AKPM Staff
Maggie has a ticket to ride
Alaska's only elephant Maggie, will be leaving the state tomorrow. Billed as Operation Maggie Migration, the elephant will be flying out to her new home at the PAWS sanctuary in California on a C-17...
Sitka Girl Scouts take on bullying
Bullying…according to numerous reports, it's on the rise in America's schools. School districts are responding by tightening their anti-bullying policies. But new technologies are taking bullying underground, making it harder for teachers and administrators...
Bering Sea Pollock season winds down
The second Bering Sea Pollock season of the year wraps up tomorrow. The season has been a difficult one.
Charles Homans, KIAL - Unalaska
Unalaska ethics complaint headed for APOC
An Unalaska resident says he plans to file an ethics complaint with the Alaska Public Offices Commission later this week over this month’s city elections. Jeff Hancock says he’s preparing one and possibly more...
Barrow couple goes to the dogs
About one month ago, commentator Earl Finkler and his wife Chris became the permanent owners of a 14-year-old Greenland husky named Nuna. Tonight Finkler discusses the joy and many tasks connected with Nuna's care.
Finkler,...
Alaska News Nightly: October 31, 2007
Vic Kohring's fate rests in the hands of the jury; The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea inches forward in the U.S. Senate, and the Izembek road gets a hearing...
Court stands its ground on Kensington Mine
The U.S. Ninth Circuit of Appeals will not reconsider an earlier decision that the tailings plan for the Kensington Gold Mine is illegal.
Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO - Juneau
Korhing trial set to go to the jury
Both sides have officially rested their cases in the corruption trial of former state lawmaker Vic Kohring, and the case will now go to the jury tomorrow morning.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
Latest oil-tax proposal takes on water
A new revenue analysis of the House Oil and Gas Committee’s oil tax bill that appeared over the weekend shows the state would take in less money under that substitute proposal than under the...
Feds investigating Stevens fish deals
The Associated Press is reporting Federal authorities investigating Sen. Ted Stevens are talking to members of the Alaska fishing industry looking for evidence of whether Stevens pushed seafood legislation that benefited his son Ben...
White Pass locomotive heads home
White Pass and Yukon Route’s Engine 114 left a repair yard in Tacoma, Washington, last Friday, bound for Skagway. The
locomotive had been undergoing major repairs from an accident that occurred in September of...
State rethinks size of timber harvests
The state of Alaska has sold record levels of its timber over the past number of years to supplement federal timber sale offerings while the forest service makes court-mandated changes to its Tongass land...
Consolidation in Southeast creates ripples
A Southeast boundary commission will take action on a possible Wrangell Borough as well as on the Ketchikan Gateway Borough annexation early next month. Although the small communities of Meyers Chuck and Union Bay...
Whatcom gives a dam
Members of the council for Whatcom county Washington say they welcome feedback from Petersburg area residents about proposed hydro electric power plants in nearby Thomas Bay. Both Whatcom county and a private Bellingham company...
Alaska News Nightly: October 30, 2007
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds ruling on the Kensington Mine. The federal corruption trial of Vic Kohring heads to the jury, and Federal Investigators dig into Ted Stevens fish deals....
Talk of Alaska: Firecracker Boys
After being out of print for years, Dan O'Neill's ‘The Firecracker Boys" is being re-published, with revisions and extra material. The book documents the outrageous scheme cold war technocrats cooked up to demonstrate...
Supreme Court takes up Exxon Valdez reopener
It wasn't what they had hoped to hear, but this morning, Exxon Valdez oil spill plaintiffs found out they have more rounds to go in the fight with ExxonMobil over punitive damages.
Joel Southern, APRN...
Governor and Legislators react to decision on Exxon Valdez
Governor Palin says the Supreme Court’s acceptance of the appeal was a “kick in Alaskans’ collective gut.” She says the litigation is now becoming an example of Justice Delayed is Justice Denied. She says...
Ted Stevens name raised in Kohring corruption trial
New details have emerged in the federal investigation of Senator Ted Stevens, and the renovation of his Girdwood home. The information comes from testimony heard this morning in the trial of former state legislator...
Prosecution winds up its case against Kohring
We should know soon whether former state legislator Vic Kohring will testify in his own defense. Federal prosecutors were wrapping up their corruption case against him today.
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage