BP settles tax dispute with state
Mon, December 31, 2007
Oil giant BP agreed today to pay the State of Alaska $379 million in taxes that the two sides had been disputing for more than five years. The details of the dispute and agreement must be kept secret under Alaska law, but what is known is that the tax disparities occurred between the years of 2000 and 2002.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
Senator Cowdery asked to resign
Mon, December 31, 2007
Members of the State Senate Minority are asking Anchorage Senator John Cowdery to resign from office for his alleged involvement in the ongoing VECO corruption scandal.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
Examining Mount Spurr as a source of energy
Mon, December 31, 2007
The state of Alaska has taken another step toward harnessing the untapped geothermal potential of Mount Spurr.
Mike Mason, KBBI - Homer
Capital funding for Marine Highway
Mon, December 31, 2007
Governor Sarah Palin’s capital budget funds two new ferry terminals: one in southeast and one in southwest Alaska. But it includes no money for new Alaska Marine Highway ships.
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau
The Power of One: Anchorage doctor building hospital in Sudan
Mon, December 31, 2007
An Anchorage doctor is working to set up a new hospital in a remote and impoverished village in Southern Sudan. Dr. Jack Hickel recently returned from a trip to the town. He’s now back in Anchorage, raising money for the project which he hopes to start implementing as early as next fall.
Duncan Moon, APRN - Anchorage
UPDATE: Corrected spelling of Dr. Hickel’s last name.
Some rural Alaskans may have to wait for subsistence halibut eligibility
Mon, December 31, 2007
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has been trying to address a regulatory glitch that excludes some clearly “rural” residents from qualifying for rural subsistence fishing privileges.
Matt Lichtenstein, KFSK - Petersburg
Making traditional parkas in Bethel
Mon, December 31, 2007
Plenty of people still wear traditional Yup’ik fur parkas in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region, but the art of hand crafting the labor intensive garment has nearly disappeared over the year.
Kenny Steele, KYUK - Bethel
Looking back at 2007
Mon, December 31, 2007
The coming New Year offers a chance to look back on all the biggest news stories of 2007. In Alaska, the year was especially memorable.
Jeff Brown, KTOO - Juneau
Alaska News Nightly: December 31, 2007
Mon, December 31, 2007
Members of the Senate minority ask Senator Cowdery to resign. Plus, BP settles with the state on an old tax dispute, and a humorous look back at the year’s biggest stories. 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.
Fairbanks struggles to keep drunk drivers off the road
Fri, December 28, 2007
New Year’s means a lot of people out celebrating and driving after they drink and while many Alaska cities have made progress in reducing drunk driving, Fairbanks continues to struggle with a dangerous mix of alcohol and automobiles.
Ben Markus, KUAC - Fairbanks
New crime lab may be up to voters
Fri, December 28, 2007
When voters go to the polls next November, they could decide the fate of a proposal to build a new crime lab in Alaska.
Mike Mason, KBBI - Homer
Alaskan parathlete to compete in Beijing
Fri, December 28, 2007
A Juneau resident has been named to the 2008 U-S paralympic wheelchair rugby team. 24-year-old Seth McBride was selected earlier this month after a weekend tryout camp in Alabama. In 2006, he helped the U-S win the world championships in New Zealand.
Duncan Moon, APRN - Anchorage
Who done it? Anchorage crime watchers will know
Fri, December 28, 2007
One of the most popular sections of many small Alaska papers is the police blotter, an eye-catching account of the previous week’s officer calls and arrests. But until two weeks ago, Anchorage crime watchers haven’t had any such public tracking system.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
Palin Admininstration takes on Feds over foreign-flagged vessels
Fri, December 28, 2007
The Palin Administration has submitted comments to the federal government opposing a proposed rule change governing foreign flagged vessels operating in Alaskan waters.
Alec Dickinson, KRBD - Ketechikan
The Power of One: Anchorage resident makes a difference in Ethiopia
Fri, December 28, 2007
A quick stop in Ethiopia a few years ago was life changing for Anchorage resident Catherine Miller. She met a man there who was trying to keep a group of orphans off the streets for just 25 dollars a month. Miller now runs an orphanage in the country that helps dozens of children for just 43 thousand dollars a year.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
Alaska News Nightly: December 28, 2007
Fri, December 28, 2007
Fairbanks struggles with drunk drivers. Plus, voters may be asked to decide whether the state will have a new crime lab. 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.
Justice Alito recuses himself from Exxon Valdez ruling
Thu, December 27, 2007
When the nation’s highest court decides the fate of the Exxon Valdez punitive damages case next year, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will not be part of the decision. The conservative justice has recused himself from the case, leaving just eight Justices to rule on Exxon’s appeal.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
State wants feasibility study of gasline spur
Thu, December 27, 2007
The State is requesting proposals for a feasibility study of a gas pipeline spur from Fairbanks to Wasilla. The request is in anticipation of a future main line that would ship North Slope gas to Canada.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
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