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• APD Chief Chris Tolley takes your questions

  29-01-2016 23:00
  
  APD Chief Chris Tolley. Photo courtesy APD.
  Chief Christopher Tolley joined the Anchorage Police Department in October of 2015. He joins host Kathleen McCoy on Hometown Alaska to discuss his first months on the job, his initiatives and concerns going forward.
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• Arctic Executive Steering Committee – One Year On

  29-01-2016 22:30
  
  Former United States Ambassador to Sweden Mark Brzezinski serves as Executive Director of the U.S. Government’s Arctic Executive Steering Committee. He spoke to the Alaska World Affairs Council at the Dena’ina Center, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, to provide an update on President Obama’s Executive Order to enhance coordination of national efforts in the Arctic. The presentation was called “Arctic Executive Steering Committee -­ One Year On: Report from the Exec
  
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• 49 Voices: Altharia Fields-Roberts of Anchorage

  29-01-2016 22:27
  
  
  This week we’re hearing from Altharia Fields-Roberts an unemployed cook from Anchorage. Altharia moved to Anchorage from Detroit 31 years ago and found that the less busy Anchorage was more to her liking.
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  Altharia Fields-Roberts (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media)
  FIELDS-ROBERTS: It took me three weeks to unpack. I wasn’t going to unpack. I thought, “It’s so hick! What have I done? What have I done?” And I thought, “Well… Gotta g
  
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• Seismic monitoring and earthquake energy

  29-01-2016 22:00
  
  Scientists have been waiting for a decade for a large earthquake in Southcentral to test an array of seismic sensors in Anchorage. What did seismologists learn from the 7.1 temblor that struck Cook Inlet, rattling the Kenai and Alaska’s largest city and how might that inform building codes in the future?
  HOST: Lori Townsend
  GUESTS:
  Michael West, state seismologist, Geophysical Institute
  John Thornley, structural engineer
  Dr. John Aho, structural engineer
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• Fugitive found in 'elaborate tunnel system' at Alaska trailer park - TBO.com

  29-01-2016 21:42
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  Fugitive found in 'elaborate tunnel system' at Alaska trailer park
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  SITKA, Alaska — Authorities arrested a fugitive convicted on drug and theft charges after finding him hiding this week in what they called an “elaborate tunnel system” dug underneath a trailer home in Alaska. The tunnels narrowed as officers walked ...and more »
  

• Alaska insurance regulators seek to allay fears in wake of Moda's departure - KTUU.com

  29-01-2016 21:30
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  Alaska insurance regulators seek to allay fears in wake of Moda's departure
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  Alaska insurance regulators said today they will work with the state's congressional delegation, lawmakers and the governor's office to try to lure a new health insurance company to Alaska. That follows word that Alaska has suspended Moda Health Plan ...
  State forces Moda Health to leave AlaskaKTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  Alaska kicks out Moda Health from individual insurance market, leaving only
  

• Eva Saulitis to be honored Friday in Homer

  29-01-2016 21:10
  
  Eva Saulitis. (Credit courtesy of Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College)
  The community of Homer is mourning the death of a beloved writer, scientist and teacher.  Eva Saulitis died January 16th of cancer. Homer Council on the Arts will award Saulitis a lifetime achievement award, posthumously, on Friday. The Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College will hold a memorial reading in the evening.
  Homer Council on the Arts will make the award at their annual meeting at their
  
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• Taking Control of Your Diabetes

  29-01-2016 21:00
  
  TCOYD is a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 charitable organization dedicated to educating and motivating people with diabetes and their loved ones to take a more active role in their own health and to provide continuing diabetes education to medical professionals to better care for their patients. Dr. Edelman has written more than 200 articles and five books and we’ll be speaking with him in preperation for the Taking Conrtol of Your Diabetes Conference & Health Fair, Saturday, Feru
  
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• School district prepares Kipusvik Building for Ayaprun, plans for KLA at Yuut

