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• New on Thursday Nights: Your Favorite Drama and Comedies

  12-01-2016 23:16
  
  Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries anchors our new Thursday night primetime lineup.
  Thursday nights are not going to be the same on Alaska Public Media. We are featuring the best of PBS, American Public Television and our new partner, Acorn Television.
  Starting on January 14 at we will bring you some of your favorites: Grantchester (7:00 p.m.)  and Poldark (9:00 p.m.)And repeating our new series, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (8:00 p.m.) You won’t want to miss Thursday nights
  
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• Alaska Native Medical Center to host state's first Ronald McDonald House - Alaska Public Radio Network

  12-01-2016 22:34
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  Alaska Native Medical Center to host state's first Ronald McDonald House
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska's first “Ronald McDonald House” is opening next year at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. The facility will provide temporary housing at little or no cost for pregnant women and families with children receiving care. Download Audio.and more »
  

• Alaska Native Medical Center hosting state’s first Ronald McDonald House

  12-01-2016 22:33
  
  (Photo via Alaska Native Medical Center)
  Alaska’s first “Ronald McDonald House” is opening next year at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. The facility will provide temporary housing at little or no cost for pregnant women and families with children receiving care.
  The Alaska Native Medical Center provides specialty medical services to tens of thousands of Alaska Natives and veterans who live in rural areas, as well as primary care for local residents. For those who
  
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• Interior Department adds $4M to Cobell Scholarship program

  12-01-2016 22:28
  
  The U.S. Interior Department last week announced that it added $4 million to a scholarship program for American Indian and Alaska Native students.
  The Cobell Scholarship provides need-based awards for post-secondary education – up to $2,500 for certificate students, $5,000 for undergrads or $10,000 for graduate students.
  The first round of Cobell scholarships were awarded this fall.
  According to the American Indian Graduate Center, which administers the scholarship
  
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• Auditors looking into Department of Education policies

  12-01-2016 22:18
  
  Auditors hired by the state will visit Dillingham City School District this week to ask local teachers and administrators how the Alaska Department of Education is doing.
  Ross Alexander is the performance review manager for the Alaska Division of Legislative Audit. He says the audit team is looking to have open-ended conversations about how state policies affect education at the local level.
  “You know, what things can the Department do to provide better outcomes for students? What policies
  
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• Board of Fish considers commercial Yukon pink salmon fishery

  12-01-2016 22:09
  
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  A proposal laying the groundwork for a pink salmon commercial fishery near the mouth of the Yukon is on the agenda of this week’s Board of Fisheries meeting in Fairbanks.
  The proposal would formalize a fishery that has been taking shape by accident over the past few years, but there are concerns about how it would affect the struggling Yukon king salmon population.
  The proposal was submitted by Kwik’pak Fisheries – the major fish buyer on the lower Yukon.  It
  
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• New geological evidence aids tsunami hazard assessments from Alaska to Hawaii - Phys.Org

  12-01-2016 22:08
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  New geological evidence aids tsunami hazard assessments from Alaska to Hawaii
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  A geologist takes field notes to document the discovery of a 9 m (30 feet) long driftlog stranded more than 805 m (0.5 mi) inland at Stardust Bay on the remote Alaskan island of Sedanka. The log, stranded at an elevation of more than 18 …more. New ...
  New geological evidence aids tsunami hazard assessments from Alaska to Hawaii ...EurekAlert (press release)
  Our big tsunami will come direct fro
  

• 'Building Alaska' And Beyond: Orion Entertainment CEO Chris Dorsey Discusses ... - Headlines & Global News

  12-01-2016 22:00
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  'Building Alaska' And Beyond: Orion Entertainment CEO Chris Dorsey Discusses ...
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  Shows like "Building Alaska" and "Living Big Sky" highlight the growing back-to-nature movement. By Michael Lello [email protected] | Jan 12, 2016 03:51 PM EST. Building Alaska. Constructing a cabin in Alaska comes with its own set of challenges, ...
  

