AK: Humpback Whales
There’s a baby boom going on with Alaska’s humpback whales. Slow-but-steady population growth is good news for the species, as well as whale-watchers. But it could be bad news for boaters, hatcheries and the herring fleet.
Alaska News Nightly: November 30, 2012
BP Underwater Oil-Spill Equipment Fails Key Test; Delegation Pushes To Protect Eielson Air Force Base; Palmer Fire Out, No Homes Burned; BBNC Board Member Resigns After Sexual Assault Charges; Snow Levels Low Around The State; Fairbanks Unveils Air Quality Community Action Program; Juneau Assembly Housing Committee Gets To Work; AK: Humpback Whales; 300 Villages: Eyak
Postcards from Tomorrow Square
China experts James and Deborah Fallows visited the University of Alaska Anchorage on November 12th. This week on Addressing Alaskans, listening to their evening presentation at the Wendy Williamson. Deborah offers opening remarks on learning the Chinese language and the meaning of love, followed by her husband, national correspondent for The Atlantic, James Fallows. His talk focuses on his book Postcards from Tomorrow Square, Reports from China.
KSKA: Thursday 12/6 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Willie Nelson: Last of the Breed
The treasure trove of honky-tonk hits and Texas swing tunes that's turned the album Last of the Breed - by the legendary Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Ray Price - into a major-selling hit is now a once-in-a-lifetime concert event.
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TV: Friday, 11/30 at 9 PM
Revisiting the ‘Fairbanks Four;’ and Black Friday In Alaska
Revisiting the “Fairbanks Four” 15 years later. Where is the secession impulse heading now? How did Black Friday affect Anchorage’s consumer market? Buccaneer Oil has high hopes for drilling in Alaska. Lawmakers rally against renewing Rumrummers’ liquor license. The Anchorage School District to cut 100 jobs next year. The Mat-Su ferry may have found a home in the Marianas Islands.
KSKA: Friday, 11/30 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 12/1 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 11/30 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 12/1 at 5:00pm
Anchorage International Film Festival Partners with Mexican Consulate
As part of the Anchorage International Film Festival’s mission to bring movies and filmmakers from all parts of the world to Anchorage, this year AIFF is partnering with the Mexican Consulate in Anchorage to present a program of Mexican films.
Screenwriter Gaston Pavlovich and director Roberto Girault will present El Estudiante (The Student) on December 5 at the Bear Tooth.
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Alaska News Nightly: November 29, 2012
Firefighters Battle Palmer Blaze; Lawmakers Talking About Sweeping Tax Reforms; Park Service Releases Survey Results For Denali Wolves; Biologist Requests Land East Of Denali Park Be Closed To Hunting, Trapping; Hollis French Retains Senate Seat; Report Presents Analysis Of Giant Ice Sheets; Residential Detox Center Reopens; Director of Bean’s Café Dies Unexpectedly; Personal Boundaries: Learning the Importance of ‘No’; Savoonga Celebrates Successful Whale Strike
Video: Bean’s Cafe Makes a Difference
In this video, Bean's Café’s Head Monitor and former client, Grady LeBlanc, shares his perspective on how Bean’s Café has impacted his life, and how it serves Anchorage’s homeless and needy population with hot meals and a safe place to stay.
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Alaska Filmmakers “Go Ganges!” in New Documentary
Emmy nominated and multiple-award-winning filmmakers Josh Thomas and JJ Kelley have made a name for themselves traveling across Alaska's vast and remote stretches of wilderness. They've thrived where few would dare venture.
Their new film premieres in Alaska at the upcoming Anchorage International Film Festival.
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Alaska News Nightly: November 28, 2012
EPA Suspends BP From Future Government Contracts; ASD Superintendent Announces First Cuts Through Attrition; Court Reverses Decision To Halt Port MacKenzie Construction; Thomas Files Recount Request; BRH To Repay Nearly $1-Million In Medicare and Medicaid Billing Errors; Young & Impressionable: The Effect Of Domestic Violence On Children; State Awards Emergency Food Supply Contract; Southcentral Utility Costs May Rise As Much As 19 Percent; Sitka Looks To Tighten Laws On Smelly Trash
Supporting our Alaskan Olympic Athletes
The pursuit of Olympic dreams is often accompanied by a hefty price tag.
To support their efforts, the Alaska Winter Olympians Scholarship, a fund of The Alaska Community Foundation, recently awarded $10,000 to five current and aspiring Alaskan winter Olympians.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: November 27, 2012
President Obama Issues Disaster Declaration For Parts Of Alaska; Health Care Providers Push Governor Parnell To Expand Medicaid; Parnell Proposes Chinook Salmon Research Initiative; Thomas Will Ask For Recount In Loss To Kreiss-Tomkins; Over Half Of Women In Y-K Delta Experience Partner, Sexual Violence; Report Warns Of Potential Thawing Permafrost Hazards; Students Dissect Octopus At Sitka’s WhaleFest; Journey To Attu
Arc of Anchorage Receives National Accreditation
Representatives from The Council on Quality and Leadership announced that The Arc of Anchorage has received their full accreditation.
This announcement makes The Arc of Anchorage the first human services organization serving Alaskans who experience disabilities to receive accreditation by CQL.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: November 26, 2012
Researchers Describe "Jaw-Dropping" Whale Survey Near Point Hope; ‘Fairbanks Four’ Supporters Looking Beyond Recent Court Ruling; Man Arrested In Dillingham On Outstanding Warrant; Search For Man Missing In Brooks Range Called Off; Responders Remove Fuel From Grounded Tug; Quitting Tobacco For Good Health, Cleaner Communities; Unalaska Residents Find Good Black Friday Deals; Pamyua Double Album: A Soundscape Of Identity
Algo Nuevo: November 25, 2012
Here’s the Sunday, November 25, 2012 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...
Snow, Sun, & Steel
The tail-end of Fall brings ice to the waters of the Mat-Su Valley. Like most Alaskan fishermen, we dread the dropping temperatures and shed a silent tear on that day when we have to put away our rods for the season.
Colton Conner and Jake Williams refused to accept that reality.
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AK: The Dark
In Barrow, the sun has set until January. In Fairbanks, residents have five hours and 22 minutes of sunlight right now. So in comparison, Anchorage's six and a half hours of sun each day sounds generous. Still, that leaves quite a bit of time for dark in the state's largest city.
Alaska News Nightly: November 23, 2012
Parnell Wants Student Performance to be Part of Teacher Evals; Polar Winds Slow Diesel Removal; Scientists Testing for Acidity; UAF Scientist Looking for Wood Alternatives; Hiland Mountain Orchestra Gets Ready for Annual Concert.
The History of the Governor’s Mansion
You may never have heard of Walter E. Clark, but he was the first occupant of the Alaska Governor’s Mansion, along with his wife. They began a tradition of annual holiday open houses that continues to the present day. The story of that big house in Juneau inter-weaves with the story of Alaska’s history, as we’ll hear on the next Talk of Alaska.
KSKA: Tuesday, 11/27 at 10:00am
Alaska Veteran Spotlight: Harold Bahr
Harold Bahr began serving in the Alaska Territorial Guard (ATG) in Nome, Alaska during World War II in 1942 when he was just eleven years old.
ATG members were often men and boys too old or young to be drafted, who volunteered to be the first line of defense for Alaska.
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