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• From the ashes: Life returns to Kasatochi volcano

  14-02-2017 22:32
  
  Two months after the eruption, Kasatochi Island looked like the moon. (Photo: Jerry Morris)The news may sound familiar: There’s a volcano erupting in the Aleutian chain that’s a refuge for marine mammals and sea birds. But it isn’t Bogoslof, it’s Kasatochi — a volcano near Adak that erupted for the first time in modern memory in 2008. That eruption has given scientists the opportunity to study how life returns after cataclysmic destruction.
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Feb. 13, 2016

  14-02-2017 03:58
  
  
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  No sign of missing fishing vessel or 6 fisherman in Bering Sea
  Laura Kraegel, KUCB – Unalaska
  Two days after a fishing vessel went missing in the Bering Sea, U.S. Coast Guard officials say there’s been no sign of the ship — or the six people onboard — since searchers found its emergency
  
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• Health workers trying to control rare strep outbreak in homeless population

  14-02-2017 03:46
  
  There’s an outbreak of a newly identified, rare strain of Group A Streptococcus bacteria in Anchorage that’s mostly impacting people who are experiencing homelessness. Public health workers will be visiting Brother Francis Shelter, Beans’ Cafe, and other services this week to distribute antibiotics and antiseptics to try to stop the spread of the disease.
  State epidemiologist Joe McLaughlin said the bacteria is fairly common. Most healthy people don’t show any symptoms or
  
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• 22 candidates in election that could shakeup Anchorage Assembly

  14-02-2017 03:43
  
  
  The Anchorage Assembly chambers at the Z. J. Loussac Public Library in Anchorage. (Staff photo)22 candidates have filed to run for the Anchorage Assembly in the upcoming April election. The vote could have major implications for the body and it’s relationship with the mayor’s administration.
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  The Assembly is technically non-partisan: no Democrat or Republican affiliations. But members’ individual politics can shape whether the 11-person body tilts right or left. And p
  
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• Legislators mixed in response to income tax bill

  14-02-2017 03:11
  
  
  Rep. Tammie Wilson, R-North Pole, addresses the Alaska House of Representatives, April 8, 2015. She is calling for an investigation into the Office of Children’s Services. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Under a proposed statewide income tax bill in the Capitol, Alaskans would have a choice when they apply for their annual permanent fund dividend: whether or not to set aside money to pay for their next year’s state income tax liability.
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  Employers could deduct state income ta
  
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• Ketchikan testing local beaches for PSP toxins

  14-02-2017 02:34
  
  
  (Photo: seator.org)Last summer, Ketchikan Indian Community (KIC) began a phytoplankton and shellfish monitoring program in Ketchikan as part of the Southeast Alaska Tribal Toxins Program. KIC tests samples, and informs the public if dangerous levels of the toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning are found in local clams and mussels.
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  Nicole Forbes is the environmental specialist at KIC in charge of collecting samples. She said it’s important for people to understand
  
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• No sign of missing fishing vessel or 6 fisherman in Bering Sea

  14-02-2017 02:15
  
  
  (U.S. Coast Guard District 17)Two days after a fishing vessel went missing in the Bering Sea, U.S. Coast Guard officials say there’s been no sign of the ship — or the six people onboard — since searchers found its emergency beacon Saturday (Feb. 11) afternoon.
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  The F/V Destination sent a distress signal Saturday morning, two miles northwest of St. George Island.
  The Coast Guard has launched a  search for the 98-foot crabber, which is based in Sand Point and Seatt
  
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• No sign of missing fishing vessel or 6 aboard near Bering Sea

  14-02-2017 02:15
  
  (U.S. Coast Guard District 17)Two days after a fishing vessel went missing in the Bering Sea, U.S. Coast Guard officials say there’s been no sign of the ship — or the six people onboard — since searchers found its emergency beacon Saturday (Feb. 11) afternoon.
  The F/V Destination sent a distress signal Saturday morning, two miles northwest of St. George Island.
  The Coast Guard has launched a  search for the 98-foot crabber, which is based in Sand Point and Seattle.
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• 3 rescued near Akutan after fishing vessel takes on water

  14-02-2017 02:09
  
  An aerial view of Akutan Harbor. (Photo: Stephanie Joyce/KUCB)Three people were rescued Monday (Feb. 13) morning after their fishing vessel ran aground near Akutan Harbor.
  After the U.S. Coast Guard heard reports the F/V Predator was taking on water, Petty Officer John-Paul Rios said they launched a rescue by air.
  “A Coast Guard helicopter got on-scene, hoisted three individuals off the vessel, and transported them back to Akutan,” Rios said. “We were told they had no kind of m
  
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• Matt Hall leads Yukon Quest mushers towards Central

  14-02-2017 01:44
  
  Matt Hall attends to his team at the Central checkpoint. (Photo: Molly Rettig / KUAC)After a fast start the Yukon Quest has been slow in recent days, as extreme cold and fatigue took their toll. The 75-mile run from Circle to Central, which typically takes lead teams ten hours, stretched to 16 or more into Sunday.
  “It’s just made for a really slow trek, Quest leader Matt Hall said.”
  Hall, of Two Rivers, traveled about five miles an hour up Birch Creek toward Central Sunday
  
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