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 Senators Split Vote on Health Care Bill
Mon, November 23, 2009
Alaska’s -S Senators split their vote Saturday on whether to bring health care legislation to the floor. Democrats got exactly the 60 votes needed with all party members lining up for it, and all Republicans voting against introducing it.
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
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Halibut Operators Lose on One-A-Day Rule
Mon, November 23, 2009
Halibut charter operators in southeast Alaska have lost an attempt to get rid of the one-halibut-a-day rule. The charter operators accused the secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Marine Fisheries Service, of failing to explain why the change from two fish to one fish was made, and if it was fair and legal. The new rule took effect in June.
Matt Lichenstein, KFSK – Petersburg
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Pro Pebble Group Wants to Join Suit
Mon, November 23, 2009
The pro Pebble Mine group – the Pebble Partnership – is asking to become a co-defendant in a case challenging the mine. If a judge grants the request, the Partnership would join the state Department of Natural Resources in defending a management plan that is tied to development of the Pebble project.
Adam Kane, KDLG – Dillingham
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Cruise Ships Discharged More Pollution Summer
Mon, November 23, 2009
Cruise ships discharged more pollution into Alaska waters last summer. State reports show a 70 percent increase in violations from the previous season. But regulators, the industry and its critics say it’s a small figure compared to the overall number of samples tested.
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau
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North Pole to Hear More about Chemical Spill
Mon, November 23, 2009
A public meeting is being held in North Pole Monday night to update residents on a old chemical spill that’s tainted some local ground water. The contamination is from an historic spill of a solvent called Sulfolane at the Flint Hills Oil Refinery. The chemical has been detected in one of 2 wells that feed the city’s public water system.
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
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Alaska to Get New Boost from Federal Grants
Mon, November 23, 2009
Eighty-seven communities in Alaska will get a budget boost from the federal government within the next week as the state mails out about $14 million in grants from the Government Services Fund. The fund is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that was approved – first by Congress, and then by the legislature – earlier this year.
Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau
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NOAA in Juneau Going Green
Mon, November 23, 2009
NOAA’s Juneau facilities are going green in an effort to reduce diesel fuel consumption by 75 percent. The maintenance staff is busy making mechanical modifications to buildings, installing pumps to extract heat from seawater, and putting up a mini-farm of wind turbines with a unique design.
Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau
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Talkeetna Crews Rescue Abandoned Dogs
Mon, November 23, 2009
Talkeetna emergency responders and the Mat-Su Borough animal control teamed up on Saturday to rescue 13 dogs, including six newborn puppies that were abandoned at a remote campsite near Talkeetna.
Diana Kaecker, KTNA – Talkeetna
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Senate Expected to Vote on Health Care Bill
Fri, November 20, 2009
The US Senate is poised to take a first vote on health care tomorrow (Saturday) night. Senator Lisa Murkowski will vote “no” along with all the other Republicans, so in order to move forward, Democrats need every member of their caucus – all 60 – to vote yes.
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
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Cook Inlet Oil Draws Attention
Fri, November 20, 2009
While local officials and oil producer talk about a decline in oil production in Cook Inlet, at least one company is taking more steps with appraisal work and exploration of the Cosmopolitan Field.
Ben Stanton, KDLL – Kenai
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