Alaska News Nightly - Alaska Public Media
754 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsFor more than four decades, Alaska News Nightly has brought you award-winning statewide news. From Dutch Harbor to Prudhoe Bay, from Metlakatla to Kaktovik, Alaska News Nightly covers every corner of Alaska.
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Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Sept. 26, 2022
September 27, 2022 01:35 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBState and federal officials visit Nome to plan storm recovery efforts. Also, Hooper Bay reckons with the storm's emotional toll and the village's future. And Delta Junction's upcoming city council election is the most competitive one in decades.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Sept. 23, 2022
September 24, 2022 01:28 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBChevak residents have lost frozen fish and the boats they used to catch them. Also, a Kenai grand jury charges a man in the killing of Anesha "Duffy" Murnane. And Alaska's kelp industry is stuck at a crossroads.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022
September 23, 2022 01:37 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBWestern Alaskans face the loss of subsistence food, gear and property. Also, Rep. Mary Peltola aims to renew the nation's primary fishing law. And pushback against transgender student bathroom policies in Matanuska-Susitna Borough schools.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022
September 22, 2022 01:42 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBNorton Sound communities take stock of their losses in the wake of the weekend storm. Also, damage to sea walls and protective berms has some village residents worried. And why some Alaskans say now is the time for a constitutional convention.
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022
September 21, 2022 01:18 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBOfficials in Nome take stock of the storm damage outside city limits. Also, researchers monitoring a landslide in Prince William Sound say the slope is moving faster. And how a constitutional convention could affect abortion rights in Alaska.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Sept. 19, 2022
September 20, 2022 01:37 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBThe changing climate conditions behind the weekend's historic storm. In many communities, local schools serve as evacuation centers. And Alaska's Republican party could oust a local leader for supporting Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Sept. 16, 2022
September 17, 2022 01:30 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBRepublican candidates for the U.S. House seat visit Southeast Alaska. Also, Skagway gets help from the state after rockslides closed its busiest cruise ship dock. And two Alaska elementary schools receive national recognition.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022
September 16, 2022 01:22 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBA major storm heading toward Western Alaska could bring flooding and high winds. Also, U.S. Senate candidates share how they would support Southeast Alaska. And new rules in Sitka target short-term rentals by out-of-state homeowners.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022
September 15, 2022 01:41 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBThe House Natural Resources Committee welcomes Rep. Mary Peltola. Also, the investigations of Anchorage's former health director and his own comments about the lies he told. Community theater returns to Wrangell with a production of "The Sound of Music."
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, September 13, 2022
September 14, 2022 01:43 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBMary Peltola is sworn in as Alaska's Congresswoman. Also, a plan to truck ore in Interior Alaska draws a mixed response from locals. And a new podcast brings the Lingít language to a national audience.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, September 12, 2022
September 13, 2022 01:21 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBMary Peltola prepares to be sworn in as Alaska's sole member of the U.S. House. Also, the Kenai Peninsula Borough confirms harassment allegations against outgoing Mayor Charlie Pierce. And how an Anchorage woman is raising awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, September 9, 2022
September 10, 2022 00:46 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBAfter more than a week, the search continues for a missing group of moose hunters near Bethel. Also, a court ruling allows Metlakatla tribal members to fish outside reservation boundaries. And master carvers and their apprentices create Juneau's Totem Pole Trail.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, September 8, 2022
September 09, 2022 01:14 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBEligible Alaskans are getting over $3,200 in PFD payouts this year. Also, fuel tank inspections in Bethel become more and more important. And the dog mushing world mourns the loss of Lance Mackey.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, September 7, 2022
September 08, 2022 01:39 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBHow gubernatorial candidates Les Gara and Bill Walker are setting themselves apart. Also, a Fairbanks man accused of murder fled to Canada before his arrest. And a push for more accessible transportation options in Anchorage.
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, September 6, 2022
September 07, 2022 01:38 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBBoth Republicans running for Alaska's lone congressional seat show no intentions of dropping out. Also, a shortage of available rentals in Sitka has locals stressed. And two harbor seals rescued on a Kasilof beach this summer return to the sea.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, September 2, 2022
September 03, 2022 00:25 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBThe Alaska Native community reacts to Mary Peltola's special election win. Also, Alaskans will soon have access to new COVID boosters that target the original strain and omicron variants. And a roving grammarian and her Grammar Table visit Anchorage.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, September 1, 2022
September 02, 2022 01:20 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBWhat Mary Peltola's special election win could mean for the November race. Also, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson shares plans for a winter homeless shelter. And during a nationwide shortage, school bus drivers are more important than ever.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
September 01, 2022 01:44 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBDemocrat Mary Peltola has won the special election for Alaska's U.S. House seat. Also, police say a Ketchikan man picked up a half million dollars worth of illegal drugs. And after a multi-year lawsuit, cruise lines sign an agreement with the city of Juneau.
