Monthly Archives: April 2011

KSKA's Ballot Propositions, Part 2

KSKA continues its pre-election day summary of the Anchorage ballot propositions with municipal bond packages in props four through seven. Len Anderson, KSKA...

KSKA's Ballot Proposition Summaries: Part 3

KSKA's concludes its summary of the municipality-wide propositions on tomorrow's Anchorage ballot with props eight through 11. Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage Download Audio (MP3)

Alaska Quake Spawns Mystery Tsunami

One of the biggest tsunamis of the twentieth century was generated by an earthquake off the coast of the Aleutian Islands on April...

Line One: The Invisible Gorilla

Co-authors of The Invisible Gorilla, Dr. Daniel Simons and Dr. Christopher Chabris join host Dr. Thad Woodard this week...

State Willing to Pay $30 Million to Get Drilling Rig to Cook Inlet

Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage The state is willing to pay $30 million to get a drilling rig to Cook Inlet.  The Alaska Industrial Development...

Judiciary Committee Recommends Against Confirming Haase

Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage Last Friday, the state Senate Judiciary committee recommended against confirming one of Governor Sean Parnell's appointees - Fred Haase,...

Traveling Music: April 3, 2011

Here’s the music playlist from the April 3, 2011 edition of Traveling Music with Shonti Elder. ...

Night Music: April 2, 2011

Here’s the music playlist from the April 2, 2011 edition of Night Music with Kirk Waldhaus.  All ...

Soul To Soul: April 2, 2011

Here’s the music playlist from the April 2, 2011 edition of Soul to Soul with Marvel and Sherry Johnson. All tracks ...

Treadwell Releases State’s Review of 2010 Election

Photo and Story by Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell released the state’s review of Alaska’s 2010 election to the...

Senate Awards Financial Help to Governments, Schools Facing High Fuel Prices

Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau Local governments and schools would get extra financial help when they face high fuel prices under a bill...

Senate Passes Version of State’s Operating Budget

Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau Friday, the Senate passed its version of the state’s operating budget for next year.   Finance Co-chair Lyman Hoffman...

House Passes Governor’s Oil Tax Bill

Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau The state House Thursday night passed the governor’s controversial oil tax bill that is expected to make large...

Imagination Library Kicking Off in Dillingham

Daysha Eaton, KDLG – Dillingham Saturday is the kickoff off of the Imagination Library in Dillingham. They’ll be celebrating a program that gives...

Sitka Sac Roe Herring Fishery Remains Open for Second Day

Joe Viechnicki, KFSK – Petersburg The Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery had its second opening Friday afternoon and the second day’s harvest...

St. Marys Mother Awarded $240 Thousand for Boil Complications

Shane Iverson, KYUK - Bethel A mother from the Yukon village of  St. Marys was awarded over a quarter million dollars in a...

Golden Valley Electric May Pursue North Slope Gas

Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks Golden Valley Electric Association may pursue trucking in North Slope natural gas as a means to getting a...

1946 Aleutian Quake Triggered Massive Tsunami

Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage One of the biggest tsunamis of the twentieth century was generated by an earthquake off the coast of...

Biologists May Consider Bald Eagles to be Invasive Species

Tara Bicknell, KHNS – Haines Haines has one of the largest annual gatherings of American bald eagles in the world. But because of...

Alaska News Nightly: April 1, 2011

Individual news stories are posted in the Alaska News category and you can subscribe to APRN’s news feeds via email, podcast and RSS. Download Audio...