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• Traveling Music 2-7-16

  03-02-2016 22:27
  
  Traveling Music
  Shonti Elder
  2-7-16
   
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  Love and Freedom
  Cathie Ryan / Mary Brooksbank
  The Music of What Happens
  Shanachie
  2:49
   
  Long Beating Wing
  Gerry O’Bierne / Gerry O’Bierne
  Half Moon Bay
  www.gerryobierne.com
  4:43
   
  St. Brendan’s Fair Isle
  Mick Moloney & Eugene O’Donnell / Jimmy Driftwood
  Uncommon Bonds
  Green Linnet
  4:01
   
  Star of the County Down
  Myriad / Traditional
  Myriad Live
  
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• Alaska military code update unanimously passes House - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  03-02-2016 22:27
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  Alaska military code update unanimously passes House
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  A new version of the Code of Military Justice (HB 126) passed the Alaska House unanimously Wednesday morning, with a vote of 39-0. HB 126 applies to the Alaska National Guard and was prompted by a scandal during Sean Parnell's administration that ...
  House unanimously passes bill updating Alaska military justice rulesKTUU.com
  Alaska House passes bill updating military
  

• The Black Panthers – Vanguard of the Revolution

  03-02-2016 22:00
  
  Black Panthers from Sacramento, Free Huey Rally, Bobby Hutton Memorial Park in Oakland, CA, 1969. (Photo courtesy of Courtesy of Pirkle Jones and Ruth-Marion Baruch)
  Revisit the turbulent 1960s, when a revolutionary culture emerged with the Black Panther Party at its vanguard. Stanley Nelson tells the vibrant story in THE BLACK PANTHERS – VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION -of a pivotal movement that feels timely all over again.
  Tuesday, February 16. 8:00 p.m. 
  This acclaimed Emmy Award-winni
  
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• Massive Bird Die-Off Puzzles Alaska Scientists - Discovery News

  03-02-2016 21:40
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  Massive Bird Die-Off Puzzles Alaska Scientists
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  Thousands of dead seabirds have washed up on Alaskan shores over the past nine months. And while a dead bird washing ashore is a fairly common occurrence, these large numbers are leaving scientists concerned and confused. Play Video · Why Birds ...and more »
  

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• Will legal pot be possible in rural Alaska? - KFSK

  03-02-2016 21:37
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  Will legal pot be possible in rural Alaska?
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  Residents and borough staff in Petersburg are trying to come to grips with state regulations for marijuana that take effect later this month. The regulations create a new licensing process for businesses that could grow, test and sell pot in the state ...
  

• Ortiz gives an update on the legislative session

  03-02-2016 20:56
  
  The Alaska Legislature is about two weeks into the current session. KRBD’s Leila Kheiry talked with House District 36 Rep. Dan Ortiz to get a sense of how the session is going, so far.
  Rep. Ortiz says the atmosphere in Juneau is pretty positive, with most lawmakers focused on resolving the state’s $3.5 billion deficit rather than delaying action.
  House District 36 Rep. Dan Ortiz. (Courtesy of KRBD)
  Ortiz says the House is pushing to get its budget plan complete and to the Senate for
  
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• Former Board of Fisheries nominee pleads not guilty to fraud, theft

  03-02-2016 20:15
  
  A former Alaska Board of Fisheries nominee has pleaded not guilty to 17 felony and misdemeanor charges that he fraudulently obtained commercial fishing permits and Alaska Permanent Fund dividend payments.Roland Maw entered his plea Tuesday in court in Juneau to the 17 counts covering theft and unsworn falsification. Maw was charged on Jan. 13 with illegally collecting more than $7,200 in dividends between 2009 and 2014.
  His lawyer, Nicholas Polasky, said his client declined to comment after the
  
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• New system will warn of big quakes – but not in Alaska - Alaska Public Radio Network

