Alaska News Nightly: Friday, June 13, 2025
Lawmakers react to Gov. Dunleavy’s veto of education funding. Plus, Yukon River communities oppose a delayed decision on restricting chum bycatch.
Alaska News
LatestShellfish are often toxic in spring and summer. This year’s no different.
Samples taken in Haines and Skagway this spring came back positive for toxins from harmful algal blooms that can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning.
Dunleavy’s education veto is a threat to Alaska’s future, local leaders say
Dunleavy cited low oil prices as the reason for the veto, but local leaders — from superintendents to mayors to state lawmakers — say it threatens to push young families to seek opportunity elsewhere.
Anchorage marching band camp set for Juneteenth celebration spotlight
The camp is centered around a marching band style that organizers say is deeply tied to historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs.
NPR
LatestIsrael says it killed 9 Iranian nuclear scientists, and braces for attacks from Iran
Israel’s military says the nine nuclear scientists killed played spent decades working on Iran’s nuclear program.
Can’t-miss interviews: Gavin Newsom, Dave Portnoy and Jason Reynolds
A lot happened this week, and NPR has you covered. Catch up on the big news and culture moments you might have missed.
The latest on the targeted Minnesota state lawmakers shootings
Minnesota Public Radio’s Clay Masters reports on targeted state lawmaker shootings.
Minnesota state lawmaker killed, another wounded in targeted shootings, officials say
A former Minnesota House speaker and her husband were killed and a state senator and his wife were wounded in targeted shootings early Saturday at their homes near Minneapolis, officials said.
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