Author: Alaska Political News Wire

This week on Meet the People, Kells Hetherington discusses Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation. with Brent Newell, general counsel for the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment. Currently in the Ninth Circuit Court of...

Kells Hetherington discusses a very positive report on the Alaska fishing industry with president of the Marine Conservation Alliance Frank Kelty on Meet the People.  The discussion puts in national context the Alaska seafood...

Kells Hetherington discusses with Rebecca Carrillo the potential impact for Alaska of a proposed 10% federal funding cut to the Family Nutrition Woman, Infants and Children program.  Carrillo is the assistant program manager of...

Kells Hetherington talks with Bob Sanford about the Essential Air Service program that US Senator John McCain of Arizona is trying to terminate through an amendment to the FAA Reauthorization Act.  Bob Sanford is president and...

Kells Hetherington and Danny Seybert, president of Peninsula Airways (PenAir), discuss US Senator John McCain’s efforts to eliminate funding for the Essential Air Service program on Meet the People.  The EAS program...