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• ‘100 Stone Project’ sculptures return for new exhibit

  02-11-2016 22:43
  
  Photo by Dean Swope/KYUK Artist Sarah Davies leads the 100 Stone project. Photo by Dean Swope/KYUK. Photo by Dean Swope/KYUK
  Creators of a public art installation damaged by tides and high winds at a beach in Alaska’s largest city have returned with 43 surviving statues that have been restored.
  This time, the sculptures are scattered in front of two buildings at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage for a two-month exhibit that officially opens Friday.
  Sarah Davies, the lead artist in la
  
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• Ask a Climatologist: Arctic sea ice at record low for the season

  02-11-2016 22:33 via ktoo.org
  
   
  (Image courtesy of National Snow and Ice Data Center)
  This late in the fall, Arctic sea ice should be forming near the community of Barrow. Instead, the ocean is open for hundreds of miles.
  Barrow also shattered its record for the highest average temperature for October.
  Brian Brettschneider is a climatologist in Anchorage who closely tracks Alaska climate data and trends. Alaska’s Energy Desk is checking in with him regularly as part of the segment, Ask A Climatologist.
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• Former Rumrunners bouncer found guilty on drug-trafficking, money laundering charges

  02-11-2016 22:17
  
  Following an eight-day trial, a federal jury found 44-year-old Murville “Lamar” Lampkin guilty on multiple charges, Tuesday, related to drug trafficking and money laundering, according to a release from the Alaska U.S. Attorney’s office.This is his third drug-related conviction. Lampkin faces 20 years to life in prison and will be sentenced in January by U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason.
  [Related: 8-month investigation in Anchorage results in dru
  
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• Workforce Wednesday: Considering a career in public safety

  02-11-2016 22:08
  
  Careers in public safety consist on much more than a badge and gun, as Daybreak learned Wednesday.
  Jobs include criminal justice technicians, police dispatchers, officers with the Department of Corrections and crime scene investigators, just to name a few.
  If you’re looking at a career in public safety, you’ll need to be flexible, open-minded and take great notes, according to Teena Calkin, a former police officer and instructor at the King Career Center.
  She said it’s imp
  
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• Obama: Army Corps examining possible rerouting of Dakota Access Pipeline

  02-11-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is examining possible alternate routes for the Dakota Access Pipeline.
  Protesters have been occupying land along the current pipeline route near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. A federal judge has ruled that work on the pipeline can go forward, but the Army Corps and two other agencies said work would not go forward in an area particularly sensitive to the tribe until a review was completed.
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• Running for U.S. House seat, Lindbeck says diversifying Alaska’s economy a key issue

  02-11-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Democrat Steve Lindbeck is challenging incumbent Republican Don Young for Alaska’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. (Photo courtesy Lindbeck for Alaska)
  Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives Steve Lindbeck was scheduled to be in Wrangell on Saturday, but fog prevented him from making one of his final Southeast campaign stops.
  The former public radio executive officially announced his candidacy in May, hoping to unseat Republican Rep. Don Young, the Alask
  
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• Prosecutors upgrade charges in police officer’s death

  02-11-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — State prosecutors have upgraded charges filed against the 29-year-old man suspected of shooting a Fairbanks Police Department sergeant.
  Anthony Jenkins-Alexie now faces additional charges of first- and second-degree murder in the death of Sgt. Allen Brandt, an 11-year veteran and father of four children.
  Brandt on Oct. 16 responded in his patrol car to calls of shots fired near downtown Fairbanks and stopped his patrol car when he saw Jenkins-Alexie walking toward him.
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• Men fear machine ‘trapping human souls,’ arrested after planning attack on HAARP facility

  02-11-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Two Georgia men planned to attack the High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP, facility in Gakona, Alaska.
  Michael Mancil, 30, and James Kenneth Dryden, 21, both of Douglas, Georgia, were arrested Thursday night, the Douglas Enterprise reported.
  They were loading weapons, including assault rifles, thousands of rounds of ammunition, bullet proof vests, radio communications equipment and $5,000 cash into a vehicle.
  The men could face federal charges.
  Mancil told pol
  
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• Federal Reserve leaves rates unchanged, but signals increase may be coming

  02-11-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The Federal Reserve’s policymakers ended their two-day meeting Wednesday without raising interest rates.
  But they did issue a statement saying the case for more expensive loans is strengthening. That’s because the U.S. economy is improving enough to allow interest rates to rise soon to more normal levels.
  In recent weeks, “the labor market has continued to strengthen and growth of economic activity has picked up from the modest pace seen in the first half of this year,” t
  
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• Mental health advocates asking governor to look into actions of Mental Health Trust

  02-11-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Mental health advocates are expressing concern that the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority is straying from its mission after the sudden resignation of its CEO, and several groups are calling for special audits of the trust.http://media.aprn.org/2016/ann-20161101-02.mp3Within days of the resignation of Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority CEO Jeff Jessee and allegations of Open Meetings Act violations by members of the Board of Trustees, four of the boards that advise the trust and look out fo
  
