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• Dealing with the tenant (or landlord) from hell

  14-04-2017 23:00
  
  Unless you own your own home, you rent that roof over your head. Back in 2013, news accounts reported that Anchorage had a tight rental market—which can produce inherent tensions. Today, reports are that the market is softening somewhat. In either circumstance, who benefits the most? Where are the conflicts in this fundamental transaction?
  On the next edition of Justice Alaska on Hometown Alaska, we’ll focus both on issues that tenants face, and issues that landlords encounter. Alask
  
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• Hilcorp completes repairs on Cook Inlet gas line leak

  14-04-2017 22:47
  
  Location of a natural gas line repaired by Hilcorp in Cook Inlet. (Image courtesy Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation/NASA)A natural gas leak in Cook Inlet has finally been repaired, more than three months after it began.
  The oil and gas company Hilcorp said a dive team managed to install a clamp on its pipeline late Thursday night, after a week of work and 12 dives.
  The leak, in a line near Nikiski, was discovered in early February, though federal regulators say it probably began in
  
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• Commemorating 150 years since Alaska’s purchase, with Willie Hensley

  14-04-2017 22:30
  
  Willie HensleyOn March 30, 1867 Secretary of State William Seward signed the purchase treaty with Russia and set into motion historical events that have impacted people in very different ways. We’re featuring Willie Iggiagruk Hensley as he explores the various views of the Alaska purchase, and how understanding the past will help all Alaskans move toward a more inclusive future. This event took place on March 30th, at the Mountain View Library and was hosted by Tundra Vision, as
  
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• Alaska Tries to Pull Back Participation in Real ID - Government Technology

  14-04-2017 22:22
  
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  Alaska Tries to Pull Back Participation in Real ID
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  Alaska licenses are currently not Real ID compliant, and it seems that Alaskans would rather keep it that way. by Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Dispatch News, Anchorage / April 14, 2017. Shutterstock. (TNS) -- JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker's administration this ...
  
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• Repair halts natural gas spew from Alaska undersea pipeline - Dayton Daily News

  14-04-2017 22:07
  
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  Repair halts natural gas spew from Alaska undersea pipeline
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  File - This April 3, 2017 photo provided by Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response, Inc. shows pan ice taken during an agency overflight near a Hilcorp Alaska LLC offshore platform in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Alaska's Cook Inlet is home to endangered ...
  Leak raises concerns about aging Alaska seafloor pipelinesFOX19
  Alaska leak raises concerns about aging pipelinesBerkshire Eagle (subscription)
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• Meet Prithvi Ramkumar, from Seattle

  14-04-2017 22:00
  
  This time we meet Prithvi Ramkumar, 21, from Seattle.
   
  “New Arrivals” is Alaska Public Media’s profiles of people who recently moved to Anchorage, one of the most diverse cities in the world. Every Tuesday, we meet a New Arrival from another country, another state, or another part of Alaska. The stories air at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesdays during Morning Edition here on KSKA, Alaska Public Media.
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  Independent producer Vikram Patel makes New Arrivals b
  
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• How many wolves should be on Prince of Wales Island?

  14-04-2017 21:47
  
  A wolf on Prince of Wales Island, as captured by a trail camera. (Photo courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish & Game)The Alexander Archipelago Wolf didn’t go on the endangered species list in 2016, after it was petitioned by six conservation groups. But the feds and the state are looking at ways to stabilize the wolf population on Prince of Wales Island.
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  In a joint-effort, new recommendations were released this month. But this holistic approach still leaves open a l
  
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• SCREENAGERS – Growing up in the digital age

  14-04-2017 21:00
  
  A still image from the film SCREENAGERSElectronics, the internet, smartphones, and social media have changed the landscape for teens and added a new dimension for parents of today’s tech savvy teens. Join Host Prentiss Pemberton and award winning documentary filmmaker, Dr. ​Delaney Ruston, as they discuss her latest groundbreaking film SCREENAGERS. SCREENAGERS takes an intimate look at the struggles many families go through as they deal with, internet addiction, gaming, social media,
  
