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• Homeowner shot during South Anchorage burglary attempt - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-08-2016 23:36
  
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  Homeowner shot during South Anchorage burglary attempt
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  A man was shot and wounded during an attempted burglary in South Anchorage early Monday, and police say the suspect has yet to be arrested. According to a Monday statement from police, officers responded to the incident on the 7700 block of Linda Lane ...and more »
  
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• Mark Your Calendars: Inaugural Alaska Wild Salmon Day Is Aug. 10 - The Daily Meal

  08-08-2016 22:53
  
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  Mark Your Calendars: Inaugural Alaska Wild Salmon Day Is Aug. 10
  The Daily Meal
  Get in on the celebration by sharing photos of wild Alaska salmon with the hashtag #AskforAlaska. Alaska's wild salmon is being recognized in a really big way: by getting its own day. Before you scoff at what may be perceived as just another ...and more »
  
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• New nonprofit seeks awareness and housing for mentally ill

  08-08-2016 22:30
  
  No one knows the challenges of living with a mental disorder better than someone who has been diagnosed with one. That’s the argument the founder of a new nonprofit made to explain why his organization will be effective helping improve life for the mentally ill, starting with housing in Juneau.
  MCAN founder Gregory Fitch on Friday at KTOO. (Photo by Quinton Chandler, KTOO – Juneau)“I suffer from a mental illness and have for about 25 years,” said Gregory Fitch, the f
  
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• Colorado police chief survives plane crash in Alaska - The Denver Channel

  08-08-2016 22:29
  
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  Colorado police chief survives plane crash in Alaska
  The Denver Channel
  ESTES PARK, Colo. -- Onlookers described an Alaska plane crash as one of the scariest things they had ever seen, but one Colorado police official walked away unscathed. Estes Park Police Chief Wes Kufeld boarded a Cessna 206 Cub on July 31 in Alaska ...
  
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• Whale sculpture arrives in Juneau, fins to come Tuesday - Alaska Public Radio Network

  08-08-2016 21:56
  
  Whale sculpture arrives in Juneau, fins to come Tuesday
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  R.T. "Skip" Wallen's whale sculpture arrived on August 8, 2016, in Juneau, Alaska.The sculpture is parked under the Juneau-Douglas Bridge and will take weeks to install. (Photo by Rashah McChesney, KTOO - Juneau). R.T. "Skip" Wallen's whale sculpture ...and more »
  
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• Whale sculpture arrives in Juneau, fins to come Tuesday

  08-08-2016 21:55
  
  Juneau’s 6-ton, 25-foot-tall whale statue has arrived.
  At least, the body has.1 of 7 R.T. "Skip" Wallen's whale sculpture arrived on August 8, 2016, in Juneau, Alaska.The sculpture is parked under the Juneau-Douglas Bridge and will take weeks to install. (Photo by Rashah McChesney, KTOO - Juneau)R.T. "Skip" Wallen's whale sculpture arrived on August 8, 2016, in Juneau, Alaska.The sculpture is parked under the Juneau-Douglas Bridge and will take weeks to install. (Photo by Rashah
  
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• Sitka Sound Science Center students complete skeletal rearticulation of sea lion

  08-08-2016 21:25
  
  Students participating in Sitka Sound Science Center’s summer camp week, aptly named “Dem Bones,” recently finished assembling the skeleton of a California sea lion. The bones were cleaned and brought to Sitka by Dr. Shannon Atkinson of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. A group of 12 students, ranging from 6th to 12th grade, spent the week learning about the bones and putting the skeleton back together.
  The California sea lion is slightly smaller but similar in appearance to
  
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• Petersburg composting business reaches for grant to grow

  08-08-2016 21:13
  
  A Petersburg project is one of the finalists in Sealaska’s Path to Prosperity contest. For the second year, Petersburg’s tribe is in the running for $40,000 to grow the business of making compost.
  Brandon Thynes is planning to get the machine up-and-running soon. (Photo by Abbey Collins – KFKS – Petersburg)“This is pretty big,” I said to Brandon Thynes, director of the Indian Grant Assistance Program at the Petersburg Indian Association.
  “Yeah, it should
  
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• An Alaska Army National Guard unit conducts its final jump - KTUU.com

  08-08-2016 20:51
  
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  An Alaska Army National Guard unit conducts its final jump
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  An Alaska Army National Guard unit conducted its last airborne operation at JBER last Friday. More than 25 paratroopers flew in iterations using a UH - 60 Black Hawk helicopter. An Alaska Army National Guard unit conducts its final jump · Walker to ...and more »
  
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• Delta Air systems outage forces worldwide flight cancellations, delays - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-08-2016 20:31
  
