Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020
Highlights from the Governor's State of the State address and UAA grapples with record low enrollment.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Jan. 27, 2020
Rep. Tammie Wilson (R) quits legislature to work for a state agency, a bear task force assembles in Haines, and researchers prepare to survey the Inupiaq language.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Jan. 24, 2020
Lawmakers vote against overriding the Governor's vetoes, health officials monitor the spread of coronavirus, and a Nome resident converts a church into a common house.
A new academy trains nurses in forensic evidence collection| Alaska Insight
When cases involving sexual assault or domestic violence go to court, thorough documentation of a victim’s personal account and physical injuries can mean the...
A new generation of women in the trades are being trained in Anchorage | Alaska Insight
When you picture a carpenter, a man likely comes to mind. But women are increasingly attracted to the field’s high wages and the opportunity...
Why forensic nursing is critical for fighting interpersonal violence | Alaska Insight
Proper evidence collection and documentation after domestic violence or sexual assault is an important step to help women who have been traumatized. A unique forensic training academy at UAA is teaching nurses how to conduct these exams and is helping grow the network of forensic nurses across the state.
LISTEN: There’s more to your vision than meets the eye
2020 is the year of the eye. The eyes are not just a window to your soul, they are a window to your health. Abnormalities spotted in the eye are often the first signs of disease elsewhere in the body. Do you have questions about glaucoma? Cataracts? What about PRK or Lasik?
Nutrition for an active life
On the next Outdoor Explorer, our guest will be sports dietician Rikki Keen. We will have a wide ranging discussion of the latest trends in sports nutrition, from a plant-based diet and intermittent fasting to the use of intravenous hydration and CBD oil.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020
Debate over the PFD fractures the Senate Majority caucus and the recall Dunleavy campaign resumes after an accidental delay.
LISTEN: How can we get more Alaskans teaching in their home communities?
The highest rates of teacher turnover in Alaska are with teachers who are trained outside the state. So how are educators and lawmakers working to get more Alaskans trained to teach in their home communities?
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020
Debate over the PFD fractures the Senate Majority caucus and the recall Dunleavy campaign resumes after an accidental delay.
From Mammoth to Kale: A look into gardening in the Arctic | INDIE ALASKA
Frozen, windswept land, polar bears and caribou, glaciers and icebergs, are what come to mind when thinking of the arctic. But in...
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020
Gov. Dunleavy responds to the campaign to recall him, the fight to control student vaping, and rocket launch preparations.
Traveling Music 1-26-20
Traveling Music
Date: 1-26-20
Shonti Elder
Format: Tune
Title
Performer / Composer
Album Title
Recording Company
Length
Sticks That Made Thunder
The
Steeldrivers / Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton
The
Steeldrivers
Rounder
4:08
I Shouldn’t Even Be...
State of Art: Making connections with Anchorage’s Festival of Cultural Stories. An interview with Shirley Mae Springer-Staten
Springer-Staten remembers her aunt, an amazing storyteller, recounting the lynching of a young African American boy and the impact that and other stories had on her. While physical barriers to racial harmony are somewhat less blatant these days, it's the mental barriers between cultures Springer-Staten hopes to break with the Festival of Cultural Stories.
Easing the ride: Anchorage road-bike-transit fixes for 2020
As a bike commuter, the culvert under Arctic Valley Boulevard often has been an exciting transit opportunity. I have rolled through water up to my pedals. But a fix in 2020 — a new culvert — is aimed at better managing Chester Creek overflow near Valley of the Moon park.
State of Art: Looking back on the Anchorage Folk Festival with long-time chief sound engineer, Lucy Peckham
This week on State of Art, Peckham joins us to talk about her time behind the board at the Anchorage Folk Fest, smoking mixing boards and watching Folk Fest kids grow up.
Algo Nuevo: January 19th, 2020
Here’s the Sunday, January 19th, 2020 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera —Something New with Dave Luera.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Jan. 20, 2020
Sen. Murkowski prepares to vote during impeachment trial. Plus: highlights from the Kuskokwim 300 sled dog race.
Learning from our elders: Eberhard Brunner
Alaska is full of people that have lived full lives in the outdoors. This week on Outdoor Explorer our guest is Eberhard Brunner. Eberhard was an alpine ski coach, owned a hunting lodge, ran a sporting goods store, and is a professional
photographer.