Tag: Alaska
APRN Speaker Series: Neal Conan
Recorded in April at UAA, listen to the APRN Speaker Series event with NPR's Neal Conan, host of Talk of the Nation. Neal joined APTI's Pat Yack for an on-stage conversation and responded to audience questions on bicycles, baseball, election experiences and more.
KSKA: Thursday 7/5 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Federal Government Clears Redistricting Plan
The U.S. Justice Department today (Wednesday) gave its approval - or preclearance - to Alaska's new redistricting plan. Alaska Redistricting Board Chair Taylor Bickford says the Amended Proclamation Plan can now be used as a voting map for the November elections.
Fairbanks Area Leaders Express Relief Over F-16 Decision
Members of the Congressional delegation are weighing in on the Air Force’s decision to suspend the relocation of the F-16 Aggressor Squadron from Eielson...
2,700 Alaskans Due Health Insurance Rebates
While everyone awaits tomorrow's Supreme Court decision on whether the Affordable Care Act is constitutional, the health care field has already been changed by...
Bus App In the Works for Anchorage Transit
If you go to most cities these days, you can log on to your smart phone and find a bus app that will tell...
Congress Debates Mount McKinley Name Change
The National Park Service does not object to renaming the continent’s largest peak Mount Denali, though it’s stopping short of recommending the name change. In...
Studying a Thriving Bird – The Rhino
A two-year project is underway in Sitka Sound this summer to study the rhinoceros auklet. Unlike much of the biological research in the state,...
Workforce Program Celebrates Anniversary
The All Alaska Workforce Initiative celebrated its one year anniversary earlier this week. The program is a joint venture between the state and federal...
Surveying My Life: Journeys from Alaska and the Southern Sky
Bartlett High School graduate, Brian Schmidt received the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae. In June Brian stopped by the UAA Bookstore to talk about the importance of his Alaska education and his current projects, including building a new telescope to map the Southern Sky. Today Brian is an astronomer at the Australian National University's Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
KSKA: Thursday 6/28 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Monitoring Flood Threat on the Matanuska River
Matanuska Susitna Borough residents may be facing property damage from high waters on the Matanuska River. The Matanuska River crested on Friday, threatening some homes...
A Look Back at This Year’s Last Frontier Theatre Conference
This week on Stage Talk, hosts Jean and Steve have a lively discussion about this year's Last Frontier Theatre Conference with professional singer and vocal coach Nancy Caudill who co-ran the Acting Workshop for Singers and professional playwright Arlitia Jones who ran the Writer's Warmup sessions.
KSKA: Friday 6/22 at 2:45 pm
City Cemetery Holds Hidden Gems
Anchorage's earliest founders are gone, but certainly not forgotten. Those who turned out for the annual Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery walk were not only...
New Cook Inlet Player To Spend $200 Million in AK
New player in Alaska, Hilcorp Energy, is a little know private company with big plans for Cook Inlet oil and gas production. And it...
AVTEC Wind Turbine Provides Training Opportunity
There's a fresh breeze blowing in Seward, and this time it's turning the blades on a new wind turbine on the campus of the state's vocational training school.
Obesity in Alaska
In case you haven’t noticed much of the developed world is overweight, but many are beginning to fight back. On the next edition of Line One, we will be discussing some local efforts to help treat and prevent obesity.
KSKA: Monday 6/18 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Grounded Landing Craft near Kodiak will Float Soon
The U.S. Army Reserve is preparing to move the landing craft Monterrey, which has spent all week aground near Kodiak. The vessel struck a...
Rural Residents Struggle with Low King Returns on the Yukon
Life on the Lower Yukon has gotten tougher and tougher over the years for subsistence fishers. Families that rely on Chinook for food yearlong...
King Salmon Restrictions for Kenai, Kasilof Rivers
Anglers seeking king salmon on the Kenai and Kasilof rivers will face temporary restrictions as the Alaska Department of Fish and Game seeks to...
Alaska Will Collect Millions from Federal Grant Program
Twenty-seven million dollars will be going to rural Alaska communities this year for schools and government services provided to areas where the federal government...
Escaped Bear Found Shot to Death
Only a day after her companion Taquoka was shipped to a bear reserve in Sweden, Shaguyik, the escaped grizzly cub, was found shot to...