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• Why Alaska utilities can build now, ask for rate increases later

  22-09-2016 23:35 via ktoo.org
  
  The exhaust stack for diesel turbine. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO)
  Alaska’s privately owned electric utilities can’t increase their rates overnight. They first have to go through a process with the state’s regulatory commission to demonstrate a need. That’s what Juneau’s utility — AEL&P — is at the beginning stages of doing.
  But customers get little say about projects already on the books.
  Last week, Alaska Electric Light & Power announced J
  
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• Begich says he won’t run for Murkowski’s seat

  22-09-2016 23:15 via ktoo.org
  
  U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska. (Public domain photo)
  Former Sen. Mark Begich says he will not enter the U.S. Senate race this year in the contest for Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s seat.
  “I will tell you it’s a tough decision. It’s been a tough decision, over this last week especially. I feel like it’s not the right time for me and my family,” he said.
  Begich spoke to Rick Rydell on 650 KENI Thursday morning. He said supporters asked him to consider running
  
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• Don Young files letter to update financial disclosures

  22-09-2016 23:10 via ktoo.org
  
  Congressman Don Young, R-Alaska. (Public domain photo)
  U.S. Rep. Don Young has sent a letter to the House clerk updating financial disclosure statements to reflect his ownership in a family farm starting in 1992 and income from oil and gas leases.
  Young’s office previously announced that it intended to make the changes.
  In May, Young asked that his filings be updated to reflect a one-third interest in the farm from 1995 to 2014. Spokesman Matt Shuckerow later said the date of Young’s
  
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• Update: Anchorage police face standoffs with armed men at 2 homes

  22-09-2016 23:06 via ktoo.org
  
  Update | 1 p.m.
  Two Anchorage police officers were struck Thursday by gunfire at the scene of standoff with an armed man that began Wednesday.
  Police say the suspect fired shots that hit the officers.
  One officer was transported to a hospital for treatment. The second officer was treated at the scene.
  The suspect remains in the house.
  The incident began midmorning Wednesday when workers trimming trees for a power company in a public right of way reported the man ordered them to leave and then fi
  
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• Anchorage police face standoffs with armed men at 2 homes

  22-09-2016 23:06 via ktoo.org
  
  (Creative Commons photo by Travis)
  Police trying to resolve a standoff in south Anchorage are dealing with a second standoff in east Anchorage.
  A man suspected of assaulting his partner early Thursday barricaded himself inside a home off Dowling Road near Lake Otis Parkway.
  Police at 3:30 a.m. received a call from a woman who said her adult daughter had been assaulted and threatened. The younger woman was at first prevented from leaving but escaped.
  Police say they man is likely armed and may be
  
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• Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, Newscast

  22-09-2016 22:57 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/09/2016-09-22-1230-newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  Former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich says he won’t run for the U.S. Senate against Lisa Murkowski,
  Congressman Don Young cleans up some financial disclosures, and
  the police in Anchorage juggle two armed standoffs in one night.
  
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• N.C. Governor Declares State Of Emergency After 2nd Night Of Unrest In Charlotte

  22-09-2016 15:20 via ktoo.org
  
  On Wednesday, for a second straight evening, demonstrators in Charlotte, N.C., protested the fatal shooting of a black man by police. Demonstrators threw objects at police and smashed car windows; officers in riot gear tried to disperse the protesters with tear gas and concussion grenades.
  And there was a second shooting — city officials say one civilian shot another at the protests. The city originally said the victim died, but now says he is on life support.
  North Carolina Gov. Pat McCro
  
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• Watch: Juneau Assembly candidates debate

  22-09-2016 05:37 via ktoo.org
  
  The six candidates for Juneau Assembly — Norton Gregory, Kate Troll, Mary Becker, Arnold Liebelt, William Quayle Jr. and Beth Weldon — debated the issues on Monday in an event put together by KTOO, The Juneau Empire and Juneau Votes at the Mendenhall Valley Library.
  Voters will decide who will fill three seats on the Juneau Assembly in the Oct. 4 municipal election. The debate was put together by KTOO, The Juneau Empire and Juneau Votes.
  
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• The man with the plan: Can Keith Meyer sell the gas line?

