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• Meet ASD’s new superintendent

  02-09-2016 23:00
  
  Dr. Deena Paramo, new superintendent of the Anchorage School District.The new school year is just a few weeks old. The Anchorage School District has a new leader, Superintendent Dr. Deena Paramo. The purpose of today’s show is to hear her ideas, goals, plans and strategies for leading one of the largest and most diverse school districts in the country. Questions and ideas from parents, students, teachers and community members are welcome.
  Dr. Paramo comes to ASD after a 25-year career in p
  
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• Alaska Has Been Mapped as Precisely as Mars - Live Science

  02-09-2016 22:49
  
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  Alaska Has Been Mapped as Precisely as Mars
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  The Arctic digital elevation model (DEMs) images clearly depict elevation transitions smoothly from blue (low elevations) to green (medium to higher elevations) to red (peaks). This image centers of Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport, and highlights the ...
  Scientists finally made a half-way decent map of Alaska - EngadgetEngadget
  Alaska Has Finally Been Mapped as Precisely as MarsNational Geographic
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• State biologists investigate green bears in Haines

  02-09-2016 21:29
  
  Social media sites were atwitter in Haines on Thursday morning after photos surfaced of green bears in the Chilkoot River.
  A sow and her cub showed up at the Chilkoot River on Wednesday doused in what appears to be green paint. Biologists are trying to figure out what happened. (Tom Ganner/T. Ganner Photography -Time & Space)The bears — a sow and her spring cub — had somehow been doused in what appears to be green paint.
  State biologists were examining the pho
  
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• In Brief: A Trip to Saudi Arabia; a Derek Walcott Museum

  02-09-2016 21:04 via nytimes.com
  Mountain Travel Sobek has a new trip to Saudi Arabia; floatplane tours in Alaska; a Derek Walcott museum in Saint Lucia.
  
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• One People Canoe Society to paddle for Standing Rock Tribe to protest controversial pipeline

  02-09-2016 20:40
  
  Members of the One People Canoe Society will travel this week from Alaska to North Dakota to paddle in protest over a controversial pipeline.
  Doug Chilton and DeAndre King in front of the canoe they’ll take to North Dakota. (Photo courtesy of Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska)The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has asked paddlers from around the country to show support with a float down the Missouri River.
  Doug Chilton and DeAndre King left Wednesday night on the ferry
  
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• Wasilla gunman puts nearby school into lockdown - twice - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-09-2016 20:10
  
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  Wasilla gunman puts nearby school into lockdown - twice
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  Alaska State Troopers arrested a man accused of firing a gun near a Wasilla elementary school late Thursday afternoon, placing the school in lockdown twice and briefly entering a standoff with troopers at his home. Troopers were first informed just ...and more »
  
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• Wasilla gunman puts nearby school into lockdown - twice - Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-09-2016 20:10
  
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  Alaska State Troopers arrested a man accused of firing a gun near a Wasilla elementary school late Thursday afternoon, placing the school in lockdown twice ...and more »
  
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• Alaska school hid evidence of employee sexually abusing disabled ... - RT

  02-09-2016 19:35
  
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  Alaska school hid evidence of employee sexually abusing disabled ...
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  The parents of a special-needs student are suing the Anchorage, Alaska school district, arguing it waited too long to investigate a teacher's aide over claims of ...and more »
  
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• Book Review|A Novel's Team of Explorers Sets Out to Tame Alaska - New York Times

  02-09-2016 16:24
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  Book Review|A Novel's Team of Explorers Sets Out to Tame Alaska
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  A holiday card from “To the Bright Edge of the World.” Credit Courtesy Eowyn Ivey. TO THE BRIGHT EDGE OF THE WORLD By Eowyn Ivey Illustrated. 417 pp. Little, Brown & Company. $26. In the spring of 1885, Lt. Henry T. Allen and his small band of ...
  
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• A Novel's Team of Explorers Sets Out to Tame Alaska - The New ... - New York Times

  02-09-2016 16:24
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  A Novel's Team of Explorers Sets Out to Tame Alaska - The New ...
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  Journals trace a husband's and wife's separate ventures in the Northwest of the 1880s in Eowyn Ivey's “To the Bright Edge of the World.”and more »
  
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• Russia to Deploy a Division of Troops 50 Miles From Alaska - The Epoch Times

  02-09-2016 16:03
  
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  Russia to Deploy a Division of Troops 50 Miles From Alaska
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  Russia will station a division of troops about 50 miles from Alaska on a remote chain of islands in the Pacific. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said a division of troops will be stationed in Chukotka, reported Sputnik International. “There are ...and more »
  
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• Rates of hepatitis C among young people increase across Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-09-2016 07:08
  
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  Rates of hepatitis C among young people increase across Alaska
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  The number of hepatitis C cases reported among younger Alaskans has increased dramatically, particularly in Southeast Alaska, according to the latest information from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. Between 2011 and 2015, the rate ...
  
