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• Homer Electric wants more control, is that best for consumers?

  26-09-2016 23:16
  
  Residents across the Kenai Peninsula will soon vote on whether Homer Electric Association can operate without rate oversight from the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. The utility said deregulation would save time and money and give it more local control. But it would also allow HEA’s board to raise rates as high as they want.
  Brad Janorschke, General Manager of Homer Electric Association. (Photo Courtesy of HEA)Brad Janorschke, general manager for Homer Electric Association, said
  
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• University of Alaska reorganization planning advances toward second phase

  26-09-2016 21:48
  
  The University of Alaska Board of Regents met on Friday in Juneau. (Photo by Quinton Chandler, KTOO – Juneau)The University of Alaska is in the middle of a year-long review of its academic programs and administration. It’s called Strategic Pathways and is an attempt to save money and make the university system more efficient.
  “How can we take advantage of our oneness, being ‘The University of Alaska,’ and at the same time take advantage of the unique strengths of ou
  
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• Burning the masks of ‘Aggravated Organisms.’

  26-09-2016 20:58
  
  Yupik carver Drew Michael and painter Elizabeth Ellis created 5 foot tall masks in an exhibit called ‘Aggravated Organisms’ to represent the 10 most prevalent diseases impacting Alaskans. After 3 years of touring the masks to Alaska communities across the state and a showing in Seattle, Michael has decided to end the educational journey of these masks through the traditional method of burning. The ceremony will be held on the lawn of the Anchorage museum. At the s
  
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• Algo Nuevo September 25 2016

  26-09-2016 20:55
  
  Here’s the Sunday, September 18, 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
  Shap
  
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• Shaktoolik plans to “stay and defend” current location

  26-09-2016 20:52
  
  This August, representatives from Shaktoolik completed a strategic management plan to protect their community from erosion and violent storms.
  The beginning of the Shaktoolik coastal berm. (Photo Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK – Bethel)The plan lists nine critical actions, including replacing the health clinic, reinforcing the berm, and building an evacuation center. All of these critical actions are part of the village’s larger goal of remaining at their current site, rather than re
  
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• Kentucky man mauled by brown bear on Admiralty Island

  26-09-2016 18:29
  
  Adkins and his Juneau-based guide were hunting in Chaik Bay near Angoon, about 35 miles northeast of Sitka.A man was mauled by a brown bear Thursday (9-22-16), on southern Admiralty Island. It’s the fourth incident of its kind in the region since August.
  Megan Peters is a spokesperson for the Alaska State Troopers.
  “At approximately 8:30 in the evening there was a guide and a client that were out walking, using headlamps,” Peters explained, “and it appears that they start
  
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• Why Alaska utilities can build now, ask for rate increases later

  26-09-2016 18:25
  
  The exhaust stack for the diesel turbine. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO)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 of doing.
  But customers get little say about projects already on the books.
  Last week, Alaska Electric Light & Power announce
  
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• Alaska's first commercial cannabis harvest begins - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-09-2016 07:02
  
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  Alaska's first commercial cannabis harvest begins
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  Nick Reaume, a cultivator for Greatland Ganja, carries plants he cut. Greatland Ganja, a marijuana growing operation in Kasilof, was partway through its first harvest on Wednesday, September 21, 2016. The business is one of the first to harvest ...and more »
  
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  26-09-2016 07:02
  
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  Alaska's first commercial cannabis harvest begins - Alaska Dispatch ...
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  Nick Reaume, a cultivator for Greatland Ganja, carries plants he cut. Greatland Ganja, a marijuana growing operation in Kasilof, was partway through its first ...and more »
  
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• Boys and Girls Clubs Alaska Celebrates 50th Birthday - youralaskalink

  26-09-2016 05:57
  
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  Boys and Girls Clubs Alaska Celebrates 50th Birthday
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  From 1966 to 2016, Boys and Girls Clubs Alaska celebrated 50 years in The Last Frontier on Saturday night. "We have a positive impact on kids' lives everyday, kids have a safe, fun place to go after school to get help with their homework, starting at ...and more »
  
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• Cotten gets it wrong on wildlife refuges - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-09-2016 04:03
  
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  Cotten gets it wrong on wildlife refuges
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  In his opinion article of Sept. 8, Sam Cotten, current commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, seems out of touch with reality by stating, "The creation of national wildlife refuges in Alaska was never meant to alter those (traditional ...
  
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• Data-sharing initiative signals new approach to tracking, helping Anchorage's homeless - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-09-2016 03:36
  
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  Data-sharing initiative signals new approach to tracking, helping Anchorage's homeless
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  A homeless man sleeps in a parking lot in Mountain View early Wednesday morning, Aug. 31, 2016. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). The city of Anchorage and a handful of social service agencies are working on a new system for sharing information ...
  
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• Alaska's Salmon and Vietnam's Doucs: Wildlife Narratives by Producer Tim Plowden - Mongabay.com

  26-09-2016 02:41
  
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  Alaska's Salmon and Vietnam's Doucs: Wildlife Narratives by Producer Tim Plowden
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  Tim Plowden is a nature filmmaker who will be presenting his work at next month's Wildlife Conservation Film Festival in New York City. Alaska's Salmon and Vietnam's Doucs: Wildlife Narratives by Producer Tim Plowden · Tweet · Share 0 · +1 · LinkedIn 0 ...
  
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• Alaska lawmakers on guard for potential new offshore monuments - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-09-2016 01:00
  
  Alaska lawmakers on guard for potential new offshore monuments
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  U.S. Marine National Monuments Superintendent Matt Brown (left) gives President Barack Obama a tour of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument on Midway Atoll on Sept. 1, 2016. (Jonathan Ernst / Reuters). WASHINGTON — Alaska ...and more »
  
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• Alaska council to vote on cat leash law - NH1 News

  26-09-2016 00:26
  
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  Alaska council to vote on cat leash law
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  KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Cats will need leashes just like dogs if a proposal before the Kenai council wins approval. Kenai Mayor Pat Porter and council member Tim Navarre have proposed a cat leash law after complaints from residents about roaming felines.and more »
  
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