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News postings briefly delayed this evening
Just a brief note for our web visitors -- the posting of Alaska News Nightly and the stories will be a little delayed this evening. But we will get it posted. Stay "tuned," if...
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As you've probably noticed, we post two primary news content collections: the complete 30-minute Alaska News Nightly (ANN), as...
Owners of Selendang Ayu plead guilty and pay $10 million
Photo by U.S. Coast Guard
A final federal settlement was reached today with the owners of the Selendang Ayu, the freighter that ran aground off Unalaska Island in December 2004 and broke in two, spilling...
Bruce Babbitt boosting opposition to Bush oil leasing in Bristol Bay
The man who helped buy back federal oil gas leases 11 years ago is in Bristol Bay rallying opposition to the Bush administration's plan to put the North Aleutian Basin back on the auction...
Infamous Alaska jet finally sold
Texas businessman-turned Valdez resident Larry Reynolds has signed an agreement to purchase the state's infamous Westwind II aircraft. The jet was bought by former Governor Frank Murkowski in 2005 over the objections of the...
Teacher's association irritated with state's criteria for incentive program
The President of National Education Association Alaska is blasting the state's new performance incentive program, calling it 'fundamentally unfair' to schools in urban areas. The program started last year. It pays teachers a bonus...
An Alaskan paratrooper in Iraq, Part 2
Alaska's paratrooper soldiers, based at Fort Richardson, were suppose to return from Iraq next month. But like all army brigades, their deployment was extended for three months. Tonight, we have part two of our...
Fairbanks hosting cloudy science meetings
A group of international scientists are gathered in Fairbanks to share research on an unusual type of high altitude cloud. Noctilucent clouds are made of ice particles 50 miles above the earth's surface, and...
A big first day of school, especially for rural kids arriving in Anchorage
Today is the first day of school for many students in the Anchorage School District. For some the first day can be a nervous experience, especially for those from rural Alaska.
Jennifer Canfield, KNBA -...
Anchorage Salvation Army opens new family-focused housing facility
The Salvation Army is celebrating the opening of its new $12.5 million dollar SAFE campus in Anchorage. But the real celebration surrounds the arrival of the families who will live there.
Photos courtesy The Salvation...
Alaska News Nightly: August 22, 2007
NEA Alaska is criticizing the state's new program that pays teachers extra in schools that improve test scores. Plus, former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbit is in Alaska, rallying opposition to the federal plan to...
Greenpeace documents wildlife habitat in Pribilof undersea canyons
Octopus, sponges, and anemone; photo courtesy Greenpeace
A crew aboard the Greenpeace vessel Esperanza has just concluded three weeks in the Bering Sea researching and mapping coral and sponge habitat in two submarine canyons off...
Marine Research Institute opens in Juneau
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries Service officially opened the new Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute in Juneau today. The opening is the culmination of a 15-year effort to create Alaska's largest fisheries...
Blue whales seen in waters south of Ketchikan; first in 30 years
The largest animal that has ever lived has been spotted off the Queen Charlotte Islands, south of Ketchikan. A Canadian Coast Guard ship conducting a whale survey has found at least five blue whales,...
Denali Kid Care coverage unaffected by federal changes; Alaska may be underfunding care
Children from low-income families in Alaska will not be affected by new health care restrictions put in place by the Bush Administration over this past weekend. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services limited...
An Alaskan paratrooper in Iraq, Part 1
Alaska's paratrooper soldiers in Iraq are nearing the one-year mark in their deployment. 3,500 soldiers from the 425th paratrooper brigade based at Fort Richardson are serving in Baghdad and surrounding areas. Major Craig Whiteside...
NTSB intensively investigating last week's Ketchikan plane crash
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has begun what it describes as a "major investigation" of a fatal float plane crash in Traitors Cove near Ketchikan. The NTSB says there were 9 people on...
Kodiak's Alutiiq Museum issuing CD of traditional Kodiak music
The Alutiiq Museum is set to release "Generations: An Alutiiq Music Collection." The CD features 27 tracks of both traditional and contemporary songs and stories from Kodiak Island.
Casey Kelly, KMXT - Kodiak
Alaska News Nightly: August 21, 2007
A Fort Richardson soldier in Iraq talks candidly about his brigade's tough deployment. Plus, researchers spot the largest concentration of blue whales off Canada's west coast in 50 years. Those stories and more on...
Talk of Alaska: Plants and Climate Change
The spruce bark beetle may just be the beginning of major changes to the trees, shrubs and tundra vegetation on the Last Frontier. Alaska's changing climate is having an effect on our plants and...