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Alaska News Nightly: March 4, 2009
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Rural Alaska seeks long term solutions to economic...
Governor Palin confirms her support of in-state gasline
Governor Sarah Palin today made public her commitment to work toward a gas line from the North Slope to the Railbelt, Southcentral - and if possible - rural Alaska. She will be workingtoward what...
Death Penalty legislation remains mired in House committee
Legislation to create a death penalty in state law remains in the Judiciary Committee this week. After three hearings, Chairman Jay Ramras says the Committee will take up House Speaker Mike Chenault’s bill again...
MatSu Borough Mayor dies of cancer
Matunuska Susitna Borough Mayor and former state legislator, Curt Menard, died this morning of cancer. Menard began his political service in 1984 on the Mat-Su School Board. In 1987, he went to Juneau...
Southeast faces bleak tourist season
Southeast’s summer tourist season could be bleak. That’s the word from a number of experts addressing an industry conference in Ketchikan last week.
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau
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Middle school students building experimental plane
Airplane construction isn't what normally comes to mind when you consider middle school education. But students at Anchorage's Begich middle school will have the chance to build an experimental home made model.
Len...
Jamaican musher sets sights on the last great race
Last week, Newton Marshall became the first Jamaican musher to complete the Yukon Quest. And now he may be turning his sights on the Iditarod. The road from his sunny island nation to...
Kate Shugak rides again
Prolific Alaskan author Dana Stabenow's latest book in the Kate Shugak mystery series quickly hit the New York Time's best-seller list after its recent release. Whisper to the Blood is the 16th novel in...
Alaska News Nightly: March 3, 2009
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Governor Palin confirms her support of in-state gasline
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Talk of Alaska: The Iditarod Trail Centennial
Hundreds of sled dogs will soon be running down a 100-year old trail across Alaska. That’s right, the Iditarod Trail is 100 years old. We’ll find out more about the scouting of the trail...
High court hears Alaska criminal DNA case
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this morning in an Alaska case. An Anchorage man convicted of a brutal rape and beating 16 years ago wants modern DNA testing done on the evidence. But...
Alaska Senator Elton resigns for Interior Department post
Juneau Senator Kim Elton has resigned to become the Director of Alaska Affairs for the Department of Interior in Washington, DC. Elton’s resignation was effective at 5:00 p.m. today. He left the State Capitol...
Anchorage Schools consider how to spend millions in stimulus cash
A large share of Alaska's federal stimulus funds will go to education. Most of the money will be used for title one programs that help economically disadvantaged students and for special ed. The State's...
Conference builds agreement over climate and ocean policies
A conference that wrapped up in Homer last week drafted an agreement addressing climate change and ocean acidification. The gathering included representatives of coastal communities from across the state who will bring the agreement...
Decades of bird counts point to global warming effects
A new study by the National Audubon Society shows birds are wintering farther north -- including in Alaska. The study's authors say it's likely because of global warming. They note that over the 40...
Alaska legislators headed to international energy conference
Nearly half the members of the legislature are heading to Washington, DC this week for the annual conference of the Energy Council, a group representing State governments and Canadian Provinces -- and occasionally...
TSA bomb dogs headed to southeast Alaska
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is bringing bomb-sniffing dogs to Southeast Alaska.
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau
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Karluk River king salmon fishing tightly restricted for 2009
There's another poor return forecast for king salmon on Kodiak's Karluk River, and that's prompting the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to restrict the sportfishing season before it even starts.
Jay Barrett, KMXT -...
Alaska News Nightly: March 2, 2009
Alaska state Senator Kim Elton announced today he's heading to Washington to work for the Interior Department in the Obama Administration. Plus, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a case today, involving an Alaskan convict,...
Board of Game considers expanding predator control
The state Board of Game has begun work on a stack of proposals - many of which involve predator control. Among other things, the Board is considering allowing citizens to hunt wolves from...