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• Woody the sea lion dead at 22, Alaska SeaLife Center says - KTUU.com

  10-11-2015 23:54
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Woody the sea lion dead at 22, Alaska SeaLife Center says
  KTUU.com
  Woody, a 22-year-old Steller sea lion who has been visited by as many as 2 million people in his lifetime at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, has died. Alaska SeaLife Center photo. R.I.P. Woody: Alaskans share their photos of the giant sea lion ...
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• Etc - WWII veteran: From frozen Alaska to fiery Iwo Jima shores - Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

  10-11-2015 23:36
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  Etc - WWII veteran: From frozen Alaska to fiery Iwo Jima shores
  Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
  #Area native Don Hall's military service capped both ends of World War II and swung from an extreme bitter-cold northern winter to the heat of battle on a tropical island south of Japan. #A country boy, he was born Dec. 26, 1921, on Weston Mountain ...and more »
  

• KSM mine developers say they’ve found more gold

  10-11-2015 22:46
  A glacier reflects in a naturally occurring pool of rusty, acidic water at the site of one of the KSM prospect’s planned open-pit mines. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/ CoastAlaska News).
  Developers of a controversial British Columbia mine say they’ve found more gold.
  That could increase the value of the Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell deposit and help attract investors.
  The KSM is owned by Toronto-based Seabridge Gold. Spokesman Brent Murphy says summer drilling expanded the boundaries of a gold-
  
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• Homer’s 32nd annual health fair is biggest ever

  10-11-2015 22:43
  
  Homer’s 32nd Rotary Health Fair. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KBBI)
  Homer’s 32nd Rotary Health Fair drew a record number of participants to the Homer High School Saturday. Residents took full advantage of blood screenings, flu shots, and information booths dedicated to healthy living and disease prevention.
  1385 people attended this year’s health fair. It’s the most people to come to the event ever and Sharon Minsch with Homer-Kachemak Bay Rotary Club wa
  
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• Haines ski shop moves into Dalton City

  10-11-2015 22:40
  A small business in Haines has taken a big step forward by opening a shop and storefront in Dalton City. Fairweather Ski Works moved into the Haines Brewing Company’s old location in late October. The move happened about a year after the company won the Southeast entrepreneurial competition Path to Prosperity.
  Graham Kraft and Lindsay Johnson in their new Fairweather Ski Works location. (Emily Files/KHNS)
  It still says ‘Brewery’ on the outside, but on the inside there isn&rsquo
  
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• Haines ski manufacturer lands storefront

  10-11-2015 22:40
  A small business in Haines has taken a big step forward by opening a shop and storefront in Dalton City. Fairweather Ski Works moved into the Haines Brewing Company’s old location in late October. The move happened about a year after the company won the Southeast entrepreneurial competition Path to Prosperity.
  Graham Kraft and Lindsay Johnson in their new Fairweather Ski Works location. (Emily Files/KHNS)
  It still says ‘Brewery’ on the outside, but on the inside there isn&rsquo
  
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• Juneau educator named 2016 Alaska Teacher of the Year

  10-11-2015 22:36
  
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  Juneau teacher Amy Jo Meiners has been named 2016 Alaska Teacher of the Year.
  Alaska Education Commissioner Mike Hanley made the announcement Sunday at the Association of Alaska School Boards conference.
  Meiners works with gifted and talented students as an extended learning teacher at Auke Bay and Riverbend elementary schools.
  The selection process is based on a written application reviewed by a committee of educators, followed by interviews with the top ranked applicants.
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• Alaska Mom Creates Special 'Princess' Wigs for Kids With Cancer - ABC News

  10-11-2015 22:01
  Alaska Mom Creates Special 'Princess' Wigs for Kids With Cancer
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  Holly Christensen started making these special wigs for children with cancer. Her daughter is shown here in her Halloween outfit.more +. 16K Shares. Email. An Alaska woman is hoping to recruit more volunteers to help her create special "princess" wigs ...and more »
  

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• Statewide test scores paint a new picture of Alaska education - Alaska Dispatch News

  10-11-2015 21:49
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Statewide test scores paint a new picture of Alaska education
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Students in Alaska's five largest school districts, including Anchorage, did better than the statewide average on the new standardized tests in English and math that they took for the first time last spring, according to scores released Monday by the ...
  Most Alaska students don't meet standards for math & English on new testKTUU.com
  New test scores show Alaska students fall short in Engl
  

• Winter's grip tightens on Interior Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  10-11-2015 20:23
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Winter's grip tightens on Interior Alaska
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Winter is the season that defines life in Fairbanks, Alaska. Our location at latitude 65, only 100 miles south of the Arctic Circle, means winter usually begins early and lingers long after warmer climes have welcomed spring. Here are some images of ...
  

