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• Why Alaska utilities can build now, ask for rate increases later - KTOO

  22-09-2016 23:35
  
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  Why Alaska utilities can build now, ask for rate increases later
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  Alaska's privately owned electric utilities can't increase their rates overnight. They first have to go through a process with the state's regulatory commission to demonstrate a need. That's what Juneau's utility — AEL&P — is at the beginning stages ...
  
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• Travel fair brings PFD deals under one roof

  22-09-2016 23:02
  
  Valley of Geysers. (Creative Commons photo by Robert Nunn/Flickr)With the impending announcement of this year’s Permanent Fund Dividend, travel deals are heating up. And this weekend, some of the companies with the best PFD deals will be under one roof.
  Scott McMurren is what you might call a travel guru. He runs the website Alaska Travelgram, keeping readers up-to-date on the best travels opportunities. And for years, he says companies have met the annual distribution of the PFD with
  
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• Alaska Native youth view warmer weather as the norm. - Grist

  22-09-2016 21:31
  
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  Alaska Native youth view warmer weather as the norm.
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  In interviews with members of four indigenous communities in Alaska's Yukon River Basin, U.S. Geological Service researchers found differences in how older and younger generations experienced climatic change. Younger generations noticed change in ...and more »
  
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• Missing Sitka man last seen hiking Verstovia Trail

  22-09-2016 18:48
  
  Michael Hansen (Courtesy Sitka Search and Rescue)Searchers continued looking Wednesday for a Sitka man last seen Monday on the Mt. Verstovia Trail.
  Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said hikers saw 37-year-old Michael Hansen on his way up the steep, 2½-mile trail.
  “We do know that he’s not well-dressed to spend a substantial amount of time in the outdoors, wearing street clothes and having a backpack with him,” she said. “But when you’re out
  
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• Begich will not enter race for U.S. Senate

  22-09-2016 18:35
  
  Former Sen. Mark Begich addresses the Alaska State Legislature on Monday, March 3, 2014. (Skip Gray/ Gavel Alaska).Former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich says he will not mount a write-in campaign in the race for Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s seat.
  In an interview with Rick Rydell on 650 KENI Radio Thursday morning, Begich said it was not the right time for him to enter the U.S. Senate race.
  Begich was non-committal about whether he would run for governor in two years.
  
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• Two officers injured by gunshots in South Anchorage standoff (updated)

  22-09-2016 17:56
  
  APD police cruiser (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Updated 2:00 p.m
  Two officers have been wounded by gunshots by a barricaded suspect in an on-going standoff in South Anchorage.
  “One officer was transported to a local hospital for treatment where he is expected to survive,” wrote APD spokesperson Jennifer Castro in a release sent to the public at 12:48 p.m. “The other officer’s injuries were treated at the scene.”
  The suspect in t
  
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• Two officers injured by gunshots in South Anchorage standoff

  22-09-2016 17:56
  
  APD police cruiser (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Updated 2:00 p.m
  Two officers have been wounded by gunshots by a barricaded suspect in an on-going standoff in South Anchorage.
  “One officer was transported to a local hospital for treatment where he is expected to survive,” wrote APD spokesperson Jennifer Castro in a release sent to the public at 12:48 p.m. “The other officer’s injuries were treated at the scene.”
  The suspect in a
  
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• South Anchorage standoff over, suspect dead (Updated)

  22-09-2016 17:56
  
  
  APD police cruiser (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Updated 6:30 a.m.
  A standoff in Anchorage lasting more than 36 hours came to an end Friday morning.
  The Anchorage Police Department says 69-year-old Robert Musser, who was barricaded in his home, is confirmed to be deceased.
  APD says an investigation and autopsy will determine the cause and nature of Musser’s death.
  Updated 4:30 p.m.
  Police say a barricaded standoff in Midtown Anchorage is over. According to a
  
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• APD working to resolve hillside standoff

  22-09-2016 17:56
  
  APD police cruiser (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Anchorage police are still working to bring a man into custody suspected of shooting at workers trimming trees Wednesday on a utility easement.
  Police initially responded to a call just before 9:30 a.m. Wednesday that a man confronted employees of Carlos Tree Service, who were trimming trees for Chugach Electric near his hillside residence.
  According to an APD press release, the man yelled at the workers, then brand
  
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• The man with the plan: Can Keith Meyer sell the gas line?

  22-09-2016 17:53
  
  Keith Meyer took over as the new president of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. in June 2016. (Photo courtesy AGDC)As the state of Alaska takes the lead in the effort to build a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope, it finds itself taking responsibility for what would be one of the largest, most complex projects in the world.
  The man in charge is Keith Meyer, the new president of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp.
  This week, Alaska’s Energy Desk is digging into the gas line 
  
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• Alaska Permanent Fund board rejects idea of investing in oil-tax ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-09-2016 06:19
  
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  Alaska Permanent Fund board rejects idea of investing in oil-tax ...
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  The corporation that manages the $54 billion Alaska Permanent Fund is rejecting a proposal from the Walker administration to invest in the oil and gas tax ...and more »
  
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• Providence directs nearly $1M to homeless causes in Anchorage

  22-09-2016 04:28
  
  Entrance to Anchorage’s Providence Hospital emergency room. (Photo by Josh Edge, APRN – Anchorage)Providence Hospital in Anchorage is donating a little less than a million dollars to programs focused on ending homelessness.
  The announcement was made Wednesday to mild surprise and light applause at the Anchorage Assembly’s committee on homelessness. A representative from the hospital, Dr. Richard Mandsager, briefly explained how they’d decided to strategically direct
  
