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• New Catholic Priests

  03-06-2016 23:00
  America and our young people have changed, but the calling of the priesthood remains strong with some. On the next Hometown Alaska, we’ll learn about young seminarians from Anchorage on the increasingly popular path to becoming Catholic priests, how and why they made the decision, and what it takes to become a priest today.
   
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  Charles Wohlforth
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  Nolin Ainsworth
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• The Science of Bears

  03-06-2016 22:58
  
  The world’s bear researchers meet every 18 months.  Past meetings have beenin Greece, the Georgian Republic, etc. This one’s in Alaska, starting June12. This is a big deal.  Among other events, there are evening lecturesopen to the public, one by mauling survivor Dan Bigley, the guy who had thetop of his face removed by a bear in Alaska, another by well-known publicbroadcaster Richard Nelson.  But our guests will be biologists.  Our panelwill delve into the scienc
  
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• Unmanned vessels deployed for Alaska ocean research - The Seattle Times

  03-06-2016 22:37
  
  The Seattle Times
  Unmanned vessels deployed for Alaska ocean research
  The Seattle Times
  In this April 2015 photo released by NOAA Fisheries, a Saildrone, a 20-foot sailing vessel research platform developed by California-based Saildrone Inc., is tested in the Bering Sea. The National Oceanic and... (Mark Frydrych/NOAA Fisheries via AP ...and more »
  
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• 49 Voices: Grant Deussing of Anchorage

  03-06-2016 22:11
  
  This week we’re hearing from Grant Deussing in Anchorage. Deussing is a graphic designer and student worker at UAA.
  Grant Deussing of Anchorage (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)DEUSSING: My father was a principal that moved around often. I’ve lived in Galena, Nanwalek, Anchor Point, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Anderson Juneau. I also lived up in the Bush like Noatak and Noorvik. I’ve gotten every region in Alaska just about under my belt.
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• Man in Wasilla shot by State Troopers after charging at them with a knife

  03-06-2016 21:45
  
  Alaska State Troopers shot a man wielding a knife Thursday evening in Wasilla.
  Troopers responded to the incident just after 7:20 p.m. and encountered a 32-year-old unnamed male with the knife.
  According to a Trooper dispatch, while Troopers were talking with the man, he charged at them, knife in hand.
  Two Troopers fired their service weapons and a third attempted to use a Taser.
  The man reportedly suffered multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to an Anchorage hospital with critical injuri
  
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• ‘Big Mud Fire’ ravages Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge

  03-06-2016 21:35
  
  A lightning-sparked wildfire is burning in Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge, in the state’s interior.
  The Big Mud Fire, burning 55 miles southwest of Tanana, was discovered yesterday by civilian aircraft. A BLM Alaska Fire Service aircraft responded from Fairbanks and flew over the lightning-caused fire. The fire is estimated to have burned about 300 acres, mostly along a ridgeline north of the Big Mud River. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Fire Service)The blaze, dubbed the “Big Mud Fire,
  
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• APD: Spenard shooting under investigation

  03-06-2016 21:25
  
  Anchorage police are investigating a shooting near the intersection of Spenard Road and Minnesota Drive.
  According to a press release, APD received a call just before 3:30 a.m. today [Friday], from citizens reporting that they heard shots fired in the area.
  Shortly after that, police received another call, saying a man had been shot inside an apartment building.
  Police and medics responded, and found a unidentified young adult male with multiple gunshot wounds.
  APD says he was responsive, but wo
  
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• Cobalt Poisoning from Hip Replacement Surgery

  03-06-2016 21:00
  
  After discovering that he had cobalt poisoning due to corrosion of his hip implant Dr Steve Tower began to investigate how extensive this problem is in others. He has now reported nine local patients with cobalt poisoning including patients with different types of implants. This program will review his findings which now include the correlation of cobalt related cognitive decline with brain PET scans and neuropsychological testing.HOST: Dr. Thad WoodardGUESTS:
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• Double take: Alaska could have two senators with same name - CNN

