. Senator Mark Begich in November. The statewide public radio forum, Talk of Alaska has offered...
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Southwest, Southeast Alaska Face Highest Risks From Ocean Acidification
Coastal communities in Alaska that depend on fisheries were warned Tuesday to prepare for the impacts of ocean acidification. A study from federal agencies says many of the science questions remain...
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Ballot Measure 1
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. (Photo from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources) It’s a serious matter for the voters to overturn an action by the state Legislature, but that’s what’s on the Aug....
View ArticleOne Dead After Mountain View Stabbing
Anchorage police report there was an alcohol-related stabbing death in Mountain View on Wednesday night. The identities of the person taken into custody or the male victim who was declared dead of...
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Lieutenant Governor Primary Election
Lieutenant Governor candidate Hollis French. He’s been a prosecutor and a state Senator, and now Hollis French is running for Lieutenant Governor. His opponent, Bob Williams, is campaigning on the...
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Peak Water
The severe conditions in Alaska prompt a lot of ingenuity, and that’s good because we have plenty of challenges – for instance food security and sanitation. But can Alaskan ingenuity deal with both at...
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Coexisting with Wildlife
Wildlife managers always give the same advice – let wildlife stay wild. They say do not feed the animals, do not let your pets go after them, and do not allow them to become habituated to humans. But...
View ArticleCommerce Sec. Pritzker Visits Alaska – Talks Salmon, Infrastructure
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker has spent the week in Alaska talking with staffers in the various federal agencies she’s in charge of, including the Census and the Bureau of Standards, the Economic...
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New Study Sheds Light on Peopling of the Arctic
Qajaa, a grass-covered deep-frozen midden with remains from Early Paleo-Eskimo cultures to the19th century CE. Ilulissat Icefjord, West Greenland. Photo by Claus Andreasen Archaeologists have been...
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Alaska Maritime Workforce Needs
Kaila Del Rosario, 17, is one of three high school students participating in a new job training program at Vigor shipyard. It is well known that there is a profound disconnect between the skills of...
View ArticleMallott, Walker Talk of Joining Forces
Download Audio The deadline for making candidacy changes for the November general election ballot is tomorrow and talks have reportedly been going between Democrat Gubernatorial nominee Byron Mallott...
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Alaska’s Top Secret Cold War History
Those stories grandpa told of being a secret government spy after the Second World War may be true. Secret documents now made public reveal that Alaskan bush pilots and other civilians were recruited...
View ArticleTwo Charged In Fatal Anchorage Shooting
Two people were arrested and charged in a fatal shooting in East Anchorage last week. A man who was wanted for questioning turns out not to have been involved, but charged with first degree homicide is...
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Proposition 2: To Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
Should Alaska join the other states that have decided to decriminalize marijuana? Proponents argue that it’s already a big business here and bringing it out into the open would allow it to be taxed and...
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Getting Down to the Details of Alaska’s Food
Ken Meter. A short growing season, limited transportation links, high fuel prices – the list of barriers to strengthening Alaska’s local food system is long. It’s hard to know where to start. Download...
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More About Food Security in Alaska
(Photo via the Yarducopia Facebook page) Alaska’s rich environment is already a major source of food, but it’s not inexhaustible. Encouraging local food producers is one part of food security but...
View ArticleThe Anchorage International Film Festival
In the dead of winter, film makers from far distant lands come to Alaska because we have a festival. It’s been around for 13 years, and it shows more motion pictures in a week than it is possible for...
View ArticleVillage Sewer and Water
It is estimated that one of every three families in village Alaska still do not have a sanitary means of sewage disposal, in spite of hundreds of million dollars poured into rural sanitation. Systems...
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What Does Ferguson Mean to Alaska?
Unrest in Ferguson, MO in August 2014.(Photo via Loavesofbread/Wikimedia Creative Commons) Even before the announcement was made about the Grand Jury in Ferguson, Missouri, the Governor had declared an...
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Police and Deadly Force
Unrest in Ferguson, MO in August 2014.(Photo via Loavesofbread/Wikimedia Creative Commons) If you live in a high-crime neighborhood, even if you’re just visiting, you’re under increased risk of...
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Invasive Species in a Human Modified World
These days agencies in charge of public lands and wildlife are trying to consider the whole eco-system in their management decisions, and how natural diversity can be harmed by invasive species. But it...
View ArticleSikuliaq Headed To Alaska Waters
The new University of Alaska Fairbanks research vessel Sikuliaq is on its way to Alaska waters. The 261-foot vessel had trials in the Great Lakes. It went through the Panama Canal, and on to Hawaii,...
View ArticleChevron Pulls Back On Beaufort Sea Drilling Plans
Chevron has pulled back on plans to drill for offshore Arctic oil and gas in the Beaufort Sea. Chevron has leases in Canadian waters and notified the Canadian government Wednesday that developing its...
View ArticleAnnual Statewide Holiday Greetings Show
It’s not to be missed! The annual state-wide holiday greeting edition of Talk of Alaska is on its way. Good wishes will be flying across the great state of Alaska, re-connecting friends and families...
