Kohring corruption trial goes to the jury
Wed, October 31, 2007
A jury that has begun deliberating corruption charges against former state legislator Vic Kohring has gone home for the day. The trial at the federal court-house featured a high-profile defense attorney who argued that the surveillance videos of Kohring recorded by the FBI fail to show any crime being committed.
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
Convention on the Law of the Sea on the move
Wed, October 31, 2007
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea took a step forward today. The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 17 to 4 to send it for consideration by the full Senate.
Joel Southern, APRN - Anchorage
Izembek road gets consideration in Washington, DC
Wed, October 31, 2007
Officials representing King Cove and Cold Bay went before a congressional panel today. They pitched their latest plan for a land exchange so a road connecting the two communities can be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. And they got a conditional endorsement from the head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Joel Southern, APRN - Anchorage
Maggie has a ticket to ride
Wed, October 31, 2007
Alaska’s only elephant Maggie, will be leaving the state tomorrow. Billed as Operation Maggie Migration, the elephant will be flying out to her new home at the PAWS sanctuary in California on a C-17 military cargo plane.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
Sitka Girl Scouts take on bullying
Wed, October 31, 2007
Bullying…according to numerous reports, it’s on the rise in America’s schools. School districts are responding by tightening their anti-bullying policies. But new technologies are taking bullying underground, making it harder for teachers and administrators to police their halls. The Tongass Alaska Girl Scout Council recently took a look at a very specific segment of bullying - violence among girls - during their annual conference, held in Sitka.
Leah Mann, KCAW - Sitka
Bering Sea Pollock season winds down
Wed, October 31, 2007
The second Bering Sea Pollock season of the year wraps up tomorrow. The season has been a difficult one.
Charles Homans, KIAL - Unalaska
Unalaska ethics complaint headed for APOC
Wed, October 31, 2007
An Unalaska resident says he plans to file an ethics complaint with the Alaska Public Offices Commission later this week over this month’s city elections. Jeff Hancock says he’s preparing one and possibly more complaints over Mayor Shirley Marquardt’s conduct in the run-up to the October 2 elections.
Charles Homan, KIAL - Unalaska
Barrow couple goes to the dogs
Wed, October 31, 2007
About one month ago, commentator Earl Finkler and his wife Chris became the permanent owners of a 14-year-old Greenland husky named Nuna. Tonight Finkler discusses the joy and many tasks connected with Nuna’s care.
Finkler, KBRW - Barrow
Alaska News Nightly: October 31, 2007
Wed, October 31, 2007
Vic Kohring’s fate rests in the hands of the jury; The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea inches forward in the U.S. Senate, and the Izembek road gets a hearing in the nation’s capital. 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.
Court stands its ground on Kensington Mine
Tue, October 30, 2007
The U.S. Ninth Circuit of Appeals will not reconsider an earlier decision that the tailings plan for the Kensington Gold Mine is illegal.
Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO - Juneau
Korhing trial set to go to the jury
Tue, October 30, 2007
Both sides have officially rested their cases in the corruption trial of former state lawmaker Vic Kohring, and the case will now go to the jury tomorrow morning.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
Latest oil-tax proposal takes on water
Tue, October 30, 2007
A new revenue analysis of the House Oil and Gas Committee’s oil tax bill that appeared over the weekend shows the state would take in less money under that substitute proposal than under the Palin Administration’s plan. In a press conference
this morning, Democrats said the majority’s plan had some inconsistencies that didn’t appear in time to affect the
committee’s decision.
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau
Feds investigating Stevens fish deals
Tue, October 30, 2007
The Associated Press is reporting Federal authorities investigating Sen. Ted Stevens are talking to members of the Alaska fishing industry looking for evidence of whether Stevens pushed seafood legislation that benefited his son Ben Stevens who was a lobbyist at the time.
AP/Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
White Pass locomotive heads home
Tue, October 30, 2007
White Pass and Yukon Route’s Engine 114 left a repair yard in Tacoma, Washington, last Friday, bound for Skagway. The
locomotive had been undergoing major repairs from an accident that occurred in September of last year.
John Hunt, KHNS - Haines
State rethinks size of timber harvests
Tue, October 30, 2007
The state of Alaska has sold record levels of its timber over the past number of years to supplement federal timber sale offerings while the forest service makes court-mandated changes to its Tongass land management plan. But the state says it cannot sustain those harvest levels over the long term and is scaling back the program to traditional harvest levels.
Deanna Garrison, KRBD - Ketchikan
Consolidation in Southeast creates ripples
Tue, October 30, 2007
A Southeast boundary commission will take action on a possible Wrangell Borough as well as on the Ketchikan Gateway Borough annexation early next month. Although the small communities of Meyers Chuck and Union Bay do not want to be part of either borough, their fates have become entangled in these decisions.
Lisa Phu, KSTK - Wrangell
Whatcom gives a dam
Tue, October 30, 2007
Members of the council for Whatcom county Washington say they welcome feedback from Petersburg area residents about proposed hydro electric power plants in nearby Thomas Bay. Both Whatcom county and a private Bellingham company have applied for a federal permit to study the bay’s hydro potential. But at least two Whatcom council members say they’re going to take a closer look at their county’s involvement in the project.
Joe Viechnicki, KFSK - Petersburg
Alaska News Nightly: October 30, 2007
Tue, October 30, 2007
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds ruling on the Kensington Mine. The federal corruption trial of Vic Kohring heads to the jury, and Federal Investigators dig into Ted Stevens fish deals. 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.
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