Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, June 6, 2024
Regulators say Alaska needs tougher limits on pollutants. Plus, businesses say struggles with homelessness have hurt their bottom line.
Guy Raz Event
KSKA: Wednesday Octoberber 05 @ 2:00pm and 8:00pm Guy Raz came to Alaska and spoke to an audience at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium. He told us about what inspires him, what it takes to make the TED Radio Hour, and life lessons he’s learned along the way.
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Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, August 11, 2021
The pilot involved in a deadly plane crash near Ketchikan last week was in another accident just weeks prior. And, the COVID-19 surge pushes some communities back into lockdown. And, parts of Alaska are seeing extra rain, but in some places it just feels that way.
Fill this stage with Alaska musicians
KSKA: Wednesday, Jan. 4 @ 2 and 8 p.m. Alaska musicians want the capacity to make a living in the state they love. To that end, they've launched an initiative to attract attention to talent in the 49th state. Listen up!
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Talk of Alaska: Giving Voice to Alaska
With the nomination of Sarah Palin, the nation has discovered Alaska again. You can see stories datelined "Wasilla," in national magazines and newspapers. But...
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Alaskans are still stranded across the country as nasty weather keeps planes grounded. And a new federal committee is working to change derogatory names on American landmarks. Plus researchers are bouncing a radio signal from Alaska off a far-out space object.
Advice from the Alaskan Consular Corp.
KSKA: Tuesday, March 12 at 2pm. On the program this week we get to learn about the Alaskan Consular Corps. We’ll answer some questions like “who are consuls?” “why do we have them in Alaska?” and “what do they do?” This was a panel discussion featuring some very experienced consuls sharing with us what their jobs entail and what to expect when traveling to their home countries.
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Alaska News Nightly: Friday, March 11, 2022
Advocates celebrate a federal bill that allows Alaska tribal courts to have more power. Also, how rising oil prices affect gas, groceries and everything else. And commercial and subsistence fishermen debate Sitka herring management.
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015
UAF comes clean about disciplinary failures in sex abuse, rape cases; City unveils plan to combat escalating Spice emergencies; Unalaska museum closes after ancient Bible found in director's house; Murkowski's irate over canceled leases, Interior nominee heard all about it; Under US chairmanship, Arctic Council convenes in Anchorage; Fairbanks Police Department under fire at city council meeting; Alaskan stuck in Russia after visiting relatives there
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Frasca Appointed to Drummond’s Seat on Anchorage Assembly
The Anchorage Assembly appointed and a new member Tuesday. KSKA's Daysha Eaton has the story.
Anchorage Edition: May 28, 2010
Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week...
Home Fires – Women in Wartime – New Masterpiece Debuts in October
Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca Annis (Reckless) star as bitter rivals for control of the Women’s Institute in a rural English town as it struggles with the onset of World War II. Hailed by the London Daily Mirror as “an astonishing story about women as war breaks out” HOME FIRES also stars Clare Calbraith (Downton Abbey), Ed Stoppard (Upstairs Downstairs), and Claire Rushbrook (Whitechapel).
Alaska News Nightly: August 1, 2013
Archaeologists Uncover Pre-Contact Inupiat Village Near Kiana; Bill Walker Announces Plans To Run For Governor; Study Finds Increasing Wildfire Frequency; Researchers Study Micro-Nutrients Of Aquatic Ecosystems; Fairbanks Residents Speak Out On LNG Service Applications; ‘Not Dead Yet’: Living With Terminal Cancer
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Jews in Alaska: Saving the stories
What is Jewish history in Alaska? And what is contemporary Jewish life in Alaska? Find out when Alaska Jewish Museum founders and a curator join us.
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Ask your Social Security questions
Alaska has a fast-growing population of older Americans. Social Security benefits can be an important part of their retirement plans. Disability is a key safety net for many. Can you count on it to be there when you need it? All questions are welcome.
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Can America and The Muslim World Be Friends?
In his 2006 novel The Order of Light where young Muslims light themselves on fire to protest the authoritarian reality of the Middle East, author Haroon Mohgul says he predicted the Arab Spring. At the Alaska World Affairs Council on April 6, Mohgul discussed the the Muslim world's relationship with the West over the years asking audiences to consider, "Can America and the Muslim World Be Friends?" Listen on Addressing Alaskans.
KSKA: Thursday 4/12 at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Stage Talk: Babes in Toyland
Garry Forester of Valley Performing Arts joins host Jean Paal this week to talk about Babes in Toyland now playing at the VPA Machetanz...
Alaska News Nightly: April 29, 2010
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Brace Yourselves, Bird Season is Coming
Today we’re gearing up for the birding season. Townsquare 49 contributor and bird enthusiast Zac Clark says Anchorage will see a big flux of birds in the next two to six weeks.
He calls this time of year the glory days, but it wasn’t long ago when Clark couldn’t have cared less about birds.
Parenting with love and limits
Pushing back against the authority of parents is a normal part of the individuation process for teens. These behaviors can usually be handled with patience, discipline, and love.
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