AKPM Staff
Alaska News Nightly: August 9, 2007
Senator Stevens talks with us about new ethics rules and his plans for next year's election. Plus, more of Alaska's schools achieved Adequate Yearly Progress this year under the No Child Left Behind Act....
Governor's vetoes continue to draw legislative and constituent complaints
Legislators are still uncomfortable with some of the projects the Governor vetoed from this year's capital projects budget. In cutting $226 million in state expenditures she said the rejected projects simply didn't fit into...
Destruction and milkshakes in Sitka
A chocolate milkshake made the difference for Tess Heyburn, when a small plane crashed into and destroyed her Sitka home on Monday afternoon. KCAW's Robert Woolsey met recently with Heyburn to discuss the tragic...
Village of Marshall boosting fight against alcohol importation
The Yukon River village of Marshall is taking a renewed stand at enforcing its alcohol control laws, as the community struggles against an influx of illegal booze.
Paul Korchin, KNOM - Nome
Innovative program using basketball to preserve Tlingit language
Some Southeast students are learning to play basketball in Tlingit. Sport camps sponsored this summer by the Sealaska Heritage Institute are mixing language skills and court time. More camps may be offered next year.
Ed...
Mile-long zip line course pulling in tourists to Hoonah
This summer large cruise ships are expected to make 79 stops at Icy Strait Point. That's more than double the number in 2004 when the big tourism project opened near the village of Hoonah....
Metlakatla completes 10-year road project, hopes for economic benefits
After 10 years of construction, Metlakatla celebrated the dedication of the Walden Point road project on Monday. The 14.3-mile road will connect Metlakatla with the north end of Annette Island. Community leaders hope the...
Barrow prepping artificial football field for star-studded August 15 opening
A construction crew is preparing to install artificial turf on America's northernmost football field. North Slope Borough School District spokeswoman Karen Russel says the new plastic field is a big deal for the second...
Alaska News Nightly: August 8, 2007
Communities across the state are still grappling with hundreds of budget vetoes Governor Palin handed out earlier this summer. Plus, the Yukon River village of Marshall is strengthening its effort to keep alcohol out...
Senator Stevens stops by APRN
U.S. Senator Ted Stevens stopped by APRN headquarters in Anchorage this afternoon. He sat down for an interview with Lori Townsend, APRN reporter and host of Alaska News Nightly.
Portions of the interview are expected...
Talkeetna murder trial concludes
Closing arguments were heard today in the murder trial of Michael Lawson, a 49-year old Anchorage man accused of killing a young Talkeetna woman in 2003.
Lori Townsend, APRN and Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News
Investigation and recovery underway following Sitka small plane crash
Investigators have confirmed, but are not releasing, the names of the four people on board the small aircraft that went down in a residential area of downtown Sitka yesterday. One day later, the emergency...
Army releases identities of soldiers killed July 31
Army officials today released the identities of two Fort Richardson artillerymen killed last week in Iraq. Sergeant Bradley W. Marshall of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Specialist Daniel F. Reyes of San Diego died July...
Hubbard Glacier threatening salmon spawning in Situk River
One of Southeast Alaska’s few advancing glaciers continues to threaten the river that produces most of Yakutat’s salmon. The Hubbard Glacier came within a few hundred feet of closing off nearby Russell Fjord this...
Search continues for missing man on Zarembo Island
A search for a man missing near Wrangell / Petersburg continues today. The Coast Guard says the search began over the weekend for Miguel Rodriguez, a 40-year-old man working for Triple T Tree Thinning...
Yukon's Zelma Lake drains half away in just a month
In Canada, water is draining away in Old Crow at a catastrophic rate. A group of scientists is monitoring Zelma Lake on Old Crow flats. The lake has lost more than half its water...
Two troublesome Fairbanks bears killed
Two young grizzlies that showed up on Chena Hot Springs Road last week were shot Sunday. Department of Fish and Game spokeswoman Cathie Harms says Alaska State Troopers were called after the yearling bears...
Sitka's 'Fortress of the Bear' welcomes its first furry resident
A nonprofit bear habitat in Sitka has its first resident. The Alaska Department of Fish & Game recently sent a 60-pound orphaned brown bear cub to Fortress of the Bear, a week – to...
Alaska News Nightly: August 7, 2007
A 2003 murder trial wraps up as the Sitka plane crash investigation begins and the search continues for a missing man on Zaremba Island. We also take a look at the continuing threat...
Talk of Alaska: Subsistence Management
Since the 1990s the federal government has managed fish and game on more than half of Alaska's lands. How can the impasse over subsistence management be resolved? Should the state regain that management or...