Special Session passes oil-tax bill and adjourns
Fri, November 16, 2007
The House this afternoon passed the oil tax rewrite bill, closing out the special session that began 30 days ago. The vote was 26 to 13.
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau
Climate “Synthesis Report” ready for release
Fri, November 16, 2007
Today in Valencia, Spain negotiators from 130 nations finished writing a summary of the science and consequences of climate warming. Known as the “synthesis report,” it will be publicly released tomorrow, to guide negotiators who meet next month in Bali to talk about what should happen after the Kyoto Protocols expire in 2012.
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
New State Supreme Court Justice appointed
Fri, November 16, 2007
Governor Sarah Palin has appointed Daniel Winfree, a Fairbanks attorney to the State Supreme Court.
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau
NCAI convention meets in Denver
Fri, November 16, 2007
The 64th Annual Convention of the National Congress of American Indians wrapped up in Denver today. Denver was also the meeting place of the first NCAI convention in 1944. About three thousand people attended the week-long conference which focused on issues ranging from health care to dealing with high crime in Indian country and strengthening tribes’ government to government relationships.
Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, APRN - Denver, Colorado
Small-scale alternative energy in Dillingham
Fri, November 16, 2007
A Dillingham man isn’t waiting for large-scale alternative energy to become available in his area. He recently installed a personal-use wind turbine system.
Anne Hillman, KDLG - Dillingham
Pellet stoves about to take off in Alaska
Fri, November 16, 2007
Pellet stoves are the cleaner burning more efficient cousin of the wood stove. Their use is limited in Alaska by poor availability of fuel, but that’s about to change.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Dumpster divers get a break in Fairbanks
Fri, November 16, 2007
The Fairbanks Borough Assembly has voted down an ordinance that would have banned people from picking items out of dumpsters at local transfer stations. The proposal, sponsored by assemblyman Charlie Rex was a reaction to safety and liability concerns, as well as fears about identity theft.
Ben Markus, KUAC - Fairbanks
Taking recycling to a new level
Fri, November 16, 2007
Improving recycling options in all of Alaska, especially the bush is the focus of an Anchorage company called Total Reclaim. The company concentrates mainly on the things many of us don’t even think of when it comes to recycling.
Amy Bracken, KCHU - Valdez
Walter Soboleff celebrates 99th birthday
Fri, November 16, 2007
Preeminent Presbyterian minister and Tlingit elder, the Reverend Doctor Walter Soboleff, is now 99 years old. Several hundred people turned out at a community birthday party in his honor last night at Northern Light United Church, where he is pastor emeritus.
Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO - Juneau
Alaska News Nightly: November 16, 2007
Fri, November 16, 2007
The special session adjourns with a new oil-tax rewrite. Plus, a new Supreme Court justice steps into his new role. And alternative energy and recycling. Those stories and more on tonight’s Alaska News Nightly, broadcast statewide on APRN stations.
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