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• UAA starting surgical technology program in response to industry need

  24-04-2017 23:00
  
  The Health Sciences Building on the campus of the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA photo)The University of Alaska Anchorage is in the final stages of starting a new program that focuses on positions that assist doctors during surgery.
  It’s called the surgical technology program, and the curriculum will train students for difficult-to-fill positions in the state’s health care industry.
  Robin Wahto, director of UAA’s School of Allied Health, said the Surgical Technology progra
  
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• Project Citizens program puts middle-schoolers in charge of civics projects

  24-04-2017 21:23
  
  Gruening Middle School students Allison Hiseley and Abby Buchanan with their Project Citizen materials. (Photo courtesy of Tonya Shakhov)Civic engagement sounds, let’s face it, pretty boring to most people. But the eighth graders at Gruening Middle School in Eagle River don’t seem bored at all. They’re competing in Project Citizen, a program that teaches students how to participate in local and state government, training politicians of the future. The state competition took pla
  
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• Sustainable fisheries

  24-04-2017 20:48
  
  Commercial fishermen delivering chum salmon in Kotzebue. Photo: Hilary Upicksoun.What does it take to be a sustainable fishery? One that provide healthy food and healthy oceans? A new Frontline Documentary entitled the Fish on my Plate by bestselling author Paul Greenberg tackles that question. Greenberg visited Alaska and traveled the world’s oceans and fish farms to find out, eating only seafood for a full year.
  HOST: Lori Townsend
  GUESTS:
  Paul Greenberg – NYT bestselling
  
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• Algo Nuevo April 23, 2017

  24-04-2017 20:48
  
  Here’s the Sunday, April 23, 2017 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 Sh
  
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• Alaska: the Land Where Blockbuster Survived - Newser

  24-04-2017 10:20
  
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  Alaska: the Land Where Blockbuster Survived
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  FILE - This July 23, 2006 file photo shows customers enter a Blockbuster video store in Dallas. The troubled video-rental chain Blockbuster Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday Sept. 23, 2010... (AP Photo/Ron Heflin, File). camera-icon View 1 ...
  Be kind, rewind: Blockbuster stores kept open in Alaska - CBS NewsCBS Newsall 4 news articles »
  
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• Earth Day climate stats, Alaska continues to warm - KTUU.com

  24-04-2017 04:45
  
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  Earth Day climate stats, Alaska continues to warm
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Yesterday was Earth Day and that's a good chance to look at some of the climate statistics since the first Earth Day in 1970. Alaska's annual temperature has risen almost 4F degrees since 1970. In Alaska, the average annual ...
  
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• UAA research sheds light on Alaska seabird decline - KTUU.com

  24-04-2017 04:25
  
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  UAA research sheds light on Alaska seabird decline
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Plastic waste could be responsible for decades of decline in Alaska's seabird population. Each year EcoWatch reports roughly 8-million metric tons of plastic waste makes its way into the world's oceans. Since 2009, Veronica Padula, ...
  
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• Some Alaska employers could see tighter restrictions on hiring foreign workers - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-04-2017 04:02
  
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  Some Alaska employers could see tighter restrictions on hiring foreign workers
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  WASHINGTON — Some Alaska employers may find themselves without potential foreign employees in the near future, following an executive order issued by President Donald Trump last week. The "Buy American, Hire American" order ordered federal ...and more »
  
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• Group says Cook Inlet gas leak shows why Alaska LNG route must end in Valdez - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-04-2017 02:21
  
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  Group says Cook Inlet gas leak shows why Alaska LNG route must end in Valdez
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  The town of Valdez is seen from the helipad of the 500-2 barge at the SERVS facility on Feb. 15, 2016. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). A municipal-led gas line group says that a recent hard-to-fix pipeline leak in Cook Inlet shows that Alaska's ...
  
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• Alaska State Troopers rescue stranded snow machiner - KTUU.com

  24-04-2017 01:33
  
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  Alaska State Troopers rescue stranded snow machiner
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  BETHEL, Alaska (KTUU) Alaska State Troopers say a Chefornak man sunk his snow machine in a lake northeast of Kongiganak Friday night. "Conditions at the time were too hazardous to initiate a ground search from nearby villages," according to the trooper ...
  
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• Even skydiving gets routine for veteran Alaska smokejumper - Twin Falls Times-News

  24-04-2017 00:23
  
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  Even skydiving gets routine for veteran Alaska smokejumper
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  BLM Alaska smokejumper Randy Foland makes a practice jump April 12 at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska. Veteran Smokejumper. Buy Now. Eric Engman. BLM Alaska Smokejumper Randy Foland, right, gets an equipment check from Brian Kirkman ...
  
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