Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media

Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media
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Alaska News Nightly: May 7, 2012

Jury Selection Begins For Militia Trial; State Ferry Matanuska Crashes Into Seafood Processing Dock; Tugboat Tackles Ice For Bearing Sea Crabbers; J-1 Program Safe Until November; Harry Bader Heading Up Polar Security Center; Supreme Court To Hear Arguments On Which Voting District Maps Will Be Used In Election; Researchers Study Impact Of Invasive Plants On Native Tundra Berries; Meg Mackey Band: Spenard’s New Indie Darlings

Journey of the Bonesetter’s Daughter

Follow the creation of the San Francisco Opera’s celebrated production of The Bonesetter’s Daughter, composed by Stewart Wallace with a libretto by best-selling novelist Amy Tan. Based on Tan’s book of the same name, the opera is an ambitious, cross-cultural tour de force that brings together artists from China and the U.S. to tell the deeply moving story inspired by Tan’s own family history. KAKM: Monday, 5/7 at 8:00pm

300 Villages: St. Paul

The community is located on a small island in the Bering Sea where there are many more fur seals than people. Aqualina Lestinkof lives on St. Paul island.

Alaska News Nightly: May 4, 2012

Agreement Allows All Alaska Veterans Care At Tribal Clinics; Judicial Council Holding Hearing On Judge Retention; Observers Soon Start Work On Southeast Gillnet Grounds; Muni Certifies Anchorage Election; Special Meeting To Address Possible Recall Of Wrangell Hospital Board Of Directors; Lawmakers Approve $2.9 Billion For Statewide Construction, Maintenance Projects; AK: Hibernation; 300 Villages: St. Paul

Alaska News Nightly: May 3, 2012

Group Files for Hand Recount; Health Worker Says Repsol Blowout Cause Of Some Respiratory Illness Cases; Officials Suspend Kenai Peninsula Aerial Wolf Hunts; UAA Handing Out First Doctorate Degrees; Final Ft. Wainwright Stryker Soldiers Returning Home; Aviation Show Coming To Alaska; Kids Descend On Quinhagak For ‘Singsperation’

Alaska News Nightly: May 2, 2012

Volunteers Search For Evidence In ComSta Double Homicide; Methane Hydrates Could Prove To Be Vast Untapped Resource; State Gives TransCanada OK To Shift Attention To Gas Pipeline; Parnell Blames Unresolved Oil Tax, Gas Line Bills On Senate; Southeast Seiners Approve Buyback; Computer Model To Predict Climate-Driven Ecosystem Changes; Work Underway To Repair Nome-Council Highway; New Book Presents About 3,000 Alaska Native Place Names; May Off To Chilly Start

Alaska News Nightly: May 1, 2012

Fish & Game Holding Off On Kenai Peninsula Wolf Kill Plan; Study Reveals Polar Bears’ Long Distance Swims; Report Shows Growing Arctic Militarization; Parnell Chooses Hughes To Fill Gatto’s Seat; After Harvest, Sitka Tribe Renews Herring Concerns; Aircraft Support Aplenty For Alaska Wildfire Crews; Smooth Sailing Ahead For Captain Of The Tusty; Homer Couple Rescues Florida Couple On Hawaiian Volcano

Frontline: Money, Power and Wall Street – Part 2

Since 2008, Wall Street and Washington have fought against the tide of the fiercest financial crisis since the Great Depression. What have they wrought? In a special four-hour investigation, FRONTLINE tells the inside story of the struggles to rescue and repair a shattered economy, exploring key decisions, missed opportunities, and the unprecedented and uneasy partnership between government leaders and titans of finance that affects the fortunes of millions of people around the world. KAKM: Tuesday, 5/1 at 8:00pm

CREATE Schedule For May

Tune into KAKM channel, CREATE for some of your favorite how-to shows! CREATE can be found in Anchorage on 7.2 or GCI Cable 94 and is also available in the Mat-Su on MTA Channel 307.

May Schedule Highlights

KAKM, Channel 7 television, is pleased to continue bringing quality programming to your home. In this month’s prime time lineup you will find new programming as well as some of your old favorites.

