ANSEP builds bridges for middle schoolers to science education
Middle School students from around the state are participating in the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program at UAA this year. Forty-eight students from the Lower Yukon and Northwest Arctic Borough completed the two-week residential program on Friday but their learning doesn't stop there.
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Haines Artists Collaborate On Sixth Percent For Art Mosaic
Alaska’s Percent for Art in Public Places statute mandates that one percent of construction costs for public buildings are set aside to pay for art installations.
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Alaska News Nightly: February 23, 2015
With School Choice Resolution, Legislature Revisits Voucher Question; Walker Files Bill Creating Marijuana Control Board; Marijuana Legalization Questions Linger; Bethel District Attorney Fired By State; As Budgets Shrink, State Eyes Cuts to Film Incentives; Judge Hears Arguments On Stay In Education Lawsuit; Holly Brooks Wins American Birkebeiner Ski Race; DEC, Coast Guard Respond To Statter Harbor Oil Spill; ANSEP Builds Bridges For Middle Schoolers To Science Education; Haines Artists Collaborate On Sixth Percent For Art Mosaic
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‘Youth Speak Out’ Event invites suggests on improving the community
The NAACP and Global Block are trying to get youth to speak up about their needs and what they want from the Anchorage community. They hosted an event Saturday at the Northway Mall.
Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska OKs Same-Sex Marriage
Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal organization has authorized its courts to perform same-sex marriages. The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska announced its new policy Monday.
Anchorage Rallies Against Potential Troop Cuts As Walker Meets with Head of Army
City and business leaders prepare tour for visiting officials ahead of a rally and public listening sessions in the hopes of insulating Alaska from an overall force reduction of 120,000 troops by 2018.
Ketchikan Child Allegedly Caged, Bound By Grandparents
On Tuesday, Ketchikan police officers did a welfare check at a Woodside Drive home after getting a tip that a little girl was allegedly restrained at night by her grandparents.
Arctic Drilling Regs Require Relief Rig; Shell Sees ‘Critical’ Flexibility
The Department of Interior today released proposed new Arctic-specific drilling standards for offshore oil exploration. They would require an Arctic operator to have a well cap at hand, but more controversially, a rig on standby that can drill a relief well within 45 days if there’s a blowout.
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University of Alaska Board Of Regents Approves 5% Tuition Increase
The University of Alaska Board of Regents voted 8-2 in favor of a 5 percent tuition hike for the 2015-16 academic year. The Board voted down a similar measure last fall.
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Board of Fisheries Nominee Withdraws
Governor Bill Walker’s nominee to the Board of Fisheries has withdrawn his name from consideration. A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader John Coghill’s office confirmed the withdrawal of Dr. Roland Maw but couldn’t provide additional details.
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Anchorage Man Indicted On Sex Trafficking, Sexual Assault, Weapons Misconduct Charges
Xavier Lanell Cook Benson is facing 12 counts related to what law enforcement officials allege in a written release, was a brutal and exploitative sex trafficking and prostitution operation in Anchorage, Juneau, Kenai and Fairbanks.
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After Providers Lobby, Walker Reverses Cuts To Homeless Programs
Advocates for the homeless in Alaska are rejoicing after Gov. Bill Walker released an updated budget proposal that restores funding for housing and homelessness services statewide.
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Iron Dog Snowmachine Race Primed For Big Lake Start
The Iron Dog snowmachine race gets underway this weekend, and there are some changes to the race route, which takes riders from Big Lake to Nome and then to Fairbanks.
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AK: Tracking Halibut
Pacific halibut are one of Alaska’s most valuable fish, but we know surprisingly little about what happens to the species during an important time in their life – their spawning period. Amanda Compton caught up with a study in Glacier Bay focused on just how halibut spawn using a special type of tracking equipment.
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300 Villages: Douglas
This week, we're heading to Douglas- a former gold mining town that's now part of the Juneau Borough but still maintains it's unique character. Ed Schoenfeld is News Director for CoastAlaska. He's also a musician who's written half a dozen songs about his community.
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Alaska News Nightly: February 20, 2015
Arctic Drilling Regs Require Relief Rig; Shell Sees 'Critical' Flexibility; University of Alaska Board Of Regents Approves 5% Tuition Increase; Board of Fisheries Nominee Withdraws; Anchorage Man Indicted On Sex Trafficking, Sexual Assault, Weapons Misconduct Charges; After Providers Lobby, Walker Reverses Cuts To Homeless Programs; New Prelim ASD Budget Reinstates Middle School Model; Iron Dog Snowmachine Race Primed For Big Lake Start; AK: Tracking Halibut; 300 Villages: Douglas
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An Interview with Alaska musher Aliy Zirkle
Aliy Zirkle didn't grow up thinking she would become a famous musher. But she always loved the outdoors. And when she was studying biology at the University of Pennsylvania, she walked into a lab one day saw this sign on the door: "Why are you studying biology in downtown Philadelphia when you could be in Alaska?"
A few years later, she was mushing her first team of dogs in the Interior community of Bettles. On the next Outdoor Explorer, Join host Annie Feidt for an interview with this remarkable musher.
KSKA: Thursday, Feb. 26, at 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
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Our Own Geological Era
What if what we call the natural world no longer really exists, and we live already in a world of our own creation? There is growing evidence that human activity has triggered a new geological era. Scientists are debating whether the evidence we leave behind in the layers of the earth will be plastic, nuclear isotopes, changed biomass indicators, or other things, but they agree that humans have actually changed the planet. The question is – how do we take responsibility for that, and what can we do from this point on? It’s a question that means a lot for Alaska, and it’s what we’re talking about on the next Talk of Alaska.
APRN: Tuesday, 2/24 at 10:00 a.m.
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Marijuana Legalization In Alaska; And Sally Jewell’s Arctic Visit
First, we're discussing what the legalization of marijuana coming up next Tuesday means for state residents in real terms. And also a rare visit from Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to Kotzebue in the Northwest Arctic Borough and the large group of lawmakers who were also in the Arctic.
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New Prelim ASD Budget Reinstates Middle School Model
Anchorage School Board passed a preliminary budget that includes planning time for all middle school teachers and more than 60 new positions. But it's not final until the state legislature passes their final budget later this spring.