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• Traveling Music 4-10-16

  02-04-2016 23:44
  Traveling Music
  4-10-16
  Shonti Elder
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  Coat of Many Colors
  Eva Cassidy / Dolly Parton
  Somewhere
  Blix Street Records
  3:17
   
  Don’t Get Killed
  Andy Breckman / Andy Breckman
  The Greenwich Village Folk Festival
  Gadfly Records
  1:35
   
  For You
  Eric Bibb (with Ruthie Foster) / Eric Bibb
  Friends
  Manhaton Records
  4:49
   
  Sweet Spot
  Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt / Jill Cunniff, Emmylou Harri
  
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• Computer problems cause Alaska to cancel statewide test - WDAM-TV

  02-04-2016 23:30
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Computer problems cause Alaska to cancel statewide test
  WDAM-TV
  ANCHORAGE, AK (KTTU/CNN) - An outage in Kansas disrupted an important test day for thousands of students all the way in Alaska. MOREAdditional LinksPoll. Schools all across Alaska had to cancel their computer-based achievement test called the AMP.
  Alaska Cancels Standardized Testing After Internet ProblemsABC News
  Alaska schools chief cancels standardized test after connection problemsFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  

• Alaska Airlines Said to Be Near $2 Billion Deal for Virgin America - New York Times

  02-04-2016 22:54
  New York Times
  Alaska Airlines Said to Be Near $2 Billion Deal for Virgin America
  New York Times
  Alaska Airlines and JetBlue squared off in recent bidding for Virgin America. Any deal is expected to draw close scrutiny. Credit Stuart Isett for The New York Times. Virgin America, founded on the premise of being a cool airline shuttling people from ...
  Alaska Air poised to buy Virgin America, report saysThe Seattle Times
  Alaska Air Said Near Accord to Buy Branson's Virgin AmericaBloomberg
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• Cyrano’s Rapture, Blister, Burn

  02-04-2016 18:50
  
  
  Rapture,Blister,BurnWhen is a play that is known to be about feminism not just about feminism, but really is? Join three members of the cast of Cyrano’s latest offering, Gina Gionfriddo‘s Pulitzer nominated play Rapture, Blister, Burn this week on Stage Talk to find out. Rapture, Blister, Burn performs at Cyrano’s April 1 through the 24th.
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  GUESTS: 
  Sharon Harrison, “Alice” in Cyrano’s Rapture, Blister, Burn
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• Alaska, Part 2: New Events, Anniversaries and Facilities in 2016 - Forbes

  02-04-2016 14:54
  Forbes
  Alaska, Part 2: New Events, Anniversaries and Facilities in 2016
  Forbes
  The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center south of Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Al Grillo). In a recent post, I covered new cruises and attractions in Alaska. Here is part 2, covering new events, anniversaries and facility updates in Alaska this year:.
  

• Pentagon retreats in Alaska troop fight - Politico

  02-04-2016 13:56
  Politico
  Pentagon retreats in Alaska troop fight
  Politico
  Last summer, the Pentagon thought it had found a sure-fire way to shave tens of millions of dollars — by deactivating a combat unit in Alaska it decided it could live without. But then the state's influential congressional delegation swung into action ...and more »
  

• Earthquake strikes remote region of Alaska - CNN

  02-04-2016 09:10
  CNN
  Earthquake strikes remote region of Alaska
  CNN
  (CNN) A preliminary 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit a remote region of Alaska late Friday night, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The temblor struck the Alaska Peninsula more than 400 miles (649 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage, according to the ...
  6.2 magnitude earthquake rattles Southwest Alaska Friday nightKTUU.com
  6.2-magnitude earthquake hits Alaska PeninsulaKTOO
  Strong earthquake hits Alaska, no tsunami warningTimes of Indiaall 8
  

• Alaska freeride skiers head to North American championships - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-04-2016 07:21
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska freeride skiers head to North American championships
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Three Alaska freeride skiers are headed to Whistler, British Columbia, for next week's North American Championships. Hunter Keffalos, Simon Keffalos and Leif Mumma will represent the Alyeska Ski Club at the April 7-10 competition. A fourth Alaskan ...
  

