Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media
Alaska News Nightly: September 12, 2014
Outside Money Favors Begich, But He Assails It; Attorneys Respond to State’s Proposed Translation Plan; Parnell Searching For New Head For Alaska National Guard; Search Suspended For Missing Kayaker; Alaska State Troopers Want To Recruit In-State Applicants; Veterans Explore Old Nuclear Missile Sites in Anchorage; AK: Going Green; 300 Villages: Kaltag
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Alaska News Nightly: September 11, 2014
Alaska Delegation Critical Of President’s ISIS Plan; Anchorage Courthouse Evacuated for Bomb Threat, Nothing Found; Alaska National Guard Sexual Assault Victim Steps Forward; Sheraton Workers Continue Rallying For Contracts 6 Years Into Negotiations; Extra-Tropical System Makes Way Up Alaska’s Southwest Coast; Marijuana Coalition To Court Conservative Voters Despite GOP Opposition To Measure; Testimony Begins In Unalaska Murder Trial; Statistics Show Downward Trend In Alaska Drug Arrests; Juneau Remains Part of ‘Battle for Seattle’ Between Delta, Alaska
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Alaska News Nightly: September 10, 2014
Russia Builds Military Bases in Arctic; Bill Aims To Create Arctic Port on Bering Sea Coast; Tropical Storm Headed Toward Prince William Sound, Kenai Peninsula; ADEC Estimates 1,640 Gallons of Diesel Spilled by NOAA Ship; EPA, Flint Hills Reach Settlement Over Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations; Transportation Grant For Alaska Railroad's Seward Dock; UAA Receives Grant For FASD Prevention Work; Can The Tongass Support Sustainable Logging?; Juneau School District Receives Praise, Criticism For How It Handled Hazing; Health Officials Confirm Alaska Mumps Case; Collision With Ferry Likely Killed Whale; Permanent Fund Amount To Be Announced Next Week; Glenn Highway Project Aimed At Easing Eagle River Commute; Ferry System Plans For New Route In Southeast
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Alaska News Nightly: September 9, 2014
Board of Regents Rescinds President Gamble's Retention Bonus At His Request; New Research Sheds Light On Late-20th Century Walrus Decline; State Presents Election Translation Plan; Man In Custody After Hours-Long Standoff; Fairbanks Schools Secured Following Unrelated Incidents; Alaska Schools At Forefront Of FASD Prevention Effort; Unalaska Could Face Fines For Wastewater Plant Delays; Thermal Imaging Cameras Donated To Villages For Use In Search And Rescue; Yupiit Nation Members Talk Tribal Sovereignty
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Alaska News Nightly: September 8, 2014
Gasline Partner Takes Steps Toward Permitting, Marketing of Project; U.S. House Passes Bill to Allow Sale of Feathery Art; Wasilla VA Clinic Without Doctors; Support Alliance Endorses Sullivan for Senate; NPS Proposes Permanent Ban on Predator Hunting Practices in Alaska's Preserves; Anchorage School District Questions 6th Grade Placement; Aleutian Risk Assessment Unveils Spill Prevention Plan; Does Vigor Still Need Local Tax, Utility Breaks?
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Alaska News Nightly: September 5, 2014
Tour Bus Rollover on the Parks Highway Results in One Fatality; Kiana Teacher Arrested on Missouri Child Sex Abuse Charges; Huge Increase For Healthcare.gov Insurance Rates In Alaska; Snow Falls In Near Tok; Mayor Calls For Federal Review of Fairbanks Four Case; Reaction to Alaska Voting Rights Ruling; Foundation Swoops in to Save Sacred Alaskan Artifacts at Auction; AK: Military Training; 300 Villages: Edna Bay
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300 Villages: Edna Bay
This week we're heading to Edna Bay, a tiny community on it's own large island near Prince of Wales Island. Myla Poelstra is the treasurer for Edna Bay.
