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• Climate change, health and the LEO Network in Alaska

  01-09-2017 23:30
  Kivalina is an Alaska village facing coastal erosion. Photo courtesy ShoreZone/flickrLEO stands for local environmental observations. It is a network of on-the-ground observers and topic experts who share knowledge about unusual animal, environment and weather events. Members of the network can connect with others in their community, share observations, raise awareness, and find answers about significant environmental events. They can also engage with topic experts in different organizations and
  
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• Climate change, health and the LEO Network in Alaska - Alaska Public Radio Network

  01-09-2017 23:29
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  Climate change, health and the LEO Network in Alaska
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  LEO stands for local environmental observations. It is a network of on-the-ground observers and topic experts who share knowledge about unusual animal, environment and weather events. Members of the network can connect with others in their community, ...
  
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• Meet Jen Stansel, from Arizona

  01-09-2017 22:30
  This week we meet Jen Stansel, 28, who is from Arizona but moved to Anchorage from Idaho.
   
  “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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• Auto loan delinquency rates rise in Alaska since recession began - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-09-2017 22:17
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  Auto loan delinquency rates rise in Alaska since recession began
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  Auto loan delinquencies in Alaska tend to track well below the national average, but that's changing, with borrowers here falling behind in their car payments at considerably higher rates since the recession began two years ago, according to the credit ...
  
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• Sophia Bush Just Inspired Our Next Trip to Alaska - E! Online

  01-09-2017 22:13
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  Sophia Bush Just Inspired Our Next Trip to Alaska
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  Actress and activist Sophia Bush has been exploring the unpolished, diverse terrain of Alaska. While summer isn't over yet, Sophia, with the help of Eddie Bauer, replaced bikinis and Bardot tops with hiking boots and thermals. With a crew of her best ...and more »
  
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• What Driving A 33-Foot RV Through Alaska Taught Me About Moving Past Grief - HuffPost

  01-09-2017 21:12
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  What Driving A 33-Foot RV Through Alaska Taught Me About Moving Past Grief
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  A view of Denali, formerly Mount McKinley, in Denali National Park, Alaska, with Park Road in the foreground leading to it. 290. You know what I say to people who insist on drawing life lessons every time they sneeze? I generally tell them to go away ...
  
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• Alaska files motion to join Trump in lawsuit over Arctic drilling - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-09-2017 21:11
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  Alaska files motion to join Trump in lawsuit over Arctic drilling
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  The state of Alaska on Thursday filed a motion in federal court to intervene alongside President Donald Trump in a lawsuit brought by conservation groups seeking to prevent drilling in the U.S. Arctic Ocean. "In filing this motion, our objective is to ...and more »
  
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• Historic Alaska newspapers are being posted online - KTOO

  01-09-2017 20:16
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  Historic Alaska newspapers are being posted online
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  This front page from Nov. 11, 1912, of the Alaska Daily Empire, the forerunner to Juneau's current daily newspaper, shows a mix of national, world and local news. (Photo courtesy of the Alaska State Libraries, Archives and Museums). Some of Alaska's ...
  
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• Building a future after prison through vocational education

  01-09-2017 10:00
  Wesley Nicoll builds a planter as part of the vocational education program at Wildwood Correctional Center in July 2017. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media)
  In Alaska, two-thirds of people who leave prison end up going back within three years. But former inmates who can find decent jobs within a year of release are half as likely to re-offend, according to an Alaska Department of Labor report. So how does the Department of Corrections want to cut recidivism? By teaching the trades.
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• Alaska Air National Guard deployed in support of hurricane disaster relief operations - SitNews

  01-09-2017 09:53
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  Alaska Air National Guard deployed in support of hurricane disaster relief operations
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  (SitNews) Anchorage, Alaska - Monday, Alaska Governor Bill Walker extended an offer of assistance to Texas Governor Greg Abbott to help in the Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts. Walker said Alaska National Guard personnel have already been deployed ...
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• Senators' silence kills probe into Zinke's alleged Alaska threats - The Hill

  01-09-2017 09:11
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  Senators' silence kills probe into Zinke's alleged Alaska threats
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  The Interior Department's Office of Inspector General (OIG) is closing its investigation into Secretary Ryan Zinke Ryan Keith ZinkeThe Antiquities Act is not a blank check to create federal land Senators' silence kills probe into Zinke's alleged Alaska ...
  Interior Department watchdog drops probe of threat to Alaska senator on healthcareReuters
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  01-09-2017 03:50
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  Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017
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  Governor Bill Walker said today (Thursday) that he will call the Legislature back for a fourth special session primarily focused on revenue. The session would convene on October 23rd in Juneau. Walker lends support to Trump in lawsuit over arctic drilling.and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017

