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Alaska News Nightly: March 24, 2009

Individual news stories are posted in the Alaska News category and you can subscribe to APRN’s news feeds via e-mail, podcast and RSS. Download Audio (MP3) Alaskans Speak Out on Capital Hill about Offshore Oil Drilling Libby...

Anchorage School Board Seat B candidates: Michele Quier and Marc Grober

KSKA's election series now presents two more of the thirteen candidates pursuing Anchorage School Board Seat B. Grober for School Board A website for Michele Quier could not be found Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage Download Audio (MP3)

Anchorage School Board Seat E candidates: Jody Smith, Kathleen Plunkett and James LaBelle

KSKA continues its spring election series with three school board candidate profiles. School board seats are elected "at-large," so that means voters throughout Anchorage will decide all four school board races. KSKA's Len...

Talk of Alaska: 20th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Everybody agrees that mistakes were made during the Exxon-Valdez oil spill. Could the very same mistakes be made again? Last week, APRN's Talk of Alaska showed that emotions stirred by those events of twenty...

Mount Redoubt Erupts

After months of unrest that kept residents in Southcentral Alaska on edge, Mount Redoubt is erupting. The volcano has exploded five times since 11pm last night (Sunday), sending ash as high as 60 thousand...

Redoubt Eruptions Causes Evacuation of Drift River Crude Oil Facility

Concerns over Redoubt’s continued eruptions extend to an oil collection facility in Cook Inlet at Drift River. Chevron Pipeline company operates the Cook Inlet Pipe line company which runs the Drift River terminal. Lori Townsend,...

State Lawmakers Seek Clarification on Governor’s Stimulus Funds Request

Anticipation of what federal funding will be requested from the economic stimulus legislation was at the top of most conversations at the capitol in Juneau today. Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau Download Audio (MP3)

Citizens Work to Ensure Continued Protections for Alaska Waters

Tomorrow on the 20th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, a discussion called Partners in Prevention and Response will take place in Anchorage at the Dena’ina convention center. Stan Jones is with the...

Congressman Young Reflects on Exxon Valdez Disaster

Congressman Don Young is the only member of Alaska’s current Congressional delegation who was in office when the Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground 20 years ago. Libby Casey, APRN - Washington D.C. Download Audio (MP3)

Alaska Scientist Aids in Discovery of Prehistoric Marine Predator

A University of Alaska Museum curator is part of team that’s discovered a new species of prehistoric marine predator. Museum of the North earth sciences curator Patrick Druckenmiller, working with paleontologists from Norway, excavated...

New Book Documents Human Encounters with Wildlife

A new book entitled Wild Moments - Adventures with Animals of the North, offers a collection of stories that documents interactions between humans and wild beasts and birds of he north. Editor and one...

Alaska News Nightly: March 23, 2009

Individual news stories are posted in the Alaska News category and you can subscribe to APRN’s news feeds via e-mail, podcast and RSS. Download Audio (MP3) Mount Redoubt Erupts Annie Feidt, APRN - Anchorage After months of unrest...

Line One: Health Care Journalism

Susan Dentzer is the editor-in-chief of Health Affairs, the nation's leading journal of health policy. She also serves as a health issues analyst on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Today Dentzer joins host Dr....

School Board Seat B candidates: Richard Foster, Starr Marsett and William Nye

KSKA continues its profiles of school board candidates for the Anchorage April 7th election. Unlike assembly seats which represent a particular area of the city, school board seats are elected "at-large." That...

Algo Nuevo: March 22, 2009

Here’s the music playlist from the March 22, 2009 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera,...

Traveling Music: March 22, 2009

Here’s the music playlist from the March 22, 2009 edition of Traveling Music with Shonti Elder. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title Artist Name Album Title CD Label Links When Fall Comes to New...

Soul to Soul: March 21, 2009

Here’s the music playlist from the March 21, 2009 edition of Soul to Soul with Marvel and Sherry Johnson. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Artist Name Song Title Album Title Special Blendz Joy and...

Night Music: March 21, 2009

Here’s the music playlist from the March 21, 2009 edition of Night Music with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title Album Title Artist Name Label Here comes the sun All In Westchester...

Algo Nuevo Hour: March 20, 2009

Here’s the music playlist from the March 20, 2009 edition of Algo Nuevo Hour — Something New. If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera, send e-mail to algonuevo...

School Board Seat B candidates: Mia Costello, Steve Pratt and Jeannie Mackie

KSKA's series of candidate profiles in the April 7th Anchorage municipal election now turns to the school board races, beginning with three hopefuls in the Seat B race. They are Mia Costello,...