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• At Democratic Convention, Obama To Rally For Clinton — And His Own Legacy

  27-07-2016 21:49 via ktoo.org
  
  President Obama at the NATO summit in Poland earlier this month.
  Sean Gallup/Getty Images
  President Obama likes to say he has run his last campaign. But he’s determined to give Hillary Clinton a running start toward her own November election, mindful that much of his legacy depends on her crossing the finish line into the White House.
  “I’m ready to pass the baton,” Obama told supporters at a joint rally with Clinton in Charlotte, N.C., earlier this month. “I know sh
  
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• Anchorage police investigate shooting of teenage driver

  27-07-2016 21:21 via ktoo.org
  Anchorage police are investigating a shooting that left a teenage driver wounded.
  Anchorage television station KTVA reports the 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest early Monday.
  Police spokeswoman Anita Shell said he was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
  The injured boy shortly before 5 a.m. Monday walked into a Holiday gas station and store in east Anchorage.
  He told investigators he had been shot while driving near Sixth Avenue and Karluk Street.
  He is expected to survive.
  
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• Trump Calls On Russia To Hack Into Clinton’s Emails

  27-07-2016 21:12 via ktoo.org
  
  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks this week in Charlotte, N.C., this week. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)
  Donald Trump urged Russian agents to “find” his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s emails and release them, an unprecedented move by a candidate for president encouraging such a foreign breach.
  “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” the GOP presidential nominee sai
  
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• Charges against Dillingham Orthodox priest dropped

  27-07-2016 20:34 via ktoo.org
  
  St. Seraphim of Sarov Church is Dillingham’s Orthodox church. (Photo by J. Stephen Conn/Panaramio Creative Commons)
  The attempted sexual assault case against a Dillingham parish priest has been dismissed by the prosecution.
  A grand jury in Anchorage did not return an indictment on the felony charge this week, and the prosecutor dismissed both charges against Father Michael Nicolai.
  Nicholai, originally from Kwethluck, has served several years as the priest at the St. Seraphim of Sarov Chur
  
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• Assembly adds gender expression to proposed equal rights ordinance

  27-07-2016 20:18 via ktoo.org
  
  Assembly members Jesse Kiehl and Debbie White listen to City Attorney Amy Mead July 25, 2015. (Photo by Lakeidra Chavis/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly has made changes to the proposed Juneau Equal Rights Ordinance, which would create non-discrimination laws for the capital city.
  If passed, it would add protections under sexual orientation, gender identity and, in the newest draft, gender expression.
  During a work session Monday evening, the assembly focused most of its time on the ordinance
  
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• Fishing vessel takes on water near Adak

  27-07-2016 07:10 via ktoo.org
  The Coast Guard says the Alaska Juris, a 229- foot fishing vessel, was reported to be taking on water Tuesday afternoon in the Aleutians. The Coast Guard reports 46 people in survival suits abandoned ship in three life rafts. As of 4 p.m., the Coast Guard was on the way to the ship which was 174 miles from Adak.
  The ship is owned by the Fishing Company of Alaska, which is based in Seattle. Another FCA vessel, the Alaska Ranger, sank in 2008, killing five people.
  A second Good Samaritan vess
  
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• Juneau discusses race, violence and community

  27-07-2016 06:52 via ktoo.org
  
  Click to view slideshow.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/07/25Race.wavLocal artists Christy NaMee Eriksen and Melissa Garcia Johnson sent out an invitation to share art and discuss racial justice and violence at the University of Alaska Southeast Student Recreation Center in Juneau Sunday. Dozens of people attended.
  The event had three parts: A visual art exhibition, live performances and multiple conversations about race relations in the U.S.
  “We’re welcoming, what w
  
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• Area in Denali Park to reopen after bear sightings

  27-07-2016 06:41 via ktoo.org
  Denali National Park officials are planning to reopen an area of the park that had been closed because of a problem grizzly bear, which will be killed by park rangers once it is located.
  The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that park spokeswoman Katheen Kelly says the Mountain Vista and Savage Loop trails will reopen to the public Thursday. They will be available for use from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
  The Savage River area had been closed or restricted to limited use since July 1, when a bear bit an
  
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• Mummified Egyptian Was Just As Sedentary And Carb-Hungry As Modern Men

  27-07-2016 06:35 via ktoo.org
  
  A CT scan of the skull of a 2,200-year-old Egyptian mummy on display in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem shows osteoporosis and tooth decay, the museum said Tuesday. (Photo by Ariel Schalit/AP)
  The 2,200-year-old mummy of an Egyptian man who spent a lot of time sitting and eating carbs went on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on Tuesday and will be open to the public beginning Wednesday.
  Alex, as he is called by the researchers who study him, was a 5-foot-6-inch Egyptian priest who spent
  
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• Fewer Young People Buying Houses, But Why?

  27-07-2016 06:29 via ktoo.org
  
  First-time home buyers participating at lower rates in the otherwise booming housing market, and experts offer differing opinions on whether, or when, younger buyers are likely to return. (Robert Carter/Getty Images/Ikon Images)
  Trevor Burbank is single, 27 years old, and has been house hunting in Nashville for the last year.
  “My rent’s going up in August, so I have to figure out what I’m doing,” he says.
  The last time Burbank looked for a place was five years ago. He dec
  
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• Obama Opens Doors to More Central American Refugees

  27-07-2016 03:38 via ktoo.org
  
  The Obama administration announced today that it is expanding a program that helps Central American refugees, including minors, to reunite with their families in the United States. The effort is designed to discourage people from leaving their homeland and flooding the southern U.S. border, say administration officials.
  The program has three components.
  First, it broadens the categories of people eligible to enter the U.S. to include siblings over the age of 21, parents of qualified children, an
  
