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• Traveling Muisc 7-2-17

  21-06-2017 23:46
  Traveling Music
  Shonti Elder
  7-2-17
   
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  Windchimes
  Christine Lavin / Christine Lavin
  Sometimes Mother Really Does Know Best
  Appleseed Recordings
  4:26
   
  I Saw A Stranger With Your Hair
  John Gorka / John Gorka
  On A Winter’s Night: Winter Love Songs
  Philo
  3:44
   
  Lost Lovin’ Gal
  Cahalen Morrison & Eli West / Cahalen Morrison
  The Holy Coming of the Storm
  www.cahalenandeli.com
  2:57
   
  Rising in Love
  Dav
  
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• Ohio AG: Alaska family is 'specific focus' in Rhoden massacre - Cincinnati.com

  21-06-2017 23:11
  Cincinnati.com
  Ohio AG: Alaska family is 'specific focus' in Rhoden massacre
  Cincinnati.com
  Attorney General Mike DeWine said the former Ohio family know living in Alaska is a specific focus in Rhoden family massacre.and more »
  
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• FISH FACTOR: China poised to snap up even more Alaska seafood - Alaskajournal.com

  21-06-2017 22:57
  FISH FACTOR: China poised to snap up even more Alaska seafood
  Alaskajournal.com
  China holds big promise to become a top customer for Alaska salmon, and not just for the bright red fillets. Since 2011 China has been the No. 1 customer for Alaska seafood with purchases nearing $800 million and comprising 54 percent of all Alaska ...
  
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• Fairbanks looks to recruit seasoned officers with $20,000 bonus

  21-06-2017 22:44
  
  (Courtesy of the Fairbanks Police Department)Fairbanks is offering a $20,000 bonus to attract seasoned police officers to the city after the money was approved unanimously by the city council on June 19. Fairbanks Police Department is short nine officers, and it’s estimated to take four years to fill the posts with rookie recruits, who must go through police academy training.
  Mayor Jim Matherly told the council incentivizing lateral hires with a bonus is a faster and cheaper way to ge
  
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• Traveling Music 6-25-17

  21-06-2017 22:42
  Traveling Music
  Shonti Elder
  6-25-17
   
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  Song TitleArtist / Composer
  CD Title
  Label
  Duration
   
  My Opening Farewell
  Alison Krauss & Union Station / Jackson Browne
  Paper Airplane
  Rounder
  4:09
   
  All I Can Do
  Cahalen Morrison & Eli West / Cahalen Morrison
  Our Lady of the Tall Trees
  www.cahalenandeli.com
  4:23
   
  Black is the Color
  Rhiannon Giddens / Traditional
  Tomorrow is My Turn
  Nonesuch
  3:45
   
  Hurting Sure
  The John Cowan Band / Mark Simos
  New Tattoo
  Pincecastl
  
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• Chiniak replanting begins

  21-06-2017 22:34
  
  Sitka spruce bark. (Josh Blouin / Flickr)Foresters began replanting the scorched areas of Chiniak on Friday.
  The Kodiak Island Borough contracted with Washington-based NorthWind Forest Consultants to recover some of the forest’s former luster. It was damaged in the 2015 Twin Creeks fire.
  Forester David Nesheim, who is currently in Chiniak, said they’re planting Sitka Spruce sourced from the Juneau and Hoonah area – the same stock Leisnoi uses. He said they’re replanting u
  
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• Belleque Family Farms pivots, selling produce to subscribers instead of grocery stores

  21-06-2017 22:22
  
  Kyle Belleque and his daughter, Amy, are in the midst of planting these greens. Some will go in the garden in their yard. Others will be replanted in their hydroponic growing system. (Avery Lill/ KDLG)Water rushes through the pipes and fans whir inside the hydroponic growing system that Belleque Family Farms has set up inside a converted shipping container. Kyle Belleque crouches low to inspect the spinach plant on the bottom shelf of his garden.
  “Makes me want to have a spinach sandwich,&
  
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• Unionized borough workers want more contract talks

  21-06-2017 21:04
  
  Alaska’s IBEW Local 1547 represents 24 Wrangell municipal workers. (Photo by Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau)Wrangell’s municipal employees’ union has authorized a strike. But one of its leaders said members don’t really want to.
  Mark Armstrong is a shop steward for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which represents 24 city and borough staffers. He said the union voted to authorize a strike twice before this year. Both times, municipal officials respon
  
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• Authors tell the story of Alaska/Russian history - Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman

  21-06-2017 20:28
  
  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
  Authors tell the story of Alaska/Russian history
  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
  David Ramseur, author of “Melting the Iron Curtain,” at the book signing at Fireside Books on Monday. KATIE STARK/Frontiersman. prev. next. PALMER — Two Alaskan authors were hosted on Monday by Fireside Books in Palmer for a book signing, followed ...and more »
  
