Heat Pumps Tap Ocean’s Thermal Energy
Using seawater to heat large buildings in Alaska is no longer a pipe dream.
Andy Baker, an engineer with YourCleanEnergy LLC, helped design an ocean-sourced heat pump system for the Alaska Sealife Center in Seward which will pay back the community’s investment in less than nine years — just in fuel savings.
Ketchikan Welcomes New US Citizens
Eighteen Ketchikan residents became U.S. citizens a few days ago. The ceremony took place in the courtroom of Ketchikan’s historic downtown federal building.
State Ferry Union Averts Strike
Alaska Marine Highway System captains and deck officers have avoided a strike that could have shut down ferry service across the state this weekend.
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Juneau Police Reach Community One Cup of Coffee At A Time
With the recent unrest in Ferguson, Mo., police departments across the country are under a lot of scrutiny. Questions are being raised about use of force, police militarization and racial profiling.
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Appeals Court To Rehear Tongass Exemption Case
The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit released an announcement today (Friday) that it would rehear the Tongass Roadless Rule exemption case.
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Comment Period on FEMA Disaster Declaration To Close
Sunday, Aug. 31, is the deadline for comments to FEMA, or the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on a policy carrying out a law that would allow tribes to request emergency and major disaster declarations.
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Cold, Wet Front Drops 3 Inches of Snow On Deadhorse
A cold front is ushering in wet, chilly conditions across much of the state. The Alaska Department of Transportation reported three inches of snow in Deadhorse earlier this afternoon.
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‘You’ve Got To Defend It’ – Denali Celebrates Wilderness Act 50th
Denali National Park is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Wilderness Act in the next weeks. A series of events marking the historic conservation legislation is planned.
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Alaska News Nightly: August 29, 2014
State Ferry Union Averts Strike; Juneau Police Reach Community One Cup Of Coffee At A Time; Comment Period on FEMA Disaster Declaration To Close; Cold, Wet Front Drops 3 Inches of Snow On Deadhorse; 'You've Got To Defend It' - Denali Celebrates Wilderness Act 50th; NSF Earmarks $1.5M for Native Students Studying STEM Subjects; AK: Haines Songwriter Dreams Big, Courts Her Inspiration's Ear; 300 Villages: Anvik
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NSF Earmarks $1.5M for Native Students Studying STEM Subjects
A $1.5 million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation will fund a five-year pilot project to help American Indian and Alaska Native college students achieve advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM subjects.
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3 Officials Accused of Failing to Disclose Gifts
Three Kenai Peninsula residents have filed complaints with the Alaska Public Offices Commission against statewide public officials for failure to disclose gifts.
Haines Songwriter Dreams Big, Courts Her Inspiration’s Ear
It’s hard not to dream big among the tall mountains and wild sea in Southeast Alaska – especially in Haines where Christy Tengs serves dreamers and misfits alike in her family’s downtown institution, the Pioneer Bar and Bamboo Room. Even she has a dream – to meet the famous person who has inspired her and propelled her to become a star in her hometown.
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300 Villages: Anvik
This week we're heading to the Yukon River community of Anvik. William Koso is the mayor of Anvik.
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GUBERNATORIAL FISHERIES DEBATE
Candidates for Alaska governor will be in Kodiak on August 28 to take part in a unique debate that focuses on a single topic: Alaska’s seafood industry. Airing live on KSKA and statewide from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 28. Hear gubernatorial candidates Sean Parnell, Byron Mallott and Bill Walker talk fish.
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Shell Sketches Plans for Arctic Drilling in 2015
Shell Oil took its first step toward returning to the Arctic on Thursday morning. The company filed a new plan to explore the Chukchi Sea with federal regulators in Anchorage.
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Parnell Vetoes A Bill Curbing Record Access
Gov. Sean Parnell has vetoed a bill that would have scrubbed Courtview -- the state's online criminal records database -- of any charge that did not result in a conviction.
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Senate Candidates Stake Ground In Unconventional First Debate
Begich emphasized his experience as someone who knows how Congress operates, while Sullivan presented himself as an "outsider" who wants to take Washington on.
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New Study Sheds Light on Peopling of the Arctic
Archaeologists have been arguing for decades about how human beings got to the new world, and genetic research released today deepens the mystery. An article published in "Science" magazine shows that there must have been at least four pulses of migration from Siberia through Alaska since the last Ice Age, and the Yupik and Inupiat people now in Alaska actually replaced an earlier population.
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Investigation Finds 7 High Schoolers Responsible for Hazing
After concluding an investigation into an alleged hazing incident, the Juneau School District has identified seven high school seniors who participated in the paddling of six incoming freshmen. The incident took place shortly after school ended in May.
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ENSTAR strike ends without a new contract
The ENSTAR operating employees strike is over, but the workers do not have a new contract. After two and a half weeks, they voted to return to work today.
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