Traditional Alaska Native healers receive international award
Tue, September 25, 2007
This Friday in Washington D.C. an Anchorage-based clinic and its director will receive international recognition for their work in bridging cultures and healing patients.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
‘Space tether’ experiment fails to fully unreel over Alaska
Tue, September 25, 2007
A European Space Agency student experiment, visible from Alaska, failed to go off as planned last night. The project involved the release of a small capsule from a satellite.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Alaska News Nightly: September 25, 2007
Tue, September 25, 2007
A jury has found former lawmaker Pete Kott guilty of bribery, conspiracy and extortion. Plus, a California Congressman introduced a bill today that would clamp down on wolf kills in Alaska. 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.
Kott: Guilty of conspiracy, bribery and extortion
Tue, September 25, 2007
Former Alaska lawmaker Pete Kott was found guilty on three counts this afternoon: conspiracy, bribery and extortion. He was found not guilty of the fourth charge — wire fraud.
Tune in to Alaska News Nightly this evening on your local APRN station for all the details.
Talk of Alaska: Scientific Integrity
Tue, September 25, 2007
Climate warming and Endangered Species designations are both important issues for Alaska. Science is supposed to be informing the debate. But what if you can’t trust the science? A scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) says his bosses tried to muzzle him when he spoke out about climate warming. And a high official in the Bush administration’s Interior Department resigned after she was accused of rewriting scientific reports she disagreed with.
Scientific integrity is the subject on today’s Talk of Alaska, from APRN.
Jury takes on Kott corruption case
Mon, September 24, 2007
A jury of 12 Alaskans is deliberating the fate of former state legislator Pete Kott. They got the case a little after noon today, after closing arguments.
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
Senate passes seemingly veto-proof $20 billion water projects bill
Mon, September 24, 2007
The U.S. Senate today gave final congressional approval to a long-delayed bill authorizing federally-funded water projects around the country. The question now is whether President Bush will follow through with a threat to veto the $20 billion package because he thinks it costs too much.
Joel Southern, APRN - Washington, DC
Barrow’s ‘Next 40 Years’ began over the weekend
Mon, September 24, 2007
Over the weekend, a forum looking at oil and gas development for the next 40 years wrapped up in Barrow. North Slope Borough mayor Edward Itta says the turn out was excellent, with representation from industry, state and federal government, environmental organizations and local residents. Itta says one of the highlights of the gathering was the discussion between Shell Offshore and forum participants about development in the Beaufort sea.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
Stryker training in Fairbanks simulates Iraq — without the heat
Mon, September 24, 2007
The climate and culture of Fairbanks are about as far away as you can get from the war zone of Iraq. But soldiers stationed here must train for deployments, so the Army has spent millions of dollars building an area at Fort Wainwright that simulates the war zone. The urban training complex is open to both Alaskan soldiers and foreign forces.
Libby Casey, KUAC - Fairbanks
Cruise ship passenger taxes rolling in, more income expected
Mon, September 24, 2007
The state is well on its way to collecting nearly $50 million in cruise ship passenger taxes this year. But officials are still figuring out how to bring in the state’s portion of onboard gambling earnings.
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau
Valdez monument gets a shave. Literally.
Mon, September 24, 2007
The biggest, most photographed monument in Valdez is getting a face lift. Bits of the giant Native American head have already been shaved down to reveal its original pale wood color. The restorer is the same man who sculpted it 26 years ago.
Amy Bracken, KCHU - Valdez
Interpreter center opening in Anchorage
Mon, September 24, 2007
A new interpreter center has opened its doors in Anchorage. The center will offer a training program for interpreters and provide a referral service to public or private entities that need an interpreter.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
18-mile-long object passing over Alaskan skies
Mon, September 24, 2007
An unusual object will pass through the sky tonight. The beach ball-sized body and an 18-mile-long tether will be released from a European Space Agency (ESA) satellite as part of a student experiment. One of the project’s mentors, aerospace engineer Tom Tessier in Winnepeg, Manitoba, says the extreme length of tether makes the mission a record-breaker.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Alaska News Nightly: September 24, 2007
Mon, September 24, 2007
The Pete Kott corruption trial draws to a close as the case is handed off to the jury for deliberations. Meanwhile the U.S. Senate funds water projects in Alaska, an interpreter service starts up in Anchorage and an 18-mile-long object whips over Alaskan skies in the interests of science. 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.
Preview: Talk of Alaska — Tue, Sep 25
Sun, September 23, 2007
Coming up Tuesday, September 25 at 10:00 a.m. on Talk of Alaska…
Climate warming and Endangered Species designations are both important issues for Alaska. Science is supposed to be informing the debate. But what if you can’t trust the science? A scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) says his bosses tried to muzzle him when he spoke out about climate warming. And a high official in the Bush administration’s Interior Department resigned after she was accused of rewriting scientific reports she disagreed with.
Scientific integrity is the subject Tuesday, on the next Talk of Alaska, from APRN.
GUESTS:
- Michael Halpern, Deputy Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Union of Concerned Scientists
- Live callers statewide
SUBSCRIBE: Get Talk of Alaska updates automatically by e-mail, RSS or podcast.
Talk of Alaska is broadcast live statewide on the stations of the Alaska Public Radio Network each Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Audio from the program is posted online following the live broadcast.
AK: Running
Sat, September 22, 2007
This week on AK, we’re on the Run. We’ll take our marks with some running bears, get set with a Fairbanks marathoner who’s not afraid to show some leg, and go… to Southeast, where the scow girls are running one tight ship. Plus, a Vietnam vet whose good deeds run the gamut and a balloon that ran bombs from Japan to Alaska during World War II. Those stories and more on the next AK, on APRN stations statewide starting today.
Proposed Gravina Island bridge going nowhere
Fri, September 21, 2007
Governor Palin announced today that the state is abandoning plans to construct the Gravina bridge. One of the two infamous “bridges to nowhere” that drew national attention last year.
Deanna Garrison, KRBD - Ketchikan
Kott defense wraps case, closing statements next
Fri, September 21, 2007
The defense rested its case this morning in the federal corruption trial of former legislator Pete Kott.
David Shurtleff and Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
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