Patrick Yack, Alaska Public Media
Alaska News Nightly: November 27, 2009
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Vessels Finding Widespread Acidity in Beaufort
Steve Heimel, ARPN - Anchorage
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Avalanche Closes Highway to Seward
An avalanche has closed one of the state's major highways. The Department of Transportation says the Seward Highway was closed in both directions Friday afternoon because of an avalanche at mile marker 21 of...
Anchorage Cold Cases Get Review
Anchorage homicide cases that have remained unsolved for years are currently getting a thorough review. That's thanks in part to a federal grant that is providing resources for DNA evidence testing and staff...
Randall Hones Classic Technique in Preparation for Olympics
Anchorage cross-country skier Kikkan Randall just missed the podium in her first International race of the season.
She placed fourth in the five kilometer skate and ninth in the classic sprint earlier this month in...
Noorvik to Bring Back Native Dancing
The village of Noorvik has voted to allow Native dancing in the community for the first time since missionaries banned in the early 1900s. The town of about 500 people is on the...
Southeast Groups Say Low-Income and Homeless Face Tougher Holidays
Southeast groups serving low-income and homeless people say the needs are greater this holiday season. Despite improvements nationwide, the economy is still hitting many residents hard. Holiday food collections are having mixed success,...
Bethel Group Seeking New Vote on Alcohol
A group residents in Bethel are Organizing for another vote on alcohol. Sponsors of a new petition are unhappy with the outcome of the previous election, when Bethel voters revoked local option laws....
Rural Subcabinet Meets in Dillingham
The Governor's Rural Action Subcabinet held a public meeting in Dillingham on Monday night to get the input of local residents on ways to improve life in rural Alaska.
Mike Mason, KDLG –...
Interior Department Wants Tribal Consultation Policy
The Interior Department announced today it’s launching a new effort to create a policy on tribal consultation. It comes in response to an order earlier this month by President Obama to improve the...
Alaska News Nightly: November 25, 2009
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Anchorage Cold Cases Get Review
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
Anchorage homicide...
Interior Department Releases Drilling Plans
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today plans for oil and gas leasing on public lands next year – including in the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska.
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
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Judge OKs Compensation Plan for Sexual Abuse Victims
A judge has approved a compensation package for victims of sexual abuse by clergy overseen by the Fairbanks Diocese. Anchorage attorney Ken Roosa represents many of the 300 victims, mostly from western Alaska...
Fire Destroys Aniak Community Hall
A Fire destroyed a part of The Aniak Community Hall in the Middle Kuskokwim Area. A volunteer group of teenagers was able to slow the fire down, but smoke has damaged the entire...
Fairbanks Leads State in Swine Flu Deaths
Fairbanks residents account for most of Alaska’s swine flu related deaths. Seven of the 10 fatalities in which swine flu has been identified as a factor have been people from Fairbanks. State Health...
Anchorage Postpones Swine Flu Clinics
The city of Anchorage is postponing additional H1N1 flu vaccination clinics due to limited vaccine supplies. Vaccine is being allocated to schools and private health care providers, but some public clinics are being...
Wilson Fills Vacant Fairbanks House Seat
Tammie Wilson on Tuesday was named to replace John Coghill in the state House District Eleven seat. Coghill resigned earlier this month to fill a vacancy in the Senate.
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
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Lawmakers Start Assessing Scholarship Proposal
Legislators on Tuesday began looking at the merit-based scholarship program proposed by Governor Parnell last month. Education Commissioner Larry LeDoux told the House and Senate Education Committees that the Governor’s Performance Scholarship begins...
Archaeologists Get New Look at 1901 Sinking
A discovery north of Skagway is giving archaeologists a flashback to a stormy Klondike winter day in 1901, when the steamship A.J. Goddard sank in Lake Laberge outside of Whitehorse, Yukon.
Tara Bicknell, KHNS –...
Alaska News Nightly: November 24, 2009
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Interior Department Releases Drilling Plans
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington...
Talk of Alaska: Higher Education Funding
The resignation of Professor Rick Steiner from the University of Alaska raises questions about the priorities of the higher educational system in Alaska.
Chris Hedges of the Nation Institute has written a new book that...