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• Sullivan bill to help domestic violence victims passes

  13-11-2015 23:36
  The U.S. Senate has passed legislation aimed at promoting pro bono legal services for domestic violence victims.
  The bill was introduced by Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan. It would require that U.S. attorneys in each district annually hold at least one event with those providing services to domestic violence victims and a volunteer lawyer project promoting pro bono legal help.
  It’s similar to an idea Sullivan promoted as state attorney general. Sullivan said he’s grateful that many lawyers
  
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• Body of missing Nikiski woman found near her home

  13-11-2015 23:35
  The body of a 64-year-old Nikiski woman missing for days this week was found Thursday morning near her home.
  Alaska State Troopers say searchers found the body of Sharon Eileen Berghone in a wooded area within walking distance of the residence.
  Family members last saw her at her home Monday night. They reported she used a walker to get around and carried an oxygen tank.
  Troopers say in a web posting that her body will be sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.
  
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• Troopers: Woman raped over 5 weeks at rural cabin

  13-11-2015 23:34
  A 37-year-old Alaska man has been charged with kidnapping and raping a woman over a five-week span at a remote cabin more than 100 miles west of Fairbanks.
  A preliminary hearing was scheduled Nov. 20 for Daniel Selovich, who was arrested Sunday when he and the woman were brought to Fairbanks. The woman was hospitalized.
  Troopers say he held her against her will at the cabin located about 16 miles south of Manley Hot Springs. That’s a tiny village at the end of the Elliott Highway, the only
  
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• Bethel City Council passes anti-discrimination law

  13-11-2015 23:32
  Bethel City Council has passed laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity for city employees and contracted workers.
  The ordinances passed quickly and unanimously on Tuesday without resistance during council discussion and public comment.
  Council member Chuck Herman introduced the measures.
  “It’s a needed protection,” Herman said. “It’s something that is very important both symbolically and for the well being of our employees.&rd
  
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• Bethel declares local disaster after Kilbuck fire

  13-11-2015 23:31
  Bethel fire fighters dousing the Kilbuck campus fire around 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. (Photo by Anna Rose MacArthur / KYUK)
  Bethel City Council has declared a local government disaster following the Kilbuck fire that incinerated the Ayaprun Elitnaurvik Yup’ik immersion school and damaged the Kuskokwim Learning Academy school and dorms.
  The fire raged for over 12 hours last week and demanded extensive city resources from the fire, police, and public works department, which hauled over a quar
  
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• UAA runners prep for NCAA National Championships

  13-11-2015 23:22
  The UAA cross country running team warms up before practice at the Dome in Anchorage. (Photo by Josh Edge/APRN)
  For eight consecutive seasons, both the University of Alaska Anchorage’s men’s and women’s cross-country running teams qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championships. This year they even picked up two titles along the way at last weekend’s West Region Championships in Monmouth, Oregon.
  UAA took the top two spots in both the men’s and women&
  
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• Feds weigh ESA listing for yellow cedar, a wood carvers adore

  13-11-2015 22:05
  In some areas, yellow cedar trees stand white and empty of needles against a background of green hemlock. The places appear skeleton-like, bare trees standing with limbs exposed, said Paul Hennon, a research forest pathologist with the U.S. Forest Service.
  A young yellow cedar branch. (Video still by David Purdy/KTOO)
  He said in some of its range, 75 percent of mature trees have died.
  “Yellow cedar for me is by far and away the nicest wood to cut lines in and shape in,” sai
  
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• Gratitude

  13-11-2015 22:00
  Gratitude feels good to give as well as receive. For this Thanksgiving season, we’re giving listeners the chance to thank whoever deserves it. We’ll have experts to talk about the benefits of being thankful, psychologically and spiritually, and we’ll welcome shout-outs to our community’s volunteers. Please join us and our guests saying thank you.
  HOST: Charles Wohlforth
  GUESTS:
  Jennifer Beathe, psychologist
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  Call 550-8433 (Anchorage) or 1-888-353-5752 &nb
  
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• 49 Voices: Beckie Etukeok

  13-11-2015 21:47
  
  
  This week were hearing from Beckie Etukeok, who is Inupiaq, Siberian-Yupik and Tlingit. She makes drums for a living now, but it wasn’t an easy skill to learn.
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• International cooperation in the Arctic

  13-11-2015 21:30
  Alaska’s position as the only Arctic state amid U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council makes it an obvious destination for wide-ranging discussions. On the next Addressing Alaskans, join senior Arctic official Ambassador David Balton, Anders Oskal with the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry, and the World Wildlife Fund’s Margaret Williams for an engaging dialogue hosted by the Alaska World Affairs Council.SPEAKERS:
  Ambassador David Balton, deputy assistant secretary for oc
  
