Anchorage Schools’ suspension/expulsion report shows decline in fighting
Thu, August 30, 2007
The Anchorage School District has issued its suspension and expulsion report for the fourth quarter of the 2006-2007 school year, along with a category by category comparison for the last three years.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
Alaska News Nightly: August 30, 2007
Thu, August 30, 2007
Class action plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out the oil giant’s latest appeal. Plus, U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings visited more schools across the state today. 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.
U.S. Education Secretary visits Bethel, discusses No Child Left Behind’s impacts in Alaska
Wed, August 29, 2007
U.S. Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings is being guided through Alaska this week by Senators Ted Stevens and Lisa Murkowski. Her first stop was in Bethel today.
- No Child Left Behind — U.S. Department of Education
- Margaret Spellings — U.S. Department of Education
Angela Denning-Barnes, KYUK - Bethel
Governor pushing for Matanuska Maid privatization before December
Wed, August 29, 2007
Governor Sarah Palin has accepted a recommendation by the State Creamery Board to sell the Matanuska Maid dairy operation. Palin held a press conference in Palmer this morning to announce her support for selling the dairy to a private company or individual. The state-owned company just suffered it’s worst month ever, losing some $300,000 in July alone.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
Anchorage Police and FBI looking for Joshua Alan Wade
Wed, August 29, 2007
Anchorage police today said they want to talk to Joshua Alan Wade about the disappearance of Mindy Schloss, an Anchorage nurse who has been missing nearly a month. And the FBI says he’s wanted for bank fraud. Officials say Wade is shown in a security photo using a Sand Lake ATM the weekend Schloss vanished. The FBI says he was making unauthorized withdrawals from Schloss’ bank account. Officials say Wade is believed to be armed and dangerous and should not be approached.
Wade is described as a white male, 5 feet 10 inches tall, 180 pounds with sandy colored hair and hazel eyes. He has many tattoos on his body, including one of a snake on his left hand between thumb and forefinger.
He was tried and acquitted in the September 2000 death of Della Brown, whose body was found in an Anchorage shed.
Schloss, a 52-year-old nurse, was last seen August 3rd. She missed a scheduled flight from Anchorage to Fairbanks two days later.
The Associated Press
Mat-Su Borough approves laws regulating power plant construction
Wed, August 29, 2007
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough will take on the regulation of any power plants that may be built within Borough borders in the future. The Borough Assembly has given the green light to a heavily-amended ordinance that limits the size and operation of any power generation facility, and that is not good news for officials at Matanuska Electric Association.
Ellen Lockyer, APRN - Matanuska-Susitna Borough
NTSB: Strong winds a factor in Aug 16 float plane crash
Wed, August 29, 2007
Photo: National Transportation Safety Board
The National Transportation Safety Board says there appears to have been strong winds at the time a Seawind Aviation float plane crashed in Traitors Cove earlier this month.
- NTSB intensively investigating last week’s Ketchikan plane crash (Aug 21)
- Five dead, four injured in second Ketchikan-based small plane crash (Aug 17)
Deanna Garrison, KRBD - Ketchikan
Haube handed 85 years in prison for 2005 Petersburg murder
Wed, August 29, 2007
A Petersburg man has been given an 85-year prison sentence for his role in a 2005 murder. Superior Court Judge Larry Zervos handed down the sentence to 35-year old Anthony Haube in a Petersburg courtroom yesterday afternoon.
Matt Lichtenstein, KFSK - Petersburg
Anchorage School District approves new culturally-sensitive scheduling policy
Wed, August 29, 2007
Starting this week, when Anchorage schools schedule an event, they’d better double check to make certain it doesn’t fall on one of 12 days deemed culturally or religiously significant. Monday night the Anchorage School Board approved a new policy that prohibits school all events on those days.
The following are the days on which no Anchorage School District activities may be scheduled:
- New Years Day
- Orthodox Christmas
- Good Friday
- Easter
- Orthodox Easter
- Passover*
- Rosh Hashana*
- Yom Kippur*
- Eid al Fitr*
- Eid al Adha*
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
* Observed from sundown of the preceding day through entire calendared date.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
Governor Palin drawing criticism over her kids’ school enrollments
Wed, August 29, 2007
Governor Palin’s children are attending schools in the Matanuska-Susitna District this fall. She says her children will transfer to Juneau schools for the second semester. The decision raises concerns among some living in Juneau.
Weld Royal, KTOO - Juneau
Alaska News Nightly: August 29, 2007
Wed, August 29, 2007
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings was in Bethel today to talk about reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act. Plus, Juneau residents question Governor Palin’s decision to keep her kids in Mat-Su schools. 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.
State of Alaska looking to sell Matanuska Maid
Tue, August 28, 2007
The State Creamery Board has decided to sell the struggling state-owned Matanuska Maid dairy. The board made the decision yesterday, after learning the co-op suffered its worst month ever in July, turning a net loss of about $300,000.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
State government facing employee shortages
Tue, August 28, 2007
The State’s Department of Administration is heading up a new cabinet-level working group to plot a course that will provide new state employees and keep experienced personnel on the job.
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau
Warmer Alaska enticing migratory songbirds farther and farther north
Tue, August 28, 2007
A warming climate is bringing a new song bird into Alaska. The Alaska Bird Observatory (ABO) catches migratory birds in Fairbanks every summer as part of a long-running study, and ABO Senior Scientist Susan Sharbaugh says biologists have been seeing more Tennessee Warblers.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Mental Health Trust slowing, reviewing Mitkof logging plans in Petersburg
Tue, August 28, 2007
The Alaska Mental Health Trust land office is taking a “time-out” on plans for its property along Mitkof Highway in Petersburg. Since it first proposed logging on the steep hillsides two years ago, the agency has been at odds with a large group of adjacent homeowners.
Matt Lichtenstein, KFSK - Petersburg
Kenai fall bear hunting closed following 15 bear deaths this year
Tue, August 28, 2007
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has closed the fall brown bear hunting season on the Kenai Peninsula.
Mike Mason, KBBI - Homer
UAF awarded $2.5 million for new marine research vessel
Tue, August 28, 2007
The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) is taking a step forward in a long running effort to get a new research vessel. The National Science Foundation recently announced $2.5 million in funding to cover the first of four stages of construction of a 236-foot Alaska region research ship. UAF Marine Science Institute Director Terry Whitledge says the new vessel, scheduled for completion in 2011, will replace a 125-foot boat the University uses for research.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Fairbanks and Canadian arctic competing for Japanese aurora tourists
Tue, August 28, 2007
A battle for international tourist dollars is heating up in the far north — a battle for Japanese tourists. Fewer are making the trip to Yellowknife, in Canada’s Northwest Territories to see the northern lights. They are still coming north but are now favoring Fairbanks, Alaska as their destination of choice. In fact, Fairbanks has seen more Japanese tourists than ever before, thanks to direct charter flights from Tokyo.
Julie Green, CBC - Yellowknife
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