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• Gardentalk – The best slug birth control is a clean garden

  07-10-2016 23:36 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Seaweed and other beach gatherings (those leaves should probably be picked out) serve as a mulch in this garden bed featuring recently planted garlic. For empty garden beds, it’s preferable to mix the seaweed into the soil so that it decomposes faster. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
  Those dying and yellowing plants that you have in your garden? Get rid of them, or they’ll just become prime habitat for egg-laying slugs this fall.
  Master Gardener Ed Buyarski explained the basic garden cle
  
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• Day after court rules in his favor, Nageak drafts bill to restore PFD

  07-10-2016 23:34
  
  The day after a superior court judge overturned the outcome of the North Slope’s House District 40 race, declaring incumbent Rep. Benjamin Nageak’s two-vote win over opponent Dean Westlake, Nageak announced he’s pre-filing a bill that to restore the full amount of this year’s PFD — originally set at $2,052 before Gov. Bill Walker vetoed the appropriation to $1,022 per qualified Alaska resident.
  On Thursday, Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott said he was appealing Judge William
  
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• Democrat Begich backs independent Stock in Alaska Senate bid

  07-10-2016 23:16
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Independent U.S. Senate candidate Margaret Stock has won the endorsement of the last Alaska Democrat to hold the office.
  Stock says she’s grateful for the support of former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich and a group of southeast Alaska Democrats who are favoring her over their party’s nominee.
  Begich says he can’t support the Democratic nominee, Ray Metcalfe, who Begich says is failing to galvanize support within his party. Tongass Democrats, which represent
  
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• U.S. Creates 156,000 Jobs In September, Lower Than Predicted

  07-10-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The U.S. economy generated 156,000 new jobs in September, according to the monthly jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  The results did not meet expectations: Economists had predicted between 170,000 and 176,000 new jobs for September.
  In the previous report for August, the U.S. economy had been reported to have 151,000 new jobs, with a steady unemployment rate. But Friday’s BLS report revised that number sharply upward, to 167,000. It also changed July’s number, d
  
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• Newscast – Friday, Oct. 7, 2016

  07-10-2016 22:53 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/10/2016-10-07-newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  Gov. Bill Walker heads to Korea again to pitch the natural gas pipeline,
  Alaska and British Columbia sign a transboundary mining agreement, and
  the Alaska Legislature’s landlords in Anchorage want $37 million in damages.
  
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• Doctor from West Virginia visits Anchorage to discuss a natural approach to treating behavior of children with autism

  07-10-2016 22:44
  
  One author is hoping to change the conventional medical approach to children with autism. Dr. Janet Lintala is in Alaska this week, to discuss her natural approach to help children on the spectrum become calmer, and more focused without the need for medication.
  Lintala wrote about it in the book, “the Unprescription for Autism.” It is currently available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
  Friday, Lintala joined Daybreak with some insight.
  Community Workshop
  Saturday, Oct. 7
  Discovery Ba
  
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• Runner up on”Last Comic Standing’ visits Alaska for two shows

  07-10-2016 22:35
  
  He’s been making people laugh for as long as he can remember. His humor has propelled him to stages on the Tonight Show, and Tosh.O. It even took him center stage of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, where he made it all the way to runner up.
  Friday, Lachlan Patterson joined Daybreak to talk about what life has been like since “Last Comic Standing” and where he’s performing in Alaska.
  Upcoming Shows
  KFAT Comedy Jam SeriesFriday, Oct. 7Koots (Spenard)7 p.m. and 9 p.m.Ticket
  
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• Runner-up on ‘Last Comic Standing’ visits Alaska for two shows

  07-10-2016 22:35
  
  He’s been making people laugh for as long as he can remember. His humor has propelled him to stages on the Tonight Show, and Tosh.O. It even took him center stage of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, where he made it all the way to runner up.
  Friday, Lachlan Patterson joined Daybreak to talk about what life has been like since “Last Comic Standing” and where he’s performing in Alaska.
  Upcoming Shows
  KFAT Comedy Jam SeriesFriday, Oct. 7Koots (Spenard)7 p.m. and 9 p.m.Ticket
  
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• APOC recommends dismissing complaint about legistlator-lead campaign PAC

