Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media
Alaska News Nightly: September 6, 2012
Parnell Keeps Text Messages Secret; Scientists Search For Reason Of Cook Inlet Beluga Decline; Sequester Will Likely Affect Military Spending In Alaska; Thousands Remain Without Power In Storm’s Aftermath; Officials Ask For Patience In Storm Clean Up; Downtown Flagpole Snaps During Storm, Reveals Time Capsule; US, Russia Work To Preserve Natural, Cultural Heritage of Beringia; Brown Bear Bites Teenage Tourist Near Sitka
Alaska News Nightly: September 5, 2012
NWS Says Worst of the Storm is Over; Anchorage Residents Endure, Recover From Wind Storm; Most Outlying Areas Avoid Most Storm Damage; 500 Delta Homes Still Without Power; Cost Will Play Major Part in Beluga Recovery Plan Success; Government Eyeing Down Fiscal Crisis, $1.2 Trillion In Cuts; School Cancellation Causes Students To Miss Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Lecture; Coast Guard Recovers Drifting Weather Buoy
Alaska News Nightly: September 4, 2012
Unusually Strong Storm More Typical During Winter Months; Southcentral Braces For Big Storm; Anchorage to Pay $5.5M to Settle Rape Lawsuits; Yearly Cook Inlet Beluga Count Wraps Up; Report Guides Potential North Slope LNG Producers Through Federal Regulations; Mat-Su Borough Opts To Sell Ferry Susitna; Airport Construction Complicates Bethel Air Traffic; Unification Church Leader Had Strong Ties To Kodiak; Despite Rising Lower 48 Cases, No West Nile Virus Found In Alaska; KIC Class Teaches Tsimshian Language
Alaska News Nightly: September 3, 2012
Adak Makes Push Toward Hydropower; Group Taking Alaska Vets To WWII Memorial; State Wants Red Devil Mine On National Priority List; Sand Point Quarry Clean Up Project Winding Down; Footprint Sheds More Light On Prehistoric Alaska; Scientist To Study Numbers Of Migrating Birds; Southeast Dungeness Crab Catch Down; UAS Announces $50,000 Gift From Widmark Family; Dems Appoint Rollison To HD13 After Gazaway Withdraws
The Democratic Convention
Award-winning political journalists Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill will co-anchor gavel-to-gavel broadcast coverage from the PBS Skybox at both the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL (August 28-30) and from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC (September 4-5) as well as the Bank of America Stadium (September 6).
TV: Tuesday, 9/4 6:00-10:00pm
TV: Wednesday, 9/5 6:00-10:00pm
TV: Thursday, 9/6 7:00-10:00pm
Masterpiece Mystery: Inspector Lewis – The Gift of Promise
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During an investigation of a brutal bludgeoning, what seems to be a blackmail plot gone wrong turns into a case much more dark and sinister. Co-starring Cherie Lunghi ("Secret Diary of a Call Girl" Alaska Public Television: Sunday, 9/2 at 8:00pmAustin City Limits: Dave Matthews Band
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Rock superstars the Dave Matthews Band perform hits and songs from their album Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. Alaska Public Television: Saturday, 9/1 at 10:00pm300 Villages: Klukwan
This week, we’re going to Klukwan, a small Alaska Native Village on the Chilkat River. Jones Hotch Junior is President of the Chilkat Indian Village Tribal Council.
Alaska News Nightly: August 31, 2012
One Dead, One Missing, Two Safe After FV Advantage Sinks; Pentagon Considering Legal Action Against Former Navy SEAL Author; Rain Raises Flood Concerns in the Interior; Homer Woman Crowned Mrs. America; Naknek Man Heading To U.S. Triathlon Championships; Gary Gray Named UAF Athletic Director; Telecommunications Issues Causing Problems In Wales; AK: Hot Springs; 300 Villages: Klukwan
Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Concert 2012
Join conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the renowned Vienna Philharmonic under the stars in the magnificent gardens of Austria’s Imperial Schönbrunn Palace. Vienna Ballet dancers join the orchestra in celebration of the world of dance in music by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Richard Strauss. The concert also features performances of Debussy’s “La Mer” and the Austrian favorite “Wiener Blut” (“Viennese Blood”) by waltz king Johann Strauss.
