Avalanche Survivor Says He’s Shaken, Humbled After Ordeal Near Rainbow Ridge
The Fairbanks man who was buried in an avalanche near Isabel Pass Saturday and lived to tell about it says he’s learned that even an experienced backcountry skier can get into trouble in a rugged area like the Eastern Alaska Range. He says unusual winter weather is making it more unpredictable.
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Eek Fisherman Catches Silver Salmon in December
Most fisherman have at least one story of, ‘the one that got away.’ Eek resident Floyd Roehl has a story with a different outcome from a recent trip up the Eek River.
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After Lobbying Effort, Haines Distillery Opens Newly Legal Tasting Room
Port Chilkoot Distillery in Haines is the only craft distillery in Southeast. When the business started, distilleries in the state were not allowed to sell their spirits on-site. But a law passed earlier this year removes that restriction.
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Alaska News Nightly: December 10, 2014
Police: Felon Killed Prosecutor in Jealous Rage; Senate Gives Fishermen 3-Year Reprieve from EPA Regs; New Report Questions Susitna-Watana Economics; AEA Responds; Walker To Begin Reviewing Candidates For National Guard Post; Medicaid Expansion, Child Welfare Top Priorities For New DHSS Commissioner; Avalanche Survivor Says He’s Shaken, Humbled After Ordeal Near Rainbow Ridge; Eek Fisherman Catches Silver Salmon in December; After Lobbying Effort, Haines Distillery Opens Newly Legal Tasting Room
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Assistant District Attorney Killed In Barrow
A state attorney was shot and killed in Barrow last night. Deputy Attorney General for the Department of Law's Criminal Division Rick Svobodny says Brian Sullivan was killed some time before midnight. Barrow police are leading the investigation.
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How Murkowski Played Dealmaker to Get Controversial Lands Package
The Senate is expected to pass a major public lands package this week as a rider to the annual defense bill. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of the key negotiators on this controversial compromise, which has split advocacy groups on the right and left. Murkowski is planning more of the same when she becomes a committee chairman in the new year. What did it take to free these bills from the Congressional quagmire?
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Bill to Remove Alaska Exception to VAWA Passes in U.S. Senate
A bill to remove Sec. 910 from the Violence Against Women Act cleared the Senate today. But it's unclear whether the bill can pass the House before Congress adjourns this week.
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Sullivan Announces New Hires for DC Office
U.S. Senator-elect Dan Sullivan has chosen Joe Balash as chief of staff, Mike Anderson as spokesman and DeLynn Henry as scheduler.
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St. Vincent de Paul to build 41 affordable housing units for seniors
Juneau nonprofit St. Vincent de Paul and partner agency Seattle-based GMD Development have been awarded $9 million in tax credit financing from the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. The award will allow the agencies to build 41 units of affordable housing in the capital city for low income seniors.
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New Hoonah Dock Could Boost Tourism Numbers
Hoonah’s Icy Strait Point tourist attraction will see more visitors once a new cruise ship dock is built. That’s according to officials, who expect it to attract more cruise lines to the town 50 miles west of Juneau. But critics worry the location will not help the rest of the city.
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Climate Change and Alaska Natives: Food
Wild foods are important to Alaskans, and especially to rural residents, but subsistence users and scientists say climate change is affecting wildlife populations, access to subsistence resources, and food preservation.
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‘Sandbar Mitchell’ Restoration Takes New Approach
Restoration of a World War II bomber salvaged from a Tanana River sandbar will benefit from a similar relic in Nome. Some of the parts needed to restore the plane known as “Sandbar Mitchell” will be come from another B-25 that crashed in Nome over 70 years ago.
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Alaska News Nightly: December 9, 2014
Assistant District Attorney Killed In Barrow; How Murkowski Played Dealmaker to Get Controversial Lands Package; Bill to Remove Alaska Exception to VAWA Passes in U.S. Senate; Sullivan Announces New Hires for DC Office; St. Vincent de Paul to Build 41 Affordable Housing Units for Seniors; New Hoonah Dock Could Boost Tourism Numbers; Climate Change and Alaska Natives: Food; 'Sandbar Mitchell' Restoration Takes New Approach
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Op Santa Delivers Presents and Attention To Erosion Threats in Shishmaref
Dozens of volunteers deliver Christmas presents and festive cheer as part of long-standing effort to highlight hardships faced by remote communities.
Elementary students learn an Hour of Code
Susitna Elementary students joined over 52 million others around the world to learn about computer programming through the Hour of Code.
Noble Drilling Fined $12.2 Million For 2012 Incidents
The Alaska U.S. District Attorney's Office announced Monday that a plea deal has been reached between the federal government and Noble Drilling for incidents involving the drill ship Noble Discoverer and drill barge Kulluk while under contract with Shell Oil during the 2012 arctic drilling season.
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DOT Releases Bridge Studies
A draft socioeconomic review and traffic forecast for the proposed Knik Arm Crossing project was released today [monday] by a trio of independent consulting firms. Cardno Consulting Services, Agnew -Beck and CDM Smith reported on separate forecasts for different aspects of the project.
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Skier Dies In Alaska Range Avalanche
A local skier was killed in an avalanche in the Alaska Range over the weekend. The incident happened Saturday evening near Isabel Pass.
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Fishermen Debate Merits of Possible Southeast Mine
A Canadian company is exploring copper and zinc deposits at the Palmer Project site north of Haines. It’s not even a proposed project yet – but it’s is already dividing the community of Haines. One group having a hard time forming consensus on the issue is the commercial fishing fleet in the Northern Lynn Canal.
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Nine Months In, Orthodox Bishop Takes Stock
When David Mahaffey was installed as the Orthodox Bishop of Alaska in a ceremony in Sitka this past February, he became the 16th leader of America’s oldest Orthodox diocese.
Bishop David has now been on the job for nine months. He returned to Sitka this fall.
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