Appeals Court Reinstates Overfishing Charges Against Kookesh, Two Others
The Alaska Court of Appeals has reinstated over-fishing charges against former State Senator Albert Kookesh and two other men. In 2009, Kookesh and three others were fishing for sockeye salmon at Kanalku Bay near his hometown of Angoon. A state wildlife trooper observed them catching more salmon than allowed under their subsistence permits.
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Human Skeletal Remains Exhumed From Cable House
Human skeletal remains discovered in KCAW’s basement in 2011 were removed from the Cable House on Friday. The bones were identified as Alaskan Native and are now in the custody of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska.
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Chena River Getting Cleaner
The Chena River is getting cleaner. The waterway that winds through the heart of Fairbanks had been plagued by oil and sedimentation from runoff, but local efforts have turned things around.
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AK: Hair
Hair is important, especially in high school, but that didn’t stop a few dozen students at Bethel’s Kuskokwim Learning Academy boarding school from shaving off their hair in support of a teacher undergoing chemotherapy. It was also a chance for some students to remember family who died from the disease.
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300 Villages: Port Heiden
This week, we're heading to Port Heiden, a community of about 100 people on the Alaska Peninsula. Scott Anderson is mayor of Port Heiden.
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City Parks Plan Could Rebuild Mulcahy Stadium
An 18 million dollar project is on the drawing board for a midtown Anchorage ballfield. The city's Mulcahy Stadium, long the home field for the city's college baseball teams, could be moved to make way for a parking lot, if a city Parks and Recreation plan gets approval.
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The Big News Stories of 2013
One year ago Shell Oil’s drilling rig had not gone aground and changing the state’s oil tax regime was just the Governor’s dream. Nobody expected Congress to be so gridlocked that budget sequestration would kick in, and the prospects for the Affordable Care act were not good. A lot has changed.
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Arctic Sea Ice Volume Up 50%
In October 2013, the European Space Agency satellite CryoSat measured 9,000 cubic kilometres of sea ice on the Arctic Ocean, said an ESA news release Monday. At the same time of year in 2012, it measured just 6,000 cubic kilometres — a record low.
Appeals Court Reinstates Charges In Fishing Case
The state appeals court on Friday reinstated charges of excessive fishing against a former state senator and two others.
Woman Seeks To Have Arrest Scrubbed From Records
A woman is suing the Municipality of Anchorage, claiming she was falsely arrested for drunken driving after she refused to give her phone number to a police officer.
State Issues Air Quality Advisory For Fairbanks
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports cold air and temperature inversions are behind the poor air quality.
ATM Stolen From Palmer Restaurant
The Anchorage Daily News reports the machine was taken from RW's Hamburger House Saturday morning.
Sitka Hospital CEO Announces Retirement
Sitka Community Hospital’s Chief Executive Officer, Hugh Hallgren, will retire in June after more than four years of service in Sitka. The hospital’s Board of Directors announced Hallgren’s retirement on Monday.
State Announces Pacific Cod Harvest Level for 2014
There will be about 17.86 million pounds of cod available for harvest, both in the Aleutian Islands state-waters fishery and in the new Dutch Harbor subdistrict.
Alaska Flu Cases Skyrocket In December
There's been a sharp increase in the number of flu cases reported to the state. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports there were 177 influenza infections in Alaska between Dec. 1-21.
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Army Corps Of Engineers Discuss Deep Water Port Options
The Alaska Army Corp of Engineers met with Army corp leaders in Washington D.C. on Monday, to discuss where the Corp will construct a deep draft port in Western Alaska. Three sites on the Seward Peninsula are potential locations for a new deep water port.
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Study Shows Military’s Impact On Alaska
A new study from the state shows how dependent Alaska is on the military. The state estimates the military will spend $486 million next year on Alaska projects.
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Fairbanks Residents Wake Thursday To Minus 41
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the low temperature Thursday morning at the airport was minus 41 degrees, three degrees colder than Christmas morning.
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Gambell Carvers Get Ivory To Work With
On St Lawrence Island, the tribal government of Gambell gave one walrus tusk to each household in the community of just under 800. The distribution is meant to provide ivory carvers with a bit of raw material to work with, in order to bring in a little extra cash amid the ongoing economic disaster from last spring’s poor walrus harvest on St. Lawrence Island.
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How Do The Lower 48s Same-Sex Marriage Rulings Affect Alaska?
Leaders in the state of Utah announced today they will challenge an appeals court ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case involves a Utah state constitutional amendment that outlawed same sex marriage. A federal judge threw out the amendment saying it violated the U.S. constitution’s equal protection and due process clauses. The decision does not have a direct impact on Alaska’s amendment banning same sex marriage, but ACLU Alaska executive Director Joshua Decker says a Nevada case currently in the 9th circuit court of appeals will.
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