TV: Friday, 8/31 at 9:30pm
Alaska News Nightly: August 30, 2012
Shell Gets Permission To Begin Chukchi Operations; Eva Creek Wind Farm Nears Completion; Famous Skin Sewer Dies at Over 100; Vandals Destroy Greenhouses, Break Into Reindeer Pens; Western Aleutian Volcano Starts Rumbling; Sitka Looking To Sell Two Vacant Properties; State, Native Corporations Seek Partnerships For Future Arctic Energy
Alaska News Nightly: August 29, 2012
Young, Cissna To Face Off In General Election; Valley Upset Unseats Menard; Davis Leads Crawford With 800 Absentee Ballots Left To Count; Kenai Incumbent Loses To Soldotna Mayor; Barrow’s Ben Nageak Wins House District 40 Race; Coastal Management Issue Likely To Reemerge During Legislative Session; Election Results Impact Alaskans; Homer Bans Plastic Shopping Bags; Tsunami Debris Threatens Marine Life, State Budgets; Alaska Native Leaders Take Cautious Approach To Arctic Development
Alaska News Nightly: August 28, 2012
Statoil Moves Closer To Exploratory Chukchi Drilling; Doyon Has Ambitious Interior Oil, Gas Exploration Plans; Gas is Transferring To Cook Inlet Storage; Buccaneer Energy Drill Rig Enters Kachemak Bay; Arctic Imperative Summit Addresses Future Bering Strait Activity; Sen. Begich To Introduce Legislation Creating Arctic Port Authority; Fish & Wildlife Director Hears Sea Otter Concerns; Grant Funds Battle of Wrangell Research
Alaska News Nightly: August 27, 2012
Bear Kills Hiker In Denali National Park; Sea Ice Melts Back To New Record; Second Shell Drill Ship Leaves Unalaska for the Arctic; Crunch Time For Hotly Contested Ballot Measure 2; Stoltze, Connelly Face of in House District 11; Couple Admits To Planning Judge’s Murder; Near Riot Goes Unreported, to be Discussed at Community Forum
300 Villages: Glacier View
This week, we're heading to Glacier View - a section of the Glenn Highway past Palmer that's home to 234 permanent residents. Rick Brendon is the community council president in Glacier View.
Alaska News Nightly: August 23, 2012
Bin Laden Raid Book Reportedly Authored By Alaskan; Begich Explores Possibility Of Natural Gas Export Industry; Cook Inlet Gas Storage Facilities Not Being Used; Teenagers Sentenced To Prison For Murder Of Kevin Thornton; Young Faces Two Primary Election Challengers; Senator McGuire Campaigns To Keep Seat; Soldier Accused in Hazing Demoted, Loses Pay; NIOSH Takes Alaska Lessons To East Coast Fishermen
Alaska News Nightly: August 22, 2012
Nome Gold Miners To Undergo Mercury Testing; Proposal Would Have Fairbanks Borough Build Natural Gas Distribution Network; NTSB Releases Preliminary Report On Deadly Delta-Area Helicopter Crash; Harry Crawford Challenges Senator Bettye Davis; State Finalizes Petersburg Borough Plan; Menard, Dunleavy Compete For Senate Seat D; Hovercraft Comes To Akutan; Popular Fairbanks Trail Reopens; Ocean Health Index Unveiled
Alaska News Nightly: August 21, 2012
Anchorage Faces $30 Million Budget Gap; Congress Considering Reversing Earmark Ban; More Rain In Forecast For Northwest Alaska; State Challenges Federal Voting Rights Act; Senator Davis Campaigns To Keep Her Seat; Air Force Receives Directives To Remove Cold War-Era Towers; Jack Shay Sentenced To 35 Years, 17 Served; Fairbanks Entrepreneur Continues With Wind Farm Plans
Alaska News Nightly: August 20, 2012
Project Would Electrify Alaska; Kenai King Concerns Prompt Disaster Declaration Request; Shell Drill Rig Departs For Arctic; Sea Ice Withdrawal Expected To Reach Record Levels; Prop 1 Would Allow Local Option Of Increasing Residential Property Tax Exemptions; Wildfire Near Fairbanks Grows Over Weekend; Wrangell Assembly Wants To Take Away Many Hospital Board Powers; Sightseeing Cruise Strikes Rock, Takes On Water
300 Villages: Kenny Lake
Now it’s time for 300 villages. This week, we’re off to the community of Kenny Lake in the Copper River Valley to celebrate the annual Kenny Lake Fair which promises “moose-chevious fun,” where we talk with Kim Morse at the Kenny Lake Fair.