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• Alaska Wildlife Troopers ask public’s help in solving 4 cases of slain moose

  27-09-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska Wildlife Troopers are asking for the public’s help after more than a week after they began an investigation of the killing of four moose that were left unsalvaged in three areas along the Richardson Highway south of Fairbanks last week.
  Wildlife Trooper Tim Abbott said it’s been a week and day since he checked out the bodies of four bull moose after receiving reports they’d been shot and left to rot in three areas: one near Eielson Air Force Base; another near Delta
  
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• New satellite-based technology aims to crack down on illegal fishing

  27-09-2016 22:51 via ktoo.org
  
  A satellite-based program from Google, Oceana, and SkyTruth hopes to help everyone track the movement of commercial fishing vessels around the world. (Courtesy Oceana.)
  Commercial fishing in Alaska is a multibillion dollar industry. But every year, billions of dollars are lost to illegal fishing around the world. A new satellite-based surveillance system makes it easier to track illegal fishing. But some fishermen aren’t ready for Big Brother watching their every move.
  Worldwide, over
  
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• New York Fertility Doctor Says He Created Baby With 3 Genetic Parents

  27-09-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A doctor who treats infertility in New York City says he has helped a couple have the first baby purposefully created with DNA from three different adults.
  John Zhang of the New Hope Fertility Center in Manhattan traveled to Mexico earlier this year to perform a procedure for a couple from Jordan that enabled them to have the baby in May, according to a clinic spokesman.
  Zhang performed the procedure in the hopes of helping the couple, who the clinic declined to identify, have a healthy baby. Th
  
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• Maritime industry looks to train a skilled workforce

  27-09-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Whether it’s seafood processing or in a shipyard there aren’t enough skilled workers to meet the jobs in Alaska.
  A group of maritime businesses are looking to train Alaskans to fill skilled jobs in their industry.
  The partnership, “Maritime Works” was presented at the annual Southeast Conference meeting in Petersburg last week.
  A commercial for APICC plays on a big screen at the front of the conference showing industrial workers in the Alaska frontier.
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• Homer Electric makes bid to deregulate in upcoming vote

  27-09-2016 21:50 via ktoo.org
  
  Homer Electric Association’s office in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Daysha Eaton/KBBI)
  Residents across the Kenai Peninsula will soon vote on whether Homer Electric Association can operate without rate oversight from the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.
  The utility says deregulation would save time and money and give it more local control. But it would also allow HEA’s board to raise rates as high as they want.
  Brad Janorschke, general manager for Homer Electric Association, sa
  
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• CBJ Assembly Meeting – 9-26-16

  27-09-2016 21:18 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Regular meeting of the CBJ Assembly for Monday, September 26http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/09/CBJ-09-26-16.mp3
  
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• Body of missing hiker found in Sitka

  27-09-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The body of a missing hiker was found by searchers in Sitka on Friday afternoon.
  Michael Hansen, 37, was reported missing last Monday after he did not return from a solo hiking trip up Mount Verstovia in Sitka.
  Throughout the week, Sitka Search and Rescue received assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Forest Service, the Alaska State Troopers, the Sitka Police and Fire Departments, and a number of volunteers who combed the mountain for Hansen and provided support to his parents, who arrived
  
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• Alaskan Book Review – “Buried Dreams: The Rise and Fall of a Clam Cannery on the Katmai Coast”

  27-09-2016 20:49 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews “Buried Dreams: The Rise and Fall of a Clam Cannery on the Katmai Coast” by Katherine Johnson for the National Park Service.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/09/book67.mp3“Buried Dreams: The Rise and Fall of a Clam Cannery on the Katmai Coast” is available from the National Park Service by writing to their office at 4230 University Drive, Suite 311, Anchorage, Alaska, 99508 or call the Lake Clark – Katmai Studies Center
  
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• Who Got What They Wanted From The First Clinton-Trump Debate?

  27-09-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Left: Republican nominee Donald Trump speaks during the presidential debate at Hofstra University on Monday in Hempstead, N.Y. Right: Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during the debate. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
  You could see the contrast in the eyes of the respective candidates’ spokespersons, surrogates and family members after the first presidential debate of 2016 had wrapped.
  As always, earnest efforts were made on both sides to claim victory — even insist on
  
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• Napaskiak man kills puppy to threaten ex-girlfriend and her husband

  27-09-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A Napaskiak man has threatened an ex-girlfriend and her husband by killing a puppy, throwing it against their bedroom window and leaving a threatening note on the body once it hit the ground.
  Alexie Evan of Napaskiak, 22, has been arrested and charged with two counts of stalking in the second degree, one count of criminal trespass, and one count of animal cruelty.He has been remanded to the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center.
  The puppy belonged to the ex-girlfriend’s husband.A Napaskiak r
  
