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• Anchorage emergency officials issue high wind watch

  19-09-2016 23:42 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — The Anchorage Office of Emergency Management is warning of high winds that could hit the city.
  Emergency officials say a powerful storm system in the Bering Sea will bring a strong front through southcentral Alaska.
  It’s expected to arrive Tuesday night and stay through Wednesday afternoon.
  A high-wind watch is in effect for that time for homes at higher elevations in south Anchorage, along Turnagain Arm and in Eagle River.
  Emergency officials say winds could reach 30-45
  
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• Police arrest suspect in grocery, clothing store robberies

  19-09-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have arrested a 38-year-old man suspected of two armed robberies.
  Police say John Moore also is charged with assault and theft.
  A man wearing a bucket hat Thursday walked into a Northway Mall grocery and stole meat costing hundreds of dollars.
  When security officers confronted him, the suspect brandished a gun and drove off with the meat.
  On Friday, the same man entered a JC Penney store, took clothing and left without paying. The suspect again brandished a han
  
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• First presidential debate to focus on prosperity, security and nation’s direction

  19-09-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s first onstage matchup will be Sept. 26.
  (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
  The first presidential debate, to be held next Monday, Sept. 26 at Hofstra University in New York, will be divided into three 30-minute segments on three topics, according to the Commission On Presidential Debates co-chairman, Frank Fahrenkopf.
  That’s a bit different from the original announcement for the first debate, which said there would be six 15-minute segme
  
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• Anchorage police seek 4 suspects in 3 assaults, robberies

  19-09-2016 22:30 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police continue to seek four men suspected of three weekend robberies, including an attack that left a 72-year-old man with a skull fracture.
  Police at 10 p.m. Friday took a report of a man robbed of a wallet and cellphone in the Mountain View neighborhood. He had been struck with a bottle and he suffered facial cuts.
  Ten minutes later, a 50-year-old man bleeding from the lip walked into a Mountain View gas station and said four men had assaulted him and stolen his wa
  
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• Ex-Anchorage doctor sentenced in child sex abuse case

  19-09-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — A former Anchorage doctor accused of sexually abusing four children will serve at least 23 years in prison.
  Clifford Merchant was given a 51-year sentence with 43 years suspended Friday after he pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a minor and child pornography charges. He has been ordered to serve at least 23 years behind bars before he’s eligible for parole.
  Authorities began investigating the 69-year-old Merchant in 2014, when a 12-year-old girl reported that he had touch
  
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• Troopers seek driver of truck that hit signs, mailboxes in along North Tongass

  19-09-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska State Troopers are looking for the driver of a light blue or gray Chevrolet pickup truck that reportedly damaged property near the Pond Reef fuel station along North Tongass Highway.
  According to the online Troopers dispatch, the truck went through the ditch of the northbound lane of the highway, and entered the parking area of the fuel station, striking mailboxes and road signs.
  Witnesses told Troopers that the windshield of the truck was damaged during the incident. The truck also appea
  
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• North Carolina Governor Drops ‘Bathroom Bill’ Lawsuit Against U.S.

  19-09-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Supporters gather at the North Carolina Capitol in April in support of a law that regulates which bathrooms people can use and blocks local governments in the state from extending anti-discrimination protections to LGBT people. (Photo by Gerry Broome/Associated Press)
  North Carolina’s governor has dropped a lawsuit asking a federal court to preserve the state’s HB2 law limiting civil rights protections for LGBT people and regulating who uses which public bathrooms.
  In court documents
  
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• Public hearing, interviews start Monday for bench vacancy

  19-09-2016 20:47 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau District Court Judge Keith Levy. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
  Juneau Judge Keith Levy is retiring after 11 years on the bench.
  A public hearing is scheduled for Monday afternoon for residents to have their say on applicants to the bench in Juneau District Court.
  “It’s an opportunity for the people of Juneau to either comment on the applicants or to give the council information about what kinds of qualities they should be looking for a judge in Juneau,” said Susanne D
  
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• Police investigate weekend theft in Emmonak

  19-09-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  EMMONAK– An investigation is underway for a local theft that occurred in the community of Emmonak on September 18th.
  Alaska State Troopers received a report that fiber optic equipment, a generator, and other gear were stolen from a Hammer Environmental Services truck parked in the community. The estimated value of the stolen equipment totals more than 46-thousand-dollars.
  As the investigation continues, Troopers in Emmonak are asking for assistance with any leads in the case.
  
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• Did one man scam millions of dollars out of Dillingham residents?

  19-09-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Over four years, Floyd Jay Mann Jr., 54, of Puyallup, Washington, allegedly scammed at least $2.7 million from 15 or more victims, mostly from Alaska, according to an indictment filed in the U.S. District Court of Alaska, following a lengthy investigation by the FBI, IRS and Social Security Administration.
  Mann was arrested Sept. 8 in Washington, then released to ankle monitoring a few days later.
  Federal investigators say the money was largely gambled away at a casino, though Mann racked u
  
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• Police Arrest Suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami Over Bombs In New York Area

  19-09-2016 19:42 via ktoo.org
  
  Law enforcement agencies have apprehended New Jersey resident Ahmad Khan Rahami, after a brief but intense manhunt by agencies seeking to question him about multiple bombs in New York and New Jersey since Saturday. No one was killed in the blasts, but 29 people were injured.
  Rahami, 28, was captured after a gunbattle with police in Linden, N.J.; images shown on local TV shortly before noon Monday showed Rahami on a stretcher with what looks to be a wound on his upper arm or shoulder, with his ha
  
