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When Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed the state budget on April 7, it included funding vetoes for the university system, ferry service, Medicaid, school bond reimbursement and public radio. But unlike last year, the governor did not veto funding for the Alaska State Council on the Arts. Essentially, at least for now, the arts council is […]

It is fair to say that before the coronavirus arrived to terrify us all, one public debate that has rankled and confounded Anchorage residents and policy makers is the rise of homelessness, including encampments along greenbelts, in public parks and on downtown streets near the Brother Francis Shelter. Today’s Hometown Alaska looks at a new […]

The guests on this Hometown Alaska have all been working on a study of ecosystem changes in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. They are among a multidisciplinary team of academic, government and private sector scientists who recently published a paper documenting dramatic changes in the Pacific Arctic ecosystems due to warmer ocean conditions. You can […]

UPDATE: All candidates will participate by phone rather than gathering at Alaska Public Media studios, in response to social distancing requirements. Alaska Public Media’s RUNNING series featuring candidates for the April 7 Anchorage municipal election will air on Hometown Alaska over four episodes. School board candidates (March 16), and Assembly candidates for Downtown, Eagle River/Chugiak […]

UPDATE: All candidates will participate by phone rather than gathering at the Alaska Public Media studios, in response to social distancing requirements. Alaska Public Media’s RUNNING series featuring candidates for the April 7 Anchorage municipal election will air on Hometown Alaska over four episodes. School board candidates appeared March 16; listen to that segment on […]

Alaska Public Media’s RUNNING series featuring candidates for the April 7 Anchorage municipal election will air on Hometown Alaska over four episodes. School board candidates appeared on the show Monday, March 16. Find the episode here or on the RUNNING page. Tuesday, March 17: Anchorage Assembly candidates, Downtown and Eagle River Chugiak (see list of […]

Alaska Public Media’s RUNNING series featuring candidates for the April 7 Anchorage municipal election will air on Hometown Alaska over four episodes. Monday March 16: Anchorage School Board candidates (See list above) Tuesday March 17: Anchorage Assembly candidates, Downtown and Eagle River Chugiak Monday March 23: Anchorage Assembly candidates, West and Midtown Tuesday March 24: […]

Alaska’s legal system can seem complex and confusing from the outside looking in. The purpose of today’s show is to make one sliver of the system more clear. We are looking at the role that magistrate judges play in the Alaska Court System. Alaska has four judicial districts. The First Judicial District takes in Southeast […]

APU is a small liberal arts and sciences college located in the U-Med District, just east of UAA and north of the Alaska Native Medical Center. It’s known for many things, including training Olympic-calibre skiers, public venues for concerts and community events, and an Early Honors program that allows high school students to finish their […]

For more than a decade and a half, the Rasmuson Foundation has stood with Alaskan artists. Their Individual Artist Awards (IAA) nourish the artist because the foundation believes artists nourish the state. Since 2004 through 2019, the foundation has granted 516 individual artist award grants, to the tune of $4.76 million, according to their website. […]