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• Three killed in floatplane crash in Iliamna

  15-09-2015 22:17
  (Map via Google Maps)A Dehavilland Otter float plane taking off from East Wind Lake in Iliamna on Tuesday morning, and at three on board are confirmed dead.The Otter was operated by the Rainbow King Lodge took off from the lake on floats with a total of 10 on board.Alaska State Troopers took the call at about 6:15 a.m. that the plane had crashed shortly after takeoff some 300-400 yards from the water’s edge.
  Three were killed and the rest injured.Officials are still sorting through the det
  
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• Hilcorp applies to drill 2 exploration wells near Ninilchik

  15-09-2015 19:12
  Hilcorp Alaska has applied to drill two additional oil and natural gas exploration wells southeast of Ninilchik in the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
  The Peninsula Clarion reports that the Alaska Department of Natural Resources is accepting comments on the application until Oct. 10.
  Hilcorp officials say, if approved, the company will begin clearing vegetation in late September, construct a gravel pad and begin drilling two wells to be completed by May 2016. The company presented its initial idea to t
  
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• Group tries to link voting to Permanent Fund Dividends

  15-09-2015 19:10
  An initiative group is gathering signatures in an attempt to link voter registration to Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend applications.
  KTUU-TV reports that PFD Voter Registration is trying to get a question on the ballot asking voters if they’d like registration to come automatically when they apply for their dividend from the Permanent Fund. The initiative would also update home address information for those already registered to vote.
  The group needs to get 28,500 signatures before the 201
  
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• Eek man arrested on 6 counts of abuse of a minor

  15-09-2015 18:58
  After a grand jury indictment, Alaska State Troopers arrested 30-year-old Leonard Kashatok of Eek, on an outstanding arrest warrant, last Friday.
  According to the trooper’s online dispatch, the arrest warrant was for charges on six counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree and two counts of indecent exposure.
  Troopers say they took Kashatok to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Correctional Center in Bethel.
  
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• Narrow Cape Launch Site reconstruction bid awarded

  15-09-2015 18:56
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  Reconstruction of the former Kodiak Launch Complex should commence soon.
  The Alaska Aerospace Corporation announced that it has awarded a $23-million contract to Davis Constructors and Engineers of Anchorage, according to company COO Mark Grebe.
  “Without any kind of magic set-aside or preference, we were pleased to see that we had excellent participation from the Alaska contracting community,” he said. “And are very happy and pleased that an Alask
  
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• 16-year-old arrested for sexual abuse of minor

  15-09-2015 18:52
  Alaska State Troopers arrested a 16-year-old on suspected sexual abuse of a minor, on Saturday. The victim was a two-year-old child.
  According to the online dispatch, the abuse took place in the village of Kipnuk.Troopers say the suspect is charged with sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree.
  Since the suspect is a minor, their name can’t be released.
  According to the trooper’s online dispatch they were notified in late June of the possible abuse. After a subsequent investigatio
  
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• Can B.C. stop Tulsequah Chief Mine pollution?

  15-09-2015 18:51
  Can British Columbia stop polluted water from leaking out of a long-closed mine upstream from Juneau? The issue came up last month when the Canadian province’s top mining official traveled to the Capital City.
  The Tulsequah mine sits above the Tulsequah River which flows into the Taku River.
  The Tulsequah Chief hasn’t been open for more than 50 years. But, like many old mines, it’s leaking pollution.
  For decades, rusty, acidic water has drained from an old tunnel into a nearby
  
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• Whale mAPP brings power of mobile technology to marine biology

  15-09-2015 18:40
  Southeast Alaska is a summer haven for whale researchers. However, limited resources means they can only study a handful of whales at a time.
  Scientists are now calling on citizens with Android smartphones to aid their cause.
  The Whale mApp is a new technology to aid citizen scientists in reporting sightings of marine mammals. Screenshot from whalemapp.org.
  Brenna Campbell has been sailing up and down the Inside Passage every summer for the past 25 years. Campbell is a retired geologist and a sm
  
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• After 18 years of bagels, Juneau’s Silverbow Bakery to close Oct. 4

  15-09-2015 18:15
  
  The Silverbow Bakery in downtown Juneau is closing. For 18 years, the eatery has been a popular gathering spot for locals and visitors. It’s known for its cookies, soups and sandwiches and, of course, its bagels.
  Jill Ramiel opened the Silverbow Bakery in 1997. It’s closing Oct. 4. (Photo by Lisa Phu/KTOO)
  Nicky Love, 30, is a longtime Silverbow Bakery customer. She’s been coming here for most of her life.
  “Silverbow is definitely something I think of when I’ve been
  
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• Obama's Alaska Global Warming Story Backfires - Forbes

  15-09-2015 14:00
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  Obama's Alaska Global Warming Story Backfires
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  President Obama attempted to gin up concern about global warming during his recent high-profile trip to Alaska, but he inadvertently called attention to major flaws in alarmist global warming theory. If Obama wants to use Alaska as a poster child in ...
  

