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• Karen Abel: Retracing her grandfather’s time in the Aleutians

  04-07-2016 20:17
  
  Karen Abel atop Bunker Hill. (Photo courtesy Karen Abel)For Karen Abel, what started as learning more about her grandfather has grown into sharing the story of World War Two’s Aleutian Island campaign. And it’s brought her over 6,000 miles from her home in Florida to see firsthand where he served 74 years ago.
  Growing up in Winnipeg, Abel never heard about her grandfather’s service in the Royal Canadian Air Force. She didn’t know  about the year — from June of
  
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• Monster landslide rocks Southeast Alaska

  04-07-2016 20:11
  
  Haines pilot Paul Swanstrom spotted this massive landslide on the Lamplugh Glacier near Glacier Bay on June 28, 2016. (Photo courtesy Paul Swanstrom)A massive landslide, estimated to be around six-and-half miles long, near Glacier Bay has scientists in New York clambering to get to Southeast. The slide happened Tuesday morning, and was discovered by a local pilot.
  On Tuesday morning, when Paul Swanstrom saw the dust cloud hovering over the Lamplugh Glacier, he said he knew what it was immediatel
  
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• Pavlof volcano is active again

  04-07-2016 20:06
  
  Alaska’s most active volcano is at it again. Scientists observed a steam plume at Pavlof volcano and increased seismic activity. And they’ve raised the volcano alert level from “normal” to “advisory.” (Photo courtesy NASA)Alaska’s most active volcano is at it again. This morning, scientists observed a steam plume at Pavlof volcano and increased seismic activity. And they’ve raised the volcano alert level from “normal” to “adv
  
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• Electricity costs could be going down for Bethel businesses

  04-07-2016 20:00
  The high cost of electricity in Rural Alaska might be getting a little cheaper, as utilities buy their annual fuel supplies with low oil prices. But not all will benefit, because of the formula for state fuel cost assistance.
  We asked Alaska Village Electric Cooperative President and CEO Meera Kohler is the cost of electricity would be going down any time soon.
  “It will be going down,” she said. “How soon remains to be seen.”
  AVEC provides power for much of rural Ala
  
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• Algo Nuevo July 03, 2016

  04-07-2016 20:00
  
  Here’s the Sunday, July 03, 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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  Canela
  Santana
  Shape Shifter
  Star faith
  522
   
  Aquella Hermosa Estre
  
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• Central Council acquires international contracting company

  04-07-2016 19:35
  
  The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska is doing something few tribal organizations do.
  Earlier this month, June 15, the tribe acquired KIRA, Inc., an international maintenance contracting company. The Colorado-based entity has scored more than $1 billion in federal contracts, according to its documents.
  Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska President Richard Peterson. (Photo courtesy CCTHITA)Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal organizatio
  
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• Erosion threat at remote military radars decades ahead of schedule

  04-07-2016 19:16
  
  Colonel Frank Flores is Commander for the PACAF Regional Support Center based at JBER. As part of his work he visits the Air Force’s remote radar sites, and has been to 17 of the 21 so far, including a recent visit to Cape Romanzof. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media, Anchorage)A group of strategic Air Force radar facilities along the North Slope are at an accelerated risk of degradation. Erosion driven by climate change is happening decades sooner than the military predicted, a
  
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• Alaska spent $35 million for a road to bankrupt development, but hasn't learned its lesson - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-07-2016 18:46
  
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  Alaska spent $35 million for a road to bankrupt development, but hasn't learned its lesson
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The State of Alaska spent $35 million planning a road to Umiat before the company that hoped to develop an oil field there went bankrupt in late May. We're currently spending similar money for a 211-mile road to an uncertain development prospect in the ...
  
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• Anchorage woman dies in Big Lake ATV crash

  04-07-2016 18:23
  
  Alaska State Troopers. (File photo by Monica Gokey, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)An Anchorage woman is dead after an ATV collision in Big Lake.
  Alaska State Troopers responded to the crash at 5:45 p.m. Sunday.
  According to a Trooper dispatch, 26-year-old Heather Garris died of injuries sustained in the collision.
  Her next of kin have been notified.
  The investigation continues.
  
