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• Coast Guard rescues two men from foundering sailboat

  28-09-2016 23:30 via ktoo.org
  
  A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew transfers a patient to an ambulance in Kodiak after a medevac from a fishing boat in February 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Lauren Steenson)
  Two people were rescued from their sailboat after it began taking on water Tuesday in the Gulf of Alaska.
  Australian resident Andy Larson, 79, struck his head and suffered from a possible concussion. Matthew Hanes, 32, was not injured. A hometown or country fo
  
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• Luxury cruises don’t signal Arctic shipping boom, expert says

  28-09-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The company that sent the first big luxury cruise ship through U.S. and Canadian Arctic waters is preparing the Crystal Serenity for a repeat performance in 2017, but one expert believes this year’s historic transit doesn’t mean the Arctic is likely to become a hotspot for global shipping anytime soon.
  The hoopla over the luxury cruise ship Crystal Serenity’s arrival in New York on Sept. 16 after a 32-day voyage from Alaska through the Arctic has died down a bit.
  Crystal C
  
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• Alaska School District employee charged with embezzling tens of thousands from schools

  28-09-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Anchorage police have charged a former Anchorage School District employee with embezzlement.
  The charges come after a five month investigation.
  Kellie Fagan allegedly took between $50,000 and $60,000 in school district funds from two schools, said Detective Tony Pate, who serves the fraud division of Alaska Police Department APD fraud division.
  “It was pretty complicated,” Pate said. “The forged checks were part of a dual signature system the school district
  
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• Fishermen, state, in flux after circuit court overturns state control of Cook Inlet salmon

  28-09-2016 22:38 via ktoo.org
  
  
  United Cook Inlet Drift Association Vice-President Erik Huebsch talks about a court ruling in his commercial fishing organization’s favor on Sunday in Kasilof. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO-Alaska’s Energy Desk)
  In Cook Inlet, managing the salmon runs for commercial, sport and subsistence interests is so controversial, it’s often called a fish war.
  A group of commercial fishermen who think the state is mismanaging the fisheries, have won the latest battle.
  A three-judge
  
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• Telling Tales – 9-27

  28-09-2016 22:28 via ktoo.org
  
  “A Matter of Freedom” by Juanita Nelson, Civil Rights Pioneer, Anti-war Protestor, War-Tax Resister, Local-food Advocate
  –“Is freedom more important than justice?” –Juanita Nelson
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• Kodiak council pursues restriction on discharge of firearms within city limits

  28-09-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The Kodiak City Council has advanced an ordinance that could, if passed, restrict the discharge of firearms and other so-called “dangerous weapons” within city limits.
  At the council’s regular meeting last week, City Manager Aimée Kniaziowski explained the ban would apply in most cases except for when the weapons are used in defense of life and property.
  Hunters have been using guns and bows and arrows to kill deer on Near Island, Kniaziowski said.
  The ordinance eme
  
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• As WRDA bill passes in Senate, Nome Arctic deep draft port back in conversation

  28-09-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  With U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan’s help, the Water Resources Development Act has passed the U.S. Senate, inching Nome closer to the possibility of an Arctic deep draft port.
  The act will bring $1.4 billion dollars to new water infrastructure over the next five years.
  The funding is focused in three areas: infrastructure, subsistence harbors, and an Arctic deep draft port.
  Working with the Tribal Health Consortium, the act’s focus on infrastructure places grant money in villages that do
  
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• White House: No nation an island on Arctic science

  28-09-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Cabinet members and high-ranking science advisors from 25 governments will convene on the White House today to discuss the Arctic. It’s billed as the first-ever White House Arctic Science Ministerial.
  The aim is to pool science resources from around the globe to better understand the rapid changes in the Arctic and also what those changes mean for other regions.
  “The Arctic is a foreshadow. It’s an augury. It’s a preview of what is coming our way in the rest of the world,
  
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• Alaska Natives respond to plan for questions on 2020 census

  28-09-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — Federal officials are considering changes to the 2020 census that would result in Alaska Natives being asked about their tribal affiliation and shareholder status with regional and village corporations.
  KTUU-TV reports that the proposal was met with concern by many Alaska Native representatives at a Tuesday meeting with officials from the U.S. Census Bureau.
  The bureau’s chief operating officer, Nancy Potok, says the bureau is hoping to gather more information from A
  
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• Petersburg man pleads to child pornography charge

