Reconnecting with the Dena’ina in Anchorage
All your favorite Anchorage places, like Chester Creek and Point Woronzof, have other names given them by the first people who made Anchorage home, the Dena'ina Athabascans. Learn more about your hometown from the experts, the first residents, on the next Hometown Alaska.
KSKA: Wednesday, 11/13 at 2:00pm and 9:00pm
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Marine And Coastal Monitoring
The herring never really recovered after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Even 24 years later, there is an ongoing effort to monitor the waters of the spill area in the Gulf of Alaska. The spill prompted a wave of revealing scientific research that is cresting now with new technology, and a portal for public access in real time.
APRN: Tuesday, 11/12 at 10:00am
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Parnell Appeals Subsistence Ruling; Shell Works To Jump Start Arctic Drilling Program
The Parnell Administration appeals a subsistence ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. Shell Oil is working to get its Arctic drilling program back on track. Savings will have to be used to balance the state’s budget. Reapportionment of the legislature remains incomplete.
KSKA: Friday, 11/8 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 11/9 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 11/8 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 11/9 at 5:00pm
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Pick.Click.Give. – How Alaskans Gave
There’s good news on the generosity front in Alaska. The PFD Charitable Contributions Program – Pick.Click.Give. – continues to grow in three core metrics: number of Alaskans contributing, total amount they are giving, and percentage of participants among those who file for their dividend online.
Earlier this year, 26,093 Alaskans used Pick.Click.Give. to donate part or all of their $900 dividend to causes they support.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: November 7, 2013
Senate Passes Anti-Discrimination Bill; Shell Oil Works To Revive Arctic Drilling Program; Groups Hail Court Ruling On Lease Sale Reviews; Rodell Named Revenue Commissioner; Salvage Efforts On Hold For F/V Arctic Hunter; Fukushima Contamination Could Reach Alaska Waters Next Year; Top 10 Things Alaskans Want To Know About Healthcare; Officials Say Dirt, Birds Doubled ML&P Project Cost; UAA Engagement Week Highlights Community; Sitka Named Alaska’s First ‘Walk-Friendly’ Community
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Tallyfunder.com – Social Philanthropy in Alaska
Tallyfunder.com provides a new way to support Alaskan non-profit organizations. It is the first crowdfunding site from Alaska, and began funding October 14.
Crowdfunding is very much what it sounds like, a crowd of different people coming together to fund something they care about.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: November 6, 2013
Measure To Combat Sexual Assault Would Limit Military Commanders’ Power; Initiative To Ban Cook Inlet Set Netting Could Be On 2016 Ballot; Fairbanksan Carries Olympic Torch At The North Pole; Education Funding Lawsuit: What If Ketchikan Wins?; Tlingit Clan Conference Focuses On Language; Sitka’s New Bear Cub Settles In; Shrine Celebrates 75 Years Of Retreats And Reflection
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Remembering Pauline
My friend Pauline died recently. From the time I heard that she was ill, and since she passed, I spent a lot of time thinking about the dynamo that was Pauline and the times when our paths crossed.
