$100 Oil: A mixed bag for Alaskans
Wed, January 2, 2008
The price of oil briefly eclipsed $100 per barrel for the first time today. The news is a mixed blessing for Alaskans, who rely on oil industry taxes to fund 85% of the state budget but also face the highest energy costs in the country.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
Adrift Bering Sea freighter up and running again
Wed, January 2, 2008
A freighter from Thailand that broke down in the western Bering Sea on Monday with 25 crew members on board got up and running again Tuesday night after drifting for about a day.
Charles Homans, KIAL - Unalasaka
Put it out! Juneau bars now smoke free
Wed, January 2, 2008
Smoking in a Juneau bar is now illegal. Beginning today, both smokers and bar owners could be fined for violating the ordinance that extends Juneau’s smoking ban to bars.
Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO - Juneau
Making older homes more energy efficient
Wed, January 2, 2008
The Fairbanks-based Cold Climate Housing Research Center is leading an effort to make older homes more energy efficient. Center Research Director John Davies says high energy prices are driving an initiative to replace outdated technology.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Asian Tsunami: 3 years and counting
Wed, January 2, 2008
On December 26, 2004, Indonesia was in the midst of chaos from one of the world’s deadliest disasters. More than 200,000 people died in the region when a 9.3 magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered a series of devastating tsunamis. The relief operation is still underway today and in November, Palmer resident Rex Gray went to help.
Rex Gray - Palmer
UPDATE: Article title and intro corrected for the date of the Tsunami.
New Anchorage artery drawing traffic
Wed, January 2, 2008
It’s been two weeks since the new Elmore Road opened in Anchorage and offered southeast residents of the city an alternative route to midtown and Northeast Anchorage. Since then, the road’s proven popular — perhaps too much so.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
Salsa pioneers preparing to move outside
Wed, January 2, 2008
Salsa impresarios Heather Haugland and Antonio Diaz have been teaching Latin dance, organizing Latin concerts, and performing Latin music and dance in Juneau for five years. The salsa scene they’ve built is unusual for a town of Juneau’s size, and so far north of the border. Now some Juneau dancers wonder whether the steamy tropical dance will wither on the vine after the energetic couple moves away.
John Ryan, KTOO - Juneau
Alaska News Nightly: January 2, 2008
Wed, January 2, 2008
Oil breaks $100 a barrel. Plus, Juneau bars are now smoke free, and a making older homes more energy efficient in Fairbanks 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.
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