Alaska News Nightly: April 30, 2012

State House Delays Decision To Adjourn; Finance Committee Meets To Address High Energy Costs; Manly Hot Springs Conditions Improving After Flooding; Advocates Speak At ‘Indigenous Women’s Environmental And Reproductive Health Symposium’; Subsistence Rights Top Concerns At UN Hearings; Endowment Fund Created In Comeau’s Name; APD Calls On Public To Help Find Missing Airman, Clinton Reeves; Fairbanks Man Fine After Bear Attack On Kodiak Island; USGS Mapping Going Digital; Chena Hot Springs Resort Hoping To Expand

Energy Quest USA

Hear inspiring stories from citizens who have made smart energy choices. In Kansas, communities compete for major cash prizes in an energy conservation contest. In Baltimore, Maryland, the Neighborhood Energy Challenge is enabling low-income homeowners to save as much as $1,300 a year through simple measures like weather-stripping and reduced water use. In Alaska, ocean power, low-emissions heating fuel from wood waste and innovative low-temperature geothermal turbines are becoming an important part of the power portfolio. KAKM: Monday, 4/30 at 8:00pm

300 Villages: Wales

This week, we’re on our way to Wales, a Bering Sea community about 100 miles north of Nome. Frank Crisci is the mayor of Wales.

Alaska News Nightly: April 27, 2012

House Pondering Next Step After Senate Adjourns; Redistricting Map Heads Back To The Supreme Court; Eklutna River Bridge To Close; Forest Service Approved Timber Harvest Plan For Kupreanof Island; Unsolved Murder Anniversary Brings Fairbanks Residents Together; Rescued Sea Otter Pup Finds Home In Pittsburgh Zoo; Disaster Drill Held Near Sitka; AK: Secrets Of The Forest; 300 Villages: Wales

Alaska News Nightly: April 26, 2012

Senate Adjourns Special Session; In-State Gas Line Remains On Legislators’ Radar; Former Non-Profit Head Sentences To Probation For Embezzlement; Man Acquitted Of Manslaughter, Homicide Charges; Municipal Leaders React to Election Commission Report; Alaska Moose Federation Gets $1.5 Million From State; New Research Sheds Light On Mercury Pollution; Native Youth Olympics Start Friday

Powering The Planet

Take an eye-opening look at some of the world’s most important case studies in energy policy. In Spain and Morocco, large-scale solar farms and individual photovoltaic panels atop tents in the Sahara are beginning to bring the vast potential of the sun down to Earth. In Brazil, abundant natural resources — sun, rain and sugar cane — are transformed into efficient, sustainable biofuel, making Brazil the only nation whose cars could run normally if gasoline were to vanish. In Samsø, Denmark, and in West Texas, citizens have taken sustainability — and economic realities — into their own hands by becoming stakeholders in wind turbines. KAKM: Thursday, 4/26 at 8:00pm

Alaska News Nightly: April 25, 2012

Exploratory Shale Wells Coming Within A Month; State Takes Feedback On Student Achievement Standards; UAF Could Get Funds For New Engineering Building; Election Commission Makes Recommendations For Muni Election Problems; Portion Of ‘Violence Against Women Act’ Upsets Alaska Tribal Advocates; Organization Pushes For Changes In Sea Otter Management; UA To Get New Super Computer; Group To Renovate Northwest Alaska Boys And Girls Clubs

Nature: Radioactive Wolves

The historic nuclear accident at Chernobyl is now 25 years old. Filmmakers and scientists set out to document the lives of the packs of wolves and other wildlife thriving in the “dead zone” that still surrounds the remains of the reactor. KAKM: Wednesday, 4/25 at 7:00pm

Alaska News Nightly: April 24, 2012

Redistricting Plan Goes Back To The Drawing Board; Hooper Bay Man Get s $500,000 For Tasering; Ted Nugent Pleads Guilty To Hunting Violation; Diomede Residents May Get Helicopter Service; Quality Improvement Measures Get Results At Providence; SEARHC Recovering From $4 Million Loss Last Year; Fairbanks Residents Make Moves Against Child Abuse; Anchorage Museum Explores Denali

1on1: Julia O’Malley

Pull up a chair and have a cup of coffee with of Anchorage's best known and least known movers, shakers, and characters on "1on1," KSKA and KAKM TV's new weekly interview show. Host Charles Wohlforth chats with artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, restaurateurs, adventurers, musicians and trend setters at Kaladi Brothers coffee shops. The program debuts with Anchorage Daily News' columnist, Julia O'Malley. Read More... KAKM TV: Sun. 4/22 at 6:30 pm & Weds. 4/25 at 10:00 pm KSKA FM: Thurs. 4/26 at 1:00 pm