Alaska News Nightly: January 20, 2014

Legislature Prepares To Gavel In; Begich Takes Stand Against Pebble Mine; Thayer Named Administration Commissioner; Legislative Session Gives Juneau Businesses Temporary Boost; Alaskans Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day; Rohn Buser Crowned K300 Champion; With Drop Bags Delivered, Yukon Quest Mushers are One Step Closer to Race Day Download Audio

Poetry Is My Day Job

By day, Kima Hamilton is a poet, a mentor, a father, and a community leader. But he pays the bills by DJ-ing in nightclubs. http://youtu.be/jk400MZQQn4

Anchorage Starts Reading Early

Elizabeth Nicolai is the Youth Services Coordinator for the Loussac Library, and right now she’s reading a dinosaur book to a group of very small children. Recently the library expanded their second floor to include what they call the Play and Learn center. Inside of what looks like a massive fort of books there are toys, inspirational messages, and interactive art work on the walls. Read more.

Sherlock: The Sign of Three

Sherlock faces his biggest challenge of all – delivering a Best Man’s speech on John’s wedding day. But all isn't quite as it seems. Mortal danger stalks the reception - and someone might not make it to the happy couple's first dance. Sherlock must thank the bridesmaids, solve the case and stop a killer. Sunday. January 26. 9:00 pm

Traveling Music 1-26-14

Traveling Music Shonti Elder 1-26-14   Format: Song Title Artist / Composer CD Title Label Duration   Festival Song Tim Easton / Tim Easton Tim Easton, Since 1966/Volume 1 www.timeaston.com 3:50   Hell and Scissors (instrumental) Foghorn String Band / Rafe...

Traveling Music 1-19-14

Traveling Music Shonti Elder 1-19-14   Format: Song Title Artist / Composer CD Title Label Duration   Ditching Boy Solas / Traditional The Turning Tide Compass Records 3:47   Walk The Road Cathie Ryan / Kate Rusby Through Wind and Rain Mo...

AK: Girls Wrestling

Your high school might have had a wrestling team, but how many wrestlers were girls? There are more than a dozen girls on Sitka’s Mt. Edgecumbe High School wrestling team, and they regularly beat boys in their weight class. Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: January 17, 2014

Spending Bill Includes $75 Million For Fisheries Disaster Assistance; US, Russia Drafting Voluntary Bering Strait Passage Regulations; Early Bills Tackle Lawsuits, Medical Care; Signatures Submitted for Minimum Wage Initiative; Alaska Ranks 5th In Millionaires Per Capita; Alaska’s Population Grows By 3.7 Percent In Three Years; Health Campus Proposed To Handle Anchorage’s Homeless; 2014 Kuskokwim 300 Brings Past Champions And New Trail; AK: Girls Wrestling; 300 Villages: Hooper Bay Download Audio

Winter Camping and Snowshoeing

The summer season for sleeping outdoors is short, but there’s still a lot of Alaska out there in the winter with wonderful backcountry recreation and easy travel on snowshoes, when the rivers are frozen and it almost never rains. We’ll be talking about winter camping and snowshoeing. It’s not as crazy as it sounds. You can be comfortable, have great access to the backcountry, and sleep under the most amazing dome of stars. KSKA: Thursday 1/23 at 2:00 pm and 9:00 pm Listen Now

Arts in Alaska: Thriving, or just surviving?

The arts always seem to struggle for funding. Why? We'll hear from the Rasmuson Foundation on their Individual Artists Awards, and from local community arts organizations on their strategies to thrive, including the Design Forum, Anchorage Community Works, Object Runway and more. KSKA, Wednesday, 1/22 at 2:00 and 9:00 pm Listen Now

Oil Spill Dispersants

The response to the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico involved an unprecedented amount of chemical dispersants. If such a spill were to occur in Alaska, the use of dispersants is pre-authorized in certain areas. Should it be? APRN: Tuesday, 1/21 at 10:00am Download Audio

American Masters: Salinger

Shane Salerno’s 10-year investigation gets beyond the author's wall of seclusion. American Masters’ 200th episode is the never-before-seen director’s cut of "Salinger," featuring 15 minutes of new material. The intricately structured mystery reveals how World War II influenced his life, his writing methods, his relationships with young women, and literary secrets he left behind after his death. Tuesday. January 21. 8:00 pm.