  03-06-2016 18:51
  
  CNN
  Double take: Alaska could have two senators with same name
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  (CNN) Dan Sullivan is the junior senator from Alaska. But if things go right for Dan Sullivan in November, Dan Sullivan could also be the senior senator from Alaska. A remarkable coincidence has created a situation whereby both of Alaska's U.S ...and more »
  
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• DNA test in Alaska leads to arrest in 2004 rape in Washington state - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-06-2016 17:22
  
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  DNA test in Alaska leads to arrest in 2004 rape in Washington state
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  TACOMA, Wash. — Dean Macy Colbray was arrested Oct. 24 in Anchorage for a domestic incident in which he allegedly came home drunk, choked a woman and pointed a gun at her. DNA was taken from Colbray, 53, while he was at the Anchorage ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: June 2, 2016

  03-06-2016 04:16
  
  
  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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  One dead and three injured in Kodiak fire
  Jay Barrett, KMXT – Kodiak
  One person is dead and three others are injured after a fire at a remote fishing lodge on Kodiak Island.
  Four senators — including Ellis and Huggins — won’t see
  
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• Members of House panel, some begrudgingly, move tax bills

  03-06-2016 03:58
  
  
  The House Finance Committee has advanced three of Gov. Bill Walker’s tax proposals, though several members indicated they did so begrudgingly to allow for a House floor vote.
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  Governor Walker has requested a complete overhaul of the state’s oil and gas tax credit program (Photo by Skip Gray, 360 North)The bills would raise taxes on motor fuels and the fishing and mining industries and are pieces of a larger plan from Walker to address Alaska’s deficit.
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• Volunteers work to restore the amphibious plane, the Grumman Goose

  03-06-2016 03:30
  
  Since 1992, volunteers with Ketchikan’s “Save the Goose” project have been working to restore a historic amphibious plane.  The Grumman Goose restoration is about 85 percent complete and now those involved are trying to find a permanent home for the plane. They believe they may have found the right place.Download Audio
  From the mid-1940s until 1972, the Grumman Goose was a common site in the sky, and on the water, in Southeast Alaska.  Locally, the amphibious plane co
  
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• Walrus create issues for salmon fishing districts

  03-06-2016 03:28
  While geese may be getting out of hand on the North Slope, a new walrus haul out at Cape Greig in Bristol Bay could create some problems for the  Bay’s Ugashik and Egegik  salmon fishing districts. But right now the Department of Fish and Game says they’ll start the fishery business-as-usual. KDLG’s Dave Bendinger has more:
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• Snow geese number rise after protective actions

  03-06-2016 03:18
  
  
  Like other large waterfowl species, the North American population of snow geese was decimated in the early part of the twentieth century due to overhunting.  But since then, thanks to hunting restrictions and habitat protection, snow geese numbers have bounced back strongly – some might say a bit too strongly.
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  Snow geese at Barrow nesting area (Photo courtesy of ABR Inc.)
  
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• Traveling Music 6-26-16

  03-06-2016 03:10
  Traveling Music
  Shonti Elder
  6-26-16
   
  Format:
  Song TitleArtist / Composer
  CD Title
  Label
  Duration
   
  Don’t Take Me Back to the Chain Gang
  Brian Christianson / Traditional
  Brian Christianson and Friends
  [email protected]
  3:25
   
  Rocket Summer (instrumental)
  Alison Brown / John R. Burr
  The Company You Keep
  Compass Records
  5:21
   
  Madman Across the Water
  Bill Cooley / Bill Cooley
  The Return Journey
  NLM Records
  6:15
   
  Hey Baby Hey
  Robin Lee Berry / Greg Brown
  Going Dri
  
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• Family of man who died in Anchorage jail files wrongful death lawsuit against the state

  03-06-2016 03:10
  
  
  The family of a former Juneau man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Department of Corrections. It’s the second wrongful death lawsuit filed against the department this year.
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  Mark Canul. (Photo courtesy of Victoria Canul Dunne)The lawsuit alleged that the state was negligent in training employees to recognize and respond to the needs of mentally ill prisoners and that it was negligent in supervising those employees.
  Mark Canul had been arrested for failing to lea
  
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• Marine experts seek help finding entangled humpback

