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• Alaska is not the safest state in America - KTUU.com

  09-06-2016 23:47
  
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  Alaska is not the safest state in America
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Alaska does not do well on a new ranking of the "Safest States in America." WalletHub had its analysts compare the 50 states and the District of Columbia in five key areas. 1. Home and Community Safety Rank 2. Financial Safety Rank
  
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• New AGDC President to make half million dollars

  09-06-2016 20:58
  
  Kevin Meyer was appointed AGDC’s new president on June 9. (Courtesy of AGDC.)The state gas line corporation has a new president, five months after the ouster of its previous leadership — and he will start with a base salary of over half a million dollars.
  Keith Meyer, a former president of Cheniere LNG in Texas, was approved by the board of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation Thursday morning.
  Meyer’s annual salary is set at $550,000, with an optional annual bonus of up
  
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• New AGDC president to make half a million dollars

  09-06-2016 20:58
  Keith Meyer was appointed AGDC’s new president on June 9. (Photo courtesy of AGDC)The state gas line corporation has a new president, five months after the ouster of its previous leadership — and he will start with a base salary of over half a million dollars.
  Keith Meyer, a former president of Cheniere LNG in Texas, was approved by the board of the state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corp. on Thursday morning.
  Meyer’s annual salary is set at $550,000, with an optional
  
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• Marine highway top priority in Southeast economic plan

  09-06-2016 20:19
  
  Sustaining and strengthening the Alaska Marine Highway System is the top priority in a recent plan from a Southeast Alaska economic development group. Southeast Conference puts together a plan about every five years that outlines goals for job and business growth in the region. The state budget picture plays a crucial role in this latest proposal.
  A passenger on the deck of an Alaska Marine Highway ferry. (Flickr Creative Commons – supafly)Meilani Schijvens works with Rain Coast Data in Ju
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, June 8, 2016

  09-06-2016 03:44
  
  
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  Lawmakers worry over effects of PFD legislation on inflation
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  Alaska lawmakers are raising alarm over a provision of a bill that would cut Permanent Fund dividends and draw on fund earnings to pay for state spending
  
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• Lawmakers worry PFD legislation could handcuff state spending

  09-06-2016 03:17
  
  
  Alaska lawmakers are raising alarm over a provision of a bill that would cut Permanent Fund dividends and draw on fund earnings to pay for state spending. The provision would prevent the bulk of state revenue from keeping pace with inflation.
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  Rep. Les Gara, D- Anchorage, speaks during a House floor session, Feb. 8, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)This could have the effect of steadily eroding the amount available for government spending – from state aid for schools to ca
  
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• Lawmakers worry over effects of PFD legislation on inflation

  09-06-2016 03:17
  
  Alaska lawmakers are raising alarm over a provision of a bill that would cut Permanent Fund dividends and draw on fund earnings to pay for state spending. The provision would prevent the bulk of state revenue from keeping pace with inflation.
  Rep. Les Gara, D- Anchorage, speaks during a House floor session, Feb. 8, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)This could have the effect of steadily eroding the amount available for government spending – from state aid for schools to capital projects
  
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• Memo: US Attorney General to visit Alaska Friday

  09-06-2016 02:11
  
  U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch. (Photo: DOJ)U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch intends to visit Alaska on Friday. She plans to discuss public safety concerns of Alaska Natives communities and tribes.
  According to a memo from a Justice Department official to Alaska’s congressional delegation, Lynch will propose the start of formal consultations between her department and the Alaska Native community. The memo says Lynch will also propose a new multi-agency pane
  
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• Moose shot within Denali National Park; rangers investigate

  09-06-2016 02:00
  
  National Park Service rangers are investigating the shooting death of a moose inside Denali National Park in violation of federal law.
  Cow moose (Wikicommons photo by Veronika Ronkos)The cow moose was found Tuesday near the Denali post office.
  The moose’s calves, which are about three weeks old, remain in the area.
  People in the park are allowed to carry guns and can shoot moose to defend themselves but must report the incident. No report has been filed.
  Park officials say they have no pla
  
