Rep. Young Pushing Land Bill for Port Clarence Site
Congressman Don Young is introducing a bill in Washington, D.C. to speed up development in an area of the Seward Peninsula that many are eyeing as one piece of a future Arctic Port.
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Congress Passes Water Bill with Alaska Amendments
Congress has passed a $12 billion water resources bill that may help Alaska gain a deepwater Arctic port, although it doesn't actually fund one.
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Alaska News Nightly: May 22, 2014
Shifting Power In Alaska’s Legislature; Senate Panel Approves Labeling for GM Salmon; Funny River Fire Consumes Nearly 50k Acres; Tyonek Fire Grows To 1,800 Acres; Wildfire Smoke Cloaks Anchorage; Rep. Young Pushing Land Bill for Port Clarence Site; Congress Passes Water Bill with Alaska Amendments; Money, Drugs Missing From Barrow Police Station Evidence Locker; UAF Expecting Over $12 Million Budget Deficit; New President At Premera Alaska Will Be Based In Seattle; Bethel Elders Home Certified
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Money, Drugs Missing From Barrow Police Station Evidence Locker
Money and drugs went missing from the evidence room at the police station in Barrow last year—and now the North Slope Borough is launching an investigation into what happened.
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UAF Expecting Over $12 Million Budget Deficit
A University of Alaska Fairbanks committee is recommending cuts to close an expected 12 to 14 million dollar FY 15 budget deficit. The Planning and Budget Committee was charged with developing options to address rising costs and decreased state funding.
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Bethel Elders Home Certified
The Y-K Delta’s first skilled nursing facility is open and just received the federal certification necessary for payment from for Medicare and Medicaid. The certification comes just as Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation, which runs the Elders Home, faces an $11.7 million budget shortfall.
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Anchorage Air Quality Impacted By Regional Wildfires
Smoke from regional wildfires is causing concerns for air quality conditions in Anchorage. The municipality's Department of Health and Human Services said the air is unhealthy for all people and advises everyone to stay indoors.
New President At Premera Alaska Will Be Based In Seattle
Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska has a new president. Jim Grazko is replacing Jeff Davis, who held the job for 17 years and is retiring at the end of June. Premera Alaska is the largest health insurer in the state, serving more than 100,000 customers.
Investigators Find No Cover-up at Alaska National Guard
An Army Inspector General found no fault with how the Alaska National Guard handled reports of sexual assault and harassment. At least, that’s how the Inspector General’s office for the Defense Department explained it in a letter to Sen. Lisa Murkowski. She says she won't comment until she gets a chance to see the IG report for herself.
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Funny River Fire Takes 20,000 Acres, More Firefighters On The Way
Now in its third day, the wildfire burning on the Kenai Peninsula has consumed 20,000 acres.
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Tyonek Fire Grows To 1,500 Acres
A fire near the village of Tyonek has grown to approximately 1,500 acres.
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Anchorage Scientist Studies Ancient Cancer For Clues To Modern Disease
Cancer is often described as a modern disease. But the skeletal remains of our ancient ancestors are marked by the ravages of cancer. And an Anchorage scientist- who's a cancer survivor, thinks those prehistoric bones could hold clues to understanding how the disease works today.
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Kuskokwim Working Group Grapples With Fishwheels, Threatened Weirs, And Confusion
On the day that the summer’s king salmon restrictions began, the Kuskokwim River Salmon Management Working Group met to hash out the details of this summer fishing plans. Managing a precarious king salmon run along 700 miles of river will be anything but simple.
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Cannabis Entrepreneurs Preparing For Potential Legalization
Alaska’s marijuana ballot initiative has some Fairbanks entrepreneurs organizing in hopes of being able to grow and sell the drug. Proposition 2 would have the state regulate marijuana like alcohol.
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British Kayakers Take On Aleutian Chain
For the past three years, a British woman has been trying to travel around the globe using only her own strength. Sarah Outen has biked through China and rowed the Pacific Ocean.
Now, she’s in the Aleutian Islands, tackling some of the world’s wildest seas in a kayak — and learning plenty along the way.
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Alaska News Nightly: May 21, 2014
Investigators Find No Cover-up at Alaska National Guard; Funny River Fire Takes 20,000 Acres, More Firefighters On The Way; Tyonek Fire Grows To 1,500 Acres; Anchorage Scientist Studies Ancient Cancer For Clues To Modern Disease; Kuskokwim Working Group Grapples With Fishwheels, Threatened Weirs, And Confusion; Cannabis Entrepreneurs Preparing For Potential Legalization; Assembly Passes Special Zoning For Eklutna Village; British Kayakers Take On Aleutian Chain
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Legislators Honor Mat Su Fish Experts
Alaska's salmon resource often tangles in the nets of politics, but Tuesday night, members of the Matanuska Susitna Borough's legislative delegation were all smiles as they acknowledged the Borough's Fish Commission.
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Borough Assembly Upholds School Funding Veto
A mayoral veto of a school district appropriation prompted dozens of people to plead with the Matanuska Susitna Assembly for an override at Tuesday night's meeting, the votes just were not there.
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Innovation Lab at Loussac Public Library
Innovation is a word quickly gaining in popularity.
You’ve probably heard the word. Or see the word in Forbes or Entrepreneur magazine. The company you work for may have innovation in their mission statement.
Read more. Assembly passes special zoning for Eklutna village
The village of Eklutna is now protected as a special area within the city of Anchorage. The Anchorage Assembly unanimously voted on Tuesday to create an overlay district to protect the 800 acres that are considered the to be the oldest continually inhabited Athabascan site in the region.
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