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• Alaskan Book Review – “Ramberg’s War: The Toilet Mission”

  26-07-2016 19:45 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews “Ramberg’s War: The Toilet Mission” by Tripp Triplett and published by Toexcel Publishing.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/07/book12.mp3
  
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• Alaskan Book Review – “Gold Rush Dogs”

  26-07-2016 19:40 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews “Gold Rush Dogs” by Claire Rudolf Murphy and Jane Haigh and published by Alaska Northwest Publishing.
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• Alaskan Book Review – “Ha’ah Too Voon Ah’ah Goon Uese: For Healing Our Spirit”

  26-07-2016 19:32 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews “Ha’ah Too Voon Ah’ah Goon Uese: For Healing Our Spirit” by Nora Marks and Richard Dauenhauer, and published by the University of Washington Press and the Sealaska Heritage Foundation.
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• Former Alaska House spokesman denies assaulting woman

  26-07-2016 07:45 via ktoo.org
  A former spokesman for the majority caucus of the Alaska House of Representatives who is accused of striking a woman and holding her down by the throat has pleaded not guilty to assault charges.
  KTUU-TV Will Vandergriff denied two misdemeanor assault charges Friday in connection with the June 12 incident at an apartment in Anchorage’s Government Hill neighborhood.
  Court documents say the woman told officers Vandergriff hit her on the head several times and pinned her down on the ground to
  
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• Restaurant suspends Chena River golf game after complaint

  26-07-2016 07:42 via ktoo.org
  A complaint about river pollution has led to the suspension of a popular golf game at a Fairbanks restaurant.
  Pike’s Landing is no longer letting patrons try to hit golf balls across the Chena River.
  Environmental activist Rick Steiner asked the state Department of Environmental Conservation to investigate the game because state and federal laws prohibit dumping plastics in rivers.
  Steiner says golf balls likely flow all the way to the Bering Sea, where they’re a hazard to wildlife m
  
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• Michael Jordan Speaks Up For Black Lives And Police Officers

  26-07-2016 07:37 via ktoo.org
  
  Michael Jordan is condemning violence against both African-Americans and police. His forceful and emotional statement, released by ESPN’s The Undefeated, is a marked change for the NBA legend.
  Jordan has been famously apolitical during his career — first as a Hall of Fame basketball player for the Chicago Bulls and more recently as an owner of the Charlotte Hornets — avoiding public statements on politics and civil rights, when other athletes have spoken out.
  “I can no lo
  
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• Call The Pied Piper: New Zealand Wants To Get Rid Of Its Rats. All Of Them

  26-07-2016 07:31 via ktoo.org
  
  At Ulva Island Bird Sanctuary on Stewart Island, New Zealand, a sign warned visitors in 2008 to check their bags. The fight against invasive predators continues. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
  When it comes to invasive predators, New Zealand smells a rat — and a stoat, and a possum.
  But not for long.
  By 2050, the island nation hopes to be rid of the invasive mammalian predators — completely.
  It’s a goal that was formally announced Monday by New Ze
  
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• Amid Jeers From His Supporters, Sanders Backs Clinton In First Night Of DNC

  26-07-2016 07:18 via ktoo.org
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders takes the stage on the first evening of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday.
  (Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)
  The first night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia was marked by acrimony despite constant calls for unity by party leaders.
  Still reeling from the revelations of an email leak, supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders disrupted the proceedings throughout the night with boos and jeers. A night that was supposed to mark
  
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• Alaska delegates contemplate the after-Bern

  26-07-2016 06:44 via ktoo.org
  
  One Sanders fan stated his position in lights on his back at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia. (Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)
  Hours before the official start of the Democratic National Convention, Sen. Bernie Sanders faced a ballroom full of his delegates and tried to rally them to support Hillary Clinton. A few of Sanders’ Alaska delegates later spoke of the moment with a mix of sadness and pragmatism.
  Here’s how it sounded when Sanders told the crowd what they d
  
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• It’s been a heck of a berry season in Southeast Alaska

  26-07-2016 06:29 via ktoo.org
  
  Lovey Brock, 71, has been picking berries in Wrangell since she was a kid.
  “I used to go berry picking with an elderly lady that lived next door to us and at the time, Wrangell was mostly woods,” said Brock. “So we would go out on a point. She would take us out there, and we’d pick berries all day long and come home.”
  It’s been a great season for salmon and other berries in Southeast Alaska. (Photo by Aaron Bolton/KSTK News)
  When asked about this year’s
  
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• Sitka Seafood Festival issues SOS

  26-07-2016 06:26 via ktoo.org
  
  Esther Burdick comes up empty in the Bobbing-for-Fish Heads event during the 2015 festival. She would eventually land her humpy. (KCAW photo/Robert Woolsey).
  The Sitka Seafood Festival has issued a call for help after the 2016 event was placed on hold earlier this year.
  Alicia Haseltine, vice president of the festival board, said the decision was made after the festival lost several of its leaders.
  “Last year was our sixth year, and each year it’s continued to grow,”
  
