Monthly Archives: January 2008
Chamber hosts "Back to Business" Conference
Information produces profits. That was the premise yesterday as the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce held a day long conference designed to give its business...
State tax revenues expected to rise in 2008
The state's Tax Division is expecting more money than ever before. The Revenue Department today released its semi-annual revenue sources book -- with a...
National education report finds Alaska below average
Alaska is a little below average in a national report released today by Education Week magazine focusing on six key categories affecting educational quality...
Environmental groups prepare for legal action over polar bear protection
Conservation groups pushing to get polar bears on the Endangered Species List today positioned themselves for more litigation if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
Kachemak Old Believers mourn their loss
Russian Old Believers on the Kenai peninsula are in mourning for the five members of their community killed in Saturday’s plane crash on Kodiak...
Legislation filed to establish separate ferry authority
Three coastal lawmakers want an independent board of directors to run the state ferry system. They’ve filed legislation creating an Alaska Marine Highway Authority,...
Bellair owner admits fraud
The owner of an aviation company that serves some interior villages has pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud related to the by-pass mail program....
Rural Challenges series, part 2: Hoonah
Despite commercial fishing and a flourishing summer tourist economy, Hoonah lacks jobs and adequate housing. Young people grow up and head elsewhere to find...
Alaska News Nightly: January 9, 2008
As the state's tax coffers fill up, Alaska's education system is found wanting by national analysts. Plus, southcentral Old Believers mourn their losses from...
Community Forum: Private Development in Turnagain Heights
Alaska Earthquake, March 27, 1964. Photo from U.S. Geological
Survey Photographic Library
Turnagain Heights on the west side of Anchorage is the cite where ...
APOC head to leave commission in March
The head of Alaska's public watchdog group says she will leave the agency later this year. Brooke Miles, Executive Director of the Alaska Public...
FAA clears pilot of last summer's Ketchikan-area crash
The federal aviation administration has cleared the pilot of a floatplane that crashed near Ketchikan last August of any violations of F-A-A regulations.
Deanna Garrison,...
Initiative sponsors fight over signatures
Supporters of the Clean Elections initiative today accused supporters of another initiative of misrepresenting their issue – and taking signatures they rightly deserve.
Dave Donaldson,...
Forest Service prepare to release controversial plan
The Forest Service’s much-anticipated revision of the 1997 Tongass Land Management Plan is scheduled for release later this month. But some organizations are...
Rural Challenges series, part 1: Hoonah
Hoonah sits on the shores of Icy Strait in the middle of the Tongass National Forest, about 40 air miles west of Juneau. It’s...
Dillingham investigates alternative energy sources
As energy prices rise, Dillingham community members are looking for alternative sources of power. Geothermal is one possibility. Dave Bouker, a former general manager...
Masons helping to build Petersburg library
Petersburg's library project got a major boost last week. The local masonic lodge presented library officials with a $25,000 check. The donation will go...
Two Spirits Gallery – more than just an outlet for native art
Artists and staff at Two Spirits Gallery in Anchorage are getting used to a bigger space that now includes a carving and painting studio. ...
Thoreau in the arctic
Its not easy to survive, much less thrive during Barrow’s long, cold and dark winter. The sun isn't due back until January 23rd. But...
Alaska News Nightly: January 8, 2008
APOC Executive Director will leave the agency later this year. Plus, the FAA clears the pilot of last summer's Ketichkan-area crash, and...