Daily Archives: September 24, 2014
Monofil Project On Hold, Again
A plan by Eklutna, Inc. to build a landfill in Chugiak has re-surfaced about a year after the Anchorage Planning Commission rejected the Alaska Native corporation's project. The Chugiak Community Council opposes the plan, but, a new wrinkle in the debate has opened the door to a pollution investigation.
Forrest Dunbar: The Millennial Who Aims to Unseat Don Young
The Alaska Congressman's Democratic challenger is a Yale-educated attorney, raised in Eagle and Cordova. Dunbar is a first-time candidate running a serious campaign on a relative shoestring.
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Studies Predict Peril for Alaska’s Feathered Migrants
America’s birds are in trouble. That’s according to two reports out earlier this month from the National Audubon Society and the Department of Interior. Both documents suggest climate change could have dire effects for many of the birds that migrate to Alaska each year.
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Pilot Program Helps Bethel Farm Ship Produce to Cordova Schools
Meyers Farm in Bethel recently shipped about 500 pounds of vegetables to the Cordova School District. The order was made possible through a program that reimburses Alaska school districts that buy food grown in state.
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Petersburg Considers Changes to Senior Sales Tax Exemption
If you’re 65 or older, you don’t have to pay Petersburg’s 6 percent sales tax. Municipal Finance Director Jody Tow says that means local government is losing out on a lot of money.
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Alaska Power & Telephone Buys Gustavus Electric Co.
Alaska Power and Telephone has purchased the Gustavus Electric Co. The 32-year-old homespun utility is the life’s work of Gustavus local Dick Levitt and his wife Linda.
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Downtown Stores Called Upon to Keep Juneau Attractive
The last cruise ship to visit the capital city pulls out of Juneau at 9 p.m. Thursday. As stores in the tourist district pack up and shut down for the fall and winter season, the Juneau Economic Development Council wants to make sure downtown remains an inviting place to be.
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Rethinking The Asphalt Parking Spot
Imagine a parking spot. Typically a slab of asphalt waiting for the next vehicle to roll on by. Now imagine that spot transformed into a green oasis among the urban jungle for an entire day. That's what happened recently when the national event, Parking Day, came to Anchorage.
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Alaska News Nightly: September 24, 2014
Forrest Dunbar: The Millennial Who Aims to Unseat Don Young; Studies Predict Peril for Alaska's Feathered Migrants; Pilot Program Helps Bethel Farm Ship Produce to Cordova Schools; Petersburg Considers Changes to Senior Sales Tax Exemption; Alaska Power & Telephone Buys Gustavus Electric Co.; Downtown Stores Called Upon to Keep Juneau Attractive Year-Round; Rethinking The Asphalt Parking Spot
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Traveling Music 9-28-14
Traveling Music
Shonti Elder
9-28-14
Format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
Pretty Good Day So Far
Mike Truax / Louden Wainwright III
Wounded Dove
www.vfpjuneau.org (Veterans for Peace, Juneau)
3:23
With A Memory...
Five Arrested in Connection With Medication Theft from Shishmaref Clinic
Five people, including two adults, have been arrested in connection to a break-in at the Shishmaref clinic and the theft of more than 100 painkillers—a theft Alaska State Troopers say was accomplished using tools the group stole earlier from the community school.
Assembly delays decision on Chugach Access Plan
After more than 40 people testified before the Anchorage Assembly, the body voted to postpone making a decision on the Chugach State Park Access Plan. Plan supporters say the community needs easier access. Dissenters took issue with some of the suggested points.
Anchorage Assembly says no to legalizing marijuana
The state’s largest city is publicly speaking out against Ballot Measure 2, which aims to legalize marijuana. But the Anchorage Assembly’s vote was not unanimous.