  07-10-2016 22:02
  
  A staff report by the Alaska Public Offices Commission recommends the organization dismiss a complaint by the Alaska Democratic Party regarding a state lawmaker’s creation of an election Political Action Committee (PAC) to contribute to the campaigns of other legislative candidates.
  Anchorage Representative Gabrielle LeDoux created the PAC in late-July. The Alaska Democratic Party filed a complaint on Aug. 30, claiming LeDoux was using the group to “double-dip,” by accepting mo
  
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• Lawmakers reject $37M claim over Anchorage office renovation

  07-10-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — The owners of a downtown Anchorage building are considering legal options after the Alaska Legislature rejected a claim for $37 million.
  The property in question is the former site of the Anchorage Legislative Information Office. KTVA reports lawmakers vacated the building after a judge found the state’s lease was invalid.
  The state has paid its monthly $275,000 rent through Oct. 16, and lawmakers have purchased another building for offices.
  The $37 million claim sought t
  
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• Hurricane Stays Offshore As It Moves Up Florida’s Coast, Nears Georgia, Carolinas

  07-10-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Hurricane Matthew is traveling north along the Florida coastline with sustained winds of 120 mph and gusts up to 150 mph — but the most powerful winds primarily stayed offshore, sparing the coast from the worst-case-scenario damage.
  The Category 3 storm, even at a distance, has had gusts on land of more than 100 mph, causing power outages for more than 1 million customers as of 3 p.m. ET, according to the office of Florida Gov. Rick Scott.
  Storm surge flooding remains a threat even as the
  
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• Mic Check in the Morning: Lavoy

  07-10-2016 21:45
  
  They’ve shared the stage with musicians like Andy Grammer, Portugal the man and Motion City Soundtrack. Alaska grown band Lavoy describes their sound as alternative pop and 80’s nostalgia. This October they’re back home from Washington state to perform for their hometown fans.
  Friday, Lavoy joined Daybreak for a Mic Check in the Morning.
  Upcoming Performances
  Anchorage Community WorksFriday, Oct. 7Time: 8 p.m.
  Koots in SpenardSaturday, Oct. 8Time: 8 p.m.Tickets: $15
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• Walrus begin arriving near Alaska village, tribal council asks people to leave walrus alone

  07-10-2016 21:33
  
  4:15 p.m.
  Tribal leaders in a remote northwest Alaska village are asking that people leave Pacific walrus alone as the animals start to come ashore.
  The tribal council of Point Lay says in a statement they are concerned about the walrus because they are subject to stampedes that can kill the youngest of the animals.
  The council says walrus are a source of subsistence food for them. The council says villagers want to protect their cultural way of life and asked that anyone in the area respect &ld
  
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• Walrus begin arriving near Alaska village

  07-10-2016 21:33
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Pacific walrus are beginning to come ashore near a remote community on Alaska’s northwest coast in what’s become a marine mammal phenomenon caused by a warming climate.
  The massive animals have gathered by the thousands each fall on a barrier island near the Inupiat Eskimo village of Point Lay. Last year, 35,000 hauled out on the rocky beach.
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokeswoman Andrea Medeiros says about 1,000 walrus are currently at the site. Me
  
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• British Columbia, Alaska sign transboundary mine agreement

  07-10-2016 21:23 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Eight transboundary watersheds feed Southeast Alaska rivers. A new agreement with British Columbia aims to protect them from mining pollution. Critics say it doesn’t do the job. (Map by Alaska Department of Natural Resources.)
  Alaska and British Columbia officials signed a statement of cooperation Thursday aimed at protecting rivers that flow through the province and the state.
  Transboundary mine critics say it’s not strong enough.
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/10/06Min
  
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• Fuel Your School: How filling up your tank is helping Anchorage classrooms

  07-10-2016 21:01
  
  Students at Muldoon Elementary School have lots of new tools for learning. A surprise delivery of math supplies — including white boards, Legos and books — arrived in their classroom on Thursday.
  Their teacher, Tiffany Wilson, says for the first time there’s enough materials to go around.
  The gift came after she applied for the Fuel Your School program, a collaboration between Chevron and DonorsChoose.org.
  Teacher request supplies online and Chevron answers the call f
  
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• Mushroom hunting brings risks and rewards