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• Juneau Hydropower a step away from crucial license

  09-06-2016 01:44
  
  A Juneau startup that wants to build its own hydroelectric plant could soon get their rubber stamp from the federal government.
  Juneau Hydropower owner Keith Comstock powers up his electric vehicle at Eagle Beach. (Photo by Casey Kelly/, KTOO – Juneau)Duff Mitchell, Juneau Hydropower’s managing director, said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the company’s environmental impact statement, or EIS.
  “We’ve gotten good marks, so to say, to make sure that
  
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• Following ousting of mayor Brower, North Slope elections yield no successor

  09-06-2016 01:32
  
  The is no winner as yet in the North Slope Borough’s mayoral election, and officials indicate there may be a run-off election. With absentee and questioned ballots still to be counted, not one of the seven candidates has received the required 40 percent of the ballot.
  Charlotte Brower (Photo couretsy of the Arctic Women’s Summit)The Borough’s election on Tuesday was held to find a someone to fill out the term of former Borough mayor Charlotte Brower, who was recalled in a speci
  
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• Federal law enforcement search cabs and homes in Bethel alcohol investigation

  09-06-2016 01:26
  
  FBI agents along with State Troopers and Bethel Police conducted searches in at least three subdivisions in Bethel on Tuesday in connection with possible illegal alcohol sales.
  WAANT Unit searches home in Bethel.
  (Photo by Dean Swope , KYUK – Bethel)Taxis formed a line, and one by one, open trunks and doors for inspection by authorities.
  Atone Avio works in the Trailer Court neighborhood in Bethel.
  “Troopers and FBI, they’re raiding all these Korean cab drivers,” Avio sai
  
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• Federal law enforcement search cabs and homes in alcohol investigation

  09-06-2016 01:26
  
  FBI agents along with State Troopers and Bethel Police conducted searches in at least three subdivisions in Bethel on Tuesday in connection with possible illegal alcohol sales.
  WAANT Unit searches home in Bethel.
  (Photo by Dean Swope , KYUK – Bethel)
  Taxis formed a line, and one by one, open trunks and doors for inspection by authorities.
  Atone Avio works in the Trailer Court neighborhood in Bethel.
  “Troopers and FBI, they’re raiding all these Korean cab drivers,” Avio sa
  
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• PenAir faces complications getting Saab 2000’s off the ground

  09-06-2016 01:09
  
  PenAir’s new planes arrived in Unalaska last month with the promise of faster service. But as of Tuesday, about 100 people were on the standby list waiting for flights.
  (Photo by Pipa Escalante, KUCB – Unlaska)According to Missy Roberts, the Vice President of sales and marketing for PenAir, the Saab 2000 has had mechanical issues, the airline has been short on crew, and there have been weather delays.
  “So its sort of that perfect storm where the scenarios all happened at the sa
  
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• Smartphone apps encourage local involvement in a changing climate

  09-06-2016 00:57
  
  A handful of apps are making it easier for rural communities to report on climate change in Alaska. With a swipe of a smartphone, locals can submit environmental observations, and there’s even an app aimed at preventing further change.
  Screen shot of observations from the LEO Network. (Photo courtesy of Mike Brubaker, founder of the LEO Network.)Mike Sloan is the Director of Tribal Resources for Nome Eskimo Community. He’s also a Local Environmental Observer, or LEO.
  The Alaska
  
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• DOT looks to reduce rock fall from Nenana River Canyon onto highway

  09-06-2016 00:47
  
  The State Department of Transportation is taking action to reduce rock fall on the Parks Highway through the Nenana River Canyon, near Denali National Park. DOT northern region spokeswoman Meadow Bailey said the area has long posed a safety threat.
  Logo for Alaska Department of Transportation“We ask drivers not to stop in that area. We do have reports of rocks hitting cars, never with significant injury, but enough that it is concerning,” Bailey said.
  Bailey said the issue has b
  
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