Grant Robinson
Multimedia Journalist
Anchorage, AK
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Grant is a Multimedia Journalist and fill-in producer at Alaska's News Source.
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Updated: Jan. 13, 2021 at 1:30 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
Eleven years into its fishing net recycling program, the Copper River Watershed Project is set to get more nets to recyclers.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2021 at 5:33 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
Fishing rights and vessel ownership are transferring from a Seattle-based fishing company to two Alaskan regional economic development organizations and 30 communities
Updated: Jan. 11, 2021 at 5:41 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
Federal agencies have launched a project to assess broadband capacity in rural communities across four states, including Alaska.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2021 at 7:13 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
People in Wasilla are fundraising to commission a bronze statue of Chief Wasilla to place in front of Wasilla High School
Updated: Jan. 4, 2021 at 7:34 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
A citizen science project spanning more than a century has found four new species in Homer during the annual Christmas Bird Count.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2020 at 6:20 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
A diverse group of businesses, health care organizations and Alaska Native corporations are joining forces to help sustain the fight against COVID-19.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2020 at 8:01 AM AKST
|By Grant Robinson and Gilbert Cordova
A Palmer man is in custody after shooting at officers responding to a domestic disturbance call early Christmas morning in Wasilla.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2020 at 3:49 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
Backpacks were stuffed with toys, clothes, and treats by volunteers.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2020 at 4:02 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
The new short film highlights the cultural and ecological importance of the Eklutna River and the progress on restoring the river in Southcentral Alaska, which had been dammed and blocking salmon migration for nearly 90 years.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2020 at 7:27 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
A bill to fund a first-of-its-kind program that will enable sportfishing charters to purchase Pacific halibut quota from the commercial sector is headed to the president’s desk after passing through both chambers of Congress.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2020 at 5:15 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
A $3.3 million federal grant is helping researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks improve hydropower systems that could help lower the cost of energy in rural Alaska.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2020 at 6:42 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
All Christmas lights are a joy to see, but when music is in the mix it adds another dimension.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2020 at 8:54 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
The alternative approved by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council was introduced by the State of Alaska’s representative on the council, but was vehemently opposed by all but one person, group or government entity that provided public testimony or written comment.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2020 at 8:15 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
Changes are coming to the management of the commercial salmon fishery in Cook Inlet, and fishermen, processors and related businesses fear that federal regulators could close commercial salmon fishing in federal waters and cause an industry that has sustained families for generations on the Kenai Peninsula to collapse.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2020 at 7:04 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council is accepting public comment on four draft resolutions, including one to expand the spill area from its original boundaries to an ecosystem-based boundary to facilitate restoration and conservation.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2020 at 4:26 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
Throughout the pandemic, flattening the curve and other attempts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have been intended not only to save lives but also to keep hospitals operating below capacity.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2020 at 4:32 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
This holiday season, organizations are hoping to see the community once again rally to meet the needs of its neighbors.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2020 at 7:44 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
Wednesday morning the Army Corps of Engineers released its long anticipated decision on the proposed Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, denying the project the vital permit it needed to move forward.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2020 at 6:14 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
From visitor policies to extensive personal protective equipment requirements, the COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed the way health care providers care for patients.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2020 at 5:24 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
Community leaders in Cordova are gauging the public interest in starting a greenhouse cooperative for the city.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2020 at 5:47 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
Citing the large number of new positive cases of COVID-19 and the manual verification required to provide real-time numbers, the state’s COVID-19 Dashboard stopped showing the number of active and recovered cases Tuesday.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2020 at 2:29 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
The company hopes its mitigation plan will help it secure a federal permit while Sen. Murkowski eyes permanent protections for the area.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2020 at 8:18 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is accepting public comment on the second draft of a spend plan to distribute $50 million of CARES Act funds for fisheries relief.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2020 at 7:56 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
Hackney says that while a closer examination may or may not influence the outcome of the election, giving the ballots closer scrutiny is good for democracy.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2020 at 9:02 AM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