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, August 30, 2022
August 31, 2022 01:30 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBU.S. House candidate Mary Peltola goes home to Bethel as she waits for tomorrow's election results. Also, Juneau police collect DNA samples from people with certain past convictions. And childhood vaccinations for things like polio and measles are on the decline in Alaska.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, August 29, 2022
August 30, 2022 01:27 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBA former top-level employee at Juneau’s hospital faces felony theft charges. Also, a Ketchikan City Council candidate pleads guilty to violating an 18-year-old's restraining order. And a village's laundromat and source of treated water is sinking into the tundra.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, August 26, 2022
August 27, 2022 01:37 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBAnchorage police shoot an armed man who tried to cover himself with a child. Also, Kuskokwim River residents ask state managers to reopen the river to fishermen. And a battle of the buds gets underway within Alaska's unique cannabis industry.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, August 25, 2022
August 26, 2022 01:41 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBAnchorage's assembly and mayor remain at odds over a winter homeless shelter. Also, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District deals with its bus driver shortage. And a volunteer DJ spins Gospel music every Sunday in Kotzebue.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, August 24, 2022
August 25, 2022 01:38 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBThe risk of a major rock slide is causing cruise ships to skip Skagway. Also, biologists plan to study how kelp farms could boost the economy and impact fish. And two rescued harbor seal pups get ready to go back into the ocean.
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, August 23, 2022
August 24, 2022 01:28 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBMore than a year after voters approved them, Anchorage police still don't have body cameras. Also, Gov. Mike Dunleavy says Alaska is the best place to mine for critical minerals. And the end of a federal free lunch program is leaving some parents confused.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, August 22, 2022
August 23, 2022 01:42 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBThe last remaining private company with a lease to drill in ANWR has pulled out. Also, local opposition builds against Donlin Gold's proposed mine. And the unusual bet that motivated a Bristol Bay high school student to graduate.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Aug. 19, 2022
August 20, 2022 00:15 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBAs homeless campers in Anchorage try to stay out of the rain, advocates say the city needs to plan for winter. Scientists say tundra fires in Alaska could become more frequent. And a new app helps people in Sitka track landslide warnings.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, August 18, 2022
August 19, 2022 01:39 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBAlaska State Troopers arrest a man connected to an AMBER alert sent last night. Also, firefighters tackle late-season wildfires in the Interior. And it's the first day of school on a military base in Anchorage.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, August 17, 2022
August 18, 2022 01:37 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBAlaskans went to the polls yesterday, and early results are in. Environmentalists say king salmon fishing in Southeast Alaska hurts killer whales in Puget Sound, but fishermen disagree. And a small village in Bristol Bay gets statewide recognition for its library.
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, August 16, 2022
August 17, 2022 02:01 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBToday is Alaska's first-ever ranked choice election, but not all voters like the new system. Three people were stabbed in Ketchikan, and police are searching for a motive. And Anchorage parents scramble to arrange carpools during a district-wide bus driver shortage.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, August 15, 2022
August 16, 2022 01:53 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBThe federal government could take over management of silver salmon at the lower Kuskokwim River. Also, a former Mat-Su Borough Assembly member says Representative David Eastman shouldn't hold office. And electric vehicle drivers head to the northernmost point on the road system.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, August 12, 2022
August 13, 2022 01:41 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBThree people died and two were injured in a fire at a Bethel housing complex. Conservative gubernatorial candidates go after Gov. Mike Dunleavy's record. And health officials address misconceptions about monkeypox.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, August 11, 2022
August 12, 2022 01:44 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBThe Anchorage Assembly wants to know how the city's former health director was hired with a fraudulent resume. Republican candidates in the special election are competing for the same pool of voters. Dipnetting brings crowds and their trash to Kenai Peninsula beaches, and volunteers are cleaning up.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, August 10, 2022
August 11, 2022 01:16 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBAnchorage Mayor Dave Bronson launches an investigation into the hiring of the former health director. Also, a new report looks at possible causes of the 2020 plane crash that killed a Soldotna representative and six others. And Denali National Park gets some mid-summer snowfall.
