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• Walker to oust agriculture director - Alaska Public Radio Network

  06-11-2015 22:50
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  Walker to oust agriculture director
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  State agriculture director Franci Havermeister has been given notice that her job is on the line. In a press release Friday, Governor Bill Walker said that he is looking for new agricultural leadership, and the Havermeister will stay until early ...
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• Experts warn of new production methods as meth arrests rise in Alaska - KTUU.com

  06-11-2015 22:25
  KTUU.com
  Experts warn of new production methods as meth arrests rise in Alaska
  KTUU.com
  Kami Snowden, executive director, Tribal Solid Waste Advisory Network, and Detective Jeffrey Kershaw, Washington State Patrol, gave a recent training on how to detect methamphetamine labs at a conference in Anchorage organized by the Alaska Native ...
  

• Homer, state argue over gas assessments

  06-11-2015 22:23
  
  The City of Homer wants the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to pay a little more than $26,000 in natural gas assessments for eight state owned plots of land. DOT refuses. The city and DOT are negotiating a solution.
  Natural gas seems to be the fossil fuel that can do no wrong. It has boomed in popularity not just in Alaska but the rest of the U.S. and countries across the globe. It’s relatively cheap and clean. Those benefits were not lost on the Homer City Counci
  
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• Gov. Walker to visit Bethel following school fire

  06-11-2015 22:22
  
  Bethel fire fighters dousing the Kilbuck campus fire around 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. (Photo by Anna Rose MacArthur / KYUK)
  The Governor and local lawmakers have committed their support to Bethel following a fire at the Kilbuck campus that destroyed one school and damaged another along with a set of dorms.
  Gov. Bill Walker, Bethel representative Bob Herron and Sen. Lyman Hoffman announced their pledge to the community and the Lower Kuskokwim School District in a press releaseWednesday.&
  
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• 49 Voices: Bernadette Charlie of Fairbanks

  06-11-2015 22:19
  
  
  Today, we’re hearing from Bernadette Charlie, a Navajo woman from New Mexico who moved to Fairbanks 11 years ago and married an Athabascan man.
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• Police lieutenant addresses tread marks, alibi witnesses at Fairbanks 4 hearing

  06-11-2015 22:16
  
  Fairbanks police believed they could see the shape of one of the Fairbanks Four’s boot lugs in the facial injuries of John Hartman.
  That was clear Thursday as Lieutenant Jim Geier testified at an ongoing hearing to consider whether the four men convicted of the 1997 murder, George Frese, Kevin Pease, Marvin Roberts and Eugene Vent are in fact innocent.
  Under questioning by Fairbanks Four attorney Jahna Lindemuth, Geier recounted how detectives had a photo of Hartman’s badly beaten fa
  
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• Walker to oust agriculture director

  06-11-2015 22:12
  
  State agriculture director Franci Havermeister has been given notice that her job is on the line. In a press release Friday, Governor Bill Walker said that he is looking for new agricultural leadership, and the Havermeister will stay until early December 4, while the state looks for a replacement.
  Franci Havermeister on the 2013 Mat-Su Valley farm tour. Photo: Ellen Lockyer/KSKA.
  Havermeister says she was given notice three weeks ago.
  “The initial phone call did come as somewhat
  
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• Slavery in the shadows

  06-11-2015 22:00
  
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  In late September, Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz announced a joint city-state task force on human trafficking convened with the Alaska State Department of Labor Commissioner Heidi Drygas. This follows a state task force and 2013 report from former Governor Sean Parnell.
  Sex trafficking is only one aspect of the issue. State officials say they also see examples in home health care, restaurant work and construction.
  What conditions foster human trafficking? What do the
  
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• Alaska’s employment outlook

  06-11-2015 21:00
  For decades people came to Alaska for good paying jobs, but what’s the outlook now for the future of our labor economy? With declining oil revenue, what will a great job in Alaska look like 10 years from now? How does this current downturn compare to past financial trouble?
  HOST: Lori Townsend
  GUESTS:
  Heidi Drygas, Labor Commissioner
  Neal Fried, state economist
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• UAA Dance in Performance

  06-11-2015 20:11
  
  Photo courtesy of Katie O’Loughlin
  The University of Anchorage Alaska Department of Theatre and Dance is presenting its annual Fall Dance Concert called UAA Dance in Performance and Director Brian Jeffrey and Choreographer/Dancer Katie O’Loughlin drop by Stage Talk this week to let us in on what they’ll be offering. UAA Dance in Performance runs November 5-8 in the Harper Studio Theatre in the Fine Arts Building on the campus of UAA.
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• Concierge medicine in Anchorage

  06-11-2015 20:00
  
  Dr. Dale Trombley (Michael Dinneen photo for the Alaska Journal of Commerce)
  In the U.S. we are struggling to improve health care access, quality and affordability. Numerous models are being tried. One that you may not have heard of is newly available in Anchorage. On this program we will discuss the practice experience of local physician Dr. Dale Trombley with concierge medicine.
  HOST: Dr. Thad Woodard
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  Dr. Dale Trombley, family physician based in Anchorage
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• BYU men's basketball: Cougs host Alaska Fairbanks in final exhibition game - Salt Lake Tribune

  06-11-2015 19:27
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  BYU men's basketball: Cougs host Alaska Fairbanks in final exhibition game
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  BYU head coach Dave Rose motions during practice for an NCAA college basketball first round game Monday, March 16, 2015, in Dayton, Ohio. BYU will play Mississippi in Dayton on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Skip Peterson) ...
  

