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• Fish talk: Using state’s Alaska Wild Salmon Day to learn more

  04-08-2017 23:00
  Photo by Jenny Armstrong from the EPSCoR Southcentral test case website.A little over a year ago, Governor Bill Walker signed HB 128 into law. Sponsored by Representative Bryce Edgmon of Dillingham, it designates August 10 each year as a day to celebrate “the enormous bounty of wild chinook, sockeye, coho, chum and pink salmon Alaskans harvest each year. Drafters of the bill encourage Alaskans of all ages to observe the day through educational and celebratory events, projects and activitie
  
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• 2017 AEDC 3-Year Outlook

  04-08-2017 22:30
  This week we’re hearing the 2017 3-Year Outlook Report for Anchorage, presented by the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation. It’s a look at the changes in Anchorage and it’s economy over the last few years, and what outlook is for our future. We’ll first hear from AEDC President and CEO Bill Popp. Later in the program, we’ll hear from Anchorage mayor Ethan Berkowitz and special guest Abhi Nemani.
   
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  Bill Popp, President & CEO, Anch
  
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• Meet Alyse Daunis, from Colorado

  04-08-2017 22:00
  This week we meet Alyse Daunis, 28, who moved to Anchorage from Colorado.
   
  “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 P
  
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• Dillingham police seek confidential informants to build cases against heroin dealers

  04-08-2017 21:51
  Dillingham police (KDLG photo)The Dillingham Police Department is looking for confidential informants to help them build drug cases.
  Confidential informants help police by going undercover to buy drugs from local dealers and reporting to the police. Chief Dan Pasquariello explained the program.
  “The Dillingham Police are trying to make cases against persons that sell heroin and/or methamphetamine and other controlled substances in this town,” Pasquariello said. “One way we do t
  
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• Alaska Men Sentenced in Musk Oxen Poaching Case - U.S. News & World Report

  04-08-2017 21:40
  Alaska Men Sentenced in Musk Oxen Poaching Case
  U.S. News & World Report
  After pleading guilty in a poaching case, three men were ordered to pay restitution for illegal killing three musk oxen in northwest Alaska. Aug. 4, 2017, at 3:30 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska Men Sentenced in Musk Oxen ...
  
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• WATCH: Bear Cam At Katmai National Park And Preserve In Alaska - CBS Miami

  04-08-2017 21:04
  CBS Miami
  WATCH: Bear Cam At Katmai National Park And Preserve In Alaska
  CBS Miami
  CBSMIAMI.COM is streaming the explore.org Bear Cam, a 24-hour a day live camera from Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The live stream shows the epic journey salmon take in Alaska to spawn in the park. It also shows how some of these ...
  
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• Committed- Involuntary psychiatric care

  04-08-2017 21:00
  When is a person considered a danger to themselves or others? Under whatcircumstances can a person be committed for mental health treatment againsttheir will? These are complicated and emotionally charged questions. On thenext Line One: Your Health Connection, Dr. Dinah Miller, co-author of the newbook “Committed” joins co-host Prentiss Pemberton for a discussion about thecontroversy over involuntary psychiatric care.
   
  HOST: Prentiss Pemberton, LCSW
  GUESTS:
  Dr. Dinah Mill
  
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• Retreating Exit Glacier has become an icon of climate change - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-08-2017 19:52
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Retreating Exit Glacier has become an icon of climate change
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A sign marks the location of Exit Glacier's terminus 100 years ago along the trail to an overlook from the parking area. The sign is about a mile from the glacier's edge now. Photographed on July 17, 2017. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News). Share on ...
  
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• Both sides seek to drop Alaska abortion lawsuit - KFQD

  04-08-2017 19:49
  KFQD
  Both sides seek to drop Alaska abortion lawsuit
  KFQD
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Abortion-rights advocates and the state of Alaska are seeking to dismiss a lawsuit after the state medical board adopted new regulations for abortions after the first trimester. Attorneys for Planned Parenthood of the Great ...
  
