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• ​How courts protect vulnerable Alaskans- Children

  14-10-2016 23:00
  
  Justice Alaska on Hometown Alaska is back with the second installment of a three part series looking at the protective role courts play on behalf of Alaska’s most vulnerable citizens—the elderly, children, and victims of Domestic Violence. On this week’s program, Children In Need of Aid (CINA)-Protecting Alaskan Children.
  Protecting vulnerable Children across our vast state is an enormous job that is difficult, complex and often quite contentious. Prot
  
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• Hikers rescued in Kachemak Bay State Park

  14-10-2016 22:36
  
  A family of three was stranded overnight in Kachemak Bay State Park this week.
  Two hikers, Slobodan and Nevenka Kitanovski, along with their two-year-old son, were hiking near Halibut Cove on Oct. 12.
  The family was visiting from Wasilla and staying in one of the “Halibut Cove Lagoon” cabins managed by the park.
  Jason Okuly is a district ranger in Kachemak Bay State Park. He said the family hiked about nine miles along Moose Valley Trail before realizing they were in trouble.
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• Iñupiaq Drum and Dance: A Cultural Renaissance

  14-10-2016 22:30
  
  Earthsongs presents a one-hour special radio documentary with Host/Producer Alexis Sallee who grew up in Anchorage, Alaska of Iñupiat descent, about the resurgence of Iñupiaq drum and dance traditions in Alaska framed with narration, interviews, and live dance performances.
  Alaska Native music and dance traditions are unique expressions of culture and spirituality. Each village has its own unique style of dance and music, reflective of a place in its geographic environment and his
  
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• Anchorage Police Department participating in national police data initiative

  14-10-2016 22:08
  
  The Anchorage Police Department Building (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)The Anchorage Police Department is joining 100 other police departments around the country to provide more data and information to their respective communities.
  APD announced Friday it’s participating in the White House Police Data Initiative.
  Lieutenant Jack Carson says the aim is to increase transparency within the Anchorage Police Department.
  “We’re gonna put out the data s
  
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• Trump, Johnson miss deadline for state’s election pamphlet

  14-10-2016 22:03
  
  The Alaska Division of Elections official 2016 elections pamphlet.Neither Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump or Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson will have a full-page spread in Alaska’s official elections pamphlet.
  The Alaska Division of Elections says neither candidate sent in the required information by the Aug. 30 deadline.
  Presidential candidates are required to submit a candidate statement, photograph and a $300 fee in order to receive a full page in the state’s elec
  
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• 4 teens indicted in Anchorage murder case

  14-10-2016 21:58
  
  APD police vehicles (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Four teens have been indicted for their roles in an Anchorage shooting death last month.
  The teens are accused of shooting 40-year-old Paula Zorawski on Sept. 22 when she answered the door of her East Anchorage home.
  Zorawski died Sept. 28 at Providence Alaska Medical Center.
  The teens visited the home prior to the shooting to buy marijuana.
  Yurel Nichols, 18, was indicted for 1st and 2nd degree murder and robbery
  
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• LEDs will light up Homer Harbor next year

  14-10-2016 21:47
  
  Homer will soon join the list of U.S. cities making the switch to LED lights.
  Homer Harbor (Photo by Aaron Selbig, KBBI – Homer)On Oct. 10, the Homer City Council passed an ordinance authorizing the installation of new LED lights on seven high mast poles around the Homer Harbor.
  Originally, the Port and Harbor Department had planned to install LEDs on a single pole as a test project. But the City Council voted down that ordinance in favor of an expanded project that will install light
  
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• Adolescent Anxiety

  14-10-2016 21:00
  
  Anxiety is a normal and important human experience that is necessary for motivation and even our survival as a species. Anxiety, however, can become a frustrating and debilitating condition that can manifest as intense irrational fear, hypervigilance, panic, obsessive behaviors, and poor self esteem. With rates around 20%, Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health problem in children and adolescents. Ranging from Generalized Anxiety to Social Anxiety, Obse
  
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• Video: Whale skeleton takes flight in Anchorage

  14-10-2016 19:18
  
  Listen NowResearchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks were at Kincaid Beach in Anchorage to finish recovering the skeleton of the humpback whale that washed up there in July. The team, led by Mammals Collection Manager Aren Gunderson, removed half the whale by hand in September then came back the next month with a helicopter for the remaining large bones. The massive specimen will become part of the largest marine mammal collection in North America housed at the University of Alaska Mus
  
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• What happened to Anchorage’s Spice epidemic?

