Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media
Nature: An Original DUCKumentary
Ducks fly through the air on short stubby wings — traveling in large, energy-efficient formations over thousands of miles. There are some 120 species of them, representing a wide variety of shapes, sizes and behaviors. Some are noisy and gregarious, others shy and elusive. They are familiar animals we think we know. But most of us don’t really know these phenomenal, sophisticated creatures at all. This program follows a wood duck family as a male and female create a bond, migrate together across thousands of miles, nurture and protect a brood of chicks, then come full circle as they head to their wintering grounds.
TV: Wednesday, 11/12 at 7:00pm
Alaska News Nightly: November 13, 2012
Two Votes Separate House District 34 Race; Election Workers Scan Absentee, Questioned Ballots; Senate May Waive Duck Stamp For Subsistence Hunters; Subsistence Fishermen Trials Get Pushed Back; Another Soldier Convicted In Stryker Brigade Member Death; ‘Almost Home’ Profiles Homeless Young People; Nushagak King Salmon Run Appears Healthy; New Street, Bridge Open In Fairbanks; Housing Shortage For Chief Shakes Rededication
Alaska News Nightly: November 12, 2012
GCI Buys 3 Alaska Television Stations; Commission Says Alaskans Would Benefit From More Cooperation Between States, Tribes; Print Shops: The Unsung Victors Of Alaska’s Elections; Symposium Addresses Poor Salmon Returns; Alaska Innovates First Program To Subsidize Housing For Victims Of Violence; Hybrid High Schools Help Kids Imagine Their Futures
Frontline: The Suicide Plan
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You have an incurable illness, you want to die and you want help dying — what can you do? The terminally ill who live in Oregon or Washington can openly ask a doctor for help, but in the rest of country, where physician-assisted suicide is illegal, people who are suffering turn in secret to friends, family and even activist organizations. FRONTLINE explores this shadow world of assisted suicide, where the lines between legality and criminality are blurred, taking viewers inside one of the most polarizing social issues of our time — told by the people choosing to die, and by their “assisters,” individuals and right-to-die organizations at risk of prosecution for their actions. TV: Tuesday, 11/13 at 8:30pmNational Salute To Veterans
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Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise host the inaugural broadcast of the NATIONAL SALUTE TO VETERANS, celebrating all our American heroes who have served throughout our country’s history. TV: Sunday, 11/11 at 7:00pm
Racing the Rez
In the rugged canyon lands of Northern Arizona, Navajo and Hopi cross-country runners from two rival high schools put it all on the line for Tribal pride, triumph over adversity and state championship glory. Win or lose, what they learn in the course of their seasons will have a dramatic effect on the rest of their lives.
TV: Saturday, 11/10 at 9:00pm
300 Villages: Savoonga
This week, were heading to Savoonga, one of two communities on the northern edge of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. Pearl Annogiyuk is city clerk in Savoonga.
Alaska News Nightly: November 9, 2012
Port Study Shows Design, Construction Flaws; Rare Human Remains May Hold Secret To Alaska’s Ancient Past; Responders Investigate Oiled Wildlife Reports On St. Lawrence Island; Sergeant Found Guilty On 1 Count In Soldier Death; Chenault To Return As Alaska House Speaker; Report Peer Reviews EPA’s Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment; FTC Investigation Into Hilcorp, Marathon Deal Closed; AK: Bees; 300 Villages: Savoonga
With You All The Way: Symposium For Military Family Support
Two wars, multiple deployments, devastating injuries and psychological trauma. This is just a partial list of what the American military and their families have suffered for the last decade. And while the Veterans Administration is doing all they can, there’s a gap in what they can do—children. Children of the deployed men and women suffer a unique brand of difficulty. They don’t know how to deal with a missing parent, how to help the remaining parent through their stress, and how to cope with all this as their going through their own growing process.
Alaska News Nightly: November 8, 2012
Freezing Rain, Snow Quell Dillinham-Area Blaze; Former Whaling Commission Director Sentencing Continues; Acoustic Sensors Give Scientists A New Perspective In The Arctic; Stevens Joins New Senate Majority; Republican Majority Ousts Stedman From Leadership; Democratic Groups Urge Congress To Protect Entitlement Programs; Scientists Study Earthquake Intricacies; Copper Basin Is On After Organizers Overturn Cancellation; US Mint To Unveil Quarter Honoring Denali Park
Grab
Grab is an intimate portrait of the little-documented Grab Day in the villages of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, who annually throw water and food items from the rooftop of a home to people standing below. A community-wide prayer of abundance, thanks, and renewal, Grab Day exists at the intersection of traditional Native and contemporary Western cultures. Luther's film follows three families as they prepare for the annual event, chronicling their lives leading up to this day.
