Alaska News Nightly: May 22, 2012

Air Force To Release Report On Eielson F-16 Move; Court Approves Redistricting Plan For 2012 Elections; New District Pits Southeast Incumbents Against Each Other; Airline Planning Direct Flights Between Russia, Anchorage; Climate Warming Causing Unexpected Release Of Methane; Winter Rough On St. Paul Reindeer Herd; Scientists Still Searching For Cause Of ‘Unusual Mortality Event’; Buffer Zone Established For Nome-Area Mining Permits; Sitka Fine Arts Camp Welcomes Adult Session

Why Alaska judges are appointed, but still run for retention in elections

This November 3, Alaskans will go to the polls to choose a president and congressional and state leaders. But there is more on the...

Historic Alaska Expeditions

Alaska’s outdoors people may think they’re tough, but how about paddling 40 days in a dugout canoe in the rains of Southeast Alaska in October and November, dressed in wool, without modern gear? That’s what John Muir did, and his writings about the experience changed science and started the Alaska tourism industry. On the next Outdoor Explorer, join host Charles Wohlforth and guests to talk about Muir's historic expedition and others. What these guys did will amaze you. KSKA: Thursday, July 3, at 2:00 and 9:00 p.m. Listen now:

49 Voices: Martin Lee Woods of Kotzebue

This week we're at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention talking with Martin Lee Woods, from Kotzebue. He started learning to Eskimo Dance in 1975 and by the mid-80s he realized he needed to learn how to make drums. Download Audio

Algo Nuevo Hour: December 25, 2009

Here’s the music playlist from the Friday December 25, 2009 edition of Algo Nuevo Hour. If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera,...
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How Running Ultramarathons Saved Carol Seppilu’s Life | INDIE ALASKA

Carol Seppilu describes jogging with a tracheotomy as “trying to breathe through a straw while running.” She's even dealt with her trach freezing shut while running in the frigid winter temperatures in Nome, Alaska where she lives.

The Big News Stories of 2013

One year ago Shell Oil’s drilling rig had not gone aground and changing the state’s oil tax regime was just the Governor’s dream. Nobody expected Congress to be so gridlocked that budget sequestration would kick in, and the prospects for the Affordable Care act were not good. A lot has changed. APRN: Tuesday, 12/31 at 10:00am

AK: Quartz Lake denizens adapt to a shrinking water level

Quartz Lake is shrinking -- the water level of the popular lake just north of Delta Junction is dropping. And while researchers try to find out why, archeologists are studying how humans have adapted to the lake’s periodic cycles of increasing and decreasing water levels since they moved into the area 14,000 years ago. Listen now

KSKA Spring Membership Drive Comes to a Close

Well, the final day of KSKA's spring membership drive is almost over. As of 6:10pm, we have received contributions from 1,473 members totaling...

Stage Talk: Arthur and Esther / Ball in the House

Returning home to Anchorage, Taylor Hanes stops by this week to talk about his role as Arthur in Arthur and Esther. Plus, the a...

Stage Talk: Hot Spanish Nights

Hot Spanish Nights at the Anchorage Opera incorporates vigorous and rhythmic Flamenco dancing and guitar, Spanish piano works and highlights from one of the...

Alaska News Nightly: July 10, 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. Download Audio...

Alaska News Nightly: November 25, 2013

Canadian Company Explores Possibility Of Graphite Mine; Sikuliaq Departure Delayed; Group Investigating Biomass Energy Potential; Premera Alaska Allows 5,200 Customers To Keep Insurance Plans; Breaking Up With Healthcare.gov; SEARHC Front Street Clinic Soon To Be Under New Management; Subsistence Fishermen File Brief in Appeals Court; Juneau Panel Aims To Deconstruct Racism In Alaska And Beyond Download Audio
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Algo Nuevo: February 9th, 2020

Here’s the Sunday, February 9th, 2020 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera —Something New with Dave Luera.

Photos: July at the Alaska Zoo

Meet one of the newest resident at the Alaska Zoo... a Great Grey owl, received from the Wild Bird Rescue in Houston, Alaska. It had been hit by car. Stay tuned for more information about when it will go on public display. Click for more photos.

Alaska News Nightly: October 2, 2008

Judge in Ted Stevens trial says prosecution guilty of "gross negligence." Plus, a judge here in Alaska is deliberating on whether the legislature's "Troopergate"...

Alaska News Nightly: December 10, 2013

Preliminary Report Reveals Few Details In St. Mary’s Crash; Juneau Highway Gunfight Followed Friday’s Drug-Related Shooting; Funerary Polar Bear Skulls May Be Returned To St. Lawrence Island; Savoonga Harvests Second Whale; State Weighs Options For Highway To Bypass Wasilla; Hovercraft To Be Replaced With Helicopter At Akutan Airport; Putting The ‘State’ In Alaska State Museum; Fairbanks Green Energy Advocate Pushes For Alternative Funding Model; Crews Testing New Road Ice Breaker; XtraTuf Says Its Boots Are Better Download Audio

Talk of Alaska: Eyewitness to Global Warming

World leaders meet this month in Bali (December 4 to 14) to begin work on a new treaty to succeed the Kyoto Agreement on...
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25 Years of Therapeutic Courts | Talk of Alaska

How well have therapeutic courts like mental health and DUI courts performed in the last 25 years and what will the next 25 look like?

Special Report: Asian Energy Markets and Alaska

In this special report, Lise Falskow, CEO of the the Alaska World Affairs Council discusses Asian energy markets with expert Mikkal Herberg. Mikkal Herberg is a senior lecturer on international and Asian energy at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. Learn more.