Hometown, Alaska: Seasonal Affective Disorder
In addition to her highlighter collection, plants, and family photos, a SAD light hovers over Brittany when she sits at APTI's front desk during...
Hometown, Alaska: Anchorage’s Natural Gas Crisis
Hometown, Alaska explores the possibility Anchorage could run out of natural gas this winter. Experts say it could happen if equipment failed during a...
Hometown, Alaska: Alaska meet China. China, meet Alaska
Our newly globalized world makes broad introductions like this more and more common. China is Alaska’s second largest trading partner. Anchorage has been home...
Hometown, Alaska: "Going Rogue"
Publishing house HarperCollins announced Sarah Palin's itinerary for her Going Rogue book tour, but Alaska won't be on the tour route any time soon....
Hometown, Alaska: Veterans Day, the Home Front
Anchorage is a military town. On this Veterans Day, many service people who live here are deployed overseas. This week on Hometown, Alaska we’ll...
Hometown, Alaska: Hungry in Alaska
More than 80,000 Alaskans get extra food from food bank partnerships across the state. And more than 65,000 Alaskans stretch their food dollars with...
Hometown, Alaska: Architecture of our new major buildings
Anchorage has recently added a museum expansion, a convention center, a University library, and a number of Midtown office buildings. Each new building helps...
Hometown, Alaska: Alaska Native Art
James Carteeti has been carving for over 30 years. He joins host Ellen Lockyer this week on Hometown, Alaska to talk about his work.
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Hometown, Alaska: Halloween
Halloween is just two weeks away. Do you know where your ghoulish get up is? Why do we carve pumpkins? Who are we...
Hometown, Alaska: The Future of Libraries
Libraries make information available for everyone. But in a world of Google and Kindle, the work of libraries has changed. What is the new...
Hometown, Alaska: Why Are We Here?
Image source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, Demographics Unit
Most Alaskans came from somewhere else. We all had reasons...
Hometown, Alaska: Driving and Dialing
A student talks on a hands-free cell phone while operating a high-tech driving simulator, University of Utah
Most of us don’t get behind the wheel...
Hometown, Alaska: Project Puqigtut
Education Secretary Arne Duncan is banking on an Anchorage School District program aimed at preventing dropouts to serve as a model for school...
Hometown, Alaska: Your Show Ideas
If you had a chance to share with a friend an audio snapshot of where we live, what would it sound like? ...