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• Portage wildlife center gets a new resident: Kayla, the Swedish wolverine - Alaska Dispatch News

  14-11-2015 23:57
  Portage wildlife center gets a new resident: Kayla, the Swedish wolverine
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  Howard Golden, an Alaska Department of Fish and Game furbearer biologist, and Alaska Zoo vet, Riley Wilson, fit a radio collar on Kayla, a 1-year-old Eurasian wolverine at the zoo on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. The wolverine was brought to her new home at ...and more »
  

• Alaska troopers: Woman raped over 5 weeks at rural cabin - 6abc.com

  14-11-2015 22:34
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  Alaska troopers: Woman raped over 5 weeks at rural cabin
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  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 remote cabin to take ...
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• Islamic State takes credit for blasts that killed dozens in Beirut - Alaska Dispatch News

  14-11-2015 19:55
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  Islamic State takes credit for blasts that killed dozens in Beirut
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  Haidar Mustafa, a three-year-old who was wounded in Thursday's twin suicide bombings, sleeps on a bed at the Rasoul Aazam Hospital in Burj al-Barajneh, southern Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. Haidar's parents Hussein and Leila were killed in ...and more »
  

• Alaska school officials mount criticism of standardized tests - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  14-11-2015 19:31
  Alaska school officials mount criticism of standardized tests
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — Student results from the first taking of the Alaska Measures of Progress have barely been out, but fresh criticisms are adding to the movement to scrap the tests. The Measures of Progress, or AMP, is the state of Alaska's new statewide test.and more »
  

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• Chris Thompson: Alaska's clergy turnover problem - Alaska Dispatch News

  14-11-2015 07:45
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  Chris Thompson: Alaska's clergy turnover problem
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  I recently revisited a local mainline church I've attended off and on for the past eight years. A new team of clergy -- including people I'd never met -- was leading. During the service, I began remembering different faces I'd known and heard in years ...and more »
  

• Alaska Common Ground to host Saturday forum on climate change at UAA - Alaska Dispatch News

  14-11-2015 06:26
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  Alaska Common Ground to host Saturday forum on climate change at UAA
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  Alaska Common Ground will host a free public forum in Anchorage on Saturday about the state's changing climate. The event at the University of Alaska Anchorage's Student Union will bring together an array of community members from policymakers to ...
  

• Alaska close to recession, if not there already, economist says - Alaska Dispatch News

  14-11-2015 05:47
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  Alaska close to recession, if not there already, economist says
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  State jobs and population numbers show Alaska may be on the cusp of an economic recession or already in one, a University of Alaska Anchorage economist said Friday. Gunnar Knapp, director of UAA's Institute of Social and Economic Research, told a ...and more »
  

• Alaska Farm Bureau rallies to keep prison-run slaughterhouse open - KTUU.com

  14-11-2015 04:27
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  Alaska Farm Bureau rallies to keep prison-run slaughterhouse open
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  Faced with shutdown next June, farmers from across Alaska are fighting to keep a state-run slaughterhouse from closing its doors. Mt. McKinley Meats and Sausage is just one of three meat processing facilities in Alaska, but some say its ties to the ...
  

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

  14-11-2015 04:07
  Alaska fiscal stability: Walker's Permanent Fund plan falls short against ...
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  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 ...and more »
  

• For Alaskan home from Paris, attacks resonate

  14-11-2015 03:51
  
  
  The world watched in horror today as multiple attacks struck Paris. Paris officials say the death toll could exceed 120.
  Photo: NPR/Getty images.
  For one Anchorage woman, the tragedy hits close to home.
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  Caroline Miller is a dual U.S. and French citizen. She just returned from Paris on Monday evening after visiting relatives. From her home in East Anchorage, she’s keeping in touch with her cousins on Facebook.
  “So far everybody’s OK. One is hunkered down in a
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Nov. 13, 2015

  14-11-2015 03:44
  
  
  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
   
  Terrorism in Paris felt deeply in Alaska
  Liz Ruskin, APRN – Washington, D.C.
  The world is watching in horror today as multiple attacks struck Paris. CNN reports the death toll has climbed to at least 149 people.
  Search for missing Ketchika
  
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• Search for missing Ketchikan hiker stretches to 3rd day

