Daily Archives: March 31, 2011

Weyhrauch Attorneys Ask for Evidence of Prosecutorial Misconduct

Associated Press Attorneys for former Alaska lawmaker Bruce Weyhrauch are asking a federal judge for access to evidence they contend shows prosecutorial misconduct....

House Debates Governor’s Oil Tax Proposal

Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau Thursday, the House opened debate on a tax proposal Governor Sean Parnell hopes will increase jobs and production...

Alaskans Rally to Support ‘Choose Respect’ Campaign

Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage and Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau Alaskans in more than 60 communities held marches today to support Governor...

Fort Wainwright Will Retain Aviation Brigade

Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks Fort Wainwright will retain an aviation brigade, but the number of soldiers and aircraft in it will be...

Voting District Restructure Debate Continues

Photo and Story by Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage The state’s redistricting board is in the throes of creating new voting district boundaries...

New Electric Utilities Break Ground in Anchorage

Photo and Story by Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage This week Anchorage’s two major electrical utilities broke ground for a natural gas powered...

Sealaska’s Second-Growth Harvest Sells

Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau You’ve probably heard that most of Southeast Alaska’s second-growth timber is decades away from harvest. But the Sealaska regional...

Bethel Broomballers Travel for First State Tournament

Angela Denning-Barnes, KYUK – Bethel Bethel boasts the only broomball team from Rural Alaska that will be competing at the state tournament in Homer...

Alaska News Nightly: March 31, 2011

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The Alaska Fisheries Report with Jay Barrett

Jay Barrett, KMXT - Kodiak Coming up this week: The North Pacific Council is taking up Gulf Chinook bycatch at its meeting this week in...

Anchorage Edition: April 1, 2011

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and...

Addressing Alaskans: What's In Our Fish?

This week on Addressing Alaskans, Todd O'Hara from UAF's Institute of Arctic Biology presents an Alaska perspective on the fish we eat. The federal...

Local Milk Production Bounces Back

The loss of Alaska’s Matanuska Maid dairy at the end of 2007 devastated dairy farmers in the Matanuska Valley. Now, more...

Sac Roe Herring Fishery Still Closed

Ed Ronco, KCAW - Sitka Still no fishing for Sac Roe Herring in Sitka Sound.  The fleet has been on two-hour notice since 8 a.m....

Parnell Holding Rally to Push Oil Tax Revision Bill

Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage Governor Parnell has another rally on his schedule for Thursday.  Wednesday, the Governor attended an Anchorage rally designed to push...