Patrick Yack, Alaska Public Media
Past Presidents Say ANS Needs More Younger Members
For nearly a century, the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood have helped Native people work for and achieve civil rights, educational opportunities and better health care. But two past ANS grand presidents say...
Swan-Tyee Intertie Officially Up and Running
More than 20 years in the making, the Swan-Tyee electrical intertie is officially up and running. As Deanna Garrison reports, the southeast Alaska power agency began testing the new 57-mile transmission line last...
Bizarre Crimes Popping Up in Unalaska
Bizarre crimes involving human biting have resulted in an arrest in Unalaska recently. Officers arrested a man who claimed to be a vampire and bit his roommate twice on the arm. The two...
Alaska News Nightly: December 3, 2009
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Parnell Says State Must Do More to Fight Domestic Violence...
Delegation Responds To President’s Afghanistan Plans
Alaska’s Congressional delegation approves of the President’s decision to increase troop levels in Afghanistan, but their opinions of his strategy diverge from there.
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
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Tribal Meetings with Interior Department Get Underway
The first in a series of Interior Department meetings with tribes on the issue of consultation kicked off today in Anchorage. Although today's meeting started nearly an hour late, the morning attendance...
Food Stamp Applications Skyrocketing in Alaska
Food Stamp applications in Alaska are increasing at an unprecedented rate. Rural Alaska continues to have the higher percentage of families on food assistance, but the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services...
Popular Native Leader Dies
The Alaska native community has lost a leader in the interior. Mitch Demientieff Nenana died suddenly Tuesday of a heart attack. He was 57. Demientieff was a long-time Athabascan leader from...
Progress Reported on North Slope Spill
Progress is reported on clean up of the spill at Prudhoe Bay. State Department of Environmental Conservation spokeswoman Weld Royal says workers have used hand tools to pick up oil misted snow on...
New Deputy Director for Arctic Commission Named
A wildlife biologist who has spent the last three years studying bowhead whales for the North Slope Borough is the new deputy director of the US Arctic Research Commission in Anchorage.
Lori Townsend, APRN...
Ramras Questions Gas Line Coordinator Resignation
Fairbanks State Representative Jay Ramras (R) is raising questions about the resignation of in state gas line coordinator Harry Noah. Ramras says the state is putting up roadblocks for the project as it...
Parnell Warmly Received in Ketchikan
Governor Sean Parnell (R) received a healthy round of applause in Ketchikan Monday as he announced that he and his family are in the process of moving to the capital city. The governor...
Alaska News Nightly: December 2, 2009
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Delegation Responds To President’s Afghanistan Plans
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington...
DC Moves to Protect Belugas in Cook Inlet
The federal government wants to designate a large portion of Cook Inlet as critical habitat for the area's genetically distinct beluga whale population. The proposal kicks off a 60 day public comment period on...
Officials Still Unsure of Oil Spill Cause
Officials still don’t know what caused a pipeline leak at the Flint Hills North Pole Refinery last week. About 3,000 gallons of oily water is estimated to have escaped from the ruptured six-inch...
Fairbanks Man Qualifies for Civilian Response Corps
A Fairbanks man is working for a new US government nation building program. Harry Bader, a former Alaska Department of Natural Resources official is the first of 93 members certified for foreign service...
SE Healthcare Executive Working for Quake Victims in Sumatra
A former healthcare executive in Southeast Alaska has had to cut short his retirement. Mark Gorman was expecting a little time off this fall, but nature had other plans. Gorman’s last day of...
Fewer Cruise Ships Caught Polluting
Fewer cruise ships were caught polluting the air during the 2009 tourist season. Alaska’s Environmental Conservation Department issued violation notices to three ships last summer. That’s down from 10 the previous year. But...
Tribal Reprsentatives to Meet with Interior Officials in Anchorage
Tribal representatives are preparing for tomorrow's gathering in Anchorage with Interior Department officials. It will be the first meeting in a series with tribes across the country to aid Obama officials in writing new...