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• Weather service: Red flag warning for fires in Anchorage

  19-07-2016 23:43 via ktoo.org
  Early Tuesday, the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning effective until 10 p.m. in Anchorage, highlighting higher risk for wildfires.
  The warning came as a result of low humidity and high winds in addition to hot temperatures in the mid 60s to lower 70s. The weather service noted that temperatures will be hottest and winds will be gustiest during the late afternoon going into the evening.
  
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• St. George considers applying for national marine sanctuary status

  19-07-2016 22:58 via ktoo.org
  
  A fishing boat on St. George Island, 2007 (Photo by Annie Feidt)
  St. George Island is taking steps to protect the marine environment in their backyard. The city council passed a resolution earlier this month that could establish a National Marine Sanctuary. Eighty people live on the island of St. George. They’re primarily Unangan and they rely on ocean resources for subsistence.
  Mayor Patrick Pletnikoff says over the past five years the community has noticed a significant decline in the po
  
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• Alaskan Book Review – “Polar Journey: The Role Of Food And Nutrition In Early Exploration”

  19-07-2016 17:39 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews “Polar Journey: The Role Of Food And Nutrition In Early Exploration” by Robert E. Feeney and published by The American Chemical Society and The University Of Alaska Press.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/07/book63.mp3
  
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• Alaskan Book Review – “Alaska Salmon and Sail”

  19-07-2016 17:38 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews “Alaska Salmon and Sail” by Walter Noden and published by Vantage Press.
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/07/BOOK19.mp3
  
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• Alaska villages protest management of regional Native group

  19-07-2016 09:23 via ktoo.org
  An Alaska tribal nonprofit set up decades ago to advocate for 56 Native communities is under fire from some of its member communities.Some village representatives say the sitting leadership of the Association of Village Council Presidents has high-jacked authority from the tribes that created the organization.
  One of the protesting villages, Akiak, is calling for an emergency meeting Tuesday and Wednesday in the regional hub town of Bethel.
  The meeting is not sanctioned by organization leaders w
  
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• Court to consider dismissing fishermen’s lawsuit on fisheries commission

  19-07-2016 09:16 via ktoo.org
  A judge is set to hear arguments in a case brought by the Alaska Department of Law that seeks the dismissal of a lawsuit against the state regarding the management of the state’s commercial fisheries.The Juneau Empire reports oral arguments are scheduled for Tuesday in Juneau Superior Court.
  At the center of a case is an administrative order issued by Gov. Bill Walker that calls for several functions of the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission to be transferred to the Alaska Departme
  
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• A Juneau family shares the price of burglary

  19-07-2016 09:07 via ktoo.org
  
  The Powells sitting at their kitchen table on  July 11. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)
  The Powells are a family of four living in a home in downtown Juneau. There’s Pyper – wife and mother, Justin – the only man in the house, and their two daughters: Mahala, 11, and Juniper, a newborn.
  Their house was broken into in June while they were away on a business trip.
  “Yeah, we came home from our trip, saw the window open, our cats scurrying in through the open window. Th
  
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• Senate ends special session with talk of deficit and deeds

  19-07-2016 08:48 via ktoo.org
  
  Sens. John Coghill, R-North Pole, Berta Gardner, D-Anchorage, Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, and Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, chat after adjourning sine die on Monday. Sine die is a Latin phrase meaning “without appointing a day to resume.” (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
  Three days after the House’s adjournment, the state Senate has also gaveled out, ending the latest special session in Juneau. In closing remarks, senators differed over how successful the body was in addressing th
  
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• Lower costs for heating oil to slow natural gas conversion

  19-07-2016 08:00 via ktoo.org
  
  (Public Domain photo)
  A newly released report shows that about a third of households in interior Alaska won’t make the switch to natural gas once it’s more widely available because of low heating oil prices.The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the Interior Energy Project’s study says about 1,000 homes will convert to natural gas in 2018, the year it’s expected to start being distributed. By 2023, officials are anticipating nearly 11,000 natural gas customers.
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• Juneau utility installs $22 million diesel turbine

  19-07-2016 04:05 via ktoo.org
  
  Bryan Farrell, an engineer at AEL&P, holds open the hatch to the diesel turbine. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO)
  Juneau’s privately owned electric utility — AEL&P —  has already broken ground to build an industrial diesel plant to meet growing demand. And for the city’s residents that means the price for electricity is likely to go up. Before the development goes any further, some community members are asking the state’s regulatory commission to take
  
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• Piping problem leads to dry taps, brown water in Haines

  19-07-2016 03:40 via ktoo.org
  
  The Haines Borough is working to replenish its water supply after storage tanks drained so low Sunday that some neighborhoods were left with dry taps. The water shortage sprung from a problem with the transmission line from the borough’s main water source, Lily Lake.
  Haines resident Merrill Lowden took this picture of her water at about 4 p.m. Sunday, July
  On Sunday afternoon, Fort Seward resident Merrill Lowden drove 5 miles to the Mud Bay spring to get 8 gallons of drinking wat
  
