Kohring trial begins
Tue, October 23, 2007
Today, federal prosecutors told a jury how they plan to prove that former state representative Vic Kohring took bribes from VECO Incorporated CEO Bill Allen and Vice President Rick Smith.
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
State House searches for oil tax solution
Tue, October 23, 2007
The Minority and Majorities in the State House of Representatives today opened talks on an alternative tax plan that might get enough support to show some success by the end of the special session.
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau
State Democrats launch RetireTed.com
Tue, October 23, 2007
First, Alaska Democrats set up a website calling on voters to “Drop Don” Young in next year’s congressional elections. And now they’re going after Alaska’s embattled senior Senator with a new website called RetireTed.com. Unveiled today, the website makes reference to just about every corruption allegation against Senator Ted Stevens that’s either under federal investigation or has been reported on in the news media in recent times.
Joel Southern, APRN - Washington, DC
Pollock quotas dropping
Tue, October 23, 2007
A seafood industry publication reports today that Bering Sea pollock quotas will be set lower than previously expected next year. That’s based on early data from this year’s pollock surveys presented at a European seafood industry conference last week. The numbers suggest the pollock stocks are lower than previously thought.
Charles Homans, KIAL - Unalaska
Alaska natives talk oil in DC
Tue, October 23, 2007
Alaska Natives worried about oil development on and off the North Slope are in Washington, DC this week to voice their concerns to lawmakers and Bush Administration officials.
Joel Southern, APRN - Washington, DC
AFN gears up in Fairbanks
Tue, October 23, 2007
The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Conference officially kicks off in downtown Fairbanks on Thursday. In preparation for the event, the Elders and Youth Conference — put on by the First Alaskans Institute — is already underway at the Carlson Center.
Ben Markus, KUAC - Fairbanks
Tlingit bones to be returned
Tue, October 23, 2007
Ancient human remains dug out of a Southeast Alaska cave will be reburied where they were found more than a decade ago. Details have yet to be worked out, but the Tlingit groups that allowed the 10,000 year-old bones to be studied will make that decision.
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Sitka
BP makes progress with spill clean up
Tue, October 23, 2007
State officials expect the latest pipeline spill at Prudhoe Bay to be completely cleaned up by the end of the week. The idled BP flow line ruptured last week when it shifted during the restart of oil wells shut down due to electrical problems at Flow Stations 1 and 2. About 2000 gallons of Methanol, water, and a small amount of crude oil, spilled.
Ben Markus, KUAC - Fairbanks
AIX ordered to shut down
Tue, October 23, 2007
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ordered Anchorage-based Alaska Industrial X-Ray (AIX) to cease its radiography operations. The company performs on-site structural x-rays with a machine housed in a vault to examine welds and other integral structural metals looking for cracks or weaknesses that may cause failure.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
Perseverance Theater takes on new challenge
Tue, October 23, 2007
Juneau’s Perseverance Theater is premiering a musical by Tony Award-winning writers. The new show is “Yeast Nation.” It may be the highest-profile work ever staged at Perseverance, but it comes at a challenging time for the theater.
Weld Royal, KTOO - Juneau
Alaska News Nightly: October 23, 2007
Tue, October 23, 2007
Alaska Native leaders are in Washington, DC voicing their concerns about oil and gas development on the North Slope. Plus, a look at the road ahead for Juneau’s pioneering Perseverance Theater. 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.
Talk of Alaska: Oil Taxes
Tue, October 23, 2007
Members of the state Legislature have to make some touch decisions during their special session. Criticism is sure to greet whatever they do to change Alaska’s oil and gas tax regime. If it were your decision to make, what would you do, and how would you justify it? Or is it premature to decide?
This week on Talk of Alaska tell the rest of the state what you would do about oil taxes.
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