• The EU’s Role as an International Actor: TTIP & Beyond

  15-09-2015 03:44
  
  
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  Maciej Pisarski, deputy chief of mission, Polish embassy in Washington, D.C.
  Dr. Philipp Ackermann, minister and deputy chief of mission, German embassy in Washington, D.C.
  Maciej Pisarski is the Deputy Chief of Mission for the Embassy of Poland in Washington D.C. Previous to this post, he served in several capacities over the years for the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including as the Head and Deputy Director of the Department of Strategy and Foreign
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Sept. 14, 2015

  15-09-2015 03:43
  
  
  Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn.Download Audio
   
  Murkowski’s oil export ban gains traction, yet fate uncertain
  Liz Ruskin, APRN – Washington, D.C.
  Sen. Lisa Murkowski is making progress on ending the U.S. ban on crude oil exports. It’s one of her biggest goals as chairman of
  
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• Murkowski’s oil export effort gains traction, yet fate uncertain

  15-09-2015 03:38
  
  
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  Sen. Lisa Murkowski is making progress on ending the U.S. ban on crude oil exports. It’s one of her biggest goals as chairman of the Senate Energy Committee. But powerful interests are fighting to keep the ban in place.
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  You may not hear them in Alaska, but as efforts to end the 40-year-old ban get closer to the finish line, industry groups have begun airing TV spots to press the issue.
  “Who loves the ban on U.S. crude oil exports? Iran and Russia. Not
  
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• Hunting show’s TV host faces federal poaching charges

  15-09-2015 03:37
  
  
  Clark Dixon a host of the Sportsman Channel television show “The Syndicate” is facing federal poaching charges. U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler announced the indictments Monday against Dixon, nine other individuals and two production companies. The charges cover a number of years and dozens of animals.
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• 6 groups file for emergency ESA listing for POW wolves

  15-09-2015 03:36
  
  
  Alexander Archipelago wolf (Canis lupus ligoni) in the Tongass National Forest of southeast Alaska. ADFG photo.
  Six conservation groups on Monday petitioned for an emergency Endangered Species Act listing for the Alexander Archipelago wolf.
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  In a letter addressed to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Daniel Ashe and Regional Director Geoffrey Haskett, the groups cite the recent drop in the estimated wolf population on Prince of Wales
  
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• Ombudsman faults correctional procedures

  15-09-2015 03:34
  
  
  Image in the public domain; accessed via Wikimedia Commons, Sept. 14, 2015.
  In a report released earlier this month (Sept. 5), the state ombudsman says the Department of Corrections failed to follow the law in three separate cases involving inmates from both Palmer and Anchorage correctional facilities.  The Ombudsman’s opinion  indicates revisions are needed in how the department conducts certain disciplinary procedures.
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  Linda Lord-Jenkins is the state ombudsman.
  
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• Like Sitka, parts of Juneau are susceptible to landslides

  15-09-2015 03:33
  
  
  This past weekend, a Juneau Preparedness Expo gave the public a variety of information on how to cope in an emergency. One lecture more relevant than ever was on mudslides and landslides–just weeks after Sitka’s deadly disaster.
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  The 1936 Juneau landslide killed 15 people. (Photo courtesy of the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections)
  Joel Curtis from the National Weather Service told a small but captive audience about the mechanics of a slide.
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• Air China to service Fairbanks for Aurora viewers

  15-09-2015 03:32
  
  
  Phone courtesy UAF Geophysical Institute.
  A Chinese airline will bring winter visitors to Fairbanks. Explore Fairbanks Tourism director Scott McCrae says Taiwan-based China Airlines flights are scheduled for December.
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  “Charter service from Taipei to Fairbanks. They’re planning three different flights: December 4th, 8th and 12th, using the A 340 aircraft. They’ve got capacity of 280 passengers.”
  McCrae says the flights which are already fully booke
  
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• In Dutch Harbor, new orange barge a the beacon of oil-spill preparedness

  15-09-2015 03:31
  
  
  The classic postcard view of the town of Unalaska isn’t what it used to be.  The nation’s oldest Russian Orthodox church still towers in front of a bay backed by tundra-covered mountains.  Now, there’s also a bright orange, 200-foot barge floating in between them. It could be parked there for the next five years.
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  The Resolve Ibis at its new long-term mooring site off Unalaska’s Front Beach. KUCB/John Ryan photo.
  The orange, boldly lettered barge i
  
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• Hunting show host charged with poaching in Alaska - U.S. News & World Report

  15-09-2015 00:43
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  Hunting show host charged with poaching in Alaska
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  Steve Skrocki, an assistant U.S. Attorney in Alaska, and lead prosecutor, speaks during a news conference Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, in Anchorage, Alaska. Karen Loeffler, the U.S. attorney in Alaska, said multiple people associated with a cable hunting ...
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