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• Real characters of Anchorage history

  02-10-2015 23:00
  Russian Jack. Lyn Ary. Joe Spenard. These were real people. On today’s show, we’ll learn their stories. And we’ll examine the myths that we Alaskans tell ourselves about history. We’ll be joined by historians who know the stories, and who also know how to look underneath what we believe to the reality of Alaska’s past. Join us with your stories and questions.
  HOST: Charles Wohlforth
  GUESTS:
  Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth, author, Alaska’s Flyboys: Cowbo
  
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• Economic and legal impacts of Anchorage’s equal protection ordinance

  02-10-2015 22:00
  Alaska was the first state in the nation to pass a constitutional ban on gay marriage, now Anchorage is the first city in our state to pass an equal protection ordinance that makes discrimination illegal in employment or housing for gay, lesbian and transgender people.
  HOST: Lori Townsend
  GUESTS:
  Bill Evans, Assembly member/labor attorney
  John Aronno, managing editor, Alaska Commons
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• Hearing, balance and ear surgery

  02-10-2015 21:00
  Graphic illustrating cochlear implant, courtesy National Institutes of Health via Wikimedia Commons
  Surgery of the specialized structures responsible for hearing and balance can be complex and fraught with complications. Many patients with the problems we’re discussing have been referred out of Alaska for care, but today we’ll be joined by Drs. Mark Lorenz and Stephen Schaffer with the Alaska Center for Ear, Nose & Throat to talk about new local treatment options for these disord
  
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• Cyrano’s Tribes by Nina Raine

  02-10-2015 20:17
  Tribes by Nina Raine
  The 2012 Drama Desk Award winning play Tribes by Nina Raine is currently playing at Cyrano’s Theatre Company (9/18-10/11) and actors Ella Roelke, Marty Baumann and Carl Bright drop by Stage Talk this week to talk about the many facets of communication, miscommunication and new friendships.
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  HOST:
  Steve Hunt
  GUESTS: 
  Ella Roelke, “Sylvia” Cyrano’s Tribes
  Marty Baumann, “Christopher” Cyrano’s Tribes
  Carl Bright, “Dan
  
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• In Unalaska, some feel the pinch of Shell’s withdrawal

  02-10-2015 20:00
  The news that Shell Oil was abandoning its quest for oil in the Arctic Ocean came as a shock in Unalaska and around the state. Unalaska officials said the move won’t hit the city’s budget too hard. But local companies doing business with Shell are scrambling to figure out what it will mean for them.
  The Kulluk. Photo: KUCB
  Unalaska Mayor Shirley Marquardt said it will hurt the companies providing support to Shell’s Arctic effort in the short run.
  “Our community will notic
  
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• Overcoming the stigma attached to mental illness

  02-10-2015 19:00
  Mental Illness Awareness Week starts on Sunday. Twenty percent of adults in the United States experience a mental illness. Rates are higher in Alaska Native and American Indian populations, though those groups are less likely to seek help because of cultural barriers. On today’s program we’ll discuss ways to overcome those barriers and ways the entire community can address the stigma attached to mental illnesses for all individuals.
  HOST: Anne Hillman
  GUESTS:
  Yaari Walker
  Franci
  
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• Crawdad creep: In Kodiak, an invasive species proliferates

  02-10-2015 18:49
  There’s somewhat of a slow motion invasion of a fresh water crustacean happening in Buskin River and Buskin Lake. It has a hard shell, two claws and tastes great in pies.“Crawdads, crawfish, crayfish, it all depends where you grew up,” says Blythe Brown of the Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation District.
  Crayfish. Photo by coniferconifer / flickr
  Brown says they’ve caught a lot of crayfish this year compared to the roughly one per year they’ve found in the past
  
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• Active underwater volcano found in southern Southeast

  02-10-2015 18:42
  Scientists have found another underwater volcano in Southeast Alaska waters. And this one is active.
  A screen shot from a scientific sounding device shows the newly-discovered volcano and its plume of methane gas. The lower line is an echo, not another volcanic cone. (Image courtesy Canadian Geological Survey)
  About two years ago, geologists studying an ocean channel near Ketchikan spotted something unusual. It was a submerged volcano, about 150 feet below the surface.
  It was dormant. The e
  
