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With cut in federal funding public broadcasters look to cope

Searching for pennies: With the cut in federal funding public broadcasters are looking to cope

In Alaska, a public radio station general manager took a moment from a busy day warning her community about a possible tsunami for a special task — sending a text message to Sen.

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Public broadcasters say GOP funding cuts could be 'devastating' to local media and make Americans less safe

But now, looming GOP-led funding cuts are concerning media allies that local public broadcasters would be forced to downsize or shutter, damaging news operations and hurting locals’ ability to get timely emergency alerts like the one issued in Alaska.

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Alaska US senators split votes on cuts to public broadcasting, foreign aid

Alaska’s two U.S. senators voted differently on a bill requested by President Donald Trump to block federal funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting. The cuts include $1.1 billion for public broadcasting over two years,

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Expiration date looms for legal deal defining trans-Alaska pipeline tax value

The value of the system matters because it helps determine the amount of property taxes the pipeline's owners must pay to the ...

Alaska public media stations warn of dangers as US Senate prepares to vote on funding clawback

More than $15 million in annual federal funding for Alaska's 27 public media stations is at stake as the U.S. Senate this week is set to take up a Trump administration request to claw back federal ...

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Quake strikes 24 hours after GOP senator warns Trump’s public radio cuts threaten disaster alerts

A powerful earthquake struck a Republican senator's home state Wednesday. Just a day earlier, she'd slammed budget cuts that ...

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Congress has defunded public broadcasting. Murkowski explores what’s next for Alaska stations.

The fate of Alaska’s smaller public radio stations is in doubt after Congress passed a bill to defund the Corporation for ...

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Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state. Here is why Wednesday’s earthquake was notable

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of ...

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LIVE: Evacuation statuses downgraded, burn suspensions lifted throughout Alaska

Agencies monitoring wildfires in Alaska have downgraded the state to Preparedness Level 3 (PL3) as of Wednesday morning.July 18 - 11 a.m.Fire activity has remained minimal on the Bear Creek Fire, ...

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Public broadcasters in Alaska face a convergence of crises

Public broadcasters in Alaska are getting help from financial assistance programs due to the pandemic but still face an uncertain future amid the state’s long-standing fiscal challenges. Last year, ...

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Opinion: You can’t hold funding for Alaska public education hostage and expect it to improve

In the fall of 2019, Tom Begich and I sat in the Atwood Building lobby, waiting to meet with Gov. Mike Dunleavy. That meeting ...

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Alaska Board of Game approves revived bear-culling program in caribou grounds

The controversial program, aimed at boosting the population of a struggling caribou herd in Western Alaska, had been halted ...

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