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• Obama: ‘Reject Cynicism And Reject Fear’ And Elect Hillary Clinton

  28-07-2016 23:44 via ktoo.org
  
  Hillary Clinton joins President Obama after his address at the Democratic National Convention.
  Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
  Democrats called on Americans to reject what they called the politics of fear and division of the GOP and elect Hillary Clinton during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
  Everyone from President Barack Obama to Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine contrasted the Democratic vision of America with the vision offered by Republican p
  
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• Reporter from Alaska Jose DelReal booted from Mike Pence event

  28-07-2016 23:34 via ktoo.org
  
  Washington Post reporter Jose DelReal grew up in Anchorage and graduated from a local high school in 2009 (Photo courtesy of Twitter, @jdelreal)
  A Washington Post reporter at the heart of a high-profile campaign incident grew up in Alaska and graduated from an Anchorage high school.
  Jose DelReal grew up in Anchorage and graduated from East High School in 2009.
  The Washington Post’s style section reports that DelReal was blocked Wednesday from covering a campaign event for Republican v
  
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• Alaskan reporter Jose DelReal booted from Mike Pence event

  28-07-2016 23:34 via ktoo.org
  
  Washington Post reporter Jose DelReal grew up in Anchorage and graduated from a local high school in 2009 (Photo courtesy of Twitter, @jdelreal)
  A Washington Post reporter at the heart of a high-profile campaign incident grew up in Alaska and graduated from an Anchorage high school.
  Jose DelReal grew up in Anchorage and graduated from East High School in 2009.
  The Washington Post’s style section reports that DelReal was blocked Wednesday from covering a campaign event for Republican v
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 7-29-16

  28-07-2016 22:30 via ktoo.org
  Friday on A Juneau Afternoon, Jeff Brown will be your host;
  We’ll talk with Jeff Brady and Dave Sexton, authors of the second edition of the Skagway Police Blotter.
  We’ll talk with Brenda Weaver about the celebrations surrounding the release of the new Harry Potter book.
  That, Writers’ Almanac, Bird Note, music and more, Friday on A Juneau Afternoon, live on KTOO-News at 3, repeated at 4 on KRNN, and available on-demand via ktoo.org
   
  
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• Anchorage man charged in stabbing death

  28-07-2016 22:25 via ktoo.org
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Anchorage man was charged Thursday on two murder counts after police found a dead body inside his midtown apartment.
  Kelly Frederick, 33, has been charged with first- and second-degree murder.
  An arraignment was scheduled Thursday afternoon.
  Online court records didn’t list an attorney for Frederick, who is being held without bail.
  Police say there were called to an apartment late Wednesday night, where they found two people holding Frederick on the ground.
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• Trump says he was being ‘sarcastic’ in asking Russia to ‘find’ Clinton’s emails

  28-07-2016 19:52 via ktoo.org
  
  Donald Trump makes a campaign stop in Scranton, Pa., on Wednesday. He faced a day of harsh criticism from across the political spectrum for appearing to urge Russia to hack his Democratic rival’s email. (John Moore/Getty Images)
  A day after shocking the political and foreign policy establishments on both sides of the aisle with a call for Russia to hack into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s email, Republican nominee Donald Trump now says he was being “sarcastic
  
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• Senior tax exemption will go to Kenai Peninsula Borough voters

  28-07-2016 19:33 via ktoo.org
  Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will have their say on whether the borough’s optional senior property tax exemption will be phased out.
  Currently, seniors in the borough receive $350,000 in property tax exemptions — $150,000 mandated by the state, $150,000 offered by the borough and another $50,000 from the borough for all residential property owners.
  “The minimum exemption you will ever receive is $200,000. It simply phases out the optional $150,000,” assembly member
  
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• Ketchikan School Board OKs abuse/assault program policy

  28-07-2016 16:45 via ktoo.org
  
  Ketchikan High School (Photo from KRBD)
  The Ketchikan School Board quickly approved a new policy Wednesday establishing programs to help reduce child abuse and sexual assault.
  There was no discussion before the unanimous roll-call vote in favor of the policy, which calls for age-appropriate information for students in all grade levels to teach about appropriate conduct, and resources available for students.
  The program also will provide information for dating-age students about healthy and respe
  
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• United Fishermen launches survey on communication, salmon habitat

