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• Police arrest teen for Friday morning Fred Meyer robbery

  21-10-2016 23:33
  
  Anchorage police say the community came together to help officers arrest a teen who threatened a store clerk at Fred Meyer and then stole multiple firearms.
  In a Friday afternoon release, the Anchorage Police Department stated just after 9:46 a.m. Friday they received multiple calls about someone threatening a Fred Meyer gun counter employee at the Midtown store. The person was demanding guns, police wrote. Multiple officers responded.
  APD said further investigation showed a 17-year-old young ma
  
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• Ketchikan council moves forward with buy-local policy

  21-10-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Ketchikan City Council met for not quite a half-hour Thursday, finishing its regular meeting in what might be record time.
  The primary item on the agenda was a vote to move forward with a policy to encourage the city to use local businesses.
  The policy was suggested by the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce as a way to support the local economy.
  City Finance Director Bob Newell drafted language to add local procurement to a list of exemptions that allow purchases of up to $50,000 without City Council
  
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• Cyber aggression takes a back seat to other presidential campaign issues

  21-10-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Cybersecurity has plagued this presidential election like no other in U.S. history. Earlier this week, the Obama administration indicated its plans to retaliate against Russia, in some way, for cyberattacks. Hacking came up, again, in the final presidential debate. Yet neither candidate is offering a roadmap for what to do on aggression, or how to handle foreign hackers.
  Let’s revisit the last debate. Hillary Clinton brings up hacking. She says the Russian government has engaged in espiona
  
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• Newscast – Friday, Oct. 21, 2016

  21-10-2016 22:44 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/10/2016-10-21-1230-newcast.mp3In this newscast:
  Gov. Bill Walker addresses the Alaska Federation of Natives convention,
  Juneau police discover an explosive device in an impounded car being prepped for auction, and
  a White House representative announces a domestic violence and sexual assault hotline that will be “culturally and linguistically appropriate” for Native women.
  
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• Nominate a breast cancer survivor to ‘Get Pampered Pink’ on Oct. 26

  21-10-2016 22:40
  
  In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, KTVA 11’s Daybreak is partnering with Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall to honor and celebrate those in the community who have battled the disease.
  We’re giving you the chance to nominate someone special in your life to win a free makeover.
  Chemotherapy, radiation and other cancer treatments can take a toll on a woman’s physical appearance. So we want to take some time to pamper a few ladies in Anchorage and the surrounding communities!
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• JPD finds explosive device in impounded car being prepped for auction

  21-10-2016 22:27 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau police found an explosive inside an impounded car being prepared for auction.
  Police spokeswoman Erann Kalwara said a disposal team destroyed the explosive on Tuesday.
  “We’re not sure exactly who the property in the vehicle belonged to, but there doesn’t appear to be any nefarious attempts or anything of significance we need to be concerned about with that particular device,” she said.
  The device consisted of a seal bomb and other homemade explosive materials,
  
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• What’s up with the Internet today? Websites lag, don’t load for many in U.S.

  21-10-2016 22:14 via ktoo.org
  
  Hackers have attacked a major Internet infrastructure company, causing intermittent disruptions Friday to websites and services including Twitter, Reddit, Spotify and Airbnb.
  The victim of the attack is a New Hampshire-based company called Dyn (pronounced “dine”). It might not be a household name, but Dyn is one of the companies that sit between you and some of the biggest websites and services — and help make sure that when you type in a Web address, your traffic is properly r
  
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• Murkowski talks energy costs, brings AFN attendees to their feet

  21-10-2016 22:06
  
  US Senator Lisa Murkowski speaks to attendees at AFN. Megan Edge / KTVA
  Lowering rural energy costs is one of US Senator Lisa Murkowski’s “top priorities,” she said at a mid-morning address to Alaska Federation of Natives attendees. The crowd of convention-goers shouted and cheered quietly, as she spoke of an Aniak foster mother who was caught between paying her home heating bill and formula for the baby she was fostering.
  “She gave me the receipt for her heating and I c
  
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• Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau record first measurable snowfall in same week

  21-10-2016 21:47
  
  The season's first measurable snowfall - 10/21/2016Jason Sear / KTVAWarren Carson Devin O'Driscoll
  This week was one of transition for weather across Alaska, with Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau all recording the first measurable snowfalls of the year.
  Winter weather in Southeast Alaska began last Sunday, with a widespread early snowfall across the panhandle. The Juneau International Airport recorded 5.1 inches of snow on Sunday, a new daily record. This was the first time Juneau recorded snow b
  
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• El Chapo is a step closer to U.S. extradition, after judge denies appeal