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• Contemporary Native art

  13-11-2015 21:00
  
  Keeping Alaska Native culture vibrant and thriving takes work. Young Native artists are meeting that challenge in exciting ways through music, visual art and online media. How do Native artists honor their heritage while stretching themselves creatively?
  HOST: Lori Townsend
  GUESTS:
  Shyanne Beatty, Visionary Awards Founder
  Samuel John, artist
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  Post your comment before, during or after the live broadcast (comments may be read on air).
  Send email to talk [at] alaskapublic
  
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• Screening for lung cancer

  13-11-2015 20:00
  
  Cigarette smoking is the most well-known risk factor associated with lung cancer, but this cancer occurs in those who have never smoked. What are the other risk factors? Who is at risk? Who should you be screened for this particularly dangerous type of cancer and how should those at risk be screened?HOST: Prentiss Pemberton
  GUEST:
  Marge Stoneking, executive director, American Lung Association in Alaska
  Richard Chung, MD, radiation oncologist, Anchorage and Valley Radiati
  
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• Dusk

  13-11-2015 18:54
  Bryan Harnetiaux’s Dusk
  Providence Hospice is trying something new with its goal of providing important information about Advance Health Care Directives: a play. Playwright Bryan Harnetiaux has written a trilogy of end-of-life plays and one of these plays, Dusk (currently performing in various venues around the Anchorage area) concerns Gil (played by local actor Bill Cotton) who is facing those final decisions with his family. Laced with humor and pathos, Dusk goes into the community
  
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• Reporter’s roundtable: the Alaska LNG project

  13-11-2015 18:00
  The Alaska LNG special session came to a close last week. It was the third special session held this year. Zachariah Hughes hosts a reporter’s roundtable diving into the complex issues surround the LNG project. What decisions came out of this session? And what exactly does this mean for Alaska?
  HOST: Zachariah Hughes
  GUESTS:Austin Baird, Reporter, KTUU
  Alex DeMarban, Reporter, Alaska Dispatch News,
  Rachel Waldholz, Energy Reporter, Alaska Public MediaKSKA (FM 91.1) BROADCAST:&nbs
  
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• AK: 100-year-old artifacts in building’s walls tell of early Norwegian settlers

  13-11-2015 17:30
  
  
  Workers remodeling one of Petersburg’s oldest buildings have uncovered Norwegian artifacts dating back a century. The items are linked to some of the town’s earliest Norwegian settlers. And one woman in town is helping to make sure these treasures are preserved for future generations.
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  This leather bound notebook and knife holder were found under the floor of the men’s bathroom upstairs during remodeling. Photo courtesy of Jill Williams.
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• Woman raped for over 5 weeks at rural Alaska cabin, troopers say - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-11-2015 17:24
  Woman raped for over 5 weeks at rural Alaska cabin, troopers say
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A woman told troopers an abductor raped her up to six times a day while she was held captive over a five-week period in rural Alaska, with the last attack committed as she heard a military evacuation helicopter landing near the man's cabin to take her ...and more »
  

• A Sizable Challenge: Mapping Alaska - Wall Street Journal

  13-11-2015 11:30
  Wall Street Journal
  A Sizable Challenge: Mapping Alaska
  Wall Street Journal
  The tallest peak in North America is a bit of an attention hog. It made headlines this summer when its name changed from Mount McKinley to Denali, and it returned to the news in the fall when surveyors shaved 10 feet off its elevation. But those news ...
  

• Alaska fiscal stability: Walker's Permanent Fund plan falls short against ISER ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-11-2015 04:34
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska fiscal stability: Walker's Permanent Fund plan falls short against ISER ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Late October was an interesting time for Alaska fiscal issues with Gov. Bill Walker revealing more details about his fiscal plan. The signature move of the plan is to do away with the PFD and replace it with an oil royalty check that would pay half the ...
  Alaska politicians look at sacred oil check as they search for ways to stem ...Minneapolis Star Tribuneall 33 news ar
  

• AEDC energy forecast emphasizes proposed Alaska LNG project - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-11-2015 04:14
  Alaska Dispatch News
  AEDC energy forecast emphasizes proposed Alaska LNG project
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A new report by the Anchorage Economic Development Corp. predicts the bulk of combined jobs and investment in Alaska's oil, gas and mining sectors over the next decade will come from a proposed liquefied natural gas project. The report's projections ...and more »
  

• Walker’s appointee for top DC job: No one

  13-11-2015 03:37
  
  
  Gov. Walker (File photo from governor’s office, via Twitter.)
  Gov. Bill Walker cites finances, not job performance, as the reason he fired most of his Washington office, and then decided to keep associate director Nathan Butzlaff, on the job.
  Download Audio“Well, we are in the biggest fiscal deficit we’ve ever been in as a state, and we’re looking at everything, as far as what changes can we make from a fiscal standpoint that make sense for Alaska and to be able to cut th
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015

