Shell Weighs Options For 2014 Arctic Drilling
Shell Oil is still weighing its options for drilling in the Arctic next year. The program would be scaled down compared to the company’s last trip north in 2012.
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Miller Allowed To Use Campaign Funds To Appeal $84,000 Judgment
The Federal Election Commission ruled today that U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller can use campaign funds to appeal an $84,000 judgment arising from a campaign related lawsuit. The FEC, though, stopped short of saying a candidate can use campaign money to pay a penalty arising from his own bad conduct in a court case. That distinction probably won’t matter to Miller.
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Panel Proposes Salary Increases For Gov, Lt. Gov
The governor, lieutenant governor and commissioners would receive pay raises under a proposal by the State Officers Compensation Commission.
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FCC Approves GCI’s Purchase Of Television Stations
The Federal Communications Commission has approved GCI’s purchase of an Anchorage and two Southeast television stations. But the company says viewers will not notice much change once Denali Media is on the air.
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For Homeless Teens, It’s About More Than Right And Wrong
Homeless teenagers have been in the news a lot lately. Not as individuals, but as a faceless group responsible for crime and vandalism in downtown Anchorage. Anchorage Daily News Columnist Julia O’Malley wrote last summer about two downtown bike police who questioned whether non-profits that serve teenagers aren’t making the problem worse. Earlier this month, she visited one of those non profits to get their side of the story.
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More Legislative Workers Allowed Facebook Access
For years, Facebook access has been a vexing issue for the Legislature. Lawmakers have even joked that it's second only to oil taxes in the amount of controversy it stirs up. On Wednesday, the committee that sets office rules for the Capitol finally approved a policy for staff use of the social networking site.
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Petersburg Remains Among Nation’s Top Fishing Ports
Commercial fishing boats landed 52 million pounds of seafood worth 50 million dollars in Petersburg last year. Those landings rank the volume of Petersburg’s catch at 24th among fishing ports in the nation for 2012. By value of catch, Petersburg ranked 20th.
Residents Concerned About How Susitna-Watana Dam May Affect Lifestyle, Habitat
As Alaska’s natural gas prices continue to rise, the Alaska Energy Authority is working on a large-scale project aimed at steadying Railbelt energy costs and moving away from a reliance on fossil fuels. But critics say the potential environmental impacts of the proposed Susitna-Watana Dam could cost the lifestyles and livelihoods of Alaskans who rely on the river.
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Marian Call: Good Morning Moon
The production of Marian Call's Good Morning Moon music video spanned the world and then left it behind completely.
The space footage came from NASA archives and the time-lapse photography of Earth came from the International Space Station.
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UPDATE: International Delta Flight Diverts To Cold Bay
A Delta flight traveling from Tokyo to San Francisco made an emergency stop in the remote community of Cold Bay on Wednesday.
ASD Graduates More Students, Barlett High Leads Way
The Anchorage School District has long been struggling to get more students to graduate from high school, with only slight improvement. Last year, the rate of students graduating jumped three and half percentage points overall for ASD. Bartlett High School is leading the way.
FCC Approves GCI’s Purchase Of 3 TV Stations
The Federal Communications Commission has approved GCI's purchase of Anchorage television station KTVA.
Alaska National Guard Responds to Allegations of Sexual Assault
The Alaska Alaska National Guard is responding to allegations of sexual assault within its ranks. Brigadier General Mike Bridges, the Commander of the Alaska National Guard says there have been nearly more than two dozen alleged cases of sexual assault since 2009.
Begich Pushes For Extension For Health Care Sign Up Period
U.S. Senator Mark Begich says he still supports the Affordable Care Act but he recently joined nine other Senate Democrats in asking the Obama administration to extend the sign-up period.
K-Beach Flooding Declared A Disaster
Residents near K-Beach Road in Kenai might finally have some relief as they continue to battle surface and groundwater flooding. Borough Mayor Mike Navarre issued a local disaster emergency declaration Tuesday.
Unseasonably Warm, Dry Weather Rekindles Delta Junction-Area Fire
Unseasonable weather has re-ignited a wildfire near Delta Junction. BLM Alaska Fire Service manager Kent Slaughter says the Mississippi Fire re-kindled Monday due to 60 degree temperatures and warm dry Chinook winds.
Longtime Pen Pals Meet in Eek
After eight years of exchanging letters from their homes in rural Alaska and Vermont, two pen pals met each other face to face this month in Eek.
Alaska Robotics Hopes To Satirize 2014 Legislative Season
Filmmaker and illustrator Pat Race wants to create a satirical news series documenting the 2014 Alaska Legislature, and he hopes crowdsourcing will make it happen.
UPDATE: Former Petersburg School Maintenance Director Charged For Child Porn
The former maintenance director of the Petersburg School District appeared in a Juneau courtroom Wednesday after being charged with distribution and possession of child pornography.
Sitka’s New Bear Cub Settles In
The orphaned black bear cub who recently became famous in the virtual world is settling into her new home in the real world. Over 300,000 people viewed Smokey’s story on Facebook when she was captured two weeks ago in Seward. Now, Sitka’s bear habitat, the Fortress of the Bear, is writing her next chapter.
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