Alaska News Nightly: February 3, 2014
Department of Corrections Says Some Calls Between Inmates, Attorneys; Planned Parenthood Tries To Block Abortion Regulation; Trooper’s Helo 1 Crash Still Under Investigation; Board of Fish Discussing Cook Inlet Salmon Issues; Army Seeks ‘Data Gaps’ Over Cleanups At Old Chem/Bio-warfare Site Near Greely; Tongass Democrats Nominate Kiehl, Kito, And Reardon For Kerttula’s Vacant Seat; Commission Rolls Out Arctic Strategy Plan; Stebbins Planning To Fix Long-Standing Problems Using Recovery Funds; Front Of The Pack Shapes Up On Yukon Quest Trail
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The Saturday Market on the Tundra
Reyne Athanas runs the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center, which is home to a successful Saturday Market modeled after those found in major cities around the country.
She is also a working artist.
Traveling Music 2-9-14
Traveling Music
Shonti Elder
2-9-14
Format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
Obligatory Waltz
Misty River / Dale Adkins
Rising
www.mistyriverband.com
3:54
Let's Call It A Life
Darrell Scott / Darrell Scott
The Invisible Man
Full Light...
Traveling Music 2-2-14
Traveling Music
Shonti Elder
2-2-14
Promoted Concerts by Patty Larkin (Feb. 8, 7 PM Tap Root, Feb. 9, 6 PM Vagabond Blues) and Peter Mulvey (Feb. 15...
AK: Magic
For more than 20 years, people all over the world have been playing the strategic fantasy card game Magic: the Gathering. But the game has only recently found its way to Unalaska, where the island’s teenage boys have been going through a serious Magic phase for the past few months.
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Alaska News Nightly: January 31, 2014
Alaska Paratrooper Collapses, Dies After Jump; Desperate Renters Face Bugs, Damage; Alaskans Unhappy With Postal Service Changes; Begich Reports Bringing In About $850K In 4Q; Bill Rejecting Governor, Commissioner Pay Raises Likely To Get Senate Vote; With New Gasline Terms, TransCanada Role Evolves; Prosecutors Dismiss Case Against Former Dillingham High School Assistant Wrestling Coach; AK: Magic; 300 Villages: Lake Minchumina
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Olympic Parents
Parents of three Anchorage Olympians join us in the studio. Some of them are headed to Sochi, where the winter games start Friday, so we pre-recorded the show. We’ve heard from athletes, but as a parent it is easier to identify more with the parents: with their pride, and trepidation, and with knowledge of the sacrifices made for a young person to succeed at the highest level. We'll learn how parents produce an Olympian, and how it feels, good and bad, once you have one in the family.
KSKA: Thursday 2/6 at 2:00 and 9:00 pm
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Our Weird Weather
Tulips and green grass in January? Road to Valdez closed by the mother of all avalanches? Will there be an Iditarod, a Fur Rondy, an Iron Dog? Let's talk about our recent weather and its implications on the next Hometown Alaska.
KSKA: Weds. 2/5 at 2:00 pm and 9:00 pm
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Art Enters the Dialogue about Marine Conservation
An exhibition of art made from trash that washed up on beaches is about to open, offering a creative perspective on a growing environmental problem. It’s part of a thrust by the Anchorage Museum to refresh the dialogue about the Arctic. And it opens in the nation’s only Arctic state.
APRN: Tuesday, 2/4 at 10:00am
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Anchorage 100 Years Ago, The Health Perspective
In 1915 the site that was to become Anchorage was a tent city of 2000 people near Ship Creek. On the next edition of Line One Dr. Woodard will discuss the living conditions and health issues of the inhabitants with historian Dr. Steve Haycox and physician Dr Jay Butler.
KSKA: Monday 2/3 at 2:00 pm and 9:00 pm
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Nature: An Original DUCKumentary
There are some 120 species of duck, representing a wide variety of shapes, sizes and behaviors. Some are noisy and gregarious, others shy and elusive. They are familiar animals we think we know. But most of us don’t really know these phenomenal, sophisticated creatures at all. This Emmy Award wining program follows a wood duck family as a male and female create a bond, migrate together across thousands of miles, nurture and protect a brood of chicks, then come full circle as they head to their wintering grounds.
