Whale researchers roam Southeast waters in 1950’s-era craft
Fri, October 26, 2007
For 17 years researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have boarded the John N. Cobb in Juneau and set out in search of whales. KTOO’s John Ryan has this profile of a whale researcher who spends a month or two each year on board the 57-year-old wooden boat, roaming the waters of Southeast Alaska.
John Ryan, KTOO - Juneau
Alaska News Nightly: October 26, 2007
Fri, October 26, 2007
The federal corruption trial of Vic Kohring continues as VECO founder Bill Allen takes the stand and describes handing Kohring several cash payments. Plus, Alaska Federation of Natives delegates consider ways to boost rural economies in the state. 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.
BP to plead guilty for North Slope malfeasance
Thu, October 25, 2007
BP today agreed to plead guilty to violations of the federal Clean Water Act and pay $20 million in fines and restitution related to last year’s oil pipeline spills on the North Slope. It’s part of a $373 million settlement in which the company also accepts blame for a Texas refinery explosion two years ago and an attempt to manipulate lower 48 propane markets.
Joel Southern/David Shurtleff/Annie Feidt, APRN
Rick Smith testifies at Kohring trial
Thu, October 25, 2007
Federal prosecutors brought one of their main witnesses to the stand today to testify against former state representative Vic Kohring. Rick Smith explained what was going on during conversations with Kohring that were recorded by the FBI. Smith has already pled guilty to bribing state legislators.
Duncan Moon and Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
AFN 2007 - Day One
Thu, October 25, 2007
The 2007 Alaska Federation of Natives Conference opened today in Fairbanks. APRN’s Lori Townsend and Nellie Moore discuss the day’s events.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Fairbanks
AFN elders and youth fight for disabled housing
Thu, October 25, 2007
It’s a universal concern that young Natives in rural Alaska will leave for bigger cities and lose their culture. But the focus of the resolutions approved at AFN’s Elders and Youth conference was different: that disabled people and elders are forced to live far from home, against their will.
Amy Bracken, KCHU - Fairbanks
USDA defunds Sheldon Jackson Hatchery
Thu, October 25, 2007
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has halted critical funding to the Sheldon Jackson College hatchery following the school’s closure earlier this year. The hatchery remains virtually the only functioning entity on campus, kept alive by one manager, a core of dedicated volunteers, and the USDA grant. Melissa Marconi-Wentzel, KCAW - Sitka
Replacing Diesel with Biomass in the Interior
Thu, October 25, 2007
Villages in the Yukon Flats are moving ahead with a regional plan to turn local trees into heat and electricity. The Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments is working with other native groups and state agencies on the project. The council’s Natural Resources Director Bruce Thomas says the plan is to replace much of the oil communities currently depend on.Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Encounters’ Richard Nelson to produce polar series
Thu, October 25, 2007
A Southeast Alaska author and producer will spend the next few years traveling the Earth’s polar regions. Sitka’s Richard Nelson will create a series of radio reports about science in the far north — and south. Nelson and others will fund their work through a $350,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Sitka
Alaska News Nightly: October 25, 2007
Thu, October 25, 2007
BP has agreed to pay $20 million in fines for actions — and inactions — related to last year’s oil pipeline spill on the North Slope, but Alaska leaders are wondering if $20 million is enough. Plus, the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) convention kicked off in Fairbanks 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.
Secret video and audio evidence presented to Kohring jury
Wed, October 24, 2007
Day three of the corruption trial of former state representative Vic Kohring has come to a close. And today, the jury got a look at secret video and audio tapes captured by the FBI during its investigation.
Duncan Moon and David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
Senate President dismisses Allen/Kohring election connection
Wed, October 24, 2007
U.S. Attorney Joseph Bottini yesterday said he intends to show the federal jury that former VECO chairman Bill Allen’s influence over former legislator Vic Kohring went beyond oil industry interests — saying he twice talked Kohring out of running for the Senate seat currently held by Senate President Lyda Green. Senator Green says she was not aware of any talks between Allen and Kohring.
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau
U.N. ‘Law of the Sea’ treaty threatened by U.S. Senate Republicans
Wed, October 24, 2007
Some conservative U.S. Senate Republicans — including at least three party leaders — are threatening once again to hold up the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Joel Southern, APRN - Washington, DC
Murkowski habitat shuffle may be reversed by Palin
Wed, October 24, 2007
The Palin administration may make some changes to the state agency that oversees fish and wildlife habitat. As part of the Department of Natural Resources, the Office of Habitat Management and Permitting considers the impacts proposed development projects could have on habitat. The agency had been part of Alaska Fish and Game until it was moved under a controversial order from former Governor Frank Murkowski.
Matt Lichtenstein, KFSK - Petersburg
Alcohol taxes may jump 100% in Fairbanks
Wed, October 24, 2007
Fairbanks bars and restaurants say a proposed doubling of the city alcohol tax could drain their already thinning business. But mayor Steve Thompson says it’s needed to help pay for this year’s sizable budget shortfall.
Ben Markus, KUAC - Fairbanks
McCandless bus draws ABC TV crew; locals vexed by risky tourism
Wed, October 24, 2007
Marc Patterson approaches the McCandless bus site with ABC technician in tow; you can view the original Nightline story and photos online (photo by ABC News)
A Canadian man who made national news for his pursuit of a Christopher McCandless style adventure on the Stampede Trail, only lasted a couple days in the wilderness. Marc Patterson was featured in a recent ABC News Nightline piece on McCandless pilgrims. Healy area guide Coke Wallace escorted the TV crew to the bus.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Sitka Tribe celebrates totem pole unveiling
Wed, October 24, 2007
For the Sitka Tribe of Alaska (STA), hope comes in the shape of a brightly-painted 12-foot red cedar totem pole dedicated to peace. The Tribe unveiled the pole last weekend in honor of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Mounted in front of STA’s Healing House. It stands for the lessons of the past and the community’s best hopes for the future.
Melissa Marconi-Wentzel, KCAW - Sitka
Alaska’s ‘El Capitan’ offers view into 420 million years of natural history
Wed, October 24, 2007
Hopping into a hole in the ground isn’t everyone’s idea of a good time. But for some, it’s an out-of-this-world — or under-this-world — experience. Only one natural cavern in Alaska is open to the public on a regular basis. It’s El Capitan Cave in the remote north of Southeast’s Prince of Wales Island.
View El Capitan cave photos on Flickr
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau
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