Arctic Ambitions: ‘Doing Business In The Arctic’
Thursday, the World Trade Center Alaska will host the third Arctic Ambitions gathering in Girdwood. The theme for this year’s two-day event is ‘Doing business in the Arctic.’ Greg Wolf is the World Trade Center Alaska executive director. He says this year’s event is larger and the first day will feature speakers from other arctic nations and industries.
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Quick Craft — Lace Curtains to Pillowcases
Our living room throw pillows needed an upgrade. At $20-30 a pop, I wasn’t about to buy two new ones, so I dug through my fabric stash and found an old lace curtain panel.
Two cuts and four seams later I had a couple of gorgeous throw pillows.
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Assembly Moves Election to November
The Anchorage Assembly has voted to move municipal elections from Spring to Fall. Proponents argued it would increase voter turnout, which has been low. Critics say local issues will be lost amongst state and national ones.
Assembly Okays CH2M Hill to Lead Troubled Port Project
The Anchorage Assembly approved awarding the engineering firm CH2M Hill a 30-million dollar contract to get the Port of Anchorage Project back on track at Tuesday's meeting. But assembly members had some questions.
Alaska News Nightly: February 25, 2014
Pebble Mine Opponents Urge EPA To Kill Project; Quinhagak Man Arrested For Murder of 25-year-old Woman; Glacier Bay Land Slide Excites Scientists; House Democrats Confirm Kito To Downtown Juneau Seat; Bill Limiting Medicaid Abortion Payout Back In Discussion; Peter Tony Pleads Guilty To 3 Counts Of Child Sexual Abuse; Political Solution Sought For China Geoduck Ban; Pro-Union Delta Western Workers Press On; Former Alaskan Appearing On NBC’s ‘Mind Games’
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Pebble Mine Opponents Urge EPA To Kill Project
About 30 opponents of the proposed Pebble Mine met in Washington today with White House and high-ranking EPA staff. They came armed with a new EPA study that found a mine of Pebble’s size would pose a significant risk to Bristol Bay and its valuable salmon fisheries. Now they’re asking the Environment agency to take the next step and kill the project. They didn’t get a definite answer.
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Family Planning Services Axed From Abortion Bill
After being shelved for nearly a year, a bill meant to limit Medicaid payouts for abortion is back – and it’s missing a component that made it more agreeable to the Legislature’s social moderates.
Quinhagak Man Arrested For Murder of 25-year-old Woman
Harold Smith, 26, was arrested in Quinhagak Monday and charged with the first degree murder of 25-year-old Lisa Johnson. Johnson's body was found off a trail near the end of the new runway in Quinhagak on February 3.
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Glacier Bay Landslide Excites Scientists
A massive landslide in Glacier Bay National Park more than a week ago is exciting scientists around the world for the way it was the detected, the images of the slide and the sheer magnitude of it. It’s also near a similar slide that occurred in 2012 on Mount Lituya.
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House Democrats Confirm Kito To Downtown Juneau Seat
Sam Kito III is now at work as the newest member of the Alaska Legislature.
He replaces Juneau Rep. Beth Kerttula, who resigned her House seat last month for a Stanford University fellowship.
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Peter Tony Pleads Guilty To 3 Counts Of Child Sexual Abuse
Former Bethel foster parent Peter Tony has pleaded guilty to three counts of child sexual abuse in a plea deal. In the agreement with prosecutors, the 70-year-old pleaded guilty to charges of sexually abusing a minor in 2012 when he abused a 4-year-old his wife had in day care at their home. Those charges carry sentences anywhere from 5 to 99 years each.
Political Solution Sought For China Geoduck Ban
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and members of the Southeast Alaska Regional Dive Fisheries Association talked last week about the possibility of a political solution to China’s ban on Alaska and Washington State geoducks.
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Pro-Union Delta Western Workers Press On
Last week, a handful of Delta Western fuel supply employees in Unalaska kicked off an effort to unionize by going on strike. They’re pressing ahead — even after a visit from the company president.
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Former Alaskan Appearing On ABC’s ‘Mind Games’
A new ABC television show called Mind Games premieres tonight and one of the weekly series actors is a former Anchorage resident and East High School graduate. Cedric Sanders says his role is an accountant named Latrell.
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BLM Plans Summer Work At The Red Devil Creek
The BLM has a plan for realigning a portion of Red Devil Creek this summer to stop mercury, arsenic, and antimony from eroding away into the river.
U.S. Pushes International Ban on Arctic Fishing
The United States is gathering support for an international moratorium on commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean. The Globe and Mail reports that Denmark and Canada are prepared to back the ban at a meeting of Arctic states in Greenland this week. The other nations -- Russia and Norway -- are not currently on board.
40 Tons of Dog Waste A Day
Anchorage citizens - breaking news! There is no “Poop Fairy”.
Anchorage has some caring people who not only clean up after their own pets, but they actually pick up other dog’s poop. Unfortunately they are few and far between, yet I applaud them.
Read more. Adult Learning Center Helps Dropouts Earn Diplomas
As the traditional strains of Pomp and Circumstance rang out of a boombox at Anchorage's Wilda Marston Theater recently, thirty black- robed and square- hatted high school graduates paraded down the aisle. February is not the usual month for such a ceremony, but what makes this graduation really different -- the grads are not teenagers, and they hail from as far away as the Congo.
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Opponents Of New Oil Tax Law Offer Their Alternatives
While the proposals take different approaches, both seek to raise the tax rate at higher oil prices.
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Measure Calls For Tongass Timber Transfer
Legislation urging the state to take over some Tongass National Forest lands is bringing questions and opposition. Sitka Republican Senator Bert Stedman’s resolution calls for the governor to seek transfer of Tongass timberlands.
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