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• Homer library debuts bookmobile

  19-09-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The Friends of the Homer Library introduced a new bookmobile on Saturday, Sept. 17. (Photo by Casey Marsh/KBBI)
  Dozens attended a 10-year celebration of the Homer Public Library’s building on Saturday, Sept. 17.
  The Friends of the Homer Library threw the party that included a musical performance, refreshments and the introduction of a new bookmobile.
  The Friends bought the bookmobile this spring from the community of Glennallen. They then refurbished the outside of it and marked it with th
  
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• Bill Clinton: ‘It’s hard’ to think about leaving foundation

  19-09-2016 17:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Former president Bill Clinton and his daughter, Chelsea Clinton, watch Hillary Clinton speak during a primary election night gathering April 19 in New York City. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
  Bill Clinton says that out of the hundreds of thousands of donors to the Clinton Foundation over the past 18 years, there must have been some people who gave to the foundation to gain influence with him and his wife.
  But the former president told NPR that doesn’t mean any donors received any
  
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• Advocacy group says beer is “100% better” than heroin

  19-09-2016 10:14 via ktoo.org
  
  The crowd at the 5th Annual Capital Brewfest on Saturday. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)
  The party was on at the Juneau Rotary’s Capital Brewfest.
  There was a stage, live music and a large room packed with people drinking from short glasses of beer. The organization Juneau – Stop Heroin, Start Talking passed out koozies that said “BEER AND BACON ARE 100% BETTER FOR YOU THAN HEROIN.”
  Koozies distributed at the Capital Brewfest on Saturday read “BEER AND BACON ARE 1
  
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• Opioid abuse a growing problem in Alaska

  19-09-2016 08:54 via ktoo.org
  
  Abuse of opioids has been a growing problem in Alaska for the past decade.
  Jay Butler, Alaska’s chief medical officer, says the problem has been more visible the past couple years, and some of that could be driven by the national dialogue taking place about the issue.
  A joint investigation by The Associated Press and the Center for Public Integrity found that nationally drugmakers that produce opioid painkillers and allied advocacy groups spent more than $880 million on campaign contributi
  
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• 6 Anchorage football players kneel during national anthem

  19-09-2016 08:54 via ktoo.org
  
  Six West Anchorage High School football players who took a knee during the national anthem have the attention of administrators.
  Activities director Brian Hosken told KTVA-TV that he and school administrators are going to conduct a review on Monday before deciding whether the students face any action.
  Principal Rick Stone declined to comment and would not allow interviews with players after the Saturday game against South Anchorage High School.
  The Anchorage students join a growing number of ath
  
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• Athletics face cuts at University of Alaska

  19-09-2016 08:53 via ktoo.org
  
  Steep cuts loom for University of Alaska athletics and regents want to avoid eliminating programs.
  The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the proposed athletics cuts are the sharpest among initial plans in an effort to focus the university as budget reductions persist.
  An athletics working group presented three options that reduce sports offerings.
  Regents decided to pursue plans to request an NCAA waiver that allows the school to compete with fewer teams.
  They also directed University of Alaska
  
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• Mass Stabbing Attack In Minnesota Mall Injures At Least 9 People

  19-09-2016 08:51 via ktoo.org
  
  An assailant at a mall in St. Cloud, Minn., stabbed at least nine people before the suspect was shot dead by an off-duty police officer, authorities said.
  Police say he was “reportedly wearing a private security uniform” and began attacking shoppers at Crossroads Center just after 8 p.m., as Minnesota Public Radio’s Tim Nelson told our Newscast unit. “Police said that the attacks occurred in several places in the mall,” he added.
  “St. Cloud Police Chief Blair
  
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• Explosion In Manhattan Injures At Least 29

  19-09-2016 08:48 via ktoo.org
  
  Police officers and firefighters respond to an explosion on Saturday at 23rd Street and 7th Avenue in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. Authorities say more than two dozen people have been taken to hospitals with injuries, none of which are thought to be life threatening.
  Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
  An explosion in Manhattan has injured at least 29 people, according to officials in New York City. None of the injuries appear life-threatening, police say.
  Mayor Bill de Blasio says initial
  
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• Will paperwork kill traditional tattooing?

  19-09-2016 08:40 via ktoo.org
  
  Holly Mititquq Nordlum at Above The Rest tattoo shop in Anchorage, where she’s working to meet the state’s official requirements to be eligible for a tattoo license. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)
  Inside the cramped back room of an Anchorage tattoo parlor filled with colorful masks and sketches, tattoo guns steadily buzzed as artist Holly Mititquq Nordlum scrubbed down a sink.
  “I’m doing a little bit of cleaning, just to make sure the space we&r
  
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• Stolen art piece was intended to raise awareness of homelessness in Juneau

  19-09-2016 08:26 via ktoo.org
  
  
  (Photo by Scott Burton/KTOO)http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/09/homeless_mixdown.mp3It’s a nice afternoon in Juneau as Michael Spoon stands in front of Juneau’s City Hall looking at the abstract figure.
  Michael Spoon says he’s thankful for the resources available at the Glory Hole. (Photo by Scott Burton/KTOO)
  “You can tell it’s a humanoid form. What is this? A bench?” Spoon asks.
  The figure is a little taller than Spoon, who’s been homeless i
  
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