Kristin Spack
Banned Books Week: Mark Begich reads "The Chocolate War"
Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich chose to read The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier at the Banned Books Read Out held at Title Wave Books.
Banned Books Week
(From Left) Mayor Mark Begich, Stellar Secondary School student, and Rebecca Sheir. Photo by Kristin Spack, KSKA.
Slaughterhouse-Five, Of Mice and Men, 1984, Naked Lunch, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Catcher in the Rye,...
Meth Forum seeks to inform and involve the public
Tomorrow the various groups fighting against methamphetamine use in southcentral Alaska will seek to enlist broader citizen support with a special afternoon forum called "A Blight on our Communities."
Alaska Meth Education Project
Len Anderson, KSKA...
Mayor Begich unveils his 2008 and 2009 budgets
This morning Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich unveiled an overview of his proposed municipal budgets for 2008 and 2009. Both years show an increased cost to run the city.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
Community Forum: Title 21, Part 2
Host Nellie Moore chats with John Weddleton, Board President of the Anchorage Coalition and Sheila Selkregg, Anchorage Assembly member, about proposed changes to Title 21 -- Anchorage's land use plan that's getting it's...
State business magazine releases list of top Alaska companies
On Monday the Alaska Business Monthly magazine released its list of the top 49 Alaska-based companies in the state. This year's list showed a strong Anchorage presence along with the continued prominence of the...
Line One: Breast Cancer & The Quiet War
This week on Line One: Your Health Connection, guests and callers will discuss breast cancer and The Quiet War, a film produced by the Anchorage non-profit media company, Affinityfilms, Inc. Host, Dr. Woodward will...
Stage Talk: HAIR and Carmina Burana
This week host Mark Muro chats with director, Christian Heppinstall and music director, Steven Alvarez of HAIR, a 1960's musical about coming of age and coming out against war. Locally produced by Theatre Artists...
Pool protest flows into assembly budget debate
It's not often that a non-agenda item packs the Anchorage Assembly chambers and then produces a half hour debate, but that's exactly what happened last Tuesday evening.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
Fur flies over proposed dog ban
At last night's Anchorage Assembly meeting, dog owners and little league volunteers squared off in a public hearing now scheduled to continue into next month on the proposal to ban dogs from municipal ball...
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce learns about new business effort for rural Alaska
This year, the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce is putting new effort into its rural partnership program. On Monday, the chamber invited Alaska Federation of Natives President Julie Kitka, who described a business competition...
Line One: Making Medical Decisions
It is important to understand how science works and how to think critically about the information we receive when it comes to making decisions about medical care. To help understand these issues Dr. Woodard...
Traditional Alaska Native healers receive international award
(From Left) Frances Miller, E. Lisa Dolchok and Rita Blumestein
This Friday in Washington D.C., Southcentral Foundation - Traditional Healing Clinic, an Anchorage based clinic and its director Dr. Ted Mala (pictured far...
Stage Talk: Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens
This week Mark Muro is joined by Shelly Wozniak, Leslie Ward and Dolores Catherine from Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, an interactiv, high-energy musical set in a futuristic cabaret bar. From October 2...
Century picks Glenn Square for second Anchorage theater
The big screen is coming to Anchorage's Mountain View. Actually, make that 12 screens and they're in the form of a new Century Movie Theater. The theater will be part of...
Community Forum: Title 21, Part 1
Host Nellie Moore welcomes Lucy Peckham, from the Coalition for Backyard Pets and Tom Nelson, Planning Director for the Municipality of Anchorage to discuss Title 21. Title 21 is a comprehensive land use plan...
Community Advisory Council Meeting
Our next Community Advisory Council meeting is this Wednesday, September 19 at 12:00 p.m. It's an opportunity for KSKA to hear from you on programming issues and ideas. We're ...
Line One: Adolescent Depression and Suicide
Dr. Woodard and his guest, Dr. Phil Neuberger will be discussing adolescent depression and suicide. Dr. Neuberger is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry as...
Stage Talk: Nunsense and The Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
This week host Mark Muro speaks to John and Robyn Harris who direct and star in Nunsense, a musical comedy, which opened at the Valley Performing Arts on September 7 - October 7, 2007....
Task Force recommends Anchorage sales tax
Yesterday a special municipal task force looking for a way to lower Anchorage property taxes recommended a sales tax. Despite a history of voter rejection, the majority of the task force say a...