Two Talk of Alaska episodes posted
Wed, December 5, 2007
We just figured out we (somehow) missed posting the November 20 edition of Talk of Alaska. We were also a day late posting this week’s (Dec 4) edition. So for those of you on the lookout for Talk of Alaska episodes, our apologies. Here are the direct links…
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Governor releases savings plan
Wed, December 5, 2007
The Palin Administration has unveiled its plan for the state to save and invest more than $7 billion of increased oil revenues and reserves over the next two years. The majority of the windfall is the expected result of high oil prices and new taxes levied on the oil industry.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
Chopper search yielding no results
Wed, December 5, 2007
After 48 hours of searching, there’s still no sign this evening of a medical helicopter that disappeared Monday night on its way from Cordova to Anchorage’s Providence Hospital with four people on-board.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
Climate bill moves ahead in Senate
Wed, December 5, 2007
A bipartisan bill that would cap and regulate human-generated emissions that contribute to global warming moved out of the U.S. Senate Environment Committee today. The bill sponsored by Connecticut Independent Democrat Joe Lieberman and Virginia Republican John Warner would set up a credit trading system to control carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases.
Joel Southern, APRN - Washington, DC
Documents detail island’s dark past
Wed, December 5, 2007
The historic fur sealing factory on St. George Island. Photo by Annie Feidt, APRN.
For more than a century, the Pribilof Island fur sealing industry sent millions of dollars to the U.S. treasury. But when the operation came to an end in the early 1980s, the federal government left a legacy of mistreatment of the Aleut natives who live there.
Annie Feidt, APRN - St. Paul
MEA debate rages on in Mat-Su valley
Wed, December 5, 2007
Matanuska Electric Association wants the voters of the Mat-Su Borough to take a second look at a borough ordinance aimed at restricting the type and site of new power generation plants.
Ellen Lockyer, APRN - Anchorage
Decision may hinder Southeast plan to connect to power grid
Wed, December 5, 2007
The British Columbia government is holding off plans to extend power lines to remote northwestern BC. That’s after two mining companies last week announced they were stopping work on a precious metals mine near a tributary of the Stikine River.
Joe Viechnicki, KFSK - Petersburg
Dead humpback towed off Unalaska beach
Wed, December 5, 2007
Harbor officers yesterday pulled a dead whale loose from the shore at the north end of the Unalaska Airport’s runway.
Charles Homans, KIAL - Unalaska
Working for winter recreation
Wed, December 5, 2007
Skiers and snow machiners in Juneau are working together to develop an area that both could use. The Alpine Working Group met last night, and is focusing on developing a new winter trail near Lemon Creek and Blackerby Ridge.
John Ryan, KTOO - Juneau
Hearing held on popular Fairbanks trail
Wed, December 5, 2007
The Fairbanks Borough is holding an open house tonight regarding a legal corridor for the Chena Hot Springs winter trail.
Ben Markus, KUAC - Fairbanks
Scientist trying to save wolves
Wed, December 5, 2007
Independent wildlife scientist and advocate Gordon Haber is again asking the state to better protect Denali wolves that wander outside the National Park near Healy.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Alaska News Nightly: December 5, 2007
Wed, December 5, 2007
Governor Sarah Palin announced plans today for the state surplus, which is expected to total more than $4 billion. Plus, the search continues for a missing Medivac flight and government documents reveal St. Paul Island’s dark past. Those stories and more on tonight’s Alaska News Nightly, broadcast statewide on APRN stations.
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