  28-07-2016 07:20 via ktoo.org
  
  Chinook salmon, Yukon Delta NWR. (Public domain photo by Craig Springer/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
  The United Fishermen of Alaska is working on a project to figure out what issues the salmon fleet is concerned about – and how to reach the commercial fishermen.
  “Our goal is to get more efficient as a committee, to get more efficient as an organization, to help consolidate information, to ensure that salmon fishermen in Alaska are as informed as they want to be about what’
  
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• Anchorage economic report: Pain ahead, but not devastation

  28-07-2016 04:34 via ktoo.org
  
  Anchorage Economic Development Corp. CEO Bill Popp addresses the crowd at the group’s annual economic forecast luncheon on Wednesday, July 27. (Photo by Graelyn Brashear/Alaska Public Media)
  The Anchorage Economic Development Corp.’s annual forecast for the local economy is usually pretty sunny, but the steep drop in oil prices last year means Anchorage and Alaska are in the midst of the first economic downturn in nearly three decades.
  Still, the overall message at the AEDC’s a
  
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• Assembly adds gender expression to equal rights ordinance

  28-07-2016 04:14 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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• Why a Bahamas tanker is carrying North Slope crude

  28-07-2016 03:49 via ktoo.org
  Photo by Alastair Grant/AP
  A foreign-owned tanker is expected to transport North Slope crude to Asia in the coming weeks. BP has shipped its oil overseas before, but it’s been decades since it was on a tanker built and managed outside the U.S.
  Joyce Lofgren, a state petroleum economist, says news about an oil tanker — named Tianlong Spirit — has caused some confusion. She’s received emails from people wondering what all of the fuss is about. They thought Alaska was alread
  
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• Where are the herring? Unalaska’s seine fishery remains on hold

  28-07-2016 03:21 via ktoo.org
  Fishermen check out their herring catch. (Credit Public Domain, US Government work, via Wikimedia Commons.)
  The commercial herring fishery is on hold in Unalaska — because no one can find the fish.
  The herring season opened more than a week ago. So far, fishermen haven’t had any luck, even with a spotter pilot searching from above.
  “There’s been no appreciable harvest at all,” said Frank Kelty on the Unalaska Fisheries Report. “The fish appear to be well
  
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• Kodiak Island Borough has highest rent in Alaska

  28-07-2016 03:19 via ktoo.org
  Coast Guard Base Kodiak is seen from across Women’s Bay, Dec. 31, 2011. Service members living off base have a housing allowance, which drives up local rental costs.  (Creative Commons photo by James Brooks)
  The Kodiak Island Borough has the highest rent in the state. That’s according to a publication from the Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development that looks at the cost of living in Alaska and economic trends for July 2016.
  Alyssa Rodrigues, an economi
  
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• Southeast Alaska State Fair kicks off Thursday in Haines

  28-07-2016 03:18 via ktoo.org
  
  
  A view of the 2015 Southeast state fair from the Ferris wheel. This year’s fair begins Thursday. (Photo by Greta Mart/KHNS)
  Haines’ biggest event of the year begins Thursday. The Southeast Alaska State Fair draws thousands of people to enjoy diverse musical acts, delicious food and classic fair staples like a carousel and Ferris wheel.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/07/27FairPreview-L.mp3There are some performers who experience the fair once, and keep coming back. Th
  
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• Many Well-Known Hospitals Fail To Score High In Medicare Rankings

  28-07-2016 02:56 via ktoo.org
  
  Memorial Hermann Hospital System in Houston was one of very few nationally renowned hospitals to get a five-star ranking from Medicare. (Photo by Ed Uthman/Flickr)
  The federal government released its first overall hospital quality rating on Wednesday, slapping average or below average scores on many of the nation’s best-known hospitals while awarding top scores to many unheralded ones.
  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rated 3,617 hospitals on a one- to five-star scale, ange
  
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• After Coup Attempt, Turkish Government Cracks Down On Media

  28-07-2016 02:30 via ktoo.org
  
  Journalists gather outside a court building to support journalist Bulent Mumay, who was detained Tuesday in connection with the investigation of the attempted coup in Turkey. (Photo by Petros Karadjias/AP)
  The Turkish government has cracked down on independent media since an attempted coup on July 15, shutting down at least 45 newspapers and 16 TV stations, The Associated Press reports.
  On Wednesday, the state-run news service Anadolu Agency reported 47 arrest warrants had been issued for employ
  
