Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media
State Legislature Enters Third Week of Special Session
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau
Legislators are entering the third week of this year’s first special session without any foreseeable plan to settle the outstanding issues in advance of adjourning.
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Former West High Football Player Drafted by Tampa Bay
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
Anchorage West High School tight end Daniel Hardy got word over the weekend that he was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the seventh round of the NFL draft. ...
Man Crashes Car Through Front Door of Alaska Brewing Company, Steals Beer
Casey Kelly, KTOO - Juneau
The retail store at the Alaskan Brewing Company campus in Juneau suffered $15,000 damage early Friday, when a Juneau man allegedly drove a vehicle through the front doors and stole...
Department of Law Issues Opinion Regarding Senate Budget Bill Language
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Members of the House Finance Committee met in Anchorage Friday to hear the State Department of Law’s opinion regarding language in a Senate budget bill. As it...
Orphaned Polar Bear Cub Heading to Anchorage
Lori Townsend and Josh Edge, APRN – Anchorage
A polar bear cub is expected to arrive in Anchorage Friday evening after Fish and Wildlife officials determined that it was orphaned.
Fish and Wildlife was...
Ice Avalanche Kills Climber Near Ruth Gorge
Sue Deyoe, KTNA – Talkeetna
An ice avalanche killed a climber near the Ruth Gorge in the Alaska Range early Thursday morning. It’s the first climbing death of the season. Those involved...
Two Removed from Cook Inlet Beluga Recovery Science Panel
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
Concern over the autonomy of scientists on the Cook Inlet beluga recovery science panel has prompted NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service to remove the two panel members...
Redistricting Board Wrestles With District Map Changes
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
The state’s Redistricting Board is wrestling with changing the voting district map to match this decade’s census figures. But other groups are submitting alternative plans of their...
Phone Survey Could Help Cull Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault
Daysha Eaton, KDLG – Dillingham
A new telephone survey, especially for women, is being conducted in Fairbanks, Anchorage and Juneau and in the Dillingham area. Its results could have a big impact...
Amateur Radio Plays Vital Role in Disaster Response
Joshua Tucker, APRN – Anchorage
In Alaska, Amateur Radio operators have played a critical role responding to disasters in the past. After the ’64 earthquake phone lines were down. People in Anchorage...
Alaska News Nightly: April 29, 2011
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Department of Law Issues Opinion Regarding Senate Budget Bill Language
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Man Sentenced for Charges of Being Peeping Tom with Interest in Child Pornography
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
Thursday, federal law clerk Daniel Eisman, 36, was sentenced to four years imprisonment after pleading guilty to charges that he was a peeping tom with an interest in child pornography. ...
Climber Dies in Denali National Park
Sue Deyoe, KTNA - Talkeetna
Ice and snow falling from a big rock formation in the Alaska Range buried the camps of two climbing parties and took one life early Thursday in Denali National Park. ...
Whittier Harbor Expansion Dredges Up Old Oil Spill
Steve Heimel, APRN – Anchorage
Efforts to expand the harbor in Whittier have run up against an old oil spill. Last month, Harris Sand and Gravel dredges began pulling up gravel that...
Three Arrested for Illegally Selling Walrus Ivory, Polar Bear Hides
Ben Matheson, KNOM – Nome
A federal grand jury indicted three people Thursday for the illegal sale of walrus ivory and polar bear hides from Savoonga. A federal grand jury charged three...
Hundreds Rally in ‘Fed Up with the Feds’
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
Hundreds of people rallied in Fairbanks Wednesday to protest what they see as overreach by the federal government. The “Fed Up with the Feds” event was also...
House Democrats Present Plan to End Special Session
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
Thursday, House Democrats made public a plan that would successfully end the special legislative session – now as the end of its 11th day.
The Senate and the governor...
Lawmakers May Have to Test the Issue if No Agreement can be Reached with Governor
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
If lawmakers can’t come to an agreement with the Governor, former Attorney General John Havelock says they may have to push through to test the issue. Havelock...
‘I’m Going to College Program’ Draws 2,300 to College Campuses
Daysha Eaton, KDLG – Dillingham
Across Alaska, the ‘I’m Going to College Program’ is bringing more than 2,300 students from more than 30 schools to 13 college campuses. This is the first...
Family IDs Airman Killed in Afghanistan
Associated Press
The family of an Alaska-based airman killed in Afghanistan has identified him as Major David Brodeur of Auburn, Massachusetts.
A veteran Afghan military pilot said to be distressed over his personal finances...