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• Juneau school shooting threat under investigation - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-12-2016 23:35
  
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  Juneau school shooting threat under investigation
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  A Juneau student whose classmates say threatened to commit a shooting at their high school is under investigation but not under arrest, following calls from some parents for him to be taken into custody. The threat against Thunder Mountain High School ...
  Juneau Police shoot 'uncooperative' motorist after crashAlaska Public Radio Network
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• Salvation Army needs 600 more volunteers for next week’s gift distribution event

  05-12-2016 23:25
  
  The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle fund-raiser pays for holiday assistance programs, as well as those offered year-round. (Photo courtesy Salvation Army)The Salvation Army is desperately short on volunteers for its annual Christmas gift and food distribution event, Neighborhood Gift. Normally about 800 volunteers are needed and at the moment the organization is about 600 people short.
  Major Edward Markham, divisional secretary for the Salvation Army Alaska Division, said the people within the
  
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• Juneau Police shoot ‘uncooperative’ motorist after crash

  05-12-2016 21:37
  
  A 38-year-old Juneau man was injured in an officer-involved shooting and medevaced to Seattle. Juneau police originally responded to a vehicle crash early Saturday morning. (Photo by Quinton Chandler, KTOO – Juneau)Citizens of Ocean View Drive, an isolated neighborhood on the outskirts of Juneau, woke to gunfire early Saturday morning when Juneau police shot a man they said didn’t comply with an officer’s instructions. The man is expected to survive.
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• Documents shed new light on slain Palmer teen's final moments - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-12-2016 20:57
  
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  Documents shed new light on slain Palmer teen's final moments
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  PALMER — Court documents shed grim new light on the final moments of the life of David Grunwald, a 16-year-old from Palmer whose mysterious disappearance in mid-November sparked major search efforts in the Valley and drew national attention.
  Remains of Missing Alaska Teen David Grunwald Found, Another Teen Charged with MurderNBCNews.com
  Murder charge after missing Alaska teen believed f
  
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• Coast Guard begins hearing into sinking of the Alaska Juris - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  05-12-2016 20:32
  
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  Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or call 907-456-6661. SEATTLE (AP) - A Coast Guard hearing is beginning into the sinking of the fishing vessel Alaska Juris. The boat sank off ...
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• Anchorage Film Festival documentaries

  05-12-2016 20:14
  
  A little-known district court judge in Detroit shapes the protection of civil rights for a nation. A young man and his mother journey through gender transition. On the next Talk of Alaska we’ll discuss two documentaries featured in the Anchorage International Film Festival – Walk with Me: The Trials of Damon J. Keith and Real Boy.
  HOST: Anne Hillman
  GUESTS:
  Jesse Nesser – Director of “Walk With Me”
  Bennett Wallace – star of “Real Boy”
  Sha
  
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• Cyrano’s Holiday Offering

  05-12-2016 19:52
  
  
  L-R Austin Roach and Jeremy GauntCyrano’s Theatre Company is bringing back two favorites for its holiday offerings this year: Pinkalicious the Musical written by Elizabeth Kann and Victoria Kann (based on their picture book by the same name) with music and lyrics by John Gregor and Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some) by Michael Carlton, Jim Fitzgerald and John K. Alvarez. Teresa Pond, who directed both plays (as well as the New York premier of Pinkalicious) joins actors Sarah B
  
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• Algo Nuevo December 04, 2016

  05-12-2016 18:00
  
  Here’s the Sunday, December 27, 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
  Shape shifte
  
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• Fishing ban in international Arctic waters remains elusive - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-12-2016 04:57
  
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  Fishing ban in international Arctic waters remains elusive
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  More than a year ago, five Arctic nations signed a declaration pledging to keep their fishing fleets out of the international waters in the Arctic Ocean, an area increasingly ripe for exploitation as summer sea ice diminishes — and perhaps ...and more »
  
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• Fishing ban in international Arctic waters remains elusive - Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-12-2016 04:57
  
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  Fishing ban in international Arctic waters remains elusive - Alaska ...
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  More than a year ago, five Arctic nations signed a declaration pledging to keep their fishing fleets out of the international waters in the Arctic Ocean, an area ...and more »
  
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• Alaska cruise ship visitors expected to increase again in 2017 - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-12-2016 04:57
  
  Alaska cruise ship visitors expected to increase again in 2017
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  Cruise ship passengers disembark from the Holland America cruise ship MS Maasdam at the Port of Anchorage on May 30. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). The cruise industry in Alaska brought more than 1 million visitors to the state this past season ...and more »
  
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