AKPM Staff
Palin visits Alaskan troops in Kuwait
Governor Palin today visited with a National Guard unit from Alaska serving in Kuwait. In a press conference with Alaska reporters, the governor said she had spent "an amazing day with the 297th infantry...
Roadside bomb in Iraq takes another Fort Richardson soldier
Army officials say a 21-year-old Fort Richardson paratrooper from California has died in Iraq. Sergeant Shawn G. Adams of Dixon, California, died Sunday when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle near Owaset. Adams...
HAARP project points military science experiment at the sky
It's taken over 15 years, but the Military's High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) station has finally been completed in Alaska's Copper River Valley. A dedication ceremony was held earlier this summer for...
Wandering walrus a pleasant surprise in Noorvik
A successful walrus hunt in northwest Alaska does not normally attract a lot of attention outside the appreciative village. But that wasn't the case last week in Noorvik. A wayward walrus traveled nearly 40...
'Pegasus' drops explosives overboard north of Juneau
A 60-foot landing craft called Pegasus -- with 47,000 pounds of explosives on board -- capsized and ran aground today off Sunshine Cove, about 20 miles north of Juneau. Coast Guard Petty Officer Brandon...
Boutique fish processors starting up on Bristol Bay
Moving from catching to processing your own fish for market can be a daunting task. Today we meet two processors in Bristol Bay just getting started.
Johanna Eurich, KDLG - Dillingham
Pre-statehood Russian Orthodox Cemetery in Sitka restored by volunteer
Twenty years ago the Russian Orthodox Cemetery in Sitka was completely overgrown and nearly forgotten. Now, thanks to Bob Sam, it is a place where residents and tourists can mingle with a potent past.
Brian...
Alaska News Nightly: July 24, 2007
Governor Palin makes a stop in Kuwait to visit troops and spill responders in Prince William Sound are removing remaining fuel from the grounded fishing vessel Nordic Viking, 25 air miles from Valdez. Plus,...
Talk of Alaska: Alaska Native Corporations
Alaska Native Corporations, in securing federal contracts, have brought billions of dollars to Alaska. But Congress is considering legislation that may change the SBA's 8(a) contracting system and small business set-asides. What does the...
Denali Kid Care funds attracting Presidential veto
President Bush has threatened to veto a bill that re-authorizes the Denali Kid Care program and similar programs in other states, saying
they are a step toward government-provided health care. The State Children's Health Insurance...
Anti-missile radar installation headed to Juneau
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency will install a radar facility in Juneau this fall as it continues to test its Fort Greely-based anti-missile system.
John Ryan, KTOO - Juneau
French fish fans find Alaskan catch irresistible
As healthy water and fish populations diminish around the world, Alaska's wild fish are a highly sought-after commodity. Four French journalists recently visited Southeast Alaska to visit what they consider one of the world's...
Copper River sockeye run up, and so are the catch limits
A continued strong sockeye run on the Copper River is providing dip netters another shot at taking 10 extra salmon over the normal seasonal limit of 15 per person or 30 per family. Department...
Land appraisal notwithstanding, Sheldon Jackson remains closed for 2007-2008
There's no turning back the academic closure of Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka. Despite a recent land appraisal showing that the school offered collateral well in excess of the $1 million loan it sought...
Hoonah entrepreneurs beat business odds
Who would have thought that a couple of women with no business experience living in a tiny community (Hoonah) with high power costs, distribution costs and unemployment could find entrepreneurial success?
Weld Royal, KTOO -...
Marine Highway's Taku back on the water
The state ferry Taku is back at work. The 44-year-old mainline ferry has been out of service for about seven months. It underwent a $6.6-million federally-funded renovation project at Todd Shipyard in Seattle. The...
Talkeetna resident drawn — magnetically — to Antarctica
This past winter a Talkeetna resident headed to the Antarctic summer to assist on an expedition. The 4-man expedition spent 35 days a few hundred miles from the south pole -- by themselves --...
Alaska News Nightly: July 23, 2007
Denali Kid Care funding faces a potential Presidential veto while anti-missile radar systems are slated for installation near Juneau. Plus, Alaska's cleared to spend federal dollars on controversial bridge projects and the Copper River...
AK: Field Work
This week on AK we play the field. We'll meet a researcher from Outside who's got the inside scoop on scientific field work in Alaska and we'll visit Barrow, where archaeologists are trying to...
Exploratory drilling in Beaufort sea temporarily blocked by federal court
Late yesterday the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals placed a temporary injunction against Shell Offshore's plans for exploratory drilling in the Beaufort sea this summer in order to give plaintiffs a chance to present...