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• Despite Opioid Concerns, Seniors Often Exit The Hospital With Prescription

  16-07-2016 07:16 via ktoo.org
  
  40 milligram OxyContin pills. (Photo courtesy U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency)
  It’s a common scenario: Someone checks into a hospital for surgery or an illness and leaves with a prescription for an opioid painkiller, opening the door to long-term use and dependence. A recent study examined this pattern and found the prescriptions are used and renewed more often than you might imagine.
  Researchers analyzed the pharmacy claims of a random sample of more than 623,000 Medicare beneficia
  
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• House adjourns unproductive special session

  16-07-2016 07:00 via ktoo.org
  
  House Speaker Mike Chenault makes a rare floor speech to end the special session. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO)
  The House ended its special session Friday, having taken no actions in the five days since it began.
  House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, said the legislature already considered the Permanent Fund restructuring and tax increases that Gov. Bill Walker asked them to pass.
  “Staying here for another 30 days is not going to resolve the revenue issues before us,” Chenault
  
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• What We Know About The Suspect In The Nice, France, Attack

  16-07-2016 06:59 via ktoo.org
  
  Forensic police investigate a truck at the scene of a terror attack on the Promenade des Anglais on Thursday evening in Nice, France. A French-Tunisian attacker killed 84 people as he drove a truck through crowds gathered to watch a fireworks display during Bastille Day celebrations.(Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
  Updated at 12:46 p.m. ET
  Law enforcement and judicial officials have identified 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel as the suspect who they believe plowed into a crowd
  
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• As internet gets faster, Stebbins elders worry about subsistence

  16-07-2016 05:22 via ktoo.org
  
  Salmon drying in Stebbins. (Photo by Emily Russell/KNOM)
  From policymakers to Pokeman Go players, high-speed internet is the hot topic in Western Alaska this summer.
  The Arctic Broadband Summit just wrapped up in Barrow this week. Crews are busy off the coast of Nome this month laying fiber optic cable, and GCI recently announced plans to bring high-speed internet to ten more communities in the region this year.
  The village of Stebbins is on that list, and while many are excited for faster servi
  
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• Officials launch Seward Highway speed limit pilot project

  16-07-2016 05:20 via ktoo.org
  
  Traffic backs up on the Seward Highway after a traffic accident on July 15, 2008. (Creative Commons photo by Travis)
  State transportation officials are testing out a new program on Seward Highway aimed at reducing congestion and making it safer for vehicles to pass slow drivers.The Alaska Department of Transportation has implemented speed limit changes along a 5-mile stretch of the only road leading south out of Anchorage. Drivers in the right lane will have a speed limit of 55 mph, while those
  
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• Murkowski won’t attend GOP convention with primary looming

  16-07-2016 05:20 via ktoo.org
  
  Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during the commissioning ceremony of San Antonio-class amphibious transport at the Port of Anchorage, May 4, 2013. (Photo by Specialist 1st Class James R. Evans/U.S. Navy)
  U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski will be traveling in Alaska next week as part of her re-election campaign and won’t be attending the national Republican convention.Rachel Kallander, a spokeswoman for Murkowski’s re-election campaign, says the convention is about a month before Murkows
  
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• Turkish Coup Attempt Unravels After A Wild Night Of Shooting, Arrests

  16-07-2016 03:23 via ktoo.org
  
  Updated at 10:00 am:
  A coup attempt by factions in the Turkish military crumbled Saturday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made his way to Istanbul and his government began reestablishing control after a long night of widespread violence.
  “The people have taken to the streets and voiced their support for democracy,” the acting head of the military, Gen. Umit Dundar, said at a news conference Saturday. “The nation will never forget this betrayal.”
  The government and the m
  
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• Inslee carbon cap critics protest, fast on Washington Capitol steps

  16-07-2016 02:46 via ktoo.org
  
  A group that is fasting as part of a protest against Gov. Jay Inslee’s Clean Air Rule to cap carbon emissions says the proposed rule doesn’t go far enough. (Photo by Austin Jenkins/Northwest News Network)
  A group of climate activists is fasting on the steps of the Washington state Capitol this week as part of a protest against Gov. Jay Inslee’s proposed cap on carbon emissions. The activists say the cap doesn’t go far enough.
  The group is small — just 15 or so. At o
  
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• EPA fines BP, Hilcorp for spills on the North Slope

  16-07-2016 02:41 via ktoo.org
  
  
   
  Contaminated snow-covered tundra on April 29, 2014 from a BP Exploration Alaska spill in Prudoe Bay, Alaska. The EPA fined the company $30,000 for the spill, the State of Alaska fined it an additional $100,000. (Photo/ADEC)
  BP Exploration Alaska and Hilcorp Alaska have agreed to pay fines after spilling oil and waste on the North Slope.
  The Environmental Protection Agency announced the companies will pay $130,000 in federal penalties.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/07/15EPAFIN
  
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• Wasilla man dies in rafting accident on creek

  16-07-2016 02:35 via ktoo.org
  Alaska State Troopers say a 44-year-old Wasilla man died in an apparent rafting accident in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.The body of Lawrence Christopherson was found Thursday afternoon in Montana Creek.
  Troopers recovered the body after responding at about 1:45 p.m. to a report of a raft overturned in the popular fishing creek.
  The raft had become hung up on a log jam.
  The state medical examiner will conduct an autopsy.
  Christopherson’s next of kin was notified.
  
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• Questions still unanswered in attack on man in Anchorage

  16-07-2016 02:33 via ktoo.org
  Officials have still been unable to pinpoint who or what left a man bloody and unconscious last month in Anchorage.KTUU-TV reports Fred Mayac remained in critical condition Thursday after the June 8 incident near Campbell Creek Estuary Park.
  The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released a report Wednesday on the attack that still leaves many questions unanswered.
  It says medical personnel believed Mayac’s injuries were consistent with a bear mauling, while other reports pointed to a
  
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• Federal grant aims to restore habitat along Anchorage creek

  16-07-2016 02:31 via ktoo.org
  The state Division of Forestry will use a federal grant and matching funds to restore a seven-mile section of an urban Anchorage creek.The division has received a $295,000 U.S. Forest Service grant to make improvements along Campbell Creek between Dimond and Lake Otis boulevards.
  The grant will be matched by $262,333 from the municipality, the Anchorage Park Foundation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and two state departments.
  The work over three years will include removal of invasive plants
  
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• Elements Of Turkish Military Claim Control Of The Country

  16-07-2016 02:23 via ktoo.org
  
  Turkish soldiers block Istanbul’s Bosporus bridge on Friday while soldiers also occupied streets in the capital of Ankara. (Photo by Gokhan Tan/Getty Images)
  Updated at 7:30 p.m. ETAs military vehicles rumbled through the streets of Ankara, members of Turkey’s military said Friday night they had seized control of the country, ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has dominated the country for more than a decade.
  The dramatic development plunged one of the region’s most im
  
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• Turkish Military Says It Has Taken Over Control Of The Country

  16-07-2016 00:40 via ktoo.org
  
  Turkish security officers detain unidentified individuals on the side of the road on Friday in Istanbul, during a shutdown of the Bosporus bridge. (Photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
  Updated at 6:00 p.m.
  As military vehicles rumbled through the streets of the capital, Turkey’s military said Friday night it had seized control of the country, ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
  The dramatic development plunged one of the region’s most important countries into a major crisis.
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