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Joy Harjo Releases Fifth CD
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
Muscogee/Creek Nation musician and author Joy Harjo is in Alaska as the artist in residence for Koahnic Broadcast corporation in Anchorage. Koahnic is the parent company...
Alaska News Nightly: May 23, 2011
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Crews Make Progress in Containing Moose Mountain Fire
Dan Bross, KUAC...
Fire North of Fairbanks Hits 800 Acres
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
The Moose Mountain wildfire above Goldstream Valley north of Fairbanks is at 800 acres. The smoke has been clearly visible from the city and an air quality advisory has been...
Aces Bring Home Kelly Cup
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
The Alaska Aces won game five in Kalamazoo and came home with the Kelly Cup yesterday. The score was 5 to 3.
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Juneau Man Dies in Car Crash
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
A Juneau man died when his vehicle ran off the road and hit a tree Saturday morning near the high school. Dead is Steven Lee Ryan. The...
Clammers in Fatal Cook Inlet Boat Sinking Identified
Associated Press
The six commercial clammers involved in that fatal boat sinking on the west side of Cook Inlet last week have been identified now.
The survivor is Noel Garcia, 42, of Aberdeen, Washington. He decided...
Customs Officials Seize $1.2 Million Worth of Heroin
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
U.S. Customs officials have seized more than $1.2 million worth of heroin in three different shipments through Anchorage’s FedEx facility. The drugs were discovered in April and...
BOEMRE Releases Environmental Impact Statement of Chukchi Lease
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
The Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation and Enforcement or BOEMRE released today a draft supplemental environmental impact statement for the Chukchi Sea lease sale 193.
The draft...
Homeland Security Releases Information About Possible Al Qaeda Threat
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Information released Friday by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security indicates that Al Qaeda last year considered hijacking and detonating oil tankers in non Muslim seas to...
Two Men May Face Charges After Shooting Walrus
Daysha Eaton, KDLG – Dillingham
Two men face possible federal charges in an ongoing investigation of a shooting of a federally protected Pacific Walrus near a State Sanctuary near Togiak.
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Students Head to Seattle Marine Science Conference
Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
A group of scientists who study the Pribilof Islands are on their way to Seattle for a North Pacific Marine science conference. That isn’t big news- since...
MS Amsterdam Makes First Anchorage Stop of Season
Len Anderson, APRN – Anchorage
Today the MS Amsterdam makes its first Anchorage appearance of the season with a morning docking and a day long stay. It’s the second year that the...
Economic Indicators Point to Strong Salmon Market
Mike Mason, KDLG – Dillingham
Many economic indicators point to strong salmon markets this year, which could be good news for those who make their living netting sockeye each summer in Bristol...
Fairbanks Borough Ride Service for Disabled in Jeopardy
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
There’s concern the Fairbanks Borough’s ride service for the disabled may not be able to keep up with rising costs. Van Tran is seeing 18 percent annual...
Home States of Clam Diggers Killed in Accident Released
Associated Press
While the names of the five clam diggers who died earlier this week in Cook Inlet have not been released, the president and CEO of Pacific Seafood Group said yesterday that...
10 Klukwan Residents Training to be Community’s Only Medical First Responders
Tara Bicknell, KHNS – Haines
10 residents of a Southeast Alaska native village just completed training to be the only medical first responders in their community.
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Yup’ik Traditional Healer Honored in Anchorage
Angela Denning-Barnes, KYUK – Bethel
Rita Blumenstein, a Yup’ik traditional healer, is being honored this week in Anchorage by women from around the world. She is part of the International Council of 13...
Alaska News Nightly: May 20, 2011
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Customs Officials Seize $1.2 Million Worth of Heroin
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA...
Denali Gas Line Abandoned; Parnell Launches War on Sexual Assault
This week on Alaska Edition, host Michael Carey is joined in the studio by Steve MacDonald, Channel 2 News, Brendan Joel Kelly, of the Anchorage Press, and...
Senate Republicans Block Vote to Confirm 9th Circuit Court Judge
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
U.S. Senate Republicans blocked moving forward on voting whether to confirm a 9th Circuit Court judge Thursday. But Alaska’s Senator Lisa Murkowski bucked her party and...