Grubby’s son captured as Homer faces growing opossum oproblem
A male opossum captured near Homer City Hall on Thursday. Biologists say it’s a descendant of Grubby, a female opossum …
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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy appoints figure behind illegal loyalty-pledge scheme to university board
A statue of Charles Bunnell, the first president of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, as the University …
Alaska Airlines asks federal judge to dismiss mask lawsuit brought by former senator
Sen. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle River, speaks Tuesday, May 10, 2022 on the floor of the Alaska Senate at the Alaska …
Alaska Gov. Dunleavy policy adviser who said ‘divorce is worse than rape’ resigns
Jeremy Cubas, pictured May 23 at Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference in Anchorage. (Nathaniel Herz for Alaska Public …
Some Alaska legislative priorities stalled last session, so where do those bills go from here?
A school bus full of preschoolers, their parents, caregivers and advocates pulled up to the Capitol building on Monday to …
Alaska school officials say one-time funding boost leaves budgets unpredictable
Educators, students and parents rallied outside the Alaska State Capitol on Jan. 23, 2023, to call for an increase to …
Juneau planning commission recommends against new restrictions on development in hazard zones
A landslide on Gastineau Avenue in Juneau, Alaska on Sept. 26, 2022. (Photo by Claire Stremple/KTOO) Juneau’s planning commission has …
Wildlife Troopers to crack down on ‘performance-enhancing’ add-ons to Bristol Bay fishing boats
A boat in the Dillingham harbor on April 21, 2020. (Isabelle Ross/KDLG) Bristol Bay’s commercial salmon fishery can be fast-paced …
Juneau tracks progress on greenhouse gas emissions in new report
An unusually warm day in Juneau on May 16, 2023. (Katie Anastas/KTOO) Juneau’s greenhouse gas emissions have dropped by nearly …
Newscast – Friday, May 19, 2023
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/newsupdate.mp3 In this newscast: The Alaska Legislature struck a deal to finalize the state’s budget Thursday evening, on the first …