Patrick Yack, Alaska Public Media
Ground Broken for New Correctional Center
The state broke ground on Wednesday for the new prison at Point MacKenzie. The Goose Creek Correctional Center is a $240 million project backed by both the state of Alaska and the...
Anchorage Hosts Special Summer School Program
For the sixth year in a row, the Anchorage School District is hosting a five-week summer school. But it's not just any summer school; it's an Indian Education Enrichment Program. Students entering first...
Alaska News Nightly: June 17, 2009
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Freed Legislators Face Sentencing Judge
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
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Controversial Ordinance Draws Big Crowd
The proposed ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation once again drew hundreds to the Anchorage Assembly and a second night of public testimony.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
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Palin Picks Daniel Sullivan as Attorney General
Governor Sarah Palin has named a new State Attorney General: Daniel Sullivan. Palin was at a Soldotna Chamber of Commerce Luncheon for the announcement today.
Ben Stanton, KDLL - Kenai
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AG Nominee Worked for Bush Administration
In selecting Attorney General Designee Daniel Sullivan, Governor Palin picked someone who has not made headlines in the state. Sullivan lived and worked in Anchorage before joining the Bush administration after the...
Documents Sought from US Forest Service
A federal judge is requiring the US Forest Service swear by affidavit that it has released all of the documents related to the disciplinary action it took against a whistleblower employee on the...
Company Mistakenly Drills on Federal Land
A company exploring for minerals on state land off the Denali Highway mistakenly drilled on federal land. A drill crew working for Toronto based Pure Nickle strayed south across the highway onto Bureau of...
Sleep Center Opens in Ketchikan
Southern southeast residents relying on sleeping pills at night and coffee to make it through their days have a new tool at their disposal. Ketchikan general hospital is opening a new sleep center that...
Valley Girl Wins Top Spot in Homer Halibut Derby
Palmer residents Charles and Courtney Humphrey, along with their three kids, came to Homer on Sunday to try halibut fishing for the first time. Call it beginner's luck perhaps, but six-year-old Tegan Humphrey ended in...
Kodiak Hopeful Shrimp Will Return
Once upon a time, there was a thriving shrimp fishery in Kodiak, but after a long decline, it disappeared altogether in the mid-1980s. And while the potential for the re-emergence of the fishery someday...
Orphaned Bears Settled into New Home
A pair of orphaned brown bear cubs captured two years ago has settled into their new home at an exhibit in Sitka called "Fortress of the Bear." With a steady year-round diet, the cubs...
Alaska News Nightly: June 16, 2009
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Palin Picks Daniel Sullivan as Attorney General
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Community Forum: Youth Employment in Parks Program
Anchorage teens are joining the effort to make city parks fun and safe places to play. The city's Youth Employment in Parks crew starts work on trails in University Lake Park this week and...
Court OKs Interest for Exxon Valdez Plaintiffs
A three-judge panel of the 9th U-S Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez oil spill litigation should receive 5.9 percent interest on their punitive damages dating back to...
US Supreme Court Rules Against Valdez in Tax Case
US Supreme Court justices ruled against the port community of Valdez today in a case that has consequences for the city's revenue base.
Ellen Lockyer, APRN - Anchorage
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Senator Still Gathering Info on Alaska Native Corporations
The head of a US Senate oversight panel looking into the small business contracts awarded to Alaska Native Corporations says her office is still working on collecting information in advance of next month's hearing.
Libby...
Wildfires Burning in Southwestern Alaska
A number of wildfires are burning in Southwestern Alaska, but firefighting crews appear to have the upper hand over a couple of them.
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
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OxyContin: illegal drug of choice among Juneau teens
For the third year, OxyContin remains the illegal drug of choice among Juneau teens. That's one reason the Juneau School Board is putting a mandatory, random, student drug-testing program up for public hearing and...
State’s Largest Satellite Facility Getting New Ops Center
The state's largest satellite receiving facility is getting a new operations center. Nine million dollars in federal economic stimulus money will help fund construction of the new building at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...