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• Cyrano’s Calendar Girls

  20-10-2016 22:47
  
  Cyrano’s Calendar GirlsCyrano’s Theatre Company is presenting Calendar Girls based on the film of the same name by Tim Firth, opening October 21 and running through November 20. Join three of the “girls” today on Stage Talkand they talk about friendship, struggle and an ingenious way of raising money. Based on a true story.
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  GUESTS:Gigi Lynch, “Chris” in Cyrano’s Calendar Girls
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• Calista Corporation approves Akilista dividend, second shareholder dividend of the year

  20-10-2016 22:46
  
  Calista Corporation’s board of directors Wednesday approved its second shareholder dividend of the year.
  According to a Calista press release, the $2.2 million dollar Akilista dividend is a 10 percent jump from last year, and totals out to be $1.67 per share.
  The Calista Corporation serves around 13,000 shareholders, with the average shareholder owning 100 shares.
  The fall dividend comes from the corporation’s Akilista [aw-KEE-lis-tuh] investment portfolio, which made its first
  
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• As objection hearings wrap, countdown to new Tongass plan

  20-10-2016 22:41
  
  The U.S. Forest Service wrapped up objection hearings Wednesday on a plan that could shape the future of timber in the Tongass National Forest.
  It was the last chance for the public to register opposition to to the Tongass Land and Resource Management Plan amendments, which has been nearly three years in the making and will go into effect this winter. The meetings took place during a two week span in Ketchikan and Juneau.
  About 27 groups and organizations testified in opposition — inc
  
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• Alaska Air, Virgin America Cool Their Jets, as They Await Deal's Approval - Wall Street Journal

  20-10-2016 22:35
  
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  Alaska Air, Virgin America Cool Their Jets, as They Await Deal's Approval
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  The Justice Department is making Alaska Air Group Inc. ALK -1.66 % and Virgin America Inc. VA 0.28 % cool their jets on a $2.6 billion merger plan, fanning speculation that regulators believe consolidation in the industry has gone too far. Alaska's ...
  Proposed Alaska Air-Virgin America Merger Hits Minor Snag in San ...Skift
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• AFAA’s Voodoo Macbeth

  20-10-2016 22:20
  AFAA’s Voodoo MacbethImagine Shakespeare’s story of murder and magic, Macbeth as re-set in Bayou St. John in New Orleans during the time of famed Louisiana Creole practitioner of Voodoo, Marie Leveue and you have Tonia Hays’ Voodoo Macbeth. Tune into Stage Talk this Friday to hear Actors Stephen Lochner and Kendra Gladwell along with Director Glenys Mee from Alaska Fine Arts Academy explain how it all goes together. Voodoo Macbeth runs only October 14th and 15th.
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• Skagway marijuana shop receives license to open

  20-10-2016 20:58
  
  A retail marijuana store is ready to open its doors in Skagway, but it’s waiting on one major detail: the pot.
  Tara Bass with in the Remedy Shoppe with her license to open (Photo courtesy of Tara Bass)Tara Bass is the owner of The Remedy Shoppe, a red and white building on Skagway’s Third St. Earlier this month it became the first business of its kind in the state to pass its final inspection and receive a license to open.
  Several other businesses around Alaska have been given state
  
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• 50th AFN convention begins today in Fairbanks

  20-10-2016 20:54
  
  The 50th Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Fairbanks will open with a healing ceremony from the Alaska Suicide Prevention Council. The observance acknowledges a suicide that took place at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage during the final hour of the convention last year.
  After the ceremony, the agenda for the three-day conference has many of the same elements it features every year. AFN President Julie Kitka will deliver her annual report. Shortly after, Gov. Bill Walker will addr
  
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• Trash proving costly to burn at Dillingham landfill

  20-10-2016 20:35
  
  The incinerator at the Dillingham landfill has been clean-burning trash for a little over a year now.
  Dillingham began operating this incinerator in the spring of 2015. A year of data shows it’s been costlier than anticipated. (Photo by KDLG)While it’s doing a good job of cutting down the volume of material that gets buried in limited cell space, it’s not proving as cost efficient to operate as hoped.
  The Pennram incinerator needs diesel fuel to operate, mainly to get up to tem
  
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• Central Council endorses Murkowski for U.S. Senate

  20-10-2016 20:11
  
  Sen. Lisa Murkowski addresses the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention, Oct. 16, 2015. (Photo by Mikko Wilson, KTOO – Juneau)The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska has endorsed Sen. Lisa Murkowski for U.S. Senate.
  Central Council spokesperson Raeanne Holmes says the organization doesn’t often endorse candidates for political office, though they did endorse Sen. Mark Begich against Dan Sullivan in 2014. Sullivan won. And they supported the so-called Unity
  
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• For These Americans, Clean Water Is a Luxury

  20-10-2016 10:21 via nytimes.com
  In some places around the country, families rely on buckets, bottles, even animal troughs.
  