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• Alaska Legislature on pace to pass fewest bills ever

  14-04-2017 20:59
  
  Senate President Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, talks to reporters at a Senate Majority press availability on Thursday. Sens. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, Anna MacKinnon, R-Anchorage, and Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, seated left to right, also participated. Kelly said the Senate is willing to stay beyond the scheduled end of the session to work on budget-related and other important bills. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Alaska’s Legislature is on pace to pass fewer bills than
  
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• Sitka Ordinance Would Toughen Anti-Bear Trash Fines - U.S. News & World Report

  14-04-2017 20:33
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  Sitka Ordinance Would Toughen Anti-Bear Trash Fines
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  Bears in the Sitka area will have a tougher time finding a snack under an ordinance nearing approval by the city. | April 14, 2017, at 2:31 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Sitka Ordinance Would Toughen Anti-Bear Trash Fines ...and more »
  
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• UW tax program takes law students to remote corners of Alaska - UW Today

  14-04-2017 20:11
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  UW tax program takes law students to remote corners of Alaska
  UW Today
  Tax Day can mean different things to different people: stacks of paperwork; evenings at the kitchen table; appointments with the accountant; the rush to the post office to meet the deadline. For about 20 University of Washington law students, it means ...and more »
  
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• Repair Halts Natural Gas Spew From Alaska Undersea Pipeline - U.S. News & World Report

  14-04-2017 20:02
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  Repair Halts Natural Gas Spew From Alaska Undersea Pipeline
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  The owner of an undersea pipeline that leaked millions of cubic feet of natural gas into Alaska's Cook Inlet since December says a temporary repair has been made. | April 14, 2017, at 4:00 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel.
  Alaska leak raises concerns about aging pipelinesBerkshire Eagle (subscription)
  Divers for Hilcorp halt months-long Cook In
  
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• UAA presents New Dances 2017

  14-04-2017 18:40
  
  Brian Jeffrey’s Spring ReturnsSpring Returns. And so it does in the remounting of Director and Choreographer Brian Jeffery’s aptly named dance piece being performed as part of UAA’s Department of Theatre and Dance’s New Dances 2017 this weekend at the UAA Fine Arts Building Mainstage Theater. Fifty-eight dancers, choreographers and technician/designers have come together this year to present exciting new works. Joining Brian on this week’s Stage Talk is triple threa
  
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• The Alaskan's guide to surviving breakup - Alaska Dispatch News

  14-04-2017 07:59
  
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  The Alaskan's guide to surviving breakup
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  A truck splashes through water on the Old Seward Highway on the backside of Potter Marsh in South Anchorage on Wednesday. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News). Winter and spring in Alaska can be wondrous times. It's the season in between that's the ...
  
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• Resolve the 'disconnect,' take Alaska forward - Alaska Dispatch News

  14-04-2017 05:23
  
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  Resolve the 'disconnect,' take Alaska forward
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska is poised on the brink of a severe economic recession, and the state Legislature is about to make decisions that will influence whether the economy topples over this brink into an economic decline that builds on itself and gains momentum, or ...
  
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• State gas line agency applies for permission to build Alaska LNG project - Alaska Dispatch News

  14-04-2017 04:08
  
  State gas line agency applies for permission to build Alaska LNG project
  Alaska Dispatch News
  In what the Alaska gas line agency is calling a major achievement, officials on Thursday formally launched its application for federal permission to build a pipeline and other facilities to export North Slope gas. The effort will be marked by the ...
  
