Patrick Yack, Alaska Public Media
Coming to Soon to SE Alaska: Not Murkowski
A spokesman for Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) says there’s not much chance the senator will make it to Southeast Alaska in the near future to hear public testimony on a controversial land selection bill....
Athabascan Leaders Passes Away
Athabascan linguist and tradition bearer Katherine Peter has died at age 92 at her Fairbanks home. Peter was an expert in Athabascan language and culture and the author of a number of books and...
West and Shismaref Swap Students
What's it like to attend a high school that's three times larger than you're entire village? That's what a group of Shishmaref students found out this week, while some West High students began to...
Curling: The Olympic Sport Few Appreciate
As the Olympic Games draw to a close, athletes will be taking to the ice this weekend to compete for medals in curling, a sport that some find baffling. But curlers here in...
Alaska News Nightly: February 26, 2010
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Game Board Assessing Roaming Wolves
Dan Bross – KUAC, Fairbanks
The State...
Stimulus Spending Winner: Alaska
Photo by Roger W. Wetherell, DOT and public facilities department.
Construction project in Gustavus, paid for with stimulus money.
Alaskans have gotten more of the federal stimulus dollars – per person – than any other...
AG Sullivan Warmly Received
Attorney General designee Dan Sullivan on Thursday was warmly received by the House Judiciary Committee in the first step along the way to his confirmation to the job. Sullivan was appointed by former-governor Sarah...
Fairbanks Assembly Considering Proposals to Clean Up Air
The Fairbanks Borough Assembly is considering measures aimed at cleaning up local air. Two ordinances on the assembly’s agenda tonight target fine particulate pollution from wood burning.
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
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Seward’s New Nursing Home May Serve As Model
A new nursing home in Seward may help reinvent the model for caring for the elderly. Seward Mountain Haven was designed to get rid of the institutional feel of most traditional long...
Ketchikan Talks to Washington During Surgeries
New technology at Ketchikan general hospital allows surgeons in Ketchikan to consult with pathologists in Washington state during surgeries.
Deanna Garrison, KRBD – Ketchikan
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Tribal Leaders Propose Two Resolutions
Alaska tribal leaders have come up with two resolutions after three days of meetings in Anchorage.
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
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Cooperative Investing Millions to Haul Fuel up YK Delta
An electric cooperative that serves Western Alaska villages is putting up $10 million to build two shallow draft tugs and barges to haul fuel up YK Delta river systems. The Alaska Village Electric Cooperative also...
Canada Women Beat US for Hockey Gold Medal
Canada just beat the American's 2-0 to win the women's hockey gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics. Marie-Philip Poulin scored two goals and Shannon Szabados made 28 saves today before a raucous Vancouver...
Alaska News Nightly: February 25, 2010
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Stimulus Spending Winner: Alaska
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Alaskans have...
Gas Pipeline Could Lose Money, But Parnell Stays the Course
The Parnell administration agrees with legislative consultants who say under certain conditions the state could lose money with a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to North American markets. But they counsel...
Alaska Fishing Interests Rally in DC
A handful of Alaskans were among thousands of fishermen who rallied today in the nation’s capital.
The recreational and commercial fishermen were protesting restrictions in federal fishing law designed to boost stocks but restrict...
Murkowski, Begich Vote for Massive Jobs Bill
Both of Alaska’s U.S. senators voted for a $15 billion Democratic-led “jobs bill” Wednesday morning. It passed on a vote of 70 – 28.
Libby Casey, APRN – Anchorage
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Homer Pilot Back in US After Haitian Controversy
A Homer pilot who found herself embroiled in Haitian bureaucracy and politics earlier this week has returned to U.S. soil. Stephanie Anderson, who normally flies for Smokey Bay Air in Homer but has...
Timber Industry Unhappy with Judge’s Decision on Tongass
Timber industry and economic development officials in Southeast Alaska say they’re disappointed with a federal judge’s ruling last week over a court challenge to the 2008 Tongass land management plan revision.
Joe Viechnicki, KFSK...
DOT to Build New Airport for Akutan
The Department of Transportation is planning to build an airport for Akutan and open it by the fall of 2012. The $75 million dollar facility will be built on neighboring Akun Island and...