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• Audiogram: “Take Our Land, Take Our Life”

  23-06-2017 23:42
  
  The Trans Alaska Pipeline would cut through land where Alaska Native people had lived for millennia. And they were formally claiming that land as their own. How Alaska’s oil find led to a civil rights landmark and helped launch a social experiment in the far North.
  
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• Alaska man sentenced for pointing shotgun at federal marshal - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  23-06-2017 23:01
  
  Alaska man sentenced for pointing shotgun at federal marshal
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A federal court judge has sentenced a 27-year-old Anchorage man to three and a half years in prison for pointing a sawed-off shotgun at a deputy U.S. marshal. Leigaga Amituanai pleaded guilty Feb. 1 to assault on a federal ...and more »
  
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• 100 Stone ‘pays it forward’

  23-06-2017 23:00
  
  A figure from 100 Stone as displayed in November at Alaska Pacific University. Photo by Michael Conti.“We are all connected, not through tragedy, but through beauty.”
  So reads the opening page of the 100 Stone website, documenting the collaborative creation and sharing of “personal struggles with vulnerability” as told in sculptural form. The sculptures were created in the summer of 2014 and 2015 in 30 community and private spaces across the state, with the aide of 600 &l
  
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• Alaska Fatal Bear Mauling Still Under Investigation - U.S. News & World Report

  23-06-2017 22:57
  New York Daily News
  Alaska Fatal Bear Mauling Still Under Investigation
  U.S. News & World Report
  Alaska officials say they are still investigating a fatal mauling by a black bear near a gold mine to definitively determine if the attack was predatory in nature as initial reports indicate. June 23, 2017, at 4:43 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon ...
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• Traveling Music 7-23-17

  23-06-2017 22:38
  Traveling Music
  7-23-17
  Kluonie Frey, Shonti Elder’s daughter
   
  Upcoming Concerts: Sarah Jarosz, first weekend of October.
   
  Format:
  Song TitleArtist / Composer
  CD Title
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  Can’t Hide
  Sarah Jarosz / Sarah Jarosz
  Song Up in Her Head
  Sugar Hill
  3:12
   
  Look At Miss Ohio
  Blind Pilot / Gillian Welch
  Soul Journey
  www.blindpilot.com
  3:27
   
  Save Yourself
  Kaleo / Kaleo
  A / B
  Electra
  4:34
   
  Hearts on Fire
  Passenger featuring Ed Sheeran / Passenger
  He
  
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• Sheila Watt-Cloutier on “The Right to Be Cold”

  23-06-2017 22:30
  
  The Right to Be Cold is a human story of resilience, commitment, and survival told from the unique vantage point of an Inuk woman who, in spite of many obstacles, rose from humble beginnings in the Arctic community of Kuujjuaq, Quebec—where she was raised by a single parent and grandmother and traveled by dog team in a traditional, ice-based Inuit hunting culture—to become one of the most influential and decorated environmental, cultural, and human rights advocates in the world.
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• Meet Nick Carpenter, from Nashville

  23-06-2017 22:00
  
  This week we’re meeting Nick Carpenter, 25, originally from Atlanta but moved here from Nashville.
   
  “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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• Traveling Music 7-17-17

  23-06-2017 21:11
  Traveling Music
  Kluonie Frey, Shonti Elder’s daughter
  7-16-17
   
  Format:
  Song TitleArtist / Composer
  CD Title
  Label
  Duration
   
  Things That Scare Me
  Neko Case / Neko Case
  Blacklisted
  www.kingsroadmerch.com/neko-case
  2:30
   
  Bitter Boy
  Kate Rusby / Kate Rusby
  Awkward Annie
  www.katerusby.com
  4:53
   
  Cherry Wine
  Hozier / Hozier
  Hozier
  www.hozier.com/
  4:00
   
  Red
  Celia Pavey / Celia Pavey
  Bodies
  www.itunes.apple.com/ie/album/bodies-ep/id907174291
  4:38
   
  Coney Island
  An
  
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• National HIV testing day and update HIV and AIDS

