Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media
Alaska PFD Grows By 12 Percent
Adam Kane, KDLG – Dillingham
The Alaska Permanent Fund grew nearly 12 percent during the 2010 fiscal year which ended on June 30.
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NOAA Investigates Whale Struck By Cruise Ship
Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO – Juneau
On Friday, nearly a dozen NOAA scientists conducted a necropsy on a 43-foot female humpback whale struck Wednesday by a Princess Cruise ship.
They’re trying to determine if the...
Mat-Su College Names New Director
Associated Press
The University of Alaska Anchorage has named former state Attorney General Talis Colberg as director of its Mat-Su College in Palmer.
Colberg, who is mayor of the Mat-Su Borough, plans to resign from...
Mat-Su Borough Searches For New Manager
Diana Haecker, KTNA – Talkeetna
The search for a new Mat-Su Borough manager has produced a list of 42 applicants. Long time borough manager John Duffy left the post last month and the...
Hoonah Sawmill Owners Hope To Resume Full Operation Soon
Matt Miller, KTOO – Juneau
A week after a fire destroyed a sawmill in Hoonah, its owners say they hope to resume full operation as soon as possible.
Wes Tyler, of Icy Straits Lumber and...
Lakina Bridge Passable Again
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
The state has patched up a damaged bridge on the McCarthy road. The Department of Transportation reports that the Lakina Bridge is passable again.
Overhead supports on the steel...
Anchor From Cruise Ship Recovered Near Sitka
Lily Mihalik, KCAW – Sitka
It’s not often that a cruise ship loses its anchor, but one was recovered on yesterday from the waters near Sitka.
And, as KCAW’s Lily Mihalik reports, retrieving an anchor...
Dealing With Human Waste in Remote Areas
Sue Deyoe, KTNA – Talkeetna
A Talkeetna man is organizing an unusual worldwide conference taking place this weekend in Golden Colorado. Alaskans from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Fairbanks and other areas are...
Alaska News Nightly: July 30, 2010
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Multiple Bids During TransCanada Pipeline Open Season
Dave Donaldson, APRN –...
Development Corporation Predicts Anchorage Economy Set To Improve
Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage
Anchorage’s economy is strengthening and gradually emerging from the national and international recession. And according the analysis from the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation presented yesterday, the...
Officials Opt to Continue With Air Show
Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage
Air Force officials have decided to continue with the Arctic Thunder air show this weekend despite the crash of a C-17 aircraft shortly after takeoff yesterday, claiming...
Elmendorf to Receive Six New F-22 Fighter Jets
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Elmendorf Air Force Base is in mourning today, but the tragedy of the C-17 crash is followed by news that six new F-22 fighter jets will be stationed...
Therriault Resigns From Post
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
Governor Sean Parnell’s Senior Policy Adviser for Instate Gas has resigned from the administration following complaints about the timing of his taking the position. Gene Therriault had left...
Gubernatorial Candidates React to Therriault Resignation
Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau
Governor Parnell says Therriault was not asked to resign. Following a Republican governor candidates debate at the Juneau Chamber of Commerce Thursday afternoon, Parnell said he’d miss Therriault’s...
Weyhrauch Trial Delay Request Will Be Considered on Friday
Matt Miller & Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO – Juneau
A request for a trial delay for former state Representative Bruce Weyhrauch will be considered in U.S. District Court Friday.
Judge John Sedwick has scheduled a status...
Natural Gas Storage Facility Plans Go Before Regulators
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
Cook Inlet’s long-term energy prospects are beginning to look better as plans for a year-round natural gas storage facility went before state regulators Wednesday.
Semco, the owner of Enstar,...
Trans Canada Open Season Ends Tomorrow
Steve Heimel, APRN – Anchorage
Trans Canada’s open season for a natural gas pipeline ends tomorrow. The company opened its proposed pipeline for bids from natural gas producers on the North Slope three...
Agencies Take Look at New Oil Spill Mapping Technology
Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
Oil response agencies and organizations in Alaska got a first-hand look today at a new spill mapping technology that’s being used in the Gulf of Mexico. Ocean Imaging...
Lakina Bridge Closed to Vehicles
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
The state has closed the Lakina Bridge on the McCarthy Road to vehicles. The D.O.T. says the structural integrity of the bridge, about 15 miles from McCarthy, is...
State Opens More of the Taylor Highway
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
The state re-opened the Taylor Highway from Chicken to the Top of the World Junction this morning following another round of emergency repairs to the flood damaged road....