Category: Alaska News

Black business owners: the past and the future

by APRN News | Feb 15, 2019 | Alaska News, Feeds | 0

(Aaron Pruzaniec, via Wikimedia Commons) Running a business that aims to serve a particular...

Storms erode Bering Sea ice pack; caution is urged

by APRN News | Feb 15, 2019 | Alaska News, Feeds | 0

Sea ice near Nome. (Photo: Zoe Grueskin, KNOM) Winter storms and blustery weather currently...

Findings released regarding governor’s bid to fire head of state oil and gas watchdog agency

by APRN News | Feb 14, 2019 | Alaska News, Feeds | 0

Hollis French, center, testifies at a Feb. 8, 2019 hearing regarding whether he should be fired...

Rep. Young sponsors bill to bring back deported vets

by APRN News | Feb 14, 2019 | Alaska News, Feeds | 0

U.S. Rep. Don Young will start his 23rd term in January. (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public...

UA president says drastic actions would have to happen to cover Dunleavy’s proposed $134M in cuts

by APRN News | Feb 14, 2019 | Alaska News, Feeds | 0

The Governor’s budget proposal lops $134 million from state support for the University of Alaska, reducing the general fund allocation from the current year’s $327 million dollars to $193 million, a cut UA president Jim Johnsen...

Calista shareholders voice dissent over Donlin Mine in letter to board

by APRN News | Feb 14, 2019 | Alaska News, Feeds | 0

The proposed mine could be one of the biggest in the world — if completed. (Photo by Katie...

Sand Point man sentenced to 12 months in prison for meth and heroin distribution

by APRN News | Feb 14, 2019 | Alaska News, Feeds | 0

A Sand Point man was sentenced Monday for distributing drugs and other crimes committed on bail. Christian Anderson-Nutt pleaded guilty to a class A felony charge for distributing methamphetamine and heroin, as well as separate...