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• Anchorage man beaten, bound and put in dog kennel, police searching for suspects

  18-08-2017 23:40
  APD police vehicles (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Anchorage Police are searching for five people involved in an assault and kidnapping in East Anchorage.
  Police say the suspects abducted and beat 24-year-old Abshir Mohammed on Sunday in a house on the 6500 block of Cimmaron Circle. They allegedly put him in a dog kennel where he was discovered and driven to the hospital by a person who was not believed to be involved with the assault.
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• Alaska Man Kidnapped, Delivered in Cage to Hospital - U.S. News & World Report

  18-08-2017 22:31
  Alaska Man Kidnapped, Delivered in Cage to Hospital
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  Anchorage police are looking for three men and a woman suspected of kidnapping a man who was delivered severely injured and confined in an animal cage to a local hospital. Aug. 18, 2017, at 4:25 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel.and more »
  
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• Meet Elijah Haines, from Michigan

  18-08-2017 22:00
  This week we meet Elijah Haines, 27, who moved to Anchorage from Michigan.
   
  “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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• During NTSB investigative hearing, Ravn announces changes; more to come

  18-08-2017 21:47
  The fatal Ravn Air crash near Togiak last fall was the focus of the investigative hearing held by the National Transportation Safety Board in Anchorage on Thursday. Sitting in the audience was Ravn’s new CEO, Dave Pflieger.
  “My focus has been, and always will be, on safety,” Pflieger said, “And this is now my fourth airline as a CEO. It’s the very first thing I do, is focus on safety when I get in a company.”
  The changes that Hageland Aviation Services ha
  
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• Alaska unemployment hits 7 percent in July, on the rise from June's number - KTUU.com

  18-08-2017 21:28
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  Alaska unemployment hits 7 percent in July, on the rise from June's number
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - The rate of unemployment in Alaska increased last month according to a new report from Alaska's Department of Labor & Workforce Development. In a release issued Friday, the department said that the unemployment rate has ...
  Alaska unemployment rate up slightly in JulyAlaska Dispatch News
  State unemployment rate hits five-year highAlaskajournal.com
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• Preventing fetal alcohol exposure and its effects

  18-08-2017 21:00
  “Baby” Photo: Amila Pradeep; FlickrOn this Line One program the focus is on efforts to prevent fetal alcohol exposure and its effects. We will discuss local and national efforts and the challenges to preventing the lifelong effects that alcohol can cause in the developing fetus.
  HOST: Dr. Thad WoodardGUESTS:
  Marilyn Pierce–Bulger, ANP is owner of FASDx Services, LLC the referral and coordination agency for the Anchorage Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Diagnostic Te
  
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• Alaska senators fault Trump's tack on racist rally - KTOO

  18-08-2017 20:30
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  Alaska senators fault Trump's tack on racist rally
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  Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, pictured here at the 2015 Alaska Federation of Natives Convention, issued a second round of statements following white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Photo by Mikko Wilson/KTOO). Alaska ...and more »
  
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• TOPS Alaska queen visits with Ketchikan chapter - KRBD

  18-08-2017 19:15
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  TOPS Alaska queen visits with Ketchikan chapter
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  Take Off Pounds Sensibly Alaska queen Sharon Headley of Anchorage, center, stands with the Ketchikan TOPS chapter. (KRBD photo by Leila Kheiry). The reigning Take Off Pounds Sensibly queen for Alaska was in Ketchikan recently to talk to the local ...
  
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• University of Alaska Anchorage Dept of Theatre and Dance 2017-2018 Season

  18-08-2017 18:44
  Alaxsxa/AlaskaJoin UAA Department of Theatre and Dance faculty members Brian Cook and Ty Hewitt this week on Stage Talk as they let us in on an exciting new season that breaks away from the traditional fare of scripted drama and dives headlong into the creative process as it progresses throughout the year. Included in this season is a year-long celebration of Earth Matters on Stage.
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• Budgetary delays worsen Alaska's teacher shortage - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  18-08-2017 16:26
  Budgetary delays worsen Alaska's teacher shortage
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Budgetary delays by the Alaska Legislature have put the state's schools in a tough situation. School officials sent layoff notices to nearly 700 teachers at the end of last school year. They were under the impression that ...and more »
  
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• Budgetary Delays Worsen Alaska's Teacher Shortage - U.S. News & World Report

