New law helps Exxon Valdez spill plaintiffs
Fri, December 14, 2007
The U.S. Senate today passed tax legislation that is designed to help fishermen who are plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez punitive damage case currently in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
Pilot retirement age increased by government
Fri, December 14, 2007
Pilots can stay on the job 5 more years under a new federal law. Yesterday, President George Bush signed a bill raising the mandatory retirement age for commercial pilots from age 60 to 65.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
A look at the life of Thomas Stewart
Fri, December 14, 2007
Alaska Constitutional Convention secretary Thomas Stewart was nearly finished with a history on the making of the convention when he died Wednesday.
Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO - Juneau
Sitka herring fishery set at highest level ever
Fri, December 14, 2007
The Sitka Tribe of Alaska calls the commercial quota “shocking”, and predicts it will jeopardize the subsistence herring egg harvest.
Melissa Marconi-Wentzel, KCAW - Sitka
Foxes test positive for rabies on North Slope
Fri, December 14, 2007
The North Slope Borough Health Department has issued a quarantine for two communities after foxes there tested positive for rabies.
Janelle Everett, KBRW - Barrow
Seattle couple quests toward Aleutian island
Fri, December 14, 2007
Last June, Bretwood Higman and Erin McKittrick started out on a walk. A half a year later they still haven’t reached their destination: the Aleutian Island of Unimak.
Amy Bracken, KCHU - Valdez
Alaska News Nightly: December 14, 2007
Fri, December 14, 2007
Legislation that passed in the U.S. Senate today will help fishermen who are plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez punitive damage case. Plus, an Alaska Airlines pilot welcomes a new federal law that will allow him to keep flying into his sixties. Those stories and more on tonight’s Alaska News Nightly, broadcast statewide on APRN stations.
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