One Hundred Years of Climbing Denali
The first successful climb of Mount McKinley took place in 1913. Walter Harper, Hudson Stuck and Harry Karstens made history. Now, 100 years later, their family members plan to mark the centennial with a climb of their own.
KSKA: Tuesday, 2/12 at 10:00am
Obama Names New Secretary of the Interior; and the Anchorage School Board Passes A New Preliminary Budget
President Obama names 56 year-old REI Executive Sally Jewell the Secretary of the Interior. The Anchorage School Board passes a preliminary budget after hearing a great deal of public testimony. The United States Post Office will end Saturday delivery come August. The Anchorage School District and the teachers union have begun contract negotiations. The state House passed a revised cruise ship pollution bill. A group of homeowner in the Rabbit Creek neighborhood are concerned by the possibility that non-residential development could drain their water supply. The state House starts to move on legislation that would expand the school voucher program and provide aid to parochial schools. ConocoPhillips says the tax changes Parnell proposes for the oil industry just don't go far enough. Sen. Murkowski unveils a sweeping energy bill from her position as ranking member of the Senate Energy Committee.
KSKA: Friday, 2/8 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 2/9 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 2/8 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 2/9 at 5:00pm
Nice Guys Finish Last
During my sophomore year at Anchorage High School, in 1958, I sat first chair first trumpet in the band, as well as playing first trumpet in the high school orchestra and playing in the the Anchorage Little Symphony.
In my mind, and certainly in the opinion of my trumpet teacher and most of my friends, I was the best trumpet instrumentalist in the state.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: February 7, 2013
Troopers Investigating Kake Teenager’s Death As A Homicide; Public Turns Out For Eielson Meetings; Court Hears Arguments In Port MacKenzie Rail Spur Case; Arctic Council To Finalize Oil Spill Preparedness Agreement; Cruise Ship Discharge Bill Awaits Public Comment; ‘Stand Your Ground’ Bill Resurfaces In Legislature; Lance Mackey Scratches From Yukon Quest; Five Teams Vying For Top Spot in Yukon Quest; Cleveland’s New Lava Dome Increases Eruption Risk
The Katmai Eruption of 1912
This film is about the Katmai eruption that occurred in Alaska in June of 1912. The eruption affected a lot of places, but especially Kodiak Island, which was blanketed with two and a half feet of ash.
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Anchorage Residents Push for Water Protections in Title 21
A group of home owners in the Rabbit Creek neighborhood are concerned that non-residential development could drain their water supply. They say it could happen in many neighborhoods on the Hillside and are suggesting an amendment to Title 21, Anchorage land-use law as a preventative measure. Members of the Anchorage Assembly are in the final stages of a 10-year review of Title 21, which has been in the news for addressing issues like sidewalks, landscaping and stream setbacks. But the Rabbit Creek residents say, if it goes through without addressing water issues, the municipality could face problems down the road.
Alaska News Nightly: February 6, 2013
Obama Nominates REI Chief Exec To Lead The Department of the Interior; State Cracking Down On Cruise Industry’s Third-Party Contractors; Plane Crash Near Kalskag Injures Three; EPA’s Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment Goes Back To The Drawing Board; Anchorage Residents Push For Water Protections In Title 21; Skull Found Along Beach Near Umkumiute; Paul Johnson Memorial Norton Sound 450 Sled Dog Race Begins; Yukon Quest Officials Extend Mandatory Dawson Layover By 4 Hours
A Fresh Start
Day in and day out, the drivers of the University of Alaska Anchorage shuttle carry hundreds of students to and from classes, driving the same 2.5 miles of road. What led these drivers to UAA? How do they deal with the monotony?
One such driver, Melissa Homa, can provide some insight.
Nicole Blizzard Short Story Contest
Radical Arts for Women encourages writers to write and sponsors the Nicole Blizzard Short Story Contest, open to all women living in Alaska.
Entries come from all over Alaska and we encourage you to enter!
Learn more. Alaska News Nightly: February 5, 2013
King Cove Residents Still Hopeful For Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Road; EPA Plans Final Bristol Bay Assessment This Year; Report Predicts Windfall For Alaska If Federal Lands, Water Opened To Drilling; Knik Arm Bridge Costs Uncertain; Neff Reaches Yukon Quest Halfway Point First; School Board Passes Preliminary Budget 6-1; Series Of Southeast Quakes Interests Scientists
School Board Passes Preliminary Budget 6-1
The Anchorage School Board passed their preliminary 2013-2014 budget Monday (2/4) night after hearing testimony from the public.
