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• JPD: Man wielding knife in downtown Juneau was fighting off imaginary animals

  05-09-2016 22:15 via ktoo.org
  Police say a man wielding a knife in downtown Juneau on Saturday afternoon believed he was fighting off attacks from imaginary animals.
  In a news release, the Juneau Police Department says they responded to reports of the 52-year-old Juneau man at 4:24 p.m. at the intersection of Main Street and Egan Drive.
  Police say the man, who they did not identify by name, appeared to be under the influence of an unknown substance and to be having a mental health emergency.
  Because of the knife, the respond
  
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• S.C. county sprays for mosquitoes but accidentally takes out millions of bees

  05-09-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Honeybees are vulnerable to the kind of pesticide sprayed in Dorchester County, but hives — at least those maintained by beekeepers — could have been protected, by the timing of the spraying or by physical barriers. They weren’t, and millions of bees died. (Photo by Keith McDuffee/Flickr)
  It wasn’t meant for the bees.
  The pesticide raining down from the sky in Dorchester County, S.C., was meant to kill mosquitoes — for the sake of safety, the county says. Mosquitoes
  
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• Regional bat surveys play a larger role in bat research

  05-09-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
   
  Wrangell bat survey route. (Photo by Aaron Bolton/KSTK)
  All over Southeast Alaska this summer, volunteers have been conducting bat surveys for the state Department of Fish and Game.
  The surveys are being conducted to monitor bat populations regionally.
  The data is playing a bigger role in bat research across North America.
  It’s about 15 minutes after sunset on Wrangell Island, and Corree Delabrue is getting ready for a driving survey about 30 miles south of town.
  “So what
  
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• Past crime rates give perspective on lower juvenile detention numbers

  05-09-2016 18:04 via ktoo.org
  
  The graph shows juvenile referrals and offenses over a 10-year period. (Courtesy Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice)
  The state’s Division of Juvenile Justice said the number of kids being sent their way is almost half what it was 10 years ago.
  When a minor is arrested or charged with a crime, they’re generally referred to Juvenile Justice for punishment or treatment, or both.
  The reason behind the decrease isn’t completely clear, but it’s a nationwide trend.
  Two juv
  
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• ‘Alien’ signal source reportedly located (it wasn’t the Vulcans)

  05-09-2016 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Radio telescopes of the Allen Telescope Array are seen in Hat Creek, Calif. A signal that intrigued scientists has been found to have its roots on Earth, Russian scientists say. (Photo by Ben Margot/Associated Press)
  If it were a phone call, we might call it a butt dial: A strong radio signal that set off questions about whether it emanated from an advanced alien race earlier this week is now believed to have come from a terrestrial source, and possibly from a Russian military satellite.
  The cla
  
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• Pedestrian hit by Anchorage police car, suffers broken leg

  05-09-2016 17:47 via ktoo.org
  
  Authorities say a man has been hospitalized with a broken leg after being struck by an Anchorage police vehicle.KTUU-TV reports that police say the incident happened as officers were responding early Sunday to a report of a disturbance with a weapon.
  The Anchorage Police Department says police had the lights and sirens on their vehicle activated when they came across a man in the street wearing dark clothing. The department reported that the man was not in a crosswalk.
  Police say the office
  
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• Jury finds Skagway shopkeeper not guilty in Native art fraud case

  05-09-2016 17:45 via ktoo.org
  
  A Skagway shopkeeper has been found not guilty of fraudulently presenting art as Alaska Native-made.The Juneau Empire reports 56-year-old Rosemary V. Libert and a seasonal employee were among five charged after a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service investigation into possible violations of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act.
  Defense attorney Michael Satin argued that audio recorded inside the Lynch & Kennedy Dry Goods store did not prove Libert falsely represented art as Alaska Native-made.
  Jurors un
  
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• Tongass Historical Museum to close for renovation

  05-09-2016 17:41 via ktoo.org
  
  A Ketchikan museum is closing its doors to make way for a million-dollar renovation on the main floor of the building.Acting Tongass Historical Museum Director Anita Maxwell told the Ketchikan Daily News that demolition work will get underway in October. The museum will be closed starting Tuesday to allow employees time to gather the artifacts on display and store them before construction crews get started.
  The City Council had approved a bid for the project from Dawson Construction LLC last mon
  
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• Ketchikan High football team walks off game with TMHS after injuries