• With new medical provider, Front Street clinic finds some stability

  06-11-2015 19:23
  
  Nurse Practitioner Cynthia Mattoni (left) is the new medical provider at Front Street Community Health Center. Paula Rohrbacher is a medical assistant and works at the front desk. The health center also has a full-time case manager. (Photo by Lisa Phu/KTOO)
  Front Street Community Health Center in Juneau has a new permanent nurse practitioner after a year of temporary medical providers.
  The health clinic, which caters primarily to people who are homeless, has gone through a lot of growing pains s
  
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• Telehealth program key to quality healthcare in Alaska - TechTarget

  06-11-2015 18:47
  Telehealth program key to quality healthcare in Alaska
  TechTarget
  Alaska is known as the "last frontier" for a reason, and it presents unique healthcare challenges. Two CIOs are addressing these challenges through a telehealth program. This Article Covers. Interoperability. RELATED TOPICS. Information exchange ...
  

• Alaska needs science to steer state into a rapidly changing future - The Arctic Sounder

  06-11-2015 18:42
  Alaska needs science to steer state into a rapidly changing future
  The Arctic Sounder
  There are big changes afoot in our waters and lands. This is, of course, obvious, especially to those who have lived so closely linked to the land. Perhaps it's obvious everywhere — in California, where rain has finally fallen after months of drought ...and more »
  

• OPINION: Alaska needs science to steer state into a rapidly changing future - Bristol Bay Times

  06-11-2015 18:41
  OPINION: Alaska needs science to steer state into a rapidly changing future
  Bristol Bay Times
  There are big changes afoot in our waters and lands. This is, of course, obvious, especially to those who have lived so closely linked to the land. Perhaps it's obvious everywhere — in California, where rain has finally fallen after months of drought ...
  

• Earthquake rattles southcentral Alaska - The Seattle Times

  06-11-2015 18:11
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Earthquake rattles southcentral Alaska
  The Seattle Times
  A light earthquake Friday morning shook southcentral Alaska and was widely felt in the region. By The Associated Press. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Earthquake Center says a light earthquake Friday morning shook southcentral Alaska and was ...
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• Living Alaska Art - KTUU.com

  06-11-2015 18:02
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  Living Alaska Art
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  Sven Haakanson Junior, and Angela Demma, Von Der Heydt, Curators with The Anchorage Museum sit down to tell us about "Living Alaska"-- a new exhibit traveling around the state with art work from all over the last frontier.
  

• Proposal could close nearly 60 rural schools

  06-11-2015 18:00
  What impacts might the closing of rural schools have on the state? Influential members of the Legislature have started talking about possibly raising the state’s minimum number of students it takes to keep qualify for state education funding. Currently, that number is ten students. Advocates say that with the state facing a dire revenues shortfall, the state needs to reconsider how it pays for education. Critics say the change could close more than sixty schools in small communities, dispr
  
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• AK: A classic holiday opera gets an Inupiat twist

  06-11-2015 17:30
  
  
  ‘Hansel and Gretel’ is a classic German opera, often performed around the holidays. But an upcoming performance in Anchorage packs a uniquely Alaska twist. For an opera singer from Unalakleet, the performance blends an European performance with the traditional Inupiat folk lore she knew as a kid.
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  Kira Eckenweiler wears a lynx coat her dad made. Photo: courtesy Kira Eckenweiler.
  Kira Eckenweiler warms up her voice before opera rehearsal. A piano app on her smartphone h
  
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• Former Bethel police officer charged with attempted sexual assault; currently at-large

  06-11-2015 17:15
  A former Bethel Police officer has been charged with attempted sexual assault, according to press release from the Attorney General’s office Thursday.
  The Office of Special Prosecutions is charging former Police Officer Aaron Fedolfi with one count of third degree attempted sexual assault by a police officer and one count of third degree official misconduct.
  Fedolfi is currently at-large and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.
  Fedolfi attempted to sexually assault a pe
  
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• Norio Sasaki: Walking around the world, smiling for peace