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• Photos: Inmate farmers feed Alaska's hungry - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-04-2016 04:55
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Photos: Inmate farmers feed Alaska's hungry
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Inmates Orson Balamoutoff, left, and Leon Bradford sort and bag potatoes at the Point Mackenzie Correctional Farm on Friday, Apr 1, 2016. The farm produces food, mostly potatoes, for nearby Goose Creek prison, other correctional institutions, and the ...and more »
  

• 5 Alaska youth teams unbeaten through 2 days at hockey nationals Outside - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-04-2016 04:51
  5 Alaska youth teams unbeaten through 2 days at hockey nationals Outside
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska's eight entries at USA Hockey Tier II National Championships around the country went 5-3 on Friday, when five of those youth clubs improved to 2-0 and greatly leveraged their chances of advancing to elimination rounds. The championships opened ...and more »
  

• Discovery of bat disease in Washington state alarms Alaska biologists - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-04-2016 04:37
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Discovery of bat disease in Washington state alarms Alaska biologists
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A little brown bat. Scientists worry that now that an instance of white-nose syndrome, a usually lethal fungus afflicting bats, has been found in Washington State it may threaten Alaska's population of bats. Jonathan L. Fiely / University of Alaska ...
  

• Just pushing a button not enough for Alaska mariners in distress - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-04-2016 04:18
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Just pushing a button not enough for Alaska mariners in distress
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Coast Guard attempts to rescue the crew of the Kuperanof, which was in distress in the Gulf of Alaska near Lituya Bay. The 73-foot fishing vessel out of Petersburg reported taking on water and the Coast Guard deployed a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter.
  

• At low prices, North Slope production taxes could drop to zero

  02-04-2016 03:59
  
  
  A Doyon drill rig putting in new wells at the ConocoPhillips CD5 drill site on the North Slope. Photo: Rachel Waldholz/APRNAs oil continues to hover around $40 a barrel, Alaska is confronting a new reality: if prices stay this low, the state’s major North Slope producers might owe no production taxes at all in coming years.
  With the state struggling to close a $4 billion budget deficit, that’s not an appealing prospect. And many lawmakers say they never understood how the tax system
  
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• 49 Voices: Tribute to Annie Feidt

  02-04-2016 03:46
  
  
  This week on 49 Voices, we’re doing something a little different. Our long-time editor and producer Annie Feidt will be leaving Alaska News Nightly to manage Alaska’s new Regional Journalism Collaborative focused on energy and environment. While she’ll still be heavily involved in making statewide news, she won’t be the one editing frazzled reporters, wrangling deadlines, and making sure there’s a show to air every night. As our editor she may very well be furious t
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Apr. 1, 2016

  02-04-2016 03:43
  
  
  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
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  At low prices, North Slope production taxes could drop to zero
  Rachel Waldholz, APRN – Anchorage
  As oil continues to hover around $40 per barrel, Alaska is confronting a new reality: if prices stay this low, the state’s major North
  
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• King Cove and Murkowski grumble over federal report on refuge road alternatives

  02-04-2016 03:18
  
  King Cove and Murkowski grumble over federal report on refuge road alternatives  Advocates for an emergency medical road out of King Cove took aim at the Interior Department this week for essentially burying a $100,000 study on alternatives to allowing a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.April 1, 2016
  
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• After managers depart, Permanent Fund wants legislative support for raises

  02-04-2016 03:07
  
  After managers depart, Permanent Fund wants legislative support for raisesThe Alaska Permanent Fund director says the fund's financial managers are paid far below the national average and need raises. April 1, 2016
  
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• Alaska online testing suspended this year due to Kansas server

  02-04-2016 03:01
  
  The state of Alaska has suspended online standardized testing in schools this year because of ongoing problems connecting to a Kansas-based server. In a press release issued this afternoon, the Department of Education said that “repeated technical disruptions have rendered the affected tests invalid.”
  Students across Alaska logged online to take the Alaska Measures of Progress, or AMP, assessments on Tuesday, March 29. Testing was brought to an abrupt end when a construction worker a
  
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• House passes foster care improvement bill, says more needs to be done

  02-04-2016 02:50
  
  
  Rep. Les Gara, D- Anchorage, speaks during a House floor session, Feb. 8, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)The state House passed a foster care improvement bill Friday afternoon. Under the new legislation, the state would put a stronger focus on finding foster kids permanent homes and prioritize placing them with relatives when possible.
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  One provision of the bill requires the court system to that Office of Children’s Services workers do their best to find long-term h
  
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• AK: Sitka, one of the best kept secrets for surfers