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• Alaska cruise industry grows, global share shrinks

  19-07-2016 03:40 via ktoo.org
  
  Three cruise ships dock in downtown Juneau at the height of the tourist season on July 14. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
  Alaska’s cruise industry is on track to hit the magic million-passenger mark this year.
  Industry leader John Binkley said that many passengers are projected to sail to the 49th state by the end of the season. That will be the first time in half-a-dozen years.
  Binkley, president of Cruise Lines International Association Alaska, said the number is abo
  
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• After health care reform, Premera seeks smaller rate increase

  19-07-2016 03:26 via ktoo.org
  A major health insurer is seeking an average rate increase of about 10 percent on individual health insurance policies in Alaska, far less than what it received the last two years. This follows recent steps by the state to shore up Alaska’s insurance marketplace.Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield is expected to be the only company offering individual health policies in Alaska in 2017, with Moda Health planning to leave that market. Premera received average rate increases of nearly 40 percent f
  
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• A Year After Iran Nuclear Deal, What Has Changed?

  19-07-2016 02:48 via ktoo.org
  
  Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna on Jan. 16, after the International Atomic Energy Agency verified that Iran met all conditions under the nuclear deal. The accord is now one-year-old. Iran is seen as abiding by the requirements of the deal, but its relations with the U.S. and other rivals have not improved on other fronts. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/AP)
  The nuclear deal with Iran has been in place for a year now. The Joint Comprehensi
  
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• Russia Should Be Barred From Rio Olympics, World Anti-Doping Agency Says

  19-07-2016 02:31 via ktoo.org
  
  Canadian law professor Richard McLaren speaks at a news conference Monday in Toronto. McLaren is the author of a new report that accuses Russia of a widespread doping campaign. (Photo by Frank Gunn/AP)
  Citing an investigation that found systematic and state-supported cheating by Russia’s athletes during the Sochi Olympics, the World Anti-Doping Agency says that all Russian athletes and government officials should be barred from this summer’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
  WADA is callin
  
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• Juneau Afternoon -7-18-16

  19-07-2016 02:25 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Monday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon, Laury Scandling hosts.
  Dawn Koldan, from Perseverance Theatre, will be here to highlight the STAR performances;
  We’ll learn about a new Thai restaurant in town;
  And we’ll talk with Jessica Edwards about this year’s SE Alaska State Fair in Haines.
  That, Writers Almanac, Bird Note, music and more, today on A Juneau Afternoon.
  Tune in to KTOO-NEWS at 5 tonight for coverage of the Republican Conventionhttp://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/07
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 7-19-16

  19-07-2016 02:22 via ktoo.org
  Tuesday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon, Ben Brown hosts.
  Jill Weitz will be here to highlight SATURDAY’S Southeast Feast;
  We’ll meet Nicholas Newbury, a new OB/GYN doctor in town;
  We’ll get a preview of a night of Shakespeare, a fundraiser for the victims of the events in Orlando;
  MacNaughton, Mark Graham, and Meghan Garrison will be here to show off a tote bag.
  That, Writers Almanac, Bird Note, music and more, during Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon.
  
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• Many Cops Under Tremendous Stress After High-Profile Killings

  19-07-2016 02:18 via ktoo.org
  
  Dallas Police headquarters on July 14, 2016. Micah X. Johnson had fatally shot five police officers and wounded nine others in Dallas on July 7. (Creative Commons photo by Dave Hensley)
  It’s a warm and muggy summer afternoon in Chicago, but that doesn’t seem to bother the kids clamoring to ride the Ferris wheel, the Rock-O-Plane and other carnival rides set up in this southwest suburban park.
  At the annual Chicago Fraternal Order of Police summer picnic, city cops and their families
  
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• Gov. Walker adds cabinet level oil and gas adviser

  19-07-2016 01:35 via ktoo.org
  
  John Hendrix is the state’s new oil and gas adviser. (Photo courtesy of Walker administration)
  Governor Walker created a new cabinet level position in his administration, an Oil and Gas adviser. He appointed John Hendrix to the job, who most recently worked as General Manager for Apache Alaska, a company that pulled out of the state this spring, citing low oil prices.
  Walker made the announcement during a speech Monday at an Anchorage Chamber of Commerce lunch event. He said he has long b
  
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• Chaos Erupts On RNC Floor As #NeverTrump Makes Last Stand

  19-07-2016 00:56 via ktoo.org
  
  Chaos erupted on the floor on the first day of the Republican National Committee in Cleveland, as forces opposed to Donald Trump tried — and failed — to make one last stand.Arkansas Rep. Steve Womack brought up the Rules Committee report, which would keep delegates bound to Trump. Anti-Trump forces began shouting and wanting a roll call vote in a last-ditch effort to unbind GOP delegates and let them vote their “conscience.”Scene from the Virginia delegation pic.twitter.c
  
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