Juneau Homeless Shelter To Be Closed At Least A Month
Juneau’s nonprofit homeless shelter, the Glory Hole, will be closed at least a month after a burst water pipe caused major flood damage last weekend.
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Traditional gut sewing at the Anchorage Museum
The Anchorage Museum is hosting three Alaska Native artists this week. They are teaching students and others about gut sewing, a traditional skill still used today to make rain gear. They're also learning about the craft from each other and from historical items in the museum's collection. Mary Tunuchuk talks about the process.
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Toksook Bay Teen’s Yup’ik Music Videos Gain Popularity
Attracting an audience of over 10,000 Facebook followers, a Toksook Bay teenager is creating his own version of Yup’ik songs and sharing them with an international audience.
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Alaska News Nightly: December 3, 2014
Sealaska Selections in Tongass Added to Defense Bill; Lawmakers Prepare To Address Marijuana Issues; Fairbanks Municipal Leaders Hold Joint Meeting to Consider Pot-Legalization Law; Anti-Corruption Measure Cleared For Signatures; Search Goes On for Missing Crew of Sunk Pollock Boat; University of Alaska Delays Survey on Sexual Assault on Campus; Southeast Divers Finish Up Sea Cucumber Season; Juneau Homeless Shelter To Be Closed At Least A Month; Traditional gut sewing at the Anchorage Museum; Toksook Bay Teen’s Yup’ik Music Videos Gain Popularity
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NOAA Proposes Critical Habitat For Ringed Seals
A federal agency has proposed about 350,000 square miles of ocean off Alaska's north and west coasts as critical habitat for the seal that's the main prey of polar bears.
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BOEM Report Says Chukchi Sea Drilling Runs Heightened Risk Of Large Spill
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is holding hearings around the state on lease sale 193, in the Chukchi Sea. In its latest Environmental Impact Statement, BOEM says there’s likely more oil there, but also more risk of a large oil spill.
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Caribou, Reindeer Compete For Space On The Seward Peninsula
For decades, caribou have posed a threat to reindeer herders on the Seward Peninsula — their numbers swelling, even as the reindeer population shrinks. Now, a new front has developed in the turf war between reindeer and caribou.
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State Releases Design Study For Tustumena Ferry Replacement
The ferry Tustumena is getting old. For the last few years, the state has been looking into options for repairing or replacing the aging vessel, which serves parts of Southcentral and Southwestern Alaska, Kodiak Island, and the Aleutian chain. On Dec. 2, the Department of Transportation released the design study report for a replacement vessel with an estimated construction cost of $237 million.
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Burst Water Pipe, Flood Temporarily Shut Down Juneau Homeless Shelter
The Glory Hole, Juneau’s emergency homeless shelter and soup kitchen, is temporarily out of commission following a burst water pipe and flood at the downtown facility Sunday evening.
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Compliance Ordered for Ketchikan Water Supply
A compliance order from the state Department of Environmental Conservation spells out what the City of Ketchikan is required to do over the next couple of years to address ongoing water concerns.
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Artists Flock To Juneau’s Public Market
Artists and vendors from all over Alaska and some from the Lower 48 landed in Juneau last weekend for The Public Market. It’s part Christmas craft fair and part gallery.
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Alaska News Nightly: December 2, 2014
NOAA Proposes Critical Habitat For Ringed Seals; BOEM Report Says Chukchi Sea Drilling Runs Heightened Risk Of Large Spill; ASD Seeking Solutions To Staff Morale, Hiring And Retention Problems; Iditarod Boosts Payout to $70k for 2015 Winner; Caribou, Reindeer Compete For Space On The Seward Peninsula; State Releases Design Study For Tustumena Ferry Replacement; Burst Water Pipe, Flood Temporarily Shut Down Juneau Homeless Shelter; Compliance Ordered for Ketchikan Water Supply; Artists Flock To Juneau's Public Market
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South Korean Trawler Sinks in Russian Far East
At least one person has died and dozens more are missing after a South Korean trawler sank in the western Bering Sea early Monday morning.
Iditarod Boosts Payout to $70k for 2015 Winner
The 2015 Iditarod winner will take home the race’s biggest payday ever — $70,000.
MEA Rates To Rise
MEA Projects First Quarter 2015 Rate Increase
Anchorage charter schools seeking facilities, school board discussing solutions
The Anchorage School District is considering ways to help charter schools find permanent facilities. ASD has six facility-based charter schools and one more that’s petitioning for creation. Most of them are have difficulty finding and paying for adequate building space, especially the German immersion program, Rilke Schule, and the proposed math, science, and arts middle school.
Walker, Mallott Sworn Into Office
It was a celebratory tone in Juneau today during the inauguration ceremony for Governor Bill Walker and Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott.
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Alaska News Nightly: December 1, 2014
Walker, Mallott Sworn Into Office; Anchorage Assembly Member Pushes For Pot Ban In Municipality; Native Municipal Leaders: Pot-Legalization Law Could Harm Youths, Communities; Experimental Pollock Seine Fishery Opens in Cook Inlet; Wrangell Hospital Project Closes Contracts, Starts Fresh; New Palmer Landfill Proposal Up For Public Comment; Researchers Say Dementia Risk Increases With Age; Buying A Landmark
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Anchorage Assembly Member Pushes For Pot Ban In Municipality
The Anchorage Municipality may use its leverage as the state's population center to influence how laws on commercial marijuana take shape in the year ahead.
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