  14-11-2015 03:37
  
  
  A 22-year-old Ketchikan man remains missing on Deer Mountain as the search stretched into a third day.
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  The top of Deer Mountain is hidden in clouds Friday morning. (Photo by Leila Kheiry)
  Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad crews headed back up the mountain Friday morning to continue searching an area that they believe Justin Nathan was headed toward. On Wednesday evening, search crews found tracks in the snow pointing them in that direction.
  Jerry Kiffer of KVRS says low ceilings to
  
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• Bethel passes anti-discrimination law

  14-11-2015 03:36
  
  
  Bethel City Council has passed laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity for city employees and contracted workers.
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  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 ou
  
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• 8 vie for Chief Justice as Fabe retires

  14-11-2015 03:34
  
  
  As Chief Justice Dana Fabe prepares to retire next May, there are eight candidates vying to fill the empty position on Alaska’s Supreme Court.
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  The applicants–announced today– are Ruth Botstein, Susan Carney, Kevin Clarkson, Andrew Guidi, Jahna Lindemuth, Phillip Pallenberg, Paul Roetman, David Voluck.
  Justices are required to meet certain residency standards–and between them they have 223 years of residency in the state, and have nearly 200 years [186.5] ye
  
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• Traveling Music 11-22-15

  14-11-2015 03:30
  
  Traveling Music
  Shonti Elder
  11-22-15
   
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  Song TitleArtist / Composer
  CD Title
  Label
  Duration
   
   
  The Haughs of Cromdale
  Andy M. Stewart, Manus Lunny / Traditional
  At It Again
  Green Linnet
  3:42
   
  The Companeros
  Christy Moore / Ewan MacColl
  Joy of Living; a Tribute to Ewan MacColl
  www.ewanmaccoll.co.uk
  4:21
   
  The Exile of Erin
  (Andy M. Stewart), Manus Lunny / lyrics Thomas Campbell (1777-1844),
  music by Manus Lunny
  At It Again
  Green Linnet
  5:41
   
  Freeborn Man
  P
  
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• Tiff over tolls troubles bridge critics

  14-11-2015 03:30
  
  
  When the state department of transportation took over the Knik Arm Crossing project from previous developers, the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority, or KABATA, in July of last year, planners took a fresh look at traffic projections needed to ensure adequate tolls could be collected to pay project costs. But critics of the new plan say it’s the same old numbers game.
  A conceptual concept rendering of the KABATA bridge. Image from the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority.
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• Proposed min. student rule could close schools in Nome, Diomede

  14-11-2015 02:46
  
  To receive state funding, Alaska schools must have a minimum of 10 students. At least, that’s the rule right now. But some lawmakers are looking at raising the number to 20 students — or even 25 — in an effort to slash state spending. If passed, the legislation could close around 60 schools statewide, including several in western Alaska.
  Diomede in November 2010. (Photo: KNOM file)
  On the chopping block are small schools in Nome, Bethel, Kaltag, and Koyukuk. But perhaps th
  
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• Juneau puts spotlight on rising heroin deaths

  14-11-2015 00:27
  There are two different Juneau events this weekend to raise awareness about heroin addiction. The capital city has logged seven heroin-related deaths this year, and the community is banding together to talk about what’s happening to their neighbors and family.Michele Morgan said she wasn’t aware of an opioid problem in Juneau. The realization happened gradually.
  When it came time for her teenage son to have his wisdom teeth pulled, she asked if he would tell his friends.
  “And h
  
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• Language matters: The alleged disappearance of Áak’w Kwáan, T’aaku Kwáan

  14-11-2015 00:11
  What happened to the Áak’w Kwáan and T’aaku Kwáan? Did they all die of disease? Become assimilated? Move away?
  Anastasia Tarmann with the Alaska State Library and Historical Collections gives a presentation at Sharing Our Knowledge: A Conference of Tlingit Tribes and Clans on Oct. 29. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
  A state researcher challenges the modern day, persistent narrative implying that local Tlingits seemed to have just vanished as soon as non-Native s
  
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• Biathlon

  14-11-2015 00:00
  What’s more Alaskan than skiing? Shooting things, of course. So biathlon must be the most Alaskan sport of all–it’s skiing fast and shooting accurately, combined. We’ll spend time at the range as young people and newcomers learn about the sport. And we’ll talk to an Olympian and a former World Cup competitor about the top of level of biathlon, where our community shines.HOST: Charles Wohlforth
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  Tom Grenier, coach, biathlon program, Nordic Ski Assoc
  
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