GCI, KTUU Work Out Temporary Agreement
GCI and KTUU Channel 2 came to a temporary agreement Tuesday to keep the NBC-affiliate carriage in Bethel and eight other areas outside of Anchorage, at least for the next few weeks. It’s a temporary solution to an on-going contractual dispute between GCI and Schurz Communications, the Indiana-based parent company of KTUU. The conflict surfaced when an old agreement expired at the end of September.
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Verizon Plans On Expanded Role Next Year
It’s been four months since the nation’s biggest wireless carrier began doing business in Alaska. And despite predictions that Verizon would shake up the state’s wireless market, its role has so far been limited to providing high-speed data service in urban areas. The company plans to enter the Alaska market in a bigger way next year.
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Discussion Touches On Unconventional Oil, Gas Development
Unconventional oil and gas development will be part of the discussion on Friday when energy advisory consultant David Goldwyn speaks at an Alaska World Affairs counsel event. Goldwyn is co-author and editor of Energy and Security: Strategies for a World in Transition. The revised 2nd edition addresses new energy frontiers, rising safety concerns for energy complexes and energy poverty. Goldwyn says the revolution in shale development in the lower 48 has changed the future of domestic energy development.
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Kenai Peninsula Students Learn About Salmon Life Cycle
Students from central and southern Kenai Peninsula schools gathered at the Anchor River Friday to learn about the salmon life cycle. This was the kick-off to the Salmon in the Classroom program. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District partners with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to teach kids about one of the state’s most valuable resources.
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Juneau Assembly Unanimously Confirms Support For Project Labor Agreements
The Juneau Assembly wants the city’s Docks and Harbors Department to reconsider its decision not to use a Project Labor Agreement for a major rebuild of the city’s downtown cruise ship docks scheduled to get underway next year.
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Fairbanksan To Carry Olympic Torch At Pole
University of Alaska Fairbanks Vice Chancellor Pat Pitney is participating in the Olympic torch relay to the February 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. She’s running in an exotic leg of the relay, being staged at the geographic North Pole.
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Archive Project Complete, Now Online
The State of Alaska has completed a two-year project archiving documents from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and its legal aftermath.
Alaskans To Take Part In Big Earthquake Drill
Thousands of Alaskans are expected to participate in a big earthquake drill this week.
GCI, KTUU Reach Temporary Agreement
GCI’s carriage agreement with KTUU expired Tuesday, but GCI announced Wednesday that the two parties have come to an interim arrangement to keep KTUU carriage in nine rural communities until Nov. 8.
APD Locates Mother Of Newborn Found Dead In Park
Anchorage police have located the mother of a newborn baby that was found dead in a park Tuesday. The police are not releasing any more details on the woman.
The Role of Farms in Alaska’s Food Security
According to recent estimates, around 106,200 Alaskans are considered food insecure, with about 37,640 of those being children.
Alaska’s food security as a state depends on supply chains stretching thousands of miles. Less than 10% of the food we eat is produced in Alaska and we rely on barges and air transport to bring in the state’s food.
Read more. Federal Shutdown Keeps Many Crab Fishermen In Port
Today was the official opening of Alaska’s king crab season. About a half a dozen boats catching community development quota, issued by the state, got to head out and start fishing. But as KUCB’s Lauren Rosenthal reports, hundreds of other fishermen were stuck in port, waiting for the federal government to reopen and issue their crab permits.
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Newborn Baby Found Dead In Eagle River Park
Anchorage police say a newborn baby was found dead in an Eagle River park, and they are looking for the mother.
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Bethel Gets Fish And Game Advisory Committee
Alaska’s Joint Board of Fisheries and Game is meeting in Anchorage. Today, they decided to create a Fish and Game advisory committee just for the community of Bethel. With over 6,000 residents, Bethel continues to grow as the hub of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The community currently has one seat on the Lower Kuskokwim Advisory Committee but local groups approached the joint board about getting their own.
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Alaska Is Nationwide Leader For Healthy Births
Alaska has become a nationwide leader in healthy births. KRBD’s Sean Carlson explores how Ketchikan Medical Center plays a part in that trend.
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ATV Decision Could Inform Pebble Mine Case
Back in July, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that the state was inappropriately granting permits for ATV usage on park land. The decision affected about 200 families who use their four wheelers to cross park lands to get to their property. Last week, the Court reissued their decision, and the way they handled the case could offer a clue on how they'll handle other questions of land management, including one involving the proposed Pebble Mine.
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Congressman Young Says Newest House Proposal Going Nowhere
In Washington, the government shutdown continues with no resolution in sight. Alaska Congressman Don Young says the latest House proposal is going nowhere. It would have funded the government and raised the debt ceiling but included changes to Obamacare.
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Former DNR Commish Dan Sullivan Announces Senate Run
Former Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan announced he's running for U.S. Senate this morning in Anchorage.
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Shelter Says 30 Days and You’re Out … If You Don’t Follow the Rules
With cold temperatures right around the corner, Anchorage's main homeless shelter is reviving a former time limit rule.
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Early Research on Karluk Looks Hopeful
Karluk Manor, an apartment complex for homeless alcoholics in Anchorage, has been open nearly two years. Officials say the program is starting to make a difference. Preliminary findings by researchers at University of Alaska seem to confirm their observations.
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