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Bethel Residents Vote to Keep Liberal Alcohol Law

Voters in Bethel have rejected a ballot initiative to once again bar the sale of alcohol there. Shane Iverson, KYUK – Bethel Download Audio (MP3)

Letter Warns Governor about Sealaska Lands Bill

Three former top administrators with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game have written a letter to Governor Sean Parnell warning that Sealaska’s lands selection bill could lead to an...

Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Forest Service

A federal judge in Anchorage has decided in favor of the forest service and against two environmental groups in a 2008 lawsuit over the impacts of logging on deer habitat....

Delayed “Green Up” in Fairbanks

Fairbanks is still waiting on green up. A somewhat subjective technique, observing a green hue of the trees on Chena Ridge, is used to officially designate the green up...

Proposal Would Establish Watchdog Group for Trans Alaska Pipeline

Trans Alaska Pipeline stakeholders are meeting this week to discuss citizen oversight. The Copper River Watershed Project, a Cordova based environmental group, is hosting a public meeting in Glennallen...

Anchorage Teachers Consider Tentative Contract

Tomorrow Anchorage teachers vote on a tentative, three year agreement with the Anchorage School District. On Monday, members met with their bargaining team and union board to ask...

Alaska News Nightly: May 5, 2010

Individual news stories are posted in the Alaska News category and you can subscribe to APRN’s news feeds via email, podcast and RSS. Download Audio (Mp3) An Alaskan Reporter Covers the Gulf Coast Oil Spill...

Gun Control artist gains honors

Anchorage artists and arts organizations will be honored at a ceremony later today when the Mayor's Arts Awards are presented this evening. The University of Alaska Anchorage's arts chair Mariano Gonzales is among the...

Hometown, Alaska: South of the Border meets the Arctic

On Cinco de Mayo, many of Anchorage's Mexican restaurants are planning to celebrate. But what's it like to be a transplanted Mexican in Alaska's biggest city? Where can help be found if it's...

Anchorage teachers meet before tentative agreement vote

This Thursday, Anchorage teachers vote on a tentative, three year agreement with the Anchorage School District. On Monday, members met with their bargaining team and union board to ask questions and voice...

AWAC Presents: Eric McCallum

RECORDED: Friday April 30, 2010 SPEAKER: Eric McCallum, President of Arctic Wire Rope and Supply and Founding Guarantor for MicroCredit Enterprises TOPIC:  “How To Make $20 Million Of International Micro Loans With a Handful of People...

KSKA Programming Interrupted

KSKA's transmitter at Goose Bay is not working properly and programming has consequentially been interrupted as of 11:00 AM Monday morning. KSKA engineers are currently addressing the problem and working to restore KSKA's signal...

Algo Nuevo: May 2, 2010

Here’s the music playlist from the Sunday May 2, 2010 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera, send e-mail...

Traveling Music: May 2, 2010

Here’s the music playlist from the May 2, 2010 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 Duration Links So Sweet Grant Dermody /...

Soul to Soul: May 1, 2010

Here’s the music playlist from the May 1, 2010 edition of Soul to Soul with Marvel and Sherry Johnson. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title Artist...

Night Music: May 1, 2010

Here’s the music playlist from the May 1, 2010 edition of Night Music with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title Artist Name Album Title CD Label Song Duration Purdie as a Picture...

Algo Nuevo Hour: April 30, 2010

Here’s the music playlist from the Friday April 30, 2010 edition of Algo Nuevo Hour. If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera, send e-mail to algonuevo kska org or post your...

Anchorage groups rally for immigration reform

Arizona's new law making it a state crime to be an undocumented immigrant has produced nationwide rallies. Tomorrow that response will include Anchorage. NPR: Anger At Ariz. Immigration Law Galvanizes Protesters (1 May 2010) Len...

Stage Talk: The Secret Garden / Last Frontier Theatre Conference

Alora Zulliger (center) and Tyler Smith (right) in The Secret Garden now playing in Wasilla. Photo courtesy Cathy Sage, VPA Some of the youngest actors now performing in Alaska, Alora Zulliger and Tyler Smith from...

Census prepares for house to house counting

Next Monday marks the next step in the U.S. Census count. On May 3rd, some 13 hundred enumerators throughout Alaska will start going to housing units that did not respond to the...