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For two centuries, American whale oil lit the world — powering the start of the industrial revolution and laying the groundwork for a truly global economy. From its stunning rise as an economic force in the 18th century to its precipitous decline in the decades following the Civil War, the whaling industry mapped millions of miles of uncharted ocean, opened new seaways and markets, employed the world's most multi-cultural workforce and shrunk the globe by bringing once remote reaches of the Earth into contact as never before — all the while capturing the American imagination. KAKM: Tuesday, 3/20 at 7:00pm

Republican Presidential primary hopeful Ron Paul made a last minute campaign trip to Alaska over the weekend. Paul spoke to packed houses at ‘Town Hall Meetings’ in Anchorage and Fairbanks to rally voters before ‘Super Tuesday’.

Begish Sees The Future In The Arctic, Ron Paul Visits Alaska, Atka Mackerel, Pacific Cod Won’t Return To Aleutians, Iditarod Leaders Leave Rainy Pass, Lockheed Martin And Alaska Aerospace Announce Partnership, Unalaska To Settle Lawsuit For Clean Water Act Violation, Oil Tax Bill Draft Leaves First Committee, Apache Emerges As Player In Cook Inlet Oil, Gas Exploration, Four Anchorage Youths In Ski Jump, Nordic Combined Nationals,

Here’s the Sunday, February 26, 2012 edition of Something Different with Betsy. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title…

A rocket was successfully launched from Poker Flat north of Fairbanks over the weekend. Saturday night’s flight was part of a multi-university project aimed at understanding the effect of the northern lights on global positioning system and other radio signals. Principle investigator Steve Powell of Cornell University says satellite data indicated an intense stream, of charged particles from the sun heading toward the earth, and the aurora did not disappoint.

State Concerned Over Increasing Numbers of HIV Cases, Bill Would Help Conversion From Oil Heat Sources, Austerman Open to Changes to ACMP Bill, Parnell Signs Bill Changing Disclosure Rules into Law, Researchers Launch Rocket to Study Northern Lights, Researchers Investigate Weightlessness Effects on Human Body, Bill Would Offer Energy Relieve for Alaskans, Fairbanks Entrepreneur Setting Up Third Wind Power Generator, First Iron Dog Racers Reach Nome

Crews are still thawing equipment on the North Slope drilling rig that suffered a blowout last week. The Spanish company Repsol was drilling an exploratory well on Wednesday when they hit a gas pocket that caused the blowout. Natural gas was flowing uncontrolled from the well and so workers had to shut down the equipment and evacuate the rig.

The Senate is working on getting final plans in order to have a new oil and gas tax bill before the public by the end of next week. President Gary Stevens has said he has no intention of working with the tax-rewrite bill the governor introduced – and the House passed.

Jim Browder Selected As Next ASD Superintendent, New Oil, Gas Bill Expected By End Of Next Week, North Slope to Canada Gas Line Take Place in Fairbanks , Kotzebue Jail Remains Closed To Some Prisoners, Parnell, Delegation Respond To Possible Military Base Closures, ACMP Initiative Verification Marches On, K300 Raffle Winner Starting Scholarship Fund

Calling all Alaskan artists: Rasmuson Foundation just opened the application period for its annual Individual Artist Awards grant program, and it’s more inclusive than ever.