Video: Bean’s Cafe Makes a Difference
In this video, Bean's Café’s Head Monitor and former client, Grady LeBlanc, shares his perspective on how Bean’s Café has impacted his life, and how it serves Anchorage’s homeless and needy population with hot meals and a safe place to stay.
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Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Pebble CEO Tom Collier resigns amid blowback from secret recordings. And, Anchorage teachers express concern over reopening plans. Plus, an Anchorage bear breaks into the Alaska Zoo and kills an alpaca.
Keeping bees in Alaska
Alaska's bee season is short and intense, and most hives have wound down for this year. But beekeepers are enjoying rich golden honey, fruit of their bees' labor, and planning for next season's hive.
KSKA: Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
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Traveling Music 3-31-19
Traveling Music
Shonti Elder
3-31-19
Format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
The Soldier
Leah Larson / Jean Ritchie
Long Journey
www.leahlarsonband.com
3:28
Denver to Dallas
Mollie O’Brien / Judy Roderick
Big Red Sun
Sugar Hill
3:29
Another Day,...
Teachers resoundingly ratify three year agreement
Yesterday the Anchorage teachers union announced its membership had ratified the tentative agreement with the school district. Anchorage Education Association members voted...
Alaska News Nightly: November 11, 2009
Individual news stories are posted in the Alaska News category and you can subscribe to APRN’s news feeds via email, podcast and RSS.
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Addressing Alaskans: Mayor Dan Sullivan
Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan gave an update on his First 100 Days in office before the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce this past Monday. His...
Night Music: Saturday August 11, 2018
Here is the Night Music Playlist with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Title
Artist / Composer (if known...
Oil Tax Debate; Anchorage Port; Sarah Palin’s Emails
Legislature's oil tax debate; funding for the Port of Anchorage; Anchorage mayor's race; the state budget process; Sarah Palin's emails; state education budget; and lobbying in Juneau.
Ola Borten Moe
Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Ola Borten Moe's talk on "Energy in Norway - Moving Northward" was recorded at the Alaska World Affairs Council on November 4, 2011.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Oct. 18, 2019
A passenger describes what it was like on board the plane that crash landed in Dutch Harbor yesterday, killing one person. Also: Corporate leaders express support for the effort to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy on day two of the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Fairbanks.
Algo Nuevo July 22, 2018
Here’s the Sunday, July 22nd, 2018 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave, send email to algonuevo@alaskapublic.org or post your comment at the bottom of this post.
Anchorage now has the third busiest cargo airport in the world, with plans for growth
Geographic advantage helped Anchorage's airport claim its new title. To keep growing, it needs to market the shape of the Earth.
Are Alaska Nonprofits Ready for the Next Recession?
For the last three years, while the rest of the country was in recession, Alaska maintained some sense of normalcy. When I moved here in the early 1990s, the state had just begun to recover from the recession of the late 80's. What I heard then and since is that in Alaska, we do OK when the Lower 48 is in recession, but when they recover, it's our turn. I am not sure if that is a fact or a myth, but many of our leading citizens believe it is so. Who am I to question?
When the market crashed in 2008, we published a series of articles on how to survive a bad economy. To date we have not been as challenged as nonprofits down south, but the last few years have not been easy, even for us. Alaska’s nonprofits had to adjust to decreased support from foundations and corporations – those donations most affected by a recession.
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Traveling Music: Nov. 16, 2008
Here's the music playlist from the November 16, 2008 edition of Traveling Music with Shonti Elder. All tracks played are listed below in the...
A birthday, a send-off and a welcome on Hometown Alaska
As 91.1 FM celebrates its 40th birthday, Hometown Alaska this week visits with soon-to-retire Bede ("Yipee, it's Friday") Trantina, and welcomes Shelly Wosniak, the new FM programmer, to the team. Join us for some fond memories of change and growth, and a look to the bright future at Alaska Public Media.
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Alaska Adventure: 55 Ways
Need ideas for summer adventure? Join your host Paul Twardock and guests Helen Nienhueser, and John and Rebecca Wolfe as they discuss their new book Alaska Adventure 55 Ways Southcentral Wilderness Explorations. Not only will they introduce us to the new book, but they'll share about researching and writing it as a family.
Profile: Liz Medicine Crow
Tlingit attorney Liz Medicine Crow works for the Native Policy Center at the First Alaskan's Institute in Anchorage.
Medicine Crow comes from a family...
Months after initial closures, how is Alaska’s economy faring? | Alaska Insight
Five months after state and local governments' initial COVID-19 closures, where is Alaska at in its recovery? Where are the gaps that must be filled to keep businesses and citizens whole?
Ring in the Spring
Phones were singing and bells ringing as volunteers from the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship helped us pass the half way hump toward our goal of $305,000 on Wednesday afternoon. We're over half way there with just two more days to go in the KSKA Spring Membership Drive. If you haven't done so yet, give us a call and make those bells ring.