  28-09-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A Petersburg man has pleaded guilty to transporting child pornography and will be sentenced for that crime in December.
  Marvin Jackson, 28, entered a guilty plea Sept. 14 in U.S. District Court and signed a plea agreement with prosecutors in August.
  Jackson was arrested at Petersburg’s airport Jan. 18 after arriving on the morning flight that day.
  He was charged with second degree misconduct involving a controlled substance after local police found 22 grams of heroin inside a shampoo bottl
  
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• Downtown Anchorage assembly member kneels for pledge

  28-09-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Citing the concerns among his constituents an Anchorage Assembly member knelt during the Pledge of Allegiance during a Tuesday meeting.
  Downtown assembly member Patrick Flynn represents Fairview and Mountainview, two of the most diverse census tracts in the country.
  As the pledge began, Flynn kept his hand over his chest and recited the words, but took to one knee.
  In a brief interview afterwards, he said the gesture was “out of respect for those who’ve expressed concern that we don&
  
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• Police Shooting Of Unarmed Black Man Leads To Protests In San Diego Suburb

  28-09-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  On Tuesday, a police officer in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon, Calif., shot and killed an unarmed black man, sparking protests in the area.
  El Cajon police Chief Jeff Davis said Tuesday night that police were on the scene because the man’s sister had called 911, reporting that her brother was “not acting like himself,” Andrew Bowen of member station KPBS reports.
  After police arrived on the scene, Davis said, the man drew an “object” from his pocket, “place
  
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• Gardentalk – Preparing for Jack Frost’s arrival

  28-09-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Hoar frost accumulates on grass, leaves and other vegetation in this picture taken on Douglas Island in November 2014. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
  Southeast Alaska gardeners, of course, have noticed temperatures dropping overnight, raising anxiety and concerns over possible frost damage to their flowers and late season vegetables.
  Juneau gardeners nearest the Mendenhall Glacier are expected to experience the first frost of the season before other Juneau residents.
  “If you look out at night
  
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• Alaska Air Guard rescues injured climber from Pioneer Peak

  28-09-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — A climber injured in a fall on Pioneer Peak near Palmer was hoisted to safety Monday night by the Alaska Air Guard.
  Shawnee Whitehorse, 23, of Palmer fell and was injured when an ice ax lodged in her back, Alaska State Troopers said.
  Her climbing partner, Lisa Pierimarchi, 46, reported the fall shortly after 9:30 p.m.
  She told troopers that Whitehorse was unable to move and that both climbers were getting cold due to falling temperatures.
  She provided GPS coordinates to rescuer
  
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• Woman arrested after Bethel police respond to reports of gunfire

  28-09-2016 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Two people were taken into custody by the Bethel Police Department after reports of gunfire Monday night.
  A call came in about 9 p.m. warning of an intoxicated man wearing a dark hoodie yelling and shooting a handgun on a boardwalk between Akakeek and Owl streets, according to a press release Tuesday afternoon.
  Witnesses told responding officers that it was a fight between a man and a woman.
  Police have not yet identified the man, who they say was taken into protective custod
  
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• Congress Reaches Agreement To Fund Government Until December

  28-09-2016 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Negotiators in the House and Senate have reached a deal on a bill to fund the government through Dec. 9.
  Republicans and Democrats have been arguing for weeks to find a way forward before the Sept. 30 deadline in order to avoid a government shutdown.
  Last week, negotiations in the Senate appeared to be at a standstill, with Democrats in both chambers insisting that the most recent Republican offer was not enough.
  Both sides were in agreement, however, that whatever bill moved forward would need
  
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• Flight MH17 Was Shot Down By Missile Moved From Russia, Investigators Say

  28-09-2016 17:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A Dutch-led team of international investigators has concluded that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which crashed in July 2014, was shot down by a Russian Buk missile that had been transferred into rebel-held eastern Ukraine.
  After the shooting, the surface-to-air missile launcher was transferred back to Russia.
  The crash of MH17 killed all 298 people aboard. The preliminary results of the international criminal investigation were announced on Wednesday in the Netherlands. Investigators said they we
  
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• Dan DeRoux’s ‘Raindrops’ competes in national public art contest

  28-09-2016 04:39 via ktoo.org
  
  Work by Juneau artist Dan DeRoux is in the midst of a competition that could earn him $10,000. The advocacy group Americans for the Arts nominated DeRoux’s “Raindrops” for the contest, which is driven by online votes.
  “Raindrops” at Gastineau Elementary School. “I got about three of them hung and there were all of the sudden, like, a million reflections,” said artist Dan DeRoux. (Photo by Scott Burton/KTOO)
  The piece was installed at Gastineau Elementary
  