  05-09-2016 17:38 via ktoo.org
  
  (Creative Commons photo by charamelody)
  Ketchikan High School’s football team walked off the field against Juneau’s Thunder Mountain High School in the second quarter after two players were hospitalized.Ketchikan coaches told the Juneau Empire Friday that senior cornerback Trevor Brock and senior free safety Nico DeGuzman were injured on the same play and taken to a hospital. One player was diagnosed with back spasms and the other with a concussion. A hospital spokesman says they wer
  
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• 1 killed, 2 injured in Fairbanks night club shooting

  05-09-2016 17:22 via ktoo.org
  
  The Fairbanks Police Department is investigating a shooting inside Bojangles night club that left one person dead and two others injured early Sunday.The department said in a statement that officers responding to reports of shots fired found two people with gunshot wounds at around 2:30 a.m. They were taken to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital where one victim was pronounced dead and another was listed in critical condition. A third victim was identified at the hospital as having sustained minor injur
  
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• Troopers warn against feeding wild game to dogs

  05-09-2016 17:20 via ktoo.org
  
  Wildlife troopers are reminding people who have been advertising wild game as dog food that the practice is illegal.The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports authorities notice a spike in improper uses of game as the hunting season approaches.
  Sgt. David Bump said people reported online posts advertising the illegal sale of game and sport-caught fish.
  It is against the law to sell game meat or feed it to dogs.
  Bump said warnings rather than citations were given out over the past week.
  Dogs can be f
  
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• Fairbanks inmate treated for alcohol withdrawal dies

  05-09-2016 17:18 via ktoo.org
  
  Authorities are investigating the death of a Fairbanks Correctional Center inmate who had been treated for alcohol withdrawal before he was found unresponsive in his cell.The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the Department of Corrections says 40-year-old Joel Titus died at a hospital Friday.
  Titus had initially been denied admission to the jail for medical reasons after his Thursday arrest. He was transported to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital and cleared to return to the jail that afternoon.
  
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• Federal Government Invests in Oregon’s ‘Pay-By-The-Mile’ Experiment

  05-09-2016 17:12 via ktoo.org
  
  The U.S. Department of Transportation has given Oregon $2.1 million to expand its “pay-by-the-mile” experiment as an alternative to the gasoline tax, buying into the idea that the current method of paying for highway repair and maintenance may be outdated.
  Under Oregon’s pilot program, “OreGO,” people sign up to put a small reporting device in their cars that measures the number of miles they drive on Oregon roads. Oregon collects 1.5 cents a mile on the distance p
  
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• North Korea Fires 3 Missiles Into Sea During Final Day Of G-20 Summit

  05-09-2016 17:04 via ktoo.org
  
  North Korean flags in Pyongyang. (Creative Commons photo by (stephan))
  As world leaders were gathered in China for the G-20 summit, North Korea launched three ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, NPR’s Elise Hu reports.
  Elise reports that the launch — the latest in a series of North Korean missile tests that violate U.N. Security Council resolutions — originated on the east coast of North Korea, according to South Korean defense officials. It came on the final day of the s
  
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• Dakota Access Pipeline Protests In North Dakota Turn Violent

  05-09-2016 16:48 via ktoo.org
  
  Protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota turned violent on Saturday.
  Demonstrators supporting the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe faced off with private security officers from Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners.
  Video from the scene showed security officers threatening protesters with dogs.
  As All Things Considered reported, hundreds of Native Americans from tribes across the country have set up a camp near the construction site in North Dakota. The Army Corps of Engineer approve
  
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• Obama: Talks With Russia Over Syria Strategy Suffer From ‘Gaps Of Trust’

  05-09-2016 16:45 via ktoo.org
  
  President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold an expanded bilateral meeting at West Lake State House in Hangzhou, China, Sept. 3, 2016. (Photo by Pete Souza/The White House)
  President Obama met with his Russian counterpart on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in China, negotiating over a proposal to cooperate in the war in Syria.
  But the diplomatic efforts were unsuccessful, Obama said at a press conference on Monday.
  “Given the gaps of trust that exist, that’s a tough
  
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• Licensed child care availability up 21% in Juneau

  05-09-2016 16:19 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Issy Kako-Gehring holds her two-year-old daughter, Ally. Kako-Gehring runs the Gehring Nursery School in Juneau. (Photo by Lakeidra Chavis/ KTOO)
  Licensed child care availability is up 21 percent in Juneau compared with last year, according to a local organization.
  Child care providers and its supporters say that’s good news for a market that historically has struggled to meet demand.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/09/05CHILDCARE.mp3Joy Lyon is the executive director
  
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