  13-11-2015 03:37
  
  
  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
   
  Walker’s appointee for top DC job? No one.
  Liz Ruskin, APRN – Anchorage
  Last month, Gov. Bill Walker fired the director of his Washington, D.C. office and two associate directors,giving them 30 days notice.
  City of Sitka seeks legal
  
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• UA execs abruptly resign after meeting with new pres

  13-11-2015 03:35
  
  
  Two top University of Alaska executives have tendered their resignations. The heads of Statewide finance and human resources have stepped down following meetings with UA’s new president. The resignations come even as the school faces big funding hurdles.
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  Jim Johnsen at a meet and greet in Juneau, July 7, 2015. Johnsen is a candidate for University of Alaska president. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
  Monday University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen sent word to UA staff that he
  
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• Juneau artist Crystal Worl honored at VP Biden’s house

  13-11-2015 03:34
  
  
  Juneau artist Crystal Worl was one of five Native artists from around the country to show their work at Vice President Joe Biden’s house last month. Worl was commissioned to design a print for the U.S. State Department’s Arts in Embassies program.
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  Tony Abeyta, Crystal Worl, Vice President Joe Biden, Courtney Leonard, Jeff Kahm and Dan Namingha at the Bidens’ house on Oct. 27, 2015. (Photo © Tony Powell)
  “The piece itself is called, ‘Héen,&
  
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• Arctic Council looks to Alaska citizen science network

  13-11-2015 03:33
  
  
  A tribal citizen science network that got its start in Alaska is being touted as a model for tracking climate change in the Arctic. The eight-nation Arctic Council plans to expand the Local Environmental Observer Network to other Arctic nations.
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  Observations include the title, photos, location, observer, and comments by other local observers and topic experts. Photo: screen grab.
  Alaska’s 120 or so Local Environmental Observers document the rare, unusual or unprecedented.&nb
  
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• Alaska Native leader Bob Loescher dies at 68

  13-11-2015 03:31
  
  
  Former Sealaska CEO and longtime Native-rights activist Robert “Bob” Loescher has died at the age of 68. Loescher worked for the Southeast Alaska regional Native corporation for about 25 years. He became CEO in 1997, a job he held until 2001.
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  Former Sealaska CEO Bob Loescher in May 2014. (File photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
  He served on the Juneau Assembly in the early 1970s.
  He also held leadership roles in the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indi
  
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• Woman held captive, raped over 5 weeks in rural Alaska, police say - CBS News

  13-11-2015 02:04
  KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  Woman held captive, raped over 5 weeks in rural Alaska, police say
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A woman told police an abductor raped her up to six times a day while she was held captive over a five-week period in rural Alaska, with the last attack committed as she heard a military evacuation helicopter landing near the man's ...
  Alaska man accused of holding woman hostage at remote cabin for weeksKTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
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• Troopers: Woman kidnapped, raped for 5 weeks at remote cabin

  13-11-2015 01:44
  A 37-year-old Alaska man has been charged with kidnapping and raping a woman over a five-week span at a remote cabin more than 100 miles west of Fairbanks.
  A preliminary hearing was scheduled Nov. 20 for Daniel Selovich, who was arrested Sunday when he and the woman were brought to Fairbanks. The woman was hospitalized.
  Troopers say he held her against her will at the cabin located about 16 miles south of Manley Hot Springs. That’s a tiny village at the end of the Elliott Highway, the only
  
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• ‘My Degeneration,’ Peter Dunlap-Shohl illustrates Parkinson’s

  13-11-2015 01:41
  
  
  If you read the Anchorage Daily News from the early ’80s to 2008, you will remember the work of cartoonist and graphic artist Peter Dunlap-Shohl. And if you’ve been wondering what he’s been up to since he left the ADN, it’s a story of daunting health challenges, admirable determination and a new book.
  “My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson’s” by Alaska author and cartoonist Peter Dunlap-Shohl.
  Dunlap-Shohl was diagnosed with Parkinson&rs
  
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• With suitcases full of salmon, Ketchikan couple heads to Oman

  13-11-2015 00:22
  A Southeast Alaska commercial fishing couple is headed to Oman, on the southern Arabian Peninsula. They’re taking about a hundred pounds of frozen wild Alaska salmon with them on a diplomatic trip to share American culture, Alaska seafood and small business management techniques.
  The Gundersens have been fishing in Southeast Alaska for decades, and they are dedicated to spreading the word about wild Alaska salmon.
  LaDonna and Ole Gundersen take a selfie out on the fishing grounds. (Photo c
  
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