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• Clinton Makes History As Democratic Presidential Nominee

  27-07-2016 03:34 via ktoo.org
  
  Hillary Clinton became the first woman nominated for president by a major party on Tuesday. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
  The Democratic National Convention made history Tuesday evening: Amid applause, shouts, cheers and in some cases tears, the delegates on the floor of the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia nominated Hillary Clinton for president of the United States.
  Clinton is now the first female presidential candidate of a major American party.
  It is a historic moment 150 years in the
  
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• Moody’s downgrades Alaska credit rating; fourth time this year

  27-07-2016 03:27 via ktoo.org
  Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Alaska’s credit rating for the second time in six months, citing the state’s massive budget deficit and its failure to find a long-term political solution.
  In a report released Monday, Moody’s wrote that Alaska’s savings accounts will buy the state “several more years” to figure out its fiscal future. But, analysts wrote, the downgrade reflects the state’s “political inability — at least for now&
  
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• Moody’s downgrades Alaska credit rating; fourth downgrade this year

  27-07-2016 03:23 via ktoo.org
  
  Sens. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, and Charlie Huggins, R-Wasilla, linger after the Senate adjourned sine die, July 18, 2016. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
  Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Alaska’s credit rating for the second time in six months, citing the state’s massive budget deficit and its failure to find a long-term political solution.
  In a report released Monday, Moody’s wrote that Alaska’s savings accounts will buy the state “several more
  
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• Budget cuts shut down Palmer Correctional Facility

  27-07-2016 03:03 via ktoo.org
  The Palmer Correctional Facility is slated to close due to budget cuts. (Photo courtesy Alaska Department of Corrections)
  The state’s Palmer Correctional Facility is slated to close.
  Department of Corrections Commissioner Dean Williams announced the move Tuesday. It’s a money-saving measure called for by Gov. Bill Walker.
  Williams met with Matanuska-Susitna Borough officials and city mayor DeLena Johnson before going public with the announcement.
  “We are giving ourselves f
  
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• Alaska Sanders delegates joined final push before Clinton nomination

  27-07-2016 03:02 via ktoo.org
  
  Gavin Hudson stands with a Bernie Sanders cardboard cutout during the Alaska Democratic Convention earlier this year. Hudson, at the national convention in Philadelphia, said he is switching to Hillary Clinton. (Photo courtesy Gavin Hudson)
  Delegates at the Democratic National Convention officially nominated Hillary Clinton to widespread cheering — inside the arena. But outside, thousands of Bernie Sanders supporters banged on the security fences, shouting election fraud.
  It’s still
  
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• Researchers find new whale species in Western Alaska

  27-07-2016 03:01 via ktoo.org
  
  This skeleton hanging at Unalaska High School is the only full specimen of a new species of whale, long known but only recently classified. (Photo courtesy Unalaska School District)
  Researchers think they’ve found a new species of whale in Western Alaska. A new study published in Marine Mammal Science is identifying the find as a relative of the Baird’s beaked whale.
  It doesn’t have an official name yet. Researchers aren’t quite that far along in the process of actua
  
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• Anchorage police target drunk driving with new patrol unit

  27-07-2016 02:59 via ktoo.org
  
  Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz (at podium), Commissioner Marc Luiken (left) and Police Chief Chris Tolley announce the launch of a new DUI patrol. (Photo by Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)
  Anchorage is assigning more police to handle drunk drivers.
  City and police officials have announced the expansion, funded by a $2 million federal grant through the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration over five years. The money will help pay for a unit with six patrol officers, a serg
  
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• Artifacts removed from historic building threatened by erosion

  27-07-2016 02:58 via ktoo.org
  
  Delta Historical Society President Maureen Gardner watches the Tanana River, which is eroding its bank and threatening the old Telegraph Station living quarters. (Photo by Tim Ellis/KUAC)
  Volunteers with Alaska State Parks and the Delta Historical Society have removed artifacts from a 110-year-old building at Big Delta State Historical Park. The agencies had planned to wait, to see if the Tanana River washed away more of the riverbank on which the building sits. But Sunday’s move was promp
  
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• Eight tons of chum salmon destroyed after truck spill

  27-07-2016 02:24 via ktoo.org
  
  Crews load salmon back into fish totes after a tuck rollover on Egan Drive on July 25th, 2016. (Photo by Mikko Wilson/KTOO)
  An estimated 16,000 to 18,000 pounds of chum salmon were destroyed after a truck overturned in downtown Juneau Monday afternoon. The spill blocked Egan Drive, a major roadway leading in and out of downtown.
  Department of Environmental Conservation’s Environmental Health Inspector Jason Wiard received phone calls after the spill. He said he called around to f
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 7-27-16

  27-07-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  Wednesday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon, Laury Scandling hosts.
  Ray Videc will be here with details about an upcoming workshop on Building Healthy Families;
  We’ll continue our series on Summer Fun Activities with Jon Neary, Director of the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center
  That, Writer’s Almanac, Bird Note, music and more; live at 3 on KTOO-NEWS, repeated at 4 on KRNN, and on-line via ktoo.org
  Tune in to KTOO-NEWS at 5 for live coverage of the Democratic National Convention, followed by
  
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• Officials identify body found in Tongass Narrows

  27-07-2016 01:26 via ktoo.org
  A body found floating in the Tongass Narrows over the weekend has been positively identified by the State Medical Examiner’s Office as Harris Hunter Wood II, 63, of Ketchikan.
  Tongass Narrows is the ocean passage between Ketchikan and Gravina Island in Southeast Alaska.
  According to Tuesday’s online Alaska State Troopers dispatch report, the autopsy results determined the cause of death to be drowning.  Next of kin has been notified.
  Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters s
  
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