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• 2016 State of the City Report

  06-09-2016 23:25
  
  Mayor Berkowitz gave the annual State of the City Report highlighting progress in: increasing public safety, improving fiscal health of the city, tackling homelessness, and increasing development opportunities. He also answered questions from the audience.
  SPEAKER:
  Mayor Ethan Berkowitz
  MODERATORS:
  Art Clark, board member of the Chamber of Commerce
  HOST: Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
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  Make it Monday Forum, 2016 State of the City Report
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• Federal grants awarded to combat opioid use in Alaska

  06-09-2016 22:58
  
  Prescribing of oxycodone and other opioid pain pills rose sharply after 2000.
  (Photo by John Moore, Getty Images)Three multi-year federal grants focused on combating opioid use have been awarded to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.
  The grants will amount to an estimated $3 million annually. One three-year grant from the Center for Disease Control totals $750,000, and will focus on data collection, analysis, policy review and public education on opioid overdoses.
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• Alaska mental health trust eyes rugged Deer Mountain for logging in Ketchikan - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-09-2016 22:50
  
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  Alaska mental health trust eyes rugged Deer Mountain for logging in Ketchikan
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  A view of Ketchikan, Alaska looking northwest from the summit of Deer Mountain. (Wikimedia commons). The Southeast city of Ketchikan has been fighting for decades to prolong the life of its timber industry, which has been battered by a pulp mill ...and more »
  
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• Algo Nuevo September 4, 2016

  06-09-2016 22:41
  
  Here’s the Sunday, September 04, 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
  ShapeShifter
  Starfaith
  522
   
  Mirala
  Ruben Ramos
  
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• Licensed child care availability up 21% in Juneau

  06-09-2016 22:14
  
  Licensed child care availability is up 21 percent in Juneau compared with last year, according to a local organization.
  Issy Kako-Gehring holds her two-year-old daughter, Ally. Kako-Gehring runs the Gehring Nursery School in Juneau. (Photo by Lakeidra Chavis, KTOO – Juneau)Child care providers and its supporters say that’s good news for a market that historically has struggled to meet demand.
  Joy Lyon is the executive director the Association for the Education of Young Children,
  
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• Gone glacier: fashion magazine depicts Mendenhall melt too soon

  06-09-2016 22:10
  
  John Neary, the director of the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, in front of the actual glacier. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins, KTOO – Juneau)The magazine Marie Claire sent a team of journalists and fashionistas to the Mendenhall Glacier in the summer. The story that appeared in its September issue is called On Thin Ice: Can the Fashion Industry Help Save the Planet? But as first reported in the Juneau Empire, the magazine got a couple of key things wrong.
  “It felt like I was in
  
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• These gorgeous new Alaska maps could transform our ... - Washington Post

  06-09-2016 22:03
  
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  These gorgeous new Alaska maps could transform our ...
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  Late last week, the White House announced something seemingly mundane — a series of new topographic maps of the U.S.'s only Arctic state, Alaska.
  Awesome New Maps Show Alaska in High-Resolution DetailSmithsonian
  New Digital Maps Depict Alaska in Unprecedented Detail - EosEosall 5 news articles »
  
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• These gorgeous new Alaska maps could transform our understanding of the Arctic - Washington Post

  06-09-2016 22:03
  
  Washington Post
  These gorgeous new Alaska maps could transform our understanding of the Arctic
  Washington Post
  Late last week, the White House announced something seemingly mundane — a series of new topographic maps of the U.S.'s only Arctic state, Alaska. Ninety percent of the enormous state has now been mapped at a far higher resolution than ever before – 2 ...
  Awesome New Maps Show Alaska in High-Resolution DetailSmithsonian
  New Digital Maps Depict Alaska in Unprecedented De
  
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• VIDEO: Anchorage professor bets on bio-insulation made from mushrooms

  06-09-2016 21:53
  
  Fungus (Photo by Eric Keto, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage)From underneath the roads to inside our homes, insulation is everywhere in Alaska. But traditional foam board is energy intensive to produce and often ends up as plastic litter in oceans and waterways. A group of researchers at the University of Alaska Anchorage are working to develop an environmentally friendly alternative.
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  Professor Philippe Amstislavski stands in front of a group of students from the Ala
  
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• Chinese Warships Shadow Alaska Amid G20 Fallout - TruNews - TRUNEWS

