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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, March 31, 2017

  01-04-2017 03:07
  
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  Juneau superintendent questions funding plan
  Caroline Halter, KTOO – Juneau
  Sen. Shelley Hughes, a Wasilla Republican, held a series of committee hearings on virtual education and school funding beginning last year. It culminated in the release of broad education reform bill.
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• Southeast tribal court builds on its experience

  01-04-2017 02:55
  
  Presiding Judge Debra O’Gara discusses tribal justice in the Juneau courtroom of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal court operation just celebrated its 10th anniversary.
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  It started with child support and paternity cases and branched out to include domestic violence protection orders, custody disputes and adoptions. Now, it’s planning to further expand the kind of
  
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• Juneau superintendent questions funding plan

  01-04-2017 02:51
  
  Rep. Shelley Hughes authored education legislation that concerns Juneau’s school superintendent. (Photo by Skip Gray/Gavel Alaska.)Sen. Shelley Hughes, a Wasilla Republican, held a series of committee hearings on virtual education and school funding beginning last year. It culminated in the release of broad education reform bill.
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  One of the its 28 provisions limits funding for schools operating below 80 percent capacity. That’s one of several factors that de
  
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• High school student honored for Gold Creek rescue

  01-04-2017 02:44
  
  Left to Right: Yaakoosge Daakahidi High School student Iosefa Riley John, 14, was honored by Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, Juneau Police Chief Bryce Johnson and Capital City Fire Chief Richard Etheridge during a ceremony on March 31, 2017 at the school. (Photo by Jacob Resneck/KTOO)A 14-year-old Juneau high school student was honored by the governor’s office today for rescuing a five-year-old boy he saw fall into a fast-running creek.
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  Juneau-Douglas High School sophomore Seth Gerrin w
  
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• Unalaska teen: If you like sushi, you better take care of the environment

  01-04-2017 02:41
  
  
  Cade Terada fishing in Unalaska. (Photo courtesy Cade Terada)Across the state, there’s a cohort of young Alaskans raising awareness for the rapidly changing Arctic environment. Cade Terada is one of 22 Arctic Youth Ambassadors. Growing up in Unalaska, America’s largest fishing port, he was immersed in the seafood industry.
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  Terada looks like a young, hip politician. Hair gelled back, the 18-year-old sports a grey quarter zip and khaki’s with an earring and a tatt
  
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• Two Sitka moms discuss balancing fishing and family

  01-04-2017 02:14
  
  Iris Nash and Sarah Jordan (KCAW photo)Iris Nash fell in love with fishing her very first day on the water. She loved it so much she married a fisherman. The two starting working together a few years ago and now run their own boat in Sitka.
  “I find myself constantly identifying as being fisherman, and then realigning myself and being like, ‘I don’t really do a whole lot of money making anymore. I haven’t pulled a whole lot of fish in the last year,’” Nash admi
  
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• AK: Celebrating Turkish culture in Anchorage

  01-04-2017 02:03
  
  
  Rabia Duddy belly dancing at a Turkish cultural event in Anchorage. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)The Republic of Turkey is about as far as you can travel from Alaska on the other side of the globe. The country of nearly 80 million people straddles the edges of Europe and Asia, with a Mediterranean climate, and a rich history as the seat of both the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. Again, not a lot of parallels with Alaska. But both places have food and dance at
  
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• 49 Voices: Cole Tamblyn of Anchorage

  01-04-2017 02:02
  
  
  Cole Tamblyn of Anchorage (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)This week we’re hearing from Cole Tamblyn in Anchorage. Tamblyn is the head brewer at Resolution Brewing Company.
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  TAMBLYN: I grew up in Oregon in kind of a small town northwest of Portland called St. Helens, OR. I had a friend who was from Anchorage who drove buses for Holland America, and she was like, “You know, there’s a lot of jobs in Alaska in the summer. If you need a summer
  
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• The Endangered Antiquities Act

  01-04-2017 01:33 via nytimes.com
  Republicans seek to weaken a transformative conservation law that has protected some of America’s most magnificent landscapes.
  
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• Video: Can we harness the power of Cook Inlet?

  01-04-2017 01:27
  
  Cook Inlet has some of the most dramatic tidal shifts on the planet. From scientists to startups, many have speculated how this fast-flowing water could be harnessed to produce electricity. Professor Tom Ravens (University of Alaska Anchorage) and Chris Rose (Renewable Energy Project Alaska) discuss the potential and challenges of tapping hydro-kinetic energy.
  
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• Denali National Park’s centennial

  01-04-2017 01:00
  
  Credit: NPS Photo / Kent MillerDenali National Park is turning 100 years old. On the next Outdoor Explorer, we’ll learn how the park came into being a century ago, when development of Alaska had hardly begun. We’ll also look at the park today and opportunities to experience it as Alaskans. It is one of our biggest tourist attractions, but it is also a great place to visit with your family, especially with the activities starting this month for the centennial year. 
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