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• Governor says Alaska will know in a year if market will support pipeline project - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-09-2016 05:41
  
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  Governor says Alaska will know in a year if market will support pipeline project
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  Despite the huge challenges facing the massive Alaska LNG project, Gov. Bill Walker said on Thursday the state has an unprecedented opportunity to take the reins of a project and finally build a pipeline and sell natural gas from the North Slope as ...
  
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• Alaska State Fair: 4-H Club youth raise animals, grow skills and tradition - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  02-09-2016 05:25
  
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  Alaska State Fair: 4-H Club youth raise animals, grow skills and tradition
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  While many people head to the Alaska State Fair for the food and fun, the big green barn is largely devoted to Alaska's 4-H Club students. The state fair is like the Super Bowl for these young agriculture experts. It's their chance to showcase animals ...
  
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• This year, the Alaska State Fair went totally smoke-free. Here's how it's working out. - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-09-2016 04:27
  
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  This year, the Alaska State Fair went totally smoke-free. Here's how it's working out.
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  Justin Pletnikoff works The Zipper at the Alaska State Fair on Tuesday afternoon, August 30, 2016, in Palmer. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News). PALMER — The Alaska State Fair is entirely smoke-free for the first time this year, becoming perhaps the ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  02-09-2016 04:03
  Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016
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  The investigation continues into a mid-air plane collision northwest of Russian Mission on Wednesday that left no survivors. Clock is ticking on state dispute with Prudhoe Bay leaseholders. Rachel Waldholz, Alaska's Energy Desk – Anchorage. The clock ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 | Alaska Public Media - Alaska Public Radio Network

  02-09-2016 04:03
  
  Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 | Alaska Public Media
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  The investigation continues into a mid-air plane collision northwest of Russian Mission on Wednesday that left no survivors. Clock is ticking on state dispute with ...and more »
  
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• Clock is ticking on state dispute with Prudhoe Bay leaseholders

  02-09-2016 03:52
  
  
  Prudhoe Bay. The Department of Natural Resources has refused to approve the oil field’s 2016 Plan of Development until operator BP includes detailed marketing information for its massive gas reserves. (Photo courtesy of BP)The clock is ticking on a dispute between Gov. Bill Walker’s administration and the state’s largest oil producers.
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  The Department of Natural Resources has rejected the annual plan for Prudhoe Bay, demanding detailed new information on how North Slo
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016

  02-09-2016 03:52
  
  
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  Investigation continues into mid-air plane collision near Russian Mission
  Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK – Bethel
  The investigation continues into a mid-air plane collision northwest of Russian Mission on Wednesday that left no survivors.
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• K2 plane makes safe landing on Parks Highway with six aboard - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-09-2016 03:47
  
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  K2 plane makes safe landing on Parks Highway with six aboard
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  A K2 Aviation plane sits on the Parks Highway near Mile 151 on Wednesday evening after the pilot made what K2 representative called a “precautionary landing” on the highway. No one was injured and the plane wasn't damaged. (Emily Kuske).and more »
  
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• Steinau: No evidence that ballot issue affected race result

  02-09-2016 03:30
  
  
  Alaska Democratic Party chairwoman Casey Steinau says there’s no evidence to suggest that primary election-day problems affected the outcome of a northern Alaska legislative race.
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  The Division of Elections has said a poll worker in one House District 40 precinct mistakenly gave election-day voters both a Republican ballot and a ballot with the Democratic, Libertarian and Alaskan Independence Party candidates.
  Both House candidates were Democrats. Unofficial results showed Dean W
  
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• Pioneering musher and husky breeder Natalie Norris dead at 94

  02-09-2016 03:28
  
  
  Natalie Norris, then Natalie Jubin, from the cover of This Week magazine in December of 1945. Photo via Histoire des courses mythiques et des grands mushers)A pioneer of Alaska mushing passed away earlier this week. Natalie Norris moved to Alaska in the 40s, and along with her husband, Earl, helped establish the oldest kennel for Siberian Huskies in the world.
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  Breeding and mushing Siberian Huskies has stayed part of the Norris family itself. The kennel is now run by Norris’s son
  
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• Implementing a philosophy: As Juneau tackles crime bill, lots of questions left unanswered

