Alaska News Nightly: September 24, 2013
Lobbyists And Legislators Converge On Energy Council Meeting; Pew Trust Proposes Arctic Drilling Standards; BLM Confirms Strategy For Old Alaska Well Cleanup; Scientists Find Unexpected Response To Climate Change In Northern Moths; Owners Fight To Save Fairbanks’ Polaris Building; Healy Clean Coal Plant Shouldn’t See Impact From New Regulations; Mat-Su Voters Will Decide On Alcohol Tax Proposition; A Bear Walks Into A Bar…; 7 Things You May Not Know About Alaska Airlines
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Four-part TV series on Alaska’s Marine Highway begins Wednesday on 360 North-TV
Beginning Wednesday at 8 p.m., 360 North-TV will broadcast a four-part documentary series on the Marine Highway’s 50 years of operation.
If you enjoyed Part One of the documentary, you won't want to miss the broadcast premiere of parts 2, 3, and 4.
- Part 1: Alaska's Marine Highway - Wed, Sept 25 at 8pm.
- Part 2: The Golden Voyage - Wed, Oct. 2 at 8pm.
- Part 3: Life on Board - Wed, Oct 9 at 8pm.
- Part 4: Connections - Wed, Oct 16 at 8pm.
Alaska News Nightly: September 23, 2013
State Reviews Fracking Regulations; Judge Dismisses Emissions Control Area Lawsuit; Fairbanks Draft Fine Particulate Pollution Regulations Released; Storm Drives F/V Chaos Aground In Unalaska Bay; Southeast Conference Wants To Change Tongass Management; School Board Questions Laws On New Student Physicals; Senate Committee Debates Alaska Subsistence Management Structure; London Doctor Attempting 6-Continent Bike Ride
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Making A Batch of Cranberry Hooch
Today we’re making hooch. Town Square 49 contributor Connie Walker recently posted a recipe for her cranberry hooch on our website. She originally discovered the recipe in the late 60s after she had curled up on her couch with a copy of the Sunday paper.
Walker lives in Oregon today and says she hasn't made the hooch in decades, so I decided to track down an Anchorage cranberry expert to see if the recipe still held up almost 50 years later.
I Am Touring Musician Marian Call
When it comes to touring, Marian Call is a force of nature. It's a phenomenon she describes as wanderlust.
While she's an Alaskan at heart and on paper, most of her time is spent outside - playing her unique style of music in the lower 48, Canada, and Europe.
POV: Best Kept Secret
At a public school in Newark, New Jersey, the staff answers the phone by saying, “You’ve reached John F. Kennedy High School, Newark’s best-kept secret.” JFK provides an exceptional environment for students with special-education needs. In “Best Kept Secret,” Janet Mino, who has taught a class of young men for four years, is on an urgent mission. She races against the clock as graduation approaches for her severely autistic minority students. Once they graduate and leave the security of this nurturing place, their options for living independently will be few. Mino must help them find the means to support themselves before they “age out” of the system. By Samantha Buck.
TV: Monday, 9/23 at 9:00 p.m.
Masterpiece Mystery: Foyle’s War – The Cage
A severely injured man drags himself to a hospital, only to die shortly after being found by a nurse and doctor. As Foyle makes inquiries, he is led to discover a mysterious military facility full of secrets that could threaten British Intelligence. Meanwhile, Sam's jumbled efforts to help her husband Adam campaign for Parliament draw surprising results.
TV: Sunday, 9/22 at 8:00 p.m.
Last Tango in Halifax: Episode 3
Celia and Alan decide on a civil marriage ceremony to be held at an eerie medieval hall near Halifax. As they visit, a storm is brewing, the lights go out and they’re locked in the ancient building. In the midst of a thunderstorm, Gillian’s Land Rover inexplicably catches fire.
TV: Sunday, 9/22 at 7:00 p.m.
AK: Salvage
For more than 30 years, Dan Magone has run around Alaska bailing out vessels in distress. In the process, he’s developed a multimillion-dollar marine salvage business – and a reputation. Magone is a daredevil to some, and a savior to others. But now, he’s the one being saved. Facing rising debt, Magone is selling his shop in Unalaska to a larger company. It’s enough to keep the lights on, but it’s going to be a big adjustment for the man at the center of Alaska’s salvage industry.
