AKPM Staff
Kohring aims to file for case dismissal before his corruption trial
As the Kott trial rolled along upstairs, downstairs at the Federal courthouse there was a pre-trial hearing for Vic Kohring, another former legislator accused of taking bribes from VECO. The hearing only lasted two...
Democrat Benson requests investigation into Don Young's Florida earmark
Democratic Congressional candidate Diane Benson has formally requested a Congressional investigation into Congressman Don Young's handling of an earmark that resulted in a road project favoring a Florida developer who helped raise money for...
Canadian minister promoting Arctic gas development to cut gas costs
Canada's Northwest Territories' energy minister was in Anchorage today giving an Arctic gas presentation. Brendan Bell has been visiting U.S. cities talking up a new report that outlines two scenarios -- the cost to...
Alaska power producers meet in Valdez; discuss renewable energy
The Alaska Power Association held its 56th annual meeting last Thursday and Friday in Valdez. The event was hosted by Copper Valley Electric Association. And it drew industry reps, researchers and local and state...
U.N. favors Native people's rights to self-determination, subsistence
The United Nations recently passed a declaration supporting the rights of indigenous people all over the world. Some Native and human rights leaders in Alaska are celebrating the document, saying it gives them international...
Tlingit artifact returns to Alaska, met with two-day potlatch
A Tlingit headdress taken over a century ago from a shaman's grave near Angoon returned home this month. It was repatriated from the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. during a...
Alaska News Nightly: September 17, 2007
Former state lawmaker Vic Kohring is working to have the federal corruption case against him dismissed. Plus, Alaska Native leaders react to a recent U.N. declaration supporting indigenous people around the world. Those stories...
APRN in iTunes podcast directory
For those of you out there using iTunes to subscribe to podcasts, we have some good news -- four APRN podcasts are now listed in the iTunes podcast directory, making them even easier to...
Preview: Talk of Alaska – Tue, Sep 18
Coming up Tuesday, September 18 at 10:00 a.m. on Talk of Alaska...
Alaska's many mystery writers must be doing something right, because a whole lot of their colleagues are about to come visiting. A national...
AK: Rising
Last week we fell, this week we're on the rise. We meet a man who's risen from poverty in Latin America to park service in the Great Land and a flute player who's rising...
Kott trial finishes first week with VECO's Rick Smith on the stand
The government's case against former legislator Pete Kott is headed in to its second week on Monday. Today's courtroom events began with more cross-examination of former VECO head Bill Allen, and ended with jurors...
Year-old newspaper comment knocks Kodiak resident off Kott jury
A juror in the Kott trial had to be dismissed this morning after the Defense team found a "letter to the editor" she had written last year on the "Kodiak Daily Mirror" website. Kodiak...
The secret life of Alaska's bagged salads
Wherever you live in Alaska, or in the United States, if you buy one of those bags of prewashed salad, there's a good chance it came from California's Salinas Valley. One company in the...
Kivalina residents returning after Arctic storm's passing
The storm that threatened the sea wall in Kivalina has subsided. Kivalina vice mayor Enoch Adams, Jr. says residents are returning.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
Alaska Zoo's 'Maggie' will head to sanctuary in California
It looks like Alaska's only elephant will be moving to Northern California. Alaska Zoo officials have chosen the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) in San Andreas, California as the first choice for a new...
Chabott amendment may cut off timber sale road construction in Tongass
Proposed legislation against U.S. Forest Service road-building has proved to be a major stumbling block for members of the Tongass Futures Roundtable. The Roundtable is a broad group of forest stakeholders who have been...
Coast Guard commander stops in Juneau on the way to Russian border
The commander of the Pacific for the U.S. Coast Guard was in Juneau this week. Vice Admiral Charles Wurster is stopping at Coast Guard stations in Juneau and Kodiak on his way to the...
Alaska Natives and American Indians gather over suicide prevention
Alaska Natives and American Indians have the highest suicide rate of any racial or ethnic group in the U.S., particularly among youth. Beginning about age 20, Native males are four times more likely to...
Mauricio Escobar: An Immigrant's Journey, Part 3
Last evening, we heard about Mauricio Escobar discovering and becoming a member of the Student Conservation Association (SCA). When he returned to Los Angeles after five weeks with the SCA in San Francisco, he...
Barrow: Home of the endless summer?
The folks in Barrow seem to be having an extended summer in the far north this year. A new record high temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit was set on Tuesday, breaking the old record...