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• Who Controls Alaska's Waterways? - Outside Magazine

  15-12-2015 23:25
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  Who Controls Alaska's Waterways?
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  The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case that will determine how Alaska's waterways are regulated. Photo: aperiman2/iStock. In September 2007, John Sturgeon motored his personal hovercraft up the Nation River in Alaska's sprawling Yukon-Charley ...
  

• Encore Presentation: Rick Burns’ Prohibition

  15-12-2015 22:40
  PROHIBITION is a compelling documentary series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire era it encompassed. The culmination of nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve, even to ennoble, the lives of all Americans, to protect individuals, families, and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse.
  But the enshrining of a faith-driv
  
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• Alaska Airlines bans hoverboards from aircraft

  15-12-2015 19:51
  This holiday season’s must-have gift – the hoverboard – is causing headaches for airlines.
  NPR Planet Money’s very own hoverboard. Kristen Clark/NPR
  Alaska Airlines is now taking action by banning shipment of the balancing boards in luggage or carry-ons.
  They retail at the high end at about $1,300, but more modest versions of the popular hover board cost about $500, still a stiff price for a kid’s balancing board. Low-end items retail for about $300 dollars.
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• Airlines on-time results among the best in 2 decades

  15-12-2015 19:11
  Alaska Airlines jet. Photo shared via Wikimedia Commons.
  The nation’s leading airlines are posting some of their best-ever numbers for on-time performance in the second half of 2015.
  The Transportation Department said Monday that 87 percent of flights on the leading carriers arrived on time in October.
  That was the third-best month in the 21 years of comparable records, just ahead of September 2015 when airlines were punctual 86.5 percent of the time. The latest figure compares with 80 per
  
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• Nome judge recommended for public censure

  15-12-2015 19:09
  Picture and brief résumé of Nome Superior Court Judge Timothy Dooley. Image, text: Alaska Department of Law.
  At a disciplinary hearing last week, Nome Superior Court Judge Timothy Dooley admitted to violating the state code of judicial conduct by making inappropriate statements to victims and witnesses. The Alaska Committee of Judicial Conduct has recommended that he be publicly censured, assigned a mentor judge, and encouraged to undergo sensitivity training.
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• Ex-Corrections head asked to aid leadership transition

  15-12-2015 19:08
  The state has asked a former Corrections head to help with the transition in the department’s leadership after Gov. Bill Walker asked that he resign as commissioner.
  Walker spokeswoman Katie Marquette said Ron Taylor was asked last month to work for up to 90 days in a special project position at the same salary level as commissioner.
  She said Taylor can provide historical context and insight on department logistics to the acting commissioner and others.
  Asked if this was typical, Marquette
  
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• Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters

  15-12-2015 19:00
  THE CARPENTERS: CLOSE TO YOU is a music-filled documentary that traces the Carpenters‘ career through the eyes of Richard Carpenter and the group’s friends in the music business, features all of their top recording hits, including “(They Long to Be) Close to You,” “Top of the World,” “Hurting Each Other,” “Only Yesterday,” “Rainy Days and Mondays” and “We’ve Only Just Begun.” Between 1970 and 1983, th
  
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• Carpenters: Close to You

  15-12-2015 19:00
  MY MUSIC Presents THE CARPENTERS:  CLOSE TO YOU is a music-filled documentary that traces the Carpenters‘ career through the eyes of Richard Carpenter and the group’s friends in the music business, features all of their top recording hits, including “(They Long to Be) Close to You,” “Top of the World,” “Hurting Each Other,” “Only Yesterday,” “Rainy Days and Mondays” and “We’ve Only Just Begun.” Between
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Dec. 14, 2015

  15-12-2015 03:46
  
  
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  Adak sifts through aftermath of disastrous storm
  Greta Mart, KUCB – UnalaskaMonica Gokey, KSKA – Anchorage
  A major storm ripped through the Aleutian Chain over the weekend, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. It was less sever
  
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• Audubon feature: Offshore regulators pressured to meet Shell’s deadline

  15-12-2015 03:37
  
  
  A story in Audubon magazine this month details how regulators cut corners and rushed the work schedule as they worked to accommodate Shell’s plan to drill in the Arctic last summer. The article follows an Inspector General report released last week showing federal scientists felt they were too rushed to do an adequate job on the environmental review of Shell’s proposal.
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  Screen shot of Audubon’s investigative feature on Shell’s ‘Arctic assault.’
  
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• BlueCrest still keeps Cook Inlet drilling on track

  15-12-2015 03:34
  
  
  BlueCrest Energy representatives updated Kenai Peninsula residents last week on their plans to drill for oil in Cook Inlet. Around 25 people attended a meeting Tuesday evening at Homer Middle School. The company also held meetings in Anchor Point and Ninilchik.
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  The Cosmopolitan oil fields offshore of Anchor Point are BlueCrest’s target. The company is building a drill pad onshore about 10 miles north of Anchor Point. They plan to drill wells thousands of feet into
  
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• Haines museum gets huge donation, more storage

  15-12-2015 03:14
  The Sheldon Museum in Haines received an early Christmas present last week worth an estimated $350,000. It’ll allow the museum to expand its collection.
  There’s really nothing too exciting about shelves. Most people probably don’t think much about them, expect maybe when it comes time to dust them off. But a shipping container full of high-quality shelving had museum director Helen Alten bursting with joy last week.
  “This is really exciting,” Alten said over&nb
  
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• Ballot initiative seeks to register voters during PFD season

  15-12-2015 02:18
  Sitkans have joined a statewide effort to make it easier for people to vote. The push to get Alaska residents registered to vote at the same time they sign up for their permanent fund dividends started in Anchorage this fall, but Sitka has become an important part of the equation.
  Sophie Nethercut hit the streets one day earlier this month to gather signatures for the PFD voter ballot initiative.
  “Are you registered to vote? Have you signed the PFD voter initiative?” she asks passers
  
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• Adak sifts through aftermath of disastrous storm

  15-12-2015 02:04
  A major storm ripped through the Aleutian Chain over the weekend, leaving a path of destruction in its wake.
  It was less severe than expected in some areas — like Unalaska and St. Paul Island — and more severe in others.
  Crystal Dushkin on Atka says in a Facebook post that the community’s playground was toppled by the storm. Photo: Crystal Dushkin Facebook photo.
  On Adak Island, hurricane-force winds topped out at 122 miles per hour on Sunday.
  Adak city manager Layton Lockett s
  
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• Bering storm skips Unalaska, topples Atka playground

  15-12-2015 00:05
  The storm that meteorologists warned could be bigger than 2014’s Typhoon Nuri turned out to be less severe than predicted. At least in Unalaska.
  The Unalaska Dept. of Public Safety received no reports of damage from the weekend’s heavy weather, according to deputy police chief Mike Holman.Meteorologist Luis Ingram at the National Weather Service office in Anchorage said Monday morning that Nuri took a different path than this weekend’s storm.
  “This one came out
  
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• Bering storm skips Unalaska, topples Adak playground

  15-12-2015 00:05
  The storm that meteorologists warned could be bigger than 2014’s Typhoon Nuri turned out to be less severe than predicted. At least in Unalaska.
  The Unalaska Dept. of Public Safety received no reports of damage from the weekend’s heavy weather, according to deputy police chief Mike Holman.Meteorologist Luis Ingram at the National Weather Service office in Anchorage said Monday morning that Nuri took a different path than this weekend’s storm.
  “This one came out
  
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