For Seattle Cops, Marijuana Biz Is Business As Usual
Since Washington State legalized marijuana, Seattle's crime rate has staying mostly flat.
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Bears Maul Hiker Near Bird Ridge
A bear mauling in the Bird Creek area has sent one woman to an Anchorage hospital. At about 10:20 Monday morning, Alaska State Troopers got a call for help from a hiker on the Penguin Ridge trail.
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Juneau Police Arrest Suspect in Gold Street Racial Incident; May Also be Suspect in Celebration Case
Juneau police believe they have a suspect in connection with a racial incident that marred the parade at the end of last month’s Celebration.
The Michigan man also is being investigated by the Secret Service and is wanted in Hawaii for threatening people.
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Alaska Highway Projects Likely Safe Despite Federal Shortfalls
News that the Federal Highway Trust Fund is running out of money is worrying a lot of states, but not Alaska. In a letter to transportation departments all over the country earlier this month, the federal Department of Transportation announced that if Congress did not take immediate action, the trust fund would be depleted in a matter of weeks, forcing federal highway officials to institute cash management procedures in August.
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Local business benefits from employing refugees
Businesses in Anchorage have a tough time finding entry level employees. For some employers, the solution is hiring refugees -- individuals who fled violence or persecution in their home countries and are trying to enter into life in the United States. Catholic Social Services uses money from the Office of Refugee Resettlement to help run programs that connect refugees with employers.
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Nonprofit Touts Alaska Dental Therapists As Oral Health Pioneers
Dental health aide therapists have been providing mid-level dental care in the Norton Sound region for about a decade. Now a report from the Pew Charitable Trusts highlights Norton Sound Health Corporation’s dental therapist program as one of the leading efforts in the nation for increasing access to dental care.
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The Silver Screen Comes Back To Bethel
The new movie theater in Bethel lit up its screens last week on Independence Day. It was the grand opening for Suurvik Cinema, the only theater for hundreds of miles in a vast stretch of Alaska.
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Alaska Dispatch News debuts Tuesday
The Anchorage Daily News is slated to become the Alaska Dispatch News tomorrow (Tuesday), according to a story published over the weekend on the organization's website.
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Alaska News Nightly: July 7, 2014
Bears Maul Hiker Near Bird Ridge; First Marijuana Shops Open In Washington; Juneau Police Arrest Suspect in Gold Street Racial Incident; May Also be Suspect in Celebration Case; Alaska Highway Projects Likely Safe Despite Federal Shortfalls; Refugees Finding Employment Opportunities In Anchorage; Nonprofit Touts Alaska Dental Therapists As Oral Health Pioneers; The Silver Screen Comes Back To Bethel; Alaska Dispatch News Debuts Tuesday
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A Fresh Take on Community Gardening
Today we’re exploring a new kind of community gardening.
GeorgeAnne Sprinkle works for the Alaska Community Action on Toxics, and recently started a community garden project called “Yarducopia."
Alaska News Nightly: July 4, 2014
Holly Brooks Reclaims Mt. Marathon Title; Historic Quake Disrupts Life, Habitat In Aleutians; White House Makes Economic Case For Expanding Medicaid In Alaska; Atka Camp Serves Up Subsistence Lessons; Smithsonian Channel Program Attempts To Encapsulate 49th State; Charter Vessel With Exotic Dancing Gets Mixed Reception; AK: Farming; 300 Villages: Tanana
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Holly Brooks Reclaims Mt. Marathon Title
Tens of thousands of spectators were on hand in Seward for the start of the 2014 Mount Marathon race Friday.
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Historic Quake Disrupts Life, Habitat In Aleutians
At a magnitude 7.9, last week’s deep-sea earthquake was the most powerful to hit the Western Aleutians in 50 years. The quake didn’t cause any structural damage — but it was a reminder that life in the islands can change in an instant.
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White House Makes Economic Case For Expanding Medicaid In Alaska
The White House has issued a report laying out the costs of not expanding Medicaid. Alaska is one of 24 states that rejected federal dollars to increase access to Medicaid, preferring instead to study how those who would have qualified are currently receiving care.
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Atka Camp Serves Up Subsistence Lessons
A pop-up subsistence school has opened in a remote corner of the Aleutians. Atka’s second-annual culture camp is meant to keep Unangan traditions going strong.
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Smithsonian Channel Program Attempts To Encapsulate 49th State
A program airing this Sunday on the Smithsonian Channel tries to capture the majesty of the 49th state. Toby Beach is the producer and director of Aerial America. The show features all 50 states, but only Alaska was given a two hour treatment rather than one. Beach says the program cuts through the distorted view of Alaska that people may get from the flood of so-called reality TV shows about the state.
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Charter Vessel With Exotic Dancing Gets Mixed Reception
A lot of fishing boats were removed from the Bering Sea crab grounds after rationalization prompted a huge surge in quota stacking and consolidation of the fleet. Some crab boats sit unused in harbors around the state, others are being used as tenders in other fisheries, but in Kodiak, one has been turned into a strip club.
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AK: Farming
The dream of homesteading and living off the land is part of the Alaskan mystique. Few succeed. The couple who owns Chugach Farm, have made it work on only one acre in the middle of the woods in Chickaloon.
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300 Villages: Tanana
This week, we’re visiting the interior village of Tanana. Donna May Folger is mayor of Tanana.
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Primary Election: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Dan Sullivan
It will soon be decision time for Alaska voters on which Republican should face incumbent U-S Senator Mark Begich in November. Each candidate has an hour-long live opportunity to answer phone calls from public radio listeners statewide. Mead Treadwell has done it. And now it’s Dan Sullivan’s turn.
APRN: Tuesday, 7/8 at 10:00am
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