Daily Archives: March 24, 2011

Kott Conviction Thrown Out, New Trial Ordered

Associated Press A federal appeals court has thrown out the conviction of another former Alaska lawmaker charged in a wide-sweeping corruption probe. The 9th Circuit...

Testimony On Oil Tax Overhaul Begins

Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO – Juneau Public testimony is being taken today and tomorrow on Governor Parnell’s plan to reduce oil production taxes. ...

New Discovery Questions Land Bridge Theory

Lorie Townsend, APRN – Anchorage An archeological find in Texas will help rewrite the history of when and how the first Americans arrived...

Local Milk Production Bounces Back

Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage The loss of Alaska’s Matanuska Maid dairy at the end of 2007 devastated dairy farmers in the Matanuska...

Democrats Look To Grow Denali KidCare

Josh Edge, APRN – Anchorage Alaska Senate Democrats are restarting an effort to expand access to the Denali KidCare program. The Senate...

Parnell Stands Behind Judicial Council Pick

Associated Press Governor Sean Parnell says he stands behind a controversial nominee for Judicial Council. Senate Judiciary Committee members called into question the...

Strange Snowballs Appear In Village

Angela Denning-Barnes, KYUK – Bethel Hundreds of strange snow balls showed up in the Bering Sea village of Tuntutuliak. One resident thinks she knows...

Southeast Herring Fisherman Face Slow Start

Melati Kaye, KCAW – Sitka Every year, the Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery kicks off Southeast Alaska’s spring commercial fishing season. Last...

Alaska News Nightly: March 24, 2011

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Anchorage Edition: March 25, 2011

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

The Alaska Fisheries Report with Jay Barrett

Jay Barrett, KMXT - Kodiak Coming up this week, the Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring fishery could kick off any minute now, the Fishing...

Alaska Aerospace Touts Financial Benefit to State

Jacob Resneck, KMXT - Kodiak The Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation says its business could generate $250 million in annual revenue by 2018. That’s according to...

Man Shot to Death in Mountain View

Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage A man was shot to death in Anchorage's Mountain View neighborhood shortly after midnight last night.  Anchorage police have not...

Cause of Deepwater Horizon Blow-Out Preventer Failure Unveiled

Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage The results are in from a technical consultant's examination of the blow-out preventer that failed at the Macondo well in...

Canadian Government Backing Road to Beaufort Sea

Elizabeth McMillan, CBC - Yellowknife Canada's federal government is backing up its committment to Arctic development with an $150 million appropriation for an all-weather road...