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• Kenai Assembly hears invocation from Satanic Temple

  15-08-2016 23:00
  
  The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly thought it put controversy about invocations to rest. But there seems to be no end in sight to debate about starting meetings with a prayer.
  The Aug. 9 Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting was not the first time the invocation has caused controversy, but it is the first time it’s ended with a call to, “Hail Satan.”
  Iris Fontana is a 27-year-old Kenai Peninsula College student, and a member of the Satanic Temple.
  “Let us stand now,
  
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• Algo Nuevo August 14, 2016

  15-08-2016 22:34
  
  Here’s the Sunday, August 14th, 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
  Starfaith
  522
   
  Quiero Hacer Viejo
  
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• Two people help preserve the history of Alaska’s canned seafood

  15-08-2016 21:29
  
  There used to be hundreds of seafood canneries all along Alaska’s coastline. Two people are involved in documenting and preserving some of that rich history in order to share it with others.1 of 2 Canned salmon label courtesy of Karen HofstadCanned salmon label courtesy of Karen HofstadCanned salmon label courtesy of Karen HofstadCanned salmon label courtesy of Karen Hofstad
  Anjuli Grantham helped her family beach seine on the west side of Kodiak Island when she was growing up. It was the
  
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• Weather, climate and the potential La Nina

  15-08-2016 21:06
  
  There was a lot of concern about a big fire season this summer after a winter of very low snow fall and a dry spring. There were some burns but the season was not remarkable for fire, it was more of note for hot temps, then rainfall, mudslides and flooding. El Nino is getting to the geriatric stage and La Nina may be moving in. What will that mean for the next 6 months? We’ll talk to the climate experts and find out.
  A fast-moving storm is set to move through the Copper Rive
  
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• Since 2008, number of UAS students using disability services quintuple

  15-08-2016 21:01
  
  The Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, requires institutions receiving public money or providing a public service, including colleges, offer a level playing field to people who have disabilities.
  In 2008, the act was amended to expand the definition of disability. That fall, 23 University of Alaska Southeast students were using disability services. By the spring semester of this year, there were 119. The upward trend is also true at the Universities of Alaska Anchorage and Fairbanks, but i
  
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• Valley veggies highlight plan to boost health among low income Alaskans

  15-08-2016 20:58
  
  Coop. Extension Service’s nutritional outreach cooking instructor Winona Benson. (photo by Ellen Lockyer, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)“Tilth” is a word not easily defined. But an effort to bring better nutrition to low income Alaskans and a nationwide move toward increasing local food production have dovetailed as the impetus behind a new idea that can provide farm-to-table produce for those in need.
  Spring Creek farm is nestled in the Matanuska Valley in the shadow o
  
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• Alaska Guardsmen Undertake Final Airborne Operation - Alaska Native News

  15-08-2016 16:38
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  Alaska Guardsmen Undertake Final Airborne Operation
  Alaska Native News
  Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers with B Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne),143rd Infantry Regiment, jump out of a UH-60 Black Hawk for the unit's final jump before they retire their airborne status.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman James ...
  
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• Through hardships and over hurdles, Alaska teen prepares for life after graduation - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-08-2016 15:09
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Through hardships and over hurdles, Alaska teen prepares for life after graduation
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Even though it happened more than a year ago, Brother James still remembers the night pretty well: He was walking through Anchorage, sometime around 3 a.m., somewhere near a car dealership and a bike trail. He was all alone. He remembers feeling faint ...
  
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• Murkowski not taking Senate re-election bid for granted - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  15-08-2016 10:17
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Murkowski not taking Senate re-election bid for granted
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, left, accompanied by the committee's ranking member, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., holds a bumper sticker during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, ...and more »
  
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• Are foreign students who come to Alaska for summer work on a cultural exchange or just low-paid labor? - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-08-2016 08:04
  
  Are foreign students who come to Alaska for summer work on a cultural exchange or just low-paid labor?
  Alaska Dispatch News
  In kitchens and hotel rooms, foreign college students are the unseen face of Alaska's summer workforce. Second of two parts. Published 10 hours ago; Author: Michelle Theriault Boots, Marc Lester. Second of two parts. In the midst of a summer downpour, ...
  
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• The harsh reality of Russia's influence on Alaska's offshore exploration - Washington Examiner (blog)

  15-08-2016 06:21
  
  The harsh reality of Russia's influence on Alaska's offshore exploration
  Washington Examiner (blog)
  Thanks to technological advancements, like Russia's creation of the world's largest icebreaker Arktika, oil and natural gas reserves beneath the Arctic waters are easier to access than ever before. As a result, the Arctic now has countries racing to ...and more »
  
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• After devastating loss, man finishes bike ride to Alaska - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  15-08-2016 04:56
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  After devastating loss, man finishes bike ride to Alaska
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  It took more than four years and 36,000 miles for Tim Bridgman to reach Prudhoe Bay after leaving northern Norway in June 2012. He and his wife, Sharon Bridgman, biked through Europe and Africa after deciding to leave their jobs in Devonshire, England.
  
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