  02-04-2016 02:28
  
  
  Warmer winters have pushed Sitka snowboarders and other adventurers out of the mountains and into the water.  The ocean swell and rock breaks right near the heart of town create prime wave conditions. But locals are worried about revealing too much about their secret spot. 
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  A surfer tucks a wave at Sandy Beach in Sitka. (Photo by Brielle Schaeffer,KCAW – Sitka)Art Freitas just moved to Sitka from Hawaii. He likes to take his mutt Finn for walks along Sandy Beach. A
  
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• Mat-Su map indicates little known streams

  02-04-2016 02:25
  
  
  A hydrology mapping project in the Matanuska Susitna Borough indicates that the area’s watershed contains more miles of streams than previously known. That’s good news for the Borough, because it sheds light on salmon habitat.
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  The total miles of Mat Su’s streans has doubled as a result of a two-year stream mapping project. Jim DePasquale is a “spatial ecologist” .. that’s geographer for the uninitiated.. with the Nature Conservancy.
  “We en
  
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• Hollis French recommended for seat on Oil & Gas Conservation Commission

  02-04-2016 02:23
  
  Hollis French recommended for seat on Oil & Gas Conservation Commission A former Anchorage state senator who cleared the way for Gov. Bill Walker’s election in 2014 is reportedly hoping for an appointment to the same job that propelled former Gov. Sarah Palin to prominence: the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.April 1, 2016
  
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• 2016 Cama-i Dance Festival starts in Bethel

  02-04-2016 02:22
  
  
  The 2016 Cama-i Dance Festival starts Friday night in Bethel. The festival will feature performers from all over the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and beyond.
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  The 2014 Cama-i Dance Festival (Photo from the Cama-i Dance Festival Facebook page.)
  
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• House passes Indigenous Peoples Day bill

  02-04-2016 01:50
  
  
  Rep. Harriet Drummond, D-Anchorage, during a House minority press availability, March 15, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)The state House unanimously passed a bill Friday morning that would create Indigenous Peoples Day on the 18th of October every year. It coincides with Alaska Day, one of the state’s official holidays.
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  Anchorage Representative Harriet Drummond proposed the bill.
  “In times of challenge, let’s remember those who have gone before us,” sh
  
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• Aviation Safety

  02-04-2016 01:00
  
  In Alaska, we rely on air taxis and private pilots to go hunting, hiking, floating and to climb mountains. Even dogs fly on small planes when they get dropped from Iditarod teams. If you’ve been doing that long enough, you’ve been on some scary flights, as I certainly have. But for some reason we don’t talk about that much, or about the people who have died, as if we thought we couldn’t do anything about it. On the next show we are having that talk. Why is aviation in Al
  
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• Bishop Burns: Church needs legal shield to deny same-sex services

  02-04-2016 00:55
  
  A Catholic bishop in Juneau told the House Judiciary Committee that the church reversed a 75-year-old policy of allowing people of other faiths to get married in one of its landmark chapels after same-sex marriage became legal.
  Juneau Bishop Edward Burns at a dedication ceremony for a park in September 2012. (Photo by Rich Moniak)Edward Burns, head of the Juneau diocese, testified that the new policy applies to other popular Catholic-owned wedding destinations in the state as well and would like
  
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• Crack of the bat!

  02-04-2016 00:46
  
  Baseball, July 4, 1915
  Alberta Pyatt, AMRC. General Photograph File, AMRC-b79-1-83
  Missing the comforts of home, residents of the Ship Creek tent city built a baseball diamond. They celebrated the Fourth of July 1915 with this inaugural game.Baseball is as American as hot dogs, peanuts and beer, and summer sunburn. But baseball is also spectacularly northern and Alaskan. How about a night game, with no lights? Happens in the land of the Midnight Sun every summer.
  Boys baseball team in Juneau, Al
  
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• Landslide suit raises questions about Benchlands liability

  02-04-2016 00:37
  
  
  The August 18th landslide in Sitka was unprecedented, claiming the lives of three men and raising safety concerns about the Benchlands, a strip of land nestled between the mountains and the ocean. The city sold four parcels, totaling 20 acres, to Sound Development LLC in 2013 and construction was in progress when the landslide hit, damaging one home and completely destroying another.
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  The August 18, 2015 landslide damaged properties being built by Sound Development LLC, on land the
  
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