EPA Releases Pebble Report; And Preschool Enrollment Declines

The Environmental Protection Agency reports on the proposed Pebble Mine. State judges have been sorting out if (and when) the Municipality of Anchorage can hold a referendum on the Sullivan Administration's labor laws. Mayor Sullivan refunds the city part of the money from municipal trips during which he raised campaign funds. KSKA: Friday, 1/17 at 2PM & Saturday, 1/18 at 6PM. KAKM: Friday 1/17 at 7:30PM & Saturday. 1/18 at 4:30PM Download Audio

thread welcomes Meghan Johnson as Quality Rating and Improvement Director

thread-johnson-announcement-excerpt thread, Alaska‘s statewide Child Care Resource and Referral agency, has announced that Meghan Johnson has been named the first ever Quality Rating and Improvement System Director. Johnson will be collaborating with a statewide team to oversee the development of a new quality system to advance the quality of early care and education in Alaska. Read more.

Alaska News Nightly: January 16, 2014

Senate Passes $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill; Fewer Kids Going to Preschool in Alaska, Waiting Lists Long; Tribal Councils Express Opposition To Permitting Bill; Despite Pipeline Progress, State Proceeds with Two Lines; Railbelt Electric Companies May Undergo Changes; 60-Foot Tug Sinks Near Wrangell; Stedman Says Hydro Funds Tight, Otter Bill Will Change; With Loss Of Dock, Gustavus Residents Worry About Tourist Season; Cameras Capture Northern Migration Download Audio

Silver Salmon For Lovers

salmon-for-lovers-1 The pleasant tanginess of homemade crème fraîche, lemon and leeks harmonize with the buttery richness of wild caught Alaskan Coho salmon presented on a bed of homemade egg noodles. Light candles, play soft music, pop a cork and serve. See the recipe.

Alaska News Nightly: January 15, 2014

EPA Releases Watershed Assessment For Bristol Bay. Mixed Reaction To EPA Assessment. Begich Introduces Izembek Road Bill. State Releases Terms Of Pipeline Deal. State Selects North Slope Gas Partner. “Irregularities” Found In State Crime Lab Drug Samples. $500 Tickets To Be Issued For Spice, Bath Salts. New Study Shows Alaska Natives Are More Vulnerable To Flu. Listen Now

Alaska News Nightly: January 14, 2014

Former DNR Commissioner Dan Sullivan Raises $1.2 Million For Senate Race; Shishmaref Delegation Meets With Climate Change Task Force; Lawsuit Could Bring Federal Oversight Into Salmon Harvests; Juneau Businesses Take The Bitcoin Lead; Fairbanks Militia Leader Holding Anti-Gun-Control Rally; World Wildlife Fund Releasing Walrus Ivory Report; Grant Advances Kasaan Longhouse Repairs; Dena’ina Athabascan Exhibit Wraps Up At Anchorage Museum Download Audio

Faces of Alaska: Callan Chythlook-Sifsof

Callan Chythlook-Sifsof is the first indigenous Alaskan to represent the US in the Olympics. A member of the US Snowboard team since 2006, Chythlook-Sifsof credits her success to Alaska Native values and culture.

Alaska News Nightly: January 13, 2014

Federal Spending Package Secures Funds For Tribal Health Care Facilities; Alaska's Affordable Care Act Enrollment Remains Low; Refinery Owner Seeks Lower Cleanup Level For Tainted Groundwater; Akutan Volcano’s Geothermal Power Potential Increases; Bering Sea Ice Sees 7-Year Expansion; Interior Alaska’s River, Lake Ice Thinner Than Normal; Allen Moore Wins Copper Basin 300; Trailbreakers Prepare Yukon Quest Route; UAA Planetarium Offers Unique Look Into McNeil Bear Sanctuary Download Audio