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
Huevos Rancheros
In Alaska, the winter is cold and dark. It's as certain as death and taxes. I decided that this year, I needed to ring in the New Year with a little sunshine. And maybe a pool, with one of those umbrella drinks.
I crashed my parents' vacation.
See the recipe. 
APOC Reduces Lobbying Fine for Coffey
The Alaska Public Offices Commission has approved a consent agreement worked out by its staff and former Anchorage Assembly member Dan Coffey.
Alaska News Nightly: January 30, 2013
Charges Against Former BBNC Board Member Dropped;
Homer Evening Surf Session
I headed down to Homer, Alaska for the day in hopes to score some surf. Unfortunately the wind was howling and the shore break was a sloppy mess.
Once the sun started going down, I got a call from Mike McCune. He told me he might know where some waves are. He took me to a local secret spot off the beaten path but only a short hike down from the road.
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Alaska News Nightly: January 29, 2013
Bill Allows Tribes To Directly Apply For Federal Disaster Aid; Board of Fishers Adopts New Kuskokwim River Plan; Fish and Game Releases Chinook Research Plan; Eastern Bering Sea Fish Survey Yields Surprising Results; Project Homeless Connect Offers Opportunities To Homeless Population; Quest Mushers WILL Think Of Massachusetts Man On The Trail; Public, Scientists Disagree On Cruise Ship Wastewater; Princess Cruise Lines To Pay $20,000 In Fines
Tongass Second Growth Wood Guide
Students at Sitka High School are building furniture that’s truly Alaska grown. The wood in their furniture projects has come from red alder trees harvested in young-growth forest in the Tongass National Forest.
A new guide published by the Sitka Conservation Society profiles a variety of projects – including two at the Sitka High School – that are testing the limits of how young-growth can be used.
Learn more. Alaska News Nightly: January 28, 2013
Bipartisan Group Working On Immigration Overhaul; Missile-Defense System Contractor Boeing Hails Successful Test Of New ‘Kill Vehicle’; In New Campaign, McDonald’s Plugs Alaskan Pollock; Alaska Plant Tapped As Health Supplement; New Reality Show To Feature Russian Old Believers; A Final Check-Up; ‘Team Beringia’ Competing In K-300 Race; Cold Halts Minn. Man's Denali Solo Climb
Announcing Local Challenge Grants
Have you always wanted to do something to improve your neighborhood park or trail? Does your community garden need some help to grow?
The Anchorage Park Foundation is seeking applicants who want to make a difference in a neighborhood park or trail.
Learn more. 
AK: Restoration
For the past three years, a small group of dedicated volunteers has been putting in countless hours restoring a Watchmen’s cabin for the Kasilof Regional Historical Association. Each Friday they get together and make a few small steps toward bringing the once-ailing cabin back to life.
Alaska News Nightly: January 25, 2013
Environmentalists Push Against Shell’s Arctic Drilling Plan; Report Says State Could See Boost If It Accepts Money For Medicaid Expansion Program; Parnell Appoints Judge Joel Bolger To Alaska Supreme Court; Buzz Aldrin Talks To ANSEP Students; Haines Police On The Lookout After Two Dogs Shot With Arrows; Denali Wolf Management Plan Battle Continues; Momentum Builds For Unalaska Bay Trawl Ban; AK: Restoration; 300 Villages: Yakutat