Alaska News Nightly: October 10, 2013
Special Counsel To Investigate Mining Raids; Salvage Efforts Continue For Sunken Tender In Haines; Impacts Of The Shutdown On The Tongass; Fairbanks Natural Gas Founder Running Another LNG Company; Public Weighs In On Plan For Northern Access To U-Med District; Revamped GED Test Coming In January; Sitka’s Water Main’s Fixed, But Who Pays For Repairs?; Health Insurance Access Worries Commercial Fishing Industry; Beloved Tree Comes Down In Fairbanks
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Kachemak Bay Water Trail – Connecting Communities
Alaska News Nightly: October 9, 2013
Public Weighs In On Potential New Indoor Tennis Courts; Survey Says Nearly Half Of Mat-Su Women Experience Sexual Violence; Alaska's Supreme Court Justice Talks About Diversity On The Court; AIDEA Signs Agreement To Support Niblack Project; Study: Southeast’s ‘Blue Economy’ Growing; New Downtown Fairbanks Sculpture In The Works
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Understanding and Conserving Alaska’s Estuaries
Sure, all natural habitats are important. But some have a special power – for both nature and people.
That’s the case for the estuary, that place where the world’s three most dominant natural realms meet.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: October 8, 2013
State Expects Unemployment Filings To Rise Due To Shutdown; Alaska Native Tribal Governments Keep Doors Open For Now; Bethel Economic Summit Looks At Energy Needs; Signing Up For Insurance On Federal Marketplace Still A Waiting Game; Alaska E-Health Network Defends Privacy Protections Of Medical Records; Why Sea-Tac Airport Workers Can't Join a Union for Better Pay; Tlingit & Haida Housing Authority, CCS To Expand Senior Services In Rural Southeast
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A Busy October at Anchorage Libraries
Anchorage Library planners have outdone themselves this month with more interesting and diverse events scheduled than in years. The Zombie Apocalypse returns to Loussac on Saturday, Oct. 19, with the scavenger hunt maze open from 6:45-10 pm.
Another noteworthy event this month is the grand opening of Loussac’s new early literacy center for young children.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: October 7, 2013
Nikiski Top Choice For LNG Pipeline Destination; Great Bear Says Alaska’s Shale Has Great Potential; Big Wind Storm Predicted To Hit Anchorage During Morning Commute; Salvage Begins On Sunken Tender In Haines Harbor; Furloughed Employees Struggle To Pay Bills; Badly Beaten Teen Remains Unconscious; Fairbanks Police To Play Support Role In Fairbanks 4 Review; Anchorage, Native Corporation Disagree on Gas Revenues; YK Delta Company Competing For Super Bowl Commercial Time
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The Year-round Alaska Gardener
Today we’re starting a garden. Most people would probably assume that gardening season begins in early spring. But for garden blogger Jamie Woodside, the season never ends.
Woodside is already planning her 2014 garden, even though her current one is still producing vegetables.
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We Are The Overby Family Band
The Overby Family Band, or "Ode to the Roddes" is unique part of the Sutton, Alaska community.
Their musical style is "Jug Band," a mix of Jazz, Folk, Bluegrass and Americana.
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Alaska News Nightly: October 4, 2013
Federal Shutdown Could Delay Crab Fisheries; Group Inadvertently Deals With Federal Under-Reach; Alaska’s High Court First Supreme Court In The Nation To Hear Climate Change Case; State Orders Review Of Fairbanks 4 Case; Small Explosion Detected At Cleveland Volcano; Longtime Pilot, Adventurer Shares Experiences In New Book; AK: Museum Moving; 300 Villages: Coffman Cove
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Transition Season Biking
Even as fall weather gets colder, biking is not over. The sport of cyclocross is nearing its peak of competition. Mountain biking trails are firm and fast in cool weather. And yearround bikers are preparing for winter. We are talking about biking when its cold out, on the cyclocross course or on the street, getting to work, and the equipment and attitude it takes to make sub-arctic bicycling full.
KSKA: Thursday 10/10 at 2:00 pm and 9:00 pm
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The Wolf
Biologist Gordon Haber may have spent more hours observing Alaska’s wolves than anyone else. He died in a 2009 plane crash tracking wolves in Denali National Park. His work will be the subject of a book coming out later this month.
APRN: Tuesday, 10/8 at 10:00am
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Navigating The Online Health Insurance Marketplaces
The Affordable Care Act's online health insurance marketplaces launched across the country on Tuesday. Each state is required to have a marketplace as part of the ACA. The sites are where people can shop for a health insurance plan and figure out if they qualify for a subsidy to help pay for it. Under the health care law, nearly everyone in the country is required to have health insurance starting Jan. 1. Today's guests are here to answer questions about how to sign up for coverage.
KSKA: Friday, 10/4 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 10/5 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 10/4 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 10/5 at 5:00pm
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AK: Museum Moving
Construction workers in Juneau are making progress on the State Library Archives Museum building – otherwise known as SLAM. What most people don’t see is all the work behind the scenes.
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Alaska News Nightly: October 3, 2013
Salvagers Make Progress On Sunken Tender Lone Star; Paid Petitioners Vital Resource For Initiative Sponsors; Alaska Schools Lose More Than 600 Teachers, Staff Over Past 3 Years; Chugiak Residents Fight Landfill Plan; Y-K Delta’s First Nursing Home Opens In Bethel; Unions Criticize Lack Of Pre-Hire Labor Agreement For Juneau Dock Project; Forest Service To Tweak Tongass Management Plan
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New Youth Environmentalists Hail from all Parts of Alaska
Alaska Youth for Environmental Action have appointed new Youth Organizers for the 2013-14 year.
The 16 students are from all over the state and have a deep passion for keeping Alaska's environment healthy.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: October 2, 2013
F-16s Will Remain At Eielson Air Force Base; New F-35 Fighter Jets May Be Based At Eielson; State’s National Parks Close Due To Shutdown; High Web Traffic Cripples Federal Health Insurance Marketplaces; Municipal Elections Held Across State; Agricultural Conference Addresses Arctic Food Issues; Circle Still Recovering From Spring Floods; Solace International Helping Syrian Refugees
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End of the Alcan: Our Journey to Alaska
“I packed one suit, two shirts and two ties,” Dad said to Mom the night before he left Portland.
He had accepted a job with the Bureau of Land Management in Anchorage and needed to be presentable for work, but had little room in the old Plymouth for much of anything in addition to camping equipment, food, fishing gear and his beloved guns.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: October 1, 2013
Federal Government Shuts Down; Alaska’s Federal Workers Speak Out On Shutdown; Health Insurance Marketplace Launches In Alaska; Why Are Old Apartment Complexes Burning Down In Anchorage?; Marine Weather Forecasts Remain Available; Can A College Freshman Force State Action On Climate Change?; Cruise Season Short Of Million-Passenger Mark
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The Art of James Gurney: Part 2
James Gurney’s famed Dinotopia series, enchanting adventures juxtaposing mythical creatures and humans against fantasy backgrounds, morphed into his how-to book, Imaginative Realism.
Imaginative Realism’s sequel is Gurney’s Color and Light. Written in a convenient cookbook style, he imparts artistic elements, rules-of-the-road, that take painters on a journey, becoming keener observers while perfecting their artistic endeavors.
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