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Officials Prepare Public for Emergencies
Joaqlin Estus, KNBA – Anchorage
Alaska gets its fair share of disasters such as severe storms, mudslides, volcanic eruptions, blizzards, and wildfires. Several villages have flooded in the past few years....
Alaskan Brewing Company Loses Appeal Over Distribution Rights
Matt Miller, KTOO – Juneau
Juneau’s homegrown brewery has lost an appeal in a multi-million dollar case over distribution rights in Washington State. But company owners say it’s not going to affect their...
Alaska News Nightly: September 27, 2010
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Hearings Begin for Soldiers Accused of Murdering Afghan Civilians
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Former Kenai Hockey Player Charged With Murder
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Menomonie, Wisconsin police have charged a former Kenai high school hockey player with felony murder. Jed McGlasson was arrested for the death of a fellow University of Wisconsin- Stout student. A third student...
UA Board of Regents Hold Off on Tuition Decision Until November
Miller Kelly, KTOO – Juneau
No change to a previously approved tuition hike for University of Alaska students starting next school year. Friday morning in Juneau, the UA Board of Regents voted to...
Parnell Affirms Endorsement of Miller
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
Friday, Governor Parnell affirmed his endorsement of Republican and Tea Party candidate Joe Miller’s bid for the U.S. Senate seat now occupied by Lisa Murkowski.
The two appeared at...
Young Not Endorsing Any U.S. Senate Candidates
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Congressman Don Young is not endorsing a candidate in the U.S. Senate race. He says he has called both Republicans, Lisa Murkowski and Joe Miller, to explain...
ASEA Cancels Union Vote This Fall
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
The Union trying to organize group University of Alaska support personnel is taking a step back. The Alaska State Employees Association has informed the 2,500-member group of employees,...
Inventory Turns Up Hundreds of New Lichen Species
Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is one of the world’s richest areas for lichen diversity. A new inventory of lichen in the park turned up hundreds of...
American Safari Cruises Aims to Pick Up Cruise West Passengers
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau
A Seattle-based, small-ship tour company is trying to pick up passengers left behind when Cruise West shut down operations.
American Safari Cruises and its sister line, InnerSea Discoveries, are...
Biologists Find Surprise in Old Bear
Tara Bicknell, KHNS – Haines
While moose are what most hunters are bringing out of the field this time of year, biologists in Haines found themselves looking over a distinctive brown bear earlier...
Commercial Red, Blue King Crab Remains Closed in Southeast
Joe Viechnicki, KFSK – Petersburg
It will be another year without a commercial fishery for red and blue king crab in Southeast. The fishery was last opened in 2005 but fishery managers say...
Alaska News Nightly: September 24, 2010
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Fishermen, Alaska Native Leaders Urge EPA to Protect Bristol Bay
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Fishermen and Alaska Native leaders opposed to the Pebble Mine project are in Washington, D.C. meeting with officials at the Environmental Protection Agency. They want the EPA...
UA Board of Regents to Vote on Tuition Hike on Friday
Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau
Thursday, students, professors and parents asked the UA Board of Regents to keep higher education affordable in Alaska.
The Alaska university system has one of the lowest tuition rates in...
Patent Office Now Located at UAF
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
The University of Alaska Fairbanks is the new home of the state’s only U.S. patent office. The office formerly run out of the Anchorage Library is moving to...
McAdams Campaign Stressing Jobs, Resource Development
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott McAdams spent the last two days campaigning and fundraising in Fairbanks. Yesterday, the Sitka Mayor, flanked by union representatives, laid out...
Chickaloon School Struggles to Remain Open
Joaqlin Estus, KNBA – Anchorage
A tribal school in Alaska that was honored for its excellence by the Harvard Kennedy School of Government is struggling to keep its doors open.
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Entrepreneur Plans to Put Large Wind in Farm Near Delta Junction
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
A Fairbanks contractor and entrepreneur plan to put up a large wind farm outside Delta Junction. Mike Craft, managing partner of Alaska Environmental Power, says the company is...
Marmots May be Gone from Barren Islands
Jay Barrett, KMXT – Kodiak
The marmots of the Barren Islands may be no more. Hunters and trappers hired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were on Sud Island in the Barrens...