AKPM Staff
First Alaskans Institute seeks applicants for education grants
This year the Community Investment initiative will distribute $300,000 in grants to communities throughout the state in the areas of helping pre-schoolers better prepare for school, improving high school graduation rates and promoting...
Alaska News Nightly: January 15, 2008
Lawmakers begin the 2008 legislative session. Plus, Governor Palin gives her State of the State address, and a federal judge denies former legislator Pete Kott a delay in reporting to prison. Those stories...
Talk of Alaska: Transportation Priorities
This week on Talk of Alaska we chat with a state transportation policy maker, a transportation expert and you -- our callers -- as Alaska wrestles with transportation funding, construction and maintenance questions in...
Alaskans to vote on clean elections and clean water
There will be at least two initiatives on the ballot when Alaska voters head to the polls this fall. The sponsors of both the Clean Water Act and Clean Elections campaign each turned in...
Legislative session starts with shortened calendar
Legislators are arriving at the capitol in Juneau today, getting ready for the shortest regular session in the state's history. Voters last year gave them 90 days to get their work done.
Dave Donaldson, APRN...
Senator Elton focused on state government job losses in Juneau
State senator Kim Elton says capitol creep is hurting the Juneau economy, with 140 state jobs leaving the capital city in the past year and a half. Another 80 state jobs have moved to...
Musher Allen Moore takes Copper Basin 300
Allen Moore won the Copper Basin 300 sled dog race this afternoon. He beat out front-runner Sigrid Ekran of Fairbanks, who took a wrong turn during the last leg of the race and came...
Feds to mediate labor deal for public employees and Palin administration
State supervisors in the Alaska Public Employees Association have again rejected a contract proposal from the Palin Administration and are asking for federal mediation.
Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO - Juneau
Fairbanks aircraft training club takes flight tonight
A club starting up in Fairbanks promises to improve local flight training and access to aircraft. An organizational meeting for the Interior Alaska Aero Club is happening tonight. Long-time local pilot and flight instructor...
Federal court approves offshore oil and gas leasing in Beaufort Sea
The U.S. District court in Alaska today released their decision in favor of the Minerals Management Service's lease sale 202 in the Beaufort Sea. The sale was part of MMS's previous 5-year offshore oil...
Unalaska Natives seeking restitution from Selendang Ayu owners
Unalaska's Qawalangin Tribe is waiting to hear how the owners of the Selendang Ayu will respond to the tribe's claim that the 2004 shipwreck inflicted cultural damage in addition to its environmental and economic...
Kongiganak plans to farm plentiful southwest winds
A workshop in Bethel focused on wind energy last week sparked a lot of interest from villages in the region. One of the villages -- Kongiganak -- is already on the road to using...
Alaska News Nightly: January 14, 2008
Lawmakers are preparing for tomorrow's start to the legislative session. It will be the shortest one in state history at just 90 days. Plus, musher Allen Moore won the Cooper Basin 300 this afternoon,...
AK: Chasing the Sun
It's cold, it's dark and summer seems oh-so-far away. So on this week's AK, we'll go Chasing the Sun -- from solar-powered homes in Palmer to steamy tropical dancing in Juneau. Plus, the mother...
Comment period on Long Range Transportation Plan extended
Yesterday was supposed to be the deadline for public comments on the new Long-Range Transportation Plan for the state, but Jeff Ottison, the Director of Program Development in the state Department of Transportation and...
Port and harbor operators look to the future
Operators of the state's ports and harbors met this week in Anchorage to look for ways to pay for improvements and new projects in the context of coming changes in the world of shipping.
Steve...
Alaska Gasline Port Authority asks for reconsideration
The Alaska Gasline Port Authority is asking the state to reconsider its proposal for a natural gas pipeline. It was rejected by Governor Sarah Palin’s administration last week because it failed to meet...
ConocoPhillips puts its back behind new Providence cancer center
Anchorage's Providence Hospital's brand new Cancer Center has been treated to an historic infusion of money. ConocoPhillips gave the new, state-of-the-art facility $5,000,000.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
A novel way to preserve Nunavak culture
An organization on Nunavak Island is using a marine debris clean up program to help protect the local culture.
Anne Hillman, KDLG - Dillingham
Rural villages discuss Citgo fuel donation
Regional non-profit organizations from rural Alaska met in Anchorage today to talk about this year’s Citgo heating fuel donation. They are making a video saying ‘Thanks’ to the Venezuelan owned company for it’s first...