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Alaska News Nightly: December 28, 2010
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Judge Dismisses Miller Suit
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage and Lori...
Talk of Alaska: Year in Review
2010 was a year of large news events for Alaska. There was a landmark election, there were devastating plane crashes, and some of our state’s most important political leaders died. Alaskans from all over...
Miller Will Continue Fight Against Division of Elections
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Joe Miller will continue his fight against the state division of
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elections in federal court. In an email released late Sunday night, Miller...
Health Providers Seek Answer for Low Vaccination Rates of Alaska Children
Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO – Juneau
More than one-third of Alaska children do not have all the vaccines they need to fully protect them against preventable diseases.
Public health providers want to know why.
According to the...
Veterans Museum Looking for Permanent Housing
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
The Alaska Veterans Museum is in the process of seeking permanent housing. Retired Air Force Colonel Suellen Wright Novak, current president of the Alaska Veterans Museum, says the...
Large Gap Present Between Alaska Native, Non-Native Home Ownership
Joaqlin Estus, KNBA – Anchorage
Alaska is second only to Oklahoma in the use of a U.S. Housing and Urban Development program designed to increase home ownership among Alaska Native and American Indian...
APD Auxiliary Alumni Association Honors Group of Citizen Academy Graduates
Photo and Story by Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage
The next officer academy for the Anchorage Police Department won’t take place until autumn of 2011 – at the earliest – but this month APD’s...
Mat-Su Assembly Releases Borough’s Project Wish List
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Assembly members for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough met with state lawmakers last week to highlight priority projects for the Borough for the coming year. The extension of...
Most Black Cod Fishermen Allowed 5 Percent Catch Increase
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau
Most Alaska black cod fishermen will see a higher allocation next year.
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council recently approved staff recommendations to increase the allowable catch by 5 percent...
State Looking to Reconsider Decision Over Parental Notification Law
Associated Press
The state of Alaska is seeking reconsideration of a lawsuit decision over a new state law requiring that parents be notified before a girl younger than 18 can get an abortion.
A...
New Vitamin D Research Sheds Light on the Nutrient
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau
Many Alaskans facing these darkest days of winter turn to Vitamin D for help with depression and a myriad of other health issues. A recent international report...
Homer Residents Celebrate Solstice With Moonlight Snowshoe Walk
Aaron Selbig, KBBI - Homer
Homer residents looking for a social – yet peaceful – way to get outdoors and enjoy the winter solstice found what they were looking for at the Wynn...
Alaska News Nightly: December 27, 2010
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Miller Will Continue Fight Against Division of Elections
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA...
Gara, Others Collecting Laptops for Foster Youth
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
If you’re looking for ideas to help others during the holiday season, Anchorage Democrat Representative Les Gara has an idea for you. Gara is working with volunteers to...
McCarthy Close to Internet, Cell Phone Service
Tony Gorman, KCHU – Valdez
McCarthy is a step closer to having internet and cell phone service. Recently the national park service released an environmental assessment on a proposal that would bring broadband...
International Pacific Halibut Commission Hoping to Expand Halibut Research
Mike Mason, KDLG – Dillingham
Recently, Southeast commercial and sport fishermen were shocked by severe reductions in halibut catch limits for next year. As KDLG’s Mike Mason reports, the...
No Commercial King Salmon Opening on Stikine, Taku Rivers
Matt Lichtenstein, KFSK – Petersburg
It looks like there will be no gillnet fishery targeting king salmon returns to the Stikine and Taku Rivers again this may. The Alaska Department of Fish and...
Fairbanks Begins Historical Preservation Projects
Tim Ellis, KUAC – Fairbanks
Fairbanks city and borough government have begun a couple projects to preserve old documents, and mark historically significant buildings.
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DOT Looking to Widen Stretch of Parks Highway
Sue Deyoe, KTNA – Talkeetna
The Alaska Department of Transportation is looking at a stretch of the Parks Highway between Denali State Park and Nenana that would be widened for passing lanes. The...
Behind the Bell Ringing
Maggie Wall, KMXT – Kodiak
It’s a ubiquitous part of the holiday season. The Salvation Army bell ringing. KMXT’s Maggie Wall rang bells at Safeway earlier this week and decided to do a...