During this year’s Alaska Folk Festival, we filmed ten bands in a tiny hotel room at the Alaskan Hotel as part of our Red Carpet Concert series. The videos are inspired by NPR’s popular Tiny Desk Concerts. The only criteria for the short concerts are that the music is original, and that it is played on the arts room’s red carpet wherever it may be—at KTOO, in a parking garage or on a beach.
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Sealaska invests in Seattle fish processing plant
Southeast Alaska’s regional Native corporation is back in the seafood business. Sealaska announced the purchase of a minority share of a Seattle processing plant Monday.
Mount Edgecumbe students to present original research on beluga and narwhal bioacoustics
You’ve probably never heard a beluga whistle or a narwhal click. Not many people have. But Michael Mahoney’s students are experts on the bioacoustics of these mammals, after spending hours logging recordings of their sounds from the Chukchi Sea and Northwest Passage.
CDC: E-cigarettes a growing health concern
Dr. Brian King of the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health spoke during a recent Ketchikan Wellness Coalition conference on tobacco.
Sitka municipal attorney dismissed after lawyering up
The Sitka assembly members who spoke felt it would be difficult to continue working with municipal attorney Robin Schmid, now that she had retained an attorney of her own.
Audit: Alaska critics of British Columbia mines are right
British Columbia’s top auditor says the province has failed to protect the environment from mines and mineral exploration projects.
Coast Guard: Pilot injured in Era helicopter crash at Norris Glacier
The pilot had life-threatening injuries and was medevaced to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle around 7:20 p.m.
Sealaska finances improve, but losses continue
Sealaska just released its 2015 annual report, which illustrates its financial ups and downs. They affect more than 22,000 shareholders, who receive dividends twice a year.
Juneau attorneys argue for Southeast appointment to Supreme Court
Juneau Bar Association asks Gov. Walker to consider geographic diversity before making his selection.
17 breweries you’ll find at the 2016 Haines Beer Fest
The festival sold out in record time this year.