Alaska News Nightly: June 24, 2011

06/24/11 Judge Orders Joe Miller to Pay Legal Fees from Election Challenge, U.S. House Rejects Cutting Funding to Offensive in Libya, Residents Return to Unalaska and Dutch Harbor After Tsunami Warning, Coast Guard Trains for More Arctic Traffic, and more...

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No tsunami for Alaska after strong quake

06/23/11 The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 has been recorded in the Pacific Ocean off Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands.

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Alaska News Nightly: May 30, 2011

06/01/11 Veterans Receive Special Honor from Korean Government, Sitka Coast Guard Air Station's First Commanding Officer Comes Back for Visit, Special Session Plans on Hold, Sealaska Heritage Institute Cultural Center Named After Soboleff, and more...

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2011 SESSION WRAP-UP

05/17/11 Dear Friends and Neighbors, With the work of the Legislature concluded on May 14th, I'm glad to finally be able to get word to everyone on a number of notable accomplishments.

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Series of quakes strike off Aleutian Islands

12/25/10 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A series of temblors has struck near an earthquake prone region in the Aleutian Islands. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quakes all struck on Saturday and all were center...

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NOAA Restricts Commercial Mackerel, Cod Fishing in Western Aleutians

12/10/10 Protect Western Steller Sea Lions, but finds Eastern Stellers may have recovered enough to be removed from endangered list

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State Readies Scholarships But Must Define Courses

12/06/10 The state will include $8.2 million in Gov. Sean Parnell's proposed budget, due this month, to kick-start what could eventually be a $20 million annual program.

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Mt. View Gunshot Victim Shot During Gambling Heist; Story of Shooting Near School a Fabrication

12/06/10 Anchorage police were told Victor Bello-Padilla was shot near a Mt. View school, but he was actually critically injured during a gunfight amid a gambling heist.

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AK High School Football Makes Big Leap

12/05/10 For the first time ever, an Alaskan All-State high school football team has the opportunity to travel to the "Lower 48" and play in the Tanoa Bowl in Washington on New Years Day.

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Alaskan Volcanic Rebirth

08/26/10 A secluded island in the Aleutian chain is revealing secrets of how land and marine ecosystems react to and recover from a catastrophic volcanic eruption that at first wiped life off the island. Kasatochi, an island in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge rarely studied by scientists before its Aug. 7, 2008, volcanic eruption, is showing signs of recovery.

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Fisheries group wants less severe restrictions

08/20/10 The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is urging federal regulators to consider less severe restrictions to commercial fishing in the Aleutians.

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