Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Feb. 22, 2019
Proposed state Medicaid cuts have health care workers concerned; Dunleavy hires veteran Republicans to new administration; Rep. Young seeks legal path for CBD; Driver who killed 2 teens will have sentence reconsidered; Can Bethel afford the costs of climate change?; Climate warming demonstrated in ice core samples of the Alaska Range; AK: How a mischievous Home Depot surveyor turned this hill into guerrilla art; 49 Voices: Shaylynn 'Yosty' Storms of Unalakleet
Active vacations
In 2017, Men’s Health named Anchorage the most adventurous city in the United States. We do love to adventure in our state with our friends. We also love to travel; why not combine adventure, travel and friends into a vacation? On this week’s Outdoor Explorer we’ll be talking with avid swimmers, bikers and runners who combine their vacation with activity. And although we all love to spend some time on the beach doing nothing, there is no better way to see the world than through movement in the outdoors.
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AK: How a mischievous Home Depot surveyor turned this hill into guerrilla art
Theodolites, semaphore, trigonometry and some “Big Lebowski” references — everything you wanted to know about the peace sign and a few things you didn’t.
The importance of having black doctors
When we talk about access in public health, we often times focus on patients and treatment. But what about diversity in the medical fields themselves? Why is it important to see someone who looks like you working in medicine? Thanks for listening!
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019
Ferry system stops selling tickets amidst uncertain future; ASRC, after backing Dunleavy’s campaign, blasts his oil tax redistribution plan; Sullivan: Trump’s emergency ‘probably legal’ but unneeded; Judge denies Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s request for injunction; UA president highlights severity of budget cuts to Senate Finance; Senate bill would require UA regents to keep Legislature up to date on program accreditation; Anchorage advocate Ed Wesley reflects on civil rights struggles in Alaska; Why a wilderness lodge in the middle of nowhere became a magnet for mushers
The Governor’s budget proposal
Governor Mike Dunleavy's budget proposal would cut more than one and a half billion dollars from state spending in one fiscal year.
How to access free legal services
Alaska attorneys provide a variety of free legal services for the Anchorage community. One program, free legal clinics around Alaska planned annually on Martin Luther King Day, has continued for a decade and assisted more than three and a half thousand Alaskans. Partners in this effort include the Alaska Court System and Alaska Legal Services Corporation, a private nonprofit law firm established in Alaska in 1967.
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Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019
Alaska chief justice calls for computer security upgrade; U.S. Army Corps releases Pebble Mine's draft EIS; A Wasilla teacher is charged with abusing students. Now their parents are suing the school district; Old DC jobs are new again for two Alaskans; Head of cruise ship monitoring for the state concerned about loss of watchdog group; With winter snow trails, North Slope Borough hopes to offer residents a safe path over tundra; As proposed Dunleavy cuts loom, Anchorage School Board passes larger budget; In Anchorage, emotionally preparing students for the scary prospect of climate change
In It to Win It: stories of going all in, going too far, and going the extra mile
This month Arctic Entries brings you “In the Same Boat: stories of forging alliances, sailing rough seas, and finding common ground."
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019
Dunleavy proposes doing away with public assistance payouts; Board changes eyed as a way to streamline; Tourism, courts, pensions, oil tax credits: Where Alaska Gov. Dunleavy wants to spend more cash ; Dunleavy wants to cut cruise ship watchdog program; House committees organize, five weeks after session began; Murkowski cool to Dunleavy cuts; Study: Steep tariff hikes needed for Port of Alaska repairs; Juneau, cruise industry make nice at regional conference as decision to appeal lawsuit lingers; In Sitka, a teacher wants her classroom to know who’s responsible for climate change; Research shows king salmon may be swimming with predators
Iditapod: An abridged history of Alaska dog mushing and 2018 Iditarod
Ramping up our 2019 Iditarod coverage, we look back at the history of dog mushing in Alaska, the dawn of long-distance racing and... yes, we talk a little about last year's race.
Algo Nuevo February 17th, 2019
Here’s the Sunday, February 17th, 2019 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera —Something New with Dave Luera.
Midnight Sun Jazz February 16th, 2018
Here’s the Saturday December 22nd, 2018 edition of Midnight Sun Jazz, with host Ed Ulman.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Feb. 18, 2019
Senators question Dunleavy’s budget proposal; Suspect arrested for 25-year-old murder of UAF student; Industry launches campaign to rid ocean of plastic. Is it for real?; 5 people rescued from life raft after vessel sinks southwest of Unalaska; Ketchikan, Peterburg and Wrangell all low on hydropower; Part of Bering Sea Pacific cod fishery could move toward quota system; UAF to name new coastal research vessel; Fashion faux pas? MLM company LuLaRoe sued in Alaska over sales taxes.; Mushers cap off 2019 Yukon Quest at annual banquet
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska Insight
Opening the 10-02 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or ANWR has been a dream of Alaska’s congressional delegation and the oil industry for decades, but for Gwitch’in people and environmentalists, the idea is a nightmare. The Bureau of Land Management plans a lease sale there this year.
49 Voices: Claude Bondy of Cantwell
This week we're hearing from Claude Bondy in Cantwell. Bondy owns and operate the Alpine Creek Lodge with his family.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Feb. 15, 2019
Trump's wall could drain money from Alaska military projects; Legislative finance gets ready to release its version of Dunleavy’s new budget; Alaska fishing towns would forfeit $28M in fish tax under Dunleavy budget; Alaska troopers announce cold-case murder arrest; Alaska court strikes down 'medically necessary' abortion law; Multi-partisan House majority takes shape; EPA to establish PFAS contamination level for drinking water; AK: Resurrecting the 52-year-old pipe organ at Fort Greeley's chapel; 49 Voices: Claude Bondy of Cantwell
AK: Resurrecting the 52-year-old pipe organ at Fort Greely’s chapel
The old pipe organ in the chapel at Fort Greely will soon again be belting out gospel tunes, if Army officials approve the post chaplain’s request to allow a pipe-organ expert from Nenana restore the rare 52-year-old instrument.
Exploring the Chugach
The Chugach Mountains form Anchorage’s scenic skyline. While during the summer the trail heads are full of people and access is easy. Winter is a different story. For quiet and solitude a winter week day in the almost 500,000 acre Chugach State Park is hard to beat. On this week’s show we’ll be talking about exploring the Chugach Mountains in the winter.
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Children’s dental health
Did you know that our teeth start to develop in the first weeks after conception? Dental health is key to your overall health and wellness.
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