  03-02-2016 19:30
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  New system will warn of big quakes – but not in Alaska
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  Interior Secretary Sally Jewell today announced the start of an earthquake early warning system called Shake Alert. It's in beta testing now, but Jewell says soon West Coast residents will be able to participate in a prototype that will send alerts to ...and more »
  

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• Kachemak Selo: An Unmet Priority in Kenai School District

  03-02-2016 19:29
  
  A new school for the town of Kachemak Selo is at the top of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s list of funding requests to the legislature. But with the state in financial crisis due to declining oil revenue, their request may go unmet. The tiny Russian Old Believer village is at the head of Kachemak Bay.
  Arena White, a teacher at Kachemak Selo School, pauses in the doorway at the school’s office (Photo by Daysha Eaton, KBBI – Homer)
  Tanya Konev teaches preschoo
  
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• Scientists solve 50-year-old mystery of Alaska tsunami - Fox News

  03-02-2016 18:45
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  Scientists solve 50-year-old mystery of Alaska tsunami
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  For 50 years, scientists struggled to understand what sparked a devastating tsunami that leveled a remote village in Alaska following the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake. But thanks to detailed seafloor images, they have solved the mystery. Scientists ...and more »
  

• Murkowski touts Alaska benefits in bipartisan legislation - Homer Tribune

  03-02-2016 18:08
  Murkowski touts Alaska benefits in bipartisan legislation
  Homer Tribune
  U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, advanced debate on her broad, bipartisan energy bill by providing a synopsis of how it will benefit her home state of Alaska. She focused on how the bill will help the state produce more energy and help consumers use ...and more »
  

• Revision to Kodiak law bans camping, lying on sidewalks

  03-02-2016 17:11
  
  Kodiak officials have passed a revision to an ordinance that targets the city’s homeless population.
  The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports the revision approved by the City Council Thursday prohibits aggressive panhandling and camping, sitting or lying on public sidewalks. The new laws will take effect following a 30-day waiting period.
  City Manager Aimee Kniaziowski says the changes were necessary because the existing code made it difficult for police to respond to reports of public intoxicatio
  
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• Sergeant with Schenectady ties dies in tragic accident in Alaska - NEWS10 ABC

  03-02-2016 16:07
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  Sergeant with Schenectady ties dies in tragic accident in Alaska
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  SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A Schenectady man is dead this morning, believed to have accidentally shot himself while stationed at a military base in Alaska. Investigators believe 25-year-old army sergeant Nathan Higginbotham's gun accidentally ...
  Alaska-based soldier dies from accidental gunshotArmyTimes.com
  Army says accidental shooting leaves soldier dead in AlaskaStars and Stripesall 52 news a
  

• Former fish board nominee pleads not guilty to fraud, theft - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  03-02-2016 14:58
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Former fish board nominee pleads not guilty to fraud, theft
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Former Alaska Board of Fisheries nominee Roland Maw heads into court before his first hearing on 17 felony and misdemeanor charges that he lied to gain residency benefits in Alaska on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, in Juneau, Alaska. Gov. Bill Walker is again ...
  Governor Makes Board of Fish AppointmentsAlaska Native News
  Walker gives Ruffner second shot at Board of FisheriesAlaskajour
  

• My Turn: Alaska Democrats reach out to Alaska's Independents - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  03-02-2016 10:16
  My Turn: Alaska Democrats reach out to Alaska's Independents
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  When President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared “we are trying to construct a more inclusive society,” he recognized that democracy is strengthened by more voices and greater participation. In today's challenging and transformational times, embracing ...and more »
  

• Eleven candidates in GOP's Alaska presidential poll - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  03-02-2016 10:16
  Eleven candidates in GOP's Alaska presidential poll
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  If Iowa and New Hampshire aren't enough to shake out the Republican presidential field, Alaska will sit among the deciding states. Eleven candidates have registered for the Presidential Preference Poll, according to announcements from the Alaska ...and more »
  

• New cable TV show focuses on Alaska plane crashes and NTSB investigators - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-02-2016 07:55
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  New cable TV show focuses on Alaska plane crashes and NTSB investigators
  Alaska Dispatch News
  NTSB aviation accident investigator Millicent Hoidal speaks to the media while conducting an on-scene investigation at the Iliamna crash site of the de Havilland DHC-3T Turbine Otter that crashed during takeoff from East Wind Lake in the background on ...
  

