Understanding and Conserving Alaska’s Estuaries
Sure, all natural habitats are important. But some have a special power – for both nature and people.
That’s the case for the estuary, that place where the world’s three most dominant natural realms meet.
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Anchorage Assembly: Indoor Tennis Courts On Hold, Labor Law Hearing Wednesday
A plan to build indoor tennis courts was put on hold at the regular Anchorage Assembly meeting Tuesday night.
Alaska E-Health Network Defends Privacy Protections Of Medical Records
The company contracted with the state to manage Alaska’s new on line medical records data base is defending its privacy protections. The Alaska E-health Network, like many across the country, resulted from state and federal mandates designed to improve efficiency and privacy of health information transfer. It was piloted in Fairbanks, and went live this summer statewide. Alaskans are required to opt out of the system if they don’t want their medical records in the data base. The American Civil Liberties Union is critical of that, and has also raised concerns about access by hackers and government agencies.
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Why Sea-Tac Airport Workers Can’t Join a Union for Better Pay
In November, voters in the small city of SeaTac will decide whether to set one of the highest minimum wages in the country. The controversial Proposition One would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour for some workers, including ground crew at the airport. Alaska Airlines is fighting the measure. Traditionally, when workers want better wages, they join a union. So why are airport workers taking this approach instead? They don’t have a lot of choices – they’re stuck in a legal limbo under federal labor law.
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Alaska Native Tribal Governments Keep Doors Open For Now
Alaska Native tribal governments are keeping their doors open, but worry about how long the federal government shutdown will go on.
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Signing Up For Insurance On Federal Marketplace Still A Waiting Game
The main groups working to help Alaskans sign up for marketplace insurance plans haven't successfully enrolled anyone. One week after after the launch of the federally run health insurance marketplace, it's still not operational.
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State Expects Unemployment Filings To Rise Due To Shutdown
It’s been one week since the federal government shut down. The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development expects a rise in federal workers filing for unemployment payments due to the furlough.
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Tlingit & Haida Housing Authority, CCS To Expand Senior Services In Rural Southeast
Tlingit and Haida Regional Housing Authority and Catholic Community Serviceon Monday announced the expansion of a program that helps senior citizens live independently in Southeast Alaska.
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Bethel Economic Summit Looks At Energy Needs
Energy and the challenges of providing it in remote Western Alaska was the main topic of a summit in Bethel on Monday.
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A Busy October at Anchorage Libraries
Anchorage Library planners have outdone themselves this month with more interesting and diverse events scheduled than in years. The Zombie Apocalypse returns to Loussac on Saturday, Oct. 19, with the scavenger hunt maze open from 6:45-10 pm.
Another noteworthy event this month is the grand opening of Loussac’s new early literacy center for young children.
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Nikiski Top Pick For Gasline Terminal
Since natural gas was discovered on the North Slope, there's been talk of building a pipeline to get it to market. But where should that pipeline end? Exxon, BP, ConocoPhillips, and TransCanada announced on Monday that Nikiski is their top choice for a stopping point.
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Great Bear says Alaska’s Shale has Great Potential
The CEO of Great Bear Petroleum says their new 3-D seismic data confirms a promising new oil resource in the shale rocks just south of Prudhoe Bay. Ed Duncan said they received the data late last month and are still examining it, but “every source rock that we predicted to be present, is present."
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Pebble Partnership Lays Off Workers
The group behind the proposed Pebble Mine is laying off workers after one of the partners in the controversial project pulled out.
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Big Wind Storm Predicted to Hit Anchorage During Morning Commute
The first big wind storm of the season is forecast to hit early Tuesday Morning. With lots of wet weather and the ground still unfrozen, the National Weather Service says Anchorage should be prepared for some downed trees and power outages.
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Furloughed Employees Struggle To Pay Bills
Federal workers who have been furloughed will likely be paid retroactively once the shutdown is over. And government employees who are remaining on the job during the shutdown will be paid for their work eventually, but they don’t know when. For Alaska families living paycheck to paycheck, that’s a severe hardship.
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Haines Harbor Reopens As Cleanup Efforts Continue
Fuel from a sunken vessel in the Haines Small Boat Harbor has been contained, although it could still be several days until clean-up is complete and the boat is salvaged.
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Badly Beaten Teen Remains Unconscious
Anchorage police say an 18-year-old man who was beaten and left to die in an abandoned downtown house has not regained consciousness.
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Fairbanks Police To Play Support Role In Fairbanks 4 Review
Fairbanks Police are expected to play a support role in the review of new data raised in the Fairbanks 4 case. The new information filed in court last month points to other suspects than the 4 local men convicted of the 1997 murder of John Hartman. Last week the state announced that it would conduct a review of the information raised by the Alaska Innocence Project, including a confession by a former Fairbanks resident imprisoned for other murders.
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Anchorage, Native Corporation Disagree on Gas Revenues
A dispute between the Municipality of Anchorage and Eklutna, Inc. is headed to court. Eklutna, Inc., an Alaska Native Corporation, claims it is due about half the revenue generated from the methane gas produced at the Anchorage Landfill, but Muni attorneys say the land didn’t generate the gas, city garbage did.
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YK Delta Company Competing For Super Bowl Commercial Time
The Yukon Kuskokwim region is gaining national attention through the business savvy of the local Sparck sisters who happen to be triplets. Since 2006 the entrepreneurs have run a cosmetic company, ArXotica, using ingredients from the tundra. Now, they have a chance to win a free commercial for their company, which will be aired during the Super Bowl and are asking for your help.
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