Kristin Spack
Hometown, Alaska: Following Your Heart to Alaska
Did true love summon you north? That’s our topic for a special Valentine’s edition of Hometown, Alaska. Join host Kathleen McCoy and her guest Ivan Moore for some fetching tales of love that conquered...
Line One: Health Risks of Cosmetics
Stacy Malkan is the author of the award-winning book, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry, which exposes the toxic truth about everyday personal care products. What's in the...
A Closer Look: Providence's Senior Medicare Clinic
Quietly and so far without the fanfare of the dedication ceremony, the long awaited Senior Care Center opened at the Providence Health and Services Alaska Campus in Anchorage. It's already begun accepting clients and...
AWAC Presents: T.R. Reid
SPEAKER: T.R. Reid, Reporter, author and regular NPR correspondent
TOPIC: "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care"
RECORDED: Friday, February 4, 2011
ABOUT: Alaska World Affairs Council Presents is...
School Board’s Final Budget Softens Proposed Reductions
Before giving final approval to next year's budget, the Anchorage School Board last night dug deeper into the district's fund balance reserves and increased class sizes in order to restore some programs and...
Assembly Majority Rejects Proposed Tax Cap Amendment
At this week's Anchorage Assembly meeting a proposed municipal charter change designed to clarify city's tax cap process failed to muster the necessary votes to appear on the April 5th ballot.
Representative Chris Birch proposed...
Addressing Alaskans: Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy
As Canada prepares to be the next Chair of the Arctic Council in 2013, followed by the United States, Jennifer Loten says "it's important that we work together." Loten is the Consul of Canada...
Municipal Ballot Propositions Receive Assembly Approval
On April 5th, Anchorage voters will decide the fate of several capital bond propositions totaling more than 100 million dollars. Last night the Anchorage Assembly approved ten propositions to appear on this spring's...
Alaska Radio Reader Rambler: Anchorage Reads
This year the Anchorage Public Library celebrates its 25th anniversary and the 5th annual Anchorage Reads community book program from February 1 - March 12. Guest Toni McPherson discusses this year's book - The...
Annual Economic Forecast Predicts Local Economy Reversing the Recession
Anchorage's economy fared better than expected in 2010, while 2011 should show even more job growth.
Approximately fourteen hundred members of the city's business community packed the sold-out AEDC luncheon at the Dena'ina Convention and...
CROSSCURRENTS: Environmental Writing and Activism
Hosted by the 49 Alaska Writing Center, the Crosscurrents onstage conversation series unites authors and audiences through lively, moderated discussions.Kicking off the first event in the series, Nancy Lord, author of the newly published...
Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound
Join us this Thursday at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm for a celebration of radio storytelling on Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound. The program, produced by Atlantic Public Media, is from a...
Board Seeks To Reinstate Some Budget Cuts
Wednesday night the Anchorage School Board entered the most painful part of the annual budget process when it held the first of two public readings on the proposed 2011-2012 financial plan. About two dozen...
Tuesday at 5 PM: President Obama’s State of the Union Address
NPR News will present extensive coverage of the President's State of the Union speech, Tuesday, January 25, at 5:00 pm Alaska time.
The coverage will anticipate the overall strategy of the Obama administration in its...
Gathering Looks at Future of Glenn Square
A community action group is holding a public meeting tonight (Monday) on the vision and reality of Mountain View's Glenn Square Mall. The meeting begins at 7 o'clock. Patrina Davis is one of...
Harsh Sentence Falls on Wasilla Man Convicted of Illegal Guiding
A District Court Judge has sentenced a Wasilla Lodge owner to jail time, heavy fines, confiscations and banned him from ever guiding again in Alaska.
On Friday in Anchorage, Kurt Lepping appeared before District Court...
AWAC Presents: Dr. Gerhard Kuska
SPEAKER: Dr. Gerhard Kuska, President and CEO of Ocean Strategies
TOPIC: “Marine and Coastal Management in Abu Dhabi: Toward Sustainable Diversification"
RECORDED: Friday, January 21, 2011
ABOUT: Alaska World Affairs Council Presents is a public ...
Visitor and Convention Numbers for Anchorage On the Rise
The visitor industry in South Central Alaska appears on the rebound from the recession impact of 2009. And if 2010 was a little better than predicted, the Anchorage Convention and Visitor's Bureau has...
Addressing Alaskans: Oil Spill Commission Report and the Implications for Future Offshore Oil Development
University of Alaska Anchorage Chancellor, Fran Ulmer was one of seven people appointed by President Obama to serve on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Commission. The final report detailing the causes of the...
Cuts Loom Large In School District Budget
A multi-million dollar shortfall has prompted Anchorage School Superintendent Carol Comeau to recommend a 2011-2012 budget that cuts more than 50 staff positions, reduces summer school offerings and raises a number of district fees.
The...