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
State Approves Skwentna-Area Coal Lease
The State has given the go ahead to a coal lease sale for the Skwentna area. The division of mining, land and water released its final decision Friday on the Canyon Creek coal lease.
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Specialists Survey Old Plane Crash Near Knik Glacier
Military specialists are surveying an old plane crash site in the Knik Glacier area. The C-124 Globemaster went down there in 1952, and some of the debris was spotted last June. A team from the Hawaii-based Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command or JPAC, initially searched the site in 2012 for materials and possible victims’ remains. The team is back this year to recover what evidence it can that will help identify those who perished in the crash.
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Recovery Efforts Continue For Old Plane Crash Near Knik Glacier
Slow progress is being made in analyzing an old plane crash site emerging each summer now in the Knik Glacier area. The C-124 Globemaster went down there in 1952 with 52 aboard, and the debris was spotted in June of last year.
Gabrielle Giffords Visits Alaska On ‘Rights and Responsibilities’ Tour
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, spent Tuesday in Anchorage, the second stop on their seven-state “Rights and Responsibilities ” Tour. The two are trying to gather support for their push to require expanded background checks for gun buyers, but Alaska’s Congressional delegation is not on board.
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Residents Evacuate as Rabbit Creek Floods
At least one home is being evacuated in the Rabbit Creek area in South Anchorage, as the creek has overflowed it's banks. The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for Rabbit Creek this morning.
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MEA At Odds With Wasilla Over Power Lines
The Matanuska Electric Association's board of directors is condemning actions by the city of Wasilla to block construction of MEA transmission lines to a power substation in downtown Wasilla.
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APICDA Takes Stance On Izembek Road
Myron Naneng’s stance on the road from King Cove to Cold Bay is puzzling, according to Larry Cotter, who is the president of the Aleutian – Pribiloff Islands Community Development Association.
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Ground Breaks For Port MacKenzie Rail Extension
An official groundbreaking ceremony for the Port MacKenzie railroad extension brought Governor Sean Parnell and other state officials to Big Lake on Tuesday. When completed, the railroad project is expected to help move minerals, and other products from the state’s Interior to tidewater in Southcentral Alaska.
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Alaskans For Immigration Reform
With the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act scheduled for a US Senate vote next week, local Alaskans are organizing in support of the bill
‘In Pursuit of Alaska’ Highlights State’s Earliest Visitors
Author and historian Jean Morgan Meaux lived in Alaska during the hectic and heady days of oil pipeline construction. She returned to her native Louisiana after many years here, but has never forgotten her adopted state. Meaux will travel through Alaska later this month to promote her book In Pursuit of Alaska, a collection of accounts of some of the earliest visitors to the Great Land, starting with John Muir.
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Alaskans Mourn Katie John
A Memorial Service was held Wednesday at the Anchorage Baptist Temple for Ahtna Athabascan elder Katie John, who worked to secure Alaska Native subsistence fishing rights in Alaska.
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Copper River Subsistence Opening Delayed 3 Days
The Federal Subsistence Board announced on Friday that the Copper River subsistence salmon fishery will not open on June 7 as previously scheduled.
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Athabascan Elder Katie John Passes Away
The Athabascan elder who was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that strengthened Native subsistence fishing rights in Alaska has died. Katie John passed away early Friday morning at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. She was 97-years-old.
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Mat-Su Fire Destroys Cabin
A fire in the Matauska Susitna Borough has spread to 45 acres and destroyed one cabin in its path.
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Copper River Personal Use Fishery Closed Due To Slow Run
Unusual weather in Alaska's Interior is causing a slowdown of an expected sockeye run on the Copper River.
Kulluk Hearing Wraps With Testimony From Tug Captain
The US Coast Guard is expected to wrap up its inquiry Thursday into what went wrong when the Shell drill rig Kulluk broke free of it's towline and ran aground in late December.
The US Coast Guard is expected to wrap up its inquiry Thursday into what went wrong when the Shell drill rig Kulluk broke free of it's towline and ran aground in late December.
Unusual Weather Causes Lull In Copper River Sockeye Run
Unusual weather in Alaska’s Interior is causing a slowdown of an expected sockeye run on the Copper River. On Wednesday, state Fish and Game fisheries managers issued a notice delaying the start of the Copper River personal use, or dipnet, fishery in the Chitina subdistrict. Mark Sommerville is the area management biologist in Glennallen. He says an unusually late breakup on the Copper and recent soaring temperatures are combining to create conditions that fish don’t like.
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Wood Bison Spurs Species Debate
Are Wood bison and Plains bison two different subspecies, or are they the same subspecies? That's a question that is raising some questions of it's own, now that a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher has co-authored a paper that could affect the threatened designation of Alaska's Wood Bison.
KHAR Format Change Irks Listeners
It seems there is one more casualty in the media wars. Anchorage’s old time music station, KHAR went through an abrupt, and unannounced, program format change early this month, much to the chagrin of its loyal listeners. The incident only serves to highlight the realities of a rapidly changing industry and the challenges posed by tough economic times.
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Troopers Shoot, Kill Sutton Man After Standoff
An Alaska State Trooper shot and killed a Sutton man Thursday night after the man fired a shotgun at Troopers who were trying to get him to comply with a restraining order.
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