  29-01-2016 20:41
  
  BNC Kipusvik facility. (Photo by Myka Kernak / KYUK.)
  The Lower Kuskokwim School District is readying the Kipusvik building for a February move-in by the Ayaprun Yup’ik immersion school.
  According to a press release, the school district has leased the building from the Bethel Native Corporation and is working with the Fire Marshal to make sure the building is up to code. The district has borrowed temporary wall partitions from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation to create clas
  
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• Nome delegation attends conference, visits capital urging Arctic port development

  29-01-2016 20:39
  
  Aerial view of Nome’s port. (Photo: Joy Baker/Nome Port Director)
  The Arctic has been a hot topic lately. The region has the subject of countless conferences around the world, many of which also address issues of climate change and sustainability. But another focus of Arctic discussions has been development.
  To promote the development of a deep draft Arctic port in Nome, the city recently sent a delegation to Seattle for an Arctic conference and then onto meetings in Washington, D.C.
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• As oil tanks, will Alaska become the next Detroit? - CNBC

  29-01-2016 20:38
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  As oil tanks, will Alaska become the next Detroit?
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  As the price of oil continues to plummet, the ripple effect — on jobs, energy companies, the stock market — is painfully felt. The impact has even reached America's "Last Frontier." Earlier this month, Standard & Poor's downgraded Alaska's AAA ...
  

• Homer police charge man with armed robbery

  29-01-2016 20:22
  
  Dellan Vanbuskirk. (Photo courtesy Homer Police Department)
  Homer Police Chief Mark Robl says a man arrested last week after a chase is being charged with armed robbery. 30-year-old Dellan Vanbuskirk, of Homer is being charged with two counts, says Robl.
  “The first count is for the robbery of the Short Stop store at the top of Baycrest hill and the second count is for the robbery of an acquaintance of his which occurred out in the Anchor Point area,” said Robl.
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• City council passes Nome’s first commercial marijuana regulation

  29-01-2016 20:20
  
  Marijuana for sale at a dispensary in California. (Photo: Dank Depot via Flickr Creative Commons)
  Earlier this week, Nome’s city council passed its first set of commercial marijuana regulations.
  When the topic has been brought up at past meetings, the Council focused far more on understanding the basics of the state’s regulations, rather than working out the fine details of their own. That’s because, even with the recent legalization of commercial marijuana, the barriers to act
  
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• Sitka police arrest fugitive hiding in tunnel system

  29-01-2016 20:18
  
  A fugitive from justice in Sitka was arrested Tuesday evening after police located him hiding in a tunnel system he had dug under a trailer park.
  It took eight officers to extract the man, who had been missing just over two weeks, and who had apparently spent much of that time burrowing.
  Sitka police staked out the home of 42-year-old Jeremy Beebe when he failed to report to jail on January 12 to begin serving a 21-month sentence.
  Lt. Lance Ewers says that Beebe eventually returned to his home i
  
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• Emergency preparedness in Alaska

  29-01-2016 20:04
  
  
  Last week’s stalled food delivery, which left many grocery store shelves bare, followed by Sunday’s 7.1 earthquake has left many people wondering how prepared Alaska is for an emergency. And more importantly, how vulnerable are we in these situations? On this week’s Alaska Edition, we discuss emergency preparedness in the state.
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  HOST: Zachariah Hughes
  GUESTS:Mike O’Hare, Director, Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
  Kelley McGuirk,&nb
  
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• Alaska Airlines Ad Fail – 'Meet Our Eskimo' - Yahoo Travel

  29-01-2016 19:46
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  Alaska Airlines Ad Fail – 'Meet Our Eskimo'
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  The updated livery and logo on Alaska Airlines, including the Eskimo logo that has been there since 1972. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren). A company rebranding campaign turned into a P.R. mess for Alaska Airlines this week, leading its CEO to apologize for a ...
  Alaska Airlines chief executive apologizes for using "Meet our Eskimo" referenceKTUU.com
  Alaska Airlines apologizes, removes 'Meet our Eskimo' phrase from website
  

