Alaska News Nightly: December 12, 2013
Gov. Parnell Proposes $1 Billion In Budget Cuts; Presidential Adviser Pete Rouse Touts Alaska Roots; Savoonga Whales Fulfill Musical Needs; Warming Arctic Likely Contributing To Erratic Worldwide Weather Patterns; Revisions Required For Shell’s 2014 Chukchi Exploration Plan; Bethel Homeless Shelter To Open By Christmas; Eaglecrest In Finals Of Ski Town Throwdown; US Women’s Nordic Team Entering Third World Cup Week
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Tumultuous Times in the Coop
In the past couple of weeks, my chicken house looks like several chickens have spontaneously combusted… it’s a cloud of feathers. But every chicken is, luckily, accounted for.
It’s just my Easter-egger going through a late-season molt.
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Alaska News Nightly: December 11, 2013
Big Outside Money Expected For US Senate Race; Study Investigates Two Decades Of APD Officer-Involved Shootings; Department of Administration Gets New Acting Commissioner; Report: 398 Alaskans Pick Marketplace Plans; Public Tells Commissioners HB77 Concerns; Recent Warm Up Affects Subsistence Gathering; Maritime Refuge Eyeing Invasive Cattle On Two Islands; Governor Continues 100-Year-Old Holiday Tradition
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Alaska News Nightly: December 10, 2013
Preliminary Report Reveals Few Details In St. Mary’s Crash; Juneau Highway Gunfight Followed Friday’s Drug-Related Shooting; Funerary Polar Bear Skulls May Be Returned To St. Lawrence Island; Savoonga Harvests Second Whale; State Weighs Options For Highway To Bypass Wasilla; Hovercraft To Be Replaced With Helicopter At Akutan Airport; Putting The ‘State’ In Alaska State Museum; Fairbanks Green Energy Advocate Pushes For Alternative Funding Model; Crews Testing New Road Ice Breaker; XtraTuf Says Its Boots Are Better
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The Christmas Star
On their first Christmas together, my parents purchased a simple red aluminum foil star for the top of their small tabletop Christmas tree.
In the snapshot they stand on either side of the tree. The star has a large hole in the center, obviously meant for a tree light to be inserted from the back.
Read more. Traveling Music 12-22-13
Traveling Music
12-22-13
Kluonie Frey (Shonti Elder's daughter)
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I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
The Civil Wars / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Johnny...
Traveling Music 12-15-13
Traveling Music
Kluonie Frey (Shonti Elder's daughter)
12-15-13
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Hot Buttered Rum
Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum / Tommy Thompson
Winter’s Grace
Dog Boy Records
3:30
Don Oiche...
Alaska News Nightly: December 9, 2013
Bristol Bay Fishermen File Suit Over Lone Star Sinking; FDA To Announce Decision On Genetically Modified Salmon; Fairbanks Company Offers Giant Pellet Fuel Logs; Inmate Hospitalized After Assault; Major AHFC Mixed Development in the Works for Mountain View; Dog Attack Victim, Hero Recount Their Ordeal; Geological Forensics At The Mendenhall Glacier; Adak Eyes Potential Polluck Fishery
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Good Morning Moon Music Video
Today we’re checking out music videos. Alaskan songwriter Marian Call recently released the first music video for her 2011 album Something Fierce.
Call says the video began last year as part of her Kickstarter campaign, when she took a poll from her fans.
The Gentle Giants
The Carriage Wheel Ranch in Chugiak, Alaska is home to the Gentle Giants, six black Percheron draft horses.
The associated Horse-Drawn Carriage Company, owned by Jon Nauman, has been offering carriage, sleigh and wagon rides to Alaskans for nearly 40 years.
Night Music: December 7, 2013
Here is the Night Music Playlist with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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Artist / Composer (if known)
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8:00...
Alaska News Nightly: December 6, 2013
Lindsey Holmes Recall Application Rejected; Representative Bob Herron Fined For Ethics Violation; Attorney General Questions Commission’s Public Safety Solutions; UAA Tops Out New Engineering Building; Avian Cholera Caused Savoonga, Gambell Seabird Die Off; Powassan Virus On The Rise; Ambler Road Focus Of Anchorage Meeting; AK: Fortress of the Bear; 300 Villages: Whale Pass
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AK: Fortress of the Bear
In 2003, a Sitka couple proposed creating a bear rescue center from the remains of the town’s decommissioned pulp mill – a plan that raised some local hackles. Ten years later, the Fortress of the Bear is home to five brown bears and two new black bear cubs – and it has converted some skeptics, including a local biologist.
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Avalanche Safety
They say the most important piece of safety equipment outdoors is your brain, and that is particularly true with staying alive in avalanche country. We'll address the most dangerous backcountry hazard with an avalanche prediction expert and an educator who specializes in tuning up that safety gear inside your head. We’ll talk about how to recognize danger, how to prepare for winter travel in the backcountry, and when to stay home.
KSKA: Thursday 12/12 at 2:00 pm and 9:00 pm
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The Power of Educating Girls
Educate girls and you will change the world. This is the message of Girl Rising, a film that tells the stories of nine different girls around the world. Following a screening of Girl Rising, the Alaska World Affairs Council hosted a panel discussion on the power of educating girls with members of Anchorage's academic community and Brian Callahan from the Global Campaign for Education.
KSKA: Tuesday 12/10 at 2:00 pm and 9:00 pm
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Slow Fish: An Idea Whose Time has Come in Alaska?
Alaskans have always enjoyed and defended their fish. We love our clam beaches, most of us oppose fish farming and many of us have our own special recipes not only for cooking, but preserving salmon and other fish. Alaska’s remoteness has helped to protect its fisheries, but in more populated parts of the world, small-scale local fisheries are threatened by habitat degradation and outside-owned fleets.
APRN: Tuesday, 12/10 at 10:00am
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Fall Revenue Forecast Takes $2 Billion Hit; And Democrats Push For Stricter Campaign Disclosure Laws
The state is expecting $2 billion less in it's fall revenue forecast. The Sullivan administration puts together its capital budget wish list. The fallout of Governor Sean Parnell's decision to reject federal Medicaid expansion. Democrats push for stricter campaign disclosure.
KSKA: Friday, 12/6 at 2PM & Saturday, 12/7 at 6PM.
KAKM: Friday 12/6 at 7:30PM & Saturday. 12/7 at 4:30PM
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Alaska News Nightly: December 5, 2013
Robin Gattis Sentenced To 16 Years For Drug Conspiracy; Cuts, Savings Withdrawals To Cover Alaska’s Budget Shortfall; Arctic Fibre Reveals Alaska Broadband Plans; BOEM Reviews Lease Sale Comments; Court Backs Park Service In Water Rights Case; Indian Law and Order Commission Report Criticizes Alaska; Savoonga Lands 55-Foot Bowhead Whale; Former Legislator, Teacher, Homesteader Niilo Koponen Dies
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Sitka Teen Speaks Out About Rebuilding Her Culture
Mt. Edgecumbe High School student Shanelle Afcan delivered a powerful commentary last week on Sitka's KCAW Raven Radio about the disappearance of her Alaska Native culture.
The club hosts a youth-led, hour-long monthly radio show on the local public radio station. The show connects the Sitka community to the student community by breaking down youth stereotypes.
Read more. Traveling Music 12-8-13
Traveling Music
12-8-13
Shonti Elder
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Artist / Composer
CD Title
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Peace on Earth
Gordon Bok and Cindy Kallet / William Carlos Williams, Gordon Bok
Neighbors
Timberhead
3:30
Firedance (instrumental)
Bill Whelan / Bill...