Breaking New Ground With Mendenhall Valley Library
The city of Juneau held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Mendenhall Valley Library at Dimond Park last week. This means the Juneau Public Libraries branch now located inside a mall will soon be its own stand-alone building. About 50 people attended the event, including many who had a role in making the project happen.
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Alaska News Nightly: June 30, 2014
Proposed Army Cutbacks Could Impact Alaska Bases; Donlin Gold and the Kuskokwim Corporation Sign Long-Term Land-Use Deal; ANTHC Wins $153 Million Settlement; Spring Creek Prison Death Ruled Homicide; Human Remains Discovered On Adak; High Court Throws Out Petition Case; With HIV Cases On The Rise, Alaskans Consider New Tool For Prevention; Large Dredge Unlikely In Grantley Harbor This Season; Public Comment Begins For Sea Lion Protections; Legislation Opens Doors For Medevac Providers; Breaking New Ground With Mendenhall Valley Library
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Fishing for Parking Lot Shrimp
Today we’re cooking shrimp. And not just any shrimp. This shrimp comes from the back of a pickup truck. Seward resident Barbra Donachy explains.
“We were driving around Kenai and saw this old beat-up truck with a hand-painted plywood sign."
I Am The Town Obituary Writer
Heather Lende is a writer. She's been a columnist for publications in Alaska and nationwide, published books about life in rural Haines, Alaska, and her third book, Find the Good, will be published Spring 2015
However, the job Lende is most passionate about is as obituary writer for her local paper, the Chilkat Valley News.
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No Fukushima Radiation Found in Alaska Seafood
Alaska health officials say Alaska seafood has no radiation contamination from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, which was damaged by a tsunami in 2011.
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Future of Tradition and Development Weighed at Ambler Road Meeting
How will small Native communities in rural Alaska balance traditional life with the pressures of modernization? That was the question community leaders focused on during the second day of discussions on the proposed road to the Ambler Mining District.
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U.S. House Passes Bill To Open NPR-A
For the second time in six months, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill aimed at greater oil industry access to the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
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U.S. Senate Republican Candidates Debate Addresses Resource Development, Government Overreach
All three candidates vying for the Republican nomination in August's senatorial primary election squared off over a variety of issues in Anchorage on Thursday.
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Frostbite Among Chief Dangers For Denali Climbers
It’s been a tough year for climbers attempting to summit Denali. Only 1 in 3 have made the summit. The weather also means higher risk for injuries, especially frostbite.
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Y-K Delta Residents Struggle To Put Up Fish
Fish camp is an annual tradition going back thousands of years for Yup’ik people living along the Kuskokwim River. But fishing restrictions this year, have hit many families hard.
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Smokejumpers Deploy to Southwest Alaska
Fire Danger is up in Southwest Alaska. Mike Roos, a Fire Management Officer with the Alaska Division of Forestry says fuels, especially tundra grasses, are drying out.
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AK: Dance
Although the ancient form of dance called English Morris was born so long ago its origins are murky, it remains alive and well, even in frozen Alaska. Rant and Raven, Anchorage’s Morris dance group, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, with a tour on the Alaska Marine Highway.
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300 Villages: Eagle
This week we’re heading to Eagle, a small community on the Yukon River. Jason Hamilton lives in Eagle, Alaska.
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Alaska News Nightly: June 27, 2014
No Fukushima Radiation Found in Alaska Seafood; Cross-Regional Dialogue On Ambler Road As Parties Converge In Kotzebue; U.S. House Passes Bill To Open NPR-A; U.S. Senate Republican Candidates Debate Addresses Resource Development, Government Overreach; Frostbite Among Chief Dangers For Denali Climbers; Y-K Delta Residents Struggle To Put Up Fish; Smokejumpers Deploy in Southwest Alaska; AK: Dance; 300 Villages: Eagle
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Wetlands Plan Update Causes Concern
Some community members are concerned about proposed changes to the Anchorage Municipal Wetlands Management Plan. They say it weakens protections for vital areas. The plan's update has been in the works for nearly four years.
Primary Election: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Mead Treadwell
It will soon be decision time for Alaska voters on which Republican should face incumbent U.S. Senator Mark Begich in November. Will it be Joe Miller, Dan Sullivan, or Mead Treadwell? Each candidate will have an hour-long live opportunity to answer phone calls from public radio listeners statewide. Mead Treadwell will go first, on the next Talk of Alaska.
APRN: Tuesday, 7/1 at 10:00am
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Alaska Edition: Earthquakes
Even by Alaska standards, there has been a lot of seismic activity recently. Alaska is located in the Ring of Fire, so it’s not unusual for there to be frequent earthquakes and volcanoes kicking up occasionally, but starting in April, there has been some unusual seismic activity in the Brooks Range. An area near Noatak has, since April, seen a spike in earthquakes after a 30-year quiet period.
KSKA: Friday, June 27 at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, June 28 at 6:00 p.m.
KAKM: Friday, June 27 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, June 28 at 4:30 p.m.
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Flooding Closes Portion of Denali Park Road
The National Park Service has closed the Denali Park Road past Eielson Visitors Center at Mile 66 due to flooding and significant rockfall.
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Senate Bill Includes $6 Million For New Icebreaker
A bill moving through the U.S. Senate has $6 million for a new Coast Guard icebreaker. That would make three years in a row of small appropriations for the ship, projected to cost nearly a billion dollars. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is on a mission to get Congress and the Administration to make Arctic issues a bigger priority.
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How will Sealaska Solve its Money Problems?
Sealaska holds its annual shareholders’ meeting Saturday near Seattle. A new CEO will take over, as will a new board chairman or woman. And, at least one new board member will be seated.
All will face the challenges of a new economic reality. The Juneau-based regional Native corporation has been losing money and plans for recovery are uncertain.
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