Dental associations drop fight against Alaska bush dental therapist program
Fri, July 13, 2007
The American Dental Association is giving up its fight against Alaska’s unique dental therapist program. The president of the ADA was in Anchorage today to announce the details of a settlement ending the legal dispute.
Annie Feidt, APRN - Anchorage
Deformed humpback whale washes up in southeast
Fri, July 13, 2007
A bizarrely deformed humpback whale washed up dead on the west side of Admiralty Island, about 30 miles north of Angoon, Alaska. Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) headed out from Juneau today to do a rather messy necropsy.
John Ryan, KTOO - Juneau
Photo courtesy of Kate Stafford, University of Washington
Weird worms appear in Fairbanks, puzzling entomologists
Fri, July 13, 2007
Pest specialists are trying to identify an unusual worm that’s shown up in Fairbanks. Sarah McConnel was one of several people who called the University of Alaska Cooperative Extension office this week to inquire about the strange congregations of tiny worms.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Affordable housing stubbornly unavailable in Sitka
Fri, July 13, 2007
A number of Southeast Alaska communities face housing costs that are so high some residents can’t afford a place to live. Sitka officials have been trying to develop affordable housing at municipal property that once housed the city shop.
Robert Woolsey, KCAW - Sitka
19th century general store may close in Tenakee Springs
Fri, July 13, 2007
One of Alaska’s oldest general stores may close its doors soon. Snyder Mercantile Company was opened in 1899 in Tenakee Springs.
Brian Pollack, KCAW - Sitka
Nome hosts design sessions for new Alaska Native cultural center
Fri, July 13, 2007
Planning and design is underway for a proposed culture center in Nome that would record and preserve the Alaska Native culture and history in the region.
Jesse Zink, KNOM - Nome
After walking across America, hiker ends up in… Egegik
Fri, July 13, 2007
Some intriguing people work in Alaska’s canneries. For example, Hillary Clinton spent a summer on a slime line in Alaska when she was a college student — now she’s running for President. We caught up with a cannery worker with a story that spans the United States — one step at time.
Johanna Eurich, KDLG - Dillingham
International handcycling athletes racing from Fairbanks to Anchorage
Fri, July 13, 2007
The world’s longest wheelchair, or handcycling, race gets underway in Alaska this weekend. The “Sadler’s Ultra Challenge” brings together the top international wheelchair and hand-cycle athletes to compete in a stage race from Fairbanks to Anchorage.
Libby Casey, KUAC - Fairbanks (read by Lori Townsend, APRN)
Alaska News Nightly: July 13, 2007
Fri, July 13, 2007
Below is the complete story list and audio from today’s Alaska News Nightly, as broadcast on APRN stations statewide. Individual stories are available in the Alaska News category and you can subscribe to our news feeds via e-mail, podcast and RSS anytime.
Preview: Talk of Alaska for Tue, July 17
Fri, July 13, 2007
Coming up Tuesday, July 17 at 10:00 a.m. on Talk of Alaska…
Anchorage will host the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics (WEIO) for the first time in the event’s 46-year history beginning July 18, 2007. The four-day competition will feature games based on ancestral hunting and survival techniques. Each competition focuses on a contestant’s strength, agility, endurance and sheer power of will; honoring skills that are still used and prized by Alaska’s vibrant Native culture. Hundreds of Native peoples from circumpolar regions around the globe will participate in this one-of-a kind event.
How have the games changed in nearly 50 years and how will they look in the future? We’ll talk with WEIO participants and take your live calls, e-mails and web comments.
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