Patrick Yack, Alaska Public Media
Correction
In a story from Juneau yesterday regarding a proposed tobacco tax we reported the rise in the tax on tobacco products other than cigarettes would an increase of 12 percent. The correct figure...
Alaska News Nightly: October 1, 2009
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Investigators believe adult walruses may have trampled to death young walruses.
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Loss of Rudder Doomed Fishing Vessel Last Year
The loss of a rudder appears to have caused the fishing vessel Alaska Ranger to take on water, and sink in the Bering Sea in March 2008. The National Transportation Safety Board...
Somoans Gather to Mourn Disaster Victims
Somoans in Anchorage are gathering in homes and churches today to comfort each other as they watch the devastation play out on their home island, thousands of miles away. At least 30 people...
Subsistence Advocates Celebrate Federal Court Decision
Subsistence advocates are celebrating a court decision that re-affirms some of the original tenets of the Katy John subsistence lawsuit that forced federal agencies to identify all waters in Alaska that it had...
State Argues for Billions in Pension Suit
State Attorneys are explaining in court on Wednesday their $11 billion lawsuit against the company giving actuarial advice when the state’s shortfall in pension funding arose. The state claims that Mercer, Inc. was guilty...
Juneau To Decide on Cigarette Tax Hike
Juneau residents will soon decide whether smokers should pay more taxes. If voters approve the proposition on Tuesday's municipal ballot, it would bump the local tax on a pack of cigarettes by 70...
State Narrowing Access Choices for Gravina Island
The state has whittled down its list of potential access options to Gravina Island in Ketchikan. The alternatives include three bridge and three ferry options. The possibilities range in cost from $16 million...
Alaska News Nightly: September 30, 2009
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Loss of Rudder Doomed Fishing Vessel Last Year
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White House Defending Decision on Territorial Guard
The Defense Department is defending the Obama Administration’s opposition to funding pensions for Alaska Territorial Guard members who served during World War II. Last week the White House objected to paying the Guard’s...
State Making Final Plans to Distribute Swine Flu Vaccine
The state is making final plans right now on how it will distribute that vaccine as soon as it begins receiving the first batch. That could happen in early October.
Annie Feidt and Lori Townsend,...
Kott Wants Case Dismissed
A recent court document reveals new evidence in Alaska's long running corruption scandal. The motion, filed last week by a lawyer for former state Representative Pete Kott says the new details should convince...
New Hunting Rules Focused on Protecting Porcupine Caribou
Wildlife managers in Canada are hoping new hunting rules will save the Porcupine Caribou herd from further decline.
Vic Istchenko, Canadian Broadcast Corporation
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Biologists Examining Health of Bering Sea Crabs
Biologists are currently considering the health of different Bering Sea crab stocks and how this will affect the fishing industry. This summer’s stock survey’s show that St. Matthew’s blue crab stocks are now...
Two Children Drown in Barrow
Barrow residents are mourning the loss of two small children, who died in a drowning accident yesterday. Harold Curran is the chief administrative officer for the North Slope Borough. Curran says a report...
Ilisagvik College Drawing From Around the State
Barrow’s Ilisagvik College is attracting notice from college bound students in Anchorage and Fairbanks, and even Burbank, California. What makes this two-year community college a magnet for Alaska Natives and non-Natives alike?
Ellen Lockyer, APRN...
Sand Point Reviewing Comprehensive Plan
A growing number of Alaskan communities are reviewing their comprehensive plans. One is Sand Point.
Kells Hetherington, KSDP – Sand Point
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Alaska News Nightly: September 29, 2009
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White House Defending Decision on Territorial Guard
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Anchorage Attorney Walker Announces Gubernatorial Bid
Anchorage attorney Bill Walker on Monday added his name to the list of contenders for the GOP nomination for governor. Walker is a former Mayor of Valdez where he is now city...
University Students To See Steady Tuition Hikes
Students at University of Alaska campuses are facing a steady rise in tuition through the year 2012. Despite a plea from student leaders and some regents to institute more moderate increases, the Board...