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• Flood watch in effect for Denali National Park

  04-07-2016 18:12
  
  Rainfall in Alaska’s interior has led to a flood watch in Denali National Park through Tuesday, July 5, 2016. (Image courtesy National Weather Service)A flood watch is in effect for parts of Interior Alaska.
  According to the National Weather Service, heavy rains over the past few days have caused water levels to rise around the Denali National Park, Healy, Carlo Creek and Kantishna.
  More rain is in the forecast Monday in those areas.
  The flood watch remains in effect through Tues
  
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• Runners prepare for Seward’s annual Mt. Marathon race

  04-07-2016 17:40
  
  Runners prepare to start the 2014 Mt. Marathon race in Seward. (Photo by Alexandra Gutierrez, APRN – Seward)Racers will begin their climb Monday morning up Seward’s Mount Marathon.
  Both the men’s and women’s races will be without the 2015 champions.
  Kilian Jornet Burgada won men’s race last year, clocking a time of 41 minutes and 48 seconds.
  Emelie Forsberg took the last year’s women’s race, finishing in 47 minutes and 48 seconds.
  The junior race will le
  
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• Officials: Grizzly that has charged at people attacks again

  04-07-2016 17:37
  Park officials say a grizzly bear that has previously charged at people has bitten and scratched a hiker, and they will kill the animal when they find it.
  Officials say the juvenile grizzly bear attacked a 28-year-old woman about 7 p.m. Friday while she was hiking on the Savage Alpine Trail in Denali National Park.
  They say the woman was hiking with two other friends when the bear scratched and bit her and then walked away. When the bear came back, one of the three hikers threw rocks at it, caus
  
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• Harvesting Alaska: Garden to bowl, a soup kitchen nourishes the hungry - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  04-07-2016 17:02
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Harvesting Alaska: Garden to bowl, a soup kitchen nourishes the hungry
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  The downtown soup kitchen has the ultimate urban garden. Dozens of boxes and planters are tucked into every corner of its rooftop and flourishing with local greens. HA Soup Kitchen Garden. “We have several different kinds of kale, Swiss chard and lots ...
  
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• Enormous Landslide Detected in Alaska - Gizmodo

  04-07-2016 15:54
  
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  Enormous Landslide Detected in Alaska
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  An extraordinarily large landslide has been discovered near Glacier Bay in southeast Alaska. Aerial photos show a snow-capped mountain with a huge chunk taken out of it—and a debris field that extends for nearly seven miles. The Lamplugh Glacier rock ...
  Massive landslide crashes onto glacier in Southeast AlaskaAlaska Dispatch News
  Enormous Landslide Hits Glacier Bay in AlaskaPopular Mechanics
  Monster landslide rocks Southeast Ala
  
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• State loses another round in fight over tribal lands - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  04-07-2016 10:14
  State loses another round in fight over tribal lands
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  WASHINGTON, DC — Alaska Native tribes can now petition the federal government to take their land into “trust,” an action previously barred in Alaska that could result in greater federal support for village efforts to ban alcohol and prosecute some crimes.
  Alaska Tribes Win Trust Lands Appeal Before DC Circuit CourtSitNewsall 2 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Judicial Council recommends 'yes' vote for retaining judges - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  04-07-2016 10:04
  Alaska Judicial Council recommends 'yes' vote for retaining judges
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  The Alaska Judicial Council recommends that Alaskans vote “yes” to retain 33 judges eligible to appear on the ballot in 2016. The Council reviews judges' performances, and its recommendations are based on a review compiled for Alaskan voters' ...
  
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• Alaska's Mount Pavlof Volcano Expected to Erupt for the Third Time by the End of the Year - Nature World News

  04-07-2016 09:19
  
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  Alaska's Mount Pavlof Volcano Expected to Erupt for the Third Time by the End of the Year
  Nature World News
  Mount Pavlof in Alaska is still showing signs of seismic activity and steam emissions indicating a possible eruption by the end of the year. (Photo : By U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (images.fws.gov (image description page)) [Public domain], via ...
  Will Alaska's Pavlof Volcano erupt again?Christian Science Monitor
  Massive Alaska volcano eruption imminentMorning Ticker
  
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• Witness an overdose? Call 911. It may save a life. - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-07-2016 07:44
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Witness an overdose? Call 911. It may save a life.
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska, like many states, has a serious opioid-abuse problem. State laws are catching up, taking it on as a public health epidemic.Heroin, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, fentanyl, Percocet and other prescription and illicit drugs deliver users into ...
  