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• Miller Energy files for bankruptcy protection

  02-10-2015 18:12
  An energy company primarily doing business in Alaska has filed for bankruptcy protection.
  The Peninsula Clarion reports Miller Energy Resources Inc. Thursday filed paperwork with the bankruptcy court in Alaska.
  Officials cited the decline in oil prices, lower-than-expected drilling production and the withdrawal of a private lender’s promise of $165 million to restructure debt for the filing.
  Miller Energy CEO Carl Giesler says they have an agreement with a lien lender which owns most of th
  
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• Budget cuts could cost Alaska State Troopers a helicopter

  02-10-2015 18:11
  Alaska State Troopers have already grounded one of their two search and rescue helicopters due to budget cuts, and officials say if changes aren’t made they may not be able to afford the other.
  KTVA-TV reports that the Fairbanks-based helicopter Helo 2 has been grounded indefinitely since July due to budget cuts and currently troopers can only afford to keep the Anchorage-based Helo 3 in use through June 2016.
  Troopers have had to contract with outside companies for search and rescue missi
  
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• Senate panel votes to lift 40-year-old US ban on oil exports

  02-10-2015 18:10
  The Senate Banking Committee has endorsed a bill to lift the four-decade-old ban on crude oil exports, the latest sign of congressional support for legislation that President Barack Obama opposes.
  The banking panel endorsed the bill, 13-9, on Thursday, on a largely party-line vote. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota sponsored the bill and was the only Democrat to support it.
  Heitkamp said the bill would lower or stabilize gas prices, support jobs and increase U.S. influence abroad. Despite the
  
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• Soos, Lende among Alaska Book Week authors - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-10-2015 05:35
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  Soos, Lende among Alaska Book Week authors
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  A number of readings and book signings by local writers will take place during Alaska Book Week, Oct. 3-10. In fact, the festivities will begin at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, when authors Owen Thomas (“The Lion Trees”) and Archana Mishra (“The Fortunate ...and more »
  

• Shannon Kuhn: Alaska-grown Corey Rennell is an organic food entrepeneur - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-10-2015 05:29
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  Shannon Kuhn: Alaska-grown Corey Rennell is an organic food entrepeneur
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  When Corey Rennell was growing up in Anchorage, he had a dream of making the world a better place. Influenced by the natural world outside his back door, Rennell credits his passion for the environment and his entrepreneurial spirit to growing up in ...and more »
  

• Video: Colony High School marching band tells the story of Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-10-2015 04:52
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  Video: Colony High School marching band tells the story of Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The world premiere of Texas composer Barry Hurt's “Alaska: The Great Land” took place in Palmer on Sept. 24. The 10-minute multi-movement work is a panoramic tone poem about Alaska's history using musicians who play the scores while moving in a ...and more »
  

• Several thousand remain without power after Interior Alaska storm - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  02-10-2015 04:37
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Several thousand remain without power after Interior Alaska storm
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Kenny Kleewine, left, watches as Ian Olesen, both with Golden Valley Electric Association, cuts down an aspen tree bent over a power line near Old Steese Highway and Deadhorse Way on Thursday, October 1, 2015. Fixing Power Lines.
  Fairbanks recovering from snowstorm, but 6000 still without powerAlaska Dispatch Newsall 13 news articles »
  

• Walker's wrongheaded tax proposal won't get Alaska's gas to market - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-10-2015 04:30
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  Walker's wrongheaded tax proposal won't get Alaska's gas to market
  Alaska Dispatch News
  OPINION: Walker's reserves tax won't turn on the gas, but will turn off the producers. Pictured: Gov. Walker takes questions after announcing his plan for a reserves tax Alaska's gas. Scott Jensen / ADN. Gov. Bill Walker sent a chill through the ...and more »
  