  07-10-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  In Alaska, passion for hunting runs deep. For many, the thrill of hunting big game is second to none. But there’s another group of hunters in Alaska tracking a different kind of prey: mushrooms.
  Neil McArthur has one rule when he’s mushroom hunting.
  “When in doubt, move on,” he said.
  McArthur would know. He’s been hunting mushrooms in Homer for 25 years.
  This year, he published “Alaska’s Mushrooms: A Wide-Ranging Guide,” along with University of Fa
  
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• Billionaire Gubernatorial Candidate Owes $15 Million In Taxes And Fines

  07-10-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  West Virginia’s Democratic candidate for governor is a billionaire, a philanthropist and a resort and coal mine owner who cites his business and mining experience as major attributes as he seeks to lead his home state out of a severe budget and economic crisis.
  “I am not a career politician; I am a career businessman,” wrote Jim Justice in an April 5 op-ed that appeared in the Charleston Gazette-Mail.
  But an NPR investigation shows that Justice’s mining companies still fa
  
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• Alaska borough to consider new invocation policy

  07-10-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  KENAI — The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is set to consider a measure that would revise the policy on invocations at its meetings.
  The Peninsula Clarion reports the proposal creating formal guidelines for invocation rules is on the agenda for the assembly’s next meeting Tuesday.
  The resolution prohibits members of the assembly from directing the public to participate in the prayer and making note of a person’s absence or presence. Assembly President Blaine Gilman would also
  
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• Ground searchers find missing persons stranded outside Wales

  07-10-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Two overdue travelers from Brevig Mission were located and transported to Wales yesterday after search efforts had been going on for more than a day.
  Eleanor Olanna, 29, and Herbert Barr, 30, left Brevig Mission on Tuesday around 5 p.m. on an ATV bound for Wales.Alaska State Troopers received a report of the missing persons on Wednesday at 1:18 p.m. A Department of Public Safety aircraft and at least nine ground searchers searched the trail that Olanna and Barr were presumed to be traveling.
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• Canoe steaming carries on Tlingit and Haida tradition

  07-10-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  To transform a hollowed-out log into a dugout canoe requires more than expert carving — it requires steam, and lots of it.
  Earlier this week the skies over Eagle Beach in Sitka were filled with smoke and steam, as a carving team worked to transform a cedar dugout into an elegant, seaworthy canoe.
  David Katzeek sings and drums alongside the nearly 30- foot long canoe and it’s five-man carving crew. The men stomp their feet to the beat.
  Katzeek is a Tlingit leader originally from Kluk
  
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• Alaska wireless network runs into barriers in attempt to build telecommunications tower

  07-10-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The Alaska Wireless Network, a subsidiary of GCI, has dedicated about eight months to getting permissions to construct a telecommunications tower, according to Community Development Director Sara Mason, who explained at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting Thursday night that the company needs a variance because the structure would exceed the 50-foot height limit.
  At the meeting, the assembly heard a board of adjustment appeal case about the 67-foot would-be telecommunications
  
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• Focus on Community – Dick Willoughby’s Book of Claims — 10-10-16

  07-10-2016 19:45 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Grab a comfortable chair and listen to Juneau’s Master Storyteller, Mark Whitman, for a look at one of Juneau’s most colorful characters, Dick Willoughby. Monday night at 7 on KTOO-NEWS. It’s an hour and a half long. Prepare yourself for a glimpse into Juneau’s history. If you missed it, here’s a link.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/10/Book-Of-Claims.mp3 
  
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• Fairbanks youth officer charged with distributing child porn

  07-10-2016 19:23
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A man who has worked as a juvenile justice officer at the Fairbanks Youth Facility has been charged with three counts of distributing child pornography.
  An Anchorage grand jury charged 34-year-old Henry Barker on Wednesday. He’s accused of using an internet file sharing program to distribute three movies depicting the sexual exploitation of children.
  According to court documents, Barker used a peer-to-peer file sharing network to offer three videos to other u
  
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• Bartlett football forced to trim roster for playoffs

  07-10-2016 19:05
  
  Less is not always more.
  As Bartlett High School enters this weekend’s playoff game with Wasilla, the number one seed will be shorthanded. The Bears will have a full compliment of players as they face the Warriors Saturday afternoon but not as many as they feel they should..
  A long standing rule is forcing the Bears to cut down their roster from their regular season 61 to the playoff 48. The statute was put in place a decade ago by the Alaska School Activities Association to keep the playi
  