  02-09-2016 03:28
  
  
  The “Success Inside and Out” program at Lemon Creek Correctional Center. (Photo by Lisa Phu/KTOO)Earlier this year, the state passed Senate Bill 91, a reform of Alaska’s criminal justice system. Its proponents hope it will reduce recidivism and the likelihood of repeat offenders.
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  But as the bill’s effects trickle down to local governments, Juneau city officials are realizing there are a lot of questions left unanswered.
  Juneau City Attorney Amy Mead briefed abo
  
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• Investigation continues into mid-air plane collision near Russian Mission

  02-09-2016 03:23
  
  
  Wreckage of one of the collided planes. (Photo via Alaska State Troopers)The investigation continues into a mid-air plane collision northwest of Russian Mission on Wednesday that left no survivors.
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  Alaska State Troopers and investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are heading to the crash sites today.
  “Our focus is on body recovery efforts,” said Megan Peters, public information officer for the Alaska State Troopers.
  “The NTSB is the agency that ac
  
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• Seldovia residents warned of leaching lead

  02-09-2016 03:20
  
  
  Seldovia, AK. (Photo via KBBI – Homer)The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has released a report listing 15 water systems in Alaska that contain lead levels above the federal limit, and the City of Seldovia is among them.
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  At the last City Council meeting, Seldovia City Manager, Tod Larson, responded to the report, stating that old pipes and faucets are the issue. He advised running water before using it.
  “The water from the current water treatment plant is s
  
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• Southeast Alaska school closing down over lack of students

  02-09-2016 02:59
  A school on Prince of Wales Island in southeast Alaska that saw only a handful of graduates last year is closing its doors due to a lack of students.
  KFSK-FM reports the small school on the northern end of the island in Port Protection is closed for the fall semester. The closure comes after the recent shuttering of two other schools in the Southeast Island School District.
  Superintendent Lauren Burch says the Port Protection school had five graduates this year and that there are no school-age c
  
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• New, high-definition maps to help monitor climate change effects

  02-09-2016 02:57
  
  (Screenshot via Arctic Support 2016)In Kotzebue a year ago, President Obama called for a publicly available high-resolution elevation map of Alaska. And today it’s here. The maps will help Alaskans monitor the effects of climate change.
  There are many satellites that orbit earth. Typical satellites – like NASA’s Landsat – capture really large images, more than 100 miles across. For this project, the images are much smaller.
  Paul Morin, director of the Polar Geospatia
  
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• New, 3-D maps to help monitor climate change effects

  02-09-2016 02:57
  
  
  (Screenshot via Arctic Support 2016)In Kotzebue a year ago, President Obama called for a publicly available high-resolution elevation map of Alaska. And today it’s here. The maps will help Alaskans monitor the effects of climate change.
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  There are many satellites that orbit earth. Typical satellites – like NASA’s Landsat – capture really large images, more than 100 miles across. For this project, the images are much smaller.
  Paul Morin, director of the Pola
  
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• Western Arctic Caribou herd smaller than original estimates

  02-09-2016 02:49
  
  (Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Fish and Game)Originally thought to total 206,000, the Western Arctic Caribou herd is smaller than first estimated.
  A new photo survey done by the Department of Fish and Game indicates the Western Arctic Caribou herd totals 201,000.
  The herd is Alaska’s largest that many use for subsistence and sport hunting.
  Photo surveys of the herd are done every two to three years. Wary of the population nearing numbers appropriate for reduced harvest recommendat
  
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• Cooperative Extension to keep doors open in Anchorage, Sitka

  02-09-2016 02:44
  
  Cooperative Extension Services maintains nine district offices and five service centers. (UAF website)The Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Alaska Fairbanks planned to close two offices this fall due to state budget cuts – one in Anchorage and the other in Sitka. But today (08-31-16), Extension leadership announced a plan to keep both offices open.
  The Sitka office will remain at the University of Alaska Southeast campus. The agent position, vacant since Professor Bob Gorm
  
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• Pulse Dance Company’s 2016-2017 season

  02-09-2016 00:14
  
  Pulse Dance Company in Stravinsky’s The Rite of SpringPulse Dance Company will be offering a little bit of everything this year from contemporary modern to burlesque and rock and roll. Join Artistic Director Stephanie Wonchala as she drops by Stage Talk this week to talk about what’s coming up. Their first offering is Haus Pulse, performing at the Church of Love in Spenard on Saturday, September 10th.
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  Pulse Dance Company’s 2016-2017 season
  Haus Pulse, September 10
  
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