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• AMP test targeted in pre-filed bill

  12-01-2016 21:49
  
  Representative Jim Colver of Palmer has pre-filed a bill that would do away with the one-year-old Alaska Measures of Progress exam.
  Just months after AMP’s first run in schools last spring, it started to get a bad rap.
  Because the test raised the bar significantly, scores came back significantly lower than previous years’ assessments. And unforeseen challenges had the test vendor rolling out those scores several weeks later than expected this fall.
  But the issue that has Representati
  
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• Federal Officials Propose Ban on Some Alaska Predator Hunts - KYUK

  12-01-2016 21:27
  Federal Officials Propose Ban on Some Alaska Predator Hunts
  KYUK
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposal to ban brown bear baiting and other predator hunting practices from lands the agency manages in Alaska is receiving criticism from state lawmakers. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the ...
  

• BP to cut 4000 jobs -- including some in Alaska -- as oil prices keep dropping - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-01-2016 20:39
  Alaska Dispatch News
  BP to cut 4000 jobs -- including some in Alaska -- as oil prices keep dropping
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The persistent plunge in oil prices has translated into a new round of industry job cuts for British oil giant BP, including in Alaska. BP said Tuesday it would eliminate 4,000 of the approximately 24,000 positions in its exploration and production ...and more »
  

• Stephen Nowers photo - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-01-2016 20:05
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  Stephen Nowers photo
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  The persistent plunge in oil prices has translated into a new round of industry job cuts for British oil giant BP, including in Alaska. BP said Tuesday it would eliminate 4,000 of the approximately 24,000 positions in its exploration and production ...and more »
  

• BP to cut 13 percent of Alaska workforce as oil prices keep dropping - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-01-2016 19:53
  Alaska Dispatch News
  BP to cut 13 percent of Alaska workforce as oil prices keep dropping
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The morning fog still hangs in low areas of the Anchorage bowl behind the BP building on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. Photo by FRAN DURNER / Anchorage Daily News. The persistent plunge in oil prices has translated into a new round of industry job cuts for ...
  BP to reduce Alaska workforce by about 270 jobsKTUU.com
  BP to cut 4000 jobs, Alaska workforce by 13 percentJuneau Empire (subscri
  

• Prisoner dies in state custody at Anchorage hospital

  12-01-2016 17:47
  
  State prison officials have released the name of a prisoner who died Sunday morning
  The Department of Corrections in a release says 24-year-old Kellsie Green died at Alaska Regional Hospital.
  Green was booked Tuesday into the Anchorage Jail.
  Prison officials initially said Green was taken into custody on misdemeanor drug charges. But officials later corrected that to say Green was custody on a warrant for failing to comply with an order to complete community work service on a case involving driv
  
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• Scientists investigate massive seabird die-off in Alaska - CBS News

  12-01-2016 17:01
  CBS News
  Scientists investigate massive seabird die-off in Alaska
  CBS News
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Seabird biologist David Irons drove recently to the Prince William Sound community of Whittier to check on a friend's boat and spotted white blobs along the tide line of the rocky Alaska beach. He thought they were patches of snow.
  Starvation suspected in massive die-off of Alaska seabirdsFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska Seabirds Are Likely Starving to DeathU.S. News & World Report
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• Alaska Catholic community mourns Archbishop Hurley's death - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  12-01-2016 04:43
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  Alaska Catholic community mourns Archbishop Hurley's death
  KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  The Alaska Catholic community is mourning the loss of one of its top spiritual leaders. Archbishop Francis Hurley died at his home on Jan. 10, just two days before his 89th birthday. “It's a great loss because he was really well liked,” said Natalie ...
  Former Anchorage Archbishop Francis Hurley dead at 88Alaska Dispatch Newsall 25 news articles &raqu
  

• 'Must-have' LNG project will just stretch Alaska tighter over a barrel - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-01-2016 04:28
  Alaska Dispatch News
  'Must-have' LNG project will just stretch Alaska tighter over a barrel
  Alaska Dispatch News
  In his first inaugural address, Ronald Reagan famously stated that “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem” -- hence the subsequent conservative mantra that unfettered capitalist free enterprise is the solution to our ...and more »
  

• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Jan. 11, 2015

  12-01-2016 03:46
  
  
  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
   
  Rep. Kito prefiles bill to revert to 120-day legislative session
  Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO – Juneau
  Rep. Sam Kito III wants to repeal the ballot measure that tried to cut the Alaska Legislature’s annual session to down from 120 days to 90.
  
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• ‘The Blob’… on winter vacation or gone for good?

