Patrick Yack, Alaska Public Media
Anchorage Kids Harvest Bumper Crop of Potatoes
Photo Courtesy of Kinkaid Elementary School
A student in Glenn Oliver's gifted class shows of a potato the students harvested this year.
Elementary school teachers don't usually encourage their students to dig in the dirt....
Alaska News Nightly: October 5, 2009
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Doctors Meet with Obama to Show Support for Health Plan
Lori...
Lone Methadone Clinic in Anchorage Halts New Admissions
The only methadone clinic in Anchorage is so overcrowded its turning away pregnant women. The Narcotic Drug Treatment center downtown has 87 patients right now, but funding for only 75 patients. The center...
Senators Propose Banning Development in Roadless Forests
Two Democratic Washington state lawmakers have re-introduced a bill in Congress that would prevent logging and development in America’s roadless forests.
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington
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Mat-Su Voters to Decide on Sales Tax Tuesday
Matanuska-Susitna Borough voters will decide on how Borough government is funded at the general election on Tuesday, October 6. Real property taxpayers say they’ve shouldered the burden long enough, and that consumers should...
Southeast to Vote on School and Park Improvements
Southeast Alaskans will decide how they want to spend some of their money in Tuesday’s municipal elections. They’ll consider funding school and park improvements, health programs, and at least one swimming pool. Several...
Alaska Gasline Port Authority Could Provide Cheap Energy
The Alaska Gasline Port Authority’s proposed purchase of Fairbanks Natural Gas would provide energy at cost to consumers. The Port Authority’s acquisition is aimed at leveraging the private gas company’s plan to truck...
Food and Film Fest Kicks Off in Anchorage
Local food will be on the menu and on the big screen this weekend at the Bear Tooth in Anchorage. The theater is kicking off a week long Alaska Local Food Film Festival...
Solo Sailor Pulls into Unalaska
Sixty-eight year old David Cowper is on his sixth solo circumnavigation of the globe. He started in England, passed through the Northwest Passage and arrived in Unalaska earlier this week.
Anne Hillman, KUCB –...
Alaska News Nightly: October 2, 2009
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Lone Methadone Clinic in Anchorage Closes
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
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Health Care of Kids Getting More Support
Health Care for children is rising in importance for next year’s legislative session. Bills that would increase participation in the Denali Kid Care program have new support.
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
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Transportation Legislators Tour YK Delta
The House Transportation Committee made a three-village tour of the Yukon-K Delta this week. Six Legislators, travelled with Transportation officials to assess the needs in Rural Alaska.
Shane Iverson, KYUK - Bethel
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Lawmakers Debrief Transportation Officials on Rural Tour
Back in Anchorage on Thursday the House Transportation committee members reviewed their trip with Department of Transportation officials. Deputy Commissioner Christine Klein told the panel that they had seen three of the 258 state-owned...
Dead Walruses Could Have Been Trampled
Some 130 young walrus found dead on Alaska's north shore were likely trampled to death by adult animals. The grim scene was discovered last month by biologists hoping to deploy satellite tags on...
Citation Issued to Protesting Fisherman
One of the fisherman involved in the Marshall Protest Fishery was issued a citation. It’s the first citation issued since subsistence fishers from the Lower Yukon Village defied fishing regulations this summer.
Shane Iverson,...
Senators Ask Obama to Back Benefits for Territorial Guard
Alaska’s US Senators took to the floor on Thursday to call on the Obama Administration to support restoring retirement benefits to men who were in the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II.
Libby...
Territorial Guard Member Dies
Nicolai Egoosie Nicolai has died. September 25th. He was 88 years old.Jennifer Canfield, KNBA - AnchorageDownload Audio (MP3)
Appeals Court Reverses Decision on Medical Services
This week the federal circuit court of appeals reversed an earlier decision in a lawsuit brought by the Arctic Slope Native Association and the Metlakatla Indian Community against the Indian Health for lack...
Anchorage Mayor Worried About Gas Shortages
Anchorage mayor Dan Sullivan (R) is worried about natural gas shortages that could affect the city during coming winters. Sullivan says Southcentral Alaska's economy is built on natural gas, and that Anchorage's forty year...
Deliveries to Sitka’s Recyling Program Dropping
Deliveries to Sitka’s recycling program have dropped for the first time since the inception of the program in 2003. The decline in recyclables in the second quarter of this year closely tracks the...