Getting the Kids Outside Year-round
Today we’re playing outside.
This play group calls themselves “Skedaddle,” and their purpose is to get the children outdoors together at least once a week. Even in the wind, rain and subzero temperatures.
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I Am A Bush Pilot
Alaska bush pilot Willy Fulton is known for his experience flying to remote locations, and his direct, likable personality.
Fulton is also known as the pilot who last flew Timothy Treadwell, and ultimately came upon Treadwell's remains in Katmai National Park.
Night Music: July 20, 2013
Here is the Night Music Playlist with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Title
Artist / Composer (if known)
Album
Label
Song Duration
8:00...
Alaska News Nightly: July 19, 2013
Fairbanks-Area Voters To File Opposition To Latest Redistricting Plan; Volcano Screams Just Before Eruption; Man Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder In Fatal Fire; Evacuation Watch Lifted For Two Rivers, Pleasant Valley; Debate Grows Over Use Of State Agricultural Land; State Sets Record Low For Boating Fatalities; AK: Eyes on the Sky; 300 Villages: Coffman Cove
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AK: Eyes On The Sky
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Traveling Music, August 18, 2013
Traveling Music
8-18-13
Shonti Elder
Format:
Song Title
Artist
CD Title
Label
Shady Grove
Brother Mule
Jawbone
Snake River Records 122
Twilight
Wings To Fly
Granite Creek Festival 2007
Recorded by Jason Overby / Sutton, Alaska
Take My Rest
Brother...
Traveling Music July 28, 2013
Traveling Music
7-28-13
Shonti Elder
Promoted Si Kahn Concerts Wed., July 31, 7:30 PM Vagabond Blues, Palmer and Thursday, Aug. 1, 7:30 PM, Tap Root, Anchorage (Whistling...
Hiking the Chugach
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The Papa Pilgrim Episode
The limits of the last frontier took only a few years to close in on the notorious “Papa Pilgrim.” What at first appeared to be wholesome and righteous turned out to be the opposite. Now the whole story is out.
KSKA: Tuesday, 7/23 at 10:00am
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Sleep Disorders
Learn about the purpose of sleep and discuss various disorders with sleep specialist Peter Osterbauer, MD, of the Alaska Sleep Disorder Center in Anchorage.
KSKA: Monday, 7/22 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
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Anchorage Opera’s new season is something to sing about
Join Anchorage Opera's Executive Director Kevin Patterson on this week's Stage Talk as he talks about their upcoming 2013-14 season which will include works by Donizetti, Rossini, Schubert and Johann Strauss.
KSKA: Friday July 19 at 2:45pm
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Coast Guard Sets Up Seasonal Base In Kotzebue; And FERC Approves A TAPS Settlement
Even though there’s no drilling in Arctic waters this summer, work is still being done in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. The Coast Guard has set up a forward operating location in Kotzebue this year after opening a seasonal location in Barrow last summer. Proponents of the oil tax referendum gather over 50,000 signatures. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approves a TAPS settlement with the three owners.
KSKA: Friday, 7/19 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 7/20 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 7/19 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 7/20 at 5:00pm
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Alaska News Nightly: July 18, 2013
Fishery Disaster Funds Included In Early Appropriations Bill; Senate Confirms Labor, EPA Nominees; HAARP Facility Shuts Down; Muslims Adapt For Holy Month In The Midnight Sun; Teenage Kodiak Shooting Victim Dies Of Wounds; Troopers Search For Missing Man Near Big Lake; State Receives Plan To Recover Sunken Bulldozer Near Talkeetna; Yup’ik Teen Wins At National Martial Arts Championships; Cargo Airships In Alaska’s Future
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Powered Paragliding Above the Clouds
Chris Reynolds has spent most of his life chasing the ever elusive “hang time,” sports like snowboarding provide. Recently, he found a new love and a new adrenaline high: Paramotoring.
In this new video, Reynolds shows us what Alaska mountaintops look like during the summer months.
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Traveling Music Aug. 4, 2013
Traveling Music
8-4-13
Shonti Elder
Promoted (Title of the Show) at Cyrano’s until Aug. 4.
Format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
6 Red Birds (in a Joshua Tree)
John Cowan...
Alaska News Nightly: July 17, 2013
Interior Mayors Voice Concerns Over F-16 Move; Failed Test May Hinder Ft. Greely Missile Field Expansion; Research Details Alaska’s Role In Bird Migration; Missing Woman’s Body Found Along Turnagain Arm; Denali Climbing Season Wraps Up; Fishermen Celebrate High Bristol Bay Sockeye Prices; Farmers Could Be Reimbursed For Supply Transportation; Cool, Damp Weather Assisting Stuart Creek 2 Firefighters; Flood Warning Issued In Brooks Range; Group Getting To Root Of Non-Native Plant Invasion
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Traveling Music July 21, 2013
Traveling Music
7-21-13
Shonti Elder
Promoted (Title of the Show) the musical playing at Cyrano’s Theater until August 4.
Format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
A la Claire Fontaine
Crowfoot...
The Mark of a Roo
![Our former resident rooster, Roo Paul.](https://media.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Alaska-Chickens-Roo-Paul-Rooster-300x215.png)
Alaska News Nightly: July 16, 2013
Dunbar Sets Alaska Mile Mark At 3:59.06; Hundreds Gather For Regional Economic Summit; Veteran Senators Defuse Rule-Changing Confrontation; More Charges Surface In Bethel Child Abuse Case; Galena Residents Seek Fish Donations; Chilkoot Watershed Closed To Sockeye Sport Fishing; Former Wrangell Hospital CEO Appointed Interim SEARHC Director; Overdue Hikers Found Safe On Stampede Trail; Officials Lift Evacuation Watch For Portion Of Chena Hot Springs Road; UAF Professor Attempting To Improve Sea Ice Forecasting
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Remembering North Star Elementary School
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