Category: Alaska News Nightly
Alaska News Nightly: May 16, 2012
Cook Inlet Oil, Gas Lease Sale Nets Over $6.8 Million; Naknek Residents Take On Logistical Recycling Endeavor; Work Between Native Hunters, Biologists Lays Groundwork For Future; Shell Oil Hopes To Begin Exploratory Drilling This Summer; Another Weak Yukon River Chinook Run In The Forecast; Bald Eagles Back On The Attack; Anchorage Residents React To Morning Quake
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Alaska News Nightly: May 15, 2012
Breakup Proving Tough On Kwethluk; Activists Protest Arctic Ocean Exploratory Wells; Groups Sue To Protect Cook Inlet Beluga Whales; Murkowski Scores Additional Funding For Veterans; $107 Million To Be Spent On Pebble Permitting; JPARC Public Hearings Continue This Week; Elders Saw Climate Change Coming Early; Contest Brings Innovative Architecture To The Aleutians; Anchorage Edges Closer To Glass Recycling Solution; Are Alaska’s Teachers Appreciated?
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Alaska News Nightly: May 14, 2012
Groups Push For Ratification Of Law Of The Sea Treaty; Governor Signs Budgets And Bonds; Some Federal Unemployment Insurance Payments To End; Marine Toxins Finding New Habitats As Oceans Warm; Redistricting Board Votes To Revise Two Southeast Districts; New Management Style Allows Health Organization To Improve Care; Communities Walk For Suicide Prevention
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Alaska News Nightly: May 11, 2012
Savoonga Men Cited For Ivory Sale Violations; Redistricting Board To Redraw Southeast Districts; BLM Meeting With Kuskokwim Communities About Red Devil Mine Contamination; JPARC Hearing Start In Anchorage; 6,000 Military Members To March Through Fairbanks; Coast Guard Rules Out Mechanical Problem In Ferry Accident; ‘Bike To Work Day’ Taking Place Next Friday; AK: Making Lemonade; 300 Villages: Fort Yukon
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Alaska News Nightly: May 10, 2012
Body Found Was Missing Airman; Redistricting Plan Foes Face Off In Supreme Court; Alaskans Receiving Large Share Of Health Care Rebates; Texting While Driving Now Illegal In Alaska; AVEC Hoping To Add Bethel To Service List; Group Forms To Oppose Proposed Auke Bay Roundabout; 3-Pawed Grizzly Appears At Denali Park Again; Copper River Salmon Season Starts Next Week; Bristol Bay Fishermen, Processors Waiting For Herring; Season’s First Cruise Ships Sailing In Southeast
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Alaska News Nightly: May 9, 2012
Airman Under Arrest In Connection With Clinton Reeves Disappearance; Assembly Chairman Hall Fires Deputy Clerk Duke; Coast Guard Head Warns Of Major Need For New Ice Breaker; Debate Over Consultation With ANCSA Corporations Continues; Militia Trial Continues For Third Day; EPA Prepares To Make Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment Public; Airport Operators Meet For Flight Standard, Safety Updates; Anchorage Kids Use YouTube To Stand Up To Bullying; Galena School District Takes Part In National Celebration Of Imagination
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Alaska News Nightly: May 8, 2012
Militia Trials Continue In Anchorage; Tribes Fear Road Maintenance Money Won’t Be Distributed Equally; Bill Allows Use Of Naturally Occurring Asbestos; Searchers Find Missing Teenage Hiker; APD Believes Missing Airman Victim Of Foul Play; Alaska-Based Soldier Killed In Afghanistan; Police, Troopers On Lookout For Two Men Who Escaped From Halfway House; Processing Plant Planning On Running Despite Ferry Collision; Former Head Of Whaling Commission Pleads Guilty; Author Investigates Exxon-Mobil In Book; Bethel Getting New Grocery Store, Movie Theater
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Alaska News Nightly: May 7, 2012
Jury Selection Begins For Militia Trial; State Ferry Matanuska Crashes Into Seafood Processing Dock; Tugboat Tackles Ice For Bearing Sea Crabbers; J-1 Program Safe Until November; Harry Bader Heading Up Polar Security Center; Supreme Court To Hear Arguments On Which Voting District Maps Will Be Used In Election; Researchers Study Impact Of Invasive Plants On Native Tundra Berries; Meg Mackey Band: Spenard’s New Indie Darlings
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Alaska News Nightly: May 4, 2012
Agreement Allows All Alaska Veterans Care At Tribal Clinics; Judicial Council Holding Hearing On Judge Retention; Observers Soon Start Work On Southeast Gillnet Grounds; Muni Certifies Anchorage Election; Special Meeting To Address Possible Recall Of Wrangell Hospital Board Of Directors; Lawmakers Approve $2.9 Billion For Statewide Construction, Maintenance Projects; AK: Hibernation; 300 Villages: St. Paul
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Alaska News Nightly: May 3, 2012
Group Files for Hand Recount; Health Worker Says Repsol Blowout Cause Of Some Respiratory Illness Cases; Officials Suspend Kenai Peninsula Aerial Wolf Hunts; UAA Handing Out First Doctorate Degrees; Final Ft. Wainwright Stryker Soldiers Returning Home; Aviation Show Coming To Alaska; Kids Descend On Quinhagak For ‘Singsperation’