• Alaska Abortion Laws and How They Differ From Neighboring States - Newsmax

  02-10-2015 04:13
  Alaska Abortion Laws and How They Differ From Neighboring States
  Newsmax
  Abortion laws in Alaska are less restrictive than other parts of the country. However, they are not without controversy and are a bit tighter than some neighboring states. Alaska is, of course, not technically a neighbor to any states. It borders ...and more »
  

• Alaska's fiscal crisis: Apocalyptic or overblown? - Alaska Public Radio Network

  02-10-2015 03:54
  Alaska's fiscal crisis: Apocalyptic or overblown?
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Juneau residents packed a ballroom on Wednesday to hear a panel of experts talk about Alaska's fiscal future. Fewer barrels and a growing budget deficit could turn the state into an economic wasteland. Download Audio. In the future, cities will become ...and more »
  

• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015

  02-10-2015 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
   
  What’s the value of an LNG line? Numbers trickle in
  Shaylon Cochran, KDLL – Kenai
  The state and oil companies continue to wrangle over terms for the proposed natural gas pipeline from the North Slope. But they have reached agreement
  
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• Supreme court to hear appeal of National Park Service authority

  02-10-2015 03:39
  The Supreme Court will decide whether the National Park Service has authority to enforce federal regulations on state-owned lands and rivers in national parks in Alaska.
  Where the Charley River meets the Yukon. (Photo by USGS)
  The justices agreed Thursday to hear an appeal from an Alaska hunter who says the park service cannot ban him from operating a hovercraft along the Nation River, which runs through the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.
  John Sturgeon claims all navigable rivers within
  
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• Communities learn how much money they might receive for hosting LNG line

  02-10-2015 03:36
  
  
  Municipal leaders from across the state came to a preliminary agreement with partners in the Alaska LNG Project on local payouts last week.
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  The proposed pipeline route for the Alaska LNG Project, a consortium of oil companies (Image courtesy of the Alaska LNG Project).
  The project will make $800 million available to communities facing impacts from the 800-mile long LNG pipeline, with billions more slated for future tax payments. But how much each community will be entitled to
  
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• Alaska’s fiscal crisis: Apocalyptic or overblown?

  02-10-2015 03:35
  
  
  Juneau residents packed a ballroom on Wednesday to hear a panel of experts talk about Alaska’s fiscal future. Fewer barrels and a growing budget deficit could turn the state into an economic wasteland.
  Download Audio
  In the future, cities will become deserts, roads will become battlefields, and the hope of mankind will appear as a stranger…
  Mad Max is a late ’70s apocalyptic thriller. Oil has been depleted which leads to financial chaos, famine and roving biker gangs. Here in
  
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• Traveling Music 10-4-15

  02-10-2015 03:34
  Traveling Music
  Shonti Elder
  10-4-15
   
  Upcoming concerts:
  John Sebastian in concert Friday, Oct. 9, 7:30 PM Glenn Massay Theater, Palmer and Saturday, Oct. 10, 7:30 PM, PAC Discovery Theater
  and Martha Redbone, Friday, Oct. 9, PAC, Discovery Theater
   
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  Darling Be Home Soon
  Lovin’ Spoonful / John Sebastian
  The Official Collection
  Buddha Records
  3:36
   
  Lonely one in this town
  John Sebastian, David Grisman / Trad
  
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• Muni memo sends Elmore extension back to drawing board

  02-10-2015 03:34
  
  
  The proposed preferred route for the U-Med District Northern Access Road.
  As the design for Anchorage’s contentious Northern Access Project — the proposed 2-lane road connecting Elmore Road with Bragaw Street in Anchorage’ U-Med District – nears completion, the municipality’s planning division released a memorandum recommending the project be sent back to the drawing board.
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  In the memo, the planning division says, “It seems clear that the design
  
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• With Medicaid expansion, the chance for a fresh start

  02-10-2015 03:33
  
  
  Kenneth Taylor at the New Life Development center in Anchorage. Photo credit: Annie Feidt
  Alaskans have been able to sign up for Medicaid expansion for one month. Nearly 2,000 people have enrolled during that time.
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  Kenneth Taylor signed up the first week and is anxiously waiting for his enrollment card.
  Taylor has two types of cancer, in his kidney and his prostate. He’s also trying to manage several chronic conditions, including high blood pressure, diabetes, sleep apnea an
  
