Alaska News Nightly: September 12, 2013
DNR Commissioner Dan Sullivan Resigns; AVTEC To Offer Nation’s First Ice Navigation Course; Dena’ina Exhibit Opens At Anchorage Museum; Why ‘Alaska’ Means Milk And Basketball To Many Filipinos; Fairbanks Resolution Could Keep EPA From Revoking Permits; Photo Collection Sheds Light On Denali Explorer Belmore Brown; Denali Gets A Height Reduction From USGS
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Snow Screen: A Northern Film Festival
What does being a Northerner mean to you? Weigh in, and then watch.
Snow Screen: A Northern Film Festival will feature YouTube videos with a Northern theme, curated and shown on the big screen.
Learn more. Alaska News Nightly: September 11, 2013
Ethics Infractions Cost Former State Legislator $18,000; Obama Asks Congress To Delay Vote On Syria; New Agreement Bolsters Alaska’s LNG Commercialization Efforts; State To Review Old Statutes Delaying Renewable Energy Projects; Weidner Program For Property Management And Real Estate Launches At UAA; UAA Names Keith Hackett New Athletic Director; Denali Loses A Few Feet, Remains North America’s Tallest Peak; Epic Horse Pack Trip Ends In Denali; Proposed Initiative Target Union Dues; Southeast Leaders Consider Region’s Maritime Industry; Reward Offered For Stolen Artwork
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Executive Sabbatical Program
Executive burn out? Maybe you need a break...
Nonprofit and tribal executives, listen up! Are you tired and stressed? Haven’t had a vacation in months or years? A sabbatical may be just what you need.
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Alaska News Nightly: September 10, 2013
Despite Fewer Small Plane Crashes, 2013 Yields More Fatalities; Chukchi Polar Bear Population Remains Healthy As Ice Coverage Lessens; Former State Senator Bill Ray Dies; Contracting Issues Delay Cleanup Work At Reserve; Alaska Airlines Showcases Q-400; How Many Shrews Can A Rainbow Trout Eat?; Hoonah May Get New Cruise Ship Dock; Talkeetna’s Feline Mayor Returns Home
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U.S. Leadership in an Emerging Arctic
U.S. Ambassador for Oceans & Fisheries, David Balton was recorded speaking on "U.S. Leadership in an Emerging Arctic” at the Alaska World Affairs Council on September 10, 2013.
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Big Feat, Little Feat Creative Challenge
If you have artistic tendencies, visions of unicorns, love performing or simply want to explore what feats you're capable of, don't miss out on this adventure!
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Alaska News Nightly: September 9, 2013
Schools Struggle With Heating Bills, But No Takers For Loan Program; Ongoing Fixes Delay Arrival Of UAF’s New Arctic Research Ship; Extent Of Tribal Court Authority Questioned In Minto Trial; Interior Tourism Officials Expect Average Summer Numbers; Holland America Halts Dawson City Bus Tours; Plan To Merge Mat-Su Emergency Call Centers Draws Criticism From Law Enforcement; Low Enrollment Pushes Juneau, North Pole Football Teams To Southeast Conference; Alaska Tribes Celebrate Heritage On Homer Beach
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Traveling Music 9-15-13
Traveling Music
9-15-13
Shonti Elder
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Peace Like A River
The St. Mary's Praise Singers, featuring Wade Hampton Miller / Traditional
Peace Like a River
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How Many Shrews Can a Rainbow Trout Eat?
Today, we meet a rainbow trout with an unbelievable appetite. Mark Lisac is a fish biologist at the Togiak Refuge, and just a few weeks ago he and group of his colleagues were catching rainbow trout for a tracking project.
“I can’t say for certain that I’ve ever seen a well preserved shrew in a stomach analysis,” Lisac says. Let alone 19 of them.
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We Are Mountain Runners
Ellyn Brown and Matias Saari are two of the most well known athletes in the Alaska mountain running community. Both runners have won Alaska's toughest races, but will tell you they measure their success not by races won, but by how much time they get to spend running.
AK: Preservation
In June, the Keku Cannery in Kake was named one of the 11 most endangered historic places in the country by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The building is an artifact of Alaska’s salmon canning industry and its a reminder of the different people that worked there.
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Alaska News Nightly: September 6, 2013
Sea Ice Changes Begin Affecting Vegetation On Land; Magone Sells Renowned Marine Salvage Business; Pilot, Researchers Stranded Near Mt. Mageik; Rain Hammers Valdez, Cordova; Carnival Cruise Ships Installing Air Pollution ‘Scrubbers’; Juneau Clinic For Homeless, Low-Income Residents Open Through April; SAFV Tackles Domestic Violence Crisis With Community Training; AK: Preservation; 300 Villages: Nelson Lagoon
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Alaska’s Winter Olympians
For some years now, Alaska has produced more than its share of competitive athletes for the Winter Olympics. Is it just because it’s cold up here? We’ll find out from the athletes themselves, as they take a break from training for Sochi to appear on the next Talk of Alaska.
KSKA: Tuesday, 9/10 at 10:00am
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Inside The Mind of a Terrorist
Professor of International Affairs at the National War College, Dr. Bard E. O'Neill was recorded speaking on "Inside The Mind of a Terrorist" at the Alaska World Affairs Council on September 6, 2013.
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FAA Policy Would Limit Some Night Flying; And Bill Walker Takes A Jab At Gov. Parnell
The FAA may be enforcing a policy that would cancel some night flying at some Alaska airports and other airfields around the country. More natural gas is being discovered in Cook Inlet; there might even be a surplus. The Alaska Congressional delegation seems conflicted about Syria.
KSKA: Friday, 9/6 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 9/7 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 9/6 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 9/7 at 5:00pm
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A Shrew-Eating Trout
This fish was caught on the Kanektok River during a rainbow trout project. It wound up being a mortality capture (it didn't survive), so it was cut open to see what it had been feeding on. Surprise! The answer was shrews, and a whole lot of them.
By my count, this trout ate twenty shrews. Twenty.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: September 5, 2013
Environmental Enforcement Doesn’t Sit Well With Miners, Politicians; Hundreds Of Aftershocks Rock Aleutian Chain; Oil Tax Referendum To Appear On Ballot; Union Files For Arbitration Over State Office Space; Geothermal Test Well Drilling Begins Near Nome; Weekend Winds Won’t Reach Last Year’s Levels; Coal Development Spurs Protest; Budding Local Market For Local Blooms
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Anchorage Snapshots
In the winter, in the late fifties and early sixties, when construction season in Anchorage was dead and Dad grew bored with painting landscapes, he got out his tripod and the black Graphlex he’d bought at Stewart’s Photo on Fourth Avenue.
The large box-like camera looked like those used by professional photographers, maybe for Life Magazine.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: September 4, 2013
Oil Tax Overhaul Supporters, Opponents Not Pleased With Regulatory Process; Veniaminof Volcano Producing Weak Ash Plume; Fisherman Picket Anchorage Walmart Before Big Meeting; As Stream Levels Drop, Salmon Die Before Spawning; Fairbanks Gets New Satellite Facility; Fairbanks Man Travels, Writes In Dangerous Places; Talkeetna ‘Mayor’ Begins Recovery After Dog Attack
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