Tongass Advisory Council Meeting In Juneau
The Tongass Advisory Committee is meeting for the fifth time in Juneau this week. The committee is tasked with hammering out how the Forest Service should handle the Obama Administration’s transition away from old-growth logging and to a new focus on younger trees. But, for some people the most important questions are the ones the committee isn’t supposed to address.
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APU Set To Develop 65 Acres Of Endowment Lands
Alaska Pacific University has entered into an agreement to develop 65 acres of endowment lands over the next several years. The first parcels of land under development will be on the south side of the campus, along University Lake Drive.
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Rain Causes Flooding, Evacuations in Ketchikan
Buckets of rain blew into Ketchikan Tuesday and Wednesday, leading to power outages, overflowing creeks, flooded streets and evacuations.
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Park Service Considers Banning Some Pack Animals
The National Park Service is out with an annual list of temporary restrictions and rules, and one of the proposed regulations would ban certain types of pack animals from parks.
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New Play Explores Homelessness In Juneau
A local playwright has spent the past few years exploring the lives of Juneau’s homeless population and the people who work with them. The result is the new play “A Lifetime to Master,” which debuted this week.
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Alaska News Nightly: January 21, 2015
Obama Issues Executive Order on Arctic Coordination; Gov. Walker To Deliver State of the State Tonight; Board of Fisheries Chairman Resigns; Bering Sea Pollock Fishery Casts Off; Tongass Advisory Council Meeting In Juneau; APU Set To Develop 65 Acres Of Endowment Lands; Rain Causes Flooding, Evacuations in Ketchikan; Park Service Considers Banning Some Pack Animals; New Play Explores Homelessness In Juneau
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Legislators Anticipate State Of State Address
Rep. Mike Hawker, an Anchorage Republican, took to the House floor Wednesday morning to encourage Gov. Bill Walker to describe his plan for the development of a natural gas megaproject, that would be used to get reserves on the North Slope to market.
Big Lake Shooting Range On Hold
A contentious shooting range issue dominated Tuesday night's Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly meeting, and the debate over the range's location affects a Valley youth program.
Heavy Rains Prompt Landslide Warning
While it’s raining in most of Southeast today, there’s another large, warm and wet weather system just offshore, waiting to plow into the region. It’s expected to bring heavy rainfall and high winds through the week.
Alaska’s Kink Community Readies its New Home After Years of Unique Hurdles
Alaska has a tightening community made up of people living alternative lifestyles that range from discomfort with mainstream society to unconventional sex practices. But they have struggled to find spaces in which to gather. Now, after a lengthy tenant dispute and thousands of dollars worth of property damage, the Alaska Center for Alternative Lifestyles is ready to open it's doors.
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Alaska News Nightly: January 20, 2015
Alaska's 29th Legislature Gavels In; Walker Adds More Commissioners To Cabinet; Senate Finance Considering Bringing On Former Commissioners As Consultants; Sen. Sullivan Weighs In On Potential State of the Union Topics; Murkowski Named Chairman Of Interior Subcommittee Of Appropriations Panel; Bill Would Set Up Compensation Program For Wrongfully Convicted; Alaska Center for Alternative Lifestyles Prepares To Open Its Doors; Walker Halts Demolition In Anchorage Neighborhood; Lack Of Snow Could Again Send Iditarod Start To Fairbanks; Eaglecrest Suspends Lift Operations Due To Lack Of Snow; People With Disabilities Find Independence Through Skiing
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State Prosecutors Target Range of Child Sex Abuse Offenses in Round of Convictions
Four cases ended Friday with convictions for three men, part of the state's efforts to go after more offenders for a wider range of abuses.
Alaska’s 29th Legislature Gavels In
The state legislature began the 29th session this afternoon. House Speaker Mike Chenault gaveled in at 1 pm. The State Senate followed an hour later. Senate President Kevin Meyer is a Republican from Anchorage. He says the caucus has several priorities this year,-the gas line, education, Arctic policy and development and federal over-reach. But he says the state budget will - of course - need the most attention.
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Walker Adds More Commissioners To Cabinet
Gov. Bill Walker has decided to keep on two acting commissioners, and appoint one new one.
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Senate Finance Considering Bringing On Former Commissioners As Consultants
The Senate Finance Committee is considering hiring two former state commissioners to help lawmakers review state spending and address massive budget deficits.
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Sen. Sullivan Weighs In On State of the Union Topics
President Obama’s State of the Union address to Congress is Tuesday night, but the White House has been offering previews of his main proposals for weeks. Alaska’s new Republican Senator, Dan Sullivan, said before the speech he was expecting to hear an overly rosy depiction of unemployment.
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Murkowski Gains a Second Gavel and Boosts Leverage
Sen. Lisa Murkowski already chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, but today she was also named chairman of the Interior subcommittee of the Appropriations panel. The double-barrelled influence over the Department of Interior is "somewhat unprecedented," she says.
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Bill Would Set Up Compensation Program For Wrongfully Convicted
Fairbanks Democratic State Representative Scott Kawasaki has pre-filed a bill that would set up a system for compensating people wrongfully convicted of crimes.
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Lack Of Snow Could Again Send Iditarod Start To Fairbanks
Southcentral Alaska's lack of snow and uncertain weather is again pushing organizers of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to ponder moving the start of the race from Willow to Fairbanks.
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Eaglecrest Suspends Lift Operations Due To Lack Of Snow
Juneau’s Eaglecrest Ski Area is halting lift operations until it receives enough snow to open at least part of the upper mountain.
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