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• Water recedes in Willow as Houston officials eye Little Susitna River

  30-09-2015 23:20
  Heavy rain mixed with snow throughout Southcentral Alaska has caused some flooding and has city and borough officials around the Matanuska-Susitna Valley keeping a close eye on creek and river levels.
  Up to 10 homes and cabins in the Willow area and a couple homes near Houston have been affected by the flooding of area rivers and creeks.
  Mat-Su Borough officials say waters in Willow Creek crested Wednesday morning and have started receding.
  Houston Mayor Vergie Thompson says her community i
  
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• Video: Woman thanks Alaska bear for not eating kayak; bear promptly eats kayak - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-09-2015 22:51
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  Video: Woman thanks Alaska bear for not eating kayak; bear promptly eats kayak
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  A woman on a 107-mile kayak journey from Ketchikan to Petersburg said she had to hitch a ride to Wrangell on a sailboat after a bear ate her kayak near a public-use cabin in Southeast Alaska. Mary Maley posted a video of the encounter to YouTube late ...
  Bear ignores desperate pleas of woman, eats kayakCBS News
  Woman begs black bear to stop kayak attack in viral videoUPI
  

• Poverty Rate Increases in Alaska Last Year: Only State this Occurred - Ring of Fire

  30-09-2015 22:32
  Poverty Rate Increases in Alaska Last Year: Only State this Occurred
  Ring of Fire
  Sarah Palin's Alaska has a new distinction. It's the only state in the United States that saw its poverty rate go up last year. The rate jumped from 9.3% in 2013 to 11.2% in 2014. Alaska also experienced an increase in its child poverty rate, going ...and more »
  

• Alaska Storm Drops 11.2 Inches of Snow in Fairbanks - ABC News

  30-09-2015 22:29
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  Alaska Storm Drops 11.2 Inches of Snow in Fairbanks
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  Thousands of Alaska residents are without power after a major snowstorm socked the Fairbanks area and forced a grocery to store frozen food outside. The National Weather Service says 11.2 inches of snow fell in Fairbanks through early Wednesday.
  Winter storm knocks out power, snarls roads in Interior AlaskaFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Major Alaska snowstorm drops 11.2 inches on Fairbanks; grocery store puts ..
  

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• Home Fires – Women in Wartime – New Masterpiece Debuts in October

  30-09-2015 22:00
  
  Samantha Bond as Frances Barden and Francesca Annis as Joyce Cameron star in HOME FIRES.. (Photo Courtesy of Courtesy of © ITV Studios for MASTERPIECE)
  Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca Annis (Reckless) star as bitter rivals for control of the Women’s Institute in a rural English town as it struggles with the onset of World War II.
  Hailed by the London Daily Mirror as “an astonishing story about women as war breaks out” HOME FIRES also stars Clare Calbraith
  
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• That Time the US Government Wanted to Nuke Alaska - Maxim

  30-09-2015 21:54
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  That Time the US Government Wanted to Nuke Alaska
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  Because using hydrogen bombs as construction tools seemed like a good idea at the time. MAXIM MANSeptember 30, 2015 By Steve Huff · Facebook · Twitter · Pinterest · Google Plus. In the late 1950s, the United States was at (relative peace) with the world.
  

• Fourth annual Capital Brewfest sells out despite rain

  30-09-2015 21:46
  Juneau Rotary held its fourth annual Capital Brewfest on Saturday. The annual event showcases dozens of specialty and craft beers from around the state and beyond.
  Morgan Petersen-Park wore an umbrella hat to keep herself dry and hands free. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
  This year, it’s estimated it will raise about $25,000 after expenses for the club and its charity partner United Way.
  Ann Metcalfe headed up Juneau Rotary‘s Brewfest organizing committee. She said all 900 tickets
  
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• The Widower: Nurse and Killer.

  30-09-2015 21:01
  Reece Shearsmith as Malcolm Webster. (Photo by Steffan HIll © ITV)
  This is the true story of Malcolm Webster, a nurse by profession and, on the surface, a perfect gentleman: well-spoken, personable and charming. He’s also a spendthrift and killer. He marries, and then attempts to kill, a succession of women to cash in their life insurance policies.
  In episode one, when Claire confronts her husband, Malcolm Webster, over his wild spending, he tries to control her with sedatives. A
  
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• Heavy snowfall cuts power to thousands around Fairbanks

  30-09-2015 19:15
  School and University of Alaska Fairbanks classes are cancelled and thousands are without power this morning in the Fairbanks area due to heavy snow.
  Golden Valley Electric Association spokeswoman Corrine Braddish blames heavy wet flakes sticking to trees.
  “”Probably because some of the trees haven’t lost their leaves completely,” Braddish said. “And the weight has bended them over into power lines.”
  Wednesday morning’s estimate from Golden Valley p
  
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• Willow-area homes, cabins threatened by flooding

  30-09-2015 19:09
  N. Burrow Street
  N. Burrow Street and flooding on Sept. 29 in Willow. This is the area where several homes or cabins are surrounded by water. Video shot by Stefan Hinman/PIO Mat-Su Borough.
  Posted by Matanuska-Susitna Borough on Tuesday, September 29, 2015
  As of Tuesday night, six Matanuska-Susitna Borough roads were closed due to flooding.
  According to a Borough press release, up to 10 homes or cabins in the Willow area are either flooded or surrounded by water.
  In the Houston area, as of 9 p.
  