• Alaska Governor Proposes Tax Increases and Cuts to Medicaid After Expanding Obamacare - TheBlaze.com

  29-01-2016 19:42
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  Alaska Governor Proposes Tax Increases and Cuts to Medicaid After Expanding Obamacare
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  Kristina is the Senior Coalitions Director for the Foundation for Government Accountability - a leading conservative multi-state think tank focused on health care and welfare reform. In addition to TheBlaze, her work has been published at other leading ...and more »
  

• How a deer can cause a plane crash

  29-01-2016 19:22
  
  Throughout this year’s hunting season, Sitka’s airport has been contending with an unusual issue: dead deer. Carcasses have been washing up on the runway since November, attracting birds. And this has posed a big problem to business as usual.
  Heather Bauscher is a wildlife specialist for the USDA. Her job is the clear the runway of airborne creatures. But lately, her bigger problem is deer. (Emily Kwong/KCAW photo)
  You know those contraptions where a hammer hits a ball which drops in
  
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• Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane Dies at 74 - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-01-2016 19:20
  Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane Dies at 74
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  Paul Kantner, a founding member of Jefferson Airplane, one of the definitive San Francisco psychedelic groups of the 1960s, and the guiding spirit of its successor, Jefferson Starship, has died. He was 74. Kantner's death was confirmed by Cash Edwards ...and more »
  

• AK: Artist finishes portrait collection of Juneau’s grittiest

  29-01-2016 18:30
  
  
  As 2015 came to a close, Juneau artist MK MacNaughton finished a art project that portrayed 52 of her fellow community members—or, a portrait a week for a year.
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  MacNaughton picked her subjects not for how they look, but for what they do, where they do it, and how hard they work at it. On 18×18-inch archival acid free paper, she used charcoal to drawn portraits of a seldom recognized group of people.A construction site in the middle of wint
  
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• 'Alaska's Future' campaign kicks off in effort to save Alaska from financial ruin - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  29-01-2016 18:10
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  'Alaska's Future' campaign kicks off in effort to save Alaska from financial ruin
  KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  It's a diverse coalition of some well-known Alaskans that's calling on lawmakers to act now: The “Alaska's Future” campaign kicked off Tuesday in an effort to save the state from financial ruin down the road. Coalition members include GCI President Ron ...
  Dividend has a better future outside of the Alaska Permanent FundAlaska D
  

• Move to Alaska - Men's Fitness

  29-01-2016 17:52
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  Today in the fittest, happiest places in the U.S., and everything else you need to know. by Michael Rodio · Follow. Time to Leave the Lower 48: Hawaii and Alaska are the healthiest, happiest states in the U.S., according to a new ranking from the ...and more »
  

• FDA stops imports of genetically engineered salmon

  29-01-2016 17:49
  
  The FDA issued an alert this morning to stop imports of genetically engineered salmon.
  The agency is following a mandate Sen. Lisa Murkowski pushed through Congress in a spending bill at the end of last year. But the import limitation is likely to be just temporary.
  The FDA, citing the bill language, says it can’t allow the fish to be sold as food until it writes consumer labeling guidelines.
  There’s no word yet on when the FDA expects to have those guidelines completed.
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• Legislative committee raises concern over new DEC rules

  29-01-2016 17:30
  
  A joint House and Senate committee on Thursday quizzed Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Spill Response Director Kristin Ryan on a new set of regulations that they say could be overly burdensome to companies and people throughout the state.
  The department is proposing lowering the allowable amount of certain chemicals that can remain after a spill. The new regulations would cover more than 130 chemicals.
  The agency received more than a dozen public comments from individuals and bus
  
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• Lawmakers approve removing records from online court system - Alaska Public Radio Network

