Alaska News Nightly: March 20, 2009

Individual news stories are posted in the Alaska News category and you can subscribe to APRN’s news feeds via e-mail, podcast and RSS.Download Audio (MP3)Lawmakers want Stimulus Funds The Governor RejectedDave Donaldson, APRN - JuneauThe state senate today (Friday) introduced a resolution that would accept any federal economic stimulus money Governor Palin turns down.Tanana School Officials Seek State Help for Budget ShortfallDan Bross, KUAC - FairbanksThe Tanana School District is seeking state assistance to help pay off 200 thousand dollars in debt.Kalskag Grizzlies Win Division 1A ChampsShane Iverson, KYUK - BethelThe Alaska State High School Basketball Tournaments are taking place in Anchorage this week. The big schools are still playing, but the small school contests have already wrapped-up.Looking Back On the First Reactions to the Exxon Valdez Oil SpillSteve Heimel, APRN - AnchorageTwenty years ago next Tuesday, the nation's worst oil spill happened. The tanker Exxon Valdez went aground and ripped itself open at the top end of Prince William Sound.Oil Spill Still Fresh in the Minds of CordovansStev Heimel, APRN - AnchoragePatience Andersen Faulkner was living in Cordova at the time of the spill. Now she's president of the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council and tries to make sure the lessons learned after the spill are never forgotten.Southeast Alaska in Population DeclineDeanna Garrison, KRBD - KetchikanIn the last eight years, southeast Alaska has lost more population than any other region around the state.D.C. Company Gives Up Alaska Tidal Energy PlansJoe Viechnicki, KFSK - PetersburgA Washington D.C. company has given up federal permits to study the potential for tidal power generation at two sites in southeast Alaska.