Lawson guilty of second degree murder

Mon, August 13, 2007

A jury this afternoon found Michael Lawson guilty of second degree murder in the shooting death of Bethany Correira back in 2003. They also found him guilty of tampering with evidence. Correira was 21 years old at the time of her death. She had just moved to Anchorage from Talkeetna and was living in an apartment managed by her killer.

David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage

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Researchers unable to find endangered North Pacific right whales

Mon, August 13, 2007

They’ve been two weeks looking, but today scientists aboard the NOAA research vessel headed back to Dutch Harbor with no right whales to show for their efforts.

Johanna Eurich, KDLG - Dillingham

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Elim residents considering risks of uranium mining project

Mon, August 13, 2007

Residents of Elim on the southern Seward Peninsula last week heard from a Native American activist about the legacy of uranium mining in the Lower 48.

Triex Minerals Corporation - Boulder Creek Project

Paul Korchin, KNOM - Nome

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Bering Sea under submarine examination for first time

Mon, August 13, 2007

Some of the deepest, darkest reaches of the Bering sea are now being viewed by the human eyes for the very first time. Marine scientists are trying to map some of Alaska’s coral gardens.

Matt Miller, KTOO - Juneau

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Trans-Alaska pipeline upgrades continue — slowly and with difficulty

Mon, August 13, 2007

Alyeska Pipeline Service Company is in the process of overhauling another pump station as part of its Strategic Reconfiguration project. Pump Station 3, in the Brooks Range, is the current focus of the modernization and automation project. Alyeska spokesman Mike Heatwole says workers have nearly finished installing new electronic pumps and automated controls.

Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks

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Students aren’t returning to Sheldon Jackson College, but the fish are

Mon, August 13, 2007

By now most everyone in Alaska has heard that the state’s oldest educational institution has closed — everyone but the fish. Tens of thousands of pink and chum salmon are now choking the inlet stream of the Sheldon Jackson College hatchery with coho soon to follow. The hatchery program manager and his assistant hope volunteers will step into the shoes of missing students and help keep the 32-year-old salmon program going.

Robert Woolsey, KCAW - Sitka

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Black bears hanging out with tourists at Mendenhall Glacier

Mon, August 13, 2007

The sockeye are running in Steep Creek, near Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. Black bears and tourists are also thronging to the creek, and the bears may not be there just for the salmon feast. They may also be drawn to the busloads of tourists.

John Ryan, KTOO - Juneau

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Alaska News Nightly: August 13, 2007

Mon, August 13, 2007

A jury in Anchorage found Michael Lawson guilty today of second degree murder in the 2003 death of Bethany Correira. Plus, scientists come up empty-handed on a two-week mission to find endangered Right Whales in the eastern North Pacific. Those stories and more on tonight’s Alaska News Nightly, broadcast statewide on APRN stations.

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Lawson: Guilty of second-degree murder

Mon, August 13, 2007

Jury members in the murder trial of Michael Lawson have handed down two convictions this afternoon in Anchorage. Lawson has been found guilty of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence. Lawson was accused of murdering Bethany Correira in 2003 in ~~Talkeetna~~ Anchorage (Correira was from Talkeetna, but was shot and killed in Anchorage).

The jury is still working on three additional charges: arson, kidnapping and first-degree murder, but they’re having trouble reaching consensus.

Tune in to Alaska News Nightly this evening on APRN stations statewide for details.

Definitions: First-Degree Murder, Second-Degree Murder (FindLaw)

David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage

Preview: Talk of Alaska for Tue, Aug 14

Mon, August 13, 2007

Coming up Tuesday, August 14 at 10:00 a.m. on Talk of Alaska…

Govern Palin has called a special session of the legislature this fall to reevaluate the Petroleum Profits Tax (PPT). What’s the best and fairest way to tax the oil companies? And what are the political and economic implications for the state? Join a discussion of these issues and what to expect next in the PPT debate.

Talk of Alaska is broadcast live statewide on the stations of the Alaska Public Radio Network. Audio from the program is posted online following the live broadcast.

HOST: Steve Heimel

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