View ArticleThe Year Gone by and Prospects for the Year to Come
From the Pebble mine order to the election to the sale of our largest newspaper to a website, 2014’s news had a lot of unexpected developments. What do you think was the big news of the year gone by?...
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Alaska’s Revenue Shortfall and What to Do About it
(Courtesy Oliver S Goldsmith) The price of oil has gone down so far that it’s likely state revenues this fiscal year will be less than the forecast. And the forecast was already down more than $7...
View ArticleWeekend Gun Violence Lands 2 In Anchorage Hospitals
More weekend overnight violence involving firearms in Anchorage. Two people are reported injured at a party in Muldoon early Saturday morning. One person showed up at the emergency room with a gunshot...
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Food To Schools From Farms
Click for more information about growing your area’s Farm to School program. A national effort to bring fresh food from farms to schools has resulted in $385 million in purchases for school lunches and...
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Implementing Marijuana Regulation in Alaska
Voters approved the legal the production, sale and use of marijuana for Alaskans over 21 years old in the November election. (Creative Commons photo by Brett Levin) With a simple vote of the people,...
View ArticleIndependent Generation of Electricity
It’s power politics of an electrifying kind. What should the rules be for selling independently generated power to utilities, who have borrowed money and invested heavily to assure reliability for...
View ArticleAPD Responds To Shooting Death
Early Tuesday morning Anchorage police responded to a fatal shooting at an apartment complex at East 41st Court. Two people were shot, a man and a woman. The man was dead on the scene. No arrests yet....
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Western Aleutian Steller Sea Lions Potentially Falling Prey To Sleeper Sharks
(Photo courtesy Bruce Wright, Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) There has been plenty of money spent trying to figure out why the sea lion population in the Western Aleutians is not recovering....
View ArticlePlastic in the Ocean
Birds are now turning up dead on remote beaches with stomachs full of plastic. Certain areas of Alaska’s remote coast are now littered with debris that was carried there by ocean currents. Not only is...
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Lack of Customers Puts CIRI Wind Farm Plans On Hold
Cook Inlet Region Incorporated has put the second phase of its Fire Island wind farm on hold because of a lack of customers. Download Audio A plan that once envisioned 33 turbines on the island west of...
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How Much Debris Litters Alaska’s Beaches?
Crushed plastic debris on beach at Patton Bay, Montague Island. (Photo courtesy Chris Pallister) Thanks to funding from the government of Japan, plans are being made to pick up hundreds of tons of...
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Is An Ambitious Arctic Agenda Economically Viable?
(USGS photo) An ambitious set of priorities has been put together for the American chairmanship of the Arctic Council that begins this year, but neither the federal government nor the state has much...
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Ocean Acidification And How It Affects Alaska’s Fisheries
Individual components of the final ocean acidification risk index for each census area showing the communities with the highest risk are in the Southeast and Southwest of the state. (Credit: NOAA)...
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Our Own Geological Era
What if what we call the natural world no longer really exists, and we live already in a world of our own creation? There is growing evidence that human activity has triggered a new geological era....
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Corridors Past and Future
Historic Iditarod trail map. (Map via BLM) The Iditarod Trail began as a mail route and became a protected corridor and recreational resource. Even if climate change puts an end to its use by dog...
View ArticleSteve Heimel and Historical Context for APRN
Steve Heimel has been a fixture of the APRN system since its inception. After more than three decades of dedicated service to news, Steve is leaving the network for other challenges. From covering the...
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Remapping Alaska
A new mapping effort across Alaska has just crossed its half-way point. Image from Bing Maps. Flying blind. No Alaska pilot wants to, but sometimes it happens. And sometimes it’s not on an established...
View ArticleThe 2015 Anchorage International Film Festival
It’s the dead of winter, and that means it’s time to light up the movie screens of Alaska for the Anchorage International Film Festival, followed by the “best of the fest” tour state-wide. Will that...
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Annual statewide holiday greetings show
On this year’s statewide holiday greetings show we had a total of 69 calls from 31 communities. It’s a unique moment in broadcasting, and it only happens once a year in Alaska. If you ever doubted...
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Alaska Marine Science Symposium
Harbor seals rest on ice near South Sawyer Glacier in 2007. (Photo courtesy NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center) The climate changes that have swept through Alaska are now being reflected in our...
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Marine Science Symposium – LIVEBLOG – Sunday
A brief introduction to the Alaska Marine Science Symposium by liveblogger Steve Heimel, who will be bringing Alaska Public Media live coverage through Thursday, Jan. 28. Bird researcher George...
View ArticleMarine Science Symposium – LIVEBLOG – Wednesday
A brief introduction to the Alaska Marine Science Symposium by liveblogger Steve Heimel, who will be bringing Alaska Public Media live coverage through Thursday, Jan. 28. 5 p.m. — International...
View ArticleMarine Science Symposium – LIVEBLOG – Thursday
The Alaska Marine Science Symposium is being covered by APRN contributor Steve Heimel. 5:15 p.m. It’s over. The Symposium concluded with the presentation of awards for the best student presentations...
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