  21-10-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman could be brought to face trial in the U.S. by early next year, after a federal judge in Mexico City refused to stop his extradition process. El Chapo is now down to his last appeals.
  The judge rejected five appeals from El Chapo, and his legal team is expected to appeal once again within 10 days of receiving formal notification. A lawyer representing the head of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel will seek to have Mexico’s Supreme Court
  
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• ACLU says Kenai’s invocation policy is unconstitutional

  21-10-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska wrote to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Oct. 20, warning them their new invocation policy is unconstitutional.
  The policy, approved on Oct. 11, restricts who is allowed to give the invocation, or prayer, that begins each Borough Assembly meeting.
  ACLU of Alaska executive director Joshua Decker said people who wish to give the invocation must now pass an unconstitutional “five-part religion test.”
  “What the Kenai Peninsu
  
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• Many U.S. websites disrupted as firm gets hit by cyberattack

  21-10-2016 20:28
  
  Last Updated Oct 21, 2016 2:13 PM EDT
  Twitter experienced renewed outages Friday afternoon following hours of internet disruption that took down numerous sites earlier in the morning across the U.S. East Coast.
  A wave of reports of problems accessing many popular websites came after the servers at a major internet management firm were hit by a cyberattack.
  New Hampshire-based Dyn said its server infrastructure suffered a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack, which occurs when a
  
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• Yakama chief accepts thanks from Alaska’s largest tribal organization

  21-10-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Alaska’s largest statewide native organization honored the Yakama Nation on Thursday during their annual convention in Fairbanks.
  The Yakama Nation loaned the Alaska Federation of Natives $225,000 to establish itself 50 years ago.
  http://cpa.ds.npr.org/northwestnews/audio/2016/10/102016ES_YakamaAFN_web.mp3AFN started in 1966 with loans from one Alaskan tribe and from the Yakama Nation. AFN leadership believes it’s a “sacred obligation” to honor the Yakama Nation for their
  
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• APD discusses crime stats, safety tips with Airport Heights community

  21-10-2016 19:56
  
  This year’s spike in violent crime has had Anchorage neighborhoods on edge, and many people asking what they can do to help.
  Officer Robin Nave is part of the Anchorage Police Department’s (APD) Community Action Policing team. In January, she attempted to survey residents in all community councils within the municipality regarding crime issues in their neighborhoods. Airport Heights residents participated in the survey, and Thursday night she presented the results to t
  
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• Listen: Tlingit translation of ‘Moment in AFN History’ Part 2

  21-10-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Paul Marks discusses the Raven story at the UAS Egan Lecture Hall in March 2015. (Photo by Lisa Phu/KTOO)Listen to Paul Marks’ Tlingit translation of part two of three in this series.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/10/AFN-50-Years-Module-2-Tlingit.mp3
   
  AFN got its start at a meeting in 1966 when 400 Alaska Natives met in Anchorage to talk about how to stop the state, and others, from taking their land.
  For the next five years, AFN focused on talks that led to th
  
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• Justice Ginsburg will make her operatic debut — sort of

  21-10-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  While political Washington is in a tizzy about the election and what it portends for the Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is prepping for her operatic debut in Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti’s “The Daughter of the Regiment.”
  For one night in November, the diminutive legal diva will play the nonsinging role of the Duchess of Krakenthorp, a character akin to the dowagers in Marx Brothers movies.
  It’s no cameo. According to the Washington National Opera, while
  
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• Mayor says Fairbanks 4 deserve compensation

  21-10-2016 18:29
  
  The mayor of Fairbanks says the city and state of Alaska should consider compensating the four indigenous men who spent nearly two decades in prison before their convictions for the beating death of a teenager were overturned.
  The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Mayor John Eberhart discussed ways the city can work to repair its relationship with Alaska Natives on Thursday at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention.
  Eberhart says the Fairbanks Four case “caused a rift” in the c
  
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• Why do eagles grunt like pigs?

  21-10-2016 16:51 via ktoo.org
  
  
  I came home from work on a recent Friday afternoon to find a very large bird hiding among the bushes in my backyard. That’s not unusual. I frequently spot ravens, robins, jays and other smaller species bouncing around.
  This particular bird would try to fly off, but it would fail to get off the ground and would return to very nearly the same spot every time. 
  It would slowly walk around, sometimes up a hill into a wire fence. After emerging from behind the bushes, I realized that
  
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• First snowfall to make for slippery morning commute in Anchorage, Mat-Su

  21-10-2016 16:25
  
   ANCHORAGE — Last updated at 6:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 21
  Make extra time for your Friday morning commute if you plan to drive in the Anchorage or Mat-Su areas.
  A cold front passing through Southcentral has brought the first measurable snowfall for the Anchorage and Mat-Su areas.
  It is beginning to snow in the Eagle River area and along the Glenn Hwy. Roads are very wet and temps are dropping. Drive safely.
  — APD Public Info. (@APDInfo) October 21, 2016As tem
  
