Atlanta-based TV conglomerate to acquire KTUU-Anchorage
An Atlanta-based broadcast company says it's reached a deal to buy Schurz Commmunications' TV and radio stations, including KTUU TV in Anchorage.
Tugboat sinks in Gastineau Channel
A tugboat, known as Challenger, sank near Aurora Harbor around 3 p.m. on Saturday. Coast Guard Petty Officer Geno Kludt said the 96-foot wooden vessel was engulfed by water in about fifteen minutes.
Religion and climate change – can you talk about both?
Is climate change a religious issue? A group of Alaskans says yes, and a national survey supports them, for some groups. Alaskans joined together this weekend in Anchorage for an interfaith Earth Care Jamboree.
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Equal rights law expected to sail through Anchorage Assembly
The ordinance introduced by Assembly Member Bill Evans adds sexual orientation and gender expression as categories under which city residents are protected from discrimination.
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Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Sept. 11, 2015
Walker tenaciously courts LNG buyers in Japan; Alaska's US senators assail Iran deal; New UA head sees opportunity despite bleak fiscal landscape; New road from Tanana to Yukon River nears completion; In unnerving trend, thousands of walrus haul out at Point Lay; New routes to housing open doors for Anchorage's low-income families; AK: Alaska ice hockey player Zoe Hickel turns pro; 49 Voices: Mike McCormick of Anchorage
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Walker to court LNG buyers in Japan
Governor Bill Walker will travel to Japan on Saturday for a week-long trip to promote Alaska’s natural gas to potential buyers in Asia. But back at home, it’s clear there are still major disagreements between the state and its partners in the Alaska LNG project.
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Alaska’s U.S. senators assail Iran deal
Republicans in the U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday failed to get enough votes to advance a resolution rejecting the nuclear accord with Iran. Both Alaska senators say the deal forces the U.S. to concede too much.
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New UA head sees opportunity despite bleak fiscal landscape
It's been less than two weeks since Jim Johnsen took the helm as president of the University of Alaska. And the transition in leadership is coming at a time when the university system is attempting to streamline and rethink the way it operates.
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In unnerving trend, 35,000 walrus haul out at Point Lay
In what’s becoming an increasingly common sight, tens of thousands of walrus have hauled out on the coast of the Chukchi Sea near the Native Village of Point Lay.
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New road from Tanana to Yukon River nears completion
DOT Northern Region Spokesperson Meadow Bailey estimates the project is about 80 percent finished, with about 6 miles left to go before the road reaches the south bank of the Yukon across from Tanana.
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New ways to fund housing in Anchorage opens doors for low-income families
Two new affordable housing complexes are opening in Anchorage this fall. Tenants have already started moving into the 18-unit Susitna Square in East Anchorage. But building the developments required creative financing to make it possible.
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US, Russia agree to jointly combat unregulated fishing
The United States and Russia have agreed to combat illegal fishing. The two nations signed the agreement Friday at a meeting in Portland, Ore.
AK: Alaska ice hockey player Zoe Hickel turns pro
Earlier this year it was announced that National Women’s Hockey League would begin its first season this fall. The move is huge for women hockey players, who until now had little to no options to pursue their careers past the college level. One of the women who will be playing in the NWHL’s inaugural season is a born-and-raised Alaskan.
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49 Voices: Mike McCormick of Eagle River
This week, we're talking with Mike McCormick, the founder and co-owner of Whistling Swan Productions in Anchorage.
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Paramo To Join University Board
Matanuska Susitna Borough School Superintendent appointed to University of Alaska Board of Regents
Sharp rise in female and pre-trial detentions
The number of Alaskans behind bars continues to rapidly expand. But that growth isn't across the board.
Alaska’s fiscal and economic future
Oil prices are stubbornly low and the state’s budget is in trouble. Alaska Common Ground will hold a day long forum on Alaska’s Fiscal and Economic Future on September 19th. Organizers solicited budget proposals from citizens. They were tasked with filling a $2.5 billion gap for five years. What did they come up with and will a compromise emerge that the majority of Alaskans could support?
APRN: Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 10:00 a.m.
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Alaska scientists brief the White House science advisor
Last week the president visited Alaska, and so did the White House science advisor, Dr. John Holdren. Holdren painted a sobering picture of climate change in the north during his speech at the State Department’s GLACIER conference in Anchorage. But before GLACIER got underway, Holdren had a briefing with a handful of Alaska scientists. Two of them join us on Alaska Edition this week.
KSKA: Friday, Sept. 11, at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 12, at 6:00 p.m.
KAKM: Friday, Sept. 11, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 12, at 6:00 p.m.
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Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015
In bid to restore Voting Rights Act, Murkowski strays from party lines; State to provide language assistance to Yup'ik, Gwich'in voters; Emperor goose harvest: More than a memory for Kodiak subsistence hunter; Denali Commission ekes back into the spotlight; Donation illuminates Alaska Native civil rights history; Delivery service speeds produce to table; After amputation, the mobility of a sea kayak beckons
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In bid to restore Voting Rights Act, Murkowski strays from party lines
The settlement of the Native vote lawsuit comes on the same day as news that Sen. Lisa Murkowski has co-sponsored a bill to revive the Voting Rights Act. Sen. Murkowski is the first Republican to join more than 30 Democratic co-sponsors on an issue that has divided the two parties.
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