Traveling Music: October 14, 2012
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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AK: Plant Rehab
Devil’s club is probably best known as a plant to avoid at all costs. But several small Southeast Alaska companies have a different take. They’re turning the roots, stems and bark of the plant into rubs and salves to treat sore joints and damaged skin. Sitka is the center of the growing industry.
Alaska News Nightly: October 12, 2012
State Supreme Court Says Business Emails On Private Accounts Are Public Records; Attuans Remember Japanese Occupation During WWII; Mail Dispute Keeps Akutan Airport Idle; Fairbanks Ordinance Creates Interior Alaska Natural Gas Distribution Utility; Alaskan Contingent To Attend Launching Of Arctic Research Vessel; AK: Plant Rehab; 300 Villages: Hope
Butte Residents Clean Up After The Flood
State homeland security officials estimate that the cost of recent flooding in Alaska has topped 13 million dollars. That includes damage to state and Borough infrastructure from Seward to Nenana, but does not include ruined individually -owned property. In the Matanuska Susitna Borough, many residents are still coming to grips with how much the flood will cost them. KSKA's Ellen Lockyer brings us this update on the flood's aftermath
Judge Upholds the Parental Notification Law; and Early Voting Begins in Alaska
The Alaska First Coalition spending money in support of the state Senate’s bi-partisan coalition. Is “reform” really the right word to use in the current oil tax debate? Senate candidate Bob Bell’s $1 million contract with BP. Superior court judge upholds the parental notification law. Fairbanks wraps up its municipal elections. The Big Three oil companies report to Gov. Parnell on the proposed gas line. Fairbanks struggling with the high energy costs. Early voting begins in Alaska.
KSKA: Friday, 10/12 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 10/13 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 10/12 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 10/13 at 5:00pm
Alaska News Nightly: October 11, 2012
Dowling Remains Identified, APD Continues Investigation; Another Body Found In Anchorage, Second in Week; Begich Working To Understand Lessons From Arctic Drilling Season; Organizations Attempt To Start Dialogue Around Homer Sexual Assault Incident; Experts Think Foreclosure Crisis Bottoming Out; GVE Agrees To Stricter Pollution Controls For Healy Coal Plant; Individual Property Owners Not Included In State’s Flood Damage Estimate; Officials Investigate Remains Found Near Wrangell
Lack of affordable housing likely to drive hardworking citizens out of Anchorage
What would you do if you had to choose between feeding your family or paying the rent? It's a choice thousands of hardworking Anchorage families now have to make. But what may surprise you is that it's not just the homeless or the unemployed who struggle to get by.
So what has changed from the good old days of wealth and prosperity combined with an annual PFD check?
Over the last ten years, as Anchorage grew from a modest 225,000 residents to just around 300,000, the supply of housing within the community has become seriously inadequate.
Read more.
Alaska News Nightly: October 10, 2012
1 Injured In Sitka Coast Guard Boiler Explosion; Human Remains Discovered In South Anchorage; Board of Game Denies Wolf Protection Request; Kivalina May Run Out Of Fresh Water This Winter; Resetarits Brothers To Be Released On Bail; State Upholds Parental Notification Law; No Major State Action Planned In Response To Fairbanks Heating Vote; NPFMC Approves Halibut Quota Plan; ‘Stewardship’ Workshops Continue As Tonka Timber Sale Awarded
Zombie Preparedness… Your Library Wants to Help
![Anchorage Library Zombie Preparedness Month](https://media.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Anchorage-Library-Zombie-Preparedness-Month.png)
Alaska News Nightly: October 9, 2012
Court Upholds Parental Notification Law; City Council Grants Utility Powers To North Star Borough For Natural Gas Distribution; Begich, Senate To Push Fishery Disaster Relief Bill; Human Skull Found Near Wrangell; Long Distance World Championship Sled Dog Race Cancelled; Being Young In Rural Alaska: Learning Indigenous Language; ‘Mildly Racy’ Calendar Pictures Addressed By Army Officials; Alaska Cruise Season Ends
Project Chariot Documentary Premiere
![Anchorage Museum Project Chariot](https://media.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Anchorage-Museum-Project-Chariot-300x199.jpg)
Alaska News Nightly: October 8, 2012
Plane Crashes on Tikchik Lake, Pilot Presumed Killed; Survey Shows High Rates Of Violence Against Women In Alaska; Alaska Airlines Flights Delayed, Cancelled Due To Computer Problem; 500 Attend Alaska Travel Industry Association Convention, Trade Show; Alaska Native Brotherhood Celebrates 100th Anniversary; Lawmakers Submit Quarterly Financial Statements; Election Officials Dispute ‘Latino Voter Disenfranchisement in 2012’ Report; APD Adds More Tasers; Fairbanks Sentenced In Ivory Jack’s Restaurant Shooting; Group Hopes To Make ‘Living Buildings’ Affordable For Aleutian Residents
Traveling Music: October 7, 2012
Here’s the music playlist from Traveling Music with Shonti Elder. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
Turning Toward the...
