Kohring trial ends first week with VECO's Bill Allen on the stand
Week one of the corruption trial of former legislator Vic Kohring has come to an end. Today concluded with VECO's former chairman Bill Allen...
Proposed Galena nuclear design goes before the NRC
The nuclear reactor that could one day power Galena was in the spotlight this week at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission near Washington, DC. Toshiba...
U.S. Coast Guard making initial moves into Arctic waters
A Coast Guard C-130 left Air Station Kodiak earlier this week for a flight to the North Pole. After collecting Coast Guard dignitaries and...
AFN 2007 – Day Two
APRN's Lori Townsend checks in from Fairbanks with independent journalist Nellie Moore, covering the days events at the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) convention...
Anchorage School Board protests statewide reading course for teachers
The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development wants all public school teachers to take a mandatory reading course. This week the Anchorage School...
Whale researchers roam Southeast waters in 1950's-era craft
For 17 years researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have boarded the John N. Cobb in Juneau and set out in...
Anchorage School Board protests statewide reading course for teachers
The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development wants all public school teachers to take a mandatory reading course. This week the Anchorage...
BP to plead guilty for North Slope malfeasance
BP today agreed to plead guilty to violations of the federal Clean Water Act and pay $20 million in fines and restitution related to...
Rick Smith testifies at Kohring trial
Federal prosecutors brought one of their main witnesses to the stand today to testify against former state representative Vic Kohring. Rick Smith explained what...
AFN 2007 – Day One
The 2007 Alaska Federation of Natives Conference opened today in Fairbanks. APRN's Lori Townsend and Nellie Moore discuss the day's events.
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AFN elders and youth fight for disabled housing
It's a universal concern that young Natives in rural Alaska will leave for bigger cities and lose their culture. But the focus of the...
USDA defunds Sheldon Jackson Hatchery
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has halted critical funding to the Sheldon Jackson College hatchery following the school's closure earlier this year. The...
Replacing Diesel with Biomass in the Interior
Villages in the Yukon Flats are moving ahead with a regional plan to turn local trees into heat and electricity. The Council of Athabascan...
Encounters' Richard Nelson to produce polar series
A Southeast Alaska author and producer will spend the next few years traveling the Earth's polar regions. Sitka's Richard Nelson will create a series...
Secret video and audio evidence presented to Kohring jury
Day three of the corruption trial of former state representative Vic Kohring has come to a close. And today, the jury got a look...
Senate President dismisses Allen/Kohring election connection
U.S. Attorney Joseph Bottini yesterday said he intends to show the federal jury that former VECO chairman Bill Allen's influence over former legislator Vic...
U.N. 'Law of the Sea' treaty threatened by U.S. Senate Republicans
Some conservative U.S. Senate Republicans -- including at least three party leaders -- are threatening once again to hold up the United Nations Convention...
Murkowski habitat shuffle may be reversed by Palin
The Palin administration may make some changes to the state agency that oversees fish and wildlife habitat. As part of the Department of Natural...
Alcohol taxes may jump 100% in Fairbanks
Fairbanks bars and restaurants say a proposed doubling of the city alcohol tax could drain their already thinning business. But mayor Steve Thompson says...
McCandless bus draws ABC TV crew; locals vexed by risky tourism
Marc Patterson approaches the McCandless bus site with ABC technician in tow; you can view the original Nightline story and photos online (photo by...