Monthly Archives: April 2011
Night Music: April 30, 2011
Here’s the music playlist from the April 30, 2011 edition of Night Music with Kirk Waldhaus. All ...
Soul to Soul: April 30, 2011
Here’s the music playlist from the April 30, 2011 edition of Soul to Soul with Marvel and Sherry Johnson. All tracks ...
New Camp Abatement Receives ACLU and Assembly Backing
Months of legal battling between the municipality of Anchorage and the Alaska office of the American Civil Liberties Union has come to an end....
Department of Law Issues Opinion Regarding Senate Budget Bill Language
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Members of the House Finance Committee met in Anchorage Friday to hear the State Department of Law’s opinion...
Orphaned Polar Bear Cub Heading to Anchorage
Lori Townsend and Josh Edge, APRN – Anchorage
A polar bear cub is expected to arrive in Anchorage Friday evening after Fish and...
Ice Avalanche Kills Climber Near Ruth Gorge
Sue Deyoe, KTNA – Talkeetna
An ice avalanche killed a climber near the Ruth Gorge in the Alaska Range early Thursday morning. It’s...
Two Removed from Cook Inlet Beluga Recovery Science Panel
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
Concern over the autonomy of scientists on the Cook Inlet beluga recovery science panel has prompted NOAA’s National...
Redistricting Board Wrestles With District Map Changes
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
The state’s Redistricting Board is wrestling with changing the voting district map to match this decade’s census figures. ...
Phone Survey Could Help Cull Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault
Daysha Eaton, KDLG – Dillingham
A new telephone survey, especially for women, is being conducted in Fairbanks, Anchorage and Juneau and in the...
Amateur Radio Plays Vital Role in Disaster Response
Joshua Tucker, APRN – Anchorage
In Alaska, Amateur Radio operators have played a critical role responding to disasters in the past. After the...
Alaska News Nightly: April 29, 2011
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Alaska Legislature, Oil Tax Revision and the Anchorage Assembly
This week on Anchorage Edition, host Michael Carey is joined by Rebecca Braun, of the Alaska Budget Report, Tim Bradner, from the...
Chickens Can Lawfully Roost in Anchorage
Anchorage chickens scored a nine to two victory at the municipal assembly Tuesday night. Under a new ordinance residents can keep up...
Man Sentenced for Charges of Being Peeping Tom with Interest in Child Pornography
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
Thursday, federal law clerk Daniel Eisman, 36, was sentenced to four years imprisonment after pleading guilty to charges that he...
Climber Dies in Denali National Park
Sue Deyoe, KTNA - Talkeetna
Ice and snow falling from a big rock formation in the Alaska Range buried the camps of two climbing parties...
Whittier Harbor Expansion Dredges Up Old Oil Spill
Steve Heimel, APRN – Anchorage
Efforts to expand the harbor in Whittier have run up against an old oil spill. Last month, Harris...
Three Arrested for Illegally Selling Walrus Ivory, Polar Bear Hides
Ben Matheson, KNOM – Nome
A federal grand jury indicted three people Thursday for the illegal sale of walrus ivory and polar bear...
Hundreds Rally in ‘Fed Up with the Feds’
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
Hundreds of people rallied in Fairbanks Wednesday to protest what they see as overreach by the federal government. ...
House Democrats Present Plan to End Special Session
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
Thursday, House Democrats made public a plan that would successfully end the special legislative session – now as...
Lawmakers May Have to Test the Issue if No Agreement can be Reached with Governor
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
If lawmakers can’t come to an agreement with the Governor, former Attorney General John Havelock says they may...