Monthly Archives: November 2007
Northwest coastal villages brace for storm
Villages along Alaska's northwest coast are bracing themselves for high winds and possible coastal erosion that could occur over the next few days. It's...
Haines Eagle Fest
This weekend was the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival in Haines. A few thousand eagles and a few hundred humans came together along the banks...
Alaska News Nightly: November 13, 2007
The Coast Guard takes an increasing interest in the arctic. The Senate takes its turn at the oil tax and northwest coastal villages brace...
Talk of Alaska: The McCandless Bus — Move it or Leave it?
Alaska's outdoor paradise is beautiful, but deadly: fast-changing weather, unforgiving wildlife, avalanches, extreme tides, unreadable rivers -- even insects can be serious threats. This...
Anchorage budget battle heating up
The rift between the mayor and some assembly members concerning the budget is only growing. Tonight the Anchorage Assembly holds a third...
House raises stakes on oil tax
The version of the new oil tax the House passed last night has been sent on to the Senate. The bill would raise state...
Tom Anderson prison date set
A prison date has been set for former-legislator Tom Anderson who was convicted of corruption charges in July. In an e-mail to...
Chinook bycatch numbers on the rise in the Bering Sea
An increasing number of king salmon are being harvested as bycatch by Bering Sea pollock trawlers. The pollock fishing industry insists that it...
Interior Issues Council plugs alternative energy
A Fairbanks Group is pushing an alternative energy strategy. The Interior Issues Council plan includes conservation measures and fossil fuel alternatives for...
Bristol Bay anti-mine initiatives could affect industry statewide
Bristol-Bay-based groups are circulating petitions to put three citizens’ initiatives on the ballot. They say the pollution-control and habitat-protection measures would boost efforts to...
Eco groups threaten futher legal action to protect the Queen Charlotte Goshawk
Conservation groups say they may go back to court to force further protections for the Queen Charlotte Goshawk. That’s after the U.S. Fish and...
Church-commissioned study on sexual abuse by clergy to be released
This week, Roman Catholic Bishops from across the United States, including Alaska, will hear preliminary results of a church-commissioned study on the causes and...
Legislature meets on Veterans Day
The Alaska State Legislature was in session yesterday on Veterans day for only the second time since statehood. The previous session, in 1973, was...
Alaska News Nightly: November 12, 2007
The House raises the base rate on oil taxes; Former representative Tom Anderson now has a date set for beginning his prison sentence for...
AK: In the Trenches
This week we're going In the Trenches. We'll dive to the bottom of Alaska's ocean trenches and meet a doctor deep in the trenches...
Special session hits the homestretch
The Legislature is in the final week of the special session dealing with increases to the oil tax that went into effect just last...
Two Judges ordered to step down
The State Supreme Court has ordered two Alaska judges to vacate their seats, after both neglected to file for retention on time in 2004....
Humpbacks spotted in the Arctic Ocean
A federal agency says personnel working on oil industry vessels this summer have reported seeing humpback whales in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. Biologists...
Protection sought for Lynn-Canal herring
The Sierra Club wants the federal government to protect Lynn Canal herring under the Endangered Species Act. But a local advisory committee to the...
Tatitlek man convicted of murder
Matthew Kompkoff, of Tatitlek was sentenced Tuesday for killing his wife just over a year ago. Presiding judge Joel Bolger said the domestic nature...