Preview: Talk of Alaska — Tue, Oct 2
Sun, September 30, 2007
Coming up Tuesday, October 2 at 10:00 a.m. on Talk of Alaska…
Every culture fells threatened by some idea or other, and many cultures ban books. Bloggers on the internet can say whatever they want, but somehow if it’s in a book, it can be banned. Is it practical to draw lines of censorship in an increasingly multi-cultural world?
The next “Talk of Alaska” invites you to join a conversation about “Banned Book Week.” If banning is not the answer, are there other ways to reflect public disapproval on things like hate speech and slander?
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AK: PFD
Sat, September 29, 2007
It’s that time of year again — time for the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD). And in its honor, we give a little TLC to the PFD. We’ll find out how the whole thing works and dish about PFD fraud — plus we’ll hear about Preserving Fundamental Dialects, get a lesson in Pickling For Dummies and learn to make Personal Flotation Devices… out of seal guts. All that and more, ASAP, on AK, from APRN stations statewide, starting today.
White powder triggers Anchorage building lock-down
Fri, September 28, 2007
Photo by David Shurtleff
A building in downtown Anchorage was put on lock-down for most of this afternoon because of an anthrax scare. The scare came at the Brady Building, which houses the Department of Law, including the State Attorney General’s Office.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
Soldier guilty of planting evidence, but not murder
Fri, September 28, 2007
A military panel has found a Fort Richardson soldier not guilty of two counts of murdering unarmed Iraqis. Specialist Jorge Sandoval was acquitted of the charges this morning in Baghdad, but was found guilty of planting evidence on one of their bodies.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
Big crab harvest expected in Bristol Bay this winter
Fri, September 28, 2007
State regulators are planning for a booming winter season in the Bering Sea this year, with harvest levels for red king crab set higher than they’ve been since crab stocks crashed in the early 1980s. The harvest levels, announced this morning, are also set higher for snow crab than they’ve been in nearly a decade.
Charles Homans, KIAL - Unalaska
VPSO shortage vexing villages
Fri, September 28, 2007
Alaska’s Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO) Senate Task Force heard sobering testimony this week at the Bering Strait Regional Conference in Nome about the toll taken on villages with no law enforcement.
Paul Korchin, KNOM - Nome
Alaska Native leaders working with Census to get better 2010 numbers
Fri, September 28, 2007
The director of the Census Bureau heard from Alaska Native leaders about some of the problems from past census counts identified by Native people. The Bureau is talking to tribes across the nation to ensure a true count for the next census in 2010.
Dixie Hutchinson, KNBA - Anchorage
AFN President focusing on business development for rural Native areas
Fri, September 28, 2007
Earlier this week, Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) President Julie Kitka spoke to the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce about recent Indian Affairs committee hearings in Washington focused on the need to diversify Native economies.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
MCI long distance cards still recharging in Alaska
Fri, September 28, 2007
The MCI cards that Alaskans purchased through Costco are still in operation — at least for a while. Verizon, the company that sold the cards had discontinued them and told Alaskan users that after September 4, 2007 they would no longer be able to recharge the cards at the 2.9 cents per minute rate.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
Mat-Su District 2 Assembly seat up for grabs by Houston or Liener
Fri, September 28, 2007
Two men are vying for District Two’s empty Mat-Su Borough Assembly seat. Pete Houston and John Liener both have development issues at the heart of their election campaigns. Mat-Su voters will choose between them on Tuesday, October 2.
Ellen Lockyer, APRN - Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Bear Fortress gets second furry resident
Fri, September 28, 2007
A non-profit bear habitat in Sitka has acquired its second resident. The 100-pound orphaned brown bear cub will join his sibling at the Fortress of the Bear almost two months after their mother was shot and killed at a lodge in Angoon.
Melissa Marconi-Wentzel, KCAW - Sitka
Alaska News Nightly: September 28, 2007
Fri, September 28, 2007
Officials are investigating a suspicious white substance at the Department of Law building in downtown Anchorage. Plus, the Census Bureau works to ensure it accurately counts Alaska’s Native population in 2010. 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.
Violence against Alaska Native women attracts U.S. Senate attention
Thu, September 27, 2007
An advocate for Alaska Native women who’ve been sexually assaulted appeared today before the U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee as it tackles the high victimization rate of Native women. An Amnesty International report put out earlier this year found that Native women are at least 2.5 times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than other U.S. women. The rate is even higher for Alaska Native women.
Joel Southern, APRN - Washington, DC
Alaska State Troopers settle abuse lawsuit
Thu, September 27, 2007
The State has settled a lawsuit filed by a man who claims a State Trooper brutalized him when he was arrested nearly five years ago. Alakunak resident Kevin Patrick will receive $500,000 from the state.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
Senate poised to approve U.N. Law of the Sea treaty
Thu, September 27, 2007
Efforts are again underway in the U.S. Senate to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Top Bush Administration officials today told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee it’s in the best economic and national security interests of the U.S. to approve the treaty.
Joel Southern, APRN - Washington, DC
Southeast voters preparing yays and nays on ballot measures
Thu, September 27, 2007
Southeast voters will cast ballots on jewelry stores, water fluoridation and seafood processors in October’s municipal elections. More than a half-dozen measures will go before voters from Ketchikan to Juneau.
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau
Alaska attempting to acquire Iditarod Trail easements
Thu, September 27, 2007
The state is trying to protect the Iditarod Trail. Cliff Larsen with the Department of Natural resources says the agency is working to secure easements for the historic route.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Biomass energy project emerging in Interior
Thu, September 27, 2007
Chena Hot Springs Resort and a partner group are moving ahead on a pilot project to demonstrate the viability of biomass energy in interior Alaska.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
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