Village Consortium Discusses Regional Impacts Of Development
A consortium of 10 Arctic, coastal village corporations recently formed the Bering Sea Alliance and invited Shell, ConocoPhillips and Statoil to a meeting in the community of Wales. The Seward Peninsula village is northwest of Nome.
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Steller Sea Lion Pup Arrives
The Alaska SeaLife Center is celebrating the birth of the Steller sea lion pup they’ve been anxiously awaiting. The female pup was born at 5:35am on June 20th, with no complications. Both pup and mother are healthy.
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Unprecedented Restrictions Change Lower Yukon Fishing Culture
An unprecedented set of new policies from Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game are changing the way Yukon commercial and subsistence fisherman have been fishing their entire lives. Some residents are using Kenai River style dip nets for the first time and catching lots of fish.
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300 Villages: Teller
This week, we'll go to Teller, a village on the Bering Sea, northwest of Nome. Dolly Kugzruk lives in Teller.
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AK: A Remote Cruise
It’s not often that cruise ships call in the far western Aleutian port of Adak, but earlier this month, one did just that. The 295-foot Caledonian Sky wound up in Adak after bad weather forced it to bypass its original destination.
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Life Lessons From An Anchorage Karate Teacher
Sensei Tanaka has been teaching Karate in Anchorage for forty-five years. He came to the state when Alaska Pacific University (formerly Alaska Methodist University) asked him to teach Karate for a year. He ended up deciding to stay. In this video profile, Tanaka talks about how students improve their character through good manners, respect and self discipline. This is no ordinary Dojo.
Midsummer Celebrations in Alaska
The peak of summer is a time of celebration in Alaska. In Fairbanks, baseball is played under the midnight sun; in Seward, Mount Marathon awaits; in Barrow it will be Eskimo Games; and there are Independence Day parades all over the state. Mid-summer celebrations are the subject, on the next Talk of Alaska.
KSKA: Tuesday, July 2 at 10:00am
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Sitka Ammonia Leak Victim Was Longtime Fisherman
A man injured during an ammonia leak aboard a fishing vessel in Sitka has died. Charles “Chuck” Baker, of Auburn, Wash., was aboard the Eigil B. The tender vessel was tied up at Sitka Sound Seafoods at the time of the incident, around 11:15 a.m. Monday.
Announcing the Great Alaskan Short Film Contest
The Anchorage International Film Festival announces the Great Alaskan Short Film Contest. This is a new contest meant to encourage filmmaking in Alaska by Alaskans.
Films must be between 15 and 25 minutes in length and not have screened anywhere previously. Winners will be awarded cash prizes.
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Family of Man Shot by Officer Holds Vigil, Calls for Change
Friends and family members of the man who was shot and killed by an Anchorage Police Officer Monday held a vigil for him Thursday evening. The name of the officer who killed the man was released the same day.
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State Keeps Medicaid Expansion Study Secret
The state is keeping a tight lid on a study it commissioned last year on expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The expansion would provide health care coverage to about 40 thousand low income Alaskans. The federal government would pay most of the bill. Governor Sean Parnell has decided not to expand Medicaid, for now. The study it won't release is meant to inform the Governor on whether to reconsider that position.
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Wildfire Forces Closure Of Section Of Parks Highway Overnight
More than 500 acres of land are on fire roughly 20 miles west of Fairbanks along the George Parks Highway. The Skinny’s Road Fire, as it’s known, jumped a containment line overnight Wednesday and prompted an overnight closure of the Parks Highway between mileposts 317 and 344.
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Fire Danger Prompts Indefinite Ban On Fireworks, Wood Cutting In Fairbanks
There will be no fireworks on the Fourth of July in Fairbanks. Extreme fire conditions brought the state Fire Marshall to Fairbanks on Thursday. He joined North Star Borough Mayor Luke Hopkins at a press conference to announce an indefinite ban on personal fireworks and local wood cutting.
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KABATA Gets ‘Golden Fleece’ Award From Watchdog Group
A Washington-based watchdog group has given its “Golden Fleece” award to the Knik Arm bridge project in Southcentral Alaska. Taxpayers for Common Sense says the group behind the project, the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority, or KABATA, “has failed Alaska’s citizens and wasted millions of federal taxpayer dollars, with little to show for it.”
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White House Establishes Native Affairs Council
Cabinet level panel will meet quarterly.
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Senate Passes Immigration Reform Legislation
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a massive immigration reform. It’s the largest overhaul in a generation.
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What Does The Ruling On DOMA, Prop 8 Mean For Alaska?
The U.S. Supreme Court ended its term striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act and sending a California same-sex marriage case back to the lower court. But the court does not affirm gay marriage as a constitutional right.
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Flood Victims Having Trouble Applying For FEMA Assistance
People in flood-affected communities around the state say they’re having trouble applying for FEMA individual assistance via phone.
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With Commercial King Fishing Closed, Quinhagak Asks Sport Fishermen To Stand Down
The Kanektok River in Quinhagak is world famous for sport fishing, and has been the only consistent commercial fishery on the Kuskokwim for many years. But this year, commercial fishing during the King Salmon run has been closed. And the Native Village of Quinhagak is asking that sport fishermen also stand down.
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Backyard Boat Building In Sitka
Sitka’s rich history of wooden boat building began with the sturdy, ocean-going dugout canoes of local Natives, and peaked in the early 20th Century, when the harbors were filled with wooden trollers, seiners, and seal boats.
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