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• Anchorage air traffic controller wins award for Bering Sea save

  14-04-2017 03:59
  
  Jessica Earp, an air traffic control specialist, at the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center on April 13, 2017 (Photo: Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media)An air traffic controller in Anchorage has been honored for helping a pilot land his disabled jet on a remote Bering Sea island.
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  Jessica Earp’s quick directions to get the Marine Corps F-18 pilot safely to Saint Paul Island in the summer of 2016 earned her the National Air Traffic Controllers Association’s highest rec
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, April 13, 2017

  14-04-2017 03:55
  
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  Fairbanks International Airport evacuated after bomb threat
  Tim Ellis, KUAC – Fairbanks
  The FBI and Fairbanks International Airport police are investigating two bomb threats called-in to the airport Wednesday night. The terminal was evacuated for a little more than an hour, but no bomb was found and no on
  
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• Move over willow ptarmigan, ravens should be Alaska's state bird - Alaska Dispatch News

  14-04-2017 03:36
  
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  Move over willow ptarmigan, ravens should be Alaska's state bird
  Alaska Dispatch News
  DONNELLY — They are perhaps the most commonly recognized bird in Alaska. They live in our cities, suburbs, rural localities — and the wilderness. Even though the willow ptarmigan has been Alaska's state bird for more than 60 years, the raven is more ...
  
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• Alaska Airlines expanding statewide infrastructure - Alaska Public Radio Network

  14-04-2017 03:13
  
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  Alaska Airlines expanding statewide infrastructure
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska Airlines is expanding and updating infrastructure in the state. Alaska Airlines regional vice president Marilyn Romano outlined plans for the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. Listen now. ”We're getting ready to invest over $100 million, ...
  
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• Alaska Airlines expanding statewide infrastructure

  14-04-2017 03:11
  
  Alaska Airlines is expanding and updating infrastructure in the state. Alaska Airlines regional vice president Marilyn Romano outlined plans for the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday.
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  ”We’re getting ready to invest over $100 million, well we’re already doing it, in the state of Alaska,” Romano said.
  Romano said the biggest project, is construction of a new a forty million dollar hangar in Anchorage.
  ”It will hold two 737 Max-9’s, which are ai
  
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• YKHC dedicates hospital expansion project to late Toksook Bay Elder

  14-04-2017 03:08
  
  Attendees of the YKHC dedication sign a drywall panel which will be incorporated into the construction of the Paul John Memorial expansion. The dedication took place on April 5, 2017.
  (Katie Basile, KYUK – Bethel)The late Paul John of Toksook Bay is remembered as one of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta’s most respected leaders. Last week, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation honored his legacy and his decades of service as a board member by dedicating its new hospital expansion to the lat
  
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• Fairbanks International Airport evacuated after bomb threat

  14-04-2017 02:57
  
  Fairbanks International Airport terninal (Creative commons photo)The FBI and Fairbanks International Airport police are investigating two bomb threats called-in to the airport Wednesday night. The terminal was evacuated for a little more than an hour, but no bomb was found and no one was injured. Two Alaska Airlines flights were delayed.
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  Airport spokeswoman Sammie Loud said the terminal was evacuated just after 9 p.m. last night after a dispatcher with the airport communications cente
  
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• One man dead in fatal Pilot Station shooting

  14-04-2017 02:51
  
  A fatal shooting in Pilot Station was reported to State Troopers Thursday morning. 27-year-old Dennis Alick was killed and a suspect has been identified.
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  Trooper Information Officer Megan Peters said the shots were fired from a shotgun on the front steps of a private residence. A party had been occurring inside and other people were around at the time of the shooting. Peters reported that alcohol was involved and that Alick and the suspect knew each other.
  Troopers are in Pi
  
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• Ambler Road access project scoping period extended

  14-04-2017 02:45
  
  There’s more time to provide input on what should be considered in an environmental impact statement for the proposed Ambler Road project. The Bureau of Land Management has extended the EIS scoping period for the over 200-mile state proposed mining access route in the southern Brooks Range.
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  The BLM noticed the start of the scoping period at the end of February. Originally scheduled to run 90 days and end May 31, the BLM said scoping will now continue until January 31st, with pub
  
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• Willy and Adrienne Shelton

  14-04-2017 02:07
  
  Willy and Adrianne Shelton talk about their son Joel, his twin Nathan and their younger brother, and how Joel’s  leukemia diagnosis and treatment has impacted their family, faith and relationships.
  LISTEN HEREAdrienne: I think the first one I want to ask you is, describe how you felt when you learned of your loved one’s condition?
  Willy: At the beginning I don’t think there was anything going through my mind other than “You have a responsibility to get things done.&r
  
