It’s been nearly a year since an earthquake in Japan triggered a tsunami that devastated whole communities in that country’s Northwest area. Debris was swept out to sea, and much of it is still afloat and is being carried by currents across the Pacific. Some of it has already reached Alaska’s coast, but how much more can we expect? And will the debris be contaminated with radiation from the damaged Fukushima nuclear facility? Senator Lisa Murkowski wants answers on the wreckage that may be heading our way.
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APTI Reporter-Producer Ellen Lockyer started her radio career in the late 1980s, after a stint at bush Alaska weekly newspapers, the Copper Valley Views and the Cordova Times. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez Public Radio station KCHU needed a reporter, and Ellen picked up the microphone.
Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA
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