Archives for October 2013

U.S. Senator Mark Begich says he still supports the Affordable Care Act but he recently joined nine other Senate Democrats in asking the Obama administration to extend the sign-up period.

In renewable energy circles, biomass is a term that refers to plants or plant-made materials that can be burned to heat buildings or fuel power generation facilities.

Thursday at 3 on KTOO-FM on A Juneau Afternoon, Shona Strauser will host. We’ll find out about Jay Query’s upcoming solo recital; Toby Harbanuk will be here to highlight his First Friday exhibit at the City Museum; And we’ll talk to Barbara Craver about her First Friday exhibit at Cuppa. And Nancy DeCherney will be…

As a massive storm brings hurricane force winds through Western Europe, surfers in Nazaré, Portugal were taking advantage of monster waves, triggering rumors of record-breaking rides.

Miners face a concerted industry effort to deny compensation payments, which includes industry-hired lawyers withholding evidence favorable to miners and doctors at a major university “helping to defeat the claims of sick miners.”

Bipartisan concern on Capitol Hill about data from Americans’ phone and Internet records being vacuumed up by the National Security Agency has led to an unusual alliance involving a prominent House Republican and a veteran Senate Democrat.

While conceding that “the initial consumer experience at HealthCare.gov has not been adequate,” Sebelius also made the case that “the Affordable Care Act delivered on its product: quality, affordable health insurance.”

75 years ago tonight, Orson Welles and his troupe of radio actors interrupted the Columbia Broadcasting System’s programming to “report” that our planet had been invaded.