Alaska News Nightly: September 4, 2012
Unusually Strong Storm More Typical During Winter Months; Southcentral Braces For Big Storm; Anchorage to Pay $5.5M to Settle Rape Lawsuits; Yearly Cook Inlet Beluga Count Wraps Up; Report Guides Potential North Slope LNG Producers Through Federal Regulations; Mat-Su Borough Opts To Sell Ferry Susitna; Airport Construction Complicates Bethel Air Traffic; Unification Church Leader Had Strong Ties To Kodiak; Despite Rising Lower 48 Cases, No West Nile Virus Found In Alaska; KIC Class Teaches Tsimshian Language
American Hipster: Anchorage
This video profiles Anchorage Food Mosaic's Wild Harvesting contributors Jennifer and Tikaan!
There will be five episodes from Anchorage highlighting local "movers and shakers" in our creative community.
Alaska News Nightly: September 3, 2012
Adak Makes Push Toward Hydropower; Group Taking Alaska Vets To WWII Memorial; State Wants Red Devil Mine On National Priority List; Sand Point Quarry Clean Up Project Winding Down; Footprint Sheds More Light On Prehistoric Alaska; Scientist To Study Numbers Of Migrating Birds; Southeast Dungeness Crab Catch Down; UAS Announces $50,000 Gift From Widmark Family; Dems Appoint Rollison To HD13 After Gazaway Withdraws
AK: Hot Springs
For many residents of Tenakee Springs, in Southeast Alaska, life revolves around the community bath house, which is fed by the hot springs that give the town its name. Now, this old local institution is receiving a very 21st century renovation, as local people have raised money to convert the building to geothermal heat, putting a modern spin on the town’s ancient resource.
Alaska News Nightly: August 31, 2012
One Dead, One Missing, Two Safe After FV Advantage Sinks; Pentagon Considering Legal Action Against Former Navy SEAL Author; Rain Raises Flood Concerns in the Interior; Homer Woman Crowned Mrs. America; Naknek Man Heading To U.S. Triathlon Championships; Gary Gray Named UAF Athletic Director; Telecommunications Issues Causing Problems In Wales; AK: Hot Springs; 300 Villages: Klukwan
A Season for Preparation and Closure
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Ballot Propositions Fall; Young Wins Republican Nomination
Both ballot propositions fall in the Primary Election. Two Republic incumbents lose their primary election bids. Approximately 10 new members join the Alaska House of Representatives. Don Young takes the Republican nomination in dominating fashion. Voter turnout comes in at under 25 percent.
KSKA: Friday, 8/31 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 9/1 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 8/31 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 9/1 at 5:00pm
Alaska News Nightly: August 30, 2012
Shell Gets Permission To Begin Chukchi Operations; Eva Creek Wind Farm Nears Completion; Famous Skin Sewer Dies at Over 100; Vandals Destroy Greenhouses, Break Into Reindeer Pens; Western Aleutian Volcano Starts Rumbling; Sitka Looking To Sell Two Vacant Properties; State, Native Corporations Seek Partnerships For Future Arctic Energy
Alaska News Nightly: August 29, 2012
Young, Cissna To Face Off In General Election; Valley Upset Unseats Menard; Davis Leads Crawford With 800 Absentee Ballots Left To Count; Kenai Incumbent Loses To Soldotna Mayor; Barrow’s Ben Nageak Wins House District 40 Race; Coastal Management Issue Likely To Reemerge During Legislative Session; Election Results Impact Alaskans; Homer Bans Plastic Shopping Bags; Tsunami Debris Threatens Marine Life, State Budgets; Alaska Native Leaders Take Cautious Approach To Arctic Development
Night Music: August 25, 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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Soft Winds
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Algo Nuevo: August 26, 2012
Here’s the Sunday, August 26, 2012 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or...
Alaska News Nightly: August 28, 2012
Statoil Moves Closer To Exploratory Chukchi Drilling; Doyon Has Ambitious Interior Oil, Gas Exploration Plans; Gas is Transferring To Cook Inlet Storage; Buccaneer Energy Drill Rig Enters Kachemak Bay; Arctic Imperative Summit Addresses Future Bering Strait Activity; Sen. Begich To Introduce Legislation Creating Arctic Port Authority; Fish & Wildlife Director Hears Sea Otter Concerns; Grant Funds Battle of Wrangell Research
Something Different: August 26, 2012
Here’s the Sunday, August 26, 2012 edition of Something Different with Betsy. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center to Open in Style
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Alaska News Nightly: August 27, 2012
Bear Kills Hiker In Denali National Park; Sea Ice Melts Back To New Record; Second Shell Drill Ship Leaves Unalaska for the Arctic; Crunch Time For Hotly Contested Ballot Measure 2; Stoltze, Connelly Face of in House District 11; Couple Admits To Planning Judge’s Murder; Near Riot Goes Unreported, to be Discussed at Community Forum
Alaska Jazz Workshop Fall Registration
On August 11, 2012 Alaska Jazz Workshop Faculty Jazz Sextet Concert performed featuring internationally acclaimed Jazz Bari Saxophonist Denis Dibasio. The concert culminated the 2012 Jazz Improvisation Camp for secondary school students.
Additional workshops are scheduled this fall for all skill levels.
Click to learn more.
Alaska News Nightly: August 24, 2012
Native Communities Worry About New Consultation Policy For Native Corporations. Fire Near Fairbanks Increases To 42,000 Acres. Navy Seal Author Remembered By Aniak Residents. Landfield Challenges Senator McGuire In South Anchorage Primary. Five Democrats Vy For Chance to Run Against Don Young. AK: Subsistence. 300 Villages: Glacier View.
Mountain View Park Re-designed by Local Kids
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Alice Rogoff
She was involved in nation- and world-wide news organization for many years, and she has found a new home in Alaska. As the Alaska Dispatch's co-owner and publisher, her and her colleagues aim to being some of the most in-depth reporting from rural Alaska and bring it to a larger audience.
TV: Sunday, 8/26 6:30pm & Wednesday, 8/29 at 11:00pm
KSKA: Thursday, 8/30 at 1:00pm
AK: Subsistence
Five years ago, Peter Williams was depressed and an alcoholic, hitting bottom. Now, he’s a successful artist in Sitka who hunts sea otters and sews mittens, scarves, and other products from their fur. He says learning how to hunt marine mammals offered him ‘a place to heal.’