  03-06-2016 03:07
  
  
  Federal marine mammal experts are hoping the public will help lead them to a humpback whale that became entangled in anchor line in southeast Alaska.
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  Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the whale was last seen Wednesday as it swam south in Seymour Canal near Windfall Harbor. NOAA is asking the public to report any sightings of the whale, which has been dragging yellow floating line and pink-and-orange buoys.
  Officials said NOAA-trained responder
  
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• Cooler weather eases burden of Medfra Fire

  03-06-2016 03:04
  
  
  The state’s first major wildfire of the year near McGrath has grown to nearly 10,500 acres. But efforts to fight the Medfra fire on Thursday are being helped by cooler, wetter weather.
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  The smoke plume from the Medfra Fire as seen on Monday, May 30, 2016. (Photo by Robert McCormick/Alaska Fire Service)Tim Mowry is the public information officer with the Division of Forestry.
  “The good news is the fire did receive a lot of rain, it started raining around 1
  
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• Tires from 87 Merrill Field planes get slashed and vandalized

  03-06-2016 02:39
  
  Vandals slashed the tires of 87 planes at Merrill Field in Anchorage early Thursday morning. Officials and pilots at the field say it’s the largest act of air travel vandalism they’ve seen in their careers.
  One of the victims of the tire slashings repairs his plane at Merrill Field (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Merrill Field Airport manager Paul Bowers said the vandalism likely occurred between 1:30 and 6:30 in the morning, but airport officials and po
  
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• One dead and three injured in Kodiak fire

  03-06-2016 02:32
  
  One person is dead and three others are injured after a fire at a remote fishing lodge on Kodiak Island.
  Responders assess a fire at the Park’s Cannery near Uyak Bay on Kodiak Island, Alaska, June 2, 2016. The Coast Guard launched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew to assist with rescue efforts. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard)Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Shawn Eggert said the fire started about 4 a.m., Thursday morning at the Spirit of Alaska Wilderness Lodge at Uyak Bay. The fire is
  
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• Four senators — including Ellis and Huggins — won’t seek re-election

  03-06-2016 02:28
  
  Anchorage Democratic Sen. Johnny Ellis and Wasilla Republican Sen. Charlie Huggins announced they won’t seek re-election.
  Sen. Johnny Ellis fields a question at a Senate Minority press availability in March. (Photo by Skip Gray, Gavel Alaska)Ellis and Huggins joined two other senators — Chugiak Republican Bill Stoltze and Anchorage Republican Lesil McGuire — in deciding against running again.
  Ellis said he felt a sense of accomplishment from the Legislature passing the criminal
  
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• Sullivan says surprise candidacy followed call to Joe Miller

  03-06-2016 01:45
  
  
  2010 file photo of Dan Sullivan when he was mayor of Anchorage. Brehl Garza/USARAKEx-Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan surprised everyone yesterday  by filing to run against U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Republican Primary, minutes before the 5 p.m. filing deadline.
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  Sullivan says he didn’t want to put his hat in until he knew who else was running. Late in the afternoon, he spoke to Murkowski’s 2010 rival, Joe Miller.
  “I called (Miller), and he indicated he
  
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• Candidate Sullivan says surprise candidacy followed call to Joe Miller

  03-06-2016 01:45
  2010 file photo of Dan Sullivan when he was mayor of Anchorage. Brehl Garza/USARAKEx-Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan surprised everyone yesterday  by filing to run against U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Republican Primary, minutes before the 5 p.m. filing deadline.
  Sullivan says he didn’t want to put his hat in until he knew who else was running. Late in the afternoon, he spoke to Murkowski’s 2010 rival, Joe Miller.
  “I called (Miller), and he indicated he decided not to
  
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• Ferry budget changes, but schedule doesn’t

  03-06-2016 01:24
  This week’s legislative budget compromise shuffled the source of some of the money that pays for the Alaska Marine Highway System.
  Crew members tie up the fast ferry Fairweather in Sitka. It and other marine highway ships will sail less in the next budget year. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska)But it doesn’t increase — or decrease — the number of routes or sailings.
  Ferry spokesman Jeremy Woodrow said the system will stick with its existing summer schedule, as well as
  
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