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• Juneau Assembly ups licensing price per pooch

  28-09-2016 04:28 via ktoo.org
  
  Dogs playing. (Creative Commons photo by Sean Dustman)
  Dog licensing fees at the Gastineau Humane Society and Southeast Alaska Animal Medical Center have been increased for the first time in 15 years.
  The Humane Society and Juneau Police Department requested the fee increase to cover animal control services. The Juneau Assembly approved a resolution raising the fees Monday evening.
  The licensing fee for dogs that are not spayed or neutered will increase from $35 to $45. The fee for spayed and ne
  
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• Douglas burglar makes off with $170,000 of cash and goods

  28-09-2016 03:52 via ktoo.org
  
  The Juneau Police Department says about $170,000 in cash, gold, jewelry and goods are missing after a weekend burglary on Douglas.
  Department spokeswoman Erann Kalwara confirmed that figure is correct: $170,000.
  According to a police news release, someone broke in through a second-story window on a building off North Douglas Highway near the roundabout.
  The missing goods also include two rifles and a large safe.
  Police say the burglary likely occurred between 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 7:3
  
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• Advocates frustrated with pace for rules to dispense overdose antidote

  28-09-2016 03:47 via ktoo.org
  
  (Creative Commons photo by Punching Judy)
  Advocates of a bill that would allow pharmacists to dispense an opioid-effects blocking drug with restrictions are frustrated that regulatory barriers the law was supposed to knock down are still up.
  Gov. Bill Walker signed the  law six months ago to ease access to the life-saving drug, but new rules are more than a month away.
  Scores of people have died in Alaska from heroin and other opioid overdose deaths this year, accor
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 9-28-16

  28-09-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Wednesday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon,
  We’ll find out about the new book: Quiet Defiance: Alaska’s Empty Chair Project;
  Jon Medaris will update us on the IBEW Apprenticeship program;
  We’ll learn about this Saturday’s presentation of the Reel Rock film tour at the Rock Dump;
  We’ll get a preview of tonight’s KRNN Spotlight concert featuring Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer.
  That, Writer’s Almanac, Bird Note, music and more, today on A Juneau Afternoon, live at 3 o
  
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• Petersburg man charged with rape and assault

  28-09-2016 01:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A Petersburg man was arraigned Monday in Petersburg Courthouse for allegedly kidnapping a female victim, assaulting her with a knife and raping her.
  According to the local police, Joshua Hall Blewett, 28, restrained a female, sexually assaulted her and assaulted her with a utility knife.
  The victim was taken to the Petersburg Medical Center for evaluation and treatment.
  She spoke with officers and advocates there on September 10.
  Police arrested Blewett for a domestic violence assault charg
  
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• U.S. Government To Pay $492 Million To 17 American Indian Tribes

  28-09-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The U.S. government has agreed to pay a total of $492 million to 17 American Indian tribes for mismanaging natural resources and other tribal assets, according to an attorney who filed most of the suits.
  In a joint press release by the Departments of Interior and Justice, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel said, “Settling these long-standing disputes reflects the Obama Administration’s continued commitment to reconciliation and empowerment for Indian Country.”
  The settlement
  
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• North Star Borough looks to reduce wintertime smoke pollution

  28-09-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Areas of Fairbanks continue to struggle with wintertime smoke pollution.
  Many residents of the interior community rely on wood heat, and a North Star Borough sponsored conference is exploring ways to reduce emissions tied to serious health problems.
  Fairbanks has been a federal non-attainment area for the tiny airborne pollutants in smoke known as PM 2.5 since 2009.
  The community is embroiled in a maze of state and federal air quality regulations, that are about to get more complicated. In town
  
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• Amazon Says It Puts Customers First. But Its Pricing Algorithm Doesn’t.

  28-09-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  (Animation by Rob Weychert/ProPublica)One day recently, we visited Amazon’s website in search of the best deal on Loctite super glue, the essential home repair tool for fixing everything from broken eyeglass frames to shattered ceramics.
  In an instant, Amazon’s software sifted through dozens of combinations of price and shipping, some of which were cheaper than what one might find at a local store. TheHardwareCity.com, an online retailer from Farmers Branch, Texas, with a 95 percent
  
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