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• Parents learning as they go after 4-year-old declares ‘I’m a girl’

  27-09-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Rusty plays with her Shopkins toys. (Photo by Anne Hillman/Alaska Public Media)
  The American Academy of Pediatrics says most kids have a stable sense of gender identity by the time they are 4 years old. Rusty is one of them.
  Rusty may have been born a boy, but she knows she is definitely a girl.
  The 4-year-old is really focused.
  “This is Shopkin,” she says, pulling out tiny, cartoonish plastic models of food and household items that are plastered with giant eyes and goofy smiles. &ld
  
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• Elections division to make one more push for eligible, unregistered voters

  27-09-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The Alaska Division of Elections is planning on contacting unregistered, but potentially eligible, voters in Alaska to encourage more registration before the October 9 deadline.
  The Division of Elections recently became a member of Electronic Registration Information Center or ERIC.
  Following this new partnership, unregistered Alaskans who are likely eligible to vote will soon receive a postcard in the mail with instructions on how to register before the October 9 deadline.
  The postcard will als
  
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• Agency warns of solicitations for state trooper dog

  27-09-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — The Department of Public Safety says fundraising efforts have begun in the name of a state trooper dog killed Sunday but that the department is not behind the effort.
  The department is not seeking donations and is warning against donating to solicitations on the “Go Fund Me” website.
  The agency says the fundraising may be fraudulent.
  Almando Abarca, 25, was charged Monday with felony assault, harming a police dog and failure to stop at the direction of a police offi
  
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• Palmer hunter dies when all-terrain vehicle flips in creek

  27-09-2016 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — A 59-year-old Palmer man overdue from a hunting trip was founded dead Monday afternoon beneath his all-terrain vehicle.
  Alaska State Troopers say the body of Michael D. Anderson was found in a creek. Investigators determined his all-terrain vehicle had flipped and pinned him in the water.
  Anderson had been hunting near Mile 6.5 Palmer-Fishhook Road.
  Troopers say no foul play is suspected.
  
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• It May Not Cost You More To Drive Home In A Climate-Friendly Car

  27-09-2016 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Researchers at MIT found that many hybrid and battery-operated cars already meet the global emissions goals for 2030. (Photo by Andrea Kissack/NPR)
  It has been a common belief that low-emissions vehicles, like hybrids and electric cars, are more expensive than other choices. But a new study finds that when operating and maintenance costs are included in a vehicle’s price, cleaner cars may actually be a better bet.
  The cars and trucks we drive are responsible for about a fifth of green
  
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• Citizen scientists track crane population on southern Kenai Peninsula

  27-09-2016 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Lesser sandhill cranes in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Nina Faust/Kachemak Crane Watch)
  A sandhill crane looks and sounds like a modern day dinosaur.
  They stand about 3 feet tall and have a 6-foot wing span.
  They use their sharp 4-inch beak for probing in the dirt and catching insects and small mammals. And sometimes, they use that long beak for defense.
  “That beak is a very very lethal weapon,” said Nina Faust, co-founder of Kachemak Crane Watch, a non-profit org
  
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• President Obama addresses tribes one last time at D.C. conference

  27-09-2016 16:00 via ktoo.org
  
  President Barack Obama addressed his final White House Tribal Nations Conference on Monday.
  The most famous Yup’ik singer on Facebook, Byron Nicholai of Toksook Bay, welcomed Obama to the stage.
  Obama said it was privilege, over his eight years in the White House, to spend time with Native people and he said he visit more tribal communities than any prior president. He cited a few Alaska examples.
  “My staff still talks about all the wonderful people in Kotzebue, Alaska ….
  
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• SHI program trains educators to see Thru the Cultural Lens

  27-09-2016 11:35 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Jackie Kookesh is in charge of Thru the Cultural Lens. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/09/26Lens.mp3Juneau teachers and administrators were the students on Saturday at a Sealaska Heritage Institute seminar intended to help them see the world from their pupils’ perspectives.
  It’s part of an ongoing series called Thru the Cultural Lens in which educators learn about Southeast Alaska Native culture and history. Saturday, they gave&nb
  
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• Doyon’s $2B discount: Fair play or rip off?

