Local Filmmaker to Document Cook Inlet Trek
Bretwood Higman and Erin McKittrick are well known in Alaska for taking daring expeditions with their two young children, Katmai and Lituya. Now, a Homer filmmaker is producing a documentary about one of their most adventurous trips- around Cook Inlet.
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Alaska News Nightly: January 5, 2015
Special Investigator Planned To Look Into National Guard Allegation; Sullivan Takes Oath Tomorrow, Rep. Young Misses First Week Due to Death of Brother; Legacy of Bar Break Violence Haunting Downtown Business Development; Blindingly Bright ‘Moose Lights' Worry Troopers – But They're Legal, Unregulated; State Closes Bethel DEC Office; Post-Holiday Lull Means Less Public Attention For Homeless Needs; Local Filmmaker to Document Cook Inlet Trek
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White Mountain Man Charged with New Year’s Day Murder of Girlfriend
A White Mountain man stands accused of murder after investigators allege he came home on New Year’s Day after a night of drinking and got into an argument with his girlfriend before strangling her.
Hospital CEO Alleges Assault, Leaves Sitka
The appointment of Michelle Putz wasn’t all the assembly drama Friday night. A scheduled discussion on hospital issues with CEO Jeff Comer was sidetracked when Comer didn’t appear. Instead, he sent hospital board president Celeste Tydingco to read a statement.
Weekend Gun Violence Lands 2 In Anchorage Hospitals
More weekend overnight violence involving firearms in Anchorage. Two people are reported injured at a party in Muldoon early Saturday morning.
Legacy of Bar Break Violence Haunting Downtown Business Development
The Anchorage Assembly is casting an unusual amount of scrutiny on a pending liquor license transfer that's raising questions about how businesses that sell liquor should develop downtown.
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Traffic Deaths Jump To Highest Level Since 2007
The state Highway Safety Office says traffic fatalities climbed in 2014. Sixty-five people died in wrecks last year, more than the previous six years and the most since 75 people died in 2007.
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Over $63 Million Worth Of Marijuana Sold In Washington State In 2014
Many Alaskans are keeping an eye on pot-sale rules in other states in the wake of last year’s legalization vote. The Washington State Liquor Control Board says that state’s retail marijuana industry sold more than $63 million worth of pot in 2014.
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New Charges Filed In Homer Sexual Assault Case
The attorney for a Homer man suspected of harassing an intoxicated, unconscious teenager at a 2012 party says his client will plead guilty to felony evidence tampering and hindering prosecution charges.
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Prince William Sound Black Cod Fishermen Likely Facing Lower Harvest Limits
Fishermen taking part in the state waters Black Cod fishery in Prince William Sound will likely be facing lower harvest limits when the fishery opens next spring.
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Delta-area Birders Spot Species New to Interior During Christmas Bird Count
Delta Junction-area birders participating in the annual Christmas Bird Count spotted a rare species not normally seen this far north in the winter.
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Ambler Road Would Have Mixed Impact on NW Arctic Caribou
Facing halted state spending and budget cuts, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, or AIDEA, says it’s still moving forward to prepare an environmental impact statement for the contentious Ambler Road, which would branch west off the Dalton Highway near Evansville and run into the copper deposit near Ambler. If the road gets the go-ahead, it’ll be a mixed bag for the Northwest Arctic Caribou Herd, who winter on and migrate through land that the road would bisect.
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Alaska News Nightly: January 2, 2015
Traffic Deaths Jump To Highest Level Since 2007; Walker Plans To Stick To Marijuana Implementation Schedule, But Other Delays Still Possible; Over $63 Million Worth Of Marijuana Sold In Washington State In 2014; New Charges Filed In Homer Sexual Assault Case; Prince William Sound Black Cod Fishermen Likely Facing Lower Harvest Limits; Delta-area Birders Spot Species New to Interior During Christmas Bird Count; Ambler Road Would Have Mixed Impact on NW Arctic Caribou; AK: Puppet Town; 300 Villages: Kasaan
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Alaska’s Revenue Shortfall and What to Do About it
The price of oil has gone down so far that it’s likely state revenues this fiscal year will be less than the forecast. And the forecast was already down more than $7 billion from the year before. The question the Governor and the Legislature are asking now is not whether there will be a deficit but just how big will it be and where will the money come from to fill it.
APRN: Tuesday, 1/6 at 10:00am
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300 Villages: Kasaan (Archive)
This week, we’re heading to Kasaan, located in Southeast Alaska on Prince of Wales island. The coastal Native village is home to the oldest Haida building in the world. Frederick Otilius Olsen Junior is from Kasaan.
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AK: Puppet Town (Archive)
Haines seems like a quintessential Southeast Alaska town. There are eagles, bears, salmon, big mountains and rough water. It’s a picture-book no stoplight, no movie theater, low crime type of community. But there’s a seedier and eclectic side of Haines that emerged late this winter: the underground puppet scene.
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Mallott To Decide Walker’s Future Involvement In Point Thomson Settlement
In a letter signed on Monday, Walker granted Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott the power to decide if Walker's prior litigation against the state while an attorney in private practice should prevent him from participating in decisions about those same cases in his new role as governor.
Alaska News Nightly: January 31, 2014
Mallott To Decide on Walker's Point Thomson Role; New Campaign Pushes Conservation in Aleutians; Arctic Shipping Falls; Anchorage Sets Temperature Record; Fish and Game Interview; Bainbridge Island Nonprofit Delivers Food with Protein
New Campaign Hoping to Increase Conservation in Aleutians
The waters around the Aleutian Islands support a dizzying range of wildlife -- and major industries right along with it. Right now, the government’s job is to help find a balance. But there’s a new campaign to permanently tip the scales toward conservation in the Aleutian Chain.
Arctic Shipping Chills in 2014
The year 2014 has proved to be a slow one for Arctic shipping. Just 31 ships sailed between Europe and Asia across the Northern Sea Route, and 22 did part of the route. That’s down from a total of more than 70 in 2013. Malte Humpert, executive director of the Arctic Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, says this year has served as a reality check on some of the over-heated Arctic predictions of recent years.