  01-09-2017 03:48
  
  
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  Governor Bill Walker said today (Thursday) that he will call the Legislature back for a fourth special session primarily focused on revenue. The session would
  
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• Here's what's coming in the Alaska State Fair's fun-filled final days - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-09-2017 03:27
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  Here's what's coming in the Alaska State Fair's fun-filled final days
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  If you haven't yet made it to the Alaska State Fair, don't despair. The final days are packed with performances and events. Here are some end-of-fair highlights: Steve Hubacek, left, and Brian Shunskis take a look at “Surprise,” Shunskis' cabbage at ...
  
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• Berkowitz files to run for re-election in 2018

  01-09-2017 03:13
  
  
  Mayor Ethan Berkowitz at a press conference at City Hall, August 12, 2015. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes – Alaska Public Media)Download audio
  In a form filed with the state’s Political Offices Commission Thursday, Berkowitz indicated he is planning to run again for mayor in 2018.
  “This allows me to start moving on the campaign,” Berkowitz said by phone. “We’ll have a more formal, splashier announcement later in the year. But this is the time to begin.”
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• Hunters troll PETA in selfie campaign, but did it backfire?

  01-09-2017 02:49
  
  
  David Nicholai posing with a caribou he took on a successful hunt in 2016, in PETA’s social media frame (Photo courtesy of David Nicholai).Download audio
  When People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals rolled out a new social media campaign, it caught on with an unexpected group – hunters.
  All across the country, the slogan “shoot selfies, not animals” was co-opted by people putting up social media posts featuring trophy photos of game taken in the field. It’s a bi
  
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• Gov. Walker says fourth special will be in October, focus on revenue

  01-09-2017 02:29
  
  
  Gov. Bill Walker speaks at a press availability in Anchorage on July 17. On Thursday, he said he would call a fourth special session, beginning on Oct. 23. (Photo by Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Gov. Bill Walker said Thursday that he will call the Legislature back for a fourth special session primarily focused on revenue. The session would convene on Oct. 23 in Juneau.
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  Walker did not say what revenue options h
  
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• AK: Petersburg family leads charge to save historic cabin in Tongass National Forest

  01-09-2017 01:30
  
  
  Jacob Hammer looks out the window from the kitchen of his family’s historic cabin, located in the Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness.
  (Photo: Nora Saks, KFSK – Petersburg)90 privately-owned cabins were grandfathered into the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska when areas of it were designated as wilderness. But once the cabins are passed down one generation, they are slated to be removed or destroyed.
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  One family in Petersburg is leading the charge to sav
  
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• Walker lends support to Trump in lawsuit over Arctic drilling

  01-09-2017 01:28
  
  
  The Beaufort Sea, one of the areas the Trump administration would like to re-open for oil drilling. Now Trump will have Alaska’s support in court. (Photo courtesy NOAAThe state of Alaska is going to stand by President Donald Trump’s side in court to defend an order aiming to reopen large parts of the Arctic Ocean to oil drilling.
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  Today, Gov. Bill Walker’s administration filed a motion to intervene in support of President Trump in a lawsuit over whether he can rev
  
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• Tillerson proposes scrapping Arctic and climate envoys

  01-09-2017 01:22
  
  
  United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson chaired the 10th Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in Fairbanks on May 11, 2017. (Photo by Arctic Council Secretariat Linnea Nordström)Secretary of State Rex Tillerson wants to do away with special envoys focused on the Arctic and climate change, as part of his effort to overhaul the State Department.
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  The proposal comes just months after Tillerson visited Alaska and spoke about the importance of the Arctic. Some worry it&
  
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• 49 Voices: Demry Mebane of Anchorage

  01-09-2017 01:00
  
  
  Demry Mebane of Anchorage (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)This week we’re hearing from Demry Mebane in Anchorage. Mebane moved up here four years ago from Texas and just started his last year at UAA, after which he plans on attending law school.
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  MEBANE: Whether you look at my role in Model United Nations, as the ombudsman in student government, or even the job that I have right now in the Emerging Leaders program, these opportunities would not be av
  
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