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• US DOT bans Samsung Galaxy Note7 from all flights

  15-10-2016 23:08
  
  ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued an emergency order Saturday immediately banning Samsung Galaxy Note7 devices from all flights.
  “All Samsung Galaxy Note7 devices are considered forbidden hazardous materials,” the alert emphasized.
  Samsung first recalled the device shortly after its initial release when consumers reported their Note7s caught fire and even exploded. The issue was linked to the lithium batteries, according to the company. A repl
  
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• UPDATE: Palmer Correctional Center inmates moved as Moose Creek Fire continues to burn

  15-10-2016 22:15
  
  An early-morning photo of the Moose Creek Fire near SuttonAlaska Division of Forestry photo Moose Creek FireRachel McPherron/KTVA 11 An early-morning photo of the Moose Creek Fire near SuttonAlaska Division of Forestry photo Moose Creek FireCourtesy Matanuska-Susitna BoroughLast updated at 5:37 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15
  ANCHORAGE — “In Alaska, fire season isn’t over until the snow flies.”
  That’s what the Alaska Division of Forestry said in Facebook statem
  
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• UPDATE: Moose Creek Fire now 300 acres, 25 percent contained

  15-10-2016 22:15
  Crews working the Moose Creek FireCourtesy Jim Sykes Photo by Sarah Saarloos/Alaska Division of Forestry Crews working the Moose Creek FireCourtesy Jim Sykes A helicopter drops water on the Moose Creek FirePatty Sullivan / Matanuska-Susitna Borough Alaska Division of Forestry Photo A helicopter drops water on the Moose Creek FirePatty Sullivan / Matanuska-Susitna Borough An early Saturday morning photo of the Moose Creek Fire near SuttonAlaska Division of Forestry photo Moose Creek FireRachel M
  
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• UPDATE: Moose Creek Fire now 216 acres

  15-10-2016 22:15
  Photo by Sarah Saarloos/Alaska Division of Forestry A helicopter drops water on the Moose Creek FirePatty Sullivan / Matanuska-Susitna Borough Alaska Division of Forestry Photo A helicopter drops water on the Moose Creek FirePatty Sullivan / Matanuska-Susitna Borough An early Saturday morning photo of the Moose Creek Fire near SuttonAlaska Division of Forestry photo Moose Creek FireRachel McPherron/KTVA 11 An early Saturday morning photo of the Moose Creek Fire near SuttonAlaska Division of For
  
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• Moose Creek Fire threatens Palmer Correctional Center, homes near Sutton

  15-10-2016 22:15
  
  An early-morning photo of the Moose Creek Fire near SuttonAlaska Division of Forestry photo An early-morning photo of the Moose Creek Fire near SuttonAlaska Division of Forestry photoLast updated at 12:20 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15
  ANCHORAGE — As of Saturday morning, a late-season wildfire near Sutton grew to roughly 178 acres, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry (DOF).
  Labeled the Moose Creek Fire, a driver on the Glenn Highway reported it at 2:10 a.m. near mile 56, south of Sutt
  
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• Police: Bicyclist in critical condition following collision with truck

  15-10-2016 21:53
  
  A collision with a truck left a bicyclist in critical condition Friday night, according to the Anchorage Police Department.
  Someone reported the crash on Debarr Road at 9:11 p.m., police said in a statement Saturday morning. A Dodge Dakota truck was heading westbound on Debarr “when it collided with the bicyclist that had entered the roadway near Hoyt Street,” the statement explained.
  “The bicyclist did not appear to be wearing a helmet at the time of the collision,”
  
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• Accidental shootings kill, injure children in Alaska

  15-10-2016 21:23
  
  Alaska led the nation with the highest per capita rate of accidental shootings of children over a recent 2 1/2 -year period.
  That’s according to a joint investigation by The Associated Press and the USA Today Network that counted 14 unintentional shootings that killed five children and injured nine others in the gun-friendly state.
  The investigation used data collected nationwide by the nonpartisan research group, Gun Violence Archive, to examine more than 1,000 fatal and injury incidents
  
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• Update: Teen shooting victim in critical condition

