Daily Archives: March 16, 2011
Health Officials Aren’t Worried About Radiation Threat in Alaska
Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
The situation today at Japan’s troubled nuclear plant appears to be deteriorating. But officials in Alaska aren’t...
Census Numbers Released for Alaska
Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
Alaska received its 2010 census numbers today. Overall the state’s population grew, but many areas of rural Alaska...
Redistricting Board Begins Work
Ellen Lockyer, APRN – Anchorage
The state’s Redistricting Board began its work today (Wednesday) after receiving the new census figures. The Redistricting Board...
Representative Cissna Testifies in Congress
Photo and Story by Libby Casey, APRN – Washington D.C.
Alaska State Representative Sharon Cissna was the star witness at a U.S....
Fairbanks Company Pushes Small Diameter Gas Line
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
A Fairbanks company that wants to build a small diameter gas line from the North Slope is fighting an...
Mackey Finishes Iditarod in 16th Place
Photos and Story by Diana Haecker, APRN – Nome
Four-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey arrived in Nome this morning at 8:55 with seven...
Railroad Extension May Not Happen
Tim Ellis, KUAC – Fairbanks
Alaska Railroad officials say work on a $200 million bridge and flood-control project across the Tanana...
Global Warming is Fueling a Bug Explosion in Alaska
Johanna Eurich, APRN – Anchorage
Climate change may pose some major problems for humans, but for Bugs, it’s a playground on steroids. Johanna...
Alaska News Nightly: March 16, 2011
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Alaskans Respond to Japan Disaster
As a horrified world watches events unfold in Japan's fight to contain damage to nuclear power plants in the earthquake- ravaged country, people at...
Mackey; Zirkle; Williams, Jr. Reach Nome
Photo by Dianna Haecker, APRN
Iditarod Champion John Baker of Kotzebue celebrates his victory with daugther Tahayla in Nome.
Mushers continued to arrive in Nome...
State Continues Monitoring Damaged Japanese Reactor Situation
According to a March 15 joint press release from the Governor’s Office, the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the Department...
Mackey; Zirkle; Williams, Jr. Reach Nome
Photos by Dianna Haecker, APRN - Nome
Iditarod Champion John Baker of Kotzebue celebrates his victory with daugther Tahayla in Nome.
Mushers continued to arrive in...
Mackey Finishes Iditarod in 16th Place
Photos and Story by Diana Haecker, KTNA – Talkeetna
Four-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey arrived in Nome this morning at...
Hometown, Alaska: Susitna Dam
In the 1970s and 80s, the dream of building the Susitna power project consumed years of debate and millions of dollars for environmental studies...
State Continues Monitoring Damaged Japanese Reactor Situation
According to a March 15 joint press release from the Governor's Office, the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the Department of Health...