• BreakinTheCycle: Message of suicide prevention making its way across Alaska - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  10-11-2015 20:10
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  BreakinTheCycle: Message of suicide prevention making its way across Alaska
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  ANCHORAGE — In an unsuspecting space above Northway Mall in Airport Heights, there's a sort of transformation taking place. What used to be empty and unused rooms have been turned into a safe zone for a group called AK P.R.I.D.E (People ...
  

• KCTS' Katie Campbell wins science journalism award for Alaska starfish tale - GeekWire

  10-11-2015 19:54
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  KCTS' Katie Campbell wins science journalism award for Alaska starfish tale
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  151110-starfish The Alaska coast's sea stars, and the scientists who study them, are the stars of “Is Alaska Safe for Sea Stars?” (Credit: KCTS via YouTube). A mini-documentary about the die-off facing the West Coast's sea stars has won KCTS ...
  

• Where in The World? — Alaska - Coos Bay World

  10-11-2015 19:45
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  Where in The World? — Alaska
  Coos Bay World
  Denny and Linda Olson share a moment with Bill and Kelly King during their trip to Alaska at Mt. McKinley. The Olsons were celebrating their 50th anniversary. 2015-11-10T09:00:00Z 2015-11-10T10:36:10Z Where in The World? — Alaska Coos Bay World.
  

• On the road to vanity: Personalized plates popular in Alaska - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  10-11-2015 19:31
  On the road to vanity: Personalized plates popular in Alaska
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  Turnbaugh collects license plates. He's accumulated thousands over the years, from all 50 states — a venture into the garage of his Anchorage home is proof. “It was at a yard sale,” recalled Turnbaugh of how he stumbled into the hobby. “It was about ...
  

• Ian McIntosh, Pro Skier, Survives 1600-Foot Fall in Alaska - NBCNews.com

  10-11-2015 19:05
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  Ian McIntosh, Pro Skier, Survives 1600-Foot Fall in Alaska
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  Oof. Professional skier Ian McIntosh recently survived a terrifying 1,600-foot tumble down the Neacola mountain range in Alaska. The hair-raising fall was caught on camera on April 10 during the making of the ski and snowboarding flick "Paradise Waits ...
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• Troopers will review controversial Sitka arrest

  10-11-2015 18:02
  The Alaska State Troopers have agreed to perform an outside review of an arrest last year in Sitka, in which officers used a taser on a high school student.
  According to city attorney Robin Koutchak, the Sitka Police Department requested the review directly and the investigation began Monday.
  She did not know how long the investigation process would take.
  The Troopers will determine whether three Sitka police officers were acting within policy while arresting Franklin Hoogendorn, 18, on Sept. 6,
  
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• Troopers to review controversial Sitka arrest

  10-11-2015 18:02
  The Alaska State Troopers have agreed to perform an outside review of an arrest last year in Sitka, in which officers used a taser on a high school student.According to city attorney Robin Koutchak, the Sitka Police Department requested the review directly and the investigation began Monday.
  She did not know how long the investigation process would take.
  The Troopers will determine whether three Sitka police officers were acting within policy while arresting Franklin Hoogendorn, 18, on Sept. 6,
  
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• Yup’ik artist harvests his own skins, crafts his own style

  10-11-2015 17:30
  A Southeast Alaska skin-sewer is one of four Alaska artists recently chosen for out-of-state residencies.
  Peter Williams of Sitka displays his seal and sea otter products during the 2013 Juneau Public Market. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
  Yup’ik artist Peter Williams of Sitka will go to the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, under the Rasmuson Foundation-funded program.
  “I hunt seals and sea otters and I make handicrafts out of the furs o
  
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• Seeking a better standard: New school test has Alaska students doing worse ... - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  10-11-2015 10:06
  Seeking a better standard: New school test has Alaska students doing worse ...
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  News-Miner opinion: Educators across Alaska got some sobering news Monday as a new standardized test showed drastically lower proficiency among Alaska elementary and middle school students than previous measures indicated. There's no real way to ...and more »
  

• Alaska Literary Award winners include Interior Alaska residents - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  10-11-2015 09:26
  Alaska Literary Award winners include Interior Alaska residents
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — Three Interior Alaska writers and one poet from Anchorage are winners of the latest Alaska Literary Awards. Each will receive an award of $5,000. They include Kyle Mellen for fiction, Fairbanks; Jill Osler for poetry, Fairbanks; Christine ...
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• Bullard appointment shows Alaska Judicial Council working as framers envisioned - Alaska Dispatch News

