AKPM Staff
AK: The Birds & The Bees
This week on AK... Valentine's Day is approaching and love is in the air, so what better time to get a lesson on The Birds & The Bees? We'll learn about sexuality education in...
New bill designed to help support foster children
A bill introduced today would smooth out some of the problems facing children living in the state’s foster care system.
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Anchorage
Governor proposes repeal of Certificate of Need law
Governor Palin’s proposal to eliminate a law that balances community needs with the brick and mortar of health care has local hospital administrators worried. One provision would repeal the state’s Certificate of Need (CON)...
North Slope mayor reacts to Walrus listing
North Slope Borough Mayor Edward Itta today said he wasn't surprised by the call yesterday from the Center for Biological Diversity to list Pacific Walrus under the Endangered Species Act. Itta said he figured...
Yakutat gets a new municipal manager
Yakutat finally has a municipal manager. The northern Southeast Alaska community went more than a year before hiring a longtime resident for the job. The process included the selection – and later rejection –...
Anchorage school board approves budget
In a special session yesterday, the Anchorage School Board unanimously approved its proposed budget for 2008-2009. The board and administration's next step involves making sure the Alaska legislature passes the budget's predicted state...
Senate committee mulls new director for Indian Health Service
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing yesterday for Robert McSwain to become the director of the Indian Health Service.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
"Miss Earline" to the rescue
If a teenager gets caught using drugs or committing a crime in Southeast Alaska, there’s a good chance they’ll get sent to the Johnson Youth Center in Juneau. But some people go to the...
Iron Dog: Gentlemen, start your engines
The 2008 Iron Dog snowmachine race begins this Sunday at Big Lake. “First Dude” Todd Palin and teammate Scott Davis are the defending champions of the 2000 mile snowmachine race across Alaska. They will...
Yukon Quest mushers ready to hit the trail
Mushers and their dog teams are gathered in Fairbanks for the start of tomorrow’s 25th running of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. It kicks off in downtown Fairbanks on the Chena...
Alaska News Nightly: February 8, 2008
Governor Palin wants to eliminate the Certificate of Need law. Plus, Yakutat finally gets a new municipal manager. And the Iron Dog snowmachine race and the Yukon Quest sled dog race get set to...
Environmentalists push for federal walrus safeguards
An environmental group is petitioning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list Pacific Walrus under the Endangered Species Act. The Center for Biological Diversity filed the petition today. Shaye Wolf is a staff...
Interior Secretary justifies quick Chukchi lease sale
Today, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne used the numbers from yesterday’s Chukchi Sea oil and gas lease sale as a justification for not delaying the sale until after he decides whether to list polar bears...
Lesil McGuire to undergo ethics investigation
Senator Lesil McGuire is to be investigated by the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics for possible violations of lobbying laws and legislative standards of conduct. The Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) this afternoon directed...
Your papers, please
The January 31 deadline is over, but there's still time to get your papers in order for traveling in the western hemisphere. The deadline worried some travelers; they were concerned if they didn't have...
Ferry governance bill navigating political waters
A bill making the state ferry system more independent is undergoing changes. But it still calls for major decisions to be made by a board of directors with more power than the current advisory...
Tis the season for wearable art
Ketchikan residents hit the runway last weekend, modeling creations for the community's 22nd annual wearable art show.
Deanna Garrison, KRBD - Ketchikan
Alaska News Nightly: February 6, 2008
Environmentalists push for listing the walrus under the Endangered Species Act. Plus, the Secretary of the Interior justifies yesterday's Chukchi lease sales. Meanwhile, State Senator Lesil McGuire faces an ethics investigation in the legislature...
Chukchi Sea oil and gas lease sale sets records amid controversy
The oil industry showed it has an intense interest in the Chukchi Sea today, putting down record bids for an Alaska federal oil and gas lease sale. Some 667 bids brought $3.4 billion into...
Alaska Presidential caucuses burst at the seams
Alaskans showed up at the Democratic and Republican Caucuses across the state in big numbers last night. But traffic in Anchorage was snarled, keeping some of Alaska's city folks from getting to the event...