  23-06-2017 21:00
  
  Photo: Flickr- Raul Pacheco-VegaNational HIV testing day is June 27th. Do you know your HIV status? Are at risk and do you know how to get tested if you are at risk? We’ll talk about all that and more on Line One’s yearly HIV/AIDS update. 
  HOST: Dr. Thad WoodardGUESTS:
  Terri Bramel PA-C, Clinical Specialist at Alaska Native Health Tribal Consortium
  Ryan White, Program Director at Alaska Native Health Tribal
  Heather Davis, MPH, Executive Director at Alaskan AI
  
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• Alaska lawmakers pass budget compromise to avert shutdown - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  23-06-2017 19:37
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska lawmakers pass budget compromise to avert shutdown
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska Legislature, motivated by the threat of a government shutdown, approved a plan late Thursday to fund state operations for another year. The proposal, advanced by budget negotiators and passed by the House and Senate, ...
  The Latest: Walker Urges Action on Alaska's Oil Tax CreditsU.S. News & World Report
  The Alaska Legislature passed a budget a
  
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• Army Corps Details Alaska City's Erosion Mitigation Cost | Alaska ... - U.S. News & World Report

  23-06-2017 17:01
  Army Corps Details Alaska City's Erosion Mitigation Cost | Alaska ...
  U.S. News & World Report
  KENAI, Alaska (AP) — A new report by the Army Corps of Engineers states the cost of alleviating the Alaska city of Kenai's erosion along a nearly 1-mile ...and more »
  
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• Alaska's Kuskokwim King Salmon Numbers Mimic Historic Lows - U.S. News & World Report

  23-06-2017 16:20
  Alaska's Kuskokwim King Salmon Numbers Mimic Historic Lows
  U.S. News & World Report
  Statistics from the Bethel Test Fishery show king salmon numbers this year are similar to 2012 and 2013 numbers that were minimized by a population crash. June 23, 2017, at 11:52 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska's ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, June 22, 2017 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  23-06-2017 03:56
  
  Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, June 22, 2017
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  State lawmakers are working on a budget compromise to avoid a government shutdown that could be completed as soon as tonight. 'Sense of relief' as cuts to UA system are less than expected. Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks. The University of Alaska learned ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, June 22, 2017

  23-06-2017 03:54
  
  
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  Compromise to avoid state shutdown could happen soon
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  State lawmakers are working on a budget compromise to avoid a government shutdown that could be completed as soon as tonight.
  ‘Sense of relief’ as cuts to UA system are less than expected
  Dan Bross, KUAC &nda
  
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• Legislature passes budget compromise to avert shutdown

  23-06-2017 03:36
  
  
  State workers protested a possible government shutdown outside of the Capitol, June 22, 2017. The House and Senate appeared close to a budget compromise to avoid the shutdown. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media)UPDATE: 9:15 a.m. on June 23, 2017
  The Legislature passed a budget that avoids a state government shutdown Thursday night.
  The part of the budget directly controlled by the Legislature includes $4.1 billion. The spending plan avoids cuts to school funding. It sets pe
  
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• Compromise to avoid state shutdown could happen soon

  23-06-2017 03:36
  
  
  State workers protested a possible government shutdown outside of the Capitol, June 22, 2017. The House and Senate appeared close to a budget compromise to avoid the shutdown. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media)State lawmakers are working on a budget compromise to avoid a government shutdown that could be completed as soon as tonight.
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  The outline of an agreement became clear Thursday afternoon. The primary source of school funding would not be reduced. Alask
  
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• ‘Sense of relief’ as cuts to UA system are less than expected

  23-06-2017 03:16
  
  
  The University of Alaska learned it would face cuts, even though UA president Jim Johnsen said the cuts were less than expected.
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  Speaking at a special regents meeting, President Johnsen reflected on a 317 million dollar allocation included in the yet to be finalized legislative budget compromise.
  ”There are no high-fives here,” Johnsen said. “I think I can say there’s a sense of relief that the number is not 303 or a $22 million cut. The number is not 309. Ther
  
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• Murkowski’s take on health bill? Stay tuned

  23-06-2017 03:11
  
  
  U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks with reporters following her annual address to the Alaska Legislature on Feb. 22, 2017. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)In the U.S. Senate, Republicans released a draft of their health care bill Thursday. Sen. Lisa Murkowski wouldn’t say how she’ll vote on it, but the draft has elements she has said she’s against, like shrinking Medicaid expansion and defunding Planned Parenthood.
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  Murkowski said late Thursday afternoon she hasn&rsqu
  
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• Man charged in 2015 Wasilla double murder

  23-06-2017 03:02
  
  
  Court documents detail the case against a Wasilla man accused of a double murder along the Denali Highway.
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  42-year-old Bruce Floyd Dowd Butler is charged with killing his estranged wife: 42-year-old Lynn Butler, and her friend: 61-year-old Richard Casler, over the July 4th weekend in 2015.
  Their bodies were found in a storage container at a remote site near mile 79 of the Denali Highway. Autopsies determined that Lynn Butler died of gun shots, and that Casler was shot and beaten to de
  
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• Walker signs bill granting health insurance to dependents of fallen police, firefighters

  23-06-2017 02:28
  
  Governor Bill Walker has signed legislation which requires the state to provide health insurance for the dependents of state law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty.
  On Wednesday, Walker signed House Bill 23 in North Pole at a memorial park in North Pole established to honor Trooper Gabe Rich and Sergeant Scott Johnson, troopers killed while responding to a call in the village of Tanana in 2014.
  Sergeant Johnson’s widow was among fallen officer’s family m
  
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• Chicago Man Dies in Army Corps Industrial Accident in Alaska - NBC Chicago

  23-06-2017 02:14
  
  NBC Chicago
  Chicago Man Dies in Army Corps Industrial Accident in Alaska
  NBC Chicago
  File photo. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Col. Calvin C. Hudson II and Operations Chief Tim McAlister. The Army Corps of Engineers has identified the man killed on an Alaska construction project as a Chicago employee on temporary assignment.
  
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• “Doesn’t he know it’s frozen?” How Alaska almost overlooked Prudhoe Bay

  23-06-2017 01:33
  
  Tom Marshall was a geologist and a land selection officer for Alaska in the 1960s. He was the driving force behind the state’s Prudhoe Bay selection. (Photo by Elizabeth Harball/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
  You could argue — and a lot of people do — that  Alaska would be a completely different place if it weren’t for a man named Tom Marshall.
  Marshall’s now 91 years old and lives in a little brown house in Anchorage. He won’t bring it up himself, but for m
  
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• The Latest: Sullivan Reviewing Health Bill's Alaska Impact - U.S. News & World Report

  23-06-2017 01:16
  KFQD
  The Latest: Sullivan Reviewing Health Bill's Alaska Impact
  U.S. News & World Report
  Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says he plans to read "every word" of a Senate Republican health care bill to see if it addresses issues specific to the state. June 22, 2017, at 7:07 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. The Latest ...
  Sullivan reviewing health bill's Alaska impactKFQD
  Murkowski, Sullivan noncommittal on Senate health care billAlaska Dispatch News
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• Juneau tops national list of smallest cities with most millionaire households

  23-06-2017 00:18
  
  Downtown Juneau on Aug. 4, 2008. (Creative Commons photo by Sam Beebe)Do you have a million dollars lying around? Chances are one out of every 13 households in Alaska’s capital city qualifies as a millionaire.
  The business publication Kiplinger is reporting that Juneau tops the list of small cities with the highest concentration of households with the proverbial big bucks. Juneau has 1,109 millionaire households out of a total of 12,986.
  Its list is based on rankings of 
  
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• Fish and Game shoots black bear thought to have killed 16-year-old runner

  23-06-2017 00:13
  
  In response to the fatal bear mauling last weekend of 16-year-old Patrick Cooper in a mountain running race south of Anchorage, wildlife officials shot and killed four black bears, including the one thought to have killed the teen.
  That bear had been shot once already during an effort Sunday to recover the 16-year-old’s body.
  It was tentatively identified by the State Department of Fish and Game after being killed Tuesday — because the animal had a broken jaw, a recent wound likely c
  
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