Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media
Bean’s Café Preparing for Thanksgiving Crowd
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Anchorage’s Bean’s Cafe is expecting a crowd for Thanksgiving dinner. The cafe serves hot meals every day all year for those in need, as well as providing a...
Alaska News Nightly: November 24, 2010
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Department of Interior Designates Critical Polar Bear Habitat
Lori Townsend, APRN...
Kent State Meeting UAA in Championship
Geoff Kennedy, APRN Contributor
The University of Alaska Anchorage women’s basketball team plays for its fifth straight Great Alaska Shootout championship tonight. Last night the Seawolves beat a team that’s lost all its games. But...
Seawolves Heading to Fifth-Straight Shootout Championship
Geoff Kennedy, APRN Contributor
It is Great Alaska Shootout time again. And the University of Alaska Anchorage women’s basketball team plays for its fifth-straight Shootout championship tonight.
Geoff Kennedy reports the Seawolves beat San Jose State,...
Planned Parenthood Working to Overturn Parental Notice Law
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest is suing the state in an effort to overturn the parental notice law, which requires underage girls seeking abortions to notify their...
Freezing Rain Still Keeping Many Alaskans Inside
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
The icy weather system that’s shut down schools, government and other facilities from Anchorage to Fairbanks and beyond, continues to dump freezing rain on the region. National Weather...
NANA Elders Will Receive $2,000 Next Year
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
NANA elder shareholders will be $2,000 richer come next year. The trustees of NANA’s Elders settlement trust have voted to approve the 2011 distribution. Kevin Thomas, chief financial...
Angoon Voting on Mayoral Recall
Ed Ronco, KCAW – Sitka
Angoon residents are voting today on whether to recall the city’s mayor, Albert Howard. The recall petition accuses Howard of exceeding his authority as mayor by entering into...
Former Young Aid Sentenced
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
A former aide to Alaska Congressman Don Young was sentenced Monday for taking money in exchange for information from corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Mark Zachares pleaded guilty in...
Begich Gains Leadership Role With Senate Democrats
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Alaska’s Mark Begich says his new post on the Senate’s Democratic leadership team will give voice to more moderate members of the caucus. Last week Alaska’s junior...
ACLU Waiting on Results of Fight Over Illegal Campsites
Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage
Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union and the Municipality of Anchorage are waiting to learn the victor of the latest round in the legal fight over the...
Campbell Says Allegations By Miller Are ‘Baseless’
Associated Press
Alaska Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell says allegations made by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller in a state lawsuit are “baseless.”
Miller sued yesterday in Fairbanks, claiming elections officials have improperly...
Former Sitka Resident Admits to 22-Year-Old Murder
Robert Woolsey, KCAW – Sitka
A former Sitka resident has admitted to murdering her husband 22 years ago, and disposing of his body.
45-year-old Jane Reth entered a guilty plea this Monday (11-22-10) in...
Alaska News Nightly: November 23, 2010
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Planned Parenthood Working to Overturn Parental Notice Law
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA...
Talk of Alaska: The Anchorage International Film Festival at Age 10
At age 10, the Anchorage International Film Festival is living up to its name, with movies from Turkey, Iraq, Korea, China and elsewhere on the screens early next month. Meanwhile, film industry use...
Ferry Chief Retiring After 37 Years in the System
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Sitka
Alaska’s ferry chief is retiring. Jim Beedle will leave his job as Department of Transportation deputy commissioner for marine operations at the end of December.
Beedle started his ferry...
‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ to be Addressed During Lame Duck Session
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Senator Lisa Murkowski is in the center of the debate over the military’s policy banning openly gay service-members, “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” Comments she made last week...
Senate Race Certification Put On Hold
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
The outcome of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race is in question again. Republican candidate Joe Miller filed a lawsuit in state court Monday, alleging that elections officials broke state...
Memorial Service Held for F-22 Pilot
Associated Press
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson officials said Friday that Air Force fighter pilot Captain Jeffrey Haney died when his F-22 crashed north of Anchorage last week. Searchers located the wreckage of...
Freezing Rain Sweeps Through Much of Alaska
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
Icy roads have made travel treacherous and resulted in a slew of accidents on Alaska roads, as warm air and rain push across the region. Alaska State Trooper...