Parnell Won’t Implement Federal Health Care Law
Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau
Governor Sean Parnell won’t implement any aspect of the federal health care overhaul in Alaska, citing a Florida...
Waterman Not-Guilty On Six Of Seven Counts
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Rachelle Waterman’s long wait for a verdict on murder and conspiracy charges is over. Today, an Anchorage...
Alaska Delegation Fears Proposed Budget Hurts Oil, Gas Industry
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Despite sober warnings by President Obama that federal spending must be reigned in, he actually wants to...
Indian Affairs Committee Meets for First Time in New Congress
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee met Wednesday for the first time this year, in a short session...
Department of Law Determines Alaska Not Required to Follow Health Care Legislation
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
The Department of Law has advised Governor Sean Parnell that Alaska is not required to follow the national...
Alaska Senate Passes Voter Intent Bill
Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau
Monday morning, the Alaska Senate unanimously passed legislation ensuring a voter intent priority for the counting of write-in...
Rural Senator Airs Redistricting Concerns
Photo and Story by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau
The senator representing Alaska’s largest legislative district is warning Native leaders about the pending loss...
Small Business Administration Announces 8(a) Changes
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
The Small Business Administration is changing the program that gives Alaska Native Corporations advantages in scoring government...
Federal Regulators Demand Pipeline Improvements
Tony Gorman, KCHU – Valdez
A demand from federal regulators that major work needs to be done on the aging Trans-Alaska pipeline are...
Nikiski LNG Plant Closing in Spring
Ben Stanton, KDLL – Kenai
Workers at the Liquefied Natural Gas Plant in Nikiski will be looking for new jobs. The LNG plant, co-owned by...
Persily Says Plant Closure Helps Make Case for Gas Pipeline
Ben Stanton, KDLL – Kenai
The Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects Larry Persily also reacted to the LNG closure. He...
Extension Of Patriot Act Falls Short In Congress
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington
Alaska’s Republican Congressman Don Young voted against extending key provisions of the Patriot Act last night. The...
Power Restored In Akiak
Angela Denning-Barnes, KYUK – Bethel
A power outage this week in Akiak left the village totally dark for two days and only half of...
Pacific Walrus Joins ‘Candidate’ Species List
Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the Pacific Walrus should be listed under the Endangered Species Act....
Public Allowed More Testimony in Determining Status of Seals
Associated Press
A federal agency will extend the comment period on its proposal to list two ice-dependent seals as threatened because of climate warming....
EPA Announces Assessment of Bristol Bay Watershed
Mike Mason, KDLG – Dillingham
The EPA announced on Monday that it’s immediately beginning a scientific assessment of the Bristol Bay watershed. The...
Legislators Supporting Deadline for Gasline Project
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
Legislators are supporting a deadline that could lead to the closing of the state-licensed gasline project from the...
Man Charged with Nearly 11-Year-Old Murder
Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage
This afternoon, standing before the Homicide Victims’ Memorial in downtown Anchorage, Police Chief Mark Mew announced that a...
Bill May End State’s Involvement in AGIA
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
Friday, legislators got their first look at a bill that could lead to closing the state’s involvement in...
Shell Pushes Back Arctic Exploration Plans
Steve Heimel, APRN – Anchorage
The price of Royal Dutch Shell’s stock dropped today when the company reported fourth quarter earnings of 4.1 billion...