  29-01-2016 17:29
  Lawmakers approve removing records from online court system
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  The Alaska Senate has approved a bill that calls for records of acquittals, dismissed cases and dropped cases to be erased from the state's online court record system. The Juneau Empire reports that lawmakers voted Wednesday in favor of the legislation ...and more »
  

• Lawmakers approve removing records from online court system

  29-01-2016 17:28
  
  The Alaska Senate has approved a bill that calls for records of acquittals, dismissed cases and dropped cases to be erased from the state’s online court record system.
  The Juneau Empire reports that lawmakers voted Wednesday in favor of the legislation, which was also approved in the Alaska House last year. The bill has been amended with a technical correction and will return to the House for another review.
  Under the bill, court records would be expunged from the online system after 60 da
  
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• Man found dead on trail outside Aniak

  29-01-2016 17:12
  
  Aniak. (Google Maps screenshot)
  An investigation into a death in Aniak has taken an odd turn, with someone else connected to the situation found dead yesterday.
  Alaska State Troopers earlier in the week put out a missing person alert for Aniak resident Thomas “Tommy” Tom, after a yet-to-be-identified man was found dead in his house on Sunday.
  Now Tommy Tom has been found dead, along a trail outside of Aniak.
  Troopers report that the body of Tom was found in the woods. He was not wear
  
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• Alaska, Oregon suspend activity by Moda Health Plan - KTUU.com

  29-01-2016 17:05
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  Alaska, Oregon suspend activity by Moda Health Plan
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  JUNEAU (AP) — Alaska insurance regulators have suspended Moda Health Plan from accepting new or renewal policies in the state, citing concerns with the Oregon-based company's financial situation.
  State forces Moda Health to leave AlaskaKTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  Alaska kicks out Moda Health from individual insurance market, leaving only PremeraAlaska Dispatch News
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• Want to feel better? Move to Hawaii, Alaska - Chicago Tribune

  29-01-2016 16:34
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  Want to feel better? Move to Hawaii, Alaska
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  Kent Terada shows the shaka or "hang loose" sign while sitting at Ala Moana Beach Park in Honolulu. A new study looking at the five elements of a well ordered life, such as financial security, sense of community and purpose, ranks Hawaii tops in the U ...
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• Alaska village officer uses duct tape to restrain man on flight to Asia - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-01-2016 15:58
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  Alaska village officer uses duct tape to restrain man on flight to Asia
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  An Alaska village public safety officer helped subdue a disobedient passenger on a New Year's Eve flight to Asia the Alaska way -- with duct tape. According to a Facebook statement from Alaska State Troopers, Barrett Taylor was awoken during the 13 ...
  

• Jeff Lowenfels: Breed your own Alaska-specific heirloom tomatoes. Start here. - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-01-2016 15:55
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  Jeff Lowenfels: Breed your own Alaska-specific heirloom tomatoes. Start here.
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  Some scientists believe that there is not enough genetic diversity in heirloom plants. The selective breeding for one or two traits often leaves plants that have little or no defense capabilities and some other negative characteristics, like fewer ...
  

• Gulf of Alaska fishermen to council: don't experiment with our fisheries - Undercurrent News

  29-01-2016 10:26
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  Gulf of Alaska fishermen to council: don't experiment with our fisheries
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  A majority of Gulf of Alaska groundfish trawlers will voluntarily suspend fishing in order to attend the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Portland, Oregon the first week in February. They are concerned that the recent State of Alaska ...
  Gulf of Alaska trawlers call for four-day stand downAlaskajournal.com
  Gulf of Alaska pollock, cod trawlers tie up to lobby for quota shar
  

• The (human) future of Alaska's fisheries - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  29-01-2016 10:11
  The (human) future of Alaska's fisheries
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  Eric Prestegard, executive director of Douglas Island Pink & Chum, Inc., leads a tour of the Macaulay Salmon Hatchery on Wednesday to people attending the Alaska Young Fishermen's Summit. Back | Next. Allison Stopks of British Columbia takes a picture ...
  