Wednesday, February 5 at 7:00 pm
Saturday, February 8 at 11:00 pm
VPA’s Pollyanna
Feeling a little in the dumps? Charly Rentz as "Pollyanna" will make you smile as she is joined by fellow cast members to talk about Valley Performing Arts production of Susan Pargman's adaptation of this classic tale of the eternal optimist performing February 14th through March 9th.
KSKA: Friday 1/31 at 2:45pm
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Alaska Edition January 31, 2014
The Sullivan Administration labor law revision will be on the November ballot. The Richardson Highway avalanche continues to block road access to Valdez. HAARP may be history. Shell cancels its 2014 arctic drilling program. The Big Timber Motel in Anchorage may close. Gov. Parnell's gas-line proposal draws support and criticism. The emergency room is primary care for at least 6,500 Medicaid patients. Fairbanks expects to lay off up to 70 teachers during cuts to education funding.
KSKA: Friday, 1/31 at 2PM & Saturday, 2/1 at 6PM.
KAKM: Friday 1/31 at 7:30PM & Saturday. 2/1 at 4:30PM
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Alaska News Nightly: January 30, 2014
Shell Calls Off This Year’s Exploratory Drilling Plans For Alaska; Unalaska Copes With Shell’s Decision Not To Drill; Murkowski Pushes To Lift Crude Oil Exports Ban; DOT Works To Dig Out Richardson Highway; UAS Training Takes To Skies Above JBER; Department of Defense Prepares For More Arctic Activity; State Dems Introduce Legislation To Expand Medicare In Alaska; Taku River Tlingit Sue To Stop Tulsequah Mine
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Mountain View Community Plan Process
Last year, the Anchorage Community Land Trust, in partnership with the Mountain View Community Council, began the process of creating a 2014 Mountain View Neighborhood Plan.
Focus groups were held with Clark Middle School students, program participants, business owners, and residents to hear their thoughts on land use in Mountain View.
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Alaska News Nightly: January 29, 2014
Planned Parenthood Suing Over Abortion Funding Reg; Fire Destroys Fairbanks Apartment Building; Judiciary Committee Explores Omnibus Crime Bill; Bill Aims To Arm VPSOs As Danger Levels Rise; House Passes Bill Extending PILT, Alaska’s Village Safe Water Program; State of the Union Address Irks Alaska's Delegation; From Paying $1,000 A Month For Health Care To $100; Senate Panel Hears Bill On Elementary School Reading Programs; Richardson Highway Opens North Of Mile 19; Can You Guess When The Road To Valdez Will Reopen?; Baranof Goat Study Unlocks Clues To Island’s Paleo Past; Nauman May Be The Only Woman In This Year’s Yukon Quest, But She’s One Tough Rookie
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American Experience: The Amish Shunned
What is it like to be cut off from your faith and your family? The Amish: Shunned follows seven people who have chosen to leave their closed and tightly-knit communities for the outside world, knowing they can never return. Each has paid deeply for their decision. Estranged form loved ones, these former Amish find themselves struggling to make their way in modern America.
Tuesday, February 4 at 8:00 pm
Capacity Building Grants For Sustainability
Learning to run an effective and efficient charitable organization does not happen overnight. As previously relied upon funding streams disappear, it’s imperative the nonprofit community finds innovative and sustainable ways to continue providing our much needed and relied upon services.
For many of us, writing a grant for $3,000 dollars isn’t worth the effort.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: January 28, 2014
Begich Pushing To Restore Veteran Benefits; USDA Under Secretary Patrice Kunesh Visits Bethel Region; Drug Court Could Offer Jail Alternative; Temperature Records Fall Across Alaska; Warm Winter Brings Open Water To Y-K Delta; Biofuel Could Help Lessen Rural Energy Costs; NIOSH Tacking Fishing Industry Injuries; Board Of Fish Ponders Low Salmon Run Solutions
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Alaskan Wishes Granted by the Alaskan Community
Meet three-year-old Owen from Salcha, Alaska. Owen is battling Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH), a life-threatening blood disorder.
During treatment, his port for chemotherapy prevented him from taking baths at his grandparents' house—something he once loved to do.
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