Monthly Archives: March 2008
Alaska's oil revenue continues to rise
The State of Alaska keeps bringing in money. The Revenue Department today released a preliminary revenue forecast that predicts a total income this fiscal...
Senate completes work on major funding bills
The Senate today finished work on the three major funding bills that had been set as a major goal of this year’s session. The...
Public Employees ratify new contract with the state
Alaska Public Employees Association members have ratified a new contract with the Palin administration. It gives supervisors an 11.5% raise over 3 years, with...
Sitkans meet to discuss climate change
The sheer magnitude of the problems presented by global climate change can have a chilling effect on action for small communities. But that hasn’t...
Teaching in small rural schools presents unique challenges
The Lake & Penninsula Borough has 14 schools but only 370 students. The smallest school has 10 students K-12. The largest has 75...
Alaskan students take the stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC
34 Glacier Valley Elementary School 4th and 5th graders are getting ready to perform The Tides and the Tempest this weekend at the Kennedy...
Alaska News Nightly: March 14, 2008
Lt Governor Sean Parnell challenges Don Young for the state's lone congressional seat. Also, state Republican Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich faces a no-confidence...
AWAC Presents: Alan Tonelson
Alan Tonelson, from the U.S. Business and Industry Council in Washington D.C. addresses the Wal-Mart affect on American national economic strategy. Is Wal-Mart Good...
Bauer/Guteirrez square off for city's east side seat
Today KSKA's series on the upcoming April 1st municipal election focuses on the city's east side, where incumbent Paul Bauer faces challenger Mike Gutierrez...
Stage Talk: Smack the Wagon / The Count of Monte Cristo
This week on Stage Talk, director and producer Kari Mote talks about the world premiere of Smack the Wagon at Out North in...
Lieutenant Governor will run for Don Young's U.S. House seat
At the Republican convention in Anchorage this morning, Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell announced his intention to run for Alaska's single U.S. House of Representatives...
Night Music March 13, 2008
Here's the music playlist from the March 13, 2008 edition of Night Music with Connie G. All tracks played are listed below...
Stevens and Murkowski push ANWR one more time
Alaska’s US senators are using record high oil prices to try to revive interest in opening the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife...
Governor Palin negotiates with House over budget
Governor Palin today met with House members to try to avoid a showdown over nearly $70,000,000 in capital projects that she vetoed out of...
Agrium will not use coal gasification in Nikiski
Agrium incorporated announced today that the company is not moving forward with plans to use coal gasification technology to reopen their plant in Nikiski.
Mike...
Army wounded being treated at Elmendorf
Wounded Iraq war Army personnel based at Fort Richardson are receiving care at the Elmendorf Air Force Base hospital so they can be close...
Education increases small in year one
The education funding bill state lawmakers passed this month will significantly boost K to 12 education in Alaska over the next five years. But...
Top 31 Iditarod teams now into Nome
31 teams have made it to Nome in the Iditarod. All finishers take home $1,049 for their accomplishment, but the top...
Skiing the Stikine
About a decade ago, a Wrangell resident hatched a plan to ski the 150 miles of frozen Stikine river from Canada back to town....
Alaska News Nightly: March 13, 2008
Senator Stevens and Senator Murkowski sponsor an ANWR drilling bill in the US senate. Also, Governor Palin tries to strike a deal with...