LATEST LOCAL NEWS
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Riley Board/KDLLOn the southern peninsula, where Hilcorp does lots of oil and gas exploration, not all private property owners are content to lease the company their mineral rights. Some of Hilcorp’s neighbors in Ninilchik are rejecting the company’s offers for the gas beneath their land. -
Hope McKenney/KBBIThe road reopened to traffic in both directions around 4:30 p.m. Friday.
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Courtesy Photo/Bruce JaffaPond skating is a favorite Alaska winter pastime, and no setting is more picturesque than Trail Lake in Moose Pass. But before any skating can happen, someone first has to remove snow off the surface of the lake.
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Courtesy of Homer PoliceThe January course is a collaboration between the Soldotna, Kenai and Homer Police Departments. Already, there is a waitlist of women signed up.
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Jeff Chen/Alaska Public MediaEconomist Neal Fried says Alaska's historically high wage rate is losing its advantage above those of other states due to a few reasons. That high wage rate has, in the past, been an attractant to the state.
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Sabine Poux/KDLLQueen was appointed to the city manager position in 2018.
KDLL Evening Newscasts
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The Sterling Highway is back open after a fatal collision near Anchor Point. Homer applies for a special designation. And one man is making winters in Moose Pass a lot more fun.
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How Alaska's hourly wages stack up against other states'. And local police see an outpouring of interest in a self-defense course for women in Soldotna.
2022 CANDIDATE FORUMS
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Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula ClarionThe forum was the last in our series in partnership with The Peninsula Clarion. We spoke with incumbent Sen. Gary Stevens and candidate Heath Smith, both Republicans and both running for the Alaska State Senate District C seat. Republican Walter Jones is also running for the seat.
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Ashlyn O'Hara/The Peninsula ClarionThe forum was the latest in our series in partnership with The Peninsula Clarion. We spoke with candidates Ginger Bryant and Louie Flora, running for District 6.
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Ashlyn O'Hara/The Peninsula ClarionThe forum was the latest in our series in partnership with The Peninsula Clarion. We spoke with candidates Tuckerman Babcock, Jesse Bjorkman and Andy Cizek, all running for Alaska State Senate District D.
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Ashlyn O'Hara/The Peninsula ClarionThe forum was the sixth in our series in partnership with The Peninsula Clarion. We spoke with incumbent Rep. Ron Gillham and candidate Justin Ruffridge (District 7) and Rep. Ben Carpenter (District 8) about where they stand on a constitutional convention, their thoughts on Alaska's fiscal and energy futures, and what singular bill they would sponsor this session — if they could pick just one.
KDLL FEATURE SHOWS
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During our 2022 Fall Membership Drive, we spoke with Joe Rizzo, Chris Jenness and Tyler Payment about Lame Ducks & Dark Horses — Triumvirate's biennial political satire show. -
On this month's Drinking on the Last Frontier, learn about the mash filter press, helping breweries squeeze out every drop of efficiency. And how not to get smashed, with the science behind hangovers. Plus, interviews with Haines Brewing Co. And Hoodoo Brewing Co. in Fairbanks. Cheers!
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You're not done yet! Get a jump on next year with good fall garden prep. Plus, now that you've harvested all those veggies, how do you store them? Find out more about what to pick, when to pick and how to store.
KENAI CONVERSATION
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Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula ClarionThe forum was the last in our series in partnership with The Peninsula Clarion. We spoke with incumbent Sen. Gary Stevens and candidate Heath Smith, both Republicans and both running for the Alaska State Senate District C seat. Republican Walter Jones is also running for the seat.
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Ashlyn O'Hara/The Peninsula ClarionThe forum was the latest in our series in partnership with The Peninsula Clarion. We spoke with candidates Ginger Bryant and Louie Flora, running for District 6.
LATEST ALASKA NEWS FROM APRN
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In New York City, Mayor Eric Adams plans to move homeless people with seeming mental illness to hospitals, possibly involuntarily.
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In the handful of countries bordering Africa's Lake Chad, climate change and hunger are driving a refugee crisis.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to filmmaker Ramin Bahrani about his new documentary about the creator of the modern bulletproof vest.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Dana Cummings, a participant in this year's Para Surfing World Championships in Pismo Beach, Calif.
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Using special technology, researchers in England have discovered the name of a woman, along with doodles, in the margins of an English medieval religious text.
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Larry Diamond, a Stanford professor who teaches courses on democracy and American foreign policy, about recent protests in Russia, Iran and China.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Stephane Grattier at Boulangerie Christophe in Washington, D.C., about the baguette being added to UNESCO's "intangible cultural heritage" list.
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NPR's Michel Martin talks with writer Richard Stengel about Mandela: The Lost Tapes, which features never-before heard audio of his conversations with Nelson Mandela from 1993.
MORNING EDITION
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They flee their homes not solely because of climatic changes that make it difficult to earn a living but also because of violence sparked by the competition for dwindling resources.
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Iowa has long been the first state to nominate Democrats to the White House, but President Biden wants to change that. He has proposed elevating South Carolina to the first spot.
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Closing arguments are underway in the Trump Organization's tax fraud trial in New York. Defense attorneys claim a former senior executive committed crimes to benefit himself.
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