Correctional officers union vote to censure commissioner Schmidt
Tue, April 22, 2008
The Alaska Correctional Officers Association gave the state corrections commissioner Joe Schmidt a “no confidence” censure vote today. ACOA union members voted 514 to 19 against Schmidt.
Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage
Wade pleads not guilty
Tue, April 22, 2008
Joshua Alan Wade pled not guilty this morning to federal charges that he murdered Anchorage nurse Mindy Schloss.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
Irwin blocks Exxon on Point Thompson
Tue, April 22, 2008
Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Irwin has turned down Exxon’s latest attempt to keep open the Point Thomson Unit on the North Slope. With reserves estimated to be eight trillion cubic feet of gas, Pt. Thomson is anticipated as being a major source of energy for Alaska and the lower 48. Production from the unit is also a planned resource for any future gas pipeline development.
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau
Electricity crisis consumes Juneau
Tue, April 22, 2008
The local electricity crisis dominated the Juneau Assembly meeting last night. Alaska Electric Light and Power president Tim McLeod told the Assembly his utility has two excavators working in the avalanche zone near the Snettisham hydropower plant now. They’re digging through the avalanche debris where Juneau’s main power-transmission line stood until Wednesday morning.
John Ryan, KTOO - Juneau
Norovirus rears its ugly head in Soldotna
Tue, April 22, 2008
The State Division of Public Health has confirmed the stomach bug that has been affecting residents and staff at a Soldotna assisted living home and hospital is Norovirus.
Jay Barrett, KBBI - Homer
USDA gives large Earth-Day gift to Kodiak recycling center
Tue, April 22, 2008
A non-profit community recycling center in Kodiak that employs disabled workers, received a big financial gift from the US Department of Agriculture this Earth Day. In all, Threshold Services is getting a little more than $389,000 to purchase its building - an old two story warehouse - and the land that it sits on.
Casey Kelly, KMXT - Kodiak
Alaskans celebrate Earth Day
Tue, April 22, 2008
As Alaskans join the rest of the nation in celebrating Earth Day today they bring a special perspective to the event. Alaska and the Arctic are in a part of the world that is both a bellwether of climate and environmental
change – and the example of how to survive alongside nature.
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau
Celebrating the fight against child abuse
Tue, April 22, 2008
Last week agencies and organizations working to protect and support abused and neglected children gathered to honor their work, their colleagues and their clients.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
Alaska News Nightly: April 22, 2008
Tue, April 22, 2008
Joshua Wade pleads not guilty in the murder of Mindy Schloss. Meanwhile, Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Irwin foils Exxon’s latest attempt to keep open the Point Thomson Unit on the North Slope. Plus, Norovirus plagues assisted-living facility in Soldotna. Those stories and more on tonight’s Alaska News Nightly, broadcast statewide on APRN stations.
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Talk of Alaska: Statehood
Tue, April 22, 2008
The Alaska Statehood Act was signed in 1959, but the critical decisions that made statehood a reality came the year before — fifty years ago. Even though the Kenai oil boom had begun, opponents of statehood said Alaska wouldn’t be able to pay its own way. But it did - just barely.
This week on Talk of Alaska we look back to 1958 with a history professor and a respected man that participated in the Constitutional Convention as the May 28th anniversary of the U.S. House vote that made Alaska the 49th state approaches.
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