Sealaska Timber Touts Habitat Maintenance
Thick stands of young trees surround Election Creek, near Klawock on Southeast Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island. The forest was logged in 1989, and it’s been left to grow back on its own. Now, more than 20 years later, Sealaska Corporation is getting ready to thin the crowded stands of trees that have returned.
Fun With Physics At The Roller Coaster Riot
How do you get 135 third, fourth and fifth graders to learn and apply Sir Isaac Newton’s laws of motion? Have them design and build paper roller coasters.
Snow On The Way For Southcentral
Get out the shovel. The National Weather Service is calling for several inches of heavy, wet snow in Southcentral Alaska. Forecasters predict several inches of accumulation from the storm. Christian Cassell is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Anchorage. He says the storm formed in the Pacific and is pushing across the Bering sea, moving on shore in Southwest Alaska.
Violence Against Women Act Nearing Expiration
Negations are reportedly on-going between House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Vice President Joe Biden about reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. Key provisions for Alaska are at stake.
State Presses BLM on Legacy Well Issue
The Interior Department is expected to finalize its management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska this month. The proposed plan sets aside half of the reserve for environmental protection. The state has several grievances against the federal government over NPR-A. But one of the thorniest issues involves dozens of exploratory oil and gas wells the government drilled decades ago but did not properly clean up.
Cook Inlet Energy Proposes Pipeline To Link West Side Of Cook Inlet
Plans for a 29-mile pipeline underneath Cook Inlet were announced Wednesday. Cook Inlet Energy, one of many new players in the area, is the company applying for a right-of-way lease from the Department of Natural Resources. An underwater pipeline would solve several problems for Cook Inlet oil producers, but other concerns remain.
Another Person Dies in Bethel After Being Found Cold
A second person has died in Bethel after being found in an unheated home. 60-year-old June Swope was found unresponsive Friday morning at 102 East Avenue, located across the slough.
Planned Parenthood Offers Free HIV testing in Alaska
This week Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest is offering free HIV testing in four Alaska locations. It started today (Monday 12/10) and runs through Friday.
Mt. Edgecumbe Senior Sues AK Over Climate Change
The snow is coming later in Kipnuk. The river doesn’t stay frozen all winter. And the riverbank is quickly eroding. Those are just a few of the changes 18-year-old Nelson Kanuk says he sees in his western Alaska hometown.
OceansAlaska Ends First Season, Plans Second
OceansAlaska Marine Science Center completed its first season of operation this year, successfully producing hundreds of thousands of shellfish seed. Barbara Morgan, research and training specialist, said the first year was successful enough that the Ketchikan-based center is expanding operations.
Technology Research Thrives at UAF
Meeting in Fairbanks, UA regents received an update yesterday (Thurs) on a range of research going on at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. As KUAC Dan Bross reports, technology is at the center of activity.
Explosion near Eagle Leads to Mysterious Geologic Slump
Residents in the Yukon River community of Eagle are excited about a mysterious geologic event that is emitting fire, steam and a sulfur smell. Yukon Charley Rivers National Preserve lead Interpretative Ranger Pat Sanders says it all started on Sept. 27.
Randall and Diggins Ski to Team Sprint Victory
Anchorage’s Kikkan Randall teamed with Jessie Diggins of Minnesota to win a World Cup team sprint race in Quebec City, Canada today. It’s the first ever World Cup gold for a U.S. women’s cross country relay team.
What’s Next For Longtime Lawmaker Albert Kookesh?
Most Decembers, Albert Kookesh is making plans to move to Juneau for the legislative session. But this year, he’s spending more time at his Angoon home, enjoying the view.
AK: Bingo
Every other week, a bright pink sign pops up along Unalaska’s main road advertising a makeshift gambling parlor. In hand-painted black lettering, it lays out the stakes and discourages any young whippersnappers under 19 from even trying to participate. This game is very much for grownups. For two years, KUCB’s Alexandra Gutierrez has driven by it and wondered what exactly went on there. Now, she takes us into the seedy underbelly of Unalaska’s senior center.
300 Villages: Egegik
This week we’re heading to Egegik, a small fishing community on the Egegik river and Bristol Bay. Roberta Alto is the tribal secretary in Egegik.
New Education Non-Profit to Focus on Teachers
Leaders unveiled a new non-profit called Education Matters, Inc. on Wednesday in Anchorage. The organization was created to implement recommendations from and Education Summit sponsored by Mayor Dan Sullivan in 2011 and 2012.
What Is Juneau Fest 2012?
Juneau Fest 2012 promises free gifts and other prizes worth more than $25,000: electronics to sporting goods and household items, city recreational facility passes, and store gift cards. Firefighters could win a Remington rifle and police officers are eligible for a Glock handgun.
Paris: The Luminous Years
In the early decades of the twentieth century, a storm of modernism swept through the art worlds of the West, uprooting centuries of tradition in the visual arts, music, literature, dance, theater and beyond. The epicenter of this storm was Paris, France.
TV: Friday, 12/7 at 9:30pm
St. Paul Police Department Shuts Down
The three-person public safety department on the Pribilof Island of St. Paul shut down this week suddenly without much explanation, leaving the Bering Sea island without an on-site law enforcement presence. For the past few months there’s been tension between the community and the police department.