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• 2 bodies found in burned Soldotna home; autopsies ordered

  02-11-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  SOLDOTNA — The bodies of two people have been recovered from a home that burned on the Kenai Peninsula.
  Shortly after 2:15 a.m. Tuesday, Alaska State Troopers took a call of a fire at a mobile home off Funny River Road in Soldotna.
  The fire was suppressed and Central Emergency Services found the bodies inside.
  No names have been released.
  Troopers say the state medical examiner will conduct an autopsy and attempt to make positive identification.
  The state fire marshal’s office is inv
  
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• Winter car care tips, courtesy of UAA’s auto tech program

  02-11-2016 19:49
  
  As temperatures continue to drop, it’s time for drivers to prepare their vehicles for the long Alaska winter ahead.
  KTVA 11’s Sierra Starks went to the experts at the University of Alaska Anchorage’s automotive technology program, who shared their checklist to a safe driving season. 
  In the winter months, there are a few car parts that need more love than others, says Jeff Libby, director of UAA’s transportation and power division.
  “The
  
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• Used Media Sale!

  02-11-2016 19:49 via ktoo.org
  
  The Semi-Annual Used Media Sale is coming to Juneau! Mark your calendars for the week of  November 21st to bring your donations of used media you’d like to donate to the station. The Sale is Saturday, November 26th, from 9 – Noon. For more information, please contact Jeff Brown at 464-6425.
  
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• Ketchikan works to fix welcome arch damaged by drunk driver

  02-11-2016 19:42
  
  Ketchikan officials are working to fix the arch that welcomes visitors to the city after a suspected drunk driver slammed into one of the poles supporting the structure.
  The Ketchikan Daily News reports Public Works Director Mark Hilson says the arch itself is in good condition, but the support columns on each side of the arch were damaged in the Oct. 5 incident.
  City Manager Karl Amylon told the City Council last month Ketchikan will likely pursue legal action against the driver’s insuran
  
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• Unlawful ‘free samples’ postpone Anchorage’s first pot shop

  02-11-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Marijuana. (Creative Commons photo by Katheirne Hitt)
  In an unexpected move, the Anchorage Assembly has put a stop on what would have been the first retail marijuana business in Alaska’s largest city.
  At least for now.
  During it’s Tuesday night meeting, the assembly voted on a resolution to delay finalizing inspections for Arctic Herbery, which was within days officially being in business.
  The action came after an inspector with the state’s Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office
  
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• Ketchikan works to fix welcome arch damaged by drunken driver

  02-11-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  KETCHIKAN — Ketchikan officials are working to fix the arch that welcomes visitors to the city after a suspected drunken driver slammed into one of the poles supporting the structure.
  The Ketchikan Daily News reports Public Works Director Mark Hilson says the arch itself is in good condition, but the support columns on each side of the arch were damaged in the Oct. 5 incident.
  City Manager Karl Amylon told the City Council last month Ketchikan will likely pursue legal action against the dr
  
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• Russian Orthodox church’s quake-damaged icon to be repaired

  02-11-2016 18:13
  
  A painted icon of Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane that sits behind the altar in a Kenai church is getting repaired, months after it was damaged by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake.
  The Peninsula Clarion reports the quake struck the Kenai Peninsula on Jan. 24, damaging a highway and destroying several homes. It also caused a heavy cross inside Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox church to fall over and tear through the canvas of the icon.
  The church council decided Saturday to
  
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• Mental Health Trust officials hear concerns in Ketchikan and Saxman

  02-11-2016 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Saxman residents look at maps before the Alaska Mental Health Trust meeting at the Saxman Community Center. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD)
  Alaska Mental Health Trust and Trust Land Office representatives got an earful Tuesday during informational meetings in Saxman and Ketchikan regarding the decision to potentially log Deer Mountain.
  The big question, though, is whether the public input will make any difference.
  http://krbd-org.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/01DeerMtngs.mp3The messag
  
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• After FBI shakes up presidential race, candidates try to adjust and capitalize

  02-11-2016 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A week ago, Hillary Clinton was looking to run up the score against Donald Trump. Her campaign was running ads in Texas and planning a trip to the traditionally red state of Arizona.
  Today, she heads out on that trip, but in a presidential election that has now seen a tightened race from where it was a week and a half ago.
  It all seems to have shifted after a letter sent Friday by FBI Director James Comey. His update to Congress informed members that the bureau had found more emails, and that he
  
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• Suspect in ‘ambush-style’ killings of 2 Iowa police officers is in custody

  02-11-2016 17:30 via ktoo.org
  
  A suspect is in custody in connection to the ambush-style killings of two police officers in the Des Moines, Iowa, area, according to police.
  The two officers were shot and killed early Wednesday as they sat in their squad cars.
  “The shootings appear to have been ambush-style attacks,” police spokesman Paul Parizek said in a statement.
  Scott Michael Greene, of Urbandale, Iowa
  The suspect in custody is 46-year-old Scott Michael Greene, a white male