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• Washington man due in federal court for Alaska scam

  22-09-2016 03:37
  
  
  Floyd Jay Mann, of Puyallup, WA, is an auto mechanic and painter who concocted an elaborate hoax to bilk millions from his victims, according to federal investigators.A Puyallup, Wash. man is due in the U.S. District Court in Alaska on Thursday to face charges he defrauded several million dollars out of victims in Alaska, money he then gambled away. Floyd Jay Mann allegedly ran his elaborate scam for several years, and many or most of his victims are from Dillingham. KDLG’s Dave Bendi
  
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• In latest high-profile resignation, head of state’s oil and gas division quits

  22-09-2016 03:37
  
  
  Corri Feige of DNR’s Division of Oil and Gas reads out bids during the state’s annual North Slope lease sale. Feige is resigning from her position as the state’s top oil and gas regulator. (Photo: Rachel Waldholz/Alaska’s Energy Desk)The state’s top oil and gas regulator is stepping down.
  Corri Feige emailed colleagues on Tuesday saying her last day is Oct. 3.
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  “This decision has been incredibly difficult for me, but opportunity rarely knocks at
  
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• High winds knock out power to 33,000 Interior households

  22-09-2016 03:37
  
  
  Anchorage didn’t experience high winds as predicted last night but winds up to 70-miles-per-hour knocked out power to about 33,000 households around the Interior, including more than 500 in the Delta Junction area that went without electricity for about 15 hours. Hundreds of Delta-area residents were still waiting for power to be restored by mid-afternoon.
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• Ask a Climatologist: The Blob is back

  22-09-2016 03:37
  
  
  A map of sea surface temperatures from Sept. 19th shows the blob below Alaska. (Graphic courtesy of NOAA)The Blob is back. The term was coined a few years ago to describe a warm patch of water in the Gulf of Alaska and northern Pacific Ocean. It can turn the weather warm and dry in the state.
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  Brian Brettschneider is a climatologist in Anchorage who closely tracks Alaska climate data and trends. Alaska’s Energy Desk is checking in with him regularly for the segment- Ask a Cl
  
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• Alaskans endure rising insurance costs

  22-09-2016 03:37
  
  
  Open enrollment for health insurance. (Photo by Lisa Phu/KTOO)Alaskans shopping for individual health insurance on the federal exchange will only be able to choose from one insurer when open enrollment starts on November 1st.
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  Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska is increasing premiums an average of 7.3 percent.
  State officials are trying to head off bigger price increases in the future.
  Juneau Montessori School teacher Laurie Clark loves working with toddlers. But the 61-year-old
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, September 21, 2016

  22-09-2016 03:37
  
  
  Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds viaemail, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn
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  The man with the plan: Keith Meyer and the future of AKLNG
  Rachel Waldholz, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage
  As the state of Alaska takes the lead in the effort to build a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope, it finds itself taking responsibility for what would be one of the largest, most compl
  
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• Alaska fisheries escape effects of climate change for now

  22-09-2016 03:37
  
  
  Commercial fishing in Alaska is a multi-billion dollar industry. (Aftab Uzzaman/Flickr)With coastlines eroding, temperatures rising, and sea ice retreating, Alaska is feeling the effects of a warming planet. But a new federal report suggests fisheries in the state haven’t experienced many observable impacts of climate change so far.
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  Commercial fishing in Alaska is a multi-billion dollar industry. For 18 consecutive years, fishermen have hauled more fish into Dutch Harbor than an
  
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• Virgin America flight attendants reject contract offer, sowing confusion before Alaska Air merger - The Seattle Times

  22-09-2016 03:18
  
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  Virgin America flight attendants reject contract offer, sowing confusion before Alaska Air merger
  The Seattle Times
  Virgin America and Alaska Airlines are expected to complete their merger before the end of the year. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times). Virgin America flight attendants voted to reject the first contract offer negotiated by their union, creating ...and more »
  
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• Lawsuit could stall Mat-Su marijuana vote

  22-09-2016 02:52
  
  A lawsuit challenging an upcoming Matanuska-Susitna Borough ballot initiative could stall a vote on banning commercial marijuana in the Valley. Attorneys for the Borough filed a response Monday, arguing that the suit could wreak havoc with the Borough’s October 4 election.
  One of two pot-related lawsuits filed earlier this month against the Matanuska-Susitna Borough alleges the Borough is asking voters to decide on a initiative regarding the ban of retail cannabis, in violation of state st
  
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• Alaska fisheries escape effects of climate change for now - KTOO - KTOO

  22-09-2016 02:02
  
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  Alaska fisheries escape effects of climate change for now - KTOO
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  With coastlines eroding, temperatures rising, and sea ice retreating, Alaska is feeling the effects of a warming planet. But a new federal report suggests fisheries ...and more »
  
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• State and ConocoPhillips team up for push to market Alaska LNG - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-09-2016 00:36
  
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  State and ConocoPhillips team up for push to market Alaska LNG
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The state of Alaska and ConocoPhillips have signed an agreement to negotiate the formation of a joint venture company that could buy and sell North Slope natural gas to utilities outside Alaska. The state and the oil company will also try to bring ...
  Alaska to ship LNG by railUPI.com
  Alaska Railroad prepares for first LNG shipmentsSalt Lake Tribune
  Alaska Railroad prepares for first US ship
  
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