  15-10-2016 09:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Update | 12:46 p.m. Saturday
  Juneau police now say the gunshot that wounded a 19-year-old woman in a Mendenhall Valley townhouse was fired through the floor of the second story into the first, where it struck the top of her head.
  An Alaska Native Medical Center spokeswoman reports the teenager is in critical condition in the hospital’s intensive care unit.
  In a press release, the police also said they no longer need help finding Katherine Milton and Rafael Flores. Detectives met with
  
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• Police seeking two people in connection with Friday shooting

  15-10-2016 09:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau Police are looking for Katherine Milton and Rafael Flores in connection with a Friday shooting. (Photos courtesy Juneau Police Department)
  Juneau Police are looking for two people in connection with a Friday shooting that left one woman with a gunshot wound to the head.
  According to a news release, police are asking for contact information for 51-year-old Rafael Flores and 46-year-old Katherine Milton. Both are Juneau residents.
  Police describe Flores as 5 foot 9 inches tall, 180 pou
  
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• Looking for your legislator? They’ve moved across town.

  15-10-2016 08:09
  
  If you want to talk to your legislator in Anchorage, you’ll have to go to Spenard now. The Anchorage Legislative Information Office (LIO) has moved to the Wells Fargo Building on the corner of Benson Boulevard and Minnesota Drive. The Alaska Legislature moved out of its downtown Anchorage LIO at the beginning of the October, and while most lawmakers have moved in, they haven’t settled in. Boxes can still be seen through the clear, glass doors of many legislators’ offices.
  The T
  
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• Scam alert: Fraud IRS calls on the rise

  15-10-2016 07:25
  
  The Better Business Bureau (BBB) says it’s the number one scam in Alaska right now: scammers claiming to be the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that threaten to file a lawsuit, and try to collect money. It’s a call that could be costly.
  “We had one women who, she got very upset, her husband had recently died and she thought she may have really owed the money,” said Michelle Tabler with the BBB.  “And she did wire the first $1,300.”
  I got the call while wor
  
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• New start for Arctic Valley: Groomed slopes all season long

  15-10-2016 05:41
  
  A new piece of equipment at the Arctic Valley Ski Area is promising smooth slopes all season long. In the past, conditions haven’t always been that great for skiers, but the facility’s manager says the installation of a new groomer will change that.
  John Robinson-Wilson says the groomer came from a resort in Park City, Utah.
  “They run somewhere around $400,000 brand new and we got this one for about a 10th of the price, which we were really happy with,” said Robinson-Wils
  
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• Anchorage municipal prosecutor: Senate Bill 91 ‘a huge hit’ to city budget

  15-10-2016 05:23
  
  The Municipality of Anchorage is not getting as much money as it used to from traffic tickets, and controversial Senate Bill 91 (SB 91) could be to blame. The bill changed the rules regarding things like parole and sentencing statewide. It also forces the municipality to charge state fines, instead of city fines, for most traffic tickets.
  Municipal Prosecutor Seneca Theno said the bill requires fines and fees to align with the amount listed on state law, so long as the state amount is lower. For
  
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• Municipality proposes phone bill hike to pay for 911 system

  15-10-2016 05:15
  
  The Municipality of Anchorage is having trouble paying for 911 operators and equipment, and is hoping to raise phone bill fees to help. Currently, each landline and cell phone is charged $1.50 each month to help pay for the city’s 911 service. There is now a proposal to raise that to $2, the maximum allowed by the state.
  “With this additional revenue, we’ll be able to make sure that, as intended, the people that might be calling 911 are the ones that are paying for the 911 syst
  
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• Red Carpet Concert: Kindeshaun & Woosh.ji.een Dance Group

  15-10-2016 03:32 via ktoo.org
  
  The latest Celebration Sessions Red Carpet Concert video features Kindeshaun Austin with the Woosh.ji.een Dance Group. Introduced by Lyle James, Austin demonstrates the funk style of dancing called popping to drumming in a studio shared by Rico Worl and Christy NaMee Eriksen, who curated the eight-part series.The Celebration Sessions Red Carpet Concerts are a collaboration between KTOO, Kindred Post and Trickster Company. Watch other Red Carpet Concerts with David S
  