  22-09-2016 04:58 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Keith Meyer took over as the new president of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. in June 2016. (Photo courtesy of AGDC)
  As the state of Alaska takes the lead in the effort to build a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope, it finds itself taking responsibility for what would be one of the largest, most complex projects in the world.
  The man in charge is Keith Meyer, the new president of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp.
  This week, Alaska’s Energy Desk is digging into the gas line&n
  
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• For some Alaskans, individual health insurance costs more each month than a mortgage

  22-09-2016 03:31 via ktoo.org
  
  Lori Wing-Heier, the director of the Alaska Division of Insurance, discusses the circumstances of Moda Health’s departure from Alaska’s individual health insurance market in January. She said on Tuesday that she’s aiming to reduce future insurance premium increases. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
  Alaskans shopping for individual health insurance on the federal exchange will only be able to choose from one insurer when open enrollment starts Nov. 1.
  Premera B
  
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• How A ‘Sixth Sense’ Helps Simone Biles Fly, And The Rest Of Us Walk

  22-09-2016 02:45 via ktoo.org
  
  Simone Biles flies through the air while performing on the balance beam at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/Associated Press)
  A rare genetic disorder is helping scientists understand our mysterious ability to sense where we are in space, known as proprioception.
  This “sixth sense” is what dancers and gymnasts rely on to tell them the exact position of their body and limbs at every moment. It also tells them how much force each muscle is exerting.
  “The m
  
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• In latest high-profile resignation, head of state’s oil and gas division quits

  22-09-2016 02:29 via ktoo.org
  
  Corri Feige of DNR’s Division of Oil and Gas reads out bids during the state’s annual North Slope lease sale. Feige is resigning from her position as the state’s top oil and gas regulator. (Photo: Rachel Waldholz/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
   
  The state’s top oil and gas regulator is stepping down.
  Corri Feige emailed colleagues on Tuesday saying her last day is Oct. 3.
  “This decision has been incredibly difficult for me, but opportunity rarely knocks at co
  
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• Police investigate reports of shots fired near workers

  22-09-2016 02:28 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — Police are monitoring a south Anchorage home where workers trimming trees for a utility reported shots were fired.
  Police spokeswoman Anita Shell says a man stepped out of a house Wednesday morning, told the workers to get off his property and fired shots.
  The workers called 911.
  She says the workers were in a public right of way and not on the man’s property.
  Police by 3:30 p.m. had been at the home for five hours but had not been able to contact the man, who does not ha
  
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• Three nominated to succeed retiring Juneau Judge Levy

  22-09-2016 02:13 via ktoo.org
  
  The next state judge for Juneau will either be Michael Franciosi, Kirsten Swanson or Julie Willoughby.
  The Alaska Judicial Council on Tuesday nominated the three attorneys to succeed retiring District Court Judge Keith Levy in a meeting in Juneau.
  Gov. Bill Walker will now have 45 days to appoint someone to the bench.
  Michael Franciosi
  Franciosi works as a magistrate judge in Glennallen. He has practiced law for 25 years and lived in Alaska for 21 years. He has worked as an attorn
  
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• Alaska fisheries escape effects of climate change for now

  22-09-2016 01:47 via ktoo.org
  
  Commercial fishing in Alaska is a multi-billion dollar industry. (Aftab Uzzaman/Flickr)
  With coastlines eroding, temperatures rising, and sea ice retreating, Alaska is feeling the effects of a warming planet. But a new federal report suggests fisheries in the state haven’t experienced many observable impacts of climate change so far.
  Commercial fishing in Alaska is a multi-billion dollar industry. For 18 consecutive years, fishermen have hauled more fish into Dutch Harbor than anywhere els
  
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• Conservatives File Voter Registration Lawsuits That Liberals Say Are Blocking Votes

  22-09-2016 01:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A voter registration sign hangs near a table where residents fill out paperwork at a polling location during the presidential primary vote in Waukesha, Wis., on April 5. (Photo by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
  It’s no secret that voter registration lists are filled with inaccuracies. People move. Or change their names. Or die. But it can take months if not years for the rolls to get updated. Now, conservative groups are taking a number of election officials to court, saying they
  
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• Trump Says African-American Communities In ‘Worst Shape’ Ever; Data Disagree

  22-09-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Donald Trump campaigned alongside boxing promoter Don King in Ohio Wednesday.
  (Photo by Evan Vucci/Associated Press)
  Attempting to court black voters over the last two months, Donald Trump has painted a pretty dire picture of their lives. “You’re living in poverty,” he said in late August. “Your schools are no good. You have no jobs. Fifty-eight percent of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose?”
  On Tuesday Trump took this rhetoric one step furt
  
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