Monthly Archives: December 2007
Alaska News Nightly: December 6, 2007
The state is suing the consulting firm it says is responsible for the multi-billion dollar retirement system shortfall. Plus, the University of Alaska...
Night Music: December 6, 2007
Here's the music playlist from the Dec 6, 2007 edition of Night Music with Connie G.
All tracks played are listed below in the following...
Two Talk of Alaska episodes posted
We just figured out we (somehow) missed posting the November 20 edition of Talk of Alaska. We were also a day late posting this...
MEA debate rages on in Mat-Su valley
Matanuska Electric Association wants the voters of the Mat-Su Borough to take a second look at a borough ordinance aimed at restricting the type...
Governor releases savings plan
The Palin Administration has unveiled its plan for the state to save and invest more than $7 billion of increased oil revenues and reserves...
Chopper search yielding no results
After 48 hours of searching, there's still no sign this evening of a medical helicopter that disappeared Monday night on its way from Cordova...
Climate bill moves ahead in Senate
A bipartisan bill that would cap and regulate human-generated emissions that contribute to global warming moved out of the U.S. Senate Environment Committee today....
Documents detail island's dark past
The historic fur sealing factory on St. George Island. Photo by Annie Feidt, APRN.
For more than a century, the Pribilof Island fur sealing industry...
MEA debate rages on in Mat-Su valley
Matanuska Electric Association wants the voters of the Mat-Su Borough to take a second look at a borough ordinance aimed at restricting the type...
Decision may hinder Southeast plan to connect to power grid
The British Columbia government is holding off plans to extend power lines to remote northwestern BC. That’s after two mining companies last week announced...
Dead humpback towed off Unalaska beach
Harbor officers yesterday pulled a dead whale loose from the shore at the north end of the Unalaska Airport’s runway.
Charles Homans, KIAL - Unalaska
Working for winter recreation
Skiers and snow machiners in Juneau are working together to develop an area that both could use. The Alpine Working Group met last night,...
Hearing held on popular Fairbanks trail
The Fairbanks Borough is holding an open house tonight regarding a legal corridor for the Chena Hot Springs winter trail.
Ben Markus, KUAC - Fairbanks
Scientist trying to save wolves
Independent wildlife scientist and advocate Gordon Haber is again asking the state to better protect Denali wolves that wander outside the National Park near...
Alaska News Nightly: December 5, 2007
Governor Sarah Palin announced plans today for the state surplus, which is expected to total more than $4 billion. Plus, the search continues for...
Community Forum: Alaska Student Safety Summit
This week, host Nellie Moore will talk with D.A.R.E. Alaska, Inc. executive director, Naomi Sweetman and vice president, Jerry Covey. Both Sweetman and Covey...
Anchorage School District hits 50-50 balance
A just released student profile report shows this year the Anchorage School District has reached an historic milestone.
ASD: 2007-2008 Ethnicity Report (PDF)
Len Anderson, KSKA...
Web Extra: Louise Hogarth Interview
In addition to the brief interview featured in tonight's Alaska News Nightly, we're offering this extended version of our chat with filmmaker Louise Hogarth,...
Search continues for missing Medivac flight
The search continues this evening for medical helicopter that went missing last night on its way from Cordova to Anchorage's Providence Hospital. There were...
Gasline plans causing controversy
Two of the five applications the state received for assistance in developing a gas pipeline from the North Slope would open the possibility of...