People With Disabilities Find Independence Through Skiing
For 18 years, ORCA has been teaching people with disabilities how to ski at Juneau’s Eaglecrest Ski Area. Its Adaptive Ski and Snowboard program is helping people discover their own potential.
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Wave of Morning Car Thefts Hits Anchorage
Colder overnight temperatures lead owners to idle vehicles for longer, raising the risk of theft.
Wasilla Fire Contained
A massive building fire in Wasilla is under control
Four Rescued As F/V Eyak Sinks Near Sitka
Four people were rescued from the F/V Eyak early Monday morning after the boat went aground near Calligan Island, just north of the Goddard hot springs.
APU Student Killed In Climbing Accident On Mt. Yukla
A young man fell to his death on Sunday while climbing Mount Yukla, above Eagle River. Dasan Marshall, 24, of Portland, Oregon was a student at Alaska Pacific University.
Zaukar Sentenced to 61 years for 2012 Rape, Kidnapping
On Friday, a judge sentenced 24-year-old Colten Zaukar, of Sleetmute to spend what could be rest of his life behind bars for a violent 2012 rape. Bethel Superior Court Judge Charles Ray sentenced Zaukar to 61 years, with another 10 years suspended.
Yukon Quest Officials Consider Alternate Route
Open water on both the Yukon and Tahkini Rivers in Canada has Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race Officials considering alternative routing for this year’s race, which starts in Whitehorse, Yukon and finishes 1000 miles later in Fairbanks.
Dillingham Aims To Reimpose Raw Fish Tax
Dillingham will try again on the fish tax. The City Council voted last week to send an annexation petition forward to the Alaska Local Boundary Commission to annex the Nushagak River Commercial Fishing District. The annexation was adopted by a local vote in 2012 but overturned by a court ruling.
Delta ‘Subsidizes’ Landfill – and Wonders Where’s the Missing 400 Tons of Trash?
City of Delta Junction officials are worried about the rising cost of operating the city’s landfill. And they’re wondering what happened to the 400 tons of trash they were expecting to be dumped there.
Gov. Walker Outlines Priorities For Legislative Session
The Alaska Legislature gavels in tomorrow afternoon for the 29th session. Lawmakers - along with all Alaskans will get a better sense of Governor Bill Walker's agenda for the next 90 days in two speeches this week - the State of the State and the State of the budget. Walker took some time today to talk about his priorities. He says he has a few guiding principles as he crafts a budget this year.
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Keystone XL: Bad for Alaska Crude?
The fight over the Keystone XL Pipeline is likely to heat up in Congress this week. Senate Bill 1 would permit the pipeline to cross the Canadian border into Montana, moving Alberta tar sands oil. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, as the new chairman of the Energy Committee, is leading the Republican charge. But, some Alaskans say she’s pulling for the wrong project.
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Environmental Groups Support EPA’s Proposal on Chemical Dispersant Use
The Environmental Protection Agency released a proposal last week to review the use of chemical dispersants in oil spill response. An environmental group based in Homer was part of the first push to change the existing dispersant rules.
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Lonnie Dupre Returns Safely From Historic Denali Climb
Climber Lonnie Dupre has returned to Talkeetna after becoming the first soloist to ever summit Denali in the month of January.
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Bethel’s Pete Kaiser Wins Kuskokwim 300
Bethel’s Pete Kaiser is the 2015 Kuskokwim 300 champion. Kaiser and his team crossed the finish line in Bethel at 5:31 Sunday morning with a team of nine dogs in the 36th running of the race. Kaiser is the first local musher in 29 years to win the race.
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Alaska News Nightly: January 19, 2015
Gov. Walker Outlines Priorities For Legislative Session; With Focus On Budget, Social Issues May Be Left Behind; How Will The Keystone XL Pipeline Affect The Future Of Alaska's Crude?; Environmental Groups Support EPA's Proposal on Chemical Dispersant Use; Lonnie Dupre Returns Safely From Historic Denali Climb; Bethel’s Pete Kaiser Wins Kuskokwim 300
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With Focus On Budget, Social Issues May Be Left Behind
With the budget taking top billing this session, lawmakers expect bills on social issues, like abortion, to get less attention than last cycle.
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Mat-Su Borough Mulls Marijuana Regulation
An entrepreneurial spirit drove a public forum on a future Matanuska Susitana Borough marijuana law Thursday night.
Supreme Court agrees to hear same-sex marriage cases; Alaska’s appeal on hold
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear four same-sex marriage cases and will rule on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans by early summer. This does not have immediate impacts on the legality of same-sex marriage in Alaska.
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Legislators Prefile 23 More Bills
Lawmakers submitted 23 early bills today, after having prefiled more than 60 pieces of legislation last week.
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A Year in the Life of the Bowhead Whale
A new film produced by the University's Museum of the North in Fairbanks, seeks to reveal the secrets of the undersea migration life of bowhead whales. The animated film is called A Year in the Life of the Bowhead Whale. The film features English, Inupiaq and St Lawrence Island Yupik narration.
Roger Topp heads up digital media at the museum. He wrote and directed the film. He told APRN's Lori Tow nsend the project started four years ago and was inspired by the linear passage of time.
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