Senator Stevens calls for moratorium on commercial fishing in arctic waters
Thu, April 3, 2008
Senator Ted Stevens hopes to get top Bush Administration officials and the United Nations actively involved in pushing for no commercial fishing in the Arctic waters off Alaska until a multinational management plan can be devised.
Joel Southern, APRN - Anchorage
Alaska Ranger crewman admits to drinking on the ship
Thu, April 3, 2008
The assistant engineer on the Alaska Ranger admitted Wednesday to drinking alcohol on the factory trawler. But Rodney Lundy said he never did it during his watch on the ship, which sank in the Bering Sea late last month.
Charles Homans, KIAL - Unalaska
Two leading bond rating agencies issue alert about TransCanada
Thu, April 3, 2008
The company is the Palin administration’s preliminary choice to develop a natural gas line from the North Slope.The reviews by both Moody’s Investor’s Service and Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services follow the company’s $2.8 billion purchase yesterday of an electrical generating facility in New York State.
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau
St. Mary’s alcohol shipment being investigated
Thu, April 3, 2008
Anchorage law enforcement officials are investigating over 100 bottles of alcohol being shipped to the Lower Yukon village of Saint Mary’s.
Angela Denning-Barnes, Kyuk - Bethel
Spawn-on-kelp fishery returns for second year
Thu, April 3, 2008
For a second year, the Department of Fish and Game will have a spawn-on-kelp fishery in the Wrangell/Petersburg area. The first Ernest sound fishery took place in 2004 with roughly 50 permit holders.
Lisa Phu, KSTK - Wrangell
Teens take part in Anchorage election process
Thu, April 3, 2008
Various attempts to lure young adults to the polls at election time seemed to have enjoyed only limited success. But an idea tried during Tuesday’s municipal election in Anchorage actually had to turn some teens away.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
Young Alaska skiers participate in Junior Olympics
Thu, April 3, 2008
Juneau and Anchorage high school skiers have been competing this past week in the Western Region Junior Olympics at Mount Bachelor in Bend, Oregon. Others are recently back from a JO event for younger racers at Bogus Basin in Boise, Idaho. Still others will go to spring race series at other ski resorts in the West.
Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO - Juneau
Alaska News Nightly: April 3, 2008
Thu, April 3, 2008
The assistant engineer on the Alaska Ranger admits to drinking on the ship. Plus, Senator Stevens calls for moratorium on commercial fishing in arctic waters. And
two leading bond rating agencies issue alert about TransCanada. Those stories and more on tonight’s Alaska News Nightly, broadcast statewide on APRN stations.
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