Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Mat-Su lawmaker leaves Senate Majority, dissatisfied with budget compromise; Alaskan protesters not letting up on their disapproval of the Senate healthcare plan; Alaska communities to receive millions in Payments In Lieu of Taxes; Alaska volcano sends up ash cloud from Aleutian Islands; Anchorage seeks proposals for Transit Center overhaul; As Uber arrives in Alaska, towns without taxis have new transportation option; Ask A Climatologist: A warmer North, but a lukewarm everywhere else; Redington High School commemorates 'father of the Iditarod' with bronze statue Listen now
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, June 26, 2017
CBO sees peril in Senate bill for uncrowded regions; Trump's Interior secretary takes first baby step on King Cove road; More Alaskans mauled by bears; Wilderness race cancelled due to bear mauling; Chilkat weaver receives national folk art honor; Chitina dip netters can now catch salon in Copper River after spring ban; Low tide reveals Alutiiq fishing method in Kodiak; New treasure trove of Inupiat recordings being assessed for possible digital use; Talkeetna’s inaugural Pride celebration draws a crowd; Study examines the ripple effect of charter operators' choices; Man becomes first person to Race to Alaska on a stand-up paddle board Listen now
Traveling Music 7-30-17
Traveling Music
7-30-17
Shonti Elder
Format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
Voodoo Love
Tyson James / Tyson James
Tyson James and the Nashville Players
www.tysonjamesmusic.com
2:27
Over Country
Betsy Scott / Betsy Scott, Keith...
Algo Nuevo June 25, 2017
Here’s the Sunday, June 25th, 2017 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.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, June 23, 2017
What's next for the legislature after narrowly avoiding a shutdown?; Ombudsman reports show failures at OCS; No answers for low Kuskokwim king run; Yukon salmon runs offering opportunities for harvest; Paddler sought life off the beaten path, respite from ‘paying to live’; AK: How do you grow a zoo in Anchorage?; 49 Voices: Nanne Boorgeart of Anchorage Listen now
Breaking through the political divide
Alaska lawmakers avoided a state government shut down by passing an operating budget, but the deal doesn't address long term stability and both Republicans and Democrats expressed disappointment over things they had to give up. The political divisions remain. Listen Here
49 Voices: Nanne Boorgeart of Anchorage
This week we're hearing from Nanne Boorgeart from Anchorage. Boorgeart is originally from the Netherlands and has lived in Alaska for five years. Listen now
Travel and Fly Fishing
KSKA: Thursday, June 29, at 2:00 p.m. Fly fishing is the art of catching fish with style. It’s about the journey, not the destination. But going to exotic destinations can be a big part of it. On the next Outdoor Explorer, we’re talking about traveling for fly fishing with some very accomplished anglers.
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AK: How do you grow a zoo in Anchorage?
The Alaska Zoo has dramatically transformed over the last five decades. The process of expanding a collection of rare animals isn't easy. None the less, there have been some acquisitions lately. The process of integrating new wildlife into the facility combines non-profit budgeting with the whims of mother nature. Listen now
100 Stone ‘pays it forward’
KSKA: Wednesday, June 28, 2 pm and 8 pm. Artist Sarah Davies created the public exhibition 100 Stone by collaborating with individuals who had experienced depression to create body casts. Eventually dozens were installed on the beach below Point Woronzof. Now, Davies and the Alaska Humanities Forum want to fund another compelling work that engages and heals.
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Traveling Music 7-23-17
Traveling Music
7-23-17
Kluonie Frey, Shonti Elder's daughter
Upcoming Concerts: Sarah Jarosz, first weekend of October.
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Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
Can't Hide
Sarah Jarosz / Sarah Jarosz
Song Up...
Sheila Watt-Cloutier on “The Right to Be Cold”
KSKA: Tuesday, June 27, at 2:00 p.m. The Right to Be Cold is a human story of resilience, commitment, and survival told from the unique vantage point of an Inuk woman who, in spite of many obstacles, rose from humble beginnings in the Arctic community of Kuujjuaq, Quebec.
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Meet Nick Carpenter, from Nashville
"New Arrivals" is Alaska Public Media's profiles of people who recently moved to Anchorage, one of the most diverse cities in the world. The stories air at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesdays during Morning Edition here on KSKA, Alaska Public Media.
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Traveling Music 7-17-17
Traveling Music
Kluonie Frey, Shonti Elder's daughter
7-16-17
Format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
Things That Scare Me
Neko Case / Neko Case
Blacklisted
www.kingsroadmerch.com/neko-case
2:30
Bitter Boy
Kate Rusby / Kate Rusby
Awkward Annie
www.katerusby.com
4:53
Cherry...
National HIV testing day and update HIV and AIDS
Monday, June 26, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. National HIV testing day is June 27th. Do you know your HIV status? Are at risk and do you know how to get tested if you are at risk? We'll talk about all that and more on Line One’s yearly HIV/AIDS update.
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Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, June 22, 2017
Compromise to avoid state shutdown could happen soon; 'Sense of relief' as cuts to UA system are less than expected; Walker signs bill granting health insurance to dependents of fallen police, firefighters; Murkowski's take on health bill? Stay tuned; Body of missing boater recovered on Bering Strait beach; “Doesn’t he know it’s frozen?” How Alaska almost overlooked Prudhoe Bay; Fish and Game shoots black bear thought to have killed 16-year-old runner; Man charged in 2015 Wasilla double murder; Alaska trail advocates warn Governor Walker of transportation funding lapses Listen now
Cyrano’s Theatre Company has a new home
KSKA: Friday, June 23 at 2:45pm Twenty-five years ago, Jerry and Sandy Harper founded Cyrano's Theatre Company located at the corner of 4th Avenue and D Street in downtown Anchorage. This summer, the Board of Directors announced that the company will be moving to the former Out North Contemporary Art House located on Debarr Street midway between midtown and east Anchorage. This week on Stage Talk, Cyrano's Producing Artistic Director Teresa Pond and Board Member Jay Burns drop by to tell us about all the new and exciting opportunities this will bring to the company as well as a few fond memories of the old space.
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Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, June 21, 2017
State eyes Alaska Permanent Fund earnings draw without plan; Hilcorp picks up more acreage in Cook Inlet for oil and gas development; Borough Assembly approves funding for Port Mac repairs; Man dies in Army Corps industrial accident in Alaska; Fairbanks looks to recruit seasoned officers with $20,000 bonus; Bristol bay reacts to influx of fishermen population; Advocates opposed to mining in Bristol Bay region ramp up summer outreach; Assembly member wants to turn fallow land into an urban farm; A ‘funnybug’ holds a serious clue to Ice Age ecology Listen now
Traveling Muisc 7-2-17
Traveling Music
Shonti Elder
7-2-17
Format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
Windchimes
Christine Lavin / Christine Lavin
Sometimes Mother Really Does Know Best
Appleseed Recordings
4:26
I Saw A Stranger With Your Hair
John...
Traveling Music 6-25-17
Traveling Music
Shonti Elder
6-25-17
Format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
My Opening Farewell
Alison Krauss & Union Station / Jackson Browne
Paper Airplane
Rounder
4:09
All I Can Do
Cahalen Morrison & Eli...