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Totem Pole Marks End of Sitka Park’s Centennial Year
Video and Story by Ed Ronco, KCAW – Sitka
Hundreds of Sitkans gathered along the beach at Sitka National Historical Park on Sunday to help raise a totem pole commemorating the park’s 100th...
Alaska News Nightly: May 16, 2011
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Three Wainwright Soldiers Killed by IED
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Three...
New Barges Heading for Western Alaska
Mike Mason, KDLG - Dillingham
A couple of new double-hulled barges are headed to Western Alaska after being christened in Anacortes, Washington.
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Anchorage Gas Prices Fall Slightly
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
Average retail gasoline prices in Anchorage fell about two cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $4.20 yesterday. The national average was $3.93, according to the gasoline price...
Obama Singles Out NPRA as Part of Plan Boosting Domestic Oil Production
Libby Casey, APRN - Washington DC
President Obama is singling out oil in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve as part of a plan to boost domestic production. He’s also starting a new team to coordinate Alaska...
Legislature Ends Special Session
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau
The Legislature ended its special session Saturday night by passing a $3.1 billion capital projects budget – but it failed to find a structure that would continue the state’s coastal...
One Dead, Three Injured in Accident on Denali
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks & Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
One climber is dead and three others injured in an accident in a wind storm near the 20,000 foot summit of Denali. ...
Evacuees Return to Crooked Creek
Angela Denning-Barnes, KYUK – Bethel
Evacuees returned to flood damaged Crooked Creek Friday after spending days at the nearby Donlin Creek Gold Mine site. Although they’re back in the village, they can’t go...
Bethel City Council Protests Brown Jug Liquor License
Shane Iverson, KYUK – Bethel
The biggest alcohol chain in the state is proposing to sell directly to customers in Bethel. It’s the first move by an outside business to try and...
House Poised to Vote on Capital Budget
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
The House is poised to vote on its $3.1 billion capital budget this evening, and the Senate is waiting for it. If the Senate accepts the $300...
Senate Passes Bill Extending Coastal Zone Management Program
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
The Senate Friday passed and sent to the House its version of a bill extending – and making changes to – the state’s Coastal Management Program that...
Viability of Electronic Observers Being Evaluated
Robert Woolsey, KCAW – Sitka
A fisheries trade association is spearheading research to determine if it’s practical to monitor bycatch electronically on some longliners, rather than using human observers. The Alaska Longline...
Herring Fishery Picks Up in Togiak
Mike Mason, KDLG – Dillingham
The Togiak sac-roe herring fishery has been open since Sunday but it wasn’t until just Thursday that fishermen began harvesting large amounts of herring.
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Native Groups Suing Over Polar Bear Habitat Designation
Associated Press
Several Alaska Native groups are suing the federal government over the designation of habitat for threatened polar bears.
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, the North Slope Borough, and others filed the lawsuit Friday...
Scientists, Coast Guard Searching for Entangled Whale
Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau
Federal scientists and the Coast Guard are looking for a whale entangled in fishing gear near Juneau.
The humpback was first seen outside Auke Bay on Wednesday by a...
Begich to View Post-Mortem bin Laden Photos
Associated Press
An aide to Senator Mark Begich says he will view post-mortem photographs of Osama bin Laden taken after the al-Qaida leader was killed May 2 by a Navy SEAL team in...
Murkowski Encouraged by Outcome of Nuuk Conference
Josh Edge, APRN – Anchorage
Yesterday’s Arctic Council meeting in Greenland was a historic one, not only because it signed off on its first binding agreement in 17 years, but also because...
Alaska Native Leaders Advocate for Indigenous Legal Empowerment
Photo and Story by Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Alaska Native leaders gathered in Washington this week to advocate for the legal empowerment of the world’s indigenous peoples. The summit took...
Alaska News Nightly: May 13, 2011
Individual news stories are posted in the Alaska News category and you can subscribe to APRN’s news feeds via email, podcast and RSS.
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One Dead, Three Injured in Accident on Denali
Dan Bross, KUAC...
Budget Gridlock, Pay Raises and Palin’s Emails
This week on Alaska Edition, host Jill Burke, of the Alaska Dispatch, sits down with Kyle Hopkins, from the Anchorage Daily News, and Steve MacDonald, of KTUU Channel 2, to talk...