Oil Industry Spends More Than A Million Dollars Lobbying Legislature
The major oil companies spent more than a million dollars lobbying the Legislature in hopes of changing Alaska's oil-tax regime. What did they get for their money? Fairbanks played host to Gov. Sean Parnell this week. He was promoting natural gas and economic development. What does he have in mind? The Air Force says it will save more than $20 million by moving a wing of F-16s from Eielson to Elmendorf. How does Fairbanks react? The filing deadline for the Legislature approaches.
KSKA: Friday, 6/1 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 6/2 at 6:00pm
KAKM: Friday, 6/1 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 6/2 at 5:00pm
Buddy Holly: Listen To Me
Taped before a live audience on what would have been Buddy Holly’s 75th birthday (September 7, 2011), this extraordinary concert features a once-in-a-lifetime line-up of three generations of top recording artists performing the music of Buddy Holly, one of rock’s most enduring legends and versatile singer-songwriter-performers of the rock ‘n’ roll era.
KAKM: Friday, 6/1 at 9:40pm
100 Years Since the Big One
On June 6, 1912, if you happened to be sitting on a log outside your cabin near Fairbanks, Juneau or Dawson City, you would have heard an explosion.
There was no way to know the boom came from hundreds of miles away, or that it was the starting gun for the largest volcanic eruption of the 1900s.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: May 31, 2012
Judge Refuses To Dismiss Charges In Militia Trial; Chefornak VPSO Accused Of Sexual Abuse Of A Minor; Gas Storage Facility Opens In Kenai; Dana Fabe Selected To Be Chief Justice; Many Legislative Seats Uncontested As Deadline Looms; Comeau Reflects On Education Career; Fairbanks-Area Residents Ponder Pros, Cons Of Healy Coal Plant; ‘True North’ Showcases Alaskan Contemporary Art At Anchorage Museum
A Graduation and Art around LA
What do a giant rock, oversized china and the Queen Mary have in common?
Well, they all reside in LA and I recently visited all three when attending my son Oliver’s Pepperdine Law School graduation.
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American Road To Victory: The Americans in the Bulge
Feel the bitter cold and experience the merciless fighting the G-I’s endured against a mighty German onslaught during the Battle of the Bulge.
KAKM: Thursday, 5/31 at 8:00pm
Alaska News Nightly: May 30, 2012
Alaska Supreme Court Denies Petition To Delay Candidate Filing Deadline; Anchorage Assembly Chair Appoints New Clerk; Aleutian Island’s Unangan Name Restored; Parnell Signs Bill Creating Alaska Native Language Preservation And Advisory Council; Governor Signs One Bill Encouraging Movies, Gas And Oil, Fuel Tanks, And High Tech; EPA Holding Public Hearing On Bristol Bay Mining Risk Assessment; Fish And Game Announces Ninilchik River Restrictions
Nature: Black Mamba
The black mamba is one of Africa’s most dangerous and feared snakes, known for being aggressive when disturbed. Rearing up with its head four feet above the ground, it strikes with deadly precision, delivering venom that is packed with three different kinds of toxins 10 times more deadly than needed to kill an adult human.
KAKM: Wednesday, 5/30 at 7:00pm
Alaska News Nightly: May 29, 2012
Effort To Stop Oil Futures Trading Lack Bi-Partisan Support; Smithsonian Returning Excavated Shishmaref Human Remains; Moose Attacks Prompt Caution Warnings From Wildlife Authorities; Officials Anticipate Similar Kenai Salmon Numbers To 2011; PenAir Bid For Adak Air Service Rejected; Sitka Residents Testing New Bear-Resistant Trash Cans; ‘Boots, Bikes and Bombers’ Recounts Life of Ginny Wood
“Summer of Heroes” Scholarship Program to Honor Local Youth
Calling all heroes! Nominations are now open for Alaska Communications’ second annual “Summer of Heroes” partnership program with Boys & Girls Clubs – Alaska.
In recognition of local youth who make a difference in Alaska communities, the company will select and award five young Alaskan heroes with $1,500 scholarships and a trip to the Alaska State Fair.
