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AK: What happens when a community gets running water? People get healthier
What’s it like to go from hauling all your water and sewer to one day being able to turn on the faucet and flush a toilet? In Eek, a multi-year project is wrapping up bringing running water to the community for the first time.
Algo Nuevo March 24th, 2019
Here’s the Sunday, March 24th, 2019 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera —Something New with Dave Luera.
49 Voices: Mary Miner of Anchorage
This week we're hearing from Mary Miner from Anchorage. Miner helped to develop “Raven’s Roost” community living space, and is spending this winter at her cabin in Talkeetna.
AK: Sludge, scum and grit take toll on Sitka’s aging wastewater facility
Ever wonder what happens when you flush? At Sitka’s wastewater treatment plant, a $10 million dollar revitalization project is in the works for the facility that was built almost 40 years ago.
49 Voices: Eli Pelletier of Anchorage
This week we're hearing from Eli Pelletier in Anchorage. Pelletier was born in Canada and just moved to Alaska from Denmark a few months ago. He attends South Anchorage High and was part of this year's Points of Light Leadership Institute program.
Night Music: April 6, 2019
Here is the Night Music Playlist with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Title
Artist / Composer (if known or...
AK: Know the risks before you visit Mendenhall Glacier’s newest ice cave
Although the famous blue caverns from several years ago have disappeared, word of a new cave spread over social media this winter and brought crowds to the glacier. But while hiking to the cave is a remarkable experience, it also comes with some risk.
49 Voices: Benjamin Agimuk of Bethel
This week we're hearing from Benjamin Agimuk in Bethel. Agimuk is originally from Chevak and is part of several Native dance groups as a yuraq drummer. He performed at this year's Cama-i Dance Festival.
Traveling Music 4-14-19
Traveling Music
Shonti Elder
4-14-19
Fundraiser
Format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
Daughters and Your Sons / Jean’s Reel
Duhks / Tommy Sands, Bobby McCloud
Your Daughters and Your Sons
Sugar...
Traveling Music 4-7-19
Traveling Music
Date: 4-7-19, repeated from 7-29-18
Shonti Elder
Format: Tune Title
Performer / Composer
Album Title
Recording Company
Length
This Beggar’s Heart
Darrell Scott / Darrell Scott
Hands Across the Water
Compass Records
5:09
Home is...
AK: Experimental tilapia skin burn treatment heals Haines dog
Veterinary medicine didn’t have solutions for severe burns in animals until a UC Davis vet was motivated by the California wildfires to pioneer a new treatment. She brought her skills to Haines to teach local vets how to use the tilapia fish skins—and help save a local dog’s life.
49 Voices: John Fitka of Tuntutuliak
This week we're hearing from John Fitka in Tuntutuliak. Fitka was born in Bethel and is a subsistence hunter.
Traveling Music 4-21-19
Traveling Music
Date: 4-21-19
Shonti Elder
Format: Tune Title
Performer / Composer
Album Title
Recording Company
Length
Pacific Waltz
Mike Mickelson / Mike Mickelson
Pacific Waltz
M_mickelson1@yahoo.com
3:10
Tell Me Their Story
Alice Gerrard / Alice Gerrard
Bittersweet
Spruce and...
Algo Nuevo April 7th, 2019
Here’s the Sunday, April 7th, 2019 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera —Something New with Dave Luera.
Algo Nuevo April 14th, 2019
Here’s the Sunday, April 14th, 2019 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera —Something New with Dave Luera.
Midnight Sun Jazz April 13th, 2019
Here’s the Saturday April 13th, 2019 edition of Midnight Sun Jazz, with host Ed Ulman.
Night Music; April 20, 2019
Here is the Night Music Playlist with Kirk Waldhaus.
AK: One family’s pirate home is Sitka’s hidden treasure
What if you wanted your home to be more extraordinary, more unusual, more like, say, a pirate ship? One Sitka family has been realizing that vision, slowly turning their home into a shipwrecked, tropical paradise over the last 40 years.
49 Voices: Leena Tarar of Anchorage
This week we're hearing from Leena Tarar in Anchorage. Tarar is an exchange student at Bartlett High School, originally from Pakistan. She was part of this year's Points of Light Youth Leadership Institute.