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• Juneau Afternoon 10-17-16

  15-10-2016 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Monday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon, Scott Burton Hosts.
  Stuart Robards will be here to highlight an upcoming class, About Boating Safety.
  George Brown, from the League of Women Voters, will be here to focus on a LUNCH & LEARN event on Wednesday;
  We’ll get an update on the upcoming JDHS production of The Addams Family;
  And Thunder Mountain High School Band Teacher, Brian Van Kirk, will offer a preview of this week’s concert.
  That, Writers Almanac, Bird Note, music and more, live at
  
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• APD to participate in national data initiative

  15-10-2016 02:24
  
  The Anchorage Police Department said it’s going to make it easier for residents to know what kind of crime is happening in their neighborhood and what police are doing about it. APD is one of 100 cities participating in the White House Police Data Initiative, according to agency Lt. Jack Carson.
  “It’s about creating transparency with the police departments by putting out more data that the departments have and have collected,” said Carson. “It (will) allow us to bet
  
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• Juneau woman shot in head, medevaced to Anchorage

  15-10-2016 01:16 via ktoo.org
  
  A 19-year-old Juneau woman has been medevaced to Anchorage after being shot in the head.
  Authorities haven’t named the woman, who was in a townhouse on Amalga Street in the Mendenhall Valley.
  Emergency officials were notified shortly before noon Friday. They didn’t know she had been shot until they arrived.
  Speaking from the townhouse this afternoon, police Lt. David Campbell said investigators were conducting interviews and that the shooting happened inside.
  “So it wasn’
  
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• Driver hits pedestrian teen in Lemon Creek area

  15-10-2016 01:01 via ktoo.org
  
  A 14-year-old boy is injured after apparently being struck by a vehicle Friday on Glacier Highway near Western Auto Marine.
  According to a Juneau Police Department news release, multiple 911 callers reported a pedestrian struck by a vehicle at about noon.
  The injured juvenile was transported to Bartlett Regional Hospital. Juneau police Lt. David Campbell said the boy didn’t have life-threatening injuries.
  The release says a 65-year-old man was driving the 2003 silver Infinity in
  
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• Trump, Johnson miss deadline for state’s election pamphlet

  15-10-2016 01:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Neither Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump nor Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson will have a full-page spread in Alaska’s official elections pamphlet.
  The Alaska Division of Elections says neither candidate sent in the required information by the Aug. 30 deadline.
  Presidential candidates are required to submit a candidate statement, photograph and a $300 fee in order to receive a full page in the state’s election pamphlet.
  The Division of Elections sent letters in ear
  
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• CEO sold millions in Wells Fargo stock before fraud revelations

  15-10-2016 00:23
  
  Last Updated Oct 14, 2016 6:02 PM EDT
  Former Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO John Stumpf sold $61 million worth of Wells Fargo (WFC) shares in the month prior to settling a long-running investigation that charged the bank with falsifying millions of customer accounts to boost sales and fees.
  The following month, when regulators announced on Sept. 8 that they’d fined Wells Fargo $185 million for falsifying more than 2 million customer accounts to meet aggressive sales goals, the company&rsquo
  
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• US oil rig count up 15 this week to 539

  15-10-2016 00:01
  
  The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 15 this week to 539.
  A year ago, 787 rigs were active. Depressed energy prices have sharply curtailed oil and gas exploration.
  Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 432 rigs sought oil and 105 explored for natural gas this week. Two were listed as miscellaneous.
  Among major oil- and gas-producing states, Louisiana gained six rigs, New Mexico and Oklahoma increased by three each, Colorado
  
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• Breast Cancer Death Rates Are Down, But Racial Disparities Persist

  15-10-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Women are less likely to die of breast cancer than they were a decade ago, but not all women are benefiting from that trend.
  White women saw more of a drop in death rates than black women — 1.9 percent a year from 2010 to 2014, compared to a 1.5 percent decrease for black women, according to a report published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  And while the death rates for women under 50 declined regardless of race, older black women are more likely to die of brea
  
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