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• Freezer full of salmon? Here's what to do with it. - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-08-2017 19:12
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Freezer full of salmon? Here's what to do with it.
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Grill it, can it, smoke it, saute it. Here's a starting guide for finishing the fish. pencil Author: Suzanna Caldwell; calendar Published 24 minutes ago. Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on Tumblr Tumblr.
  
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• How a 9.2 earthquake in Alaska in 1964 changed our understanding is explained in 'The Great Quake' - Los Angeles Times

  04-08-2017 19:01
  Los Angeles Times
  How a 9.2 earthquake in Alaska in 1964 changed our understanding is explained in 'The Great Quake'
  Los Angeles Times
  Geological tumult is all around us in the American West, in our vertiginous topography and in our heads — fear of the Big One. But a little over half a century ago there came what, befitting its magnitude and locale — in the “Great Land” of the Aleut ...
  
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• Interior Department Watchdog to Investigate Threat to Alaska Senator on Healthcare - U.S. News & World Report

  04-08-2017 18:45
  U.S. News & World Report
  Interior Department Watchdog to Investigate Threat to Alaska Senator on Healthcare
  U.S. News & World Report
  Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) arrives for a Senate health care vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas Reuters. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Interior Department's inspector general said it would investigate a reported ...
  After health vote drama, Zinke and Murkowski meet over Alaska alesAlaska Dispatch News
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• Interior Department watchdog to investigate threat to Alaska senator on healthcare - Reuters

  04-08-2017 18:45
  Reuters
  Interior Department watchdog to investigate threat to Alaska senator on healthcare
  Reuters
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Interior Department's inspector general said it would investigate a reported threat by the agency's head, Ryan Zinke, against Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski's state of Alaska last week over her opposition to her party's ...
  Interior Dept Watchdog Launches Probe Into Zinke Calls To Alaska SenatorsTPM
  Interior Chief Says He and Alaska Senator Bond Over BeersU.S. Ne
  
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• Perseverance Theatre’s 2017-2018 Anchorage Season

  04-08-2017 18:15
  To Kill a Mockingbird from Perseverance’s 2016-’17 seasonPerseverance Theatre of Juneau is bringing another full slate of plays to Anchorage this coming season. Artistic Director Art Rotch, Playwright Lucas Rowley and Anchorage General Manager Josh Lowman join Steve this week on Stage Talk to go through the line-up.
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  Perseverance Theatre’s 2017-2018 Season
  Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling. September 29-October 15
  The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz.
  
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• Study: Alaska Has Highest Rate of Gun Ownership in US - U.S. News & World Report

  04-08-2017 14:53
  Study: Alaska Has Highest Rate of Gun Ownership in US
  U.S. News & World Report
  A new study on guns in Alaska shows the state has the highest rate of gun ownership and one of the top rates of gun deaths and injuries in the U.S. The Juneau Empire reports the study was published on Wednesday by the Alaska Section of Epidemiology.and more »
  
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• By the numbers: Alaska's rising rates of gun-related deaths - KTUU.com

  04-08-2017 06:43
  KTUU.com
  By the numbers: Alaska's rising rates of gun-related deaths
  KTUU.com
  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Alaskans are increasingly likely to be injured or killed by gunfire, according to a new report from the state Health Department. Below is a look at what exactly that means, by the numbers: Unless otherwise noted, the figures below are ...
  
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• Lt. Gov. Mallott says he and Gov. Walker will run for re-election

  04-08-2017 04:10
  
  
  Gov. Bill Walker (right) and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott wait on the tarmac for Chinese President Xi Jinping to land in Anchorage, on April 7, 2017. (Photo by Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott said Wednesday that he and Gov. Bill Walker will run for re-election next year.  He also said they’ll run together.
  Even for incumbents, that may be an uphill fight.
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  Mallott went further than Walker has in talking about next yea
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017

  04-08-2017 04:05
  
  
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  Zinke tweets beer pic showing he’s A-OK with Murkowski
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
  If harsh words were spoken, Sen. Lisa Murkowski appears to have patched things up with Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke. Zinke tweeted a picture of himself and Murkowski having beers together, two Alaska
  