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• Here's a roundup of July 4 celebrations around Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-07-2016 07:37
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Here's a roundup of July 4 celebrations around Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Gabriela Domanas walks with other Filipino community members in the Independence Day parade. Thousands gathered in downtown Anchorage for the Independence Day parade on 9th and 10th Avenues on Friday, July 4, 2014. A festival on the Delaney ...and more »
  
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• Photos from the 2016 Girdwood Forest Fair - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-07-2016 07:01
  
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  Photos from the 2016 Girdwood Forest Fair
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Joleen Decker and others grove to the music of the Hope Social Club at the Girdwood Forest Fair on Saturday, July 2, 2016, in Girdwood AK. The 41st annual fair featured music, food, crafts and a hippie vibe. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News). The ...and more »
  
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• The pulses overhead: remote radars still tie together Alaska's air defense - KTOO

  04-07-2016 06:21
  
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  The pulses overhead: remote radars still tie together Alaska's air defense
  KTOO
  The Romanzof radar site was built in the early 1950s. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media). At the height of the Cold War, the military built secretive radar sites all over Alaska. Most of them are still operating, doing essentially the same ...
  
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• Alaskans' fair share of petroleum revenue - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-07-2016 05:40
  
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  Alaskans' fair share of petroleum revenue
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Oil well 10 at BP's drill site L3 on Alaska's North Slope. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). The state of Alaska's annual budget for general funds it may spend without restriction is $5 billion, while its current revenues are only $1 billion. The ...
  Alaska's oil tax credits too generousFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 14 news articles »
  
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• These people want to show Alaska tourists the marijuana industry - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-07-2016 05:37
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  These people want to show Alaska tourists the marijuana industry
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Keith Crocker and Mitchell Knottingham co-own Juneau Cannabis Tours, a company that wants to provide tours of cultivation and manufacturing facilities, as well as retail stores, in Juneau. (Brian Wallace / Brian Wallace Photography). To Keith Crocker ...
  
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• Under publicity's glare, Alaska Corrections Department shifts policies on halfway houses - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-07-2016 05:26
  
  Under publicity's glare, Alaska Corrections Department shifts policies on halfway houses
  Alaska Dispatch News
  As inmates walk away from Anchorage's four privately owned halfway houses almost every other day, and some use their freedom to elude police or commit new crimes, state and city officials are grappling over who should be allowed to stay there. The ...
  
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• In Hyder, roaming grizzlies, no police and large doses of Canada - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-07-2016 05:01
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  In Hyder, roaming grizzlies, no police and large doses of Canada
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Signs, right, making mock comparisons to the Cold War divide between East and West Berlin that appeared in 2015 after a Canadian decision to close the border at night between Hyder, Alaska, and Stewart, British Columbia, seen from Hyder, June 25, 2016.
  
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• Cook Inlet gas pipeline stakeholders question doubling of shipping fees - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-07-2016 03:36
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Cook Inlet gas pipeline stakeholders question doubling of shipping fees
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Several businesses and Alaska's attorney general have submitted statements to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, questioning a proposed rise in the fees charged for shipping gas through the Kenai Beluga Pipeline. The pipeline company has applied to ...
  
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• Police investigating two deaths along Ship Creek trail - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-07-2016 03:05
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Police investigating two deaths along Ship Creek trail
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Anchorage Police investigated the deaths of a woman and a man whose bodies were found on the Ship Creek trail near Post Road on Sunday morning, July 3, 2016.. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News). A man and a woman were found dead on Ship Creek ...and more »
  
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• In 1925, Mount Marathon became a must-see event - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-07-2016 02:13
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  In 1925, Mount Marathon became a must-see event
  Alaska Dispatch News
  George E. Winter, the auditor for the Alaska Central Railway, stands at Race Point beside a cairn with a flag for a photo taken sometime between 1905 and 1908 when the Winters lived in Seward. It acknowledge the importance of Race Point long before the ...
  Runners prepare for Seward's annual Mt. Marathon raceAlaska Public Radio Networkall 11 news articles »
  
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• Federal appeals court allows Alaska natives to place land in federal trust - JURIST

  04-07-2016 02:12
  
  JURIST
  Federal appeals court allows Alaska natives to place land in federal trust
  JURIST
  [JURIST] A federal appeals court on Friday rejected [opinion, PDF] the Alaskan government's challenge in a case determining the right of Alaskan tribes to place land in a federal trust. Alaskan tribes originally sued [KTOO report] the Department of the ...
  
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