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• Ketchikan’s Welcome Arch support pole will need repairs

  07-10-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Ketchikan’s Welcome Arch sustained significant damage Wednesday night after an allegedly drunken driver hit one of the supporting poles with his vehicle.
  City Manager Karl Amylon gave some details to the Ketchikan City Council during Thursday’s regular meeting. He said a Ketchikan Public Utilities truck was used to hold the sign up temporarily.
  “We think that the actual sign itself it OK, but the superstructure that holds it in place took a serious hit,” he said. “S
  
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• Daybreak Adopt-a-Pet for Oct. 7, 2016

  07-10-2016 19:00
  
  From Anchorage Animal Care and Control:
  Kiki (9 years old)Kiki’s former owners tell us that she is “very easy to love” and we would agree! She greets you with a soft chirp of a meow and gentle head bumps and clearly enjoys every moment of your attention. Staff at AACC think you’ll find Kiki easy to love if you take the time to go down and meet her.
  Stewie (12 years old)One ear, then the other ear…Stewie will make sure you get the chance to rub both of his ears as h
  
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• Bear sighting forces temporary park closure in Sitka

  07-10-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The Sitka Police Department typically receives a handful of calls each night from residents reporting bears wandering the streets or dipping into trash cans.
  This week there have been a number of sightings in daytime, even one on National Park property.
  Ryan Carpenter, who the acting Chief of Interpretation at Sitka National Historical Park, said a bear was in the park early Monday.
  “We had a visitor that sighted a bear along Saw Mill Creek, and that was probably about 7:30-7:45
  
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• Homer police make arrest after Sterling Highway car chase

  07-10-2016 18:42
  
  A 30-year-old Homer man was arrested on a slew of charges by the Homer Police Department after a car chase with Alaska State Troopers (AST), which began with a Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately (REDDI) tip.
  According to a trooper dispatch, at 3:05 p.m. Thursday Anchor Point troopers responded to mile 171 of the Sterling Highway. A red, Chevrolet Lumina was spotted by the agency at mile 161.
  The driver failed to yield and embarked on a short car chase with law enforcement before crashing
  
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• Brown Bag neighbors fed up with rowdy clientele, push community council to take action

  07-10-2016 17:26
  
  A group of Downtown residents, landlords, tenants and business owners are fed up with their new neighbor, Brown Bag Sandwich Co., which moved into the Woodshed bar’s old location last Fall.
  Brown Bag celebrated its grand opening on 3rd Avenue in December.
  People who live and work next door say during the day, Brown Bag isn’t a problem and their customers bring more business to the area, but at night, they say, the crowd they attract is loud and vulgar, making the neighborhood a
  
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• ‘Worst of it is yet to come’: Hurricane Matthew hammers Florida

  07-10-2016 16:51
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Hurricane Matthew scraped Florida’s Atlantic coast early Friday, toppling trees onto homes and knocking out power to more than half-million people but sparing some of the most heavily populated stretches of shoreline the catastrophic blow many had feared.
  Authorities warned that the danger was far from over, with hundreds of miles of coastline in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina still under threat of torrential rain and dangerous storm surge as the hurricane
  
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• After 3 months, new ‘Mayor of JBER’ is more comfortable in the job

  07-10-2016 07:03
  
  He’s in charge of more than 10,000 lives and 80,000 acres. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) Cmdr. Col. George Dietrich, the so-called “Mayor of JBER,” has been on the job for three months. He says a challenging first month, which included Arctic Thunder and a base-wide readiness inspection, made him more comfortable in the role.
  “Month one was pretty much a fire hose,” said Dietrich. “Because it was such a steep learning curve right off the bat, I feel l
  
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• Red Cross of Alaska prepares to respond to Hurricane Matthew

  07-10-2016 05:45
  
  As the southeast coast of the U.S. continues to watch and wait to see what impact Hurricane Matthew may have, voulenteers with the American Red Cross of Alaska are preparing to respond to the storm.
  “We will be sending some folks down. We are still in a wait-and-see mode to see what’s needed, but there is definitely a call out across the country for all of us in the Red Cross,” Red Cross of Alaska CEO Tanguy Libbrecht said.
  In Alaska, Red Cross staff are making sure those head
  