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Alaska News Nightly: May 2, 2012
Volunteers Search For Evidence In ComSta Double Homicide; Methane Hydrates Could Prove To Be Vast Untapped Resource; State Gives TransCanada OK To Shift Attention To Gas Pipeline; Parnell Blames Unresolved Oil Tax, Gas Line Bills On Senate; Southeast Seiners Approve Buyback; Computer Model To Predict Climate-Driven Ecosystem Changes; Work Underway To Repair Nome-Council Highway; New Book Presents About 3,000 Alaska Native Place Names; May Off To Chilly Start
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Alaska News Nightly: May 1, 2012
Fish & Game Holding Off On Kenai Peninsula Wolf Kill Plan; Study Reveals Polar Bears’ Long Distance Swims; Report Shows Growing Arctic Militarization; Parnell Chooses Hughes To Fill Gatto’s Seat; After Harvest, Sitka Tribe Renews Herring Concerns; Aircraft Support Aplenty For Alaska Wildfire Crews; Smooth Sailing Ahead For Captain Of The Tusty; Homer Couple Rescues Florida Couple On Hawaiian Volcano
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Alaska News Nightly: April 30, 2012
State House Delays Decision To Adjourn; Finance Committee Meets To Address High Energy Costs; Manly Hot Springs Conditions Improving After Flooding; Advocates Speak At ‘Indigenous Women’s Environmental And Reproductive Health Symposium’; Subsistence Rights Top Concerns At UN Hearings; Endowment Fund Created In Comeau’s Name; APD Calls On Public To Help Find Missing Airman, Clinton Reeves; Fairbanks Man Fine After Bear Attack On Kodiak Island; USGS Mapping Going Digital; Chena Hot Springs Resort Hoping To Expand
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Alaska News Nightly: April 27, 2012
House Pondering Next Step After Senate Adjourns; Redistricting Map Heads Back To The Supreme Court; Eklutna River Bridge To Close; Forest Service Approved Timber Harvest Plan For Kupreanof Island; Unsolved Murder Anniversary Brings Fairbanks Residents Together; Rescued Sea Otter Pup Finds Home In Pittsburgh Zoo; Disaster Drill Held Near Sitka; AK: Secrets Of The Forest; 300 Villages: Wales
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Alaska News Nightly: April 26, 2012
Senate Adjourns Special Session; In-State Gas Line Remains On Legislators’ Radar; Former Non-Profit Head Sentences To Probation For Embezzlement; Man Acquitted Of Manslaughter, Homicide Charges; Municipal Leaders React to Election Commission Report; Alaska Moose Federation Gets $1.5 Million From State; New Research Sheds Light On Mercury Pollution; Native Youth Olympics Start Friday
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Alaska News Nightly: April 25, 2012
Exploratory Shale Wells Coming Within A Month; State Takes Feedback On Student Achievement Standards; UAF Could Get Funds For New Engineering Building; Election Commission Makes Recommendations For Muni Election Problems; Portion Of ‘Violence Against Women Act’ Upsets Alaska Tribal Advocates; Organization Pushes For Changes In Sea Otter Management; UA To Get New Super Computer; Group To Renovate Northwest Alaska Boys And Girls Clubs
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Alaska News Nightly: April 24, 2012
Redistricting Plan Goes Back To The Drawing Board; Hooper Bay Man Get s $500,000 For Tasering; Ted Nugent Pleads Guilty To Hunting Violation; Diomede Residents May Get Helicopter Service; Quality Improvement Measures Get Results At Providence; SEARHC Recovering From $4 Million Loss Last Year; Fairbanks Residents Make Moves Against Child Abuse; Anchorage Museum Explores Denali
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Alaska News Nightly: April 23, 2012
Resource Committee Members Take ‘Show Me’ Approach To Oil Tax Cuts; Tribal Organizations Await Results Of Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Case; Air Force General’s Promotion On Hold Until More Questions Answered About Possible F-16 Move; Election Commission Digs Into Ballot Mess; ‘Occupy Fairbanks’ Protesters Pack Up Camp; Flood Advisory In Effect For Salcha Area; Museum Of The North New Home To Seal Stone; Alaska Folk Festival Honors Musicians Buddy Tabor, Barb Kalen
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Alaska News Nightly: April 20, 2012
Judge Rejects Amended Redistricting Plan, Court Says 2008 Sitka Citizen’s Initiative Was Legal, Governor’s Oil Tax Plan Meets Legislative Opposition, Over 100 Offshore Miners To Set Up Shop In Nome, Herbert Glacier Developers Anticipate Over 245,000 Ounces Of Gold, UAA Takes Stand Against Domestic Abuse, AK: A Journey, 300 Villages: Lime Village
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Alaska News Nightly: April 19, 2012
Israel Keyes Pleas Not Guilty In Koenig Kidnapping, Killing; Sex Crimes Bill Ready For The Governor; Senate Hears Plan For In-State Gas Pipeline; Legislators Extend Film Tax Incentive Program; Cleveland Volcano Ash Cloud Quickly Dissipates; Persistent Ice Slows Snow Crab Season; Nenana May Receive Additional Funds In Capital Budget; Officials Unsure Of Summer’s Tourism Outlook; Alaska Native Leader Passes Away; Memorial Held For Murdered Coast Guardsmen
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