Special Report: Asian Energy Markets and Alaska
In this special report, Lise Falskow, CEO of the the Alaska World Affairs Council discusses Asian energy markets with expert Mikkal Herberg.
Mikkal Herberg is a senior lecturer on international and Asian energy at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego.
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Alaska News Nightly: February 4, 2013
Begich Introduces Bill Granting State A Share Of Offshore Drilling Revenue; Air Force Seeking Feedback On F-16 Relocation Proposal; Explosion Rocks Fairbanks Neighborhood; Hugh Neff Leads Yukon Quest; Arguments To Be Heard For Port MacKenzie Rail Spur Wetlands Permits; New Study Challenges Scientists’ Assumptions Of What Marine Animals Need From Environment; Program Researching Chukchi Sea’s Biological Productivity; Counselors Address Suicide Prevention In Schools
Goodbye Sled Dogs, Hello Airplanes
In 1913, a group of Fairbanks merchants shipped an airplane from Seattle to Fairbanks via steamboat. Those Alaskans had no concept of how the technology of air would completely alter life on the ground.
On the 100th anniversary of that historic 1913 flight, the Anchorage Museum opens “Arctic Flight: A Century of Alaska Aviation.”
Learn more. Alaska News Nightly: February 1, 2013
Massive Disabled Cargo Ship in Route to Dutch Harbor. Shell Tallies Cost of Kulluk Grounding. Republicans Oust Millet as Chair. Kikkan Randall Dominates Sprint in Sochi. Environmental Group Sues Over Seismic Work in Cook Inlet. Tlingit Elder Clarence Jackson Dies. AK: Hope. 300 Villages: Chenega.
AK: Hope
If you’re in the habit of running East Anchorage trails in the winter in the dark, then you might have run by a compact, dark-haired doctor named Joanie Hope, jogging slowly with her headphones on, singing. She is the state’s only gynecologic oncologist. But she's also in a rock band, that tours nationally to raise awareness for gynecological cancers. Their first Alaska concert is tomorrow.
The Changing Arctic and Antarctic
The changing Arctic has become a resource frontier, and a military and economic one. But for much longer it has been a scientific one. We’ll take an international perspective on the Arctic with a leading polar scientist from Japan
KSKA: Tuesday, 2/5 at 10:00am
Dan Coffey Fined By APOC; and Kulluk Damage Assessments Continue
Anchorage attorney, and sometimes lobbyist, Dan Coffey is fined close to $12,000 for failing to register as a lobbyist for the Municipality of Anchorage. Lawmakers get what has been called a pay raise by a change in the rules governing their office expenses. Damage assessments continue on the drill rig Kulluk. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, once again, is arguing that Mt. McKinley should undergo a name change - and return to Denali. The Alaska Republican Party is still engaged in a leadership battle. Rep. Wes Keller has introduced a bill that would require drug testing for some welfare recipients. Anchorage's Title 21 – is the end of the debate anywhere in sight? Former governor Sarah Palin parts ways with the Fox Network.
KSKA: Friday, 2/1 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 2/2 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 2/1 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 2/2 at 5:00pm
Embracing Reading with “A Pet Named Sneaker”
What does it mean to enjoy reading? When do you get the curiosity to read Sunday book reviews, or re-read that classic you breezed through in high school?
I know what it’s like to be that kid who finds reading an insurmountable task. In third grade my parents must have been told I couldn’t read because cartons of books began appearing in my bedroom. My cousin Joan Heilbroner began writing stories for Random House Beginner Books in the early sixties.
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Alaska News Nightly: January 31, 2013
ACLU Challenges Anchorage Sidewalk Law; NPFMC May Start Ocean Zoning Work Next Week; Study Names Nome, Port Clarence As Best Region For Deep Water Arctic Port; Murkowski Works On Making In-State LNG Line More Feasible; New Legislation May Change Charter School Authorization Process; Mat-Su Borough Offering To Give Away Ice Breaking Ferry; Alaska Whooping Cough Cases On The Rise; Eco Marketing Campaign Backs Young Growth Timber