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• Trans-Alaska oil pipeline celebrates 40th anniversary | Local News ... - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  21-06-2017 19:03
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Trans-Alaska oil pipeline celebrates 40th anniversary | Local News ...
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — The work and effort put into completing the Trans Alaska Pipeline System and its constant maintenance is an embodiment of Alaska grit, Alyeska ...and more »
  
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• Gunman at GOP baseball practice kept storage locker with ammunition - Alaska Dispatch News

  21-06-2017 18:43
  
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  Gunman at GOP baseball practice kept storage locker with ammunition
  Alaska Dispatch News
  WASHINGTON — The gunman who opened fire on a GOP baseball team in Virginia had a local storage locker with more than 200 rounds of ammunition that he visited daily including less than an hour before he shot more than 60 times at the team during a ...
  Law Enforcement Shares Findings of the Investigation into the June 14 Alexandria, Virginia ShootingFederal Bureau of Investigat
  
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• Police: Man Was Heavily Armed, Wore Armor in Alaska Incident - U.S. News & World Report

  21-06-2017 18:28
  Police: Man Was Heavily Armed, Wore Armor in Alaska Incident
  U.S. News & World Report
  Police say a man who stepped out of a truck and started shooting at approaching police in Alaska was carrying two guns and about 400 rounds of ammunition on his body and in his pickup. June 21, 2017, at 5:24 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google ...and more »
  
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• Human toe served in Dawson City's famous Sourtoe Cocktail is stolen - Alaska Dispatch News

  21-06-2017 16:41
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Human toe served in Dawson City's famous Sourtoe Cocktail is stolen
  Alaska Dispatch News
  "I've got to watch my temper," Lee said Tuesday as he explained the recent theft of a dehydrated human toe from the Downtown Hotel Sourdough Saloon in Dawson City, a town in the Yukon roughly 65 miles east of the Alaska-Canada border. Lee works at ...
  Human toe stolen from Dawson City barCBC.ca
  Customer swallows human toe in Dawson City barCBC.ca
  Sourtoe Cocktail | Downtown HotelDo
  
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• Alaska Road Extending to West Douglas Island Almost Complete - U.S. News & World Report

  21-06-2017 14:48
  Alaska Road Extending to West Douglas Island Almost Complete
  U.S. News & World Report
  Construction is nearly complete for a gravel road extending to the west side of Juneau's Douglas Island. June 21, 2017, at 11:43 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska Road Extending to West Douglas Island Almost Complete ...and more »
  
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• Alaska's looming government shutdown and mental health - Alaska Dispatch News

  21-06-2017 08:55
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska's looming government shutdown and mental health
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Mental health and substance abuse treatment providers across Alaska are concerned about what a government shutdown might mean for our families, friends and neighbors who rely on behavioral health treatment services. Years ago, the state made the ...
  
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• Back-to-back black bear maulings in Alaska are seen as coincidences - CBS News

  21-06-2017 06:15
  
  CBS News
  Back-to-back black bear maulings in Alaska are seen as coincidences
  CBS News
  Last Updated Jun 21, 2017 12:24 AM EDT. ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Experts say back-to-back fatal maulings of people by black bears in Alaska appear to be flukes by rogue bears but warn that people venturing into bear habitat should always carry bear ...
  Teen runner lost after Alaska race found dead with huge black bear looming over himWashington Post
  Here are strategies for staying safe in bear countryAlaska D
  
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• Body recovered after canoe capsizes on Valley lake - Alaska Dispatch - Alaska Dispatch News

  21-06-2017 05:33
  
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  Body recovered after canoe capsizes on Valley lake - Alaska Dispatch
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Two men were paddling when their canoe was capsized by the wake from a passing boat, troopers said. The second man was rescued and is in good condition.and more »
  
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• Former Hutchinson man killed in Alaska police shooting - The Hutchinson News

  21-06-2017 05:23
  
  The Hutchinson News
  Former Hutchinson man killed in Alaska police shooting
  The Hutchinson News
  A former Hutchinson man died Monday in Fairbanks, Alaska, during an armed confrontation with police. According to the Daily News-Miner and a release from Fairbanks police, officers shot and killed Matthew Colton Stover, 21, at about 4 a.m. after he ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, June 20, 2017

  21-06-2017 04:00
  
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  Supreme Court of Alaska hears arguments over legality of Walker’s PFD veto
  Wesley Early, Sean Doogan and Henry Leasia, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
  The fate of hundreds of millions in Permanent Fund dividend money now rests with the five Alaska Supreme court judges.
  Alaskan appointed to help mana
  