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• Alaska tribes to seek land, new powers as relations with state and feds improve - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-10-2016 07:47
  
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  Attendees at an Alaska Federation of Natives/National Congress of American Indians conference at a Doyon facility in Fairbanks on Wednesday, where AFN president Julie Kitka announced that AFN will be endorsing Hillary Clinton for president. AFN has ...
  Alaska Federation of Natives endorses Hillary Clinton for presidentKTUU.com
  Alaska Native board endorses ClintonJuneau
  
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• Master Of Alaska details life of Aleksandr Baranov

  20-10-2016 04:33
  
  A new book called Master of Alaska portrays a side of Aleksandr Baranov that other historical writings have not considered.
  Roger Seiler wrote a novel based on meticulous research of Baranov’s letters and other material. Seiler grew up in King Salmon and was long fascinated by Barnov’s story. Seiler said Baranov was a critical figure in Alaska’s early history.
  SEILER: He was eventually able to bring about peace with the Tlingits in Southeast Alaska. That’s after having un
  
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• In Anchorage, a Trump supporter keeps the faith

  20-10-2016 04:11
  
  
  Julie Tisdale is a Donald Trump supporter from Anchorage (Photo courtesy of Julie Tisdale)Recent polls show the presidential race unexpectedly close in Alaska, and in the coming weeks, we’ll be checking in with voters around the state — asking what matters most to them and who they’re supporting as Election Day approaches.
  Tonight we hear from Julie Tisdale of Anchorage. Tisdale is 47, an accountant and a lifelong Alaskan — and she’s an enthusiastic supporter of Don
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016

  20-10-2016 04:09
  
  
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  Listen NowAlaska’s largest Native organization endorses Clinton for president, first endorsement in history
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  For the first time, the Alaska Federation of Natives has endorsed a candidate for president — Hillary Clinton.
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• Nikiski residents in limbo after LNG land grab

  20-10-2016 03:47
  
  
  Bill Warren, in the home on land he says he was negotiating to sell to the Alaska LNG project on Sept. 25, 2016 in Nikiski, Alaska. Warren, and others in Nikiski, say they are unsure what will happen to their land as the project transitions to state control. (Photo by Rashah McChesney, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Juneau)Over the last two years, the Alaska LNG project bought about 630 acres of land in Nikiski, on the Kenai Peninsula. That’s where the state and its partners hoped to b
  
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• Kodiak Police Department chooses new camera model for body-worn camera program

  20-10-2016 03:05
  
  Days after a superior court judge ordered the release of a body cam video, the Kodiak Police Department suspended its Body-Worn Camera Program, which began in February 2015. However, it wasn’t until this summer that KPD announced the suspension.
  At a Kodiak City Council regular meeting in August, Police Chief Ronda Wallace outlined some of the department’s reasons for the decision, including issues with how the technology functions and concern for the privacy of the people caught on
  
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• After five days, Moose Fire nearly half contained

  20-10-2016 02:38
  
  The Moose Creek fire near Sutton is nearly half contained at 46%, according to fire information officials Wednesday. Fire managers expect to have the blaze fully contained by the weekend.
  The wildfire started Saturday morning, sparked by a burning debris pile. High winds in the Matanuska Valley drove the fire to consume more than 300 acres.
  Winds diminished on Tuesday, allowing fire crews to get a start on a line around the fire.
  The western flank of the fire also has significant heat remaining
  
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• Marijuana fees generate funds for student travel in Sitka

  20-10-2016 02:36
  
  Student activities in Sitka are getting a boost from the marijuana industry. During their meeting last week, the Assembly approved depositing all money generated from state marijuana licensing fees into a specific fund for student travel sponsored by the school district.
  Assemblyman Steven Eisenbeisz believes this could generate $8000 to $10,000, depending on how the burgeoning pot industry takes off. So far, state has awarded licenses to three cultivation facilities and one retai
  
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• Alaska’s largest Native organization endorses Clinton for president, first endorsement in history

  20-10-2016 02:29
  
  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking with supporters at a “Get Out the Caucus” rally at Valley Southwoods Freshman High School in West Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 24, 2016. (Creative Commons photo by Gage Skidmore)For the first time, the Alaska Federation of Natives has endorsed a candidate for president — Hillary Clinton.
  In a news release, the organization said Clinton will help further self-determination and sovereignty for Native people, while Donald Trum
  
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• New UAA research shows impact of PFD on poverty rates in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-10-2016 01:12
  
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  New UAA research shows impact of PFD on poverty rates in Alaska
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  Income from the Permanent Fund dividend lifts between 15,000 and 25,000 Alaskans above the poverty line each year, depending on the size of the check, and the impact is most pronounced in rural parts of the state and among Alaska Natives, according to ...and more »
  
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