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Alaska News Nightly: August 6, 2009
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Two People Killed in Seward Highway Accident
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Attorney General Wants Changes to Ethics Act
Attorney General Daniel Sullivan on Wednesday recommended largely procedural changes in the state's Executive Ethics Act to cut down on what have been called "frivolous" complaints against public officials.
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau
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Heavy Smoke Spreading Across Interior
Heavy smoke is spreading over large areas of the interior as hot dry weather allows wildfires to proliferate in the region. The first structures to be lost this summer to wildfires in Alaska were...
Eagle Needs Volunteers for Rebuilding
The Yukon River community of Eagle is working to get debris removed and new cabins built before winter weather begins and the road in to Eagle closes for the season. Volunteers are working throughout...
Conservationist Applaud Court Ruling on Forest Roads
Conservation groups nationwide are hailing a federal appeals court ruling that reinstates a ban on road construction in more than 50 million acres of America's national forests.
Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO - Juneau
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Forest Service Shuts Down Old SE Logging Roads
The Forest Service has decided to shut down some old logging roads in northern Southeast. It's part of a larger effort to examine agency roads throughout the region. Subsistence and recreational hunters are most...
Trident Seafoods Opens in Wrangell
After a few months of uncertainty, Wrangell officially became the newest home for Trident, bringing Trident's total number of plants in the state to thirteen. Trident took over the fish processing plant formerly owned...
Quota Group Approves Outlay for Combating High Energy Costs
One of Western Alaska's six Community Development Quota groups has approved a $15-million outlay for the region to tackle the chronic high costs of energy in the bush.
Paul Korchin, KNOM - Nome
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Wind Farms Springing Up in Western Alaska
Wind farms are going up in communities around Western Alaska. They bring with them the hope of cheaper electricity but also the fear they might end up unused, like wind projects of years past.
Jesse...
Bug Attacking Alaska Willows
The lush green of summer in Fairbanks is being marred by dying willow leaves. The browned out willows are the victim of a bug called, leaf blotch miner. The bug eats chlorophyll, killing the...
Alaska News Nightly: August 5, 2009
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Attorney General Wants Changes to Ethics Act
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Community Forum: Early Childhood Education
Alaska schools are getting ready to open later this month, but are all children ready to start learning? Two Anchorage area organizations are helping families prepare the youngest students for early learning and literacy.
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Permanent Fund Closes Books on First Annual Loss
The Permanent Fund is closing the books on its first annual loss since it was established in 1976. The $30 billion balance at the end of the fiscal year shows a $6.5 billion drop...
Biologists Studying Gray Whale Mystery
Alaskan biologists are working to help solve a deep mystery surrounding gray whales hunted by Native groups in Chukotka, Russia. For decades, hunters have described occasionally harvesting foul smelling whales that sickened anyone who...
New Wildfire Springs up Near Fairbanks
A new wildfire near Fairbanks is drawing a major response. The Hard Luck Creek Fire is burning about 25 miles northwest west of town near Murphy Dome. The fire has move quickly through volatile...
Senate Votes to Keep Rural Energy Program
The Senate voted on Monday to keep an energy grant program for rural areas that specifically benefits Alaska.
Libby Casey, APRN - Washington DC
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Sullivan Organizes Gas Task Force
Southcentral natural gas customers are getting higher bills in the mail this month. And future rate increases could be in store, unless a new source of natural gas comes on line. Anchorage Mayor Dan...
Fairbanks Non-Profit Builds Climate Specific Home
A Fairbanks based non-profit has tapped local knowledge to build a climate specif
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ic home in Anaktuvuk Pass. The Cold Climate Housing Research Center director Jack Hebert says the project mixes...
Security Tapes Could Provide Clues to Cruise Ship Death
Onboard security tapes could help investigators determine whether a woman who fell off a cruise ship near Juneau committed suicide.
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau
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Hydaburg Raises Four Totem Poles
It would be difficult to over-estimate the amount of activity in Hydaburg this past weekend, where four totem poles were raised.
Jay Marble, KRBD - Ketchikan
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