Congressman Don Young
Congressman Don Young has been in Congress for more than 40 years. He’s the state’s sole Representative in the U.S. House. Hear Alaskans talking directly with Don Young on the next Talk of Alaska.
KSKA: Tuesday, 6/25 at 10:00am
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Treadwell Announces Candidacy For US Senate; And Murkowski Says She Now Backs Gay Marriage
Current Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell officially announces his run for the U.S. Senate in 2014. Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan announces his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor in the next election. Senator Lisa Murkowski says she now backs gay marriage. Proponents of a marijuana initiative have gathered enough signatures to get the issue on the 2014 ballot. In order to comply with the Clean Water Act, Anchorage Wastewater Utility may have to spend up to $800 million on equipment upgrades.
KSKA: Friday, 6/21 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 6/22 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 6/21 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 6/22 at 5:00pm
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Alaska News Nightly: June 20, 2013
Parnell Signs Bills, Resolutions Supporting Gun Rights; Anchorage Pediatricians Quietly Protest High Hospital Charge; Traditional Foods Program Hosts Gathering In Wrangell; Artist Making Masks Representing Top-10 Diseases In Alaska; Hilcorp Handed $115,000 Penalty; Electric Cars Slow To Catch On In Sitka; Alaskans Dealing With Apparently Large Mosquito Crop
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Alaska News Nightly: June 19, 2013
Murkowski Endorses Gay Marriage; Alaska Couples Await Supreme Court Decision On DOMA, Prop 8; Sullivan Says He Will Run For Lieutenant Governor; State To Receive Brief Relief From Heat Wave; Steller Sea Lion To Give Birth To New Pup; Glacier Bay Lodge May Shut Down; New Deal Proposed For Possible Chena Hot Springs Expansion
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The Power of Urban Gardens
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Alaska News Nightly: June 18, 2013
Treadwell To Run For Senate; Sealaska Lands Bill Passes Senate Committee; Legislation Would Keep Petition Signatures Off Public Record; Wildfire Near Chena Hot Springs Road Prompts Massive Response; Fairbanks Natural Gas Releases Trucking Project Details; Federal Regulators Crack Down On Fish Fraud; McKinley To Denali Name Change Legislation Passes Out Of Senate Committee; Chignik Lagoon Hopes To Break Ground On Hydro Project; Youth Camp Teaches Rural Teens Public Safety Skills
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Grilled Halibut with Puréed Olive and Garlic Filling
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Eating Well Aboard a Seward Sailboat
Today we’re eating well on the ocean. About three years ago Jack and Barbra Donachy decided to move to Alaska from California in pursuit of a subsistence lifestyle.
Today they are teachers in Point Hope, and spend their summers on a boat in Seward. They named it Bandon.
Alaska News Nightly: June 17, 2013
Reid Promises Senate Will Pass Background Check Bill; Historic Cutter Storis On The Auction Block; State Emergency Management Team To Leave Galena This Week; Heat Wave Sets Records Across State; Hot, Dry Weather Amping Up Wildfire Conditions; Adak Fish Processing Equipment Up For Auction; Arctic Officials Receive Comments On Policy From Alaskans; State, Federal Governments Investigate Deepwater Port Possibilities
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I am a Musk Ox Farmer
Musk Ox Farm Director Mark Austin is responsible for the largest (and possibly only), modern domestication experiment. For a number of years, he has been raising musk ox in the Mat-Su Valley.
Night Music: June 15, 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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Traveling Music: June 16, 2013
Here’s the music playlist from Traveling Music with Shonti Elder. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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Alaska News Nightly: June 14, 2013
Marijuana Initiative Gets Closer To Ballot. Rabbit Creek Receding After Wrecking Bridge. Hot Weather Increases Fire Danger. Senators Urge Caution On Pebble Mine, Partnership Says Fishing On Decline. Preliminary Report Out For Fatal Float Plane Crash. An Unnamed Woman Becomes Sick With Botulism In Southwest Alaska. Rural Providers Conference Wraps Up In Fairbanks. Galena Flood Damage Reroutes Yukon 800. AK: Studying Sea Ice. 300 Villages: Sand Point.
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Glacier Trekking
A huge proportion of Alaska is covered with ice. A lot more than has towns and cities or anything man made on it. That’s a lot of country to explore, and its truly beautiful, like another world. On the next Outdoor Explorer the topic is glacier travel. We’ll be talking with a guide who takes newbies on glacier treks, a photographer who specializes in glacier journeys, and a glaciologist who goes to work on glaciers, and knows how they’re made.
KSKA: Thursday 6/20 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
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Better Thinking About Thinking
"Knowledge is not a matter of getting reality right. But rather a matter of acquiring habits of action for coping with reality," says Michael Lissack, executive director of the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence. This week on Addressing Alaskans listen to his talk on “Better Thinking About Thinking – Coherence, Complexity and Context” hosted by Alaska Pacific University.
KSKA: Tuesday 6/18 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
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AK: Studying Sea Ice
Everyone’s heard about the rapidly retreating sea ice in the Arctic. But if you’re a scientist, how do you actually study what is happening out on a frozen, moving ice cover?
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Alaska’s Cultural Connections: Allison Warden
Allison Warden is an Inupiaq performance artist and rapper, whose passion is helping young people explore their own culture… and find their voices and their place in the world. She doesn’t pretend to speak for all Inupiaq – she says they’re not all as weird as she is.
KSKA: Monday, 6/17 at 1:00 & 8:00pm
APD Policy Change on Vehicles as Weapons, BP Plans for North Slope, Immigration Bill Heats Up in Senate
APD policy change on vehicles as weapons. BP and others plan for North Slope. Immigration bill heats up in Senate. Governor Parnell signs $425 million bill to finance gas liquification plant. The Seaalska Bill is back and facing objections to making it law.
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Alaska News Nightly: June 13, 2013
Anti-Referendum Groups Get Pass On Financial Disclosures. Native Corporation 8A Contracting Declines. Clean Up Begins On Cargo Ship In Valdez With Leaky Containers. Hot Weather Settles Over Most Of The State. Anchorage Police Target Distracted Drivers. The Veniaminof Volcano Is Erupting. Fish Tech Degree Program Starts Up In Sitka. Native Speakers Inspire Change. Alaska Author Tackles Arctic Gardening.
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Rock Island Line: April 14, 2013
Here’s the music playlist from Rock Island Line with Steve Grabacki and Marianne Kerr. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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