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• Northwest Native caucus presents priorities in Philadelphia

  26-07-2016 06:24 via ktoo.org
  
  Michelle Obama speaks at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Representatives of nine Pacific Northwest tribes are attending this year’s convention. (Photo by Ava Lowery/Flickr)
  A Native American caucus from the Pacific Northwest is in Philadelphia this week to speak for the priorities of Northwest tribes at the Democratic National Convention.
  Washington’s Native American Caucus Chair Julie Johnson said it’s possible this year’s 16-member grou
  
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• Petersburg leaders favor state income tax over sales tax

  26-07-2016 06:22 via ktoo.org
  
  Petersburg is seen from the air in this February 2014 photo. The Southeast community’s assembly wants a statewide income tax before a sales tax. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
  The Petersburg Borough Assembly agrees with the governor — on at least one thing.
  At a July 18 meeting, members unanimously approved a resolution supporting a state income tax over a state sales tax, issues that Gov. Bill Walker and the legislature have been considering to bring in more revenue.
  
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• Could the Marine Corps be coming to Alaska?

  26-07-2016 06:20 via ktoo.org
  
  A celebratory cake was set out during the U.S. Marine Corps commandant’s visit to an Anchorage VFW post. (Photo by Ben Matheson/for Alaska Public Media)
  The head of the U.S. Marine Corps stopped in Anchorage and the interior this weekend to evaluate new opportunities for training. But some see it as a potential first step in building a permanent presence.
  Wearing scuffed combat boots in the parking lot just outside the Mountain View VFW hall in Anchorage, Republican Senator Dan Sullivan so
  
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• Overturned truck blocks Egan with load of fish

  26-07-2016 04:19 via ktoo.org
  
   
  Authorities diverted traffic away from Egan Drive Monday, July 25, 2016 after a truck carrying fish tipped over. (Photo by Lakeidra Chavis)
  An assembly line of workers collected piles of fish that spilled onto Egan Drive near Highland Avenue after a truck tipped over Monday afternoon.
  “So when the vehicle rolled over onto its side, it lost its load and the fish were spilled over the intersection. The inbound lanes of Egan Drive were completely blocked,” Juneau Police Lieutenan
  
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• First-time offenders get second chance under new criminal justice reform law

  26-07-2016 03:25 via ktoo.org
  
  A defendant confers with his court-appointed defense attorney during an arraignment at the Dimond Courthouse in Juneau. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
  The criminal justice reform bill recently signed into law includes changes intended to save money and reduce the state’s prison population by reducing the factors that contribute to recidivism, or the revolving door of offenders repeatedly returning to prison. The wide-ranging measure includes a small tweak to current law that allows non-v
  
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• Alaska has the highest level of state spending, but that’s not the whole story

  26-07-2016 03:22 via ktoo.org
  
  This chart shows state spending and revenue over the past 11 years. It was prepared by the Alaska Division of Legislative Finance.
  One of the issues dividing Alaska’s legislators is the level of state spending. Some lawmakers want to continue to cut spending before considering introducing or raising taxes, or making long-term cuts to  Permanent Fund dividends. Others are concerned about the loss of services and the effect on the state’s economy from deeper cuts.
  Some House membe
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 7-26-16

  26-07-2016 02:46 via ktoo.org
  TUESDAY, July 26, 2016
  8:00          Crosscurrents with the Rock Dog
  10:00        Soundings with Janet Grange
  NOON      Jazz Night in America
  1:00          Performance Today – Classical music
  3:00          Fiesta! – Classical music with a Latin bent
  4:00        &
  
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• Why Would Vladimir Putin Want To Leak The DNC Emails?

  26-07-2016 02:23 via ktoo.org
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a recent meeting of Russia’s Cabinet in the Kremlin. Security experts say Russia is behind the DNC hack. (Photo by The Associated Press)
  Why would Russian President Vladimir Putin want to help Donald Trump win the White House?
  That’s the accusation from Democrats this week, after embarrassing internal Democratic National Committee emails appeared on Wikileaks on the eve of the party’s convention in Philadelphia.
  The emails were lifted ear
  
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• Sanders Supporters Boo As He Calls For Them To Vote For Clinton

  26-07-2016 01:47 via ktoo.org
  
  Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., march during a protest in downtown Philadelphia on Sunday. (Photo by John Minchillo/AP)
  Democrats’ attempts to put on a unified front on the first day of their convention in Philadelphia got off to a disastrous start Monday morning.
  Primary runner-up Bernie Sanders was loudly booed when he spoke to his supporters after telling them they needed to vote for Hillary Clinton and her running mate Tim Kaine.
  It was at least the second incidence of b
  
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