Online Program Hopes To Revive Eyak Language
The Eyak Language is being revived through an online learning program that was launched this week. The program is the first of its kind for the language since the death of the last Native-born Eyak speaker five years ago.
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Alaska News Nightly: June 26, 2014
Flooding Closes Portion of Denali Park Road; Senate Bill Includes $6 Million For New Icebreaker; How will Sealaska Solve its Money Problems?; Housing Tops Juneau’s Economic Concerns; Nenana Bridge Will Provide Access To Agricultural Land; Eaglet Rescued in the Aleutians, Recuperating in Anchorage; Behind the Scenes of Alaska's Film Industry; Online Program Hopes To Revive Eyak Language
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Working for the Gov.
In January of 1966, I returned to Anchorage after a semester of graduate school at Oklahoma State University.
According to OSU’s catalog, their department of Clothing, Textiles and Merchandising had courses in design, but when I arrived design had been eliminated.
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City of Bethel Investigation Reveals Improper Contracts and Perks
The Bethel City Council has released a redacted version of its investigation into city contracts, nepotism, and personnel issues. The investigation led to the firing of Bethel’s city manager in May and reveals improperly awarded contracts, special agreements, and violations of the city’s previous nepotism rule. It chronicles mismanagement by former city manager, Lee Foley.
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NOAA Considers State’s Petition To Delist Humpback
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will look into whether to take the Central North Pacific humpback whale off the Endangered Species list.
The State of Alaska submitted a petition to remove the whale from the list at the end of February. NOAA announced today it has enough information to warrant further research. This is the second petition NOAA has received to take endangered protections away from the humpback whale.
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Pavlof Volcano Downgraded To Lowest Alert Level
Pavlof Volcano’s latest eruption appears to be subsiding. The Alaska Volcano Observatory has downgraded Pavlof to the lowest alert level.
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Questions Remain Despite Successful Missile Defense Test
A physicist with the Union of Concerned Scientists is calling the Ground Based Midcourse Missile Defense System, less than proven, despite Sunday’s successful test over the Pacific Ocean.
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STD infections rise in Alaska
The state's Department of Health is reporting an increase in sexually transmitted diseases in Alaska. In 2013, Gonorrhea and syphilis infections were up more than 50 percent from 2012. Alaska was ranked first in the nation for Chlamydia infections in 2013. And in just the first five months of this year, 23 new cases of HIV have been diagnosed and reported. That's one less than last year's total.
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State Scores Well On Long-Term Care Report Card
Alaska ranked 5th in the nation in a recent state scorecard on long-term services for older adults, the disabled, and family caregivers. However, local experts say gaps in the system can cause big problems.
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Salmon Signs Appear And Disappear In Bethel
Brightly colored wooden fish signs have been posted along Bethel roads this summer. The signs, with conservation messages, come in a year of king salmon closures never seen before on the Kuskokwim River. But just as quickly as the signs went up, they’ve been disappearing.
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Alaska News Nightly: June 25, 2014
City of Bethel Investigation Reveals Improper Contracts and Perks; NOAA Considers State’s Petition To Delist Humpback; Pavlof Volcano Downgraded To Lowest Alert Level; Questions Remain Despite Successful Missile Defense Test; National Parks Prohibiting UAVs; Alaska’s STD Rates Increase; State Scores Well On Long-Term Care Report Card; Salmon Signs Appear And Disappear In Bethel
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Clean-Up Continues for Norton Sound Hospital Fuel Spill
Clean-up efforts continue beneath Norton Sound Regional Hospital after a spill of hundreds of gallons of heating fuel.
Community Leaders Flying to Kotzebue for Meeting on Ambler Road
Starting Wednesday, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority—or AIDEA—is holding two days of meetings in Kotzebue about a proposed 200-mile road through the interior to the Ambler Mining District.
Hatchery Chum Salmon Forecast Close To 2013 Levels
The first returns of hatchery chum salmon are showing up in fishing nets in Southeast Alaska this month. Summer chums play an important part in the early season for net fishing fleets and the troll fleet as well. Hatchery officials are forecasting runs close to last year’s.
Hatchery in Kake closing June 30th
A hatchery in the Southeast community of Kake is closing its doors this month and has released its final chum, pink and coho salmon. There’s still some hope that a larger regional hatchery organization can figure out a way to restart the salmon enhancement program there.
Anchorage Assembly approves new fire station, delays other decisions and discussions
The Anchorage Assembly approved the purchase of land to relocate Fire Station #3 at last night’s meeting. But they postponed most of the other major decisions and discussions, including the public hearing on the city's labor laws.
Alaska News Nightly: June 24, 2014
Shipping Safety Advocate Criticizes Arctic Preparedness Plans; New Placer Mining Permits Proposed; Groups Ask Seek Endangered Species Protection For Yellow Cedar Trees; Lobbying Efforts Galvanize Unalaska Hospital Project; Should E-Cigarette Vapors Be Treated Like Tobacco Smoke?; In First Drift Opening Near Bethel, Managers Balance Chinook Conservation With Opportunity; Anchorage Celebrates World Refugee Day
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Shipping Safety Advocate Criticizes Arctic Preparedness Plans
As the summer arctic shipping season gets underway, a member of a group that formed after the Selendang Ayu ran aground a decade ago, is calling for more rescue tugs, monitoring and risk management measures in the Bering Strait and Unimak Pass.
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New Placer Mining Permits Proposed
Interior miners aren’t happy with changes proposed to federal permits for small scale placer operations that impact water resources, including wetlands. Dozens attended an Army Corps of Engineers public meeting in Fairbanks last week on the proposals.
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Groups Ask Seek Endangered Species Protection For Yellow Cedar Trees
Conservation groups are asking for endangered species protection for yellow cedar trees in Alaska. The trees have been dying off in portions of Southeast over the past century. Scientists say it’s likely due to a warming climate and lack of snow cover for vulnerable roots.
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