Ellen Lockyer, Alaska Public Media
APTI Reporter-Producer Ellen Lockyer started her radio career in the late 1980s, after a stint at bush Alaska weekly newspapers, the Copper Valley Views and the Cordova Times. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez Public Radio station KCHU needed a reporter, and Ellen picked up the microphone.
Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA
elockyer (at) alaskapublic (dot) org | 907.550.8446 | About Ellen
Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA
elockyer (at) alaskapublic (dot) org | 907.550.8446 | About Ellen
‘Targeted Hunt’ Aims For Moose Near Roadways
Matanuska – Susitna Borough drivers run down hundreds of moose each year on their travels to and from Anchorage. Now a special hunt, called a “targeted hunt” allows winter hunting to reduce the number of moose near roadways. The hunt was established by the state Board of Game in 2011.
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City Parks Plan Could Rebuild Mulcahy Stadium
An 18 million dollar project is on the drawing board for a midtown Anchorage ballfield. The city's Mulcahy Stadium, long the home field for the city's college baseball teams, could be moved to make way for a parking lot, if a city Parks and Recreation plan gets approval.
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Mulcahy Stadium May Move
An $18 million project is on the drawing board for a midtown Anchorage ball field. The city's Mulcahy Stadium, long the home field for the city's college baseball teams, could be moved to make way for a parking lot, if a city Parks and Recreation plan gets approval.
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State Suggests New KABATA Finance Strategy
The state is suggesting another tactic in financing the Knik Arm Crossing. Plans for a bridge linking Anchorage and the Matanuska Susitna Borough hit a snag earlier this year, when the state legislature reacted negatively to an audit indicating that toll projections for the first years after the bridge’s completion are too “optimistic.”
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St. Lawrence Island Receives Big Food Donation
A number of businesses in Anchorage donated food to St. Lawrence island in time for the Christmas holiday.
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GCI To Offer One Gig Internet Service By 2015
Anchorage based General Communications, Inc. [GCI] plans to deploy the state's first one gigabit Internet service by January of 2015.
Company officials say the move is in line with FCC requests to make faster broadband speeds available to consumers. The communications company, in moving toward one Gig service, is strengthening its position as the state's foremost communications provider
Mat-Su Troopers Getting New Crime Suppression Unit
Alaska State Troopers will be increasing work to reduce property crimes in the Matanuska Valley soon. Trooper Captain Hans Brinke, says the new Crime Suppression Unit will the area from Palmer to Valdez. The new unit starts on January 1, and will include one sergeant and three troopers.
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State Supreme Court Hears Pebble Mine Arguments
The state’s highest court heard oral arguments Tuesday in appeals related to lawsuits against the proposed Pebble Mine.
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Riversdale Puts Chickaloon Coal Prospect On Hold
Riversdale Alaska is mothballing its plan to mine coal in the Chickaloon area. The Australian-owned mining company is turning its sights on coal prospects in Alberta, Canada, instead.
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Palmer Farmers’ Market Starts Up
Even though winter temperatures are sweeping the state, a local farmers’ market in Palmer is just starting up. It features some surprising products guaranteed to dispel the winter-time blahs.
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State Weighs Options For Highway To Bypass Wasilla
The state Department of Transportation is considering a highway project that would route the Parks Highway around Wasilla, instead of through it. The small Matanuska – Susitna Borough community has long been at the center of Parks Highway congestion, since vehicles have to pass through traffic signals at local intersections while traveling through the city.
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Inmate Hospitalized After Assault
An Alaska prison inmate is in an Anchorage hospital tonight, according to Alaska State Troopers following an assault by a fellow inmate. The alleged assault happened on Friday evening. A corrections officer at Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward called it in.
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Sixteen Year Sentence For Valley Methylone Dealer
Molly, bath salts, ecstasy. The names all mean the designer drug, methylone, and Thursday, methylone dealer Robin Gattis, son of state legislator Lynne Gattis, was handed down a sixteen year sentence in federal court in Anchorage in what is apparently the first case in the country involving a death from the drug.
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Robin Gattis Sentenced To 16 Years For Drug Conspiracy
Molly, bath salts – the names refer to the designer drug, methylone. Thursday, methylone dealer Robin Gattis was handed down a 16 year sentence in federal court in Anchorage in what is apparently the first case in the country involving a death from the drug.
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Alaska Columnist Preps For Springtime Gardens
In less than three weeks, the Winter Solstice will mark a gradual lengthening in the daylight hours in Alaska. And, with more light, come thoughts of next spring’s garden. Anchorage Daily News gardening columnist Jeff Lowenfels is the author of two books on the soil and food web: Teeming With Microbes and Teeming With Nutrients. Lowenfels says even though it’s frigid outside, it’s a good time to be thinking about gardening.
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CLARIFICATION: Bragaw Extension May Cost More Than Initially Planned
A consultant says that the Bragaw Street extension into Anchorage's UMed district could cost more than originally planned.
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Lawmakers Host ‘Competitive Energy Roundtable’
State lawmakers and the Alaska Independent Power Producers Association plan to host a "Competitive Energy Roundtable" in Anchorage next week. Senator Lesil McGuire will be hosting the discussion on Nov. 12.
ConocoPhillips Releases 3rd Quarter Earnings
Conoco Phillips has released its third quarter Alaska earnings. According to a release Thursday, the oil company earned adjusted earnings of $494 million in the third quarter of 2013.
FCC Approves GCI’s Purchase Of 3 TV Stations
The Federal Communications Commission has approved GCI's purchase of Anchorage television station KTVA.
New Book Chronicles History Of Alaska’s Salmon Traps
Back in the 1950s, Alaska's bid for statehood was spurred in part by a fight over fish traps. The behemoth contraptions were placed at the mouths of salmon streams from Ketchikan to Dillingham, resulting in waste of the resource while drastically diminishing the salmon runs.