Yearly Archives: 2011
Part One: Health Care In Alaska
Alaska’s Health Care costs are among the highest in the world. And the state chartered Alaska Health Care Commission has spent the last year trying to figure out why. It’s a complicated problem and finding answers is not easy.
Tanacross Man Dies in Snowmachine Accident
Alaska State Troopers say a 42-year-old Tanacross man has died in a snowmachine accident.
ACS Lowers Annual Shareholder Dividend By 77 Percent
Anchorage-based Alaska Communications Systems or ACS has lowered its annual dividend to shareholders by 77 percent.
RuralCap Working On Rural Energy Saving Upgrades
RuralCap, an organization which advocates for services for rural villages, has taken on the work of energy saving upgrades for many of Alaska’s most remote communities.
‘Community Asset Building Initiative’ Gets $2 Million For Expansion
The Rasmuson Foundation is contributing $2 million to expand their ‘Community Asset Building Initiative’ over the next three years. It’s an opportunity for communities to develop their own philanthropic organizations.
Northern Southeast’s Sea Otter Population Growing Slower Than Southern Region
New research shows northern Southeast Alaska’s sea otter population is growing slower than in the southern part of the region. But it’s still expanding, which continues to worry fishermen and divers.
Year In Review: Juneau, Dillingham and Fairbanks
This week we’re taking a look back at some of the important, and favorite stories from 2011 from APRN and our member station reporters from across the state. Tonight we’ll start in Juneau.
Alaska News Nightly: December 27, 2011
Judge Releases BP From Probation For 2009 Spill, Man Faces Four Charges For Injecting Teen With Heroin, Part One: Health Care In Alaska, ACS Lowers Annual Shareholder Dividend By 77 Percent, RuralCap Working On Rural Energy Saving Upgrades, ‘Community Asset Building Initiative’ Gets $2 Million For Expansion, Northern Southeast’s Sea Otter Population Growing Slower Than Southern Region, Year In Review: Juneau, Dillingham and Fairbanks
Native Center Gains Support For Youth Programs
Anchorage- based Alaska Native Heritage Center has been awarded a three year grant through the federal Administration for Native Americans Social and Economic Development Strategies Program.
The Alaska Porcupine’s Winter in Slow-motion
While running through Bicentennial Park in Anchorage, biologist Jessy Coltrane spotted a porcupine in a birch tree. On her runs on days following, she saw it again and again, in good weather and bad. Over time, she knew which Alaska creature she wanted to study.
“I thought, ‘Oh my god, how does he do it? How does this animal make it through winter?’” Coltrane said during the December defense of her doctoral thesis in Fairbanks.
Read more. State Gives $1.5 Million To Support Suicide, Substance Abuse Prevention In Southwest Alaska
The State has awarded The Center for Alaska Native Health Research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks nearly $1.5 million to support rural Southwestern Alaska Yup’ik communities in their suicide and substance abuse prevention efforts.
Mushers Add Another Alaska Race To Schedule
For rural Alaska mushers, the race season is starting to wind up. In January, there’s the Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race. In April, the Kobuk 440.
Federal Definition Of Homelessness Finalized
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development last month finalized the federal definition of homelessness. The new definition reflects changing times.
Budget Would Put New Trooper Helicopter In Fairbanks
Governor Sean Parnell has budgeted money for a new State Trooper helicopter in Fairbanks. As KUAC’s Tim Ellis reports, the allocation is aimed at improving search and rescue response in the interior.
Japanese Tsunami Flotsam Appearing In Kodiak Waters
A local beachcomber and a renowned oceanographer have found that Kodiak is already receiving some of the earliest arrivals of debris from the Japanese tsunami that resulted from a 9.0 earthquake last March. The tsunami killed nearly 16,000 people and devastated 400 miles of Japan’s coastline.
Panel Discusses NPFMC Process
The process to set federal fishing policy in the North Pacific relies on public input and sound science. That was the message that came out of a recent panel discussion held in Seattle.
Year In Review: Washington DC, Nome and Sitka
In this last week of 2011, APRN and our member station reporters from across the state are taking a moment to reflect back on some of the stories that were significant for Alaskans. Today we’ll hear from the first three in our week-long series.
Alaska News Nightly: December 26, 2011
State Gives $1.5 Million To Support Suicide, Substance Abuse Prevention In Southwest Alaska, Mushers Add Another Alaska Race To Schedule, Federal Definition Of Homelessness Finalized, Budget Would Put New Trooper Helicopter In Fairbanks, Japanese Tsunami Flotsam Appearing In Kodiak Waters, Panel Discusses NPFMC Process, Year In Review: Washington DC, Nome and Sitka
Soul to Soul: December 25, 2011
Here’s the music playlist from the December 25, 2011 edition of Soul to Soul with Marvel and Sherry Johnson. All...
Bill Proposed to Protect Seniors’ Finances
A proposed bill awaiting the next legislative session seeks to increase the protection over the finances of Alaska's seniors--especially from their relatives and caregivers.