• Dog lover gets an assist from Brother Francis and Alaska SPCA - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-02-2016 05:34
  Dog lover gets an assist from Brother Francis and Alaska SPCA
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Dogblog note: The blog has been pretty quiet lately, but this letter came in via the Alaska SPCA. Its author requested that it appear in the Dog Blog, and I think it's a great spot for it. ADN Dog Blog: I have a pet and service animal, his name is Luie ...
  

• Reality Check: 'Alaska Proof' and the reality TV lifestyle - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-02-2016 04:41
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Reality Check: 'Alaska Proof' and the reality TV lifestyle
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Before each episode of “Alaska Proof,” my Tivo catches the last minute of “Wild West Alaska.” (Reminder: “Wild West Alaska” is a workplace comedy about an Anchorage gun store, but guns aren't really the focal point.) If you only catch the last minute ...
  

• Alaska's education spending still outpaces the rest of the US by far - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-02-2016 04:36
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska's education spending still outpaces the rest of the US by far
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The latest data collected by the federal government shows uniquely high -- and unwavering -- spending on education in Alaska, including Anchorage. Elsewhere, states are cutting spending on schools. Related: Outside review finds good and bad in ...and more »
  

• New earthquake warning system excludes Alaska - Alaska Public Radio Network

  03-02-2016 04:27
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  New earthquake warning system excludes Alaska
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Tuesday announced the start of an Earthquake Early Warning system called Shake Alert. It's in beta testing now, but Jewell says soon West Coast residents will be able to participate in a prototype that will send ...
  Alaska presence missing at White House earthquake summitKTUU.comall 142 news articles »
  

• More Outsiders than residents added to Alaska workforce in 2014 - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-02-2016 03:41
  Alaska Dispatch News
  More Outsiders than residents added to Alaska workforce in 2014
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The number of Outsiders with jobs in Alaska increased more than the number of residents with jobs here in 2014, according to a new report from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The state's workforce grew 0.8 percent overall in ...and more »
  

• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016

  03-02-2016 03:41
  
  
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  New earthquake warning system unveiled
  Liz Ruskin, APRN – WashingtonInterior Secretary Sally Jewell today announced the start of an Earthquake Early Warning system called Shake Alert. It’s in beta testing now, but Jewell says soon We
  
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• New earthquake warning system excludes Alaska

  03-02-2016 03:24
  
  
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  Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Tuesday announced the start of an Earthquake Early Warning system called Shake Alert. It’s in beta testing now, but Jewell says soon West Coast residents will be able to participate in a prototype that will send alerts to their cell phones a few seconds to a few minutes before a big quake strikes. But the warnings won’t cover Alaska.
  Japan already has an earthquake warning system. So does China and Turkey. But California Congress
  
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• 45 days later, a proposal with few details on LIO building

  03-02-2016 03:23
  
  Tuesday was the deadline set by the Legislative Council to figure out what to do with the controversial lease on the Legislative Information Office in downtown Anchorage.
  In December, the council set a 45 day limit to decide whether or not to break a 10 year lease with the building’s owner, 716 West Fourth Avenue, LLC, comprised of developers Bob Acree and Marc Pfeffer. As of Tuesday, the office of Kodiak Republican Senator Gary Stevens, who chairs of the council, said it received a p
  
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• Walker names Soldotna’s Ruffner to fish board

  03-02-2016 03:07
  
  
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  Governor Bill Walker announced five nominations to the board of the Alaska Fish and Game on Tueeday. On the list again this year for a fish seat is Robert Ruffner of Soldotna, who would replace Fritz Johnson, a commercial fisherman from Dillingham. If confirmed, it will be the first time the fish board would not have a member from Bristol Bay.
  