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Alaska News Nightly: September 20, 2013
Arctic Ocean Sea Ice Hit’s Seasonal Low; Chevak Artifacts Land In Dump; Dozens Sheltered By Red Cross After Anchorage Apartment Fire; Anchorage Labor Law Headed For Alaska Supreme Court; Budget Woes Headline UAF Address; UAA Introduces New Athletic Director; Scotty Gomez Foundation Hockey Association Partners With ASD To Revive Girls’ High School Hockey; Troupe Prepares Gravity-Defying Show On Museum Facade; AK: Salvage; 300 Villages: Manokotak
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Biking Without Borders: Two Wheels, Six Continents & the Neglected Tropical Diseases
Dr. Steven Fabes was recorded speaking on "Biking Without Borders: Two Wheels, Six Continents & the Neglected Tropical Diseases" at the Alaska World Affairs Council on September 20, 2013.
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Trap Shooting
Trap shooting is a sport at which Alaskans excel, having produced a national champion and Olympian in Cory Cogdell, formerly of Eagle River, and other top competitors. On today's show we learn about the community of trap shooters in Anchorage, how shooters learn to hit the fast-moving targets, and what it takes to get into the sport. Watch Video
KSKA: Thursday 9/26 at 2:00 pm and 9:00 pm
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Governor Sean Parnell
There are always surprises when the guest on Talk of Alaska is the Governor. You just never know what kind of questions are going to come in when the audience is spread all over the state. Way beyond politics as usual, it’s the resumption of the long tradition of Alaska’s Governor appearing on the next Talk of Alaska.
APRN: Tuesday, 9/24 at 10:00am
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Pebble Loses A Partner; And The PFD Is $900
Anglo American has left the Pebble Partnership. Union leaders turn a petition with over 22,000 signatures for AO-37 repeal. Municipality of Anchorage denies an attempt to change the way union dues are handled. The 2013 Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend checks will be $900.
KSKA: Friday, 9/20 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 9/21 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 9/20 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 9/21 at 5:00pm
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Up Close and Personal Over Knik Glacier
In mid September, three pilots fly paramotors (powered paragliders) from Bodenburg Butte, near Anchorage Alaska, to the Knik Glacier by way of the Knik River Valley.
With the flooded river valley and fall colors along the way to the glacier it makes for a "Flight of Fantasy".
Great Performances – The Hollow Crown: Richard II
King Richard (Ben Whishaw) is called upon to settle a dispute between his cousin Henry Bolingbroke (Rory Kinnear) and Thomas Mowbray (James Purefoy). Richard calls for a duel, but then halts it just before swords clash. Both men are banished from the realm. Richard visits John of Gaunt (Patrick Stewart), Bolingbroke’s father, who, in the throes of death, reprimands the king. After seizing Gaunt’s money and lands, Richard leaves for wars against the rebels in Ireland. Bolingbroke returns to claim his inheritance. Supported by his allies, Northumberland (David Morrissey) and the Duke of York (David Suchet), Bolingbroke takes Richard prisoner and lays claim to the throne.
TV: Friday, 9/20 at 8:00 p.m.
Alaska News Nightly: September 19, 2013
Thousands Of Dinosaur Tracks Discovered Along Yukon River; Alaska Personnel Board Makes Same-Sex Partners ‘Family’; Badly Beaten Anchorage Teen Identified; Juneau Airport Officials Practice On Fake Airplane Crash; Filmmakers Search For Long-Missing Russian Plane; Alaskan Hotel To Get TV Makeover; New Tourism Concept Highlights Unique Appeal Of Less Traveled Areas
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Brains on Trial with Alan Alda
Using a fictional crime — a convenience store robbery that goes horribly wrong — this two-part program builds a gripping courtroom drama. The program probes the brains of the major participants —defendant, witnesses, jurors, judge — while Alan Alda visits neuroscientists who explore how brains work when they become entangled with the law. The research poses a controversial question: How does our rapidly expanding ability to peer into people’s minds and decode their thoughts and feelings affect trials like this one? Should it?
TV: Thursday, 9/19 at 7:00pm
Alaska News Nightly: September 18, 2013
Suspected Serial Rapist in Custody; Anchorage Police Discover Badly Beaten Man In Downtown Building; Senators Not Expecting Movement In Gun Control Legislation; 2013 Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend Checks Will Be $900; Walrus Move To Shore In Northwest Alaska; Bethel Group Wants Board Of Fish To Take A Closer Look At Kuskokwim Kings; Thalattosaur Fossil Discovered Near Kake May Be New Species; Court Denies Vic Kohring Appeal; JBER Pays EPA Fine For Hazardous Waste Management Violations; UAA Atwood Chair Encourages More Native People To Become Reporters
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Waves of Change: Kodiak Stories of the 1964 Earthquake and Tsunami
Waves of Change: Kodiak Stories of the 1964 Earthquake and Tsunami was a two-week long history and film course in which Kodiak youth researched the under-documented stories that relate to the 1964 earthquake and tsunami.
Students conducted interviews with elders and scientists, engaged in archival and secondary source research, and shot, directed and edited their own films.
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