Learn more. Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson – Part 2
Watch Civilization - Preview on PBS. See more from Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson.
Examine the rise of the West’s economic ascendancy based on Niall Ferguson’s six principles of prosperity: competition, science, modern medicine, democracy, consumerism and work ethic. The programs are adapted from Ferguson’s book, Civilization: The West and the Rest. KAKM: Tuesday, 5/29 at 7:00pmAlaska News Nightly: May 28, 2012
Fairbanks Rains Bring River Advisories, Congress Faces Busy Schedule After Holiday, APU Students Studying Eklutna Glacier, UAF Student Hopes to Make Olympics Team, Retired Anchorage Cop Fights Child Predators, Two Science "Geeks" Try to Make the Subject More Captivating, Commentary: Leaving for Afghanistan
Independent Lens: Hell and Back Again
What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home — injured physically and psychologically — and build a life anew? In “Hell and Back Again,” two overlapping narratives are intercut — the life of a Marine at war on the front and the life of the same Marine in recovery at home — creating both a dreamlike quality and a strikingly realistic depiction of how Marines experience this war.
KAKM: Monday, 5/28 at 9:00opm
National Memorial Day Concert 2012
Watch 2012 Concert Promo on PBS. See more from National Memorial Day Concert.
Join co-hosts Gary Sinise ("CSI: New York") and Joe Mantegna (“Criminal Minds”) in a night of remembrance featuring an all-star line-up of dignitaries, actors and musical artists in performance with the National Symphony Orchestra. KAKM: Sunday, 5/27 at 7:00pmGreat Performance at the Met: Rodelinda
Watch GP at the Met: Rodelinda on PBS. See more from Great Performances.
Handel’s opera Rodelinda stars soprano Renee Fleming in the title role, with German countertenor Andreas Scholl as Bertarido and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as his sister, Eduige. Harry Bicket conducts. KAKM: Saturday, 5/26 at 7:00pm
Sheila Wyne
She had nothing but a backpack and a one-way ticket to Alaska when she left home. When she got to Alaska, Sheila had no idea what she wanted to do with her life, but after discovering her passion for art while working in the ceramics lab at UAA she can’t imagine ever doing anything else.
KAKM: Sunday, 5/27 at 6:30pm and Wednesday, 5/30 at 10:00pm
KSKA: Thursday, May 31 at 1:00pm
Alaska News Nightly: May 25, 2012
Murkowski Not Satisfied With Response On Allen; Biologists Trying New Ways To Eliminate Southcentral Pike; PFD To Invest In Rentals; NPR Foreign Correspondent Comes Back To Alaska Roots; Seattle Company Recycling Hundreds Of Junk Cars Near Haines; Seattle Company Recycling Hundreds Of Junk Cars Near Haines; AK: Anchorage DJ Teaches Mountain View Kids to Spin; 300 Villages: Tatitlek
AK: Anchorage DJ Teaches Mountain View Kids to Spin
The Mountain View Boys & Girls Club is packed with kids after school. One reason they show up is the music. There's a room filled with instruments and a digital production studio. Now an Anchorage DJ who grew up in the neighborhood is adding to the mix by sharing his craft.
Fourth Avenue, Natives and B Girls
In the early fifties, Alaska Natives made up less than a third of Anchorage’s population.
In the forties, a court order had officially put a dent in racial segregation, making it illegal for businesses to post signs forbidding entrance to Natives, but it was another ten or fifteen years before the shock to the white population wore off and proprietors greeted my Athabascan relatives with a smile.
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Anchorage Municipal Clerk Resigns; and Ron Paul Supporters Take Over GOP
The stories up for discussion this week are: Municipal Clerk Barbara Gruenstein resigns; Resource Development Luncheon turns into anti-EPA rally; Ron Paul supporters take over the GOP; DNR cancels Alaska Crude oil lease; Fairbanks militia trial update; federal spending in Alaska levels off; and the oil tax debate.
KSKA: Friday, 5/25 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 5/26 at 6:00pm
KAKM: Friday, 5/25 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 5/26 at 5:00pm