Night Music: October 6, 2012
Here’s the music playlist for Night Music with Connie G. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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Artist Name
Album Title
Label
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AK: Saying Goodbye to Summer
In Southeast Alaska, the last cruise ship visit is as much a signal of the season’s changing as the weather. And in Sitka, the residents have created something of a ritual to mark the season’s end.
Alaska News Nightly: October 5, 2012
Calista Subsidiary Lands $4.5 Billion Federal Contract; Early Assessment Puts Flood Cost At $11.9 Million; Hilcorp Gets Permits For Construction At Redoubt Bay; Voter Registration Deadline Is Sunday; Homer Brothers Charged With Raping Drunk Boy; Suspect in Shooting Pleads Not Guilty; Two Rivers Dog Mushers Association Will Not Participate In World Championship; State To Participate In Legal Challenge Of NPS Authority; Canvas Changes Outcome In Wrangell Mayor's Race; AK: Saying Goodbye to Summer; 300 Villages: Kaktovik
Anchorage Mayor Presents Budget; and Energy Companies Propose LNG Pipeline Plan
Mayor Dan Sullivan presents the assembly with two versions of the Anchorage Municipal budget. Mayor Sullivan sticks with the sidewalk law. The major Alaska energy companies estimate that a liquefied natural gas project would cost up to $65 billion. BP paid Republican Senate candidate Bob Bell's firm $1 million for contract work. Early voting has already started in other states, especially Ohio. In Alaska you can vote early by absentee ballot - in person - 15 days out from the election.
KSKA: Friday, 10/5 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 10/6 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 10/5 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 10/6 at 5:00pm
Alaska News Nightly: October 4, 2012
Akiak Declares Erosion Disaster; Oil Companies Release Proposed LNG Pipeline Plan; Shell Begins Prep Work In Beaufort Sea; About 400 Soldiers Expected Home Thursday; Anchorage Detox Center Closes; Bethel Police ID Man Killed In Officer-Related Shooting; PFD Inspires Travel Deals For Alaskans; State Auctioning Off Agricultural Land Parcel; Anchorage Mayor Proposes Two Ways To Cut $30 Million Budget Shortfall
All About Alaska-Milled Barley
![Constantino Barley 6](https://media.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Constantino-Barley-6-300x199.jpg)
Alaska News Nightly: October 3, 2012
Group Files Petition To Prohibit Wolf Trapping, Hunting Along Denali Park’s Eastern Border; Alaskans Vote In Local Elections Across State; State Receives LNG Pipeline Proposal; Police ID Woman Found In Church Parking Lot; Bethel Police Shoot, Kill Man; Talkeetna Cleaning Up Flood Damage; Court Rules In Favor Of Washington Company For Brooks Range Gold Claims; Bethel Road Reopening Delayed At Least One Year; Anchorage Opera Putting On ‘Mrs. President’ Show