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State Offers Program to Help With Education, Job Training
Joaqlin Estus, KNBA – Anchorage
Most good jobs require training beyond high school or a GED, and the state of Alaska is offering a program that helps people get that training.
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Rain Delays Harvests in Valley
Diana Haecker, KTNA – Talkeetna
This is the time of the year when owners of livestock fill up their hay barns with the new crop. But long periods of rain have hampered the ...
Alaska News Nightly: July 29, 2010
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Air Force, Guard Investigating C-17 Crash
Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage
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Republicans Criticize Proposed Energy, Oil Spill Bill
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Senator Lisa Murkowski and her fellow Republicans are slamming the energy and oil spill bill unveiled Tuesday night by the top Senate Democrat. Harry Reid of Nevada...
Top EPA Official Visits Villages
Shane Iverson, KYUK – Bethel
Several villages near the Kuskokwim River got a chance to meet with the top administrator of the U.S Environmental Protection Agency. Lisa Jackson, and her entourage, traveled by...
Mountain Village Opts to Remain Dry
Ben Matheson, KNOM – Nome & Angela Denning- Barnes, KYUK – Bethel
Mountain Village will remain a dry community, according to the unofficial tally from yesterday’s special election. The ballot question was whether...
Sealaska Land-Selection Legislation Draws Opposition
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau
Fifty-eight members of Congress have signed a letter opposing Sealaska’s lands-selection legislation.
The group of Democrats asked House committee leaders to keep the bill out of any larger public-lands...
Experimental Program Helps Hatcheries Recover
Ed Ronco, KCAW – Sitka
Earlier this month, two hatcheries in Sitka both suffered devastating accidents over the same weekend. The Sheldon Jackson Hatchery lost about 240,000 salmon fry when a water intake...
Hoonah Sawmill Fire Called Accidental
Matt Miller, KTOO – Juneau
Last week’s fire at a Hoonah sawmill has been called accidental.
Deputy state fire Marshall Bob Plumb says it’s believed that some sawdust smoldering in the mill building likely ignited...
Alaska Has Among Highest Brain Injury Rates in Nation
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Alaska has one of the highest incidences of brain injuries in the nation – more than 10,000 Alaskans live with a life-long disability resulting from a brain...
Four ‘Fortress of the Bear’ Bears Tagged and Collared
Shady Grove Oliver, KCAW – Sitka
Four brown bears were tagged and collared this week at Sitka’s Fortress of the Bear. The collars will allow the bears to be tracked and studied in...
Alaska News Nightly: July 28, 2010
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Republicans Criticize Proposed Energy, Oil Spill Bill
Libby Casey, APRN –...
Government Using Alaskan Experiences to Deal with Spill Fallout
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
As the US Congress grapples with how to best deal with the fallout from the Gulf of
Mexico BP oil blowout, they’re calling upon the lessons learned in...
EPA Head Visits Alaska
Joaqlin Estus, KNBA – Anchorage
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency lists climate change, air and water quality, and state-tribal-and federal partnerships among her priorities. Now she’s taking a few days to...
Gubernatorial Races Getting Expensive
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
The primary gubernatorial races are getting expensive this year – and campaign contributors are responding. On Tuesday, the Alaska Public Offices Commission released the reported amounts of contributions...
Governor Declares Taylor Highway Flooding a Disaster
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
Governor Sean Parnell has declared the Taylor Highway flood damage a disaster. Yesterday’s decision allows the state to seek federal highway emergency relief funding to pay for fixing...
Bill to Mitigate Yukon Fishery Failure Passes in US House
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
A supplemental appropriations bill passed by the US House Tuesday includes $5 million to help mitigate the Yukon River Chinook salmon fishery failure. The request for the funding...
Mountain Village Residents Face Damp Community Vote
Ben Matheson, KNOM – Nome
Residents of Mountain Village will vote today on becoming a damp community.
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Russia Airline Hopes to Start Russia, Alaska Flights
Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
A private airline in Russia is working on a plan to bring back-ticketed passenger service between Alaska and Russia’s far east. A company made a test flight in...
Kenai River No Longer Listed as Polluted
Aaron Selbig, KBBI – Homer
The Kenai River has been pulled off the state’s list of polluted waterways and the agency responsible for the listing – the Department of Environmental Conservation – is...