  06-11-2015 16:30
  A man who is walking around the world is in Juneau through the weekend. Norio Sasaki is from Kyoto, Japan, and has been on the road for a while. I caught up with Sasaki at the Rookery Café.
  Sasaki is visitng Juneau before heading to Argentina. (Photo by Scott Burton/KTOO)
  “I went to Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan and Korea three years ago,” Sasaki said.
  Norio Sasaki spare tires, bear spray and mountain equipment. (Photo by Scott Burton/KTOO)
  Sasaki said his English is not grea
  
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• Animal Planet introduces world to 'Dr. Dee, Alaska Vet' - Hanford Sentinel

  06-11-2015 15:14
  Hanford Sentinel
  Animal Planet introduces world to 'Dr. Dee, Alaska Vet'
  Hanford Sentinel
  Veterinarian Dr. Dee Thornell treats a dog named Dottie at her veterinary hospital in Fairbanks, Alaska. 2015-11-06T06:00:00Z Animal Planet introduces world to 'Dr. Dee, Alaska Vet' Hanford Sentinel. 3 hours ago. (0) Comments ...
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• Obama Admin Throws Alaska An Oil Lifeline - Nasdaq

  06-11-2015 14:34
  Obama Admin Throws Alaska An Oil Lifeline
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  On October 22, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) gave the go ahead to a drilling plan in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A), one of the last ditch efforts to keep the Trans Alaskan Pipeline from running dry. ConocoPhillips (. COP ...and more »
  

• Driving Alaska’s Dalton Highway

  06-11-2015 12:21 via nytimes.com
  Finding that there can be solace in solitude in a 400-mile drive on one of America’s loneliest roads.
  
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• Driving Alaska's Dalton Highway - New York Times

  06-11-2015 11:00
  New York Times
  Driving Alaska's Dalton Highway
  New York Times
  On the Dalton Highway, most conversations concern the Dalton Highway. Though there aren't many people on the road, they inevitably talk about the road. My first conversation, during a three-day drive along the isolated freeway in Alaska, was with a man ...and more »
  

• Alaska men's hoops opens preseason against Division I opponents - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  06-11-2015 10:03
  Alaska men's hoops opens preseason against Division I opponents
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS—Never before in head coach Mick Durham's tenure with the Alaska Nanooks men's basketball team have they matched up against a NCAA Division I opponent in the preseason. Today and Saturday, the Nanooks will have their work cut out for ...and more »
  

• Alaska Nanooks icers looking to rebound at home - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  06-11-2015 09:55
  Alaska Nanooks icers looking to rebound at home
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS—For the second time in three series to begin the season, the Alaska Nanooks hockey team enters a home series coming off a winless weekend on the road. The Nanooks were swept in Mankato, Minnesota, by Minnesota State and host Northern ...and more »
  

• Alaska architecture awards range from a teen shelter to a cozy home for book ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-11-2015 07:12
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  Alaska architecture awards range from a teen shelter to a cozy home for book ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A youth shelter in Anchorage, a cultural center in Juneau, two schools in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and a private home in Girdwood received awards at the 2015 conference of the Alaska chapter of American Institute of Architects on Oct. 24. Nineteen ...and more »
  

• Mining Alaska Part IV: Red Dog Mine - KTUU.com

  06-11-2015 06:26
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  Mining Alaska Part IV: Red Dog Mine
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  Red Dog Mine is Alaska's only Arctic mine. Located 106 miles north of the Arctic Circle, the mine employs close to 500 people, not including about 130 additional contracted workers. More from KTUU. Mining Alaska Part I: Inside Alaska's busiest mines ...
  

• Repair completed at leak in trans-Alaska oil pipeline - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  06-11-2015 04:52
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Repair completed at leak in trans-Alaska oil pipeline
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  This photo, taken Oct. 31, shows the site of backfilled excavation at Pump Station 10, Block Valve 2. The state Department of Environmental Conservation reported on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, that a repair of a small oil leak at the site has been completed.
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• EPA email trail reveals Alaska Pebble Mine plot - Washington Times

  06-11-2015 03:56
  Washington Times
  EPA email trail reveals Alaska Pebble Mine plot
  Washington Times
  Rep. Lamar Smith and other Republicans claim that the EPA's objectivity in assessing Alaska's Pebble Mine was suspect at best. (Associated Press) more >. By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Thursday, November 5, 2015. It didn't take long for ...
  House committee investigation criticizes EPA role in Alaska's Pebble mine prospectAlaska Dispatch News
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015

  06-11-2015 03:40
  
  
  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
   
  Alaska boards, commissions skew male 2 to 1
  Lisa Phu, KTOO – Juneau
  Women are under-represented in state boards and commissions. These groups – comprised of experts, citizens and officials – guide state policy, make regula
  
