Occupiers Make Statement at Port of Anchorage

Protesters managed to shut down a few terminals at ports  in California, Washington and Oregon today, as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement to block ports on the West Coast. Here in Alaska, a small but vocal group of Occupiers marched on the Port of Anchorage, not to shut it down, but to make a statement.

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APTI Reporter-Producer Ellen Lockyer started her radio career in the late 1980s, after a stint at bush Alaska weekly newspapers, the Copper Valley Views and the Cordova Times. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez Public Radio station KCHU needed a reporter, and Ellen picked up the microphone.
Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA
elockyer (at) alaskapublic (dot) org  |  907.550.8446 | About Ellen

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