Alaska News Nightly: May 8, 2013
Bethel Cop Charged With DUI At Police Shooting Scene; State Leases Nearly 150,000 Acres To Oil, Gas Developers; Federal Government Targets 50 Legacy Wells For Clean-Up; How Much School Can A Student Miss; Public Speaks Out On Public Testimony Ordinance; Frank Murkowski Lays Blame On Environmentalists; Southeast Village Native Corporation Looks To Export Cultural Tourism Expertise; Hundreds Gather For Shakes Island Clan House Rededication
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The Civil War as Surreal
Our country is celebrating the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the Civil War (1861-1865).
On a recent trip East, husband Dave and I tried to remove the surreal when imagining neighbors killing neighbors or our non-white relatives as slaves.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: May 7, 2013
Pebble Review Panel Finds Flaws With Baseline Studies. Murkowski Says No To Legacy Wells Plan. Fairbanks Gives Anchorage Developer More Time. Tribal Leaders Paint Bleak Picture At Summit. Museums, Attractions Gear Up For More Ships, Passengers. Fairbanks Speed Skater Is 2014 Olympic Hopeful. The Nation: Kreiss-Tomkins A ‘Lesson For The Left’. Dead Eagle Near Sitka Made News In 1995.
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The Illusive Portage Glacier
In the early 1950s, many people thought Alaska was remote, practically inaccessible.
I was seven years old the summer of 1951 when my father quit his job as a Northwest Airlines pilot and moved our family from Seattle to Anchorage to begin flying for Pacific Northern Airlines.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: May 6, 2013
Cleveland Eruption Continues. Newtok Residents Describe Injuries From Era Plane Crash. Hundreds Gather In Juneau For Malaspina Tours. Decades After WWII, Alaska’s First Governor Gets His Discharge Papers. New Airplane Will Improve Medevac Service In Southeast. Americorps Workers Embrace Sitka. Visting Artist Merges Theater With Academics.
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Mountaineering on the Cheap
Today we learn how to take an epic Alaskan journey on the cheap. Luc Mehl has lived in Alaska most of his life, and he does not waste an opportunity to be outdoors.
Luc has done it all - from skiing down volcanoes to pack rafting through craters. Most recently he traversed and climbed the three largest peaks in North America. That’s more than 800 miles of hiking, biking, skiing and rafting.
Indie Alaska: The Ski Train
The Ski Train is a springtime tradition in Alaska, and one of the biggest parts of the experience is the roving polka band, the Alaska Blaskapelle.
In this video, we take a look at the whole experience, and get a look at a few of the characters from the band.
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In My Family: “Sit Down”
This week on “In My Family,” Annette teaches teaches Raven how to say “sit down,” in Yup’ik.
Alaska News Nightly: May 3, 2013
Governor Sean Parnell Announces He Will Seek Re-Election In 2014. Alaska Supreme Court Rejects “Fetal Personhood” Initiative. Convicted Former Murkowski Aid Registers As Lobbyist. Senator Murkowski Meets With Subsistence Users In Glenallen. Scientists Study Mt. Redoubt’s 2009 Seismic Activity. Canoes Arrive In Wrangell. ‘Day Of Loss’ As Bill Brady Center Closes Its Doors. AK: Bacon. 300 Villages: Newtok.
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Squash Mac & Cheese
I love this dish. But I seriously fretted about what to call it.
Because it's a lighter mac & cheese, but calling it "light mac & cheese" is such a culinary turnoff. Might as well tell folks to chew on some saw dust, eh?
See the recipe. AK: Bacon
This week on AK, bacon. From its sound to its smell, it’s safe to say most meat eaters love everything about bacon. But few love it as much as Erik Johnson. He makes his homemade. Over the years he’s experimented with different bacon recipes, once even using an entire bottle of whiskey as a marinade.
Pack Rafting
A pack raft is a raft you can fit in a pack, and it opens up Alaska in a way that few other inventions ever have done. For skilled paddlers, the raft eliminates the barriers presented by rivers, lakes and even bays when crossing country. But there’s a lot to learn to be safe. We hear from a famous trekker and pack raft pioneer, and a business owner who teaches pack rafting.
KSKA: Thursday 5/9 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
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Alaska News Nightly: May 2, 2013
Parnell Administration Shifts Focus From Oil To Natural Gas. Begich To Introduce Social Security Legislation. Business Of Clean Energy Conference Begins. USS Anchorage: Tours And More. Fairbanks Pilot Makes Solo Trip To The North Pole. Soldier Sentenced For Involuntary Manslaughter. Stikine Subsistence Closed To Chinook Harvest. "Winter Bear” Returns. Kasilof Bear Killed.
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Borough Group Seeks Valley Sexual Assault Response Program
Matanuska Susitna Borough residents turned out at Tuesday night's Borough Assembly special meeting to speak up about what they want included in this year's budget. And one line item that many Valley health care and law enforcement professionals are backing is funding for a Sexual Assault Response Team.
Alaska News Nightly: May 1, 2013
Keyes Investigation Highlights Lack Of National Missing Persons Database. Group Seeks Funding For Mat Su Borough Sexual Assault Response Team. Kenai Man Describes Bear Attack. Subsistence Fishermen On Kuskokwim Should Get More Kings This Summer. Boy Accidentally Shoots Sister in Mountain Village. Fish Processor Ships Live Crab Out Of Dutch Harbor. Haines Breaks Ground On Veterans Home.
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Rural Energy Conference Aims To Cut Bush Power Costs
Rural Alaska power costs are skyrocketing.. that fact is not in dispute This week, energy providers are gathering in Anchorage to find ways to help bring down costs (while investigating new projects that could work in the state.) The goal of the Alaska Rural Energy Conference is to create a forum to share ideas aimed at finding solutions for energy - challenged Alaskans.
New 90% by 2020 Education Action Report Reveals Progress
Data reveals progress is being made toward the community’s goal of a 90% graduation rate by the year 2020. Beginning in 2006 the Anchorage graduation rate was just 59%.
Today it’s grown to almost 73%. But additional attention and effort is still needed.
Read more Alaska News Nightly: April 30, 2013
Eagle Residents Prepare As Breakup Draws Near; Energy Providers Gather To Discuss Costs; Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Welcomes U.S. Energy Bounty; Anchorage Denies AO37 Referendum, Next Stop, Court; New Film Covers Former Governor Wally Hickel; Fairbanks Utility Applies To State For Service Area; Alaska Cultural Connections: Whaling
Making of a Refuge: Jute Bay to Amber Bay
After passage of the Alaska Lands Act in 1980, biologist Edgar Bailey and volunteer Nina Faust surveyed a 200-mile section of the Alaska Peninsula coast from Jute Bay to Amber Bay, checking almost all the bays and nearly all of the islands along the way.
Today, USFWS does not let personnel do surveys in this fashion as it is considered too dangerous.
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Alaska News Nightly: April 29, 2013
Signature Collection Starts For Oil Tax Referendum; Court Clarifies Order To Redistricting Board; Weak Chinook Returns Expected For Yukon River; Crowley, UIC Form Joint Venture In Arctic; Canister Containing Toxic Compound Washes Ashore Near Kodiak; Delta-Area Farmer Determined To Rebuild After Fire Wipes Out Poultry Barn; Sealaska Canoe Lost En Route To Wrangell; Southeast Inter-Island Ferry Authority To Run Short On Cash; Alaska Cultural Connections: Los Anchorage
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