  14-10-2016 05:13
  
  When spice first emerged it was a brand for synthetic chemicles purporting to replicate the effects of marijuana. Local governments like Anchorage have had a difficult time effectively banning similar products because manufacturers will often tweak the active ingredient. (Courtesy photo – US Marine Corps)A year ago, Anchorage was facing a public health emergency from the synthetic drug known as Spice. From July until November in 2015, ambulances were bringing an average of seven patients t
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016

  14-10-2016 03:55
  
  
  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
  Listen NowAGDC board asks president tough questions about gasline’s future
  Elizabeth Harball, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage
  The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation met today in Kenai for an update on the state’s progress taking over the gas line project. AGDC president Keith Meyer said t
  
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• Russian aggression unlikely to hit Arctic, say security experts

  14-10-2016 02:51
  
  Julia Gourley, senior Arctic official at the State Department. (Photo: Liz Ruskin)Russia is antagonizing the U.S. on multiple fronts these days, in Europe, in Syria and in cyberspace, if claims prove true that Moscow is behind some high-profile email hacks. But in the Arctic, Russia is still playing nice. That’s one conclusion a panel of national security experts made at a Washington, D.C. briefing today.
  Russia has certainly built up its military on its side of the Arctic. It has installe
  
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• Details of Togiak crash remain few as NTSB investigates

  14-10-2016 02:03
  
  Though the cause of a fatal plane crash near Togiak is not yet determined, the National Transportation Safety Board released a few details about the flight.
  The Cessna 208 caravan that crashed midway between Quinhagak and Togiak (Photo courtesy of Alaska State Troopers)According to a preliminary NTSB report, the flight originated in Bethel on October 2nd, and made stops in Togiak and Quinhagak.
  The Cessna 208 was on its way back to Togiak before crashing about 12 miles northw
  
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• AGDC board asks president tough questions about gasline’s future

  14-10-2016 01:47
  
  The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation met today in Kenai for an update on the state’s progress taking over the gas line project. AGDC president Keith Meyer said the transition should wrap up by the end of the year.
  AGDC president Keith Meyer (photo courtesy AGDC).But at the meeting, Meyer fielded some tough questions from the board of directors, including this one from Vice Chairman Hugh Short.
  “What do you say to someone who says AGDC, State of Alaska should just hang it u
  
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• Ski Land renaissance

  14-10-2016 01:41
  
  The country’s farthest north alpine ski area is getting a facelift. Ski Land, operated since 1962 on Mt. Aurora, 20 miles north of Fairbanks, is undergoing major changes. The area was sold last year and the new owners have been busy in the off season.
  After more than fifty years of operation, Ski Land was starting to go downhill. The area’s infrastructure was aging and when its longtime operators called it quits, the owners decided to sell. Fairbanks doctors Andrew and Jacqueline Cox
  
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• Fisheries panel hears transboundary mine concerns

  14-10-2016 01:18
  
  Those testifying at a legislative hearing Wednesday said the 2014 Mount Polley Mine tailings dam break is an example of what could happen to Southeast rivers. (Photo courtesy B.C. Ministry of Mines)Critics of British Columbia mining told a legislative committee Wednesday about the dangers of mineral extraction along transboundary rivers.
  Tribal leaders, scientists, fishermen and community members warned House Fisheries Committee members of the consequences of a cross-border mining disaster durin
  
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• Museum undertakes whale of a project

  14-10-2016 00:32
  
  North America’s largest collection of marine mammal bones is about to get even bigger. The Museum of the North at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is getting a Humpback Whale skeleton.
  UA Museum of the North (Photo courtesy of the University of Alaska)Museum of the North mammal curator Link Olson said the skeleton was salvaged from a humpback that beached near Kincaid Park in Anchorage this summer.
  ”To my knowledge, this is the first time a humpback whale has beached, so it present
  
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