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• Ancient human remains found in dirt pile in Haines

  02-10-2015 03:32
  
  
  Human remains were found in a pile of dirt on Monday afternoon in Haines. Employees at the American Bald Eagle Foundation were working on improving accommodations for raptors residing there, when they unearthed part of a skull. An initial, local assessment revealed the remains are at least a few hundred years old and are that of a Native American woman.
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  Part of a human skull was found in a dirt pile at the American Bald Eagle Foundation on Monday. (Cheryl McRoberts)
  Earlier this w
  
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• AVCP elects first female traditional chief

  02-10-2015 03:31
  
  
  In a historical election, Bea Kristovich is the first woman to be elected traditional chief of the Association of Village Council Presidents.
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  “I think I’m still in shock,” she responded when asked about her new position.
  Bea Kristovich is the first woman traditional chief of AVCP. Photo- Anna Rose MacArthur / KYUK.
  With the second day of the AVCP 51st Annual Convention pushing into its 12th hour Wednesday, the association delegates elected Kristovich as 2nd tradi
  
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• Alaska Airlines expands with flights to North Carolina - Washington Times

  02-10-2015 03:25
  Triangle Business Journal
  Alaska Airlines expands with flights to North Carolina
  Washington Times
  SEATTLE (AP) - Alaska Airlines officials say they're expanding service with new daily flights from Seattle to North Carolina. Airline officials said in a news release two daily nonstop flights to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, began operating Thursday.
  Alaska Airlines debuts Seattle-to-RDU flight with Russell Wilson tributeTriangle Business Journal
  Alaska Airlines Continues to Grow Seattle Hub wit
  

• Federal and state Arctic oil lease auctions scheduled for November - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-10-2015 02:15
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Federal and state Arctic oil lease auctions scheduled for November
  Alaska Dispatch News
  State and federal agencies will hold jointly scheduled auctions to lease oil and gas tracts across Arctic Alaska next month. The Alaska Division of Oil and Gas and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management have set the date for Nov. 18, the agencies said in ...and more »
  

• Planning Division memo recommends Northern Access Project redesign, postponement

  02-10-2015 01:17
  The proposed preferred route for the U-Med District Northern Access Road.
  As the design for Anchorage’s contentious Northern Access Project — the proposed 2-lane road connecting Elmore Road with Bragaw Street in Anchorage’ U-Med District – nears completion, the municipality’s planning division released a memorandum recommending the project be sent back to the drawing board.
  In the memo, the planning division says, “It seems clear that the design of the preferr
  
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• Red and blue king crab fishery closed again in Southeast

  02-10-2015 00:46
  Commercial fishing for red and blue king crab will be closed again this year for Southeast Alaska. There just isn’t enough crab in the area.
  State managers are trying to grow the red king crab population in Southeast. Photo/ADF&G
  Warmer water in Southeast breeds larger king crab than other parts of the state. Southeast red kings can grow up to 24 pounds with a five foot leg span. But unlike places like Bristol Bay, Southeast’s population has not been abundant in recent years.
  In
  
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• Alaska driver flees accident through cemetery - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  02-10-2015 00:30
  KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  Alaska driver flees accident through cemetery
  KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  A driver made a grave error when fleeing the scene of an accident through a cemetery that's home to Juneau's founding fathers. The Juneau Empire reports (http://is.gd/PP0ROc) police are investigating the Monday incident at Evergreen Cemetery. A driver ...and more »
  

• Human remains found in dirt pile in Haines

  02-10-2015 00:21
  Human remains were found in a pile of dirt on Monday afternoon in Haines. Employees at the American Bald Eagle Foundation were working on improving accommodations for raptors residing there, when they unearthed part of a skull. An initial, local assessment revealed the remains are at least a few hundred years old and are that of a Native American woman.
  Part of a human skull was found in a dirt pile at the American Bald Eagle Foundation on Monday. (Cheryl McRoberts)
  Earlier this week, Chloe Good
  
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