ConocoPhillips submits gasline proposal
Fri, November 30, 2007
Governor Sarah Palin will announce within the hour which companies have submitted applications to build a natural gas pipeline. They must meet the state’s requirements in the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA). But today, ConocoPhillips said it has a proposal to build a pipeline but isn’t willing to do it within the state’s guideline.
Annie Feidt, APRN - Anchorage
FBI releases phone recordings of McGuire
Fri, November 30, 2007
After days of denying its existence, the FBI has released audio of State Senator Lesil McGuire allegedly trying to intimidate a federal witness. McGuire is the wife of convicted former legislator Tom Anderson. Earlier this week, it was revealed that she may have placed threatening calls to federal witness Bill Bobrick, who later testified at Anderson’s trial.
Separately, former Alaska legislator Pete Kott faces sentencing one week from today based on his corruption conviction earlier this fall. Prosecutors have indicated they are seeking more than 10 years in prison for Kott.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
Senator Murkowski holds hearing on care of returning soldiers
Fri, November 30, 2007
Senator Lisa Murkowski listened to vets, VA and health care officials today in Anchorage during a field hearing on health care for soldiers returning from Kuwait and Iraq. Murkowski is vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. The hearing focused on the concern over access to health care for rural Vets.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
A Lamprey revival?
Fri, November 30, 2007
Photos courtesy Kwik’pak Fisheries
A western Alaska fish buyer is trying to build a market for an ancient creature that might otherwise swim unnoticed at the bottom of icy rivers this time of year. The lamprey is a long, boneless fish that looks like an eel. Millions of them enter the Yukon and other major rivers this time of year to spawn.
- View more (creepy) lamprey photos at Flickr (photos tagged with the word lamprey)
Tim Bodony, KIYU - Galena
Anchorage Assembly passes budget
Fri, November 30, 2007
After much debate, positioning and perhaps a bit of posturing, the Anchorage Assembly has adopted a compromising mood and approved the Municipal Budget for 2008.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
Dealing with growing garbage in Juneau
Fri, November 30, 2007
The Juneau Assembly has “conceptually approved” a strategy to provide curbside recycling to city residents. Solid-waste consultants told Juneau officials yesterday the city shouldn’t be alarmed by the rising plateau of garbage at its Lemon Creek landfill. So, instead of finding a new place to take Juneau’s trash, the city plans to work with the private sector to recycle more of it.
John Ryan, KTOO - Juneau
Alaska News Nightly: November 30, 2007
Fri, November 30, 2007
Conoco Phillips puts in a bid to build the Alaska gas pipeline; The Anchorage Assembly passes a hard-fought budget, and Savoonga gets ready for wind power. 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 fined $20 million for Prudhoe Bay oil spill
Thu, November 29, 2007
Oil giant BP plead guilty today to a federal environmental crime stemming from an oil spill at Prudhoe Bay last year. The company was sentenced to three years probation, and will pay $20 million in fines for violating the federal Clean Water Act.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
DNC hopes to access Federal dollars for coastal impact assistance
Thu, November 29, 2007
The state department of Natural Resources coastal management program is working on a plan to access nearly $2.5 million per year over the next 4 years for coastal impact assistance.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
Cruise ship initiative sponsors ratchet up pressure on the state
Thu, November 29, 2007
The Ocean Rangers program that was passed in 2006 as part of the state’s cruise ship initiative has yet to be fully implemented. And the wastewater discharge permit which the law mandates hasn’t been created either. With what he sees as the state’s apparent lack of interest, one of the authors of the initiative has filed a request for all public documents regarding the programs.
John Hunt, KHNS - Haines
Two Anchorage clinics for low-income patients may close
Thu, November 29, 2007
Financial concerns are forcing the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center to consider shutting down one of its two clinics in the city. The center currently serves uninsured and low-income patients. Its the only medical practice accepting new Medicare patients in the Anchorage bowl right now.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
Illegal immigrant proposal swept aside by Anchorage Assembly
Thu, November 29, 2007
In a surprise vote, the Anchorage Assembly has postponed indefinitely consideration of a proposed ordinance to capture illegal immigrants in the area. Those troubled by the proposal said it was unnecessary and divisive.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
Cocaine smuggling plot uncovered
Thu, November 29, 2007
The Alaska State Troopers announced they uncovered a plot to transport cocaine to Tanana from Fairbanks on a commuter airplane. Working on an anonymous tip the state troopers identified two airline employees in Tanana who planned to have the cocaine shipped to them.
Ben Markus, KUAC - Fairbanks
Mayor of Fairbanks offers plan to balance the city budget
Thu, November 29, 2007
The new Fairbanks mayor, Terry Strle, is having to make some tough choices to balance the budget. Strle released her proposal yesterday.
Ben Markus, KUAC - Fairbanks
Restoration sale of timber could be a sign of things to come
Thu, November 29, 2007
A small timber sale on the Sitka road system this fall was the first of that the local ranger district hopes is many so-called “restoration” sales. Seventy-seven trees were taken from the Starrigavan Valley, a once-magnificent watershed clearcut over three decades ago.
Robert Woolsey, KCAW - Sitka
Alaska News Nightly: November 29, 2007
Thu, November 29, 2007
BP gets fined $20 million for last year’s north slope oil spill; 2 clinics for low-income patients may have to close, and troopers uncover a cocaine-smuggling plot. 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.
Alaska birds included on national watch list
Wed, November 28, 2007
Twenty types of birds that breed or live much of the time in Alaska are included in a watch list of the nation’s most imperiled bird species. It was put out today by the Audubon Society and the American Bird Conservancy.
Joel Southern, APRN - Washington, DC
New genetic link ties native peoples in North America and Siberia
Wed, November 28, 2007
A new study finds a genetic link for many Native people in North America with certain populations in Siberia. University of Michigan genetics professor Noah Rosenberg was a principal author of the study. He says a distinct genetic variant was found in 422 individuals from 24 Native groups in North, Central and South America that has not been seen anywhere else in the world except for 2 populations in eastern Siberia.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
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