Desperate Renters Face Bugs, Damage
The Big Timber Motel in Anchorage has been in the news recently because of health and safety concerns – everything from fire code violations to an infestation of bedbugs, but it's not the only low income housing in Anchorage with problems. And city officials say it's difficult to address the issue.
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Alaskans Unhappy With Postal Service Changes
An increase in complaints from Alaskans about the U.S. Postal Service prompted Sen. Mark Begich to write the Postmaster General this week, demanding answers.
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Begich Reports Bringing In About $850K In 4Q
U.S. Senator Mark Begich reported bringing in nearly $850,000 toward his re-election effort during the final quarter of 2013.
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Prosecutors Dismiss Case Against Former Dillingham High School Assistant Wrestling Coach
State prosecutors today dismissed the case against a former Dillingham High School assistant wrestling coach who had been accused of having sexual contact with a 15-year-old female student.
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300 Villages: Lake Minchumina
This week we’re heading to the tiny community of Lake Minchumina in Interior Alaska. Charles Draper maintains the local runway and he volunteers at the village’s library.
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AK: Magic
For more than 20 years, people all over the world have been playing the strategic fantasy card game Magic: the Gathering. But the game has only recently found its way to Unalaska, where the island’s teenage boys have been going through a serious Magic phase for the past few months.
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Alaska News Nightly: January 31, 2014
Alaska Paratrooper Collapses, Dies After Jump; Desperate Renters Face Bugs, Damage; Alaskans Unhappy With Postal Service Changes; Begich Reports Bringing In About $850K In 4Q; Bill Rejecting Governor, Commissioner Pay Raises Likely To Get Senate Vote; With New Gasline Terms, TransCanada Role Evolves; Prosecutors Dismiss Case Against Former Dillingham High School Assistant Wrestling Coach; AK: Magic; 300 Villages: Lake Minchumina
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With New Gasline Terms, TransCanada Role Evolves
Under AGIA, TransCanada was licensed to basically advance a project on Alaska’s behalf. The Parnell administration is now pursuing what they’re describing as a more traditional commercial agreement, where the state and the North Slope producers are partners in a project with roughly similar ownership shares.
Art Enters the Dialogue about Marine Conservation
An exhibition of art made from trash that washed up on beaches is about to open, offering a creative perspective on a growing environmental problem. It’s part of a thrust by the Anchorage Museum to refresh the dialogue about the Arctic. And it opens in the nation’s only Arctic state.
APRN: Tuesday, 2/4 at 10:00am
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Alaska Edition January 31, 2014
The Sullivan Administration labor law revision will be on the November ballot. The Richardson Highway avalanche continues to block road access to Valdez. HAARP may be history. Shell cancels its 2014 arctic drilling program. The Big Timber Motel in Anchorage may close. Gov. Parnell's gas-line proposal draws support and criticism. The emergency room is primary care for at least 6,500 Medicaid patients. Fairbanks expects to lay off up to 70 teachers during cuts to education funding.
KSKA: Friday, 1/31 at 2PM & Saturday, 2/1 at 6PM.
KAKM: Friday 1/31 at 7:30PM & Saturday. 2/1 at 4:30PM
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Shell Calls Off This Year’s Exploratory Drilling Plans For Alaska
Shell announced on Thursday that it has called off its plan to do exploratory oil and gas drilling in Arctic waters off Alaska this year – and what it will do in future years is not clear.
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Unalaska Copes With Shell’s Decision Not To Drill
At least one Alaska community was banking on Shell’s presence – and business – this summer.
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Murkowski Pushes To Lift Crude Oil Exports Ban
A campaign by Senator Lisa Murkowski to lift the decades-old ban on crude oil exports got its first hearing in Washington today. It’s been 25 years since Congress has formally considered the ban it adopted during the Arab oil embargo, but the recent energy boom in the Lower 48 is triggering new debates.
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DOT Works To Dig Out Richardson Highway
State Department of Transportation crews will be working for days to get the Richardson highway completely opened.
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UAS Training Takes To Skies Above JBER
Soldiers from the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion conducted an Unmanned Aircraft System – or UAS – training flight on Thursday morning in the skies over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage.
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Department of Defense Prepares For More Arctic Activity
Shell may be abandoning their plans for drilling in Alaska’s Arctic waters in 2014, but vessel traffic, tourism and other activity will continue to advance. As part of our ongoing look at future plans for port development and military oversight of Arctic safety and security, APRN’s Lori Townsend recently spoke with Daniel Chiu the undersecretary for strategy at the Department of Defense. Chiu says the Pentagon expects large increases in defense activity is likely decades out, but he says DOD is closely following climate science to ensure they have the lead time to adjust if necessary.
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Democrats Introduce Medicaid Expansion Legislation
Democratic state lawmakers are introducing legislation in the House and Senate to expand Medicaid in Alaska. Governor Sean Parnell rejected the expansion, which is part of the Affordable Care Act, in November.
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Taku River Tlingit Sue To Stop Tulsequah Mine
The Taku River Tlingit First Nation has filed suit in the Supreme Court of British Columbia to stop the Tulsequah Chief Mine. The old mine is at the headwaters of Southeast Alaska’s most prolific salmon stream.
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Shishaldin Volcano’s Alert Status Upgraded After Unusual Activity
The Alaska Volcano Observatory upgraded the alert level at Shishaldin Volcano in the Aleutian Islands on Thursday after observing some unrest at the summit.
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Alaska News Nightly: January 30, 2014
Shell Calls Off This Year’s Exploratory Drilling Plans For Alaska; Unalaska Copes With Shell’s Decision Not To Drill; Murkowski Pushes To Lift Crude Oil Exports Ban; DOT Works To Dig Out Richardson Highway; UAS Training Takes To Skies Above JBER; Department of Defense Prepares For More Arctic Activity; State Dems Introduce Legislation To Expand Medicare In Alaska; Taku River Tlingit Sue To Stop Tulsequah Mine
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