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• Legislature denies Anchorage LIO owner’s claim for $37 million

  07-10-2016 03:46
  
  Last updated at 5:56 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6
  The Alaska Legislature has rejected a claim from its downtown Anchorage landlord — 716 West 4th Ave. LLC — for $37 million, after a judge declared the state’s lease there invalid in March. Lawmakers vacated the building this month, after purchasing the Spenard Wells Fargo Building.
  In July, 716 West 4th Ave. LLC claimed the money in damages based on renovations made to the building to accommodate lawmakers, forecasting its loss of t
  
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• Troopers release names of pilots in deadly crash near Togiak

  07-10-2016 03:06
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Alaska authorities have released the names of two pilots who died in a weekend crash of a commercial flight in southwest Alaska.
  Alaska State Troopers say 43-year-old Timothy Cline of Homer and 29-year-old Drew Welty of Anchorage were killed Sunday in the crash of a Cessna 208B operated by Hageland Aviation.
  Also killed in the crash was 49-year-old passenger Louie John of Manokotak. The men were the only three on board the aircraft.
  The Cessna was on 70-mile flight
  
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• ConocoPhillips signs deal for new extended reach drill rig

  07-10-2016 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — Doyon Drilling Inc. has signed a contract with ConocoPhillips Alaska to build an extended reach drilling rig that can be used on Alaska’s North Slope.
  The rig will be used first on a field northwest of the Alpine field.
  ConocoPhillips says the rig will increase the area that can be drilled from one site from about 55 square miles to as much as 125 square miles.
  ConocoPhillips Alaska president Joe Marushack calls construction of the rig a potential breakthrough event that
  
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• Judge reverses House District 40 primary, gives Nageak a two-vote edge

  07-10-2016 02:47 via ktoo.org
  Rep. Benjamin Nageak speaks on the House in 2014. Superior Court Judge Andrew Guidi’s decision puts Nageak two votes ahead of Dean Westlake in the House District 40 Democratic primary. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
  A judge on Thursday reversed the outcome of the Democratic primary for the House district that includes the North Slope and Northwest Arctic boroughs.
  Superior Court Judge Andrew Guidi ordered the Division of Elections to certify that incumbent Benjamin Nageak of
  
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• Living Alaska: 5 big city signs you’re an Alaskan

  07-10-2016 02:35
  
  One of my earliest memories is when I learned to drive a four-wheeler; my dad taught me. I also remember the time he explained how bear spray worked — I was little and imagined myself running through the woods carrying it like Pocahontas but with Alaska swag.
  Once, I did more than half of a hike barefoot because my new adventure boots were hurting my feet so much. The best breakfast I’ve ever had was one my mom made over a fire. I now know how to cook over a open flame better than a
  
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• Reality Check w/ John Tracy: Avenging angel or tormented criminal?

  07-10-2016 02:20
  
  One of the great things about social media is the ability to post an opinion. What you learn when you read comments after a story online is that those opinions can be downright frightening.
  Case in point is the story of Jason Vukovich, the self-described avenging angel, charged with barging into the homes of three Anchorage men in less than a week and beating them with his fists and a hammer.
  The victims in this case were on Anchorage’s sex offender registry. Vukovich says he was administe
  
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• 4-year-old hit by fragments of bullet fired from apartment

  07-10-2016 02:06 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — A 4-year-old Anchorage girl was struck and injured by bullet fragments when someone in an upstairs apartment fired a gun.
  Police early Thursday took a call from a hospital reporting the girl had suffered puncture wounds. They were not life-threatening.
  The girl’s parents told police she and three other children had been left Wednesday night with a 17-year-old.
  When the parents returned, they checked on the girl and found blood in the bed and wounds to her legs. The parent
  
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• Native brotherhood leader calls for more youth involvement

  07-10-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Yakutat ANB Camp President Devlin Anderstrom delivers the keynote speech Wednesday at the Alaska State Brotherhood and Sisterhood Grand Camp Convention in Juneau. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
  A 19-year-old Yakutat man says the state’s oldest Native organizations are taking important steps to reach out to young people.
  But they need to do more, he says.
  Devlin Anderstrom was the keynote speaker at this year’s Alaska Native Sisterhood and Brotherhood Grand Camp Convention.
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 10-7-16