Pauline and I were friends, but not best friends. We didn’t hang out together, giggle about boys, or share our innermost teenage angst. Were we not classmates at Anchorage High School, we most likely never would have met.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: November 5, 2013
State Takes On Feds Over Control Of Rivers; AFN Officials Revisit Subsistence Issues; Murkowski Questions Head Of Healthcare.gov; Persistence Pays Off On Health Insurance Marketplace; Murkowski Misses Vote On Anti-Discrimination Bill; Group Prepares To Turn In Application To Recall Lindsey Holmes; Serious Arson Up In Anchorage; North Pole Company Suffers Multimillion Dollar Loss After Building Burns; AEL&P Parent Company Agrees To Merger With Spokane-Based Avista; Savoonga, Gambell Request Help From Delegation
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Pullen Creek Streamwalk: Protecting Salmon Habitat in Skagway
Known to many as the Gateway to the Klondike Goldrush, Skagway is home to roughly 900 residents and a popular travel destination for hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
The Pullen Creek Corridor has long been an area of interest to visitors and residents of Skagway. The creek’s proximity to the cruise ship docks and downtown area as well as its’ annual runs of king, pink, and coho salmon make the creek an attractive and accessible nature retreat.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: November 4, 2013
How Long Will The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Be Viable?; Tesoro To Begin Construction Of Cook Inlet Pipeline Next Year; Crews Remove Fuel From Grounded F/V Arctic Hunter; State Wrestles With $12 Billion Pension Shortfall; Judge Dismisses Complaints Challenging NPS Authority; Book Makes Case For US, Canada Merger; Tree Buried By Volcanic Eruption Could Reveal Seismic Secrets
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Protecting Palmer Farmland in Perpetuity
Today we’re exploring farmland in Palmer. The Alaska Farmland Trust was formed about eight years ago in an effort to preserve agricultural land across the state.
Their work is creating conservation easements on Alaska farms, which will provide benefits to the land owner, but more importantly will guarantee the land won’t ever be developed.
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I Am A Metalhead
An Alaska metal veteran and an up-and-coming young band assess the Alaska metal scene, and the misconceptions about most metalheads.
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Alaska News Nightly: November 1, 2013
F/V Arctic Hunter Runs Aground Near Unalaska; Murkowski, Young Criticize Shared Beringian Heritage Program Plan’s Transparency; Murkowski Meets With FEMA About Galena Flooding Response; Crews Clear Huge Alaska Landslide From Road; Anchorage Has Warmest October In Nearly A Century; Calista Board Sanctions 6 Board Members For Ethics Violations; Milken Family Foundation Surprises Juneau Principal With $25,000 Award; Can Logging Switch To Second-Growth Sooner?; AK: Road Trip; 300 Villages: Tyonek
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I Can See Russia From Here
"I Can See Russia From Here: A Celebration of the Friendship Flight & 25 Years of an Open Border Between Two World Superpowers" a panel discussion with Steve Cowper, Willie Hensley and Med Treadwell was recorded at the Alaska World Affairs Council on November 1, 2013.
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Crow Pass History
The Crow Pass trail leads from the Girdwood Valley to Eagle River. It’s a great backpacking route, and also a historic portion of the Iditarod Trail that led from Seward to mines in the Interior. What you might not know is that the trail was rebuilt in the 1970s with girl scout labor.We’ll learn about the Crow Pass trail in history and meet a former girl scout who helped remake the trail 40 years ago.
KSKA: Thursday 11/7 at 2:00 and 9:00 pm
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Seismic Activity And Tsunamis In Alaska
Alaska is the most seismically active place in America and one of the most earthquake prone areas on the planet. There were numerous large earthquakes in the 1960s followed by a few decades of relative calm, but that's changed in recent years. It's not a matter of if, but when for the next big earthquake in Alaska.
APRN: Tuesday, 11/5 at 10:00am
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AK: Road Trip
There aren’t many highways suitable for road-tripping in Alaska, but the ones we do have are dotted with plenty of interesting road-side attractions.
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Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault Top AFN Conversations
The issues of substance abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault garner a lot of attention at the Alaska Federation of Native Conference in Fairbanks. Calls to strengthen tribal control over subsistence matters were highlighted by a round-table discussion with Senator Mark Begich and an address by Senator Lisa Murkowski where she deemed certain Federal Subsistence Board rules “ridiculous.”
KSKA: Friday, 11/1 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 11/2 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 11/1 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 11/2 at 5:00pm
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Traveling Music 11-10-13
Traveling Music
11-10-13
Shonti Elder
Format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
Brother Wind
Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott / Tim O'Brien
Memories and Moments
Full Skies Records
5:00
Here I Am
Mary Chapin Carpenter...