  12-01-2016 02:36
  
  
  Is ‘The Blob’ taking a winter breather? Or, is it fizzling out? After over two years, is The Blob finally dead? The giant, persistent mass of warm ocean water seems to have cooled over the last few months, possibly because of another warm ocean phenomenon that is now dominating the Pacific.
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  “The Blob” is the knot of red (warm seawater) pressed up against the West Coast. This map shows how the sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly had moved an
  
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• Councilman calls on Fairbanks marijuana clubs to get retail licenses

  12-01-2016 02:35
  
  
  Fairbanks city councilman David Pruhs is sponsoring an ordinance that would ban marijuana clubs. Clubs, which do not sell the drug, but provide paying members a venue for its consumption, are not currently covered by state regulations, but the state marijuana control board is looking at requiring them to be licensed, like cannabis retailers. Pruhs says his ordinance would allow for clubs licensed as part of retail operations.
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  Cannabis Plant. (Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife S
  
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• Industry opposes Anchorage pot tax, excessive regulations

  12-01-2016 02:34
  
  
  Two separate items coming before the Anchorage Assembly will shape the state’s largest market for commercial cannabis for years to come. And industry representatives are worried it’ll be for the worse.
  Cannabis Plant. (Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
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  On Tuesday, the assembly will get its first glimpse of AO 2016-3, the ordinance determining where marijuana businesses can operate around the city.
  The initial proposal came from the mayor’s office, and
  
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• Dillingham drug bust nets $19K cash, 12.5g heroin

  12-01-2016 02:33
  
  
  The Dillingham Police Department seized 12.5 grams of heroin and $19,000 cash in a drug bust in the Nerka subdivision Saturday night. The alleged dealer is Joshua G. Rivera, 37, from Anchorage, who is being held on two felony charges and $50,000 bail.
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  DPD seized a little over $19,000 in cash, which had been bundled in $1000 bands and packed in a Sara Lee bread bag for travel.
  CREDIT DILLINGHAM POLICE DEPT.
  After he flew in to town recently, 37-year-old Joshua Rivera from Anchorage
  
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• Rasmuson Foundation, family gift $24M to Anchorage Museum

  12-01-2016 02:32
  
  
  The Anchorage Museum is getting a big financial boost from the Rasmuson Foundation, and the Rasmuson family, for an expansion. It’s a gift of $24 million — $12 million from the foundation will be matched by the Rasmuson family.
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  The museum expansion as seen from 6th and B streets. Photo courtesy Anchorage Museum.
  Diane Kaplan is the President and CEO of the Rasmuson Foundation. She says it’s the largest gift the Rasmuson Foundation has ever given. The idea is
  
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• Former Anchorage Archbishop Francis Hurley dies at 88

  12-01-2016 02:30
  
  
  Former Anchorage Archbishop Francis Hurley has died at age 88.
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  The Archdiocese of Anchorage says Hurley died at his Anchorage home Sunday evening, two days before his 89th birthday. Anchorage funeral arrangements are pending.
  Hurley moved to Alaska in 1970, when he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Juneau Diocese. He was appointed as archbishop of Anchorage in 1976, retiring from that role in 2001.
  2010, the long-retired Hurley presided over the funeral of former Alaska Gov. W
  
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• White House invites Alaskan to State of Union

  12-01-2016 01:50
  
  Lydia Doza nearly ignored her White House invitation (Photo: William Lauth, Sealaska)
  When President Obama will give his final State of the Union address tomorrow night in Congress, a 24-year-old Alaska Native woman named Lydia Doza will be among the guests sitting in the First Lady’s gallery.
  But Doza. a software engineering student at Oregon Tech, nearly passed up the invitation. She says she got a call she didn’t answer because she was in class.
  “And then I receive
  
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• Matt Hall wins Copper Basin 300, Aliy Zirkle takes 4th

  12-01-2016 00:53
  
  This weekend’s Copper Basin 300 sled dog race saw the first musher cross the finish line before 10 a.m. Monday. Good weather and a fast trail contributed to an early finish for this year’s race.
  Musher Matt Hall and his team crossed the finish line at Old Path Baptist Church in Glennallen at 9:43 a.m. Monday morning.
  Matt Hall won this year’s Copper Basin 300.
  Third-place finisher Allen Moore crossed the finish line at 10:24 a.m., followed by fourth-place finisher Aliy Zirkle w
  
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