FBI and IRS search Ted Stevens’ Girdwood home
Mon, July 30, 2007
Agents from the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service are searching the Girdwood home of U.S. Senator Ted Stevens. The search was confirmed this afternoon by Dave Heller, FBI assistant special agent in charge of the Alaska office.
Heller says he can’t comment on the nature of the investigation. Federal investigators previously confirmed they were reviewing a renovation project at his home that more than doubled its size.
The remodeling of Stevens’ home in 2000 was overseen by VECO Executive Bill Allen, who has pleaded guilty to bribing Alaska state legislators. Stevens has only commented once on the investigation while speaking to reporters in Washington, D.C. two weeks ago.
Today, Stevens’ communications director Aaron Saunders replied to e-mailed questions with a written statement from Senator Stevens. Stevens reiterated that he will not comment on the investigation to avoid the perception that he may be trying to influence it. His statement today urged Alaskans not to draw conclusions until the investigation is complete.
The Associated Press and David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
Democrat Jake Metcalfe announces his run for U.S. House
Mon, July 30, 2007
There’s another challenger taking aim at Congressman Don Young in next year’s elections. Jake Metcalfe has stepped aside as chairman of the Alaska Democratic Party to become a candidate. He joins Diane Benson, who won a surprising percentage of votes in an under-funded run at Young in last year’s elections. Metcalfe served two terms on the Anchorage School Board.
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Fire in Yukon Flats village of Beaver takes out power plant
Mon, July 30, 2007
State agencies are helping the village of Beaver following a fire that destroyed the community’s power plant. The State’s Emergency Communications Center at Ft. Richardson was activated yesterday due to concerns that the flames would spread to the fuel tank farm, and threaten the rest of the Yukon Flats village. Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management program manager Bob Stewart says the Alaska Fire Service flew smoke jumpers to the village, but residents were able to control the fire themselves using heavy equipment.
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‘Nordic Viking’ salvaged; Prince William Sound under observation for fuel impacts
Mon, July 30, 2007
The 127-foot fishing vessel Nordic Viking was salvaged off the rocks this weekend near Port Gravina in Prince William Sound. The boat ran aground July 21, spilling about 3,500 gallons of diesel fuel into the ocean.
Casey Kelly, KMXT - Kodiak
Coffman Cove planning for new school in 2008 after waiting 18 years for funding
Mon, July 30, 2007
A small Southeast Alaska community is on track to get a new school. Coffman Cove, on Prince of Wales Island, won legislative funding this year to replace its aging educational facility. Community members say it’s badly needed and will help keep families in town.
Photos courtesy Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska (hover over the photos for a caption; click for a larger photo)
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau
Karl Bushby heading to Siberia in August — to walk home to the U.K.
Mon, July 30, 2007
World walker Karl Bushby is back in Fairbanks. The Englishman who’s been making his way around the planet since 1998 — and crossed the Bering Strait in 2006 — has been regrouping in Fairbanks due to permit issues in Russia.
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Juneau to get another ‘dumb, cheap and ugly’ parking garage?
Mon, July 30, 2007
Telephone Hill in downtown Juneau could become the site of yet another big public debate. The city is planning a new parking garage and transit center that would hug the Hill. It’s reminding some residents of the controversy 20 years ago over the Marine Park Parking Garage.
Weld Royal, KTOO - Juneau
Alaska News Nightly: July 30, 2007
Mon, July 30, 2007
Federal agents with the FBI and the IRS are searching Senator Stevens’ Girdwood home. Plus, residents of Coffman Cove hope a new school will help revitalize the struggling community. Those stories and more on tonight’s Alaska News Nightly, broadcast statewide on APRN stations.
Individual news stories are posted in the Alaska News category and you can subscribe to APRN’s news feeds via e-mail, podcast and RSS.
KTOO’s John Ryan takes 2007 PRNDI Series reporting award
Mon, July 30, 2007
The Alaska Public Radio Network is full of talent, and we’re racking up the awards to prove it. In addition to the recent national win for AK, there’s another Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI) award winner in our midst.
KTOO’s John Ryan won a 2007 PRNDI award in Division A for his series As the Sound Churns. The first place win beat out another 43 nationwide entries in the same category and division. Ryan produced the series while freelancing for KUOW in Seattle last year before joining KTOO in Juneau. You can listen to the winning five-part series at KUOW’s web site here.
Comments from the PRNDI Judges:
I was struck by the storytelling — the sound, the writing, the actuality all blended together to tell a story. And it is a well-crafted job of storytelling. I was especially impressed with the reporter’s “turn of phrase” — the description of the raw sewage being dumped into the Sound is excellent writing. It brings the story home to the listener. All in all, it is an impressive treatment of a very serious subject — and if this had been on our station, it would have been a true “driveway moment.”
In addition to the PRNDI award, the series won a regional RTNDA award for Best News Documentary and another regional award from the Society of Professional Journalists for Best Radio News Series.
You can see and hear more of John Ryan’s work at KTOO, PRX and in multiple APRN programs, including the most recent AK.
Congratulations to John Ryan, KUOW and KTOO!
Sheir covers WEIO events for Only a Game
Mon, July 30, 2007
During the recent World Eskimo-Indian Olympics in Anchorage, AK’s Rebecca Sheir took camera and microphone to the events and captured a story for Only a Game, the weekly WBUR / NPR sports show distributed to public radio stations across the country (including here in Alaska, though not in Anchorage).
Sheir’s story — the audio plus a photo gallery from WEIO — for Only a Game can be found in the story Not Your Typical Olympics. (You’ll need a RealAudio player installed to hear the audio). Enjoy!
UPDATE: The link on the OAG web site does not lead directly to Sheir’s audio report. We’ve excerpted her story here for your convenience.
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