Patrick Yack, Alaska Public Media
Conservation Groups May Oppose State in Sea Lion Battle
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Conservation groups may take sides in the state suit filed today against the National Marine Fisheries Service. Mike Levine Pacific senior counsel for Juneau based Oceana, says 15 years...
Shell Working to Convince Communities it Can Handle a Potential Spill
Alexander Gutierrez, KUCB – Unalaska
After spending years trying to develop a drilling program in the Arctic, it looks like Shell might be able to drill in an exploratory well in the Beaufort Sea. But...
Federal Judge Says Alaska Should Have a Second Senator in January
The Associated Press
A federal judge says Alaska should have a senator in place by the time Congress convenes in early January. Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, has already declared victory in her write-in...
Federal Judge Refuses to Block New Parental Notification Law
The Associated Press
A judge has denied a request to block a new state law requiring parents be notified before a girl younger than 18 can get an abortion. Superior Court Judge John Suddock refused...
Colder Bering Sean Good News for Zooplankton
Mike Mason, KDLG – Dillingham
New research points to colder Bering Sea temperatures as good for zooplankton. This can lead to better health for valuable fish species like Pollock and salmon.
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Sitka Priest Leaves for Evaluation
Ed Ronco, KCAW – Sitka
The priest removed from his post at St. Gregory Catholic Church in Sitka has left for evaluation at a location in the Lower 48. Father Edmund Penisten resigned the pastorship...
Cold, Winds Causing Power and Commuter Problems in Mat-Su
- Photo Courtesy of the Mat-Su Borough
Mat-Su Borough workers dig out their cars after the most recent snow in the Valley.
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
Wintery weather is causing concern in the Mat-Su valley as...
Fairbanks Bracing for Coldest Temps of the Year
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
The coldest temperatures so far this season in Fairbanks are forecast for the next few days. National Weather service meteorologist intern Julie Malingowski says temperatures will fall as skies...
Fairbanks Lowers Air Quality Threshold for Kids Playing Outside
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
The Fairbanks School District has lowered the air quality threshold when kids are allowed to play and exercise outside. The North Star Borough School District has dropped the fine particulate...
True Alaska Bottling Misses Another Deadline
Robert Woolsey, KCAW – Sitka
True Alaska Bottling has missed its contractual deadline for shipping bulk water out of Sitka – again. The lapse does not have Sitka officials particularly worried. TAB missed its deadlines...
Alaska News Nightly: December 14, 2010
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Parnell Taking Action Against Feds on Fishing Restrictions
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA...
Miller Takes Case to Alaska Supreme Court
Republican US Senate candidate Joe Miller is taking his case to the Alaska Supreme Court. Miller's camp announced Monday afternoon that attorney Thomas Van Flein has filed an appeal with the state's highest court. ...
Fishery Council Reviews Crab Management Plan
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council continued its December meeting through the weekend in Anchorage. One of the main items on the panel's plate was a look back at a Bering Sea Aleutian Islands...
Bilologists Kill 14 Wolves Near Port Heiden
State biologists killed 14 wolves near the Alaska Peninsula community of Port Heiden last week in response to wolves killing several pets and acting aggressively toward Port Heiden residents. Residents killed seven wolves earlier...
Murkowski, Begich Vote For Cloture on Tax Cut Proposal
Alaska’s Senators helped an effort Monday to advance the proposed tax cut bill currently being hotly debated in Washington. Both Senator Lisa Murkowski and Senator Mark Begich voted in favor of cloture, cutting off...
Alaska Shrimpers Can Get Up to $12,000 to Improve Their Businesses
A federal program is offering support for fishermen hurt by competition from foreign shrimp farms and harvesters. About 300 people have commercial shrimp permits for Alaska waters, but only a third of them still...
Sport-Fishing Industry Bracing for Halibut Meeting
The guided sport-fishing industry is bracing for potential impacts from next month’s annual meeting of the international pacific halibut commission. As commissioners consider a 47 cut to the halibut limit for commercial longliners in...
Fairbanks Testing New Public Transportation Option
There’s a new public transportation option in the Fairbanks area. The Borough is making four vans available for groups of people to commute to work. The Borough is contracting with Michigan based VPSI for...
Pilot Error Led to C-17 Crash
A military probe has concluded that pilot error was to blame for the crash of a giant C-17 cargo plane after takeoff from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson last July. All four on board the aircraft...
Military Wants New Alaska Training Range
The military wants to create a new 125,000-square-mile training range in the Interior and Gulf of Alaska.
Tim Ellis, KUAC – Fairbanks
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