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• S&P warns Alaska again of possible credit downgrade, citing need ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  21-06-2017 03:49
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  S&P warns Alaska again of possible credit downgrade, citing need ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A major credit rating agency said Tuesday that it will likely lower Alaska's credit rating if the state does not adopt fiscal reforms that lawmakers in Juneau have ...
  State of Alaska's credit rating is placed on a 'Negative Credit Watch'webcenter11all 3 news articles »
  
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• Fairbanks Police say Monday morning shooter was prepared for armed confrontation

  21-06-2017 03:37
  
  Fairbanks Police Department commander’s Dodge Charger. (Flickr Creative Commons photo by Steven H. Robinson)Fairbanks Police have released details about an officer involved shooting in the city Monday. Police identified the man killed in a shootout with 4 FPD officers, as 21-year-old Mathew Colton Stover of Northway. During a press conference Tuesday, Chief Eric Jewkes explained that officers responded to a snow dump next to Fairbanks Correctional Center around 4 a.m. Monday, after receivi
  
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• UAF gets $4.25 million to address one of Alaska's worst problems: Suicide - Alaska Dispatch News

  21-06-2017 03:33
  
  UAF gets $4.25 million to address one of Alaska's worst problems: Suicide
  Alaska Dispatch News
  BETHEL — The persistent problem of suicide in Alaska is getting a fresh approach that shifts focus from despair and personal tragedy to community strengths and solutions. The new, statewide effort based at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will start ...
  
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• Sitka considers code changes in landslide zones

  21-06-2017 03:02
  
  If the critical areas ordinance passes on June 27th, it would change development rules for South Kramer Avenue. An outside firm mapped the area for landslide risk in the aftermath of the August 18, 2015 landslides. (Map from Shannon & Wilson South Kramer report)The state is currently mapping the potential risk for landslides in Sitka. This time next year, the Sitka Assembly will be presented with a community-wide map. Whether they adopt the maps or not, city staff wanted to be prepared for h
  
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• Supreme Court of Alaska hears arguments over legality of Walker’s PFD veto

  21-06-2017 02:46
  
  The Supreme Court of Alaska. (Wesley Early / Alaska Public Media)The fate of hundreds of millions in Permanent Fund dividend money now rests with the five Alaska Supreme court judges.
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  The court heard oral arguments today in Anchorage in a case that seeks to overturn Governor Bill Walkers veto last year of $666 million from the dividend. Anchorage Democratic Senator Bill Wielechowski and two former republican state lawmakers sued last November to get the money back.
  “It’s c
  
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• Confusion over legalities is hurting Alaskan ivory market, locals say

  21-06-2017 02:18
  An ivory carving of a beluga whale is set to be purchased by a couple from Washington State. (Photo by Davis Hovey/KNOM)With five different states’ ivory bans currently in effect, the latest passed by Hawaii at the beginning of this year, confusion remains among potential walrus ivory buyers in Alaska about what ivory is legal and what isn’t.
  Robert James is the manager of Maruskiya’s, a small business in Nome that sells local gifts and handmade crafts, including ivory carvings
  
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• Ask a Climatologist: Summer solstice

  21-06-2017 02:08
  
  (Graphic courtesy of Brian Brettschneider)Alaskans will celebrate the summer solstice at 8:24 tonight. The solstice is the point when the sun’s rays reach their highest latitude of the year. And also the moment when the days start getting shorter.
  And Brian Brettschneider, with our Ask a Climatologist segment said the solstice is always a popular topic with Alaskans.
  Interview Transcript:
  Brian: From an astronomical point of view it’s when the sun’s rays reach their farthest, m
  
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• Alaskan appointed to help manage national fisheries

  21-06-2017 02:06
  
  Chris Oliver was appointed assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries on June 19, 2017. (Photo courtesy of NOAA)An Alaskan has been appointed to help manage fisheries nationwide.
  Chris Oliver will oversee recreational and commercial fishing at the National Marine Fisheries Service, which is under the umbrella of NOAA.
  Oliver said one of his goals is to make long-term sustainability a priority for the billion dollar industry.
  Previously Oliver worked on shrimp fishery management in the Gulf of Me
  
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• Alaska Court Hears Dispute Over Oil-Wealth Fund Checks - U.S. News & World Report

  21-06-2017 02:03
  U.S. News & World Report
  Alaska Court Hears Dispute Over Oil-Wealth Fund Checks
  U.S. News & World Report
  An Alaska lawmaker is making one last legal push to put about $1,000 back in the hands of nearly every state resident for their share of the state's oil wealth. June 20, 2017, at 8:01 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska Court ...
  Did Gov. Walker have veto power over PFD payouts? Alaska Supreme Court hears the case.Alaska Dispatch News
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