300 Villages: Eagle
This week we’re heading to Eagle, a small community on the Yukon River. Jason Hamilton lives in Eagle, Alaska.
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Alaska News Nightly: June 27, 2014
No Fukushima Radiation Found in Alaska Seafood; Cross-Regional Dialogue On Ambler Road As Parties Converge In Kotzebue; U.S. House Passes Bill To Open NPR-A; U.S. Senate Republican Candidates Debate Addresses Resource Development, Government Overreach; Frostbite Among Chief Dangers For Denali Climbers; Y-K Delta Residents Struggle To Put Up Fish; Smokejumpers Deploy in Southwest Alaska; AK: Dance; 300 Villages: Eagle
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Wetlands Plan Update Causes Concern
Some community members are concerned about proposed changes to the Anchorage Municipal Wetlands Management Plan. They say it weakens protections for vital areas. The plan's update has been in the works for nearly four years.
Primary Election: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Mead Treadwell
It will soon be decision time for Alaska voters on which Republican should face incumbent U.S. Senator Mark Begich in November. Will it be Joe Miller, Dan Sullivan, or Mead Treadwell? Each candidate will have an hour-long live opportunity to answer phone calls from public radio listeners statewide. Mead Treadwell will go first, on the next Talk of Alaska.
APRN: Tuesday, 7/1 at 10:00am
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Alaska Edition: Earthquakes
Even by Alaska standards, there has been a lot of seismic activity recently. Alaska is located in the Ring of Fire, so it’s not unusual for there to be frequent earthquakes and volcanoes kicking up occasionally, but starting in April, there has been some unusual seismic activity in the Brooks Range. An area near Noatak has, since April, seen a spike in earthquakes after a 30-year quiet period.
KSKA: Friday, June 27 at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, June 28 at 6:00 p.m.
KAKM: Friday, June 27 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, June 28 at 4:30 p.m.
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Flooding Closes Portion of Denali Park Road
The National Park Service has closed the Denali Park Road past Eielson Visitors Center at Mile 66 due to flooding and significant rockfall.
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Senate Bill Includes $6 Million For New Icebreaker
A bill moving through the U.S. Senate has $6 million for a new Coast Guard icebreaker. That would make three years in a row of small appropriations for the ship, projected to cost nearly a billion dollars. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is on a mission to get Congress and the Administration to make Arctic issues a bigger priority.
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How will Sealaska Solve its Money Problems?
Sealaska holds its annual shareholders’ meeting Saturday near Seattle. A new CEO will take over, as will a new board chairman or woman. And, at least one new board member will be seated.
All will face the challenges of a new economic reality. The Juneau-based regional Native corporation has been losing money and plans for recovery are uncertain.
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Report Highlights ‘Severe Shortcomings’ In State’s Housing Stock
The Alaska Housing Finance Corp. on Tuesday released a report that highlights “severe shortcomings” in the state’s housing stock when it comes to things like cost, energy efficiency and overcrowding.
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Nenana Bridge Will Provide Access To Agricultural Land
A bridge being built across the Nenana River will open up access to long sought after state agricultural lands.
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Eaglet Rescued in the Aleutians, Recuperating in Anchorage
A lost baby eagle from Unalaska is making a new start in Anchorage, where it's slated to get a second chance at life in the wild. Bald eagles are everywhere in Unalaska - but it’s not often you see a fuzzy little eaglet sitting on the side of the road. That’s exactly what happened on Sunday, when a police officer found an eaglet on Captains Bay Road. It’s in an industrial part of town, and the eaglet was in the way of passing cars.
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Behind the Scenes of Alaska’s Film Industry
Over the past few years Hollywood has taken a keen interest in Alaska. Big budget films are being shot here, and it seems like new Alaskan reality TV programs pop up every week. The bustling industry isn’t growing on its own. The state spends a lot of money courting out of state productions. While it’s a boon for the economy, some think the resources would be better spent elsewhere.
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Online Program Hopes To Revive Eyak Language
The Eyak Language is being revived through an online learning program that was launched this week. The program is the first of its kind for the language since the death of the last Native-born Eyak speaker five years ago.
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Alaska News Nightly: June 26, 2014
Flooding Closes Portion of Denali Park Road; Senate Bill Includes $6 Million For New Icebreaker; How will Sealaska Solve its Money Problems?; Housing Tops Juneau’s Economic Concerns; Nenana Bridge Will Provide Access To Agricultural Land; Eaglet Rescued in the Aleutians, Recuperating in Anchorage; Behind the Scenes of Alaska's Film Industry; Online Program Hopes To Revive Eyak Language
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Working for the Gov.
In January of 1966, I returned to Anchorage after a semester of graduate school at Oklahoma State University.
According to OSU’s catalog, their department of Clothing, Textiles and Merchandising had courses in design, but when I arrived design had been eliminated.
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City of Bethel Investigation Reveals Improper Contracts and Perks
The Bethel City Council has released a redacted version of its investigation into city contracts, nepotism, and personnel issues. The investigation led to the firing of Bethel’s city manager in May and reveals improperly awarded contracts, special agreements, and violations of the city’s previous nepotism rule. It chronicles mismanagement by former city manager, Lee Foley.
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NOAA Considers State’s Petition To Delist Humpback
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will look into whether to take the Central North Pacific humpback whale off the Endangered Species list.
The State of Alaska submitted a petition to remove the whale from the list at the end of February. NOAA announced today it has enough information to warrant further research. This is the second petition NOAA has received to take endangered protections away from the humpback whale.
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Pavlof Volcano Downgraded To Lowest Alert Level
Pavlof Volcano’s latest eruption appears to be subsiding. The Alaska Volcano Observatory has downgraded Pavlof to the lowest alert level.
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Questions Remain Despite Successful Missile Defense Test
A physicist with the Union of Concerned Scientists is calling the Ground Based Midcourse Missile Defense System, less than proven, despite Sunday’s successful test over the Pacific Ocean.
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STD infections rise in Alaska
The state's Department of Health is reporting an increase in sexually transmitted diseases in Alaska. In 2013, Gonorrhea and syphilis infections were up more than 50 percent from 2012. Alaska was ranked first in the nation for Chlamydia infections in 2013. And in just the first five months of this year, 23 new cases of HIV have been diagnosed and reported. That's one less than last year's total.
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