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• First snowfall makes for slippery morning commute in Anchorage, Mat-Su

  21-10-2016 16:25
  
   Anchorage residents wake up to the first measurable snowfall of the season. Jason Sear / KTVA The season's first measurable snowfall - 10/21/2016Jason Sear / KTVAANCHORAGE — Last updated at 8:10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 21
  Make extra time for your Friday morning commute if you plan to drive in the Anchorage or Mat-Su areas. A cold front passing through Southcentral has brought the season’s first measurable snowfall.
  Snowy morning commute update: Crash on Tu
  
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• Troopers discuss rural opioid and heroin addiction with AFN

  21-10-2016 16:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Representatives of the Alaska Federation of Natives and the National Congress of American Indians met Wednesday in Fairbanks to discuss a range of topics, including opioid and heroin addiction in rural Alaska.
  Alaska State Trooper Sgt. Kevin Blanchette with the western Alaska Drug Enforcement unit was among several presenters on the issue.
  Blanchette said prescription pain killers and heroin have become a top priority for the unit.
  “Right now, the opioid addiction problem is just
  
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• Walker describes ‘painful’ PFD decision, highlights new education commissioner

  21-10-2016 07:43 via ktoo.org
  
  Gov. Bill Walker addresses the 2016 Alaska Federation of Natives convention on Thursday in Fairbanks. (Photo by Jennifer Canfield)
  The Alaska Federation of Natives convention is scheduled to take place each year shortly after Permanent Fund Dividends are distributed. And plenty of that money gets spent in Anchorage or Fairbanks, depending on where the convention is held.  
  Gov. Bill Walker addressed the convention Thursday morning in Fairbanks. He focused his comments mostly on the State of
  
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• Fairbanks mayor calls for compensation to Fairbanks Four, Alaska Innocence Project director honored

  21-10-2016 07:41 via ktoo.org
  
  A Fairbanks Four banner at the 2015 Alaska Federation of Natives Conference. (Photo by Mikko Wilson/KTOO)
  The Alaska Federation of Natives board and convention attendees made an impassioned plea to Gov. Bill Walker last year for the release of the Fairbanks Four — four men who were imprisoned for 18 years for a murder they say they did not commit. Two months later in December, the three men who were still in jail were released.
  In comments to the AFN convention Thursday, Fairbanks May
  
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• White House rep announces domestic violence, sexual assault helpline

  21-10-2016 07:39 via ktoo.org
  
  A new resource for Alaska Native and American Indian victims of domestic violence and sexual assault will be available in January.
  Tracy Goodluck from the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House announced the Strong Hearts Helpline on Thursday at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Fairbanks.
  “The new helpline will provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services by and for Native women and will assist American Indian and Alaska Native survivors of
  
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• Q&A: Legislative aide lobbied for amendment that could benefit son in sex crime case

  21-10-2016 07:20 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The main doors of the Alaska Capitol face the Dimond Courthouse. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
  A legislative aide used his connections to try to affect a state law in a way that could benefit his son, who state prosecutors said sexually abused a 12-year-old girl when he was 18. News reporters Kyle Hopkins and Austin Baird of KTUU reported on the lobbying.
  Baird spoke with me about what they found. Baird said it took months of interviews to get people to talk about it on the recor
  
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• Flash mob brings opera to students at Clark Middle School

  21-10-2016 06:11
  
  Students at Clark Middle School got more than they bargained for at the school cafeteria on Thursday. Lunch came with a side of opera and dance, courtesy of a flash mob.
  Several members of the Anchorage Opera dressed as cafeteria helpers surprised students by bursting into song for a short performance from Rigoletto.
  Bruce Wood, Director of Fine Arts for the Anchorage School District, said the idea behind the event was to bring art to the students and try to get them excited about participating.
  
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• Anchorage police want to teach you how to track local crime online

  21-10-2016 05:56
  
  The scanners may be turned off but the Anchorage Police Department (APD) says there is another way to figure out when crime is happening in your neighborhood.
  For the first time, the Anchorage Police Department is hosting a series of Community Crime Map training events.
  The technology has been around for years and officers say now more than ever people need to know how to use it.
  The data is pulled directly from police reports and updated three times a day, according to APD spokesperson Jennifer
  
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• In St. Paul, this Alaskan vows ‘Never Trump’

  21-10-2016 05:49 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Bill Briggs is a Hillary Clinton supporter in St. Paul. (Photo by Zoe Sobel/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
  As Election Day approaches, we’re checking in with voters around the state, asking what issues matter to them most — and who they’re supporting for president.
  Yesterday we heard from Julie Tisdale, a Trump supporter in Anchorage.
  Tonight we hear from Bill Briggs of St. Paul. Briggs is 60. He’s lived in St. Paul for 10 years, and manages the island’s seafood p
  