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• Ginny Shaffer and Lisa Solomonson

  14-04-2017 01:57
  
  Friends Ginny Shaffer (42) and Lisa Solomonson (41) recall the passing of Ginny’s infant son, Bryson, twelve years ago. At the time, Lisa was a nurse who cared for Bryson and his twin sister, Holland. Both were born with heart defects. Ginny and Lisa reflect on the experience of caring for Bryson and Holland through this difficult time. Ginny and Lisa bonded during the care of Bryson and Holland through this difficult time.
  LISTEN HERELISA: “I think it’s interesting to look at
  
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• Alaska's Seattle flights well received at Eisenhower airport - Wichita Eagle

  14-04-2017 01:52
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  Alaska's Seattle flights well received at Eisenhower airport
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  Sean Purcell was among the first Wichitans to fly on Alaska Airlines' inaugural Seattle flight on Thursday. It also was Purcell's first business trip to Seattle. A passenger on Alaska Airlines' first flight from Seattle takes some photos as she and ...
  Alaska Airlines launches service between San Luis Obispo and SeattleThe San Luis Obispo Tribune
  Alaska Airlines begins daily service from San Luis Obispo to
  
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• Arleta Lefler and Theresa Gleason

  14-04-2017 01:48
  
  Arleta Lefler (60) talks to her supervisor, Theresa Gleason (52), about how faith informs her work as a nurse. For Arleta, nursing is a “God calling.” She recalls memorable moments of interacting with patients from throughout her career.
  LISTEN HEREArleta: “I knew at five years old that I would be nurse, and I never changed my mind. So I feel like my nursing actually was a God Calling. And in fact I guess I’ve put my own little life label on it, and I call it More Than a
  
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• Ralph Pasana and Asia Harmeling

  14-04-2017 01:39
  
  Asia Harmeling and Ralph Pasana talk about why they chose nursing. Ralph shares the memory when, as a teen one day, he wanted to spend time with friends rather than care for his grandmother and how that episode influences his work as a nurse today.
  LISTEN HEREAsia:  I chose nursing because ever since I was younger I always wanted to do something in my career that will help other people and I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do for the longest time.
   
  Ralph: I guess the reason
  
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• Sara Lovell and Bryant Skinner

  14-04-2017 01:29
  
   
  Bryant Skinner talks to colleague, Sara Lovell, about his work with Alaska CARES, a children’s advocacy center. During therapy, one young girl’s drawings affirm his belief that there is hope for healing. Patient permission was granted to share this story.
   
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  Bryant: “So Alaska CARES is the child advocacy center that serves the Anchorage Area, and also statewide when we have complex cases. The main services we provide ar
  
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• State Senate approves Alaska Mental Health land exchange - KTOO - KTOO

  14-04-2017 00:35
  
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  State Senate approves Alaska Mental Health land exchange - KTOO
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  Senate Bill 88, sponsored by Sitka Republican Sen. Bert Stedman, allows a land trade between Alaska Mental Health Trust and the U.S. Forest Service, in which ...and more »
  
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• State Senate approves Alaska Mental Health land exchange - KTOO

  14-04-2017 00:35
  
  KTOO
  State Senate approves Alaska Mental Health land exchange
  KTOO
  The Alaska Senate unanimously approved a measure Thursday allowing a land exchange between the state and federal governments. Senate Bill 88, sponsored by Sitka Republican Sen. Bert Stedman, allows a land trade between Alaska Mental Health ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Senate, House at Odds With Session Poised to Run Long - U.S. News & World Report

  14-04-2017 00:18
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  Alaska Senate, House at Odds With Session Poised to Run Long
  U.S. News & World Report
  Leaders of the Republican-led Alaska Senate say they aren't interested in instituting an income tax or raising taxes on the oil industry as a way to address the state's deficit. | April 13, 2017, at 9:02 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google + ...
  Alaska lawmakers preparing for overtime budget battle - KTUUKTUU.com
  Alaska House OKs PFD fund bill with conditi
  
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