Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media
‘Hiring’ Heroes Act’ Focuses on Reducing Veteran Unemployment Rate
Photo and Story by Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
The unemployment rate for young military veterans has climbed as high as 27 percent in recent months – far higher than the national...
Sitka Retailer Begins Selling Google E-Books
Photo and Story by Ed Ronco, KCAW – Sitka
A Sitka retailer has become the 250th book store in the nation to sell Google e-books, similar to the texts people can download on...
Foster Care Center of Attention in May
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
May is Foster Care Awareness Month, and Anchorage’s Big Brothers, Big Sisters is teaming up with Covenant House to start a volunteer mentoring program to help foster...
Summer Tourism Numbers Show Improvement
Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage
The falling trend in visitor numbers to Alaska and Anchorage seems to have bottomed out, according to a trio of speakers at Monday’s Anchorage Chamber of Commerce...
Attempts to Combat Invasive Species in Chena Slough, River Start This Summer
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
Initial attempts will be made this summer to combat an invasive plant growing in the Chena Slough and River. Fairbanks Soil and Water Conservation District Invasive Plant...
CORRECTION: Fish and Game Looking to Learn More About the Wood Frog
And finally tonight, a correction. Tuesday, we said there was only one amphibian in Alaska – the Wood Frog. But there are actually four kinds of amphibian in our state: Frogs, Newts,...
Alaska News Nightly: May 11, 2011
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Judiciary Committee Examines Budget’s Contingency Language
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
The...
Coast Guard Releases 'Pathfinder' Report
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
The Coast Guard report on the tugboat that grounded and spilled on Bligh Reef in 2009 is out. It blames the crew members in command for not being attentive to...
Senate Passes Capital Projects Budget
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau
The state Senate last night passed and sent to the House a $2.7 billion capital projects budget. It features money to bring about a true statewide energy generation and distribution...
Kuskokwim River Flooding Crooked Creek Homes
Angela Denning-Barnes, KYUK – Bethel
The dramatic flooding happening in Crooked Creek has worsened. A jam of Kuskokwim River ice has held a few miles below the village of Crooked Creek Tuesday pushing...
Yukon Experiencing Mellow Breakup
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
In contrast to the Kuskokwim, break up has been fairly mellow on the Yukon River so far. The ice went out at Eagle over the weekend. Two ...
Officials Discuss Status of Drilling Technology
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
There was no disagreement at a hearing in Washington Tuesday that oil and gas drilling technology has advanced dramatically in the decades since the Trans Alaska...
Board of Directors Explore Land Leasing Possibility for Chickaloon Coal
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
The Alaska Mental Health Lands Trust’s board of directors heard from the public Tuesday on whether or not to lease 18 square miles of property near Chickaloon...
Legislators Examining Two Versions of Budget
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
While legislators have waited for a capital projects budget since long before the end of the regular session last month, they now have two versions to deal...
Disney Cruise Lines Makes First Trip to Alaska
Tara Bicknell, KHNS – Haines
Disney Cruise Line made its first trip to Alaskan waters last week, making a stopover in Skagway on Friday. As KHNS reporter Tara Bicknell tells us, the...
Fire Forecast Expected to be Moderate
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
A red flag warning is in effect until Wednesday night throughout Southcentral Alaska – for Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna Valley and the Western Kenai Peninsula. That means...
Fish and Game Looking to Learn More About the Wood Frog
Daysha Eaton, KDLG – Dillingham
The only amphibian in Alaska is a climate indicator species, and the Alaska Department of Fish & Game wants to learn a lot more about it. The...
‘Nature’ Series Investigates Alaska’s Bears
Steve Heimel, APRN – Anchorage
Public television’s “Nature” series is running a set of three shows featuring Alaska’s bears – Polar, Brown and Black. “Bears of the Last Frontier” follows Seattle ecologist...
Alaska News Nightly: May 10, 2011
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Kuskokwim River Flooding Crooked Creek Homes
Angela Denning-Barnes, KYUK – Bethel
The...
Bears of the Last Frontier
A film crew has traveled on roads from Homer to Deadhorse, looking for bears. Alaska still has plenty of wild country, but even in Alaska, as in much of the world, bears and...