Something Different: July 29, 2012

Here’s the Sunday, July 29, 2012 edition of Something Different with Betsy. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title Artist Name Album...

Night Music: July 28, 2012

Here’s the music playlist for Night Music with Connie G. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title Artist Name Album Title Label Duration Blue and...

Night Music: August 4, 2012

Here’s the music playlist for Night Music with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title Artist Name Album Title Label Duration Kissing Bug Dan...

Traveling Music: July 22, 2012

Here’s the music playlist from Traveling Music with Shonti Elder. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title Artist / Composer CD Title Label Duration Ice Storm...

Traveling Music: August 5, 2012

Here’s the music playlist from Traveling Music with Shonti Elder. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title Artist / Composer CD Title Label Duration The Man...

Traveling Music: August 19, 2012

Here’s the music playlist from Traveling Music with Shonti Elder. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title Artist / Composer CD Title Label Duration Horizonto Charlie Hunt...

Small Game Safaris

Old-timers can remember when the peanuts were free at Chilkoot Charlie’s. Right about that time, some oil companies paid the state of Alaska $900 million for leases on the North Slope and the rush was on. But, as the establishment's notoriety spread and business grew, it also become a world class hangout for mice. Read more.

Eagle Scout Revamps Iditarod Trail

Seventeen year-old Nick Reiter dedicated the last two weekends to the project that will lead him to becoming an Eagle Scout. The senior at South Anchorage High School directed 49 volunteers, including other Boy Scouts, to rehabilitate a mile of the Historic Iditarod Trail in Girdwood. Read more.

EPA Holds Hearings On Pebble Mine; and Oil Companies Prepare For Pt. Thompson Work

EPA holds the latest round of hearings on the proposed Pebble Mine. Gov. Sean Parnell is determined to get a Republican majority. Oil companies prepare to begin work at Point Thompson. The Alaska Renewable Energy Fair starts on August 10. Congressman Don Young tells a Fairbanks business audience that it’s time to forget about the EPA. The state will not re-try accused murderer Mechele Linehan. Gov. Parnell says no to insurance exchanges. KSKA: Friday, 8/10 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 8/11 at 6:00pm

Lori Bradford

This West High School dance instructor has been working to pass on both her knowledge and passion for dance on to her students. Since she began teaching, Lori Bradford has built an incredibly successful program that brings the community together. TV: Sunday, 8/12 6:30pm & Wednesday, 8/15 at 11:00pm KSKA: Thursday, 8/16 at 1:00pm

AK: Summer Camp

Kids can learn to be an astronaut at Space Camp. For song and dance, maybe it’s off to Broadway camp. Fish science? For that, there’s no better place than Bristol Bay Salmon Camp. Nine high schoolers from around Alaska learned aquatic science skills as they studied the ecosystem of spawning salmon in Wood TikChik State Park recently.

Night Music: August 11, 2012

Here’s the music playlist for Night Music with Connie G. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title Artist Name Album Title Label Duration Look To...

Algo Nuevo: July 22, 2012

Here’s the Sunday, July 22, 2012 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or...

Algo Nuevo: July 29, 2012

Here’s the Sunday, July 29, 2012 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or...

Algo Nuevo: August 5, 2012

Here’s the Sunday, August 5, 2012 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or...

Algo Nuevo: August 12, 2012

Here’s the Sunday, August 12, 2012 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or...

Something Different: August 12, 2012

Here’s the Sunday, August 12, 2012 edition of Something Different with Betsy. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title Artist Name Album...

Restoring America’s Salmon Forest

What comes to mind when you hear the term conservation? Petitions, polar bears, politicians, researchers? David Attenborough? Did heavy equipment tearing up a rainforest floor come to mind? Unlikely. Nestled deep within our earth’s largest temperate rainforest- conservation takes unique form. Learn more.

New Early Literacy Kit Developed For Toddlers Statewide

Anchorage Public Library’s Ready To Read Learning Center has added a fourth kit to its collection, designed to promote early literacy skills to youngsters, 0-3, throughout the state. The new Read With Me Bag gives toddlers the opportunity for hands-on experience with books. Read more.

AK: Underground

North America’s only Permafrost Research tunnel is pretty nondescript from the outside. But a small brown building built into a hillside by the Army Corps of Engineers in the late 1960’s is actually the gateway to nearly 40-thousand years-worth of geology, ice and history. Few Alaskans know it exists, but that might change this weekend when, the Corps hosts the first ever Permafrost Tunnel Open House.