AKPM Staff
Alaska News Nightly: September 10, 2007
Opening statements and some wiretaps were heard in Anchorage today in the Pete Kott corruption trial. Plus we explore news of coal, herring, immigrant rights, auklets, the Alaska Highway and attempts by law enforcement...
Web Extra: Kott Trial – defense opening statements
The federal trial of former Alaska legislator Pete Kott got underway today (Mon, Sep 10) in U.S. District Court in downtown Anchorage. Both the prosecution and defense made opening statements.
Attached is the complete recording...
Web Extra: Kott Trial – prosecution opening statements
The federal trial of former Alaska legislator Pete Kott got underway today (Mon, Sep 10) in U.S. District Court in downtown Anchorage. Both the prosecution and defense made opening statements.
Attached is the complete recording...
Preview: Talk of Alaska — Tue, Sep 11
Coming up Tuesday, September 11 at 10:00 a.m. on Talk of Alaska...
Like the rest of the nation, Alaska felt the shock of the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Air traffic halted. ...
AK: Falling
From poets falling in love to politicians falling from grace. The number of state recreation area users is falling -- we'll find out why -- and we'll visit Southeast, where instead of falling from...
Global warming effects to wipe out Alaska's polar bears in 50 years
Photo: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The best guess of federal scientists is that polar bears will disappear from the Alaska coast within the next 50 years. A bombshell set of nine studies ordered by...
Kott corruption jury selected and ready for trial
Jury selection in the corruption trial of former state legislator Pete Kott finished this afternoon in Anchorage. He's accused of taking bribes from the head of VECO in exchange for votes in 2006.
David Shurtleff,...
CH2M Hill completes purchase of VECO
The round VECO logo is now missing from CH2M Hill's "new" building on 36th Avenue in Anchorage. Photo by David Shurtleff, APRN.
Oil field services company VECO officially became the property of the curiously-named CH2M...
Challenge to Alaska's Workers' Comp Appeals Commission rejected
The Alaska Supreme Court today let stand a portion of a 2005 law that changed how the state handles claims by workers injured on the job. The new system established a Workers’ Compensation Appeals...
Many schools improving in Y-K Delta, but 13 miss AYP goals
Most schools in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta are not meeting Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) goals, which means they need to improve their students' performance according to state standards. But this past school year three districts...
National School Boards Association convenes meeting in Kodiak
Kodiak is hosting school board members from around the country this week as the National School Boards Association (NSBA) Board of Directors is in town for its annual retreat and board meeting. The NSBA's...
Gray whale population stressed and declining
National Marine Fisheries Service biologist Wayne Perryman has been studying gray whales for nearly 30 years. He says climate change in Arctic summer feeding grounds is stressing the whales. Perryman takes part in a...
Memorial for Tlingit elder Mark Jabobs, Jr. draws visitors from across America
More than 200 people from across Alaska and the Lower 48 gathered in Sitka recently for a memorial party in honor of Tlingit leader Mark Jacobs, Jr. The head of the Killerwhale Clan passed...
Alaska News Nightly: September 7, 2007
Scientists say Alaska's polar bear population will be wiped out within 50 years due to global warming effects. Plus the Kott corruption trial jury is finalized on the same day the VECO building is...
Corruption trial wading through jury selection process
Jury selection continued today for the corruption trial of former Alaska legislator Pete Kott.
David Shurtleff and Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
New NOAA study confirms predictions of massive sea ice losses this century
A new report takes a closer look at the models the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) used to measure the loss of sea ice for its latest report released earlier this year. The...
BP and oil industry react to Governor's oil tax proposal
The Palin administration’s proposal to rewrite part of the state’s tax regime for the oil and gas industries has drawn immediate opposition from the oil industry. BP Alaska’s president Doug Suttles says the governor...
Yupik elder Pete Abraham reflects on stories no longer shared between generations
Respect for elders is an important element of Yupik culture. Traditionally, community members bring them berries and moose and the elders share the history and culture of the area.
Anne Hillman, KDLG - Dillingham
Dungeness crab catch up in Southeast Alaska
State estimates say Southeast Dungeness fishermen took more than 3.5 million pounds of crab this summer. The overall value was up about 58% over last year.
Dungeness crab -- Wikipedia
Matt Lichtenstein, KFSK - Petersburg
Ongoing herring collapse in Prince William Sound irks Cordova residents
For 18 years the residents of Prince William Sound have lived with ongoing studies and endless litigation tied to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. The herring fishery crashed within four years of the...