Tag: AK News

907 Updates January 20, 2017

Obviously it’s not important to them.
Nathaniel Herz: Budget presentation by Walker administration marked by lawmakers’ empty seats

 

People need to pay attention. They need to stay in their lanes. Beautiful summer day, roads are clearly, repeatedly marked: construction zone, double fine zone, no passing zone, 45mph and we saw a woman pass the cop directly in front of her.  I imagine the ticket he wrote was expensive and had a few points against her license.
Devin Kelly: Picturesque but accident-prone stretch of Seward Highway inches toward upgrades

 

Chris Klint: Survey: Alaska women report ‘very high’ rate of stalking

 

 Ingrid D. Johnson: Reject any normalization of sexual violence

 

What needs be done to get the message across to these creeps(?) that their actions are not acceptable? Jail time,  learning lesson, restitution?
Laurel Andrews: 3 suspected of breaking into vacant Anchorage rental home arrested for burglary, criminal mischief

907 Updates January 19, 2017

-26 @7am.

 

Nathaniel Herz: Walker renews call for budget reforms: ‘Denial doesn’t make the problem go away’

 

 

Scary and disgusting.  Sexual assault victims are left hanging.  How many court cases, convictions will be thrown out due to evidence issues?
Michelle Theriault Boots: Audit finds new $90 million Alaska crime lab hasn’t met expectations

 

Thank you God!   
Devin Kelly: City attorneys reject initiative targeting Anchorage anti-discrimination law

 

 

Laurel Andrews: Proposed expansion of skiing and boarding festival near Valdez draws concern 

 

 
Congratulations Chief Master Sergeant of the Alaska Air National Guard Joyce Davis!
By Angelique Fiske: Robert Kraft surprises Chief Master Sergeant from Alaska

907 Updates January 18, 2017

-17, 8:00 am  Fortunately we have some snow to help insulate the ground.

 

Alex DeMarban: Following bankruptcy, Cook Inlet Energy plans exploration well

 

He blacked out from drinking but beat an unconscious man to death?
Chris Klint: Police: Man who made fun of his girlfriend killed by her son

 

Nathaniel Herz: Alaska lawmakers begin 2017 session cheerfully, but rifts lurk below the surface

 

 

By Jeff Baird: Changes to the Individual Artist Awards Program

907 Updates January 17, 2017

Chris Klint: 2 survive crash of small plane in Southwest Alaska

 

Congratulations Christopher Benshoof!
The Hometown Hero: How an Alaska-grown educator makes math fun for the next generation of Fairbanks students
SPONSORED Presented by BP: Making a tough subject memorable and meaningful is all about asking the right questions.

 

Congratulations Hans Vogel!
Charles Wohlforth: How a shop in Palmer out-innovated defense contractors to manufacture high-tech equipment in Alaska

 

Congratulations Ryne Olson!
Mike Campbell: Unrelenting Ryne Olson, 28, tops her mushing mentor to win Copper Basin 300

907 Updates January 16, 2017

Help for police, firemen, medical personnel etc. who experience trauma?  
Julia O’Malley for The Washington Post: In Alaska, veterans have a safety net. Why didn’t it catch Esteban Santiago?

 

Comments on starting a museum, maybe just accumulating “neat old stuff?”
Lisa Demer: In Utqiagvik, Joe the Waterman made an Alaska museum like no other
Quirky and packed with Alaska Native art, artifacts and animals, Joe’s Museum is an unexpected treasure in the Far North.

 

Stepping in, helping out: On the job with Alaska’s community health aides
Presented by Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium SPONSORED: Community health aides help solve health care hurdles in the Last Frontier.

 

Rick Sinnott: A challenging bird count on a remote Alaska island

 

Laurel Andrews: In Juneau, a ‘year of kindness’ started by police department gains momentum

907 Updates January 15, 2017

Glad he turned himself in.  
Alaska Dispatch News: Police: Anchorage man surrenders after pedestrian killed in hit-and-run

 

Congratulations Les Gara
Lisa Demer: State representative wins national award as a former foster kid who helps others

Casey Family Program’s

 

Congratulations Robert and Beatrice Coleman for their fight for basic human rights
Ross Coen: How Alaska’s equal rights law was first put to the test

907 Updates January 14, 2017

 

Comments on neighborhood watches, do you or will you be participating?
Zaz Hollander: Not Mayberry: Palmer looks to neighborhood watches to combat crime

 

Alex DeMarban: ConocoPhillips announces Alaska discovery with daily production potential of 100,000 barrels

 

Condolences.  What is your favorite brew/blend of Kaladi?
Suzanna Caldwell: Dale Tran, a leading force at Kaladi Brothers, dies unexpectedly in Anchorage

 

Zaz Hollander:  Mat-Su gives break to small marijuana growers, downtown Talkeetna retailer

 

By Lori Townsend, Alaska Public Media: March for women’s rights

 

Tegan Hanlon: UAA faculty votes no confidence in University of Alaska president

 

Mike Dunham: For Anchorage musician Laura Oden, dormant decade led to a musical revival

 

https://yarducopia.org/2017/01/09/2017-beginning-organic-gardening-classes/

 

Good Books Bad Coffee: The Top-Ten Bestselling Books of 2016

907 Updates January 13, 2017

Zaz Hollander: In June, a teen died from a gunshot wound in Wasilla. Now the once-closed case is getting another look.

 

Erica Martinson: Alaska lawmakers eye long-term changes to health care law as ACA repeal gets underway

 

Abby Ohlheiser, The Washington Post: This creepy genealogy site knows a lot about you – and shares it

907 Updates January 12, 2017

How do the children and their father recover from divorce, mom hooked up with murderer, (Santiago mentally ill or not)  and loss of their home?
Laurel Andrews: Nobody hurt as Bird Creek home destroyed by fire
The fire was in a single-family home adjacent to Birdhouse Garage, a business owned by William Peterson, according to public records. Peterson is the ex-husband of Gina Peterson, who has been the girlfriend of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, airport shooting suspect Esteban Santiago.

 

Steve Meyer: Malicious or magnificent? Why the AR-15 is America’s most popular rifle

907 Updates January 11, 2017

Samson has his “Trump” on!

 

Not sure how well this will work for victims the long run.
Alex DeMarban: State signs landmark deal to allow tribal prosecution of low-level crimes

 

Good.  Unfortunately her life reads like a train wreck. She would have had to live with the fact she murdered an infant, her daughter.
Jerzy Shedlock: Murder defendant dies after being found unresponsive in jail cell
Laurel Andrews: Stray dog brought to Anchorage tests positive for rabies

 

Excellent news!  Plus the drug companies are not making obscene profits on people’s pain.
Devin Kelly: Number of Anchorage pot shops will double with new approvals

 

Mike Dunham: Wildflower wizard Verna Pratt dies in Anchorage

 

Elwood Brehmer: Study: New North Pacific fleet would cost $11.6B