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  Delta Air systems outage forces worldwide flight cancellations, delays
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Delta Air Lines passengers wait for news about their flights at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport at about 3 a.m. Monday. (@KiloIndiaMike via Twitter). Delta Air Lines flights gradually began taking off again Monday but hundreds of flights ...and more »
  
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• Federal health official praises Kenaitze programs

  08-08-2016 20:26
  
  Alaska got a glowing report in a checkup from a top federal health care official. Though there are issues that need further treatment and support, communities showed a healthy dose of innovation in delivery and integration of care.
  The Dena’ina Wellness Center in Kenai. (Photo courtesy of the Redoubt Reporter)Mary Wakefield, acting deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, toured Alaska from Aug. 1 to 4, visiting Barrow, Fairbanks, Circle, Anchorage and Ke
  
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• Algo Nuevo August 7, 2016

  08-08-2016 20:00
  
  Here’s the Sunday, August 7th, 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
  447
   
  Difi
  
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• States Vie to Shield the Wealth of the 1 Percent

  08-08-2016 19:49 via nytimes.com
  Nevada, Delaware and other states compete to offer ways for the rich to fend off creditors, divorcing spouses and even tax collectors.
  
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• Bill Streever’s book on moving air

  08-08-2016 19:09
  
  Wind impacts everything from seed distribution to powering light bulbs. In the fascinating, deep dive tradition of his first two best-selling books ‘Cold’ and ‘Heat’, author Bill Streever examines all aspects of moving air in his latest book, ‘And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind.’
  HOST: Lori Townsend
  GUESTS:
  Bill Streever – Author of ‘And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind’
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  Call 550-8422 (Anchorage
  
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• Boy dies, older brother survives after raft capsizes on Eagle River - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-08-2016 18:58
  
  Boy dies, older brother survives after raft capsizes on Eagle River
  Alaska Dispatch News
  One of two brothers rafting on Eagle River died after their raft capsized on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson late Sunday. Joseph Cantler, a Pennsylvania 14-year-old, was killed in the capsizing. His 30-year-old brother, 1st Lt. Seth Cantler of JBER ...and more »
  
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• Harvesting Alaska: Ranchers try to meet demand for yak meat - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  08-08-2016 18:36
  
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  Harvesting Alaska: Ranchers try to meet demand for yak meat
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  “Trina!” Barbara Fithian called out. She knows almost every one of her animals at the Circle F Ranch by name. “Woebegone gets fed with a bottle because his mom didn't have enough milk,” she explained. Another steer, Drifter, is special to the Fithians.
  
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• Early morning shooting at convenience store leaves 1 wounded - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-08-2016 17:53
  
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  Early morning shooting at convenience store leaves 1 wounded
  Alaska Dispatch News
  One person was shot and wounded at a Mountain View convenience store early Monday by a suspect in a van who remains at large. Police spokeswoman Anita Shell said the shooting at the Holiday store at 4627 Mountain View Drive was first reported to ...
  Man shot, wounded in Anchorage convenience store parking lotFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 13 news articles »
  
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• Predator control banned on Alaska federal refuges - The Spokesman Review (registration) (blog)

  08-08-2016 15:02
  
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  Predator control banned on Alaska federal refuges
  The Spokesman Review (registration) (blog)
  WILDLIFE -- Along with a strong rebuke to local wildlife managers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is banning brown bear baiting and other Alaska-legal predator hunting techniques in national wildlife refuges within the state. “Over the past several ...
  FWS bans “intensive predator management” in AlaskagoHUNT.com (registration) (blog)all 3
  
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• Search Continues For Texas Man Missing In Alaska - CBS Local

  08-08-2016 13:20
  
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  Search Continues For Texas Man Missing In Alaska
  CBS Local
  DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – The search is scheduled to resume at first light Monday morning for a North Texas man who went missing during a trip to Alaska. Rescue dogs, resort workers, and volunteers are searching this morning for Brad Broach of Allen.
  Allen man still missing after going on hike in Alaska | The Star ...Fort Worth Star Telegram
  Family of Allen man gone missing while hiking in Alaska vows 'we ...Dallas Morning Ne
  
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• Sitka fisher launches 'Edible Alaska' food magazine - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  08-08-2016 09:52
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Sitka fisher launches 'Edible Alaska' food magazine
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Community editor and columnist Kris Capps is a longtime resident of Fairbanks and Denali Park. Contact her at [email protected], in the office at 459-7546 or by cell at 322-6334. Follow her on Twitter: @FDNMKris. Follow Kris Capps. Close ...
  
