Monthly Archives: April 2008

Traveling Music: April 20, 2008

Here's the music playlist from the April 20, 2008 edition of Traveling Music with Shonti Elder. All tracks played are listed below in the...

Soul to Soul: April 19, 2008

Here's the music playlist from the April 19, 2008 edition of Soul to Soul with Marvel and Sherry Johnson. All tracks played are listed below...

The Twilight Show: April 19, 2008

Here's the music playlist from the April 19, 2008 edition of The Twilight Show with Todd Glazer. All tracks played are listed below in the...

AK: Earth Day (2008)

April 22nd is Earth Day, and this week we pay tribute to the planet. We'll learn about sustainable agriculture, and visit a hotel that...

Governor Palin gives birth to 5th child

Governor Sarah Palin welcomed her fifth child into the world today.  Her spokesperson, Sharon Leighow says Palin interrupted a meeting of the Governors’ Energy...

Juneau Avalanches expected to drive electricity prices through the roof

Juneau officials have declared a local disaster in the aftermath of snow slides that have knocked out power from a local hydroelectric project.  The...

Alaska's Orthodox Bishop Soraich steps aside

Leaders of the Orthodox Church of America say Bishop Nikolai Soraich, head of the Alaska diocese, is taking a voluntary leave of absence, effective...

DEC cleans up oil spill along Tanana River

The State Department of Environmental Conservation is cleaning up an oil spill along the Tanana River in south Fairbanks.  The D.E.C. reports that as...

Alaska Ranger investigation focuses on ship itself

Two Coast Guard ship inspectors who surveyed the Alaska Ranger several months before it sank testified in a Marine Board of Investigation hearing Thursday...

Coal-bed methane tries for a revival in the bush

A new generation of coal bed methane projects could be coming to the Bush. More ambitious proposals to extract the subsurface gas in the...

USPS re-examines bypass mail

The U.S. Postal Service is looking into restructuring its bypass mail network in Alaska.  Bypass mail goes directly from the shipper to the carrier,...

Alaska News Nightly: April 18, 2008

The US Senate votes to ask the Justice Department to investigate "Coconut Road" earmark. Also, Joshua Wade is indicted for murder in the...

AWAC Presents: Bill Taylor

The former Citicorp vice president insisted the audience decide the topics for his discussion, titled "50 years Traveling the International Finance Highway with a...

Anchorage unveils daily crime map

Anchorage residents who want to track crime in their neighborhoods now have a new way to do so. Yesterday the city unveiled a new...

Stage Talk: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar / Waves of Mu

Artistic director of Alaska Theatre of Youth, Christian Heppinstall stops by this week, along with Amy Caron from Waves of Mu, now playing at...

Joshua Wade faces a federal murder charge

A federal grand jury has indicted Joshua Wade on two counts relating to the murder of Anchorage nurse, Mindy Schloss. If convicted, Wade...

Senate wants Justice Department to investigate "Coconut Road" earmark

The US Senate today voted to ask the US Justice Department to investigate how a Florida road project supported by Congressman Don Young made...

Joshua Wade indicted for murder

Today a federal grand jury indicted Joshua Wade on two counts relating to the murder of Anchorage nurse, Mindy Schloss.  If convicted, Wade could...

Open waters meetings wrap up in Anchorage

Meetings highlighting the proposed plans for off shore oil and gas exploration in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas this summer wrapped up this week...

BP and Conoco take their gasline plans to DC

The presidents of BP Alaska and Conoco Alaska are in Washington, DC to talk about their gas line project and what they’re doing in...