AMHS building causing friction
Wed, November 28, 2007
The Alaska Marine Highway headquarters building in Ketchikan needs major repairs. And that could get in the way of state plans to buy the structure from the Ketchikan Gateway Borough. Ferry officials say they might even move out of the building. And that raises issues that came up when headquarters relocated from Juneau.
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau
Papa Pilgrim headed to prison
Wed, November 28, 2007
Robert Hale has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. Hale, who was also known as Papa Pilgrim, had plead no contest to incest, assault and rape, of one of his daughters. And testimonies by Hale’s wife and fourteen of their fifteen children painted a picture of severe and wide-spread abuse.
Amy Bracken, KCHU - Valdez
Living successfully off the grid
Wed, November 28, 2007
As electricity prices rise and the true cost of fossil fuel usage becomes apparent, some people are choosing alternative energy sources. One Dillingham couple is choosing to forego electricity all together for now.
Anne Hillman, KDLG - Dillingham
Hooper Bay works to protect tundra from vehicle damage
Wed, November 28, 2007
Four-wheelers and other modern vehicles have made access to Rural Alaska’s subsistence hunting grounds much easier than the old days, but that’s also placing greater stress on the land. The northwest village of Hooper Bay is working to preserve its traditional lands with a trail-hardening program.
Paul Korchin, KNOM - Nome
Bear numbers on the rise in Hoonah
Wed, November 28, 2007
Alaska tour books claim Admiralty Island has more brown bears per square mile than any other place in the state. Municipal officials in Hoonah on neighboring Chichagoff Island are challenging that claim. They say the animals are wandering into their village in greater numbers than ever. Hoonah officials have drafted a new garbage ordinance and lobbying the state Department of Fish and Game for a more lenient hunting policy.
Weld Royal, KTOO - Hoonah
Alaska News Nightly: November 28, 2007
Wed, November 28, 2007
Alaska birds are included on a national watch list; a new genetic link ties native peoples in North America and Siberia, and “Papa Pilgrim” is headed for prison. 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.
Senator Lesil McGuire implicated in threats
Tue, November 27, 2007
Convicted former-lobbyist Bill Bobrick was sentenced this morning to five months in prison and five months of home confinement for his role in Alaska’s ongoing corruption scandal. He’s the man who funneled bribes to convicted former-lawmaker Tom Anderson, and later became a key government witness in the corruption trial against him. But the bigger news to come out of the courtroom today was Bobrick’s allegation that Anderson’s wife State Senator Lesil McGuire threatened Bobrick’s wife, hoping to prevent Bobrick from testifying in the Anderson case.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
APEA stages “informational pickets”
Tue, November 27, 2007
The Alaska Public Employees Association state supervisory unit held what were called informational pickets today outside of state buildings across Alaska. More than 100 state supervisors gathered outside state offices in Juneau and Fairbanks and an estimated 200 picketed in front of the Atwood building in downtown Anchorage.
Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO - Juneau
WASCO sentence handed down
Tue, November 27, 2007
Jeremy Oliver was sentenced yesterday in Dillingham for crimes committed during the 2004 fishing season in Ekuk. Oliver and his company, WASCO, were charged with one count of trying to process, sell, or transport adulterated seafood and one count of processing fish without a hazard analysis critical control point plan.
Anne Hillman, KDLG - Dillingham
US Interior Department finds problems with alleged interference
Tue, November 27, 2007
The Interior Department announced today that it found problems with seven of eight Endangered Species Act designations that former Deputy Assistant Secretary Julie MacDonald is alleged to have interfered with.
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
National wildlife refuges an economic boon
Tue, November 27, 2007
The main purpose for national wildlife refuges is to conserve plant and animal species as well as natural landscapes and ecosystems. But a new U-S Fish and Wildlife Service report titled ‘Banking on Nature’ concludes that refuges provide a big economic benefit to neighboring communities and the nation.
Joel Southern, APRN - Washington, DC
War widows choose in vitro pregnancies after husbands die
Tue, November 27, 2007
A small number of Iraq War widows are choosing to get pregnant after their husbands have died, through in vitro fertilization. The Department of Veterans Affairs doesn’t keep official track, and only knows of four such cases. One of them is the Sutherland family in North Pole. Staff Sergeant Stephen Sutherland was serving in Iraq with Fort Wainwright’s 172nd Stryker Brigade when he was killed, two years ago this month.
Libby Casey, KUAC - Fairbanks
New public radio station planned for Fairbanks
Tue, November 27, 2007
Fairbanks may soon get another public radio station. The board members of Fairbanks Open Radio announced they sent in their application to the F-C-C. Jenn Peterson is the president of Fairbanks Open Radio. She says in order for the F-C-C to approve their application they need enough money to build the station and run it for three months.
Ben Markus, KUAC - Fairbanks
Debating solutions to cruise-ship air pollution
Tue, November 27, 2007
Cruise ships that sail Alaska waters are part of a worldwide debate on maritime air pollution. The industry is trying out new equipment that removes smokestack emissions. But in-state critics and an international trade group say using cleaner fuel is a better solution.
- Read about Holland-America’s air-emissions-scrubber project (PDF)
- Learn more about the International Maritime Organization’s air-emissions-control efforts
- Read the British-German report on smokestack scrubbers (PDF)
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau
New website seeks to curb catalog waste
Tue, November 27, 2007
Catalogchoice.org is a new website designed to make the catalog business more green.
Ben Markus, KUAC - Fairbanks
Alaska News Nightly: November 27, 2007
Tue, November 27, 2007
Senator Lesil McGuire implicated in threats; a sentence is handed down in the WASCO case, and and some war widows are choosing to have in vitro pregnancies after their husbands die. 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.
AK tops 200 episodes
Tue, November 27, 2007
Earlier this month APRN’s national award-winning show, AK, crept over the 200 episode mark, and we couldn’t be happier! First broadcast in the fall of 2003, AK has become a weekly Alaskan cultural touchstone as it brings the unique people and places of Alaska to life on public radio stations statewide and for listeners worldwide via the podcast.
Aside from a brief celebration in-house (before we got right back to work on the next episode) we also invited KTUU Channel 2 to stop by and have a look at how AK is produced and what makes this little four-year-old a winner. They profiled the show in the following brief video story, graciously shared online by KTUU via YouTube:
Our heartfelt thanks go out to everyone that listens to and supports both AK and the public radio system in Alaska. We absolutely couldn’t do it without you.
For now, we’d better get back to work on the next 200 episodes…
Talk of Alaska: Film Festivals Break into the North
Tue, November 27, 2007
An international film festival starts November 30th in Anchorage. Competing for awards will be more than 150 films from all over the world. In spite of its remote location, a seven-year track record proves Anchorage has become a solid part of the so-called “festival circuit.” This week it’s your chance to meet the organizers of the Seventh Annual Anchorage International Film Festival on Talk of Alaska.
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