  27-09-2016 11:34 via ktoo.org
  
  (Creative Commons photo by Razor512)
  Doyon, the Fairbanks and interior Alaska Native regional corporation, was in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Monday trying to keep the discount it was to get almost two years ago, when it bid billions of dollars on a portion of the public airwaves reserved for wireless broadband. The discount is worth nearly $2 billion.But after the auction concluded in January 2015, the Federal Communications Commission ruled that Doyon’s company, Northstar, wasn
  
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• Ex-Wells Fargo Employees Sue, Allege They Were Punished For Not Breaking Law

  27-09-2016 11:13 via ktoo.org
  
  A Wells Fargo Bank in Bloomfield, Connecticut, in June 2014. (Creative Commons photo by Mike Mozart)
  Former Wells Fargo employees who say they were fired for following the law have filed a class-action lawsuit seeking $2.6 billion in damages as the fallout continues over the creation of millions of secret, unauthorized bank accounts.
  Two employees are named in the lawsuit, filed on behalf of all the bank’s employees in the past 10 years who were penalized for not making sales quotas.
  As Th
  
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• Obama: Annual Tribal Nations Conference is permanent institution

  27-09-2016 11:07 via ktoo.org
  
  President Barack Obama greets audience members after he delivers remarks during the 2016 White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., Sept. 26, 2016. (Photo by Pete Souza/The White House)
  President Barack Obama addressed his final White House Tribal Nations Conference today. The most famous Yup’ik singer on Facebook, Byron Nicholai of Toksook Bay, welcomed Obama to the stage.Obama said it was a privilege over his eight years in the White Hou
  
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• It’s In The Water: The Debate Over Fluoridation Lives On

  27-09-2016 11:05 via ktoo.org
  
  (Creative Commons photo by Steve Johnson)
  Many people take for granted the addition of fluoride into public drinking water systems that aims to prevent tooth decay. It’s a seven-decade-old public health effort. But it’s not nearly as universally accepted as one might think.
  At least seven cities or towns across the country debated it just this summer.
  For example, Wellington, Fla., decided to add fluoride back into the water in July after the city council voted two years ago to remov
  
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• Clinton And Trump Clash In Tense First Presidential Debate

  27-09-2016 11:05 via ktoo.org
  
  The first presidential debate was a tense affair between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as they clashed over their economic and trade plans, national security and race relations in the U.S.
  The Republican nominee came out aggressively against Clinton, often interrupting her and talking over her, but the Democratic nominee didn’t pull her punches either and had plenty of zingers ready. And as the night wore on, Trump appeared repeatedly rattled as he was pressed on his past support for th
  
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• Accused Washington State Mall Gunman Confesses To Killing 5 People

  27-09-2016 11:03 via ktoo.org
  
  The man suspected of shooting five people in the cosmetics department of a Macy’s department story in Burlington, Washington, has confessed to the crimes, reports the Associated Press citing court documents released by the Skagit County Superior Court.
  According to the documents, 20-year-old Arcan Cetin told detectives who interviewed him that “he did bring the rifle into Macy’s and shot all 5 victims,” reports the wire service. Cetin has been charged with five counts of
  
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• Lance Mackey withdraws from 2017 Iditarod

  27-09-2016 11:01 via ktoo.org
  
  The Iditarod Trail Committee announced Monday that former champion Lance Mackey has withdrawn from the race, citing health reasons.
  The committee shared the news through its Facebook page, writing Mackey is on a “journey to improving his health.”Mackey is a cancer survivor, and has had difficult time in the last two Iditarods, scratching in 2016 midway through the race.
  The musher’s four back-to-back wins in both the Iditarod and Yukon Quest make him one of the most e
  
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• Politically charged tweets posted from state account during debate

  27-09-2016 04:39 via ktoo.org
  
  Update | 7:08 p.m.
  Alaska Department of Health & Social Services spokeswoman Susan Morgan replied to questions about the tweets in an email. She wrote that department officials apologize.
  “Some recent tweets were inadvertently posted to our Twitter account by a DHSS staff member who was accidentally logged into the DHSS account instead of their personal account while on their personal phone at home,” Morgan wrote. “The inadvertent tweets were deleted and we will be reviewin
  
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• NPR’s live presidential debate coverage and fact-checking

  27-09-2016 01:36 via ktoo.org
  
  NPR’s sign at its old headquarters in Washington D.C., Feb. 21, 2009. (Creative Commons photo by Mr.TinDC)
  KTOO is carrying live NPR coverage of tonight’s presidential candidate debate. Coverage begins at 5 p.m.
  The debate between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump at Hofstra University is scheduled for 90 minutes, followed by NPR analysis and fact-checking. Three topics have been announced: the country’s direction, prosperity and security. N
  
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• Gunman wounds 9 in apparent random attack at Houston strip mall

  27-09-2016 01:28 via ktoo.org
  
  5:10 p.m. (All times local to Houston)
  Houston’s skyline in 2011. (Creative Commons photo by Daniel Gillaspia)
  Houston police and state and federal agents are still investigating the area where a gunman opened fire at random on passers-by, wounding nine people — six with gunshot wounds and three with eye injuries due to flying glass.Houston Homicide Capt. Dwayne Ready said investigators believe the gunman, whom police are not yet identifying, acted alone. But with the inves
  
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