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• UAS vice chancellor, Sealaska board member nominated for AFN co-chair

  21-10-2016 05:34 via ktoo.org
  
  Joe Nelson was nominated for co-chair of the Alaska Federation of Natives. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/Coast Alaska News)
  Joe Nelson, Sealaska Corp. board member and vice chancellor of University of Alaska Southeast, was nominated by the Southeast regional Native corporation for a leadership position on the Alaska Federation of Natives board.
  Co-chair Jerry Isaac announced early on the first day of the 2016 Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Fairbanks that he would not seek another term. AFN
  
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• 50 years later: AFN remembers milestones, talks unfinished business

  21-10-2016 05:15
  
  Veterans stand for the Color Guard at the annual AFN convention. Megan Edge/ KTVA Megan Edge/ KTVA
  The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) kicked off its annual convention in Fairbanks Thursday. This year, with a milestone. It’s been 50 years since Alaska Natives banded together to reclaim lost lands, a bond forged through long hours, and endless determination.
  “We took the heat, the criticism, the negative editorials,” remembered Emil Notti, one of the early founders of AFN an
  
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• ‘I am so done with it’: Voters feeling fatigued this election season

  21-10-2016 04:43
  
  With the final presidential debate wrapped up and the presidential election only 18 days away, the candidates have a short time left to win over voters. But do voters want to be won over? Or are they just over this election?
  Election fatigue is when people start feeling exhausted by non-stop coverage. The Pew Research Center did a study in July and, even then, found that 60 percent of respondents said they were tired of the non-stop political headlines.
  “People are so connected through soc
  
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• Reality Check w/ John Tracy: It’s time Anchorage gets excited about Uber

  21-10-2016 02:26
  
  On a recent trip outside Alaska, I decided to find out what all the fuss was about concerning the ride sharing company Uber.
  I’m not the most technically savvy guy, but even without the help of my teenager, I downloaded the app and reluctantly gave Uber my credit card number.
  When I arrived at the airport, I pulled out the app and discovered an Uber driver was 3 minutes away. By the time I got to the curb, the car was there.
  A ride that had cost me $60 by taxi on my previous trip now cost
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 10-21-16

  21-10-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Friday on A Juneau Afternoon,
  We’ll learn about the Juneau Skating Club, with Board President, Melissa Fritsch;
  Larry McNeil, the juror for the Alaska Positive show, will talk about his work;
  Elaine Schroeder will be here to highlight the Climate Film Festival
  And Christy NaMe Erickson will be here with a preview of the Friday night Poetry Slam
  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
  
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• Listen: Tlingit translation of ‘Moment in AFN History’ Part 1

  21-10-2016 01:49 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Paul Marks of the Douglas Indian Association waits for Celebration canoes to come ashore at Sandy Beach on June 8, 2016. (Photo by Emily Kwong/KCAW)
  A “Moment in AFN History” celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Federation of Natives.Listen to Paul Marks’ Tlingit translation of part one of three in this series.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/10/AFN-50-Years-Module-1-Tlingit.mp3
  Alaska Natives have owned and occupied our homelands since time immemorial.
  
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• Alaska Native remains could return home from Pennsylvania

  21-10-2016 00:46
  
  A small group of people are working with the U.S. Army to bring home the remains of 15 Alaska Natives who attended a boarding school in Pennsylvania more than a century ago.
  The Carlisle Industrial Indian School was founded in 1879 by Richard Henry Pratt. The Army officer created the military-style school on the belief that Native Americans needed to be “civilized” and that the federal government was holding them back by segregating them. Its goal was to assimilate Native Americans i
  
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• Trump’s attempt to refocus campaign gets obscured by one blinding final debate moment

  21-10-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had one job in his third and final debate with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton: break out.
  He needed to break out from the narrative that is fast enveloping his campaign — the way evening overtakes the late afternoon.
  He needed a breakout performance showing himself to be disciplined and knowledgeable enough to be president.
  And he needed to break through the lid that has settled atop his sizable base of strong supporters, containing that blo
  
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• Alaska Air confident Justice Department will clear merger with Virgin America despite delay

  21-10-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  (Photo by Alaska Airlines/Virgin America)
  Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden said he remains confident that a proposed takeover of rival Virgin America will happen. But he acknowledged to Wall Street analysts Thursday that he had been hoping the $2.6 billion deal would have closed “a couple of weeks ago.”
  The tie-up has been delayed by anti-trust review by the U.S. Justice Department. Tilden declined to specify what aspects of the merger his company is negotiating with the DOJ.
  “W
  
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