Kristin Spack
Renewable Energy Across Alaska
Executive director of the Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP), Chris Rose believes Alaska can be an international leader on renewable energy. Harnessing about 90 percent of the nation's wave power and about 75...
Pencils, Erasers But No Calculators at Bartlett Invitational
Last Friday afternoon, over six hundred Anchorage high school students competed in the 11th Annual Bartlett Mathematics Invitational. As KSKA's Len Anderson reports, the "invitation" included pizza, extra credit and six questions.
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Web Extra: Bartlett Mathematics Invitational, Question 1
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AWAC Presents: Stephen Cohen
SPEAKER: Stephen Cohen, Senior Policy Expert, Brookings Institution
TOPIC: "Will Pakistan become the most dangerous country in the world?"
RECORDED: Friday April 22, 2011
SLIDESHOW: Steve Cohen powerpoint, AWAC April 2001 (PDF)
ABOUT: Alaska World ...
AWAC Presents: Fran Ulmer
SPEAKER: Fran Ulmer, Chancellor, UAA
TOPIC: "Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Commission: Lessons Learned and Implications for Alaska and the Arctic"
RECORDED: Friday April 22, 2011
ABOUT: Alaska World Affairs Council Presents is a public...
USDA Funds Available for Organic Producers
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Organic farm products are carving their own niche in Alaska’s grocery markets, although getting organic certification can be a challenge. Now organic growers or those...
Hometown, Alaska: Perry Merkel, coffee man
He’s the man who brought the first great cup of coffee to Anchorage. Perry Merkel started Cafe Del Mundo before anyone had ever heard of Starbucks. Three decades later, he is retiring and...
Traveling Music: May 1, 2011
Here’s the music playlist from the May 1, 2011 edition of Traveling Music with Shonti Elder. All...
Night Music: April 30, 2011
Here’s the music playlist from the April 30, 2011 edition of Night Music with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are...
Soul to Soul: April 30, 2011
Here’s the music playlist from the April 30, 2011 edition of Soul to Soul with Marvel and Sherry Johnson. All tracks ...
New Camp Abatement Receives ACLU and Assembly Backing
Months of legal battling between the municipality of Anchorage and the Alaska office of the American Civil Liberties Union has come to an end. This week the Anchorage Assembly unanimously approved an illegal...
Chickens Can Lawfully Roost in Anchorage
Anchorage chickens scored a nine to two victory at the municipal assembly Tuesday night. Under a new ordinance residents can keep up to five chickens or rabbits on normal sized...
The Who's Tommy at Mad Myrna's
Peter Townsend's tale of a young boy's journey from pain to triumph, Tommy with music by The Who is now playing through May 14 at Mad Myrna's in Anchorage. Actors and musicians Van Horn...
Speech Touts Alaska's Alternative Energy Possibilities
Monday the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce looked beyond the state's oil, natural gas and coal resources to Alaska's considerable, but yet largely untapped, renewable energy possibilities.
Chris Rose is executive Director and founder of the...
Assembly Approves Budget Revisions
It was pretty much Mayor Dan Sullivan's night as the Anchorage Assembly sorted through first quart revisions to the 2011 municipal budget. That trend became increasingly apparent as for the most part, the new...
Addressing Alaskans: Bristol Bay Salmon
Photo courtesy of Daniel Schindler.
Before the University of Alaska existed, researchers from the University of Washington School of Aquatics and Fisheries Science began collecting data on Bristol Bay salmon. Today over 50 percent of...
We're Back!
kska.org and websites nationwide were shutdown last week when Amazon web servers encountered technical difficulties. Our outstanding IT team had to make a few adjustments, but today we're officially back on the web.
Thank you...
Kids These Days! Suicide Prevention in Alaska
Tuesday, April 26 at 2pm and 7pm
Teenagers in Alaska are more at risk of dying by suicide than kids in any other state. Understanding this statistic and the efforts to fight the...