Communities across Alaska are awaiting a ruling from the state Supreme Court on the constitutionality of a tax which provides a major chunk of revenue for coastal cities.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 5:33 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
Election Day 2020 has come and gone, but the signs of the races still stand across Anchorage.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2020 at 5:09 PM AKST
|By Grant Robinson
After more than a year of campaigning and raising around $17 million, Dr. Al Gross enters election day as one candidate with a viable shot at unseating one Republican in the U.S. Senate.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2020 at 5:01 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
The MatSu Borough is rolling out tools for the public to help improve response times to emergencies in the valley.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 5:20 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
A brown bear sow and her three cubs well known to wildlife photographers and others who frequented the Kenai River in Cooper Landing this summer are dead after a series of vehicle collisions.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2020 at 2:26 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
Citizens from across Alaska are calling on Gov. Mike Dunleavy to restore funding for winter maintenance and parking lot plowing on the Seward Highway and through Turnagain Pass.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2020 at 5:02 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
A decades-long dispute over legal rights to the Alaska Railroad’s right-of-way is headed to court.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2020 at 5:53 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
After the shutdown that began in March, CCS Early Learning reopened in June with reduced capacity and protocol in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 at 6:28 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
The project aims to connect the Dalton Highway to the Ambler Mining District in Northwest Alaska.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2020 at 7:19 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is accepting public feedback on its draft plan for how the state will spend the $50 million allocated to it for fisheries relief under Section 12005 of the CARES Act.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2020 at 8:35 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
Since early in the coronavirus pandemic, public health leaders have been using mathematical models to help understand the likely number of infections, hospitalizations and deaths given certain factors, and the most recent outlook shows Intensive Care Unit beds in Anchorage being maxed out in about a month unless there is a chance in the trajectory.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 at 7:18 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
Monday a group of Conservative political leaders and abortion opponents launched a campaign against a state Supreme Court justice up on the November ballot in a retention election.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2020 at 3:30 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
The industry is now dealing with depressed prices for seafood products.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2020 at 6:12 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
With winter fast approaching, restaurants are taking different approaches to keep business flowing while restrictions on indoor dining are still in place.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2020 at 8:46 AM AKDT
|By Austin Sjong, Gilbert Cordova and Grant Robinson
Anchorage School District Superintendent Dr. Deena Bishop is expected to announce a delay in students returning back to the classroom.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2020 at 6:42 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
After years of discussions, scoping and planning, the work on the Cooper Landing bypass is now easily visible to anyone in the area.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2020 at 7:36 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
The U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with a plan to exempt the Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless Rule, opening up more than 9.3 million acres in the national forest to logging and other development, despite opposition from tribal governments and concerns about the economic viability of logging in the region.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 4:20 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
Those willing to add an extra layer of clothes and fish through the remaining time of open water can be rewarded with good fishing.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 4:17 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
Undercover "investors" recorded meetings with Pebble Mine executives, revealing details about the vision for the mine that were previously undisclosed.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 7:35 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
Victims of sexual assault waiting for justice in Nome could see their cases develop much quicker after three area organizations donated close to $40,000.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2020 at 5:22 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
A collection of photographs believed to be the largest collection taken by a Tlingit person will soon give anyone wanting to learn more about the history and culture of Angoon a unique window into the past.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 6:41 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
Scientists have evidence of killer whale predation on bowhead whales in the eastern Chukchi and Beaufort seas for the first time.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2020 at 2:43 PM AKDT
|By Cheyenne Mathews and Grant Robinson
In-person instruction could begin as soon as October.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2020 at 6:47 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
A proposed regulation from NOAA Fisheries aims to give guidance on how fishermen can protect their catch, gear and marine mammals.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 4:58 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
A new graduate program at UAF’s College of Fisheries and Ocean Science aims to both elevate indigenous knowledge on fisheries in Alaska, and also equip more Alaskan Native students to be leaders in organizations involved with managing the resource.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2020 at 4:52 PM AKDT
|By Grant Robinson
Amid the University of Alaska Board of Regents meetings highlighted by reduced budgets and slashed athletic programs, progress to reduce and response to sexual assault and harassment on campus stood out as a bright spot.
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