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• Algo Nuevo April 17, 2016

  18-04-2016 22:15
  
  Here’s the Sunday, April 17th, 2016 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera.
  If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera, send email to [email protected] or post your comment at the bottom of this post.
  All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
  Song TitleArtist NameAlbum TitleCD LabelDuration
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  Samba Pa Ti
  Santana
  The Best of Santana
  Columbia
  446
   
  Quiero Ha
  
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• Middle Kuskokwim villages predict earliest river breakup on record

  18-04-2016 22:11
  Middle Kuskokwim River villages reported that river ice is beginning to move out in what is expected to be the earliest river breakup on record for those villages.
  Bethel Search and Rescue Chief Mike Riley posted on their Facebook page that the Kuskokwim River ice around Aniak, Napaimute, Chu-ath-baluk, & Kalskag was moving around 4pm Sunday.
  According to the National Weather Service’s breakup database the earliest breakup for Kalskag was April 22nd in 1940. Those r
  
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• Southeast king salmon quota released, higher than last year

  18-04-2016 21:25
  
  The Southeast Alaska king salmon quota for 2016 is out and it’s already looking better than last year. In 2015, no final harvest limit was ever announced, which left commercial fishermen in the dark as to how many fish they were targeting.
  “Chinook salmon, Yukon Delta NWR.” Photo: Craig Springer, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Via Flickr Creative Commons.The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced this week that the harvest limit will be 355,000 kings for all gear
  
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• Community haven in Koyuk set to change hands

  18-04-2016 20:53
  
  In Western Alaska, the options for socializing are limited. Most communities have a basketball court, some have a bingo hall, but there isn’t usually a place to just hang out, unless you’re in Koyuk. There’s one shop in the small village where people can rent movies, indulge in junk food, and simply pass the time, but ownership of the Koyuk haven is about to change hands.
  Corinne Trish outside her shop in Koyuk. (Photo by Emily Russell, KNOM – Nome)A tiny blue and white t
  
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• With session past scheduled end, focus is on oil and gas tax credits

  18-04-2016 17:48
  
  House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, wields the gavel during the first day of the second regular session of the 29th Alaska Legislature, Jan. 19, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North.)The Legislature didn’t finish its work in time for the scheduled end of the session Sunday, but it became clear that the largest stumbling block is how much and how quickly to scale back tax credits for the oil and gas industry.
  House Speaker Nikiski Republican Mike Chenault says it’s a challenge to w
  
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• Legislative session’s end hinges on oil tax credit reform

  18-04-2016 17:48
  
  House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, wields the gavel during the first day of the second regular session of the 29th Alaska Legislature, Jan. 19, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North.)The Legislature didn’t finish its work in time for the scheduled end of the session Sunday, but it became clear that the largest stumbling block is how much and how quickly to scale back tax credits for the oil and gas industry.
  House Speaker Nikiski Republican Mike Chenault says it’s a challenge to w
  
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• Number of foster kids at record high, caseworkers overloaded

  18-04-2016 16:00
  
  
  Nearly 3,000 children are in out of home care in Alaska – an all time high – and as a result case workers are overburdened and can’t give foster kids or foster families the attention they need.
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  “If you give a worker twice as many cases as is reasonably able to be done, the entire system is going to suffer,” said Travis Erickson, the operations manager for the state’s Office of Children’s Services.
  Erickson has been with the agency for 17 y
  
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• With the Alaska Legislature officially in overtime, attention turns to the really big issues

  18-04-2016 14:19
  
  With the Alaska Legislature officially in overtime, attention turns to the really big issuesThe Alaska House and Senate held a marathon series of votes Sunday and into early Monday to clear the decks for more focused discussions on deficit reduction in a legislative session that’s now run into its first extra day.April 18, 2016
  
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• Wee-hours legislative session 'just short of waterboarding,' says one lawmaker

  18-04-2016 14:19
  
  Wee-hours legislative session 'just short of waterboarding,' says one lawmaker The Alaska House and Senate held a marathon series of votes Sunday and into early Monday to clear the decks for more focused discussions on deficit reduction in a legislative session that’s now run into its first extra day.April 18, 2016
  
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• Alaska Legislature set to extend session with only hints of progress on key issues

  18-04-2016 08:30
  
  Alaska Legislature set to extend session with only hints of progress on key issues The Alaska Legislature late Sunday was set to breeze past the deadline to finish its session on time, with only a hint of progress on Gov. Bill Walker’s deficit-reduction package aimed at closing the state’s $4 billion budget gap.April 17, 2016
  
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• Alaska Legislature extends session with only hints of progress on key issues

  18-04-2016 08:30
  
  Alaska Legislature extends session with only hints of progress on key issues The Alaska Legislature on Sunday blew past the deadline to finish its session on time, with only a hint of progress on Gov. Bill Walker’s deficit-reduction package aimed at closing the state’s $4 billion budget gap.April 17, 2016
  
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• Alaska lawmakers move to lower penalties for texting while driving, underage drinking

  18-04-2016 08:26
  
  Alaska lawmakers move to lower penalties for texting while driving, underage drinking The Alaska House passed bills Sunday that rewrite penalties for minor alcohol consumption and restructure the state Alcohol Beverage Control Board, as well as convert the penalty for texting while driving from a misdemeanor to a $500 traffic ticket.April 17, 2016
  
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