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, August 9, 2022
August 10, 2022 01:39 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBAn investigation shows Anchorage's former health director lied about his education and military experience. Also, federal officials hope to expand broadband access throughout the state. And a rural school district is making it easier for local people to become teachers.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, August 8, 2022
August 09, 2022 01:38 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBThe MV LeConte, an Alaska state ferry, sits at the dock in the Southeast village of Angoon on Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Nat Herz/Alaska’s Energy Desk) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Monday on Alaska News Nightly: Cruise passengers say Holland America is sending them home on state ferrie...
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, August 5, 2022
August 06, 2022 01:35 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBRoughly 20 people marched in front of Anchorage Police headquarters on Tues. Aug. 2, 2022 to demand that officers use Narcan. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Friday on Alaska News Nightly: Advocates demand that Anchorage police officers carry the opioid ...
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, August 4, 2022
August 05, 2022 01:42 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBA sign outside the Anchorage School District’s bus depot advertises open bus driver positions. Without enough drivers, the district may have to suspend some bus routes. (Katie Anastas/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Thursday on Alaska News Nightly: Economists say Anch...
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, August 3, 2022
August 04, 2022 01:45 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBPetersburg, Alaska, seen from a skiff leaving Kupreanof Island. Officials there have started a task force to seek solutions to a housing shortage. (Katie Anastas/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: Homeless advocates worry as outdoor deat...
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, August 2, 2022
August 03, 2022 02:27 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBSen. Dan Sullivan told reporters that he supported House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan. (Screenshot from Associated Press video.) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: Sen. Dan Sullivan says he supports Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan. Ukrainian refugees fi...
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, August 1, 2022
August 02, 2022 01:41 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBAkiak was the first community in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta to bring high-speed broadband internet to all its residents last winter. Akiak youth talk with engineers and technicians about which house they will be installing an antenna on next. (Katie Basile/KYUK) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. ...
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, July 29, 2022
July 30, 2022 01:40 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBThe Anchorage Health Department on Nov. 8, 2021 (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Friday on Alaska News Nightly: Health officials announce Alaska’s first case of monkeypox. Ranchers near Delta Junction look for answers after one of their cows was found kill...
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 28, 2022
July 29, 2022 01:46 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBJay Mojello is one of the many new teachers at the Kuspuk School District who are from the Philippines. (Olivia Ebertz/KYUK) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Thursday on Alaska News Nightly: School districts struggle to hire teachers ahead of the new school year. Also, a new contract for A...
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
July 28, 2022 01:39 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBIn the Ester hills, outside of Fairbanks, strong winds on Monday, July 25, 2022, knocked over trees, some toppled onto homes and others onto powerlines, causing outages. (Bob Grove) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: Hundreds of households in the Interior ar...
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, July 26, 2022
July 27, 2022 01:36 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBA seiner hauls in hatchery-produced chum salmon in Crawfish Inlet in 2018. (Photo courtesy of NSRAA) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: Residents of the Interior face power outages and falling trees during high winds. After a year in office, Anchorage Mayor Da...
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 25, 2022
July 26, 2022 01:49 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBYoung Wood Bison that are being transported to join a herd seeded along the Innoko River in 2015. (Alaska Department Of Fish And Game) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Monday on Alaska News Nightly: The state Department of Law says homeschooling families can use public funds to pay for private...
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, July 22, 2022
July 23, 2022 00:40 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBLes Gara on Feb. 14, 2022 (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Friday on Alaska News Nightly: What campaign contributions can tell us about Alaska’s gubernatorial race. Yukon River fishermen turn to food stamps during the lowest chinook run on record. And stat...
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 21, 2022
July 22, 2022 01:36 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBNatasha Price looks for sale produce at Carrs in South Anchorage on Thursday, July 14, 2022. (Kavitha George/AKPM) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Thursday on Alaska News Nightly: Anchorage police officers exchange gunfire with a man at a campground opened to the homeless. Also, how infla...
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, July 20, 2022
July 21, 2022 01:42 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBTents at Centennial Campground on June 27, 2022 (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: The donor behind the biggest contributions to Senator Lisa Murkowski’s re-election campaign. A fifth bear is killed at an Anchorage campgroun...
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, July 19, 2022
July 20, 2022 01:44 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBCrews from outside are demobilizing from the Lime Complex, a group of 18 wildfires that have burned more than 865,000 acres in southwest Alaska. (Gannett Glacier’s Bryan Quimby/Alaska Incident Management Team) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: Homeless resid...
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 18, 2022
July 19, 2022 01:44 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBSockeye in a creek in the Wood River watershed. July 28, 2021. (Stephanie Maltarich/KDLG) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Monday on Alaska News Nightly: As COVID circulates widely, state epidemiologists say vaccines and boosters are preventing hospitalizations. Also, a record harvest for ...