AKPM Staff
AK: Murder & Mayhem
We revisit the Cache Creek Murders of 1939, and hear about a new vampire movie that takes place in Barrow -- it was shot in New Zealand, but hey, who doesn't get the two...
McCandless bus parts sold on eBay
The instrument panel from the Stampede Trail bus where Christopher McCandless died recently sold for $177 on eBay. The sale has generated outrage from some who see the bus as a memorial site. Pennsylvania-based...
Rebuffed Shell tries to find future in Alaska
Shell Oil returned to Alaska a few years ago enthusiastic about the potential for finding and developing offshore oil and natural gas reserves. But since then, it has tangled with North Slope Natives worried...
Bering Strait bridged with culture and science
The National Park Service's Shared Beringian Heritage Program unites Russians and Americans for cooperative discussion and management of the Bering Strait. NPS held Beringia Days late last month in Anadyr, Russia with support from...
SeaLife Center rescues ribbon seal from… Wasilla
Photo by Tim Lebling, Alaska SeaLife Center
The Alaska SeaLife Center is taking care of its first Ribbon Seal. The 220-pound female was rescued yesterday from a muddy area at the tip of Cook Inlet,...
Freight barge runs aground near Unalaska
A freight barge ran aground early this morning at Humpy Cove on Unalaska Island, northeast of the town of Unalaska/Dutch Harbor. Tugboat crews were working this afternoon to pull the 271-foot vessel loose from...
Greenpeace advises fisheries managers to protect Pribilof canyons
Greenpeace staff gave a presentation last evening to the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council on the preliminary findings from research conducted this summer in enormous underwater canyons off the Pribilof Islands.
Greenpeace documents wildlife habitat...
AKRR and MatSu to build Port MacKenzie rail spur
The Mat-Su Borough and the Alaska Railroad are partnering in a project to build a railroad spur connecting Port MacKenzie to the existing Interior rail system. Public meetings held in the Valley this week...
August 16 float plane crash claims final victim
A three-year-old Oregon girl who survived a float plane crash near Ketchikan two months ago died yesterday at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center. Allison Smith had remained in critical condition at the hospital for the...
'Bones' Alaskan art show opens in Fairbanks
An art show opening in Fairbanks tonight -- the Well Street Art Companies "Bones" Show -- is employing a seasonal theme to showcase the work of Alaskan artists.
Emily Schwing, KUAC - Fairbanks
Alaska News Nightly: October 5, 2007
A Shell oil executive talks about the company's future in Alaska. Plus, the Alaska SeaLife Center rescues its first ribbon seal. The animal was found far off course -- on the edge of Cook...
Former legislator Vic Kohring hit with revised corruption indictment
The federal government has released new details in their case against former state legislator Vic Kohring. Prosecutors have filed a new indictment against Kohring which supersedes the original and now allege that Kohring had...
Senate committee debates international 'Law of the Sea' treaty
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee gave critics a chance to air their concerns about the Law of the Sea Treaty today. In testimony last week, top defense and State Department officials said they...
Stevens complains of diminishing Coast Guard service in Alaskan waters
Senator Ted Stevens said today he believes Alaska is getting short-changed when it comes to ocean and port security. At a Senate Commerce oversight hearing, Stevens voiced his concerns to Rear Admiral Dave Pekoske,...
State legislators rejecting Governor's — or anyone's — oil tax proposals
Legislators don't anticipate a final resolution to the tax issues the Governor wants them to consider in a special session later this month. With several different alternatives available -- and deeply held opinions on...
Murkowski wants to know: Is the BIA office moving or not?
The man who oversees the Bureau of Indian Affairs says no decision has been made to move the Alaska regional office from Juneau to Anchorage, despite rumors making the rounds in the state. At...
National, state and local anti-meth campaigns synchronizing
An afternoon-long anti-methamphetamine forum held today in Anchorage was preceded by a press conference with federal, state and local officials describing various enforcement and educational campaigns against the drug. But the most moving success...
Polar sea ice retreat to affect Alaska's oceans
Sea ice coverage in the Arctic Ocean shrunk to its lowest point on record this summer. That news has huge implications for nearly every aspect of life in Alaska, from the landscape to the...
Petersburg not so sure about 'trashy' future
Petersburg will continue to take part in planning for a regional solution for garbage disposal needs in Southeast Alaska. But at this week's city council meeting, some officials were not excited about building the...
Alaska News Nightly: October 4, 2007
Alaska's series of political corruption trials got more interesting today as Vic Kohring is given a revised indictment alleging additional corruption activities. Meanwhile some of those left in the legislature turn their noses up...