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• Alaska boards, commissions skew male 2 to 1 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  06-11-2015 03:37
  Alaska boards, commissions skew male 2 to 1
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Women are underrepresented in state boards and commissions. These groups – comprised of experts, citizens and officials – guide state policy, make regulations and protect Alaskans in areas, from hairdressing to the Permanent Fund. Alaska-StateSeal.and more »
  

• Quick Alaska Senate meeting wraps up special gas pipeline session - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-11-2015 02:52
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  Quick Alaska Senate meeting wraps up special gas pipeline session
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  JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature officially adjourned its special session on the natural gas pipeline after a quick meeting of the Senate on Thursday morning, which was followed by Gov. Bill Walker signing a $160 million budget bill for the project ...and more »
  

• Lack of physical evidence ongoing issue in Fairbanks 4 hearing

  06-11-2015 02:33
  
  
  Lack of physical evidence continues to be an issue at the Fairbanks Four hearing.
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  Three pieces of possible evidence were raised Wednesday during an ongoing hearing into whether George Frese, Kevin Pease, Marvin Roberts and Eugene Vent were wrongly convicted of the 1997 beating death of John Hartman.
  Marvin Robert’s uncle discredited a claim he disposed of a pair of blood stained shoes from the Hartman attack.
  Kenny Mayo was responding to an allegation earlier in the hearing
  
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• Interior Energy Project finalists pitch their plans

  06-11-2015 02:32
  
  
  The Interior Energy Project is moving forward. Wednesday night finalists for an effort to bring natural gas to Fairbanks made public presentations at Pioneer Park. A finalist will be selected in December.
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  The Fairbanks public heard from five finalists vying to partner in the Interior Energy Project the initiative to bring natural gas to Fairbanks. The companies that presented were: Harvest Alaska LLC, Poenix Clean Fuels, LLC, Salic Inc., Spectrum LNG, LLC, and WesPac Midstrea
  
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• Alaska boards, commissions skew male 2 to 1

  06-11-2015 02:32
  Women are underrepresented in state boards and commissions. These groups – comprised of experts, citizens and officials – guide state policy, make regulations and protect Alaskans in areas, from hairdressing to the Permanent Fund.
  This past summer, KTOO collected data on Alaska’s 134 boards and commissions to which the governor makes appointments. Only a third of the members are women.
  The majority of current board members were appointed during Sean Parnell’s administrati
  
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• Can Alaska’s ferry system be more reliable?

  06-11-2015 02:31
  
  
  Passengers board the ferry Malaspina while vehicles wait to load at the Auke Bay terminal in Juneau. Travelers will no longer be able to take advantage of some discounts, due to budget cuts. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News)
  Port community leaders worry next summer’s Alaska Marine Highway System schedule will be as unreliable as this summer’s.
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  Budget cuts and mechanical breakdowns left many of this year’s passengers stranded, dropping destinations o
  
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• Math, science teachers convene on testing, curriculum and moon rocks

  06-11-2015 02:30
  
  
  Hundreds of teachers from across the state convened in Sitka last month for the Alaska Math and Science Conference. This was the first time the biennial professional development summit was held in Southeast. Several sessions addressed how teachers can keep curriculum culturally relevant and fun while still helping students meet new educational standards.
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  Teachers examine artificial moon and Mars soil at the Alaska Math and Science Conference, held at Sitka High School. (Briel
  
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• Pebble finds friends on U.S. House panel

  06-11-2015 02:25
  Pebble CEO Tom Collier waits to testify at a U.S. House hearing. Photo: Liz Ruskin
  Proponents of the Pebble mine in southwestern Alaska brought their case to the U.S. House today. Pebble says the EPA collaborated with mine opponents to restrict the project, in what the company calls a pre-emptive veto, because Pebble hasn’t applied for federal permits yet. Pebble got a sympathetic ear from the Republicans on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.
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• 4 plane crash survivors swam to shore through 5-foot seas

  06-11-2015 01:21
  Four Haines residents survived a plane crash yesterday afternoon and swam through 5-foot seas to get to the rocky shore. Three were released from a Juneau hospital while the fourth is still in critical condition in Seattle.
  The privately owned Cessna 180 went down shortly before 2 p.m. and crashed into Lynn Canal near Eldred Rock, about 50 miles north of Juneau and 30 miles from Haines.
  Eldred Rock, looking east. (Pam Randles). Shared via KHNS.org.
  The U.S. Coast Guard got the request for assist
  
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• Gov. Walker to visit Bethel after Kilbuck blaze

  06-11-2015 00:49
  State officials have committed their support to Bethel following a fire at the Kilbuck campus that destroyed one school and damaged another along with a set of dorms.
  Photo: KYUK/Bethel.
  Gov. Bill Walker, Bethel Rep. Bob Herron and Sen. Lyman Hoffman announced their pledge to the community and Lower Kuskokwim School District in a press release Wednesday. 
  The governor is visiting Bethel tomorrow morning to meet with local officials and students and to tour the fire site.
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