  06-09-2016 21:14
  
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  Chinese Warships Shadow Alaska Amid G20 Fallout - TruNews
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  Chinese Warships Shadow Alaska Amid G20 Fallout Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy recruits chant slogans during a parade to mark the end of a ...
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• Chinese Warships Shadow Alaska Amid G20 Fallout - TRUNEWS

  06-09-2016 21:14
  
  Chinese Warships Shadow Alaska Amid G20 Fallout
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  Chinese Warships Shadow Alaska Amid G20 Fallout Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy recruits chant slogans during a parade to mark the end of a semester at a military base of the North Sea Fleet, in Qingdao, Shandong province, December 5, 2013.and more »
  
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• Better voice, data services to reach rural Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  06-09-2016 08:58
  
  Better voice, data services to reach rural Alaska
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — Wireless voice and data services will expand into rural Alaska in the next decade, following the Federal Communications Commission's approval of the Alaska Plan on Wednesday. Under the Alaska Plan, wireless providers are required to ...
  
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• Seal skinning showcases subsistence hunting at Alaska Native Heritage Center - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  06-09-2016 06:06
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Seal skinning showcases subsistence hunting at Alaska Native Heritage Center
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  “I tell people you won't find kangaroos in Barrow. In Florida you will not find walruses,” she said to a crowd gathered behind the Alaska Native Heritage Center. “Where I come from on St. Lawrence Island, you will not find chicken. That's just the way ...
  
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• As Alaska State Fair comes to an end, clean up continues - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  06-09-2016 05:44
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  As Alaska State Fair comes to an end, clean up continues
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Alaska's greatest 10-day get-together has come to an end. While the numbers are still being compiled for this year, it's estimated around 300,000 people attended the Alaska State fair to enjoy food, fun and entertainment. But there is one area most ...
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• Fairbanks police identify 3 shot at nightclub early Sunday - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-09-2016 03:28
  
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  Fairbanks police identify 3 shot at nightclub early Sunday
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  Michael Jeremy Hodges, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene. Breannah Jayde Mitchell, 22, was treated and released from Fairbanks Memorial Hospital after sustaining minor injuries. Jesse Craig Anderson, 25, remains in critical condition in the ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, September 05, 2016 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  06-09-2016 03:25
  Alaska News Nightly: Monday, September 05, 2016
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  It's Labor Day, and in the U.S. House race, both Congressman Don Young and his Democratic challenger claim they're getting strong support from organized labor. As waters warm, Arctic fish populations change. Zoe Sobel, Alaska's Energy Desk – Unalaska.
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, September 05, 2016

  06-09-2016 03:25
  
  
  September 5, 2016
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  Download audio In U.S. House Race, both claim labor’s love
  Liz Ruskin, APRN – Washington DC
  It’s Labor Day, and in the U.S. House race, both Congressman Don Young and his Democratic challenger claim they’re getting stron
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Sept. 05, 2016

  06-09-2016 03:25
  
  
  Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn
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  In U.S. House Race, both claim labor’s love
  Liz Ruskin, APRN – Washington DC
  It’s Labor Day, and in the U.S. House race, both Congressman Don Young and his Democratic challenger claim they’re getting strong support from organized lab
  
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• Alaska's extreme health care costs destroy economic opportunity and warp lives - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-09-2016 01:35
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska's extreme health care costs destroy economic opportunity and warp lives
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The outrageous cost of health care in Alaska is crippling small businesses, stifling innovators, and pushing ordinary people to make bizarre life decisions. I've been writing about Alaska's extraordinary transfer of wealth to the medical industry in an ...
  
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• In US House race, both claim labor's love - Alaska Public Radio Network

  06-09-2016 00:28
  
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  In US House race, both claim labor's love
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  It's Labor Day, and in the U.S. House race, both Congressman Don Young and his Democratic challenger claim they're getting strong support from organized labor. Download Audio. The Democrat, Steve Lindbeck, is in Fairbanks to march in the Labor Day ...
  
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• In U.S. House race, both claim labor’s love

  06-09-2016 00:27
  
  File photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public MediaIt’s Labor Day, and in the U.S. House race, both Congressman Don Young and his Democratic challenger claim they’re getting strong support from organized labor.
  The Democrat, Steve Lindbeck, is in Fairbanks to march in the Labor Day parade. He’s buoyed by the recent decision of the Alaska AFL-CIO not to endorse anyone in the U.S. House race. As Lindbeck describes it, that’s a major shift.
  “They, for the first time in many y
  
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