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• Officials investigating Wasilla shooting deaths

  03-02-2016 03:05
  
  
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  Law enforcement officials are investigating two shooting deaths near Wasilla. The victims are identified as Renee Millard, age 40, and 10-year 0ld Dean Millard.
  Alaska State Troopers were alerted to the sound of gunfire at a rural residence in the Meadow Lakes area sometime after 8 am on Monday. According to Trooper spokesperson Megan Peters, two people in an Autumn Lane residence were found deceased shortly afterward.
  Troopers said in a dispatch on Tuesday that the Alas
  
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• New system will warn of big quakes – but not in Alaska

  03-02-2016 03:04
  
  Damage from the recent 7.1 earthquake in Southcentral Alaska.(Jenny Neyman/ KDLL)
  Interior Secretary Sally Jewell today announced the start of an earthquake early warning system called Shake Alert. It’s in beta testing now, but Jewell says soon West Coast residents will be able to participate in a prototype that will send alerts to their cell phones a few seconds to a few minutes before a big quake strikes. But the warnings won’t cover Alaska.
  Japan already has an earthquake warning
  
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• Yukon Quest begins Saturday with new start location

  03-02-2016 03:00
  
  
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  The 2016 Yukon Quest gets underway in Fairbanks this Saturday, with 23 teams running a thousand miles to Whitehorse. Dog teams will be traversing a trail rooted in history.
  Saturday’s Yukon Quest start is being relocated due to rough ice conditions on the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks. Race organizers say the start chute will shift from its traditional spot on the ice near the Cushman Street Bridge, several hundred yards up river to solid ground behind the Morris Thompso
  
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• Walker names Kenai’s Ruffner to fish board

  03-02-2016 02:47
  
  Governor Bill Walker announced five nominations to the board of the Alaska Fish and Game on Tueeday. On the list again this year for a fish seat is Robert Ruffner of Kenai, who would replace Fritz Johnson, a commercial fisherman from Dillingham. If confirmed, it will be the first time the fish board would not have a member from Bristol Bay.
  
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• Insurer proposes fix to Alaska's troubled health insurance market - Alaska Public Radio Network

  03-02-2016 01:20
  Insurer proposes fix to Alaska's troubled health insurance market
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  Premera Alaska is the only individual health insurer left in the state. Moda Health withdrew from the market last week, after Oregon regulators revealed the company was facing “enormous financial losses.” Before Moda's announcement, Premera and Moda ...and more »
  

• Insurer proposes fix to Alaska’s troubled health insurance market

  03-02-2016 01:19
  
  Premera Alaska is the only individual health insurer left in the state. Moda Health withdrew from the market last week, after Oregon regulators revealed the company was facing “enormous financial losses.” Before Moda’s announcement, Premera and Moda were working on a plan to stabilize Alaska’s individual market.
  In the last two years, Alaska insurance rates on healthcare.gov have increased an average of 70 percent. The state now has the highest average premiums in the cou
  
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• BP announces another round of layoffs, but not in Alaska - Alaska Public Radio Network

  03-02-2016 00:22
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  BP announces another round of layoffs, but not in Alaska
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  BP announced another round of layoffs Tuesday, as plunging oil prices take a toll on the major producers. But a spokesperson says this round of cuts will not affect Alaska. The company will cut 3,000 positions from its worldwide marketing and refining ...
  No new BP layoffs in Alaska despite multi-billion dollar loss, officials sayKTUU.comall 2 news articles »
  

• BP announces another round of layoffs, but not in Alaska

  03-02-2016 00:16
  
  BP’s Anchorage headquarters. Image: Wikimedia Commons
  BP announced another round of layoffs Tuesday, as plunging oil prices take a toll on the major producers.
  But a spokesperson says this round of cuts will not affect Alaska.
  The company will cut 3,000 positions from its worldwide marketing and refining operations. The cuts come on top of the 4,000 layoffs BP announced last month in its global production and exploration units.
  In all, the company still expects to cut about 260 jobs in Ala
  
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