Coast Guard Begins Kulluk Hearing
Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard began a week-long probe of the grounding of the drilling rig Kulluk last New Year’s Day on an island south of Kodiak. The rig was being towed to Seattle when it broke loose in bad weather and ended up going aground. APRN’s Steve Heimel was at the hearing today at the Anchorage Assembly chambers.
Circle Residents Clean Up After Flooding
Residents of Circle are cleaning up after an ice jam on the Yukon River caused extensive flooded in the community on Sunday.
Pavlof Ash Falls On Sand Point
Pavlof Volcano continued to erupt over the weekend, spitting a plume of ash that reached 22,000 feet into the sky.
Fishermen Found Guilty, Although Court Agrees Subsistence Salmon Fishing Is Religious
Nearly 50 fishermen were cited for illegal salmon fishing last June. Half of them pled not guilty and have been fighting it in court ever since.
Joe Miller Ordered To Pay $85,000 In Alaska Dispatch Legal Fees
Former Republican U.S. Senate nominee Joe Miller has not yet said if he will appeal an award of court costs to an internet news organization that sued to get his personnel records in 2010.
State Proposes $50 Million for ANWR Development
Governor Sean Parnell says the new state plan will disclose the true oil volume in ANWR.
Ketchikan Breaks World Rainboot Race Record
And now for some breaking news. Record-breaking, that is. Nearly 2,000 people turned out in Ketchikan Saturday afternoon to break the Guinness World Record for the largest rainboot race.
Alaska Gets Relief From No Child Left Behind
More than 30 states across the country have gotten waivers from No Child Left Behind. That lets them judge schools with their own measures instead of the federal standards. Today, Alaska joined that group.
Anchorage Schools React To ‘No Child Left Behind’ Waiver
Anchorage School District administrators are reacting to the U.S. Department of Education’s announcement that Alaska will receive a waiver from the ‘No Child Left Behind’ (NCLB) law.
APU Cuts Tuition by 30 Percent
Alaska Pacific University is lowering their tuition more than 30 percent. The president of the Anchorage private liberal arts college says the change will make a college education more affordable for Alaskans, and hopefully, boost their enrollment.
Homer City Council Overturns Move to Ban Heliports on Homer Spit
A Homer flightseeing operator with visions of operating a heliport on the Homer Spit is one step closer to his goal. The Homer City Council narrowly defeated an effort to exclude heliports form a series of new zoning rules.
State Unemployment Rate Lowest In 6 Years
Alaska continues to add jobs to its seasonal economy. The preliminary statewide unemployment rate for April is 6 percent, the lowest since mid-2007. It dropped a full percentage point from April 2012.
Endangered Species Act Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Friday, May 17 was the 40th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act. Congress passed the act in 1973 over concerns that many species of plants and animals were in danger of becoming extinct.
Coast Guard Opens Kulluk Investigation Hearing
The Coast Guard opens an investigative hearing into January’s grounding of the drilling rig Kulluk off Kodiak Island today.
Second Largest Flood on Record Hits Eagle as Yukon Breaks Up
Ice on the Yukon River at Eagle began to move early Friday morning resulting in the second worst flood on record since a devastating flood wiped out the community’s waterfront and a nearby Alaska Native village in 2009. Damage this year was minimal in comparison and residents are relieved.
Step by step an Alaska couple and their two children are making their way along the coast of Cook Inlet, from Seldovia, up and down Turnagain and Knik Arms, and down the west side. Reaching Anchorage, they’re connecting with you, on the next Talk of Alaska.
KSKA: Tuesday, May 21 at 10:00am
It’s been more than 70 years since Unalaska came under attack during World War II, but you don’t have to look hard to find the remnants. The community is littered with old gunnery installations, battered Quonset huts and bunkers – some of which are being preserved for posterity. But there’s history, and then there’s hazard, and the shells and bombs that keep washing up on Unalaska’s shores fall somewhere in between.
This week, we’re going to Tuluksak, a community of almost 400 people near the Kuskokwim River. George Lamont is a resident of Tuluksak.
Alaska Cultural Connections: Cross Cultural Communication
Nuiqsut is both one of the newest communities on the North Slope and one of the oldest. The area was inhabited for centuries by the Iñupiat, and then abandoned for Barrow.
Alaska News Nightly: May 20, 2013
Coast Guard Begins Kulluk Hearing; Circle Residents Clean Up After Flooding; Fishermen Found Guilty, Although Court Agrees Subsistence Salmon Fishing Is Religious; Pavlof Ash Falls On Sand Point; State Proposes $50 Million For ANWR Development; Joe Miller Ordered To Pay $85,000 In Alaska Dispatch Legal Fees; Ketchikan Breaks World Rainboot Race Record; Alaska Cultural Connections: Cross Cultural Communication
May 17-24
