Getting our Dance On for a Good Cause
Voting started Sunday for a new dance video starring Anchorage and Valley Radiation Therapy Center staff, patients, cancer survivors and Alaska celebrities such as Seymour Moose and Pamyua’s Phillip Blanchett.
The video is competing for votes in support of breast cancer awareness and was submitted to a national competition to determine the best Pink Glove Dance video of 2012.
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Alaska News Nightly: October 16, 2012
Senator Blasts Federal Spending In Alaska; Cissna Challenging Young For U.S. House Seat; Pilot Dies In Plane Crash Near Skwentna; Crew Search For Missing Palmer Pilot; Authorities Kill Bear Cub Believed To Be Involved In Fatal Mauling; Award Winning Carver Cited For Violating Federal Law; Elders and Youth Conference Kicks Off in Anchorage; Dropout, Death Rates Remain High Among Alaska Children, Teens; Alaska Receives Drugs From Company In Fungus Case; New Senior Housing Units Open In Anchorage; Two Paths To The Political Future Offered In Chamber Forum
Malala: A Portrait of Courage
I know the brave Malala, the defiant Malala Yousafzai who first stood up to Taliban when they ran rampant in Pakistan’s Swat valley, in spring 2009 when they tried to shut down her father’s school with violence and threats.
Moved by the story, I resolved to write about those little girls who longed for an education but couldn’t obtain it. I contacted journalists in Pakistan and found a phone number for Yousafzai. I phoned and spoke to the father and the daughter.
I asked if there was anything I could do to help them. Malala’s response: Tell people about us.
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Alaska News Nightly: October 15, 2012
Man Dead After Bear Mauling Near Sitka; Tugboat Gets Stuck Near St. Michael; Troopers Make Third Arrest In Homer Sexual Assault Case; Second Anchorage Body Identified, No Apparent Connection; Research Vessel ‘Sikuliaq’ Launches In Wisconsin; The Need For Alaska Native Teachers; Engineers Gather At AFN To Work On Rural Challenges; Fairbanks Restaurant Goes Smoke Free
Algo Nuevo: October 14, 2012
Here’s the Sunday, October 7, 2012 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or...
Soul to Soul: October 13, 2012
Here’s the music playlist from the October 13, 2012 edition of Soul to Soul with Marvel and Sherry Johnson. All tracks played are listed...
NIght Music: October 13, 2012
Here’s the music playlist for Night Music with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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Stories of Struggle, Stories of Hope: Art, Politics, and Human Rights
Author, poet and Professor Chris Abani was recorded speaking on "Stories of Struggle, Stories of Hope: Art, Politics, and Human Rights" at an event hosted by Alaska World Affairs Council in partnership with UAA Student Activities on Friday October 5, 2012.
Tlingit Artist Tells Cautionary Tale About Use of Feathers in Art
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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.
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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
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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
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