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Tue, June 26, 2007
datebook49 — our new public events calendar — is now ready for browsing and your event submissions. Be sure to check it out — our new calendar system allows you to:
- subscribe to specific events, getting updates if they change
- get e-mail and text message reminders before the event
- automatically add the event to your own calendar, including Outlook
- subscribe to an RSS feed of events from the calendar
- subscribe to a weekly e-mail listing events from the calendar
- get your event displayed on this web site (and two others)
Be sure to let us know what you think.
Late May hunting expedition bags third largest bear in Alaska records
Tue, June 26, 2007
Alaska’s Fish and Game department began a record of bear kill statistics in 1960. Since that time, about 4,500 bears have entered the books. About three weeks ago one of the largest bears on record was shot and killed in Southeast Alaska. The hunted bear had an estimated weight of 1,000 pounds.
Brian Pollack, KCAW - Sitka
Anchorage Schools’ request to move sports date denied
Tue, June 26, 2007
Alaska School Activities Association board rejected an Anchorage School District request to hold the Region IV Cross Country Championships on a Sunday rather on the originally-scheduled Saturday, September 22nd. The Saturday event conflicts with the Jewish high holiday of Yom Kippur this year.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
Bristol Bay salmon ecology getting a closer look via bugs and mud
Tue, June 26, 2007
Researchers have spent a lot of money and time studying the salmon that migrate in and out of Bristol Bay. But very little is known about other aspects of Bay’s ecology.
Johanna Eurich, KDLG - Dillingham
Alaska’s ‘Bring the Kids Home’ project gets new leader
Tue, June 26, 2007
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services has a new coordinator for the “Bring the Kids Home” project. The program works to bring young people back to Alaska who are in residential psychiatric treatment facilities outside the state. There are currently 293 young people in lower 48 treatment facilities.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
Murkowski investigates federal efforts to reduce fire fuels and manage fire fighting
Tue, June 26, 2007
The Caribou Hills fire is one of two large blazes in the nation today in which federal officials are directly involved. It could be the harbinger of more fire suppression activity on the Kenai Peninsula this season. Today, Senator Lisa Murkowski inquired about efforts to reduce beetle-killed spruce trees in the Chugach National Forest and to manage fires once they break out.
Joel Southern, APRN - Washington, D.C.
Caribou Hills fire continues, but containment gaining ground
Tue, June 26, 2007
The federal government will pick up some of the cost for fighting the fires on the Kenai Peninsula. Meanwhile, cooler, wetter weather on the Kenai Peninsula has allowed firefighters battling the 55,000-acre Caribou Hills fire to make significant progress towards containment.
Mike Mason, KBBI - Homer
Alaska House passes bill for ‘Alaska Senior Benefits’
Tue, June 26, 2007
The state House today passed a bill that funds the newly-named Alaska Senior Benefits payment program. An amendment passed to the bill that increased the amount currently paid to eligible seniors.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
Alaska News Nightly: June 26, 2007
Tue, June 26, 2007
This is the complete story list and audio recording from today’s Alaska News Nightly, as broadcast on APRN stations statewide.
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