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- Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016
Will Obama look north for his legacy?; YKHC offering blood tests to patients potentially affected by partially... - With assembly approval, Central Council expands plans for 3-acre Immersion Park
The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska has a new target date for opening its cultural... - Will Obama look north for his legacy?
As the months tick down on hisadministration, President Obama has created marine monuments in the Northeast and the... - Alaska settles complaint over Medicaid payment system
The state has reached a settlement over its problem-plagued Medicaid payment system, agreeing to pay the vendor hired to... - Russian Jack shooting victim dies in hospital, fourth suspect turns himself in
The victim of last week's shooting near Anchorage's Russian Jack Park has died. Four suspects have been charged.- Ketchikan volleyball players and coaches raise Title IX concerns to school board
Representatives of Ketchikan High School’s volleyball team came to the Ketchikan School Board on Wednesday with a long...- Marijuana fees could fund Sitka student travel
During their regular meeting Tuesday night, the Sitka Assembly approved – on first reading – a dedicated fund for...- 21-year-old Dillingham man enters guilty plea in shooting case involving a friend
Reece David Johnson, 21, of Dillingham pleaded guilty Tuesday in a case that involved his alleged shooting of a friend...- YKHC offering blood tests to patients potentially affected by partially sterilized dental tools
The Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation is offering blood tests to patients treated at their dental clinic between Sept...- Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016
Rep. Young bucks tide, supports Obama on veto; Alaska transportation agency fined over waste storage; Homer Electric...- Bethel Native Corporation opens Bethel’s second liquor store
Bethel has another liquor store. At 11 a.m. Tuesday, Bethel Native Corporation opened Bethel Spirits on Front Street....- Alaska transportation agency fined over waste storage
The state transportation department has been fined $118,100 for its handling of hazardous waste at a maintenance...- Ask a Climatologist: Long temperature streak ends
For the first time since February, the statewide temperature index for Alaska dipped below normal earlier this week....- 1919: The Spanish Flu in Dillingham
The deadly influenza pandemic known as the Spanish Flu, killed millions of people world wide but hit Alaska particularly...- Rep. Young bucks tide, supports Obama on veto
Congress, for the first time, overrode one of President Obama’s vetoes. The bill – which now becomes law - allows...- How the Blue Lake Dam is costing Sitka
The city of Sitka is struggling to pay off the Blue Lake Dam in a big way. The project was largely funded through bond...- Coast Guard rescues two men from foundering sailboat
Two people were rescued from their sailboat after it began taking on water Tuesday in the Gulf of Alaska.- Forest Service purchases 4,500 acres of Cube Cove forest
About 4,500 acres of heavily-logged forest will return to wilderness under a deal involving the federal government and a...- Fishermen, state, in flux after circuit court overturns state control of Cook Inlet salmon
In Cook Inlet, managing the salmon runs for commercial, sport and subsistence interests is so controversial, it’s...- Downtown Assembly member kneels for pledge
Citing concerns from constituents over national promises not met, downtown representative Patrick Flynn made a brief...- Access to overdose preventative still bogged down in barriers
Scores of people have died in Alaska from heroin and other opioid overdose deaths this year that the drug naloxone, also...- Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016
Access to overdose preventative still bogged down in barriers; ASD employee charged with embezzling thousands from...- White House: No nation an island on Arctic science
Cabinet members and high-ranking science advisors from 25 governments will convene on the White House tomorrow to...- Napaskiak man kills puppy to threaten ex-girlfriend and her husband
A Napaskiak man has threatened an ex-girlfriend and her husband by killing a puppy, throwing it against their bedroom...- ASD employee charged with embezzling thousands from schools
Anchorage police have charged a former Anchorage School District employee with embezzlement. The charges come after a...- Lower Kuskowkwim School District gets language proficiency grant
The Lower Kuskokwim School District received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Dept. of Education to enhance language...- Luxury cruises don’t signal Arctic shipping boom, expert says
The company that sent the first big luxury cruise ship through U.S. and Canadian Arctic waters is preparing the Crystal...- North Star Borough looks to reduce wintertime smoke pollution
Areas of Fairbanks continue to struggle with wintertime smoke pollution. Many residents of the interior community rely...- Elections division to make one more push for eligible, unregistered voters
The Alaska Division of Elections is planning on contacting unregistered, but potentially eligible, voters in Alaska to...- New satellite-based technology aims to crack down on illegal fishing
Commercial fishing in Alaska is a multi-billion dollar industry. But every year, billions of dollars are lost to illegal...- SHI program trains educators to see Thru the Cultural Lens
Juneau teachers and administrators were the students on Saturday at a Sealaska Heritage Institute seminar intended to...- Citizen scientists track crane population
Every fall, Nina Faust organizes a "citizen science" survey of the crane population on the southern Kenai Peninsula. On...- Politically charged tweets posted from state account during debate
Two politically charged tweets were posted from the Alaska Department of Health & Social Services Twitter account...- Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Sept. 26, 2016
State Superior judge okays Mat-Su marijuana vote; Obama addresses tribes one more time; Doyon's $2b discount: Fair play...- Body of missing hiker found in Sitka
The body of a missing hiker was found by searchers in Sitka on Friday afternoon.- Sitka’s hospitals consider integrating operations
A consultant’s plan released this month recommends Sitka’s two hospitals combine operations.- Doyon’s $2b discount: Fair play or ‘rip off’?
Doyon was in federal court in Washington D.C. today, trying to keep a $2 billion discount it says it should have been...- Mat-Su voters to decide on pot, parks and Assembly seats
Mat-Su Borough's Assembly District 1 race brings up zoning and tax issues.- State Superior judge okays Mat-Su marijuana vote
A state Superior court judge is allowing a Matanuska-Susitna Borough marijuana vote to go forward. Earlier Monday Judge...- Guide in mauling near Angoon was storied Fish & Game researcher LaVern Beier
Alaska State Troopers have identified the hunting guide involved in Thursday’s Admiralty Island bear mauling as...- Alaska Wildlife Troopers ask public’s help in solving 4 cases of killed moose
More than a week after they began an investigation of the killing of four moose that were left unsalvaged in three areas...- Obama addresses tribes one last time
President Barack Obama addressed his final White House Tribal Nations Conference today. He says progress for first...- Lance Mackey withdraws from 2017 Iditarod
The Iditarod Trail Committee announced Monday that former champion Lance Mackey has withdrawn from the race, citing...- ‘I’m a girl’: Knowing who you are at 4-years-old
The American Academy of Pediatrics says most kids have a stable sense of gender identity by the time they are four....- Nanwalek school converts garage into classroom
Nanwalek School is getting some relief from overcrowding after a garage/shop area was converted into a new classroom...- State cuts will stifle Southeast’s economic growth
Southeast Alaska has seen economic growth in the last five years but that growth could soon be stalled by state budget...- Homer Electric wants more control, is that best for consumers?
Residents across the Kenai Peninsula will soon vote on whether Homer Electric Association can operate without rate...- University of Alaska reorganization planning advances toward second phase
The University of Alaska is in the middle of a year-long review of its academic programs and administration. It’s...- Burning the masks of ‘Aggravated Organisms.’
Yupik carver Drew Michael and painter Elizabeth Ellis created 5 foot tall masks in an exhibit called ‘Aggravated...- Shaktoolik plans to “stay and defend” current location
This August, representatives from Shaktoolik completed a strategic management plan to protect their community from... - Ketchikan volleyball players and coaches raise Title IX concerns to school board
