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• State GOP chair: Alaska delegates accept Trump — with qualms

  18-07-2016 20:38 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska’s delegation to the convention — 28 delegates and 24 alternates — are staying at hotels in the suburb of Beachwood. (Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)
  The Republican National Convention opens in Cleveland on Monday and Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan has won a spot on the schedule. His spokesman said Sullivan will take the stage Tuesday evening, with nine other Republican senators.
  As for the main business of the convention – nominating  Do
  
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• Debunking 3 myths Of wildfire safety

  18-07-2016 20:25 via ktoo.org
  
  (Photo by Ian C. Bates)
  Editor’s note: Anna King’s reports from the 2015 wildfires in Washington state earned national recognition in breaking news and crisis journalism. We asked our Richland correspondent to reflect on fire, safety, and what’s changed over the years. –Phyllis Fletcher
  Last year I saw a lot of fire.
  Fire in Walla Walla.
  Fire in Chelan.
  Fire in Twisp and Omak.
  I’ve covered fires for more than a decade. The wildfires I’ve been seeing recently a
  
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• Update: Firefighters respond to wildfire off of Seward Highway

  18-07-2016 20:23 via ktoo.org
  
  A 25-acre wildfire burns in the McHugh Creek drainage south of Anchorage off the Seward Highway on Sunday. (Photo courtesy Alaska Division of Forestry)
  A 25-acre wildfire is spreading across McHugh Creek about three-quarters of a mile from the Seward Highway south of Anchorage. According to the Department of Forestry, the fire was reported to the Anchorage Fire Department at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday.
  Camp volunteer Mike DeCenso was the first to spot the fire and call 911.
  “The s
  
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• Firefighters respond to wildfire off of Seward Highway

  18-07-2016 20:23 via ktoo.org
  
  A 25-acre wildfire burns in the McHugh Creek drainage south of Anchorage off the Seward Highway on Sunday. (Photo courtesy Alaska Division of Forestry)
  A 25-acre wildfire is spreading across McHugh Creek about three-quarters of a mile from the Seward Highway south of Anchorage. According to the Department of Forestry, the fire was reported to the Anchorage Fire Department at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday.
  Upon the firefighter’s arrival, the fire was about 3 to 5 acres. Forestry 
  
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• Juneau man’s thoughts drift home after Turkish coup attempt

  18-07-2016 07:53 via ktoo.org
  
  Muzaffer Uyanik works at Diamonds International on May 11, 2016. (Photo by Mary Uyanik)
  When members of Turkey’s military tried to seize control of their country last week, Turks living overseas – including in Alaska – weren’t immune to fear and uncertainty.
  Muzaffer Uyanik is Kurdish and was born and raised in a town in eastern Turkey close to the Iranian and Iraqi borders.
  “They call it Lake Van. We have the biggest lake in Turkey, so it makes it easy if you searc
  
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• UAF student recognized by White House

  18-07-2016 06:54 via ktoo.org
  A University of Alaska Fairbanks student has been recognized at the White House for his work advocating for communities that would be severely affected by climate change.
  The Fairbanks Daily News Miner reports that Esau Sinnok, of Shishmaref, an island community in northwest Alaska, was among 10 people honored by the president on Friday as Champions of Change for Climate Equity.
  Sinnok was recognized for his work raising awareness of climate change, particularly in the Arctic. The tribal managem
  
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• Governor Walker faces ethics complaint

  18-07-2016 06:54 via ktoo.org
  A North Pole legislator has filed an ethics complaint against Gov. Bill Walker for issuing a statement suggesting he would campaign for lawmakers who support him in the ongoing budget battles.
  The Juneau Empire reports that Walker on Wednesday issued a statement calling for state lawmakers to resolve the state’s growing deficit. At the end of the statement, Walker said he would “ask every legislator and every candidate for the Legislature” to choose a budget plan to support.
  Re
  
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• Turkey Says 6,000 People Have Been Detained After Failed Coup

  18-07-2016 06:36 via ktoo.org
  
  Pro-Erdogan supporters gather at Taksim square in Istanbul to support the government on July 16, 2016, following a failed coup attempt.
  Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
  Turkey’s justice minister says that some 6,000 people have been detained following a failed coup attempt.
  That includes some 3,000 military personnel detained in bases around the country, as NPR’s Leila Fadel tells Weekend Edition Sunday.
  According to Turkey’s foreign ministry, the incident killed at least 290 peo
  
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• Brexit Secretary Says U.K. Could Impose Deadline For EU Nationals To Immigrate

  18-07-2016 06:36 via ktoo.org
  
  David Davis arrives to be named as Brexit Chief after a meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday.
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  Brexit Secretary David Davis said the country may impose a cut-off entry date for European Union nationals who want to immigrate the U.K., as part of negotiations for the U.K.’s exit from the bloc.
  Davis is in charge of leading those negotiations. He said that a cut-off date would only be imposed if there’s a last-minute surge of immi
  
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• Skagway Assembly proposes lease negotiations with railroad

  18-07-2016 06:21 via ktoo.org
  
  White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad controls much of the tidelands the municipality needs access to for port improvements. (Photo by Greta Mart/KHNS)
  Skagway leaders want to re-engage with White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad to discuss a tidelands lease agreement. The borough assembly came to that consensus after talking for more than an hour behind closed doors at a special meeting Wednesday.
  It’s been about nine months since Skagway voters rejected a tidelands lease extension b
  
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• AVCP delegates call emergency meeting

  18-07-2016 06:21 via ktoo.org
  
  Leaders from around the state gathered in Bethel for the 50th Annual Association of Village Council Presidents Convention. Photo by Dean Swope.
  Next Tuesday will mark the beginning of a two-day “emergency meeting” of Association of Village Council Presidents’ board of directors in Bethel, called by the Akiak Native Community.
  Mike Williams Sr., an AVCP board member from Akiak, distributed the invitation to other board members and says he hopes tribes will attend the meetin
  
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