  10-11-2015 04:29
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Bullard appointment shows Alaska Judicial Council working as framers envisioned
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Governor Bill Walker made an appointment a few weeks ago that has received little attention but that produced great benefit to the state and its people. I refer to the governor's appointment of Loretta Bullard of Nome to the Alaska Judicial Council.and more »
  

• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Nov. 9, 2015

  10-11-2015 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
   
  New test scores show Alaska students fall short in English, math
  Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
  Results of the new Alaska Measures of Progress standardization tests were made public Monday in Anchorage.
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• New test scores show Alaska students fall short in English, math

  10-11-2015 03:39
  
  
  Results of the new Alaska Measures of Progress standardization tests were made public Monday in Anchorage.
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  Alaska education commissioner Mark Hanley discusses the AMP results in Anchorage. Photo: Ellen Lockyer/KSKA.
  Alaska education commissioner Mark Hanley says he is excited about the data gained from the first implementation of the AMP. Hanley says results of the spring 2015 tests are to become the baseline data for assessing the results of tougher state education standards.
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• Drugs and money on fill up Assembly agenda in Anchorage

  10-11-2015 03:23
  The Anchorage Assembly meets Tuesday evening to weigh in on a wide range of issues, tentatively casting votes on everything from speeding tickets to Spice.
  There’s public testimony on an ordinance from the Mayor’s Administration that would treat Spice more like a Schedule One drug–similar cocaine or heroin. The intent of the measure is to give law enforcement more tools to build larger cases that can target manufacturers and suppliers, not just street-level users.
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• Support pours in as Bethel school re-opens

  10-11-2015 02:36
  
  
  Ayaprun Elitnaurvik students returned to school today after four days without classes following the Kilbuck fire.
  Long lines of headlights stretched outside the Lower Kuskokwim School District office Monday, as school buses and parents lined up to drop off their kindergarten through third-graders.
  Cars line up outside the LKSD office, dropping off Ayaprun students as they return to school after four days without classes. Photo by Dean Swope / KYUK.
  KYUK’s Anna Rose MacArthur interviewed Jo
  
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• Ice locked in glaciers may substantially contribute to sea level rise

  10-11-2015 02:33
  
  
  Researchers say more than half the ice locked up in glaciers could be gone by the end of the century. A new study published in the journal Frontiers of Earth Science says the resulting runoff could raise the earth’s oceans three inches or more. The study suggests fisheries and hydro-electric dams could also be impacted by the change.
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• Study: Tundra fires induce permafrost melt, land change

  10-11-2015 02:32
  
  
  Wildfire on Arctic tundra can cause permafrost melt from the top down, contributing to landscape slumping, known as thermokarst. The U.S. Geological Survey study used airborne technology called LIDAR to collect billions of data points on the landscape surface. The remote sensing equipment uses lasers to build topographical maps.
  USGS geographer Ben Jones led the field work. The study looked at the area burned by the Anatuvik River fire in 2007 that burned 400 square miles. Jones says they didn&r
  
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• Southeast conservation leader steps down

  10-11-2015 01:47
  Southeast Alaska’s largest environmental organization is advertising for a new executive director. Malena Marvin has led the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council for close to two years.
  Outgoing SEACC Executive Director Malena Marvin poses while kayaking in Juneau’s Mendenhall Lake. (Photo courtesy SEACC)
  She’s stepping down after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Marvin said her prognosis is good, but she needs time to recover and prevent a recurrence.
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• Algo Nuevo: November 8, 2015

  10-11-2015 00:45
  Here’s the Sunday, November 8, 2015 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera, send email to algonuevo [at] alaskapublic [dot] org or post your comment at the bottom of this post. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
  Song Title
  Artist Name
  Album Title
  CD Label
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  Samba Pa TiSantanaThe Best of SantanaColumbia447
  Para Morir IgualesLittle Joe Y La Familia30 Joya
  
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• Action of 2 teens essential to family’s survival in plane crash

  10-11-2015 00:43
  The pilot of the private plane that crashed in the Lynn Canal Wednesday shared more information about his wife’s condition and the ordeal they went through. Haines resident Mike Mackowiak gave the information to Presbyterian Church Pastor Ron Horn, who conveyed it to KHNS-Haines. Mackowiak wanted to share these details so that people in Haines have accurate information about what is happening.Mike and Martha Mackowiak were with their teenage son, Nik, and another teenager, Victor
  
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