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• State proposed regulations would limit Ketchikan marijuana

  30-09-2015 19:02
  
  Proposed state regulations could keep marijuana businesses from opening almost anywhere in downtown Ketchikan.
  The Ketchikan Daily News reports that draft regulations from the Marijuana Control Board prevent marijuana businesses from opening within 500 feet of schools, churches and other places where children congregate.
  Ketchikan officials say churches litter downtown, with many tucked away on second floors of buildings and in other areas people don’t think of.
  Draft regulations are legal
  
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• Marshall man charged in shooting murder

  30-09-2015 19:01
  
  Marshall, AK. (via Google Maps)
  A Marshall man has been arrested for killing a 62-year-old woman Monday morning.
  Marshall is a village of about 350 people on the lower Yukon.
  Nick Zito is a sergeant with the Alaska State Troopers in Aniak. He says troopers from Aniak and St. Mary’s responded early Monday morning.
  “They responded to a report of a death at a residence there in Marshall,” said Zito, “and they subsequently investigated and found that an adult female had
  
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• Anchorage Assembly passes anti-discrimination measure 9 to 2

  30-09-2015 12:15
  Mobilized by a coalition of faith groups, opponents of the measure wore red.
  Just before midnight Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly voted to extent full legal protections to residents on the basis of sexual orientation and gender–the first such ordinance in the state of Alaska.
  After extending discussion on 17 proposed amendments, the body voted overwhelmingly to amend the city’s rules on discrimination. Many see it as simply a modest update to laws already on the books.
  “It
  
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• New season of Arctic Entries kicks off

  30-09-2015 04:11
  Paul Oontoguk shares his story in the new season of Arctic Entries. (Photo by Eric Keto)
  “In the spirit of This American Life, The Moth, and other storytelling events, ARCTIC ENTRIES  brings Alaskans to the stage to share their personal stories: funny, sad and sweet. At every performance, seven people each tell a seven-minute long true story about themselves relating to the show’s theme. Local musicians perform a few songs as well.”
  We kick off the new television seas
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015

  30-09-2015 03:58
  
  
  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
   
  Aleutians monument fought as threat, derided as ‘straw man’
  Liz Ruskin, APRN – Washington, D.C.
  Alaska Congressman Don Young and other Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee this morning attacked the idea that Pre
  
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• Aleutians monument fought as threat, derided as ‘straw man’

  30-09-2015 03:37
  
  
  Alaska Rep. Don Young. (File photo)
  Alaska Congressman Don Young and other Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee this morning attacked the idea that President Obama might create a marine national monument around the Aleutian Islands, with unknown effects on the fishing industry. But the administration has given no sign it’s considering the notion.
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  At a subcommittee hearing, Congressman Young said a marine national monument around the Aleutians would be te
  
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• Protesters flood Capitol steps in support of Planned Parenthood

  30-09-2015 03:36
  
  
  A crowd gathered in the drizzle on the capitol steps Tuesday to show their support for Planned Parenthood. In recent weeks, Republican lawmakers have tried to strip the organization of its federal funding.
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  Photo: Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO.
  Rally goers clutched signs that said, “Have your children by choice not chance, “Grandpas support Planned Parenthood” and, of course, a sign to…
  Dave Sturdevant borrowed his wife’s hot pink scarf for the rally. He ble
  
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• Bipartisan effort to enact justice reform taps Outside help

  30-09-2015 03:34
  
  
  Alaska lawmakers are grappling with an exploding prison population that has grown by 27 percent over the last decade. Since May, lawmakers have been working with the Pew Charitable Trust on Justice system reforms and have tasked a Criminal Justice Commission with bringing recommendations forward by December.
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  The $240 million Goose Creek prison has only been in operation for three years, but today on APRN’s statewide call in program Talk of Alaska, Sen. John Coghill, R-Fairba
  
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• Public asked to help find 23-year-old moose hunter

  30-09-2015 03:33
  
  
  The public’s help is being sought to find a Fairbanks man who went missing off the Dalton Highway three weeks ago. Twenty-three-year-old Dalton Hanson disappeared while on a moose hunting trip.
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  The official search for Dalton Hanson ended September 18, following what Alaska State Trooper spokeswoman Beth Ipsen describes as a multi-faceted effort.
  Hanson’s mother Randi Van Blarcom says her son disappeared September 10th while 4 wheeling into a family hunting cabin a
  
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• Tourists spent more in Southeast this season

  30-09-2015 03:31
  
  
  Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center Director John Neary oversees a destination that attracted about half of Southeast’s 1 million cruise-ship passengers this season. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
  About a million cruise-ship passengers from around the world sailed through Southeast’s Inside Passage this season. Some ships continued on to Whittier, Kodiak and even Unalaska.
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  The overall numbers are around the same as the previous two years. But destinations and
  
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• October 2015 Television Highlights: Arctic Entries is Back!

  30-09-2015 03:26
  Susanne Schmidt shares her story in the opening episode of this season’s Arctic Entries. (Photo by Eric Keto. Alaska Public Media)
  One of the hottest tickets in Anchorage is ARCTIC ENTRIES and we are happy to be able to broadcast the entire upcoming season on television.
  Arctic Entries debuts Saturday, October 3 at 10 pm. We’ll air new episodes the first Saturday of every month through next June. We kick off the season with Risks, Rewards and Reckless Abandon.
  Other PRIMETI
  
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• Arctic Energy Summit focuses on both fossil fuels and renewables

  30-09-2015 02:58
  
  
  Representatives from across the circumpolar North are meeting this week in Fairbanks for the Arctic Energy Summit. The meeting, which last happened in 2013 in Iceland, has drawn representatives from countries including Canada, Russia, Iceland, Finland, and Norway.
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  Representatives from countries throughout the region gathered at this week’s Arctic Energy Summit in Fairbanks. (Rachel Waldholz/APRN)
  This week’s announcement from Shell that it would abandon Arcti
  
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