• S&P report delves into Alaska's negative credit outlook - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  29-01-2016 10:11
  S&P report delves into Alaska's negative credit outlook
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  Standard and Poor's Rating Services took a look at what makes some oil states' futures look bleaker than others. The hardest-hit states forecasted oil prices too optimistically, tied too much state income to oil revenues, or didn't save enough from the ...and more »
  

• Empire Editorial: Will Alaska's Democratic Party sell out? - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  29-01-2016 10:11
  Empire Editorial: Will Alaska's Democratic Party sell out?
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  The Alaska Democratic Party might be a little less democratic if party delegates decide to adopt a rule change at their May meeting. A spokesman told The Associated Press this week that the party will ask the state's Division of Elections to implement ...and more »
  

• Alaska women's hoops falls in Montana - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  29-01-2016 09:52
  Alaska women's hoops falls in Montana
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  FAIRBANKS—The Alaska Nanooks women's basketball team wasn't able to put an end to its road woes, falling 72-46 to host Montana State Billings, where they haven't won since the 1992-92 season. Despite a team-high 20 points from junior forward Jordan ...
  

• Alaska hockey travels to Wisconsin for first time since 1991 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  29-01-2016 09:52
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  Alaska hockey travels to Wisconsin for first time since 1991
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  FAIRBANKS—The Alaska Nanooks had last weekend off after a two-week Western Collegiate Hockey Association road trip that saw them go from Huntsville, Alabama, to Marquette, Michigan. Now, the Nanooks head back out on the road to Madison, ...
  Badgers men's hockey: Alaska series provides hope of reversing dismal playMadison.comall 7 news articles »
  

• GEG announces new, weekly flights to Alaska - KXLY Spokane

  29-01-2016 07:32
  GEG announces new, weekly flights to Alaska
  KXLY Spokane
  Travelers out of Spokane have a new option when it comes to flying out of Spokane International. The airport announced Thursday that Alaska Airlines will soon offer weekly non stop service to Anchorage, Alaska. Flights will begin on June 11th and run ...and more »
  

• Alaska snowmachiner Thacker claims silver medal at X Games - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-01-2016 06:32
  Alaska snowmachiner Thacker claims silver medal at X Games
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  Five years ago, as he was beginning his rehabilitation from a spinal-cord injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down, competitive snowmachiner Paul Thacker of Anchorage began plotting his return to the X Games. Thacker's comeback culminated ...and more »
  

• UPDATE: EVA Airlines apologizes for air rage incident resolved by Alaska VPSO - KTUU.com

  29-01-2016 05:01
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  UPDATE: EVA Airlines apologizes for air rage incident resolved by Alaska VPSO
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  EVA Airlines has apologized for an air rage incident on New Year's Eve resolved in part by an Alaska village public safety officer. About eight hours after an EVA Air flight left Seattle for Taipei, passenger Nathaniel Johnson became abusive and ...
  

• Alaska Airlines chief executive apologizes for using "Meet our Eskimo" reference - KTUU.com

  29-01-2016 03:53
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  Alaska Airlines chief executive apologizes for using "Meet our Eskimo" reference
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  Alaska Airlines issued an apology today for using the phrase “Meet our Eskimo” in a high-profile rebranding campaign this week. More from KTUU. Alaska, Oregon suspend activity by Moda Health Plan · Gov. Bill Walker appoints new chief to lead Alaska's.
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• Moda exits Alaska’s individual health insurance market

  29-01-2016 03:39
  
  
  Moda Health says it’s pulling out of the individual market in the state. The company is one only two insurers who sell individual health insurance plans in Alaska.
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  The statement from the company comes after the state of Oregon placed Moda under supervision late Wednesday. In a press release, Oregon officials say they took the action becauseof the company’s “excessive operating losses.”
  Alaska’s director of insurance Lori Wing-Heier followed suit with
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016

