Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media
Alaska News Nightly: July 1, 2010
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Environmental Groups Seek Delay in Liberty Reservoir Drilling
Annie Feidt, APRN...
Cruise Industry Drops Lawsuit Against Alaskan Tax
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau
The cruise industry has ended its lawsuit against Alaska's passenger head tax. Lines promised to drop the suit if the Legislature passed a bill reducing the tax and changing its...
APD Responds to Racism Suit
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Anchorage officials are responding to a lawsuit filed against the city. Papers were filed yesterday by two Anchorage Police Department officers, Alvin Kennedy and Eliezar Feliciano alleging discrimination within the...
CIRI Enters Energy Venture
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Cook Inlet Region, Inc. has joined with a Texas-based energy company to tap into coal deposits on the west side of Cook Inlet. But there will be no...
Seattle-Based Seafood Company Fined by EPA
Alexandra Gutierrez, KUCB – Unalaska
After five years of negligence, a Seattle-based seafood company agreed to a pay a hefty fine to the EPA for violating the Clean Water Act in the Bering Sea.
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Ice Breaker to Undergo Repairs
Steve Heimel, APRN – Anchorage
The nation’s aging ice-breaker fleet is breaking down. The US Coast Guard has three ice-breakers, and two of them are now down for repairs. Today the Coast Guard announced that...
Lawsuit Could Set New Medical Privacy Standards
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau
The ACLU says a lawsuit it filed in Ketchikan could set new standards for medical privacy in Alaska. The group is suing the state to recover records seized from a...
Candidates Give the Public A Lot to Think About
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
The major candidates for US Senate are about a third of the way into this year’s primary election season – and the next two months indicate that voters will...
Education Department Intervenes in Yupiit District
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
The state Education Department is intervening to help the poorest-performing school district in the state. The Yupiit district, serves about 450 students in the villages of Tuluksak and Akiak. It...
Traditional Healing on Tudor
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
Tucked along the south side of Southcentral Foundation’s complex of modern medical facilities is the traditional healing garden. Even with traffic whizzing along on nearby Tudor Road, it’s a peaceful...
Alaska News Nightly: June 30, 2010
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APD Responds to Racism Suit
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Anchorage officials...
Senators Debate Climate Change, Energy Legislation With President
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Both of Alaska’s Senators attended a White House meeting Tuesday on climate change and energy legislation. They were among a group of 23 Senators summoned by President Obama to...
Two Communities Begin Using River Turbine
Tim Ellis, KUAC – Fairbanks
A small hydroelectric generator has begun powering two remote communities in eastern Alaska as part of a project to develop a cheaper and cleaner alternative diesel fire generation.
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Doogan Begins Treatment of Tumor
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
Anchorage Democrat Mike Doogan has begun treatment to remove a brain tumor. Surgery is scheduled for Thursday. Announcement of the condition came from House Democrats Tuesday morning that explained the...
UA Employees Interested in Union Representation With ASEA
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
More than 2,600 University of Alaska employees have said they’re interested in voting on union representation with the Alaska State Employees Association or ASEA. At least 30% of the employees...
Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenges Hits the Spit
Aaron Selbig, KBBI – Homer
Two men simultaneously finished the Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge on the Homer Spit early Monday morning, staking their claim to the half-million-dollar prize money in the 8,000 mile endurance race....
Juneau Man Sets Record in Ultra Marathon
Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO – Juneau
A Juneau man has set a record in one of the oldest and most challenging mountain runs in the world. In a race that must be completed within 30 hours,...
Rural High School Students Take Wing
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
A unique program is getting started next month to help high school students in rural Alaska find success with post secondary education. Take Wing Alaska is an intensive three-year effort...
Alaska News Nightly: June 29, 2010
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Senators Debate Climate Change, Energy Legislation With President
Libby Casey,...
Senator Begich to Question Petraeus About Afghanistan War
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Alaskan Senator Mark Begich will get a chance tomorrow to publicly quiz the President’s pick to run the Afghanistan war. General David Petraeus goes before the Senate Armed Services...