Alaska News Nightly: Friday, June 5, 2026
An ANWR lease sale fails to attract the North Slope’s biggest producers.
Alaska News
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Ambler wildfire’s progress has slowed, local officials say
The fire, which started Thursday in Ambler’s landfill, had burned around 500 acres by...
Federal regulators cut cow harvest amid decline of Western Arctic caribou herd
Regulators also decided to close the harvest for non-local hunters.
Best solution to Alaska’s PFD ‘gorilla’ is to end the program with $10K payout, Walker argues
Former Gov. Bill Walker and running mate Randy Hoffbeck say ending the dividend with a $10,000...
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NPR’s new chief content officer: ‘I’ve been training for this job my whole life’
Less than two weeks after overhauling its newsroom, NPR has hired Nadine Zylstra to be its chief...
Xi and Kim express hopes for greater ties between China and North Korea
Xi traveled to Pyongyang on Monday in a likely attempt to reassert China’s unique influence...
Israel-Iran strikes threaten truce. And, Ebola is spreading at an unprecedented rate
Israel and Iran’s recent exchange of fire is threatening the truce in the Middle East. And,...
In his book, self-described USAID ‘whistleblower’ talks about the agency and Ebola
Nicholas Enrich, on staff at the U.S. Agency for International Aid under 4 administrations, talks...
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