  29-01-2016 03:39
  
  
  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
   
  Moda exits Alaska’s individual health insurance market
  Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
  Moda Health says it’s pulling out of the individual market in the state. The company is one only two insurers who sell individual health
  
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• Railbelt utility overhaul could mean more renewables, cheaper power

  29-01-2016 03:38
  
  
  One goal of the overhaul is to make it easier to supply renewable energy to the grid. Photo: Daysha Eaton /KSKA
  Utilities from Homer to Fairbanks are in discussions to overhaul the way electricity is generated and transported across the region. The proposals would create a single operator to coordinate how power is delivered to customers throughout the Railbelt, and bring in an outside company to build and manage regional transmission lines.
  The goal is cheaper electricity —
  
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• APD investigates 2 unusual deaths at Point Woronzof

  29-01-2016 03:36
  
  
  Two suspicious deaths in Anchorage have local police puzzled. APD was investigating a body that was found at the city’s Point Woronzoff early Thursday morning when they found a second person nearby, critically wounded. That person has since died in an Anchorage hospital.
  Police spokesperson Anita Shell is saying little about the incident, except that someone called about the first body around 8:30 a.m. The second victim was located almost an hour later. Shell, in a press release, says the
  
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• Corrections nominee pledges to stop incarcerating the intoxicated

  29-01-2016 03:35
  
  
  Last year, Dean Williams found many problems with the state Department of Corrections that contributed to the deaths of dozens in Alaska’s prisons and jails.Now he will be in position to do something about it.
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  Image in the public domain; accessed via Wikimedia Commons, Sept. 14, 2015.
  Gov. Bill Walker on Thursday nominated Williams to be corrections commissioner.
  Williams expressed an interest in changing how the department handles people who are detained when they&rsqu
  
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• Corrections nominee aims to improve safety for intoxicated people who are detained

  29-01-2016 03:35
  
  
  Last year, Dean Williams found many problems with the state Department of Corrections that contributed to the deaths of dozens in Alaska’s prisons and jails.Now he will be in position to do something about it.
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  Image in the public domain; accessed via Wikimedia Commons, Sept. 14, 2015.
  Gov. Bill Walker on Thursday nominated Williams to be corrections commissioner.
  Williams expressed an interest in changing how the department handles people who are detained when they&rsqu
  
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• Police and public health officials collaborate to combat Spice

  29-01-2016 03:34
  
  
  Officials are in Anchorage Thursday two days of presentations on synthetic cannabinoids. According to new figures from the Fire Chief Dennis LeBlanc, first responders are seeing calls for spice-related emergencies remain at 9.7% across the municipality. Now, the city is pulling together a broad spectrum of experts from different fields to develop long term strategies.
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  According to officials, Anchorage is seeing less commercially packaged synthetic cannabinoids like those
  
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• Cyrano’s theater honored by Governor

  29-01-2016 03:31
  
  
  Sandy Harper of Cyrano’s.
  State leaders have been grappling with the bleak chore of reining in deficit spending, but tonight there is cause for celebration in Juneau. The annual Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities takes place tonight in the capital city. Awards will be given to outstanding Alaskans for their work in advancing art and humanities.
  One of tonight’s recipients is Cyrano’s theater company in Anchorage. The small theater will receive the Award fo
  
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• Middle Way restauranteur branches into pizza territory

  29-01-2016 03:30
  
  
  Last Saturday was the grand opening of Hearth Artisan Pizzas, a pizzeria owned by Jon Campabello. Campabello is also the owner of the Middle Way Café, located right next door.
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  While pizzerias may seem plentiful in the Anchorage area, Campabello thinks his traditional style pizza will set itself apart.
  The bar at Hearth Artisan Pizza in Anchorage (Photo by Wesley Early)
  Campabello called Hearth, “a traditional style pizza restaurant. Everything is handcrafted, housemad
  
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