Daily Archives: January 25, 2011

Bipartisan Seating Kicks Off Year With Positive Symbolism

Photo and Story by Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC Tonight’s State of the Union Address has members of Congress reaching across the aisle...

Changing Oil Tax Top Priority of Legislative Session

Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau The governor and many legislators this year have set changing the state’s tax on oil as the top goal...

State Employee Charged with Accepting Unlawful Gratuity

Alexandra Gutierrez, KUCB – Unalaska A state employee for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has been charged with the receipt of an...

Witnesses Describe Waterman’s Behavior during Trial

Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage Attorneys for both sides questioned witnesses all morning in the state’s trial against Rachelle Waterman.   Waterman, accused of conspiracy...

Hoonah Bands with Alaska Communities to Heal After Tragic Shooting

Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau Nearly five months since a tragic shooting took the lives of Hoonah police officers Tony Wallace and Matt Tokuoka,...

Storm Kills Two Travelers

Angela Denning-Barnes, KYUK – Bethal A harsh North Storm that hit the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta last weekend killed two travelers. Others lost the trail and...

Rural Alaska School Districts to Receive Hundreds of Thousands of Federal Dollars

Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC and Joaqlin Estus, KNBA- Anchorage A few rural Alaska school districts and the Norton Sound Health Corporation are...

Dupre Continues to Solo Climb Denali

Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks Lonnie Dupre is up against the weather and the clock as he tries to become the first person to...

Kids These Days – Jan 25

Tuesday, January 25 at 2pm and 7pm THE VALUE OF MUSIC Music is good for the brain and it's good for the soul, that's why this...

Tuesday at 5 PM: President Obama’s State of the Union Address

NPR News will present extensive coverage of the President's State of the Union speech, Tuesday, January 25, at 5:00 pm Alaska time. The coverage will...

Talk of Alaska: Environmental Writing

Nature has always been dramatic in Alaska, but now those dramatic changes are coming faster.  Alaska’s nature writers see this as a...