  18-08-2017 15:37
  Budgetary Delays Worsen Alaska's Teacher Shortage
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  Budgetary delays by the Alaska Legislature have put the state's schools in a tough situation. Aug. 18, 2017, at 4:26 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Budgetary Delays Worsen Alaska's Teacher Shortage ...and more »
  
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• Stranger celebrating his birthday pulls kayaker to safety in Alaska ... - WSB Atlanta

  18-08-2017 15:30
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  Stranger celebrating his birthday pulls kayaker to safety in Alaska ...
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  Other kayakers tried to rescue him as he fought against the raging current.and more »
  
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• Alaska Warily Eyes Change Bringing Suburbs and Amazon Boxes

  18-08-2017 12:00 via nytimes.com
  Vast physical distances are becoming less limiting, bringing conveniences but perhaps eroding the state’s special identity.
  
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• Alaska Warily Eyes Change Bringing Suburbs and Amazon Boxes - New York Times

  18-08-2017 11:00
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  Alaska Warily Eyes Change Bringing Suburbs and Amazon Boxes
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  The Grewingk Glacier near Homer, Alaska. The state's identity has long been defined by its climate and the grandeur of its open spaces. Credit Ruth Fremson/The New York Times. PALMER, Alaska — For years, pet owners in this Anchorage suburb of big ...
  
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• Solar eclipse has stargazers excited all over the U.S.

  18-08-2017 03:59
  
  
  A solar eclipse reaches totality. (Photo courtesy of Rick Fienberg / American Astronomical Society/ Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) )This Monday, August 21st, states across the lower 48 will get to see a full solar eclipse, as the moon slides directly in front of the sun for roughly two minutes. People from all over the world are flocking to towns that will fall under the path of the moon’s shadow.
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• Feds move forward with review of Hilcorp’s Arctic drilling plans

  18-08-2017 03:54
  
  
  Hilcorp’s design plans for the gravel island it aims to build in federal waters in the Beaufort Sea, as submitted to federal regulators in 2015. (Image courtesy BOEM)The federal government is moving forward with its review of Hilcorp’s proposal to drill offshore for oil in the Arctic.
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  Called the Liberty Project, it would be the first oil production platform in federal Arctic waters. Hilcorp wants to build an artificial gravel island in the Beaufort Sea, five miles off the
  
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• There’s a new Arctic drilling battle brewing…and it’s not in ANWR

  18-08-2017 03:48
  
  
  The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska encompasses important habitat for migratory birds. The vast region is also increasingly promising for oil development. (Photo by Bob Wick, courtesy BLM)The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) is a region in the Arctic bigger than many U.S. states. But it’s flown under the radar for years, unlike a different chunk of federal land located just to the east: the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  18-08-2017 03:31
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  Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017
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  Alaska's U.S. senators have issued a second round of statements following the rally of White nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia. This time their criticisms are aimed at President Trump. Nearly half of structures on dock affected by fire, says ...
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 | Alaska Public Media - Alaska Public Radio Network

  18-08-2017 03:31
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  Alaska's U.S. senators have issued a second round of statements following the rally of White nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia. This time their criticisms are ...
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• What's new, what to do at the Alaska State Fair - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-08-2017 03:30
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  What's new, what to do at the Alaska State Fair
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  The Alaska State Fair has packed its schedule full of fun activities and concerts to send the summer off with a bang. According to the state fair, about 294,500 Alaskans made their way to the fairgrounds in Palmer last year for carnival rides, cotton ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017

  18-08-2017 03:27
  
  
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  Alaska senators fault Trump’s tack on racist rally
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
  Alaska’s U.S. senators have issued a second round of statements following the rally of White nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia.  This time their criticisms are aimed at President T
  
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• Several inmates charged with assault, rioting at Fairbanks prison

  18-08-2017 03:16
  Fairbanks Correctional Center (Photo: Alaska Department of Corrections)Alaska State Troopers say they’ve charged several inmates at Fairbanks Correctional Center with rioting and assault for their roles in a disturbance reported at about noon on Thursday.
  Captain Ron Wall, who heads up the Troopers’ Fairbanks-based D Detachment said no serious injuries were reported and no escapes or other security breaches occurred during the incident, which was resolved peacefully after about an ho
  
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• Utah man indicted in death of wife on Alaska cruise - WTOP