TV: Thursday, 11/8 at 8:00pm
Alaska News Nightly: November 7, 2012
State Senate Announces New Organization; Bell, French Race Remains Close, Awaits Absentee Ballots; House District 34 Race Too Close To Call; Bond Proposition Passes, Constitutional Convention Fails; Interior Senate Democrats Fall In General Election; Republicans Win Four Interior House Races; State Announces Winners In Oil, Gas Rights Lease Sales; 14 Bids Accepted In NPR-A Lease Sale; Hilcorp Gets Consent Decree From State To Buy Marathon Assets; New Player May Enter Field For North Slope LNG; Juneau Assembly Praises City’s Emergency Responders; The Scam ‘Toner Phoners’ Reach The Y-K Delta
NOVA: Mystery of Easter Island
A remote, bleak speck of rock in the middle of the Pacific, Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, has mystified the world ever since the first Europeans arrived in 1722. How and why did the ancient islanders build and move nearly 900 giant statues, or moai, weighing up to 86 tons? And how did they transform a presumed paradise into a treeless wasteland, bringing ruin upon their island and themselves?
TV: Wednesday, 11/7 at 8:00pm
Alaska News Nightly: November 6, 2012
Cause Of Downtown Juneau Fire Remains Unknown; Taskforce Addresses Sex Trafficking In Alaska; North Slope Drilling Lease Winners To Be Announced Tomorrow; Voter Turnout Varies Around State; Effort Could Close Down Togiak Fishery For 3 Years; Candlelight Vigil To Mark National Homelessness Awareness Month; Anthropologist Says Salmon Are State’s Long-Term Investment; HooDoo Brewing Company Opens In Fairbanks
Colonial Williamsburg: Emissaries of Peace
During the French and Indian War, the Cherokee people struggled to preserve their independence. Follow the Cherokee leader Ostenaco and Virginian Henry Timberlake on their 1762 journey in search of a lasting peace.
Tuesday, 11/8 at 9:00am
It Takes A Village To Prevent Youth Suicide
While recent reports show the suicide rate falling slightly within the state, Alaska still has the highest rate in the nation – especially among Alaska Native young men. One community in Southeast had nearly the highest rate in the nation back in the 1980's, but today they see almost no suicide in their village. In the next installment of our “Being Young in Rural Alaska” series, Sarah Gonzales goes to Kake to learn about what it means to successfully prevent suicide.
Alaska News Nightly: November 5, 2012
Fire Burns Over 10 Miles Of Tundra Near Dillingham; John N. Marvin, Jr. Found Guilty In Hoonah Double Homicide; Third Parties Seek Popular Votes In Alaska; Public Support For Big Projects In Bond Prop A Is Limited; It Takes A Village To Prevent Youth Suicide; Wrangell’s Garnet Grit Betties Are Recruiting
300 Villages: St. George
This week, we’re heading out to the Pribilof Islands and the community of St. George, on a small island in the Bering Sea between Alaska and Russia. Pat Pletnikoff is the mayor of St. George.
Alaska News Nightly: November 2, 2012
Anthropologists Studying Subsistence-Based Economies; Application Period Begins For Big Game Permits; AISES Convention Draws 2,000 To Anchorage; Police Seek Identities Of Costumed Revelers; Hoonah Murder Trial Goes To The Jury; Questions Remain As Campaign Season Comes To A Close; AK: Breathe; 300 Villages: St. George
Alaska News Nightly: November 1, 2012
Group Targeting Superior Court Judge Up For Retention; Legislator Concerned About Outside Funds In Campaign Advertising; Lawyers Argue Over Where The Money Went; Bell Challenges French For Senate Seat; CEAAC To Acknowledge Settlement Of Education Lawsuits; Downtown Talkeetna Fire Destroys 1 Building, Damages 2 Others; Officials Approve New Route To Tulsequah Chief Mine