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Senators aim for ACA fixes, Murkowski-style
Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
This was the kind of health care hearing Sen. Murkowski has been calling for: Public and bipartisan. But time is short, even to fix flaws in the Affordable Care Act, let alone replace it.
Walker joins other governors in seeking federal health insurance outreach
Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
The fact that individual health insurance costs in Alaska will drop more than a fifth next year has drawn national attention. But it’s not yet clear how many Alaskans will actually sign up for the insurance. Governor Bill Walker has joined a bipartisan group of governors in asking Congress for increased outreach to attract healthier people to the individual market.
Illegal pot, heroin and opium among drugs seized most by Anchorage police
Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
Police officers in Anchorage are seizing more heroin than almost any other drug.
How Alaska seismologists detected North Korea’s nuke test
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
A North Korean nuclear bomb test was detected in Alaska. Alaska Earthquake Information Center seismometers clearly registered the underground blast Saturday.
Repairs on stretch of Dalton Highway damaged by flooding nearly done; next project: paving
Tim Ellis, KUAC – Fairbanks
Work is wrapping on a project to rebuild the northernmost stretch of the Dalton Highway that was badly damaged two-and-a-half years ago by flooding from the overflowing Sagavanirktok River.
Historic Alaska newspapers are being posted online
Jacob Resneck, KTOO – Juneau
Some of Alaska’s oldest newspapers are being digitized and posted online as part of a national project to provide free public access to historic periodicals.
One man’s quest to find Glacier Bay’s ecological Holy Grail
Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Juneau
William S. Cooper left directions from over 100 years ago. But rediscovering the lost research plots in Glacier Bay required an epic adventure.
The melancholy Juneau summer of blue ice
Matt Miller, KTOO – Juneau
This year’s Juneau Icefield Research Program included a focus on art and science communication, in addition to the usual studies of the ice, ecology, and weather and climate of the icefield.
