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Juneau Man Up for Special Honor
Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau
A Juneau man is up for an award given by recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Bruce Bowler is one of 20 finalists for the Citizen Service Before...
Alaska News Nightly: March 18, 2011
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Nomination for Fish and Game Commissioner Closer to Confirmation
Associated Press
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The Alaska Fisheries Report with Jay Barrett
Jay Barrett, KMXT - Kodiak
Coming up this week: the halibut charter industry in Southeast gets even more restrictive; Cora Campbell seems to be winning converts in the legislature; and trying to rein in...
Japan Quake Cause for Reevaluation of Proposed Tsunami Warning Center Cuts
Photo and Story by Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
The U.S. House, Tuesday, passed yet another temporary spending bill that would keep the government running for three more weeks. It’s also ...
Murkowski Maintaining Support for Nuclear Energy
Photo and Story by Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski is not backing down on her support of nuclear energy in the wake of Japan’s crisis, but she says...
Alaskans Ponder Local Consequences of Disaster Abroad
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
As a horrified world watches events unfold in Japan’s fight to contain damage to nuclear power plants in the earthquake-ravaged country, people at home in...
John Baker Claims 2011 Iditarod Title
Diana Haecker, APRN – Nome
Hundreds of people lined Nome’s Front Street to watch as Kotzebue musher John Baker won this year’s Iditarod Trail sled dog race.
Baker and his ten dogs made their way...
Weyhrauch Receives Suspended Sentence, Fine
Matt Miller, KTOO – Juneau
Former Juneau Representative Bruce Weyhrauch was fined $1,000 and received a suspended sentence of three-months in prison for working with unregistered lobbyists.
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Coastal Management Program in Danger of Disappearing
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
Legislators are coming to the conclusion that they do not have time this year to convince the Governor of the importance of the state’s Coastal Management Program. ...
Community Catch Share Program Unveiled in Washington DC
Jay Barrett, KMXT – Kodiak
A plan for community catch share programs in fisheries nationwide was unveiled in Washington D.C. by a panel of fishermen and environmentalists Tuesday morning. Brought together by...
Census Report Shows Changes in Alaska Native-Owned Businesses
Joaqlin Estus, KNBA – Anchorage
The U.S. Census Bureau has just released a report on American Indian and Alaska Native-owned businesses, which it measures every five years. The count includes individually owned...
Author Brings Inupiaq Movie Star Back to the Light
Steve Heimel, APRN – Anchorage
Movie theaters in Fairbanks, Juneau, Anchorage and a number of other communities are featuring a largely forgotten Inupiaq movie star named Ray Mala – thanks to the...
Alaska News Nightly: March 15, 2011
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Japan Quake Cause for Reevaluation of Proposed Tsunami Warning Center...
John Baker Wins Iditarod in Record Time
Photo by Josh Edge, APRN - Anchorage
John Baker and his team have made the Iditarod run in record time.
Baker is the first musher from Western Alaska to win the race and is only the...
Talk of Alaska: Ray Mala, Inupiaq Movie Star
In 1921 a boy from Candle, Alaska took a job in Hollywood. His name was Ray Wise, but as Ray Mala he became a movie star and a highly sought-after cinematographer, especially when it...
Japan Struggles to Contain Damaged Nuclear Reactors
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
As Japanese officials struggle to contain three nuclear reactors damaged during Friday’s massive earthquake and resulting tsunami in their country, Alaskans and other west coast Americans are...
Weyhrauch Accepts Plea Deal
Matt Miller, KTOO – Juneau
A former Juneau lawmaker will be sentenced Tuesday night on a single charge of knowingly helping or participating with unregistered lobbyists engaged in lobbying activities.
Bruce Weyhrauch...
Redistricting Board Meeting for First Time
Matt Miller, KTOO – Juneau
The panel charged with redrawing legislative boundaries has its first meeting Wednesday. Rural Alaskans and Alaska Natives are worried they’ll lose representation in the 60-seat Legislature after the...
Iditarod Leaders Resting at White Mountain
Diana Haecker, APRN – White Mountain
The Iditarod leaders are resting in White Mountain this evening. John Baker arrived at the checkpoint at around 4:00 this afternoon. Ramey Smyth followed in at around...
Muskoxen Illegally Killed Near Nuiqsut
Jake Neher, KBRW – Barrow
Officials say a number of muskoxen were illegally killed near Nuiqsut on March 6. The animals belonged to a herd in Northeast Alaska that has been...