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• Kodiak runway extends 600 feet into ocean as safety measure

  28-07-2016 02:26 via ktoo.org
  If a jet needs a little extra space landing at the Kodiak airport, the runway has just been extended — 600 feet into the ocean. But don’t expect any watery landings.
  The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports airports typically extend runways for safety reasons, but geography was a challenge in Kodiak because the airport runway has a mountain on one end and the ocean on the other.
  It was decided to extend the runway into the ocean, and an Engineered Material Arresting System was installed. That
  
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• Payment delays stall bulk water sales in Sitka

  28-07-2016 02:20 via ktoo.org
  Efforts to advance bulk water sales in Sitka have stalled amid missed payments.
  Members of the Gary Paxton Industrial Park Board of Directors this week expressed frustration with the delays, but left open the possibility for the interested groups to buy water rights if they come up with the required money.
  Alaska Bulk Water Inc. had held water rights to Blue Lake for nearly 10 years. The Daily Sitka Sentinel reports the company’s last contract ended in December and a renewal attempt f
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 7-28-16

  28-07-2016 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;
  Dozens of people answered an invitation to share art and discuss racial justice and violence at the University of Alaska Southeast Student Recreation Center in Juneau Sunday.   KTOO’s Quinton Chandler produced this audio postcard.
  We’ll continue our series on Summer Fun Activities with Jon Neary, Director of the Mendenhall
  
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• Kotzebue caribou meeting reveals tensions from both sides

  28-07-2016 01:41 via ktoo.org
  
  Male caribou running near Kiwalik, Alaska. (Photo by Jim Dau/ADF&G)
  Kotzebue residents expressed concerns last week that data used by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to overturn the sport hunter ban in Unit 23 may be incomplete and misleading.
  The Federal Subsistence Board held the meeting July 18 to collect opinions regarding the special action to overturn the exclusion of non-resident caribou hunters in Unit 23.
  Unit 23, about 25 miles north of Kotzebue, is home to the Western
  
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• Road to Haines: SHIVERTWINS Interview

  28-07-2016 01:16 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Eric Mountcastle and James Rosales of the Seattle band SHIVERTWINS perform at the 2014 Southeast Alaska State Fair. (Photo by Annie Bartholomew/KTOO)
   
  The Seattle-based punk band SHIVERTWINS stopped in Juneau today en route to Haines for its annual trip to the Southeast Alaska State Fair. Last Friday,  the band released it’s new single, “Rearrange”” accompanied by a self-directed music video.
  Guitar player and vocalist Eric Mountcastle
  
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• Crew escapes flooding trawler, recovery plan in the works

  28-07-2016 01:10 via ktoo.org
  
  The trawler Alaska Juris floats approximately 690 miles west of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, July 26, 2016. See video below. (Photo by U.S. Coast Guard)
  Forty-six crewmembers were rescued Tuesday night after their fishing vessel started sinking off the Aleutian Islands. And now, officials are working on a recovery plan for the abandoned trawler.
  The Alaska Juris began taking on water Tuesday afternoon near Kiska Island, nearly 700 miles west of Dutch Harbor. Crewmembers donned survival s
  
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• Warm ocean water leads to heavy rain in Alaska

  28-07-2016 00:54 via ktoo.org
  
  Graphic courtesy of Brian Brettschneider
  It’s been unusually wet across a large section of the state this summer.
  Brian Brettschneider is a climatologist in Anchorage who closely tracks Alaska climate data and trends. Alaska’s Energy Desk is checking in with him regularly as part of a new segment- Ask a Climatologist.
  Brettschneider told Energy Desk editor Annie Feidt that some parts of the state, especially near Fairbanks, have had double their normal rainfall since June.
  
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• Crewmembers escape flooding trawler, recovery plan in the works

  28-07-2016 00:10 via ktoo.org
  
  The trawler Alaska Juris floats approximately 690 miles west of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, July 26, 2016. See video below. (Photo by U.S. Coast Guard)
  Forty-six crewmembers were rescued Tuesday night after their fishing vessel started sinking off the Aleutian Islands. And now, officials are working on a recovery plan for the abandoned trawler.
  The Alaska Juris began taking on water Tuesday afternoon near Kiska Island, nearly 700 miles west of Dutch Harbor. Crewmembers donned survival s
  
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