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Alaska Public Media Making a more informed and connected life possible for all Alaskans through public television, radio and independent news.
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Alaska Public Media is an and station. Alaska Public Media harnesses the power of multiple media platforms to make a more informed and connected life possible for all Alaskans. Alaska Public Media produces and presents news and content that provides lifelong learning opportunities in public affairs, health and leisure, science and nature, economic and social development, civic engagement

, and world events. The company is located in Southcentral Alaska and comprises KSKA radio, KAKM-TV, Create TV, PBS KIDS, and alaskapublic.org. Alaska Public Media also operates the Statewide News and a shared television service with KTOO in Juneau and KYUK in Bethel. Alaska Public Media and its affiliates deliver content that reaches 97% of the population of Alaska. Alaska Public Media offers trusted, award-winning national programming including Morning Edition, Nova, Masterpiece, and Frontline. The company also produces Alaska-specific programs including Line One: Your Health Connection, Alaska Morning News, Alaska Economic Report, Talk of Alaska, Outdoor Explorer, Alaska News Nightly, Hometown, Alaska, and Alaska Insight. Additionally, it produces podcasts such as Iditapod and Midnight Oil. Alaska Public Media was founded in 1975 as KAKM TV. In 1994, KAKM merged with KSKA public radio, which launched Aug. 15, 1978 to form Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc. In 2004, the company merged with Alaska Public Radio Network (APRN). Alaskapublic.org was launched in 2011. In 2012, the company agreed to share TV services with KTOO in Juneau and KYUK in Bethel.

Tonight on Alaska News Nightly:A federal attempt to repeal an Alaska resource management plan draws criticism from Alask...
09/03/2025

Tonight on Alaska News Nightly:

A federal attempt to repeal an Alaska resource management plan draws criticism from Alaskans who worked on it.

Plus, Skagway clears a hurdle towards shipping ore for Canadian mining projects.

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A federal attempt to repeal an Alaska resource management plan draws criticism from Alaskans who worked on it.

Homes on the Kenai Peninsula have gotten more expensive over the years, and there's fewer of them to rent or buy.And hig...
09/03/2025

Homes on the Kenai Peninsula have gotten more expensive over the years, and there's fewer of them to rent or buy.

And higher costs for builders have made it hard to find meaningful ways to make a dent in the local housing market.

A mix of national and local issues, like high home prices and an overall housing shortage – are driving the problem.

A new team at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage is studying the local effects of microplastics — the tiny particles...
09/03/2025

A new team at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage is studying the local effects of microplastics — the tiny particles of plastic found in nearly every environment that can likely work their way into human tissues.

Scientists at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage are studying how microplastics move through Alaska water, and developing the first in-state lab accredited to test water samples for microplastics.

Anchorage police say two men died in separate incidents over the Labor Day weekend, including an unsolved hit-and-run co...
09/02/2025

Anchorage police say two men died in separate incidents over the Labor Day weekend, including an unsolved hit-and-run collision as well as a police chase that partially closed the Glenn Highway.

Police say a pedestrian was fatally struck Friday night in a hit-and-run collision, before a man sought in an arson case shot himself Saturday on the Glenn Highway.

In a Friday letter to the leaders of the Alaska House and Senate, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said he will not call lawmakers int...
09/02/2025

In a Friday letter to the leaders of the Alaska House and Senate, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said he will not call lawmakers into a special legislative session after the first one expired at the end of Sunday. (via Alaska Beacon)

The first special session expired at the end of Sunday, with the question of whether to form a state Department of Agriculture unresolved.

Students in Stebbins returned to class Aug. 21 for their second year in temporary buildings, after the Bering Sea island...
09/02/2025

Students in Stebbins returned to class Aug. 21 for their second year in temporary buildings, after the Bering Sea island community’s only school was destroyed by fire last summer.

The blaze last summer consumed the Bering Strait School District campus and left the school without classrooms, a gym or a cafeteria.

Unalaska is charting its future and planning for aging infrastructure by reorganizing city leadership and setting aside ...
09/02/2025

Unalaska is charting its future and planning for aging infrastructure by reorganizing city leadership and setting aside $50 millions in a new investment fund.

City Manager Bil Homka warned the council about buildings in need of repair and said the city can't afford to kick the can down the road.

Alaska leaders have promised to address chronic failures to solve the murder or disappearance of Indigenous people.Yet w...
09/02/2025

Alaska leaders have promised to address chronic failures to solve the murder or disappearance of Indigenous people.

Yet when an Alaska Native group asked for a list of murders investigated by troopers, the state said no. (via Anchorage Daily News & ProPublica)

When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.

A California federal judge has ruled for the second time that President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Los ...
09/02/2025

A California federal judge has ruled for the second time that President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles violated the law, stating it performed law enforcement duties that are prohibited for the military.

President Trump took control of the state's National Guard in June and deployed it to Los Angeles to face anti-immigration protestors and assist officers making detentions and deportations.

When a deadly landslide tore through part of Wrangell in 2023, there was only one place people there could go for inform...
09/02/2025

When a deadly landslide tore through part of Wrangell in 2023, there was only one place people there could go for information.

What was left, said Cindy Sweat — the general manager of local public broadcaster KSTK — was the radio.

Without congressionally approved funding, public media stations say communities will be left with aging infrastructure amid growing risks from extreme weather.

Tonight on Alaska News Nightly:An appeals court sides with the federal government over the state in a subsistence manage...
08/30/2025

Tonight on Alaska News Nightly:

An appeals court sides with the federal government over the state in a subsistence management lawsuit.

Plus, how a burning hotel led to the formation of the Municipality of Anchorage.

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An appeals court sides with the federal government over the state in a subsistence management lawsuit.

Tom Class stood at home plate, waiting for a baseball he couldn't see. Instead, he listened.Anchorage's visually impaire...
08/30/2025

Tom Class stood at home plate, waiting for a baseball he couldn't see. Instead, he listened.

Anchorage's visually impaired residents play "beep ball," an adaptive version of the game enabled by sounds and special rules.

"Beep ball” brings blind athletes together for competition, community, a little trash talk and a lot of laughter.

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