Bringing Your Dog Along
Our biggest dog park in Anchorage seems to be Chugach State Park. On any sunny day on the trails into the mountains, you will encounter a lot of dogs and their people. Host Charles Wohlforth and guests will talk about enjoying the outdoors with your dog, fun stuff you can do, what to be careful of, and how to avoid being a jerk around non-dog people.
KSKA: Thursday, June 12, 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
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Proposition 1
Alaska’s budget is based on oil taxes, and the Legislature changed the oil tax structure last year to allow the industry more income when prices are high. In August Alaska’s voters are being asked whether they want to repeal that change.
APRN: Tuesday, June 1, at 10:00 a.m.
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Alaska News Nightly: June 5, 2014
Court Says Alaska Must Translate Election Materials Into Alaska Native Languages; What Do The EPA’s New Carbon Rules Mean For Alaska?; Company Operating Red Dog Mine Opts For Fine Over Wastewater Pipeline; NPFMC Meets in Nome; Bering Sea Pollock Remains Flat, Chinook Bycatch Is Up; NPFMC Looking to Reduce Salmon Bycatch; Shipwrecks Take Long Path To Cleanup; Mat-Su School District Seeks Pre-K Funds; Remembering The Internment Of 83 Alaska Natives During WWII
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Alaska News Nightly: June 4, 2014
King Cove Road Advocates Sue Federal Officials; Exxon Mobil Developing Point Thomson Into Natural Gas Field; Pavlof Eruption Grounds Some PenAir, Grant Flights; Earthquake Shakes Southeast Alaska; BLM Completes Land Transfer For Alaska Village; Bergdahl’s Hometown Unprepared For Public Backlash; Wolf Population Declining In Denali National Park; Over 4,250 Show For Anchorage’s Bike To Work Day; Anchorage Assembly Considers Labor Law Options; Canadian Man Embarks On 6,700 Mile Horseback Trip; Ketchikan Assembly Cuts Library Funding
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Alaska News Nightly: June 3, 2014
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, State Argue Education Funding; Pavlof Volcano Eruption Sends Ash Toward Cold Bay; Unusual Seismic Activity Continues Near Noatak; Increased Mat-Su Property Crimes May Be Linked To Increased Drug Use; Kobuk Meeting on State-backed Ambler Mining Road Weighs Promise of Jobs against Local Concerns; Anchorage Ranks Among Nation’s Top Bike Commuting Cities; Shipyard Program Sets Students On Career Path
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Baby Jams
Today we’re surviving children’s music. While some children’s music is better than others, most of it can drive you crazy after multiple listens. To find out how to keep our musical sanity after children, we turn to Townsquare 49 contributor, local DJ, and brand new father Spencer Shroyer.
Alaska News Nightly: June 2, 2014
Bergdahl Release Ignites Political Controversy; New EPA Carbon-Pollution Rules Will Spark Rate Hikes In Fairbanks; Crews Discover Years-Old Human Remains On Kenai Peninsula; Prescribed Interior Fire Extends To Over 6,000 Acres; New Alaska Chief Medical Examiner Named; Katie John Honored In 375-Mile Walk For Subsistence Rights; 12-Year, Human-Powered Expedition Summits Denali; Layoffs Begin At Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation; Bethel Native Reimagines Qaspeq
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Combating Rural Poverty Through ‘Last Mile’ Solutions
Alex Counts founded Grameen Foundation and became its President and CEO in 1997, after having worked in microfinance and poverty reduction for 10 years. A Cornell University graduate, Counts’ commitment to poverty eradication deepened as a Fulbright scholar in Bangladesh, where he witnessed innovative poverty solutions being developed by Grameen Bank. His talk, hosted by the Alaska World Affairs Council, was recorded May 16.
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Algo Nuevo: June 1, 2014
Here’s the Sunday, June 1, 2014 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...
We Are Glacier People
Alaska has thousands of glaciers, but Matanuska Glacier is probably the most user-friendly.
At 27 miles long by 4 miles wide, it is the largest glacier accessible by car in the United States.
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Alaska News Nightly: May 30, 2014
Drug Stockpile Recovered From Unalaska Home; Amid Green Peace Protests, ExxonMobil Readies for Summer Project in Russian Chukchi; Alaska Journalist Bob Tkacz Found Dead; Bethel Test Fishery Starts Early; Rain Gives Crews Leg Up On Funny River Fire; AK: A Musical Celebration; 300 Villages: Rampart
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AK: A Musical Celebration
Alaskans have had some big anniversaries this year: The ‘64 earthquake and the Exxon Valdez oil spill among them. Acoustic musicians celebrated their own anniversary last month in Juneau: the Alaska Folk Festival’s 40th. The week of concerts attracts hundreds of singers, pickers and strummers and thousands of fans from around the state.
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Orienteering and Wilderness Navigation
Navigating and avoiding getting lost is a bottom-line requirement for spending time in the wilderness. It’s also a sport and a source of competition. We’ll learn about orienteering, and along the way get tips about how to know where you are when you’re traveling in the backcountry. Navigation can be an interesting puzzle, and it can also save your life.
KSKA: Thursday, June 5, at 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
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Managing Predators
Managing predators is not easy, but it’s harder to manage people. Predator populations are spreading in the Lower 48 states, and farmers are not happy. Meanwhile in Alaska the tourists are arriving, the bears are out and so are the moose calves.
APRN: Tuesday, 6/3 at 10:00am
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Alaska Edition Friday May 30, 2014
Sexual assault and the National Guard update. Update on Southcentral fires. The SARB board meets to evaluate the trans-Alaska pipeline. Jim Minnery, leading conservative activist, modifies his views on gays. Changes ahead for workers compensation law. Verizon enters the Alaska market. Six Native regional corporation join the vote no campaign against the oil-tax referendum. Anchorage Police Chief Mark Mew says his department is understaffed.
KSKA: Friday, May 30 at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 31 at 6:00 p.m.
KAKM: Friday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 31 at 4:30 p.m.
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Alaska News Nightly: May 29, 2014
Committee Moves Bill Updating Magnuson-Stevens Act; Kuskokwim Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Comes Together In Bethel; Begich Speaks On VA Care In Alaska; Rain Helping Firefighters Maintain Containment Lines; Funny River Residents Meet After Evacuation Order Lifted; Alaska Zoo Caring For Orphaned Wolf Pups; 2-Year State Predator Control Program Claims 153 Interior Bears; Secretary of Defense Visits JBER
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Algo Nuevo: May 25, 2014
Here’s the Sunday, May 25, 2014 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...
Algo Nuevo: May 18, 2014
Here’s the Sunday, May 18, 2014 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...
Algo Nuevo: May 11, 2014
Here’s the Sunday, May 11, 2014 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...
Alaska News Nightly: May 28, 2014
Rains Helping on Kenai; Firefighters Shifted to Funny River; Parnell Signs Budgets; Sealaska Names New CEO; Ferry Workers OK Strike Authorization; Search Continues for Missing Hiker