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Alaska News Nightly: September 4, 2014
General Katkus Resigns As Report Details Guard’s Failure In Addressing Sexual Assault; Dems Ask Maryland to Investigate Sullivan Tax Breaks; Seward Coal Dumping Case Referred Back To Lower Court; Archaeological Dig Near Quinhagak Provides a Look Into Ancient Yup’ik Culture; YWCA aims to close gender pay gap by 2025; California Company Exploring Port MacKenzie’s LNG Possibilities; Interior Earthquake Monitor Ramps Up; LKSD Moves Forward On Student-Based Health Center
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Alaska News Nightly: September 3, 2014
Court's Says State Needs To Provide Assistance To Yup'ik, Gwich'in Speaking Voters; Alaska Natives Wait... And Wait, For Health Law Exemption; Politifact Rates Begich Ad "Pants on Fire"; Initiative Revives Air Regulation Debate; Only Arkansas Has Slower Internet Than Alaska; New UAS Dorm Provides Housing for About 100 Freshmen; Not My Town! ‘Grizzly Trade’ Ambles Through Places, Personalities of Southeast
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Alaska News Nightly: September 2, 2014
Walker, Mallott Form Unity Ticket To Oppose Parnell; Begich Campaigns Removes Controversial ‘Crime Scene’ Ad; UA President Pat Gamble Asks Regents To Review Retention Incentive; Southeast ‘Trashwood’ Finds New Markets; Brown Bear Hunting Suspended In Kenai National Wildlife Refuge; Former UAA Athletic Director Steve Cobb Passes Away; British Adventurer Begins 6,000 Mile Bike Ride Across North America; Upper Valley Agriculture: Bare Hands Farm
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Alaska News Nightly: August 19, 2014
Modeling Indicates Fairbanks LNG Project is a Go; Federal Requirements Burden Small Medical Practices In Alaska; Troopers Arrest, Charge Teen With Arson For Delta-Area Fires; Air Force Cleans Up Cold War-Era Radio Site In Southeast; King Salmon Trolling Ends On Slow Note; Observations of Kachemak Cranes Paints Detailed Picture; Bluegrass Camp For Kids Goes Busking
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Alaska News Nightly: August 18, 2014
Endorsements Fly In GOP Senate Race; Bob Williams Seeking Democratic Lieutenant Governor Nomination; Sec. Moniz: We Won’t Be Obstacle to Alaska Gas Exports; Bethel Man Recovering From Gunshot Wound After Altercation With Police; Vandals Drive Over Gravesites, Badly Damage Gazebo During Cemetery Joyride; Juneau Youth Services Offers Housing For At-Risk Teens, Young Adults; Brown Bear Hunting In Kenai Wildlife Refuge Could Be Closed For Year; Gov. Parnell Endorses Alaska as “Right to Mush” State
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300 Villages: Port Lions
This week we're heading to Port Lions, on the northern tip of Kodiak Island. Kathryn Adkins is a lodge owner and city clerk in Port Lions.
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Alaska News Nightly: August 6, 2014
Litigation Blamed For Port MacKenzie Rail Spur Delays; Assembly Repeals AO-37, Adopts New Ordinance But Mayor Considers Veto; AFCA Responds to State’s Challenge of Setnet Ruling; Children’s Home Featured at Bethel Cultural Center; One Company Bids In Sealed Bid Lease Sale; RFP Released For Alaska Class Day Boat Construction; Four-Day Southeast Troll Closure Starts This Weekend; Crew OK After Seiner Capsizes In Prince William Sound; Seldovia Tribe Awarded $40,000 For Cultural Preservation; Autopsy Reveals No Answers In Sea Lion Death
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Alaska News Nightly: August 5, 2014
BC Mine’s Tailings-Dam Break Could Impact Southeast Salmon; Tanana River Bridge Eases Training Area Access For Military; APD Arrests Alleged Serial Rapist; Conservationists Line Up For Izembek Lawsuit; VA Stand Down Brings Benefits To Kuskokwim Veterans; Saxman Files Lawsuit Over Non-Rural Status; Linc Energy Pushes For Coal Exploration Near Tyonek; Fishermen Receive Fine, Probation For Fishing Violations; Begich Calls For Park Service To Honor Aleut Internment; Alaska Territorial Guard ‘Wall of Honor’ Dedicated in Bethel; Former Haines Exchange Student Now Living In War Zone
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Alaska News Nightly: August 4, 2014
Alaska Native Family Takes Part In Circumpolar North Gathering; Voting Season Begins For Alaska Primary Election; Republican Senate Candidates Debate Social Issues; Anti-Marijuana Group Asks Muni To Pull Pro-Initiative Advertising; Troopers Looking for Missing Missouri Man on Willow Creek; 21 Mushers Add Their Names To 2015 Yukon Quest Roster; New Boat Lift Expected To Boost Wrangell’s Growing Marine Industry; New Eagle and Raven Totem Poles to Rise This Month; Wounded Warriors Go Fishing With Bethel Guide Company
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300 Villages: Cantwell
This week we’re heading to Cantwell, near Denali National Park. Caitlin Santos lives in Cantwell, Alaska.
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Alaska News Nightly: August 1, 2014
Former Governor Sarah Palin Calls For Oil Tax Repeal; Dan Sullivan’s Mailers Target Opponent Mead Treadwell; Troopers Investigate Inmate Overdose at Juneau Prison; Former Creamery Executive Convicted in Fraud Case; Search Underway for Alaskan Missing in Costa Rica; Human Remains Found Believed to be Missing Man; Pollock Fleet Sees Spike in Squid Bycatch; Homer Chef to Represent Alaska at Alaska at National Seafood Cook-Off; AK: Moving On; 300 Villages: Cantwell
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