Interior Department Releases Drilling Plans

Tue, November 24, 2009

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today plans for oil and gas leasing on public lands next year – including in the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska.

Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC

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Judge OKs Compensation Plan for Sexual Abuse Victims

Tue, November 24, 2009

A judge has approved a compensation package for victims of sexual abuse by clergy overseen by the Fairbanks Diocese. Anchorage attorney Ken Roosa represents many of the 300 victims, mostly from western Alaska native villages, who sued the diocese, forcing it into bankruptcy last year.

Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks

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Fire Destroys Aniak Community Hall

Tue, November 24, 2009

A Fire destroyed a part of The Aniak Community Hall in the Middle Kuskokwim Area. A volunteer group of teenagers was able to slow the fire down, but smoke has damaged the entire interior.

Shane Iverson, KYUK – Bethel

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Fairbanks Leads State in Swine Flu Deaths

Tue, November 24, 2009

Fairbanks residents account for most of Alaska’s swine flu related deaths. Seven of the 10 fatalities in which swine flu has been identified as a factor have been people from Fairbanks. State Health Department spokesman Greg Wilkinson says the latest death attributed to the H1N1 flu strain was a Fairbanks man in his fifties.

Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks

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Anchorage Postpones Swine Flu Clinics

Tue, November 24, 2009

The city of Anchorage is postponing additional H1N1 flu vaccination clinics due to limited vaccine supplies. Vaccine is being allocated to schools and private health care providers, but some public clinics are being cancelled.

Ellen Lockyer, APRN – Anchorage

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Wilson Fills Vacant Fairbanks House Seat

Tue, November 24, 2009

Tammie Wilson on Tuesday was named to replace John Coghill in the state House District Eleven seat. Coghill resigned earlier this month to fill a vacancy in the Senate.

Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau

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Lawmakers Start Assessing Scholarship Proposal

Tue, November 24, 2009

Legislators on Tuesday began looking at the merit-based scholarship program proposed by Governor Parnell last month. Education Commissioner Larry LeDoux told the House and Senate Education Committees that the Governor’s Performance Scholarship begins the necessary needs of the state by inviting students to pursue excellence.

Dave Donalson, APRN – Juneau

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Archaeologists Get New Look at 1901 Sinking

Tue, November 24, 2009

A discovery north of Skagway is giving archaeologists a flashback to a stormy Klondike winter day in 1901, when the steamship A.J. Goddard sank in Lake Laberge outside of Whitehorse, Yukon.

Tara Bicknell, KHNS – Haines

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Alaska News Nightly: November 24, 2009

Tue, November 24, 2009

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Talk of Alaska: Higher Education Funding

Tue, November 24, 2009

The resignation of Professor Rick Steiner from the University of Alaska raises questions about the priorities of the higher educational system in Alaska.

Chris Hedges of the Nation Institute has written a new book that points to a major change that has hit our universities over the past few years – federal funding is dwindling, and states are not making up the difference.

Universities have increasingly turned to corporate funding. The question is: What policies do our universities have in place to keep corporate funding from controlling their research?

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