Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016
Supreme Court hears hovercraft case; Poll: Most Alaskans support statewide sales tax; Rep. Tuck: Budget burden shouldn't fall on middle class; Fairbanks conditions also lacking for Iditarod restart; Weather, land rule cancel Tustumena 200 race; BIA settlement closes, Alaska tribal groups net $100M; Fairbanks paper adds new publisher after sale; Scientists get 'Blobby' with it in Seattle; UAF anticipates new chancellor hire by spring; Story correction uncovers a Soldier's Medal story from '95
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Traveling Music 1-24-16
Traveling Music
1-24-16
Shonti Elder
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This weekends and next is the Anchorage Folk Festival www.anchoragefolkfestival.org
free concerts at the Wendy Williamson auditorium, corner...
Alaska News Nightly: Tues., Jan. 19, 2016
Chenault: Balance budget with mix of cuts, revenue; Alaska, Inc: The roots of the Permanent Fund dividend; Market experts: Oil could go lower but prices will rebound; NANA intervenes on behalf of Red Dog in tax dispute; NPS eyes reg changes for subsistence use of animal parts for the arts; Vets concerned about Wasilla monument; Federal Subsistence Board votes to mend Alaska relations
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Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Jan. 18, 2016
Gov's budget plan aims to reshape relationship with oil; Gov hopes nonpartisan politics will help cross party lines; Kaiser wins 2nd K300, Bethel crowns hometown champ again; Moose hunter's land jurisdiction lawsuit goes to Supreme Court; State, Native interests also ride on hovercraft case in Supreme Court; Pivotal Alaskan economist Arlon Tussing dies at 82; After corruption allegations, tribes call on AVCP to meet
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Encore Presentation: Mercy Street
We will rebroadcast the first episode of Mercy Street, the new Civil War drama by PBS on the following days and times:
Tuesday, January 19 at 3 a.m.
Tuesday, January 19 at 10 p.m.
Thursday, January 21 at 8 p.m.
Night Music: January 16, 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: Friday, Jan. 15, 2016
Red Dog Mine owners sue borough over severance tax; An obscure rule may be contributing to Alaska's rising health care costs; Federal Subsistence Board votes to improve Alaska relations; Wal-Mart to shutter Juneau store; Homer authorities give Spit campers the boot; Amid icy trail conditions, mushers ready for K300; Musher Brent Sass' lead dog dies days before K300; AK: David Bowie's Alaskan name-twin adopts rocker's rebel streak; 49 Voices: Roger Sparks of Eagle River
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AK: David Bowie’s Alaskan name-twin adopts rocker’s rebel streak
UAA linguistics Professor David Bowie -- pronounced BOO-wee, but spelled b-o-w-i-e -- has a vexed relationship with the celebrity he shares his name with. He resented the musician until he was in his 20s, when something changed.
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Roger Sparks of Eagle River
This week, we're hearing from Roger Sparks, a pararescueman with the Alaska Air National Guard. Five years ago, Sparks was involved in a heavy firefight in the mountains of Afghanistan. What happened after that changed his life.
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Winter: Are we catching up?
January started with ice-skating in the streets, after a mostly snowless Christmas. What's up with that? Can we recover?
KSKA: Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 @ 2 pm and 8 pm LISTEN NOW
Rick Steves on “Connecting with the World Through Travel”
Guidebook author and travel TV host Rick Steves is America’s most respected authority on European travel. He advocates smart, affordable, perspective-broadening travel and is outspoken on the need for Americans to fit better into our planet by broadening our perspectives through travel. He helps American travelers connect much more intimately and authentically with Europe — and Europeans — for a fraction of what mainstream tourists pay. He entertained a sold out crowd, here in Alaska, to share his views on "Connecting with the World Through Travel." KSKA: Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 2:00 p.m. LISTEN HERE
The future of the University of Alaska
University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen was direct in his recent comments about budget cuts the university system is facing. “We face terrible challenges, horrible challenges, tough challenges,” Johnsen said at the recent State of the University address. What does this mean for the future of higher education in Alaska?
APRN: Tuesday, 1/19 at 10:00am
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Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking tends to be closely associated with sex trafficking and prostitution, but this week's Alaska Edition includes guests who are taking initiative to expand how Alaskans understand the issue of people being exploited across an array of industries.
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Dinner and a show, and maybe mo’
Anchorage is getting a new theatre and it's not like any other. Anchorage Dinner Theatre and Last Gap Productions will be presenting Lounge Lizards by Terry Earp opening in the Anchorage City Limits Lofts Hotel Friday, January 22 and running Fridays through Sundays through February 21st. Founder and Director Ron Holmstrom brings a couple of the actors (Julia Cossman and Art Braendel) to Stage Talk this week to give us an appetizer of what is to come. KSKA: Friday, January 15 at 2:45pm LISTEN NOW
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016
Slaughterhouse shutdown prompts ag community to mobilize; City starts war on homelessness by sizing up the problem; PFD voter initiative nets needed signatures for ballot; Environmentalists say Tongass plan doesn't act fast enough; Marine Highway releases trimmed down summer schedule; Sitka to challenge state's setback for pot businesses; Board of Fish considers commercial Yukon pink salmon fishery
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Historic Alaska Expeditions
This week we revisit a conversation from 2014. 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? On the next Outdoor Explorer, join host Charles Wohlforth and guests to talk about historic expeditions. What these guys did will amaze you. KSKA: Thursday, Jan 14, at 2:00 and Thursday, Jan 21, at 8:00 p.m. LISTEN NOW
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016
Report: EPA acted 'without bias or predetermination' in Bristol Bay; Obama's energy remark baffles Alaska senators; NTSB releases preliminary report in downtown crash; UA president paints bleak fiscal picture; Exxon Valdez litigation ends, but spill's legacy may be indefinite; On marijuana clubs, Fairbanks defers to lawmakers; Marijuana tax to go before Anchorage voters; Ninilchik: Future hub of Kenai public transit?
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Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016
VA contractor adds staff to better handle appointment scheduling; BP announces lay-offs in wake of low oil prices; Pre-filed bill aims to nix controversial school AMP test; Auditors review state Dept. of Ed policies; For 2nd consecutive year, Iditarod eyes Fairbanks start; Mat-Su grant targets parents in bolstering family well-being; Sitka Library settles in at new digs; Pre-filed bill would allow discrimination in performing marriage; Alaska Native Medical Center to host state's first Ronald McDonald House; A century of bird data informs modern surveying on Kenai
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Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Jan. 11, 2015
Rep. Kito prefiles bill to revert to 120-day legislative session; White House invites Alaskan to State of Union; 'The Blob'... on vacation or gone for good?; Councilman calls on Fairbanks marijuana clubs to get retail licenses; Anchorage Assembly to vet commercial cannabis measures; Dillingham drug bust nets $19K cash, 12.5g heroin; Rasmuson Foundation, family gift $24M to Anchorage Museum; Matt Hall wins Copper Basin 300, Aliy Zirkle takes 4th; Former Anchorage Archbishop Francis Hurley dies at 88
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