Alaska News Nightly: March 15, 2011
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Gearing up for Alaska’s wildfire season
Fire season has already started. The mild winter and lack of snow in Southcentral Alaska has firefighters nervous about the tinder dry conditions in and around the state's largest urban center. Interior Alaska is also an area of high fire danger this spring. Green up is early, but how much would new growth slow a big burn?
Night Music: November 19, 2016
Here is the Night Music Playlist with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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Alaska News Nightly: May 12, 2014
Group Challenging Alaska’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban; Pacific Walruses Removed From Unusual Mortality Event In North Pacific; Panel Discussion Addresses Effects Of British Columbia Mines; Concerns Raised Over Alaska’s Lack Of Standing To Address Canadian Mining; Study Finds No Discernable Impact From Tulsequah Chief Mine Discharge On Fish; Banking Error Delays State Payroll; Juneau Birders Photograph Rare Long-Billed Curlew; Mt. View Community Spruces Up For Spring; Motorcycle Collisions Claim 5 Lives This Year In Southcentral; Blind Climber To Attempt Denali Ascent
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Iditapod bonus: Hanna Lyrek interview with Lex Treinen
In this extended interview from before the 2022 Iditarod, 22-year-old Norwegian musher Hanna Lyrek told Alaska Public Media's Lex Treinen about competing in Norway's biggest sled dog race, the Finnmarksløpet, how she got her dog team to Alaska, her goals for the Iditarod and... about her dogs, of course!
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016
Mat-Su votes are in, ban on marijuana growth out; after vote, Anchorage could see first pot shop by late October; Fairbanks likely to have new mayor; Juneau access road proves to be point of contention among officials; Wasilla legislator plans bill to restore dividend amount; Snow Trac program issues final grants after being vetoed; Fish and Game conservative in herring forecast; online fundraiser nets nearly $50k for erosion control project at Delta-area park; Brotherhood, Sisterhood prep for convention
Alaska News Nightly: February 28, 2012
Senators Strike Back At Parnell’s Oil Tax Bill Claims, Senate Begins Hearings On Port And Harbor Expansions, Improvements, Bethel Jury Sides With School District Over Hooper Bay Fire, Alaska Republican Primary Approaching, Part One: Ocean Acidification, Scientists Still Trying To Figure Out What Is Ailing Seals, NPS May Allow Limited Harvest Of Certain Items In Parks, Ft. Greely Officials Study Barley-Powered Electricity Proposal, Conway Seavey Wins Junior Iditarod, Competitors Run, Ski And Bike Their Way To McGrath, Nome,
LISTEN: Is the pandemic pushing more people into avalanche zones?
We talk with experts about the unprecedented pressure on backcountry terrain this winter, and whether this expanding enthusiasm could bring grim consequences?
Dinosaurs in the Wrangell Mountains
The more Tony Fiorillo explores Alaska, the more dinosaur tracks he finds on its lonely ridgetops.
The latest examples are the stone footprints of two different dinosaurs near the tiny settlement of Chisana in the Wrangell Mountains.
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Alaska News Nightly: Friday, July 15, 2022
Telecommunications workers in Alaska could soon go on strike. Also, experts weigh in on whether strict regulations on commercial fishing could help Western Alaska subsistence users. And city leaders in Soldotna face pushback against a Pride month event.
Community supports for people leaving incarceration | Talk of Alaska
On this Talk of Alaska, we discuss how organizations and individuals can best support people as they reenter the community.
RUNNING: State House, Chugiak
Bill Stoltze (R) is running for State House in district 16 in the primary election on August 24, 2010. Here is the...
NOVA: Why Planes Vanish
The disappearance of Flight MH370 stunned the world. In an era of smart-phones and GPS, how could a 270-ton passenger jet vanish into thin air? It was a rude awakening for all of us, showing just how far we are from the world we imagined we lived in — in which every move is monitored all the time. NOVA - Why Planes Vanish tells the inside story of the search for Flight MH370 and meets the key players, from all corners of the globe, who have spent months searching for the lost plane. How easy is it to make a plane disappear?
After four special sessions, Alaska’s budget solutions remain elusive
As Lawmakers prepare for this year’s session, Alaska Public Media’s Adelyn Baxter looks back and reports that, despite the lengthy process, lawmakers didn’t make much progress in 2021.
Mat-Su District Two Race
Matanuska Susitna Borough voters go to the polls October 5 to choose two Assembly seats. KSKA's Ellen Lockyer has more on the District Two...
Time for a Big Picture Break
Alaska Public Library Director Mary Jo Torgenson just released the 2012 report for the library.
This document is a great reminder of the importance of stepping back and looking at the big picture. Though filled with numbers, the overall arc of the report emphasizes why the library does what it is doing.
Read more. Night Music: July 16, 2011
Here’s the July 16, 2011 music playlist for Night Music with Connie G.
49 Voices: Darlena Fritzler of Wasilla
This week we're hearing from Darlena Fritzler from Wasilla. Fritzler is the Development Manager for the Alaska branch of the YWCA. Listen Now
49 Voices: Jean Aspen of Homer
This week, we're hearing from Jean Aspen, a writer of wilderness books and a nurse who lives in Homer.
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Global Complexity: Risk & Opportunity
A 24-year veteran of the CIA’s Clandestine Service, Ambassador Crumpton served as an operations officer in the foreign field, including tours as Chief of Station. In 2005 the President of the United States appointed Crumpton as Ambassador-at-Large and the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the US Department of State. He speaks about what we, as a nation, have learned since the events of 9/11 and his thoughts on our future.
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