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• Southeast Feast celebrates fisheries and a way of life - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-08-2016 07:55
  
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  Southeast Feast celebrates fisheries and a way of life
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Beau Schooler, who played host to the Southeast Feast in Juneau, aims to protect the transboundary fisheries of Alaska and Canada. (Photo courtesy Jill Weitz). The term "sustainable Alaska seafood" is misleading. It's not just about fish, it's about ...
  
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• Alaska trapshooter Cogdell-Unrein claims 2nd Olympic bronze medal - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-08-2016 07:05
  
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  Alaska trapshooter Cogdell-Unrein claims 2nd Olympic bronze medal
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Corey Cogdell-Unrein of Eagle River, right, celebrates after winning the bronze medal in women's trapshooting Sunday at the Rio Olympics. (Edgard Garrido ...
  An Alaska medal at the Rio games: High water leads to hazards, delays; raven killings shamefulFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  "Fab Four" Olympic athletes with ties to AlaskaKTUU.comall 31 news articles »
  
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• Warming climate expected to squeeze out Arctic bird habitat - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-08-2016 06:04
  
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  Warming climate expected to squeeze out Arctic bird habitat
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Baird's sandpiper is among the shorebirds expected to lose habitat to climate change in the future. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). Many species of shorebirds that migrate to the Arctic each year to breed their young will lose substantial amounts ...
  
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• Miners win Alaska Baseball League championship with victory over Oilers - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-08-2016 06:04
  
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  Miners win Alaska Baseball League championship with victory over Oilers
  Alaska Dispatch News
  PALMER — The hunt for the elusive Alaska Baseball League championship is finally over for Mat-Su Miners manager Ben Taylor. The Miners defeated the Peninsula Oilers 9-3 Sunday afternoon at Hermon Brothers Field to win the best-of-three ABL Top of ...and more »
  
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• Just Another Day Dodging Storms and Raising Babies on a Wild Alaska Tugboat - Narratively

  08-08-2016 06:00
  
  Narratively
  Just Another Day Dodging Storms and Raising Babies on a Wild Alaska Tugboat
  Narratively
  Life as a commercial fisherman in the frozen rainforest came naturally to me. Things got a little different with a fifteen-month-old in tow and a second on the way. Writing Drifters EnvironmentMemoir. Photos by Reber Stein ...
  
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• Alaska Governor Bill Walker Signs New Alaska Code of Military Justice - youralaskalink

  08-08-2016 05:30
  
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  Alaska Governor Bill Walker Signs New Alaska Code of Military Justice
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  One flag was rolled up, while another was unfurled, on the Delaney Park Strip on Saturday, as the Alaska Army National Guard deactivated the 297th Battlefield ...
  Governor Walker signs the new Alaska Code of Military Justice into lawwebcenter11
  Governor to sign update to Alaska's military justice code | Juneau ...Juneau Empire (subscription)
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• Miller fends off Sanders, Baxter to claim Alaska State Amateur golf crown - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-08-2016 05:18
  
  Miller fends off Sanders, Baxter to claim Alaska State Amateur golf crown
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Anchorage's Jordan Miller shot a final-round 75 Sunday to capture the Alaska State Amateur golf championship at Chena Bend Golf Course in Fairbanks. Miller finished the four-day tournament with a score of 297, with his best round coming Saturday when ...and more »
  
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• Alaska halfway house population falls as corrections officials try to tamp down walkaways - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-08-2016 04:55
  
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  Alaska halfway house population falls as corrections officials try to tamp down walkaways
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Reacting to criticism that too many halfway house residents have walked away from their confines, state corrections officials are placing fewer inmates there and are asking prosecutors and cops to report when a halfway house resident is under ...
  
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• Alaska halfway house population falls as corrections officials try to ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-08-2016 04:55
  
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  Alaska halfway house population falls as corrections officials try to ...
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  Reacting to criticism that too many halfway house residents have walked away from their confines, state corrections officials are placing fewer inmates there and ...and more »
  
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• This scientist's death in the Alaska wilderness was a mystery; 150 years later, his skeleton helped solve it - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-08-2016 03:41
  
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  This scientist's death in the Alaska wilderness was a mystery; 150 years later, his skeleton helped solve it
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The last anyone heard of Robert Kennicott was his cheerful hum as he strolled into the Alaska wilderness early on the morning of May 13, 1866. It was good to hear the scientist sing. It had been a long and punishing winter at Fort Nulato, where ...and more »
  
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• This scientist's death in the Alaska wilderness was a mystery; 150 ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-08-2016 03:41
  
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  This scientist's death in the Alaska wilderness was a mystery; 150 ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The last anyone heard of Robert Kennicott was his cheerful hum as he strolled into the Alaskan wilderness early on the morning of May 13, 1866. It was good to ...and more »
  
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