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Environmentalists Plan Legal Action Against Use of Oil Dispersants
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Environmentalists are planning legal action against the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard. Rebecca Noblin, director of the Center for Biological Diversity office in Anchorage, says...
Four Rescued After Snowmachine Falls Through Ice Near Kotzebue
Susan Bucknell, KOTZ – Kotzebue
Snowmachine accidents can be tragic in rural Alaska. A week ago, three lives were lost when a snowmachine went through the ice in Newtok. Sometimes the outcome is...
Subsistence Fishing Rules Changing for Kenai Peninsula Tribe
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
The federal Subsistence Management Board finished two days of meetings yesterday in Anchorage. One of the big issues that was unanimously approved by board members was a decade-long...
Alaska News Nightly: November 11, 2010
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House Fire Near Talkeetna Investigated as Possible Homicide-Suicide
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Write-In Ballot Count Begins
Photo and Story by Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
Wednesday, the Division of Elections today began counting the write-in votes cast in last week’s General election. 30 election officials – in 15 teams...
Judge Denies Request to Stop Write-In Ballot Count
Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau
U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Beistline has denied a request by Joe Miller to immediately stop the count of write-in ballots. In a written decision Wednesday, Beistline said...
Public Testimony at BOEM Hearing Largely Pro-Development
Photo and Story by Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Plenty of people showed up at a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management public hearing in Anchorage Tuesday night. The crowd was orderly, respectful and...
Muñoz Believes Johansen’s Decision to Leave House Majority Will Hurt Region
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau
Juneau Representative Cathy Muñoz says fellow Southeast Republican Kyle Johansen’s decision to leave the House majority will hurt the region.
House leaders asked Johansen to continue as majority leader next...
Declining Medicare Reimbursement for Doctors Likely to Highlight Lame Duck Session
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
The upcoming lame duck session of Congress could yield key tweaks to federal health care law. Northwest Regional Director of Congressional Public Affairs for the U.S. Chamber of...
YK-Delta Guardsmen Make First Jump as Airborne Battalion
Shane Iverson, KYUK – Bethel
The National Guardsman in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta made history last week by successfully completing their first jump training in the region since they were transformed into an Airborne...
UA Boasting Many Improvements This Year
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
The University Alaska showed improvement in enrollment, student retention, research funding and other areas this year, and the economy may be part of the reason. Some of the...
Invasive Sea Squirt Found in Sitka Harbor
Ed Ronco, KCAW – Sitka
State officials say an invasive species of sea squirt has been found in Sitka’s Whiting Harbor. The small invertebrate is called a “tunicate.” It was discovered for the...
Alaska News Nightly: November 10, 2010
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Write-In Ballot Count Begins
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
Wednesday, the Division...
Anchorage Assembly Raises Cigarette Tax
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
Anchorage will have the second highest tax on cigarettes of any city in the country in January. The Anchorage Assembly last night raised the tax to $2.21 per pack. Chairman...
Absentee, Early Vote Counting Begins Today
Photo and Story by Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
The Division of Elections is counting the first round of absentee and early votes Tuesday – APRN’s Dave Donaldson has some early returns, but...
Election Officials Keeping Eye Out For Voter Fraud
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
As division of elections officials oversee the count of absentee, early and questioned ballots over the next several days, the specter of voter fraud in an election that...
Write-In Vote Count Programming Available Live on Gavel-to-Gavel
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
Public Television will let you watch the count of the write-in votes in the race for the U.S. Senate – on your TV or computer. KTOO...
Parnell Begins Accepting Resignations From Commissioners, Other High-Level Officials
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
Governor Parnell will replace nearly half of the cabinet-level people that met him when Sarah Palin resigned last year. Parnell announced last week that he had asked for...
Johansen Loses Leadership Post; Thomas, Wilson Move Up
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau
One of the most powerful members of Alaska’s House of Representatives has left the Republican-led majority caucus.
Ketchikan’s Kyle Johansen walked out of an organizational meeting last weekend that...
Father, Two Sons Die After Snowmachine Falls Through Ice
Shane Iverson, KYUK – Bethel
The village of Newtok suffered a great loss over the weekend.
A father and two of his sons are reported dead after their snowmachine fell through the ice near Newtok...