Alaska News Nightly: July 29, 2011
Juneau Teenager Dies After Assault in Arkansas; Senate Kills House Bill to Raise Debt Limit, Cut Spending; Debt Ceiling Dominates Senator Begich's Town Hall; Anchorage School District Receives Extra $19 Million; and more...
Panhandling Sidewalk Law; Vic Kohring; and Alaska Newspapers Closes
Friday, July 29 at 2:00 pm on KSKA 91.1FM and at 7:30 pm on KAKM, Channel 7 television
This week, the Mayor intends to continue pursuing panhandler sidewalk law; Kohring hopes to revise corruption charges as he awaits trial; a group of teenagers is attacked by a bear; Calista closes Alaska Newspapers; and the latest on the debt crisis, and what does it mean for Alaska?
Alaska News Nightly: July 28, 2011
Arctic Scientist Under Investigation, Officials Hammer Out Details on U.S. Russia Polar Bear Treaty, UAF Researchers Unlocking Secret of Hibernation, Young Argues to Strip Park Service’s Power in Yukon Charley Preserve, and more...
Sea Ice Study Goes Beyond the Numbers
In places where the air gets cold enough to freeze seawater, sea ice creates a world known by few people a shifting, ephemeral, both jagged and smooth platform of white that clings to the shore for much of the year.
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A Reading from Poet Linda McCarriston
Poet Linda McCarriston is Full Professor in the Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at UAA . She is known for being an outspoken poet and the author of three works of poetry: Talking Soft Dutch; Eva Mary; and Little River.
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In ‘Muzzled,’ Williams Tells His Side Of The Story
The journalist Juan Williams is out with a new book this week. In it, he makes the case that his acrimonious termination last fall by NPR is part of a larger and ominous pattern of suppressing undesired voices.
Bikerafting Alaska’s Lost Coast
225 miles total.
135 miles riding every sort of beach sediment you can imagine.
65 miles paddling lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, sloughs, oceans, bays, fiords -- we used our boats 25 times.
25 miles of mostly stumbling.
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Alaska News Nightly: July 27, 2011
Young Would Vote ‘Yes’ On Boehner’s Plan, Federal Employee Union Concerned About Deficit Battles, Last Minute Offers May Keep Alaska Newspapers Alive, Navy to Sink Two Ships Per Year in Gulf Exercises, and more...
Alaska News Nightly: July 26, 2011
36 Alaska Post Offices In Danger of Posting, Rural Alaska Program’s Success Attract Outside Dentists, Men in Juneau Earn Significantly More than Women, Bethel Residents React to Newspaper Shutdown, and more...
Title 21: The Future Face of Anchorage
Mon., Aug. 1 at 1:00 pm and Sat. Aug. 6 at 6:30 pm
Title 21, it's sweeping; it's controversial; and often it's confusing. For nearly 10 years Anchorage has grappled with rewriting Title 21, the municipality's land use code, but for many its details remain hazy. Join us for an on-going series on the project Mondays at 1:00 pm on A Closer Look, starting August 1.
Celebrating the spirit of Alaska’s generosity
The Alaska Community Foundation is committed to growing philanthropy throughout Alaska. We are comprised of component funds created by individuals, families, organizations and communities who desire to give back to the state that has given much to them.
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Arctic Imperative: Pete Slaiby – VP, Shell Alaska
The possibility is that the Arctic is home to a quarter of the world’s yet untapped oil and gas reserves. And the thought is that more than 25% of the oil may lie off the coast of Alaska.
I don’t mind telling you that as an experienced Arctic explorer with a majority leaseholder position in Alaska’s Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Shell is counting on it.
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Alaska Captures Dolly Parton’s Attention
Alaska is enrolling more and more children in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, and none other than Parton, herself, has taken notice. When Alaska’s enrollment topped 13,000 children receiving Imagination Library books every month, Parton taped a video message congratulating and thanking Alaskans for making it happen.
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How To Make Love Like an Alaskan
Friday, July 29 at 2:45 pm
If you haven't seen How to Make Love Like an Alaskan in Talkeetna yet, less than 20 shows remain until the laugh-out-loud, improv, sketch concludes its run at the end of August. Director, Nick Condon and actress, Sandra White share scenes from the romantic comedy about love and relationships in the Last Frontier this week on Stage Talk.
Traveling Music: July 24, 2011
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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Cumberland...
Alaska News Nightly: July 25, 2011
Two Bodies Found in Plane Wreckage Near Eaglecrest Ski Area, Four Rescued from Floatplane Crash in Cook Inlet, Survival Camp Teenagers Attacked by Bear, Village Public Safety Officer Shot in Napakiak, and more...
You and Your Pets
Weds., July 27 at 2:00 pm, repeating at 7:00 pm
Join Shelly Wade, one of your new Hometown, Alaska hosts and her guest Anchorage veterinarian Dr. Shannon DiRuzzo for a discussion on you and your pets. Everything from finding pet that's right for you to caring for older pets, listeners are encouraged to call in with their favorite pet stories or to ask questions of the vet.
Obama To Make Prime-Time Debt-Ceiling Speech To Nation
Monday, July 25 at 5:00 pm
In case you were wondering if and when President Obama would make a prime time speech from the White House to argue his case on the debt ceiling, wonder no more. The White House announced the president is scheduled to speak to the nation Monday evening from the East Room.
Algo Nuevo: July 24, 2011
Here’s the music playlist from the Sunday, July 24, 2011 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have...
Night Music: July 23, 2011
Here’s the music playlist for Night Music with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Song Title
Artist Name
Album Title
CD Label
Duration
8:00...