  07-10-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Friday on A Juneau Afternoon, Andy Kline hosts.
  We’ll get a preview of this weekend’s FallToBerFest with The Easy Leaves and Big Chimney;
  We’ll talk with artist Christine Kleinhenz about her First Friday show at Coppa;
  That, Writers’ Almanac, Bird Note, music and more, Friday on A Juneau Afternoon, live on KTOO-News at 3, repeated at 4 on KRNN, and available on-demand via ktoo.org
   
   
   
  
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• What’s the right retirement savings target for millennials?

  07-10-2016 01:25
  
  A new study by NerdWallet reveals that 22 percent of pay could be the new retirement savings goal for millennials. If you add this to what it’s costing them to repay student debt, higher housing costs and an uncertain job market, no wonder so many millennials may feel doomed financially.
  But will they really need to save 22 percent of pay for retirement? If you’re a millennial, it depends on how optimistic or pessimistic you are about a number of factors, such as your assumed retirem
  
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• Man charged with DUI after hitting Ketchikan welcome arch

  07-10-2016 01:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A 24-year-old Ketchikan man was charged with drunken driving after allegedly driving into the Welcome Arch on Mission Street downtown late Wednesday.
  Officers received a report about midnight of a vehicle hitting the Ketchikan Welcome Arch, according to the Ketchikan Police Department.Police contacted the driver, who appeared intoxicated but refused to submit to field sobriety tests and refused to provide a breath sample.
  The man was charged with driving under the influence and refusal to submit
  
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• APD: Armed suspect in car Wednesday same man from September SWAT standoff

  07-10-2016 00:50
  
  Anchorage police have released more information Thursday about the armed man in a car on the on-ramp for Minnesota Drive on Wednesday. Namely, the suspect was identified as 29-year-old Joseph Szajkowski — the man involved in a separate standoff with police on Sept. 22.
  Just after 6 p.m. Wednesday, the Anchorage Police Department (APD) was told about a suspicious vehicle where a man had been sitting while in a parking lot near the 3900 block of West 86th Avenue for several hours. Police sta
  
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• Conoco aims to up North Slope production with new drilling rig

  07-10-2016 00:05 via ktoo.org
  
  Conoco’s new Extended Reach Drilling Rig will allow the company to access more from a single drill site (Image courtesy ConocoPhillips Alaska)
  ConocoPhillips Alaska has announced plans for a new drilling rig on the North Slope that will more than double the area it can develop from a single drill site.
  The company is calling it a “potential breakthrough” and said the rig will increase production by making development possible in areas that are currently hard to reach.
  It will a
  
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• Coulrophobics Beware: America’s Creepy Clown Problem Continues

  07-10-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  America has a scary clown problem.
  Last month, the Two-Way reported on a spate of creepy-clown sightings across America. It seemed to begin in Greenville, S.C., where there were reports that “suspicious clowns were attempting to lure children into the woods.”
  That was followed by sightings in Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Kentucky, with arrests made in Alabama and Kentucky. Many sightings were hard to verify, leaving people wondering: Jokes? Hoaxes? Fig
  
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• Camera, other items stolen from vehicle

  07-10-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska State Troopers are seeking information about a theft from a vehicle on Driftwood Lane off North Tongass Highway in Ketchikan.
  Between Sept. 24 and 25, someone took a GPS Spot Tracker, GoPro 3 camera, backpack and ammunition from an unoccupied vehicle, according to the Troopers online dispatch.
  The estimated value of the stolen property is $380.
  Anyone with information about this case or any criminal activity is asked to contact Alaska State Troopers at 225-5118.
  Callers can remain anonymo
  
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• 82 ballots will decide close races in Unalaska’s municipal election

  07-10-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Election Day at Unalaska City Hall. (Photo by Laura Kraegel/KUCB)
  After half of Unalaska’s municipal races were too close to call on Election Day, the results for mayor, commercial marijuana and more will come down to 82 absentee and questioned ballots.
  City officials will canvas the outstanding ballots on Friday.
  City Clerk Cat Hazen said the votes could have a big impact once they’re all counted.
  “There’s a significant number of ballots that’ll be canvas
  
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