  18-08-2017 03:12
  Utah man indicted in death of wife on Alaska cruise
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Utah man accused of killing his wife on a cruise to Alaska has been indicted on a murder count. Kenneth Manzanares was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in the death of Kristy Manzanares. The indictment was made ...and more »
  
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• Alaska senators fault Trump’s tack on racist rally

  18-08-2017 03:09
  Image of President Trump from WhiteHouse.govAlaska’s U.S. senators have issued a second round of statements following the rally of White nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia. This time their criticisms are aimed at President Trump.
  “What the President said yesterday was wrong,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski wrote on Facebook Wednesday night, a day after the president’s press conference in Trump Tower. “There is no moral equivalence between those who are inciting hate and
  
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• Mental Health Trust leaders resign while organization undergoes special audit

  18-08-2017 02:43
  In the past month, the top three leaders at the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority have submitted letters of resignation. The shake up comes at a time when the organization, which manages funds for mental health and substance abuse programming across the state, is undergoing a special legislative audit over concerns about financial mismanagement.
  Interim CEO Greg Jones was appointed in November to lead the organization after long-time CEO Jeff Jessee was ousted. Jones declined a request for an
  
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• Authorities Investigating Incident at Alaska Prison - U.S. News & World Report

  18-08-2017 02:00
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  Authorities Investigating Incident at Alaska Prison
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  Authorities are investigating an incident at a prison in Fairbanks that a state Department of Corrections spokeswoman says resulted in minor damages to the facility. Aug. 18, 2017, at 1:46 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel ...
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• M/V Tustumena back on the water

  18-08-2017 01:46
  After 75-days in the shipyard, southwest Alaska’s ferry is finally back in the water.
  The M-V Tustumena returned to service this week following repairs that canceled 70-percent of its summer sailings. While the vessel gets underway, funds for its replacement aren’t far behind.
  The Alaska Legislature approved the money to replace the 53-year-old ferry, according to Aurah Landau [OR-uh LAN-dow] of the Alaska Marine Highway.
  “This allows the work to start, and takes what we know t
  
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• Nearly half of structures on dock affected by fire, says processing plant fire witness

  18-08-2017 01:36
  The Peter Pan Seafoods processing plant in Port Moller, which suffered heavy damage during a fire that continued to burn into Wednesday, Aug. 16.
  (Peter Pan Seafoods)Details are emerging slowly on the fire at the Peter Pan Seafoods processing plant in Port Moller. The 100-year-old plant caught fire late Tuesday night, and the blaze continued to burn Wednesday. The full scope of the damage is still unclear, but witnesses say it is extensive.
  “The main processing facility is located on the d
  
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• Juneau chef crowned King of Seafood at Great American Seafood Cook-Off

  18-08-2017 01:30
  Chef Lionel Uddipa stands inside the downtown restaurant Salt in Juneau on Aug. 10, 2017. His winning dish of Bristol Bay king crab with risotto took first place at the Great American Seafood Cook-Off in New Orleans. (Photo by Annie Bartholomew/KTOO)This month Juneau chefs Lionel Udippa and Jacob Pickard represented Alaska at the Great American Seafood Cook-Off in New Orleans.
  In a hotel room in New Orleans ahead of the cook-off, the two chefs were sweating.
  “The rice wasn’t coo
  
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• Alaska shuts down all king salmon harvest in southeast region due to 'poor ocean survival conditions' - Topeka Capital Journal

  18-08-2017 00:38
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  Alaska shuts down all king salmon harvest in southeast region due to 'poor ocean survival conditions'
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  Hugo Tapia, a worker at the Princeton Seafood Fish Restaurant & Market, holds up a frozen wild king salmon from Canada, at his market in Half Moon Bay, Calif. Alaska has closed down all king salmon harvest in the southeast region of the state because ...
  
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• As Arctic Sea Ice Disappears, 2000 Walruses Mob Remote Alaska Beach - InsideClimate News

  18-08-2017 00:06
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  As Arctic Sea Ice Disappears, 2000 Walruses Mob Remote Alaska Beach
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  The 'haul out' of Pacific walruses along the Alaska coast is the earliest known and comes as global temperatures and loss of sea ice near records. Phil McKenna · By Phil McKenna · Follow @mckennapr. Aug 17, 2017. 2014 Walrus haul out in Alaska. Credit: ...and more »
  
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