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.
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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:
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A la Claire Fontaine
Crowfoot...
The Mark of a Roo
Today, for the first time in many years, my yard was silent. There was no 4 am crow to incorporate into my dreams, as so often happens in the summer, and no crow to greet me when I came out to feed the dogs and chickens.
Roo Paul was gone – taken away yesterday by the Rooster Remover, because yes, I am too "chicken" to dispatch problem birds myself.
Read the full story. 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
A few months ago a classmate’s mother celebrated her 100th birthday with a card party. That is, we were invited to create and send cards to commemorate her milestone.
Several of us remembered and shared stories of her late husband, Mr. Norton, the beloved principal of North Star Elementary School in Anchorage.
Click for the full story. Alaska News Nightly: July 15, 2013
Coast Guard Opens Forward Operating Location In Kotzebue; Worry About Whale Watching Comes From Within The Industry; Redistricting Board Adopts Final Plan; Hundreds Gather To Remember Pilot Killed In Soldotna Crash; Will A Marine Shipping Merger Pit David Against Goliath?; Author Revives Aleutian History Through ‘Lost Ledgers’; New Book Delves Into Life Of ‘Papa Pilgrim’
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Calling All Heroes
Today we’re making heroes. Heather Cavanaugh oversees the Summer of Heroes program, a partnership with ACS and the Boys and Girls Club. The program nominates and awards Alaskan youths for their outstanding community service.
Winners of the award will receive a $1500 scholarship, as well as invitations to special events and recognition ceremonies.
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I am Daphne DoAll LaChores
Scott Koeller has been regularly dressing in drag since college and with the help of his wife has created a lasting persona as Daphne DoAll LaChores.
Daphne is well known as the host of Mad Myrna's Drag Queen Divas show, but many would be surprised to learn that the Anchorage fixture is also the handyman at Mad Myrna's, one of the top gay bars in the country.
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Night Music: July 13, 2013
Here’s the music playlist from Night Music with Connie G. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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Take...
Alaska News Nightly: July 12, 2013
Repeal Group Gets 45,000 Signatures For Referendum; FAA Ups Qualification Requirement For First Officers; Tenakee Seeks Families To Keep School Open; Central Peninsula Hospital Opens New Oncology Unit; Cyclist Survives Wold Pursuit On The Alaska Highway; StoryTRACKS Gets Kids Reading Outdoors; AK: Game Entrepreneurs; 300 Villages: King Cove
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AK: Game Entrepreneurs
Hundreds of years in the future, Earth is rendered uninhabitable. Brothers Raymond and Rusty Hayes are battling for survival. Their weapons? A board, a deck of cards, and some dice. KSTK’s Shady Grove Oliver takes us inside the world of War Command.
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Dip Netting
Mid-July is time for reds to rush into Cook Inlet and up the Kenai River. And at the river’s mouth, to navigate their way past a phalanx of nets held out in the current on long poles. We're talking about dipnetting the Kenai, the kind of fishing that makes you feel like a grizzly bear, snatching the salmon out of the river by skill and chance.
KSKA: Thursday, July 18, 2pm and 9pm
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Developing Alaska Writers
There is a quiet collision going on between a fast-developing new crop of Alaska authors and the fast-changing world of publishing. Alaska has always had a place in the national imagination, but is that place changing? Teachers of creative writing will be the guests on the next Talk of Alaska.
KSKA: Tuesday, 7/16 at 10:00am
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Traini Looks To Limit Executive Pay, Benefits; And Parnell Pushes For Seismic Testing in ANWR
Oil tax referendum proponents say they have gathered enough signatures to get the measure on the ballot. Assemblyman Dick Traini looks to limit executive pay and benefits. Governor Sean Parnell pushes for seismic testing in ANWR.
KSKA: Friday, 7/12 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 7/13 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 7/12 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 7/13 at 5:00pm
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