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• Southcentral Alaska to feel hotter weather this weekend

  04-08-2017 02:59
  Unseasonably warm spell weather is coming for Southcentral Alaska, just in time for the weekend.
  That’s according to the National Weather Service, which issued a special statement forecasting clear skies, sun and temperatures in the high 70s or low 80s by Saturday.
  “It’s a highlight for a pattern change in the weather from the cloudy wet weather we’ve had for the last few days and today, and then start turning sunny and warm tomorrow afternoon and especially Saturday,&rdq
  
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• Climate change may have driven gray whale up Kuskowkim

  04-08-2017 02:35
  The gray whale that swam up the Kuskokwim River and was hunted by locals last week may have been searching for new food sources, according to Oregon-based scientist Carrie Newell. (Katie Basile / KYUK)Climate change may be responsible for pushing Alaska’s Gray Whales up into estuaries and rivers like the Kuskokwim.
  Oregon-based whale biologist Dr. Carrie Newell said Gray Whales spend six months of the year in Alaskan waters feeding – digging into the muddy bottoms of the North Pacifi
  
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• Zinke tweets beer pic showing he’s A-OK with Murkowski

  04-08-2017 02:26
  If harsh words were spoken, Sen. Lisa Murkowski appears to have patched things up with Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke. Last week, Zinke called both Alaska senators to tell them the president was not pleased with Murkowski’s vote against Republican health care efforts. Sen. Dan Sullivan told the Alaska Dispatch News Zinke’s message was “pretty clear” and Sullivan said it caused him to fear for Alaska’s development agenda.
  Murkowski and Zinke both told reporters there were
  
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• Is the Alaska charter fishery threatening rockfish? - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-08-2017 02:04
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Is the Alaska charter fishery threatening rockfish?
  Alaska Dispatch News
  If ever there was a fish with a hankering for life in the slow lane, Pacific rockfish would fill the bill. Most live long lives — some approaching 200 years. But adventureous? Not exactly. Rockfish can hang out for decades in the same rocky outcrops ...
  
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• Climate expert predicts warmer-than-normal fall, continuing 10-year trend

  04-08-2017 01:44
  Left, there’s a 55 percent chance of above-normal temperatures from August through October – a fairly strong likelihood, Thoman says. The 45 percent chance of above-normal temps throughout the rest of the state reflects a moderately-strong likelihood – the same chances of above-normal precipitation in southwestern and southeastern Alaska, right. (NOAA/National Weather Service)National Weather Service climate expert Rick Thoman said there’s a good chance that all of Alaska
  
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• Anchorage firefighter awakens from unconsciousness as supporters organize fundraiser - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-08-2017 01:40
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Anchorage firefighter awakens from unconsciousness as supporters organize fundraiser
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The father of an Anchorage firefighter who suffered a traumatic brain injury during on-the-job training in June said Wednesday his son is recovering thanks to specialty care in Colorado. "The biggest challenge for us is having patience. Every brain ...
  
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• Forest Service could delay Wrangell contaminated soil move

  04-08-2017 01:07
  A backhoe digs up part of the old Byford Junkyard in Wrangell in 2014. After removing old cars, oil drums and other trash, the state is treating and moving contaminated soil to a rock quarry south of town. (Photo courtesy Department of Environmental Conservation)The U.S. Forest Service could put the brakes on a state plan to store contaminated soil near a Wrangell recreation area.
  The Department of Environmental Conservation plans to truck almost 20,000 cubic yards of lead-laced soil t
  
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• APNewsBreak: Both sides seek to drop Alaska abortion lawsuit - The Daily Progress

  04-08-2017 00:08
  APNewsBreak: Both sides seek to drop Alaska abortion lawsuit
  The Daily Progress
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates and the state of Alaska have asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit they say became moot after the state medical board adopted new regulations for abortions after the first trimester. Attorneys for Planned ...and more »
  
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