Alaska News Nightly: December 22, 2011
Coast Guard Cutter Will Break Ice For Nome Fuel Delivery, Slower Internet Likely To Persist In Rural Alaska, Anchorage Storms Cause Widespread Electric Utility Damage, FEMA Makes Disaster Funds Available To Alaska, Jeff King Wins First Race Since Coming Out Of Retirement, GIFT Draws 5,000 In-Need Families, Rep. Gara Pushes For Laptop Donations For Foster Kids, Fairbanks Awards Contract To Investigate Local LNG Distribution Expansion, Leaders Look To Improve Southeast Economy
Teachers and Students Give Back to the Community
Hard economic times call for a greater need in our community. Anchorage School District teachers and students find ways to give back to the community throughout the school year, and especially during the holiday season.
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Photo Gallery: Washing an Eagle
Handy Alaskan hint #1097: next time you go to give your eagle a bath, have a couple of stress balls handy. They make great talon defusers.
The Bird Treatment and Learning Center is a nonprofit dedicated to rehabilitating sick, injured or orphaned wild birds and providing avian education programs to the public.
Click for more bird bath photos. Alaska News Nightly: December 21, 2011
Eight Charged In Death Of Stryker Brigade Soldier, EPA Issues New Mercury Emission Regulations, Ruling Expected On Atka Mackerel, Pacific Cod Restriction Roll Backs, Capital Budget Proposes Southeast Boat Harbor Improvements, Groups Still Seeking Holiday Donations, Child Advocates Work to Support Senate Bill 3, Strange Weather Expected To Give Way For Traditional Temperatures Soon, Ester Residents Approve Ultra-Efficient Library Design, ‘Mass Wasting’ Event Destroys Popular Sitka Trail,
NY Marines Support Alaska Toys for Tots
Marines from Stewart Air National Guard Base in New York, have been supporting Toys for Tots in Alaska since 1995. A C-130 and full flight crew provide transportation to Delta Company, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division, located at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
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Sitka Writer John Straley Honored by National Poetry Foundation
Novelist John Straley has been named to one of the most prestigious lists in the country – for poets.
The National Poetry Foundation has included the Sitka author’s poem “Every Single Day” in the anthology of pieces used by students in Poetry Out Loud, a national recitation competition.
Straley’s work rubs shoulders on the list with literary icons like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ezra Pound, and Robert Browning.
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Photo Gallery: The Kroschel Wildlife Center
The Kroschel Wildlife Refuge is located at Mile 1.8 Mosquito Lake Road, Haines, AK 99827. The center houses 15 species of Alaskan Wildlife, including grizzly bear, wolf, moose, lynx, fox, reindeer, porcupine, snowy owl and wolverine. This gallery is focused on their grizzly bear, Kitty.
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Photo Gallery: Conference of Young Alaskans Delgates
The mission of the Conference of Young Alaskans is to connect young Alaskans to a rich history, a vibrant present and a thriving future. The conference will draw delegates from across the state to consider the challenges facing Alaska and her people. Together, delegates will develop an overall vision statement, goals and proposed courses of action in five issue areas.
Meet the delegates. 
Ray Mala’s 105th Birthday
Senator Lisa Murkowski took the occasion of the 105th anniversary of Ray Mala’s birth to share the memories and the meaning of the nation’s first Native film star. An Alaska Native and the first non-white actor to receive top billing in Hollywood entertainment, Mala was born on December 27th, 1906 in Candle, Alaska.
Over the course of his career, Mala worked with cinema legends like Alfred Hitchcock and Cecil B. DeMille.
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Civics & Conservation Summit
The Civics & Conservation Summit brings 20 youth leaders to our state capital for a week of high-impact, fun, and adrenaline-pumping civic engagement lessons. During this event, youth will learn: how to talk with the media, how to communicate with elected officials, how to read a bill, and how to impact decisions our leaders make about our environment and our lives.
The application period ends January 15.
Read more. Elder Caregiving Tips for Holidays and Travel
Aging in Alaska host Lisa Wawrzonek interviews Education Specialist Amanda Sandlin on caregiving during holiday season for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
This time of year brings a unique set of challenges for caregivers and can be extremely difficult for those with dementia. Amanda offers tips on everything from traveling to gift giving in order to make this holiday season more enjoyable for everyone.
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Alaska News Nightly: December 20, 2011
TransCanada, Exxon Mobil Hold Off On Filing Resource Reports, Mysterious Seal Disease Gets 'Unusual Mortality Event' Designation, NPS Banned From Spending Money On Yukon Charley Law Enforcement, Ethics Committee Clears Rep. Young Of Alleged Violations, APOC Issues Decision On RBG Bush Planes Investigation, Petersburg Drops Redistricting Challenge, Pacific High Plans Include Commons, Roof Garden, Bethel Volunteers Raise $2,000 Towards Swimming Pool
Alaska News Nightly: December 19, 2011
US House Republicans Plan To Reject Payroll Tax Cut Extension, ConocoPhillips Receives Permit To Access NPR-A, Japan Tsunami Debris Arriving on West Coast, Pieces Coming Together For Historic Nome Fuel Delivery, ‘Occupy’ Protests Have Unexpected Impact In Wrangell, Herring Limit Jumps After ADF&G Adjusts Ages, Fourth Chinook Predicted in Southcentral, Nikiski LNG Plant Gets Reprieve, BBNA Preparing Transit System Plan
Night Music: December 17, 2011
Here’s the music playlist for Night Music with Connie G. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Song Title
Artist Name
Album Title
Label
Duration
Ding Dong!...
Algo Nuevo: December 18, 2011
Here’s the music playlist from the Sunday December 18 , 2011 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If...
Soul to Soul: December 17, 2011
Here’s the music playlist from the December 3, 2011 edition of Soul to Soul with Marvel and Sherry Johnson. All tracks...
AK: A Visit with Seward Artist, Dot Bardarson
After four decades in Seward, one of Alaska’s best loved artists takes a look back at the events, and the environment, that shaped her life and her art. Dot Bardarson has long been an icon for her award winning watercolors and her work as a muralist, not to mention her days as a gallery owner.
Alaska News Nightly: December 16, 2011
Health Care Aides Won’t Strike; Begich Chairs Hearing on Genetically Engineered Salmon; IFQ holder and Fuglvog Boat Operator also Charged for Falsifying Catch Reports; Shell Gets Conditional OK to Explore Chukchi; Parnell’s Budget Excludes Gas Pipeline to Homer; Fairbanks Hotel to Offer Safe Haven for Inebriates; AK: Alaskan Artist Dot Bardarson; and 300 Villages: Brevig Mission
Cataracts
Cataracts are a common cause of poor vision especially in the older population. Without treatment vision will worsen over time but treatment is available. Our guest today, Dr. Matthew Guess, specializes in cataracts and will discuss the causes, prevention, symptoms and treatment of different types of cataract.
KSKA: Monday 12/9 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
By 2015: America – Biography of a Movement
For a country that can produce 1.4 trillion dollars in less than 6 months to spend on “saving the economy” (see late 2007 under Bush and early 2008 under Obama) it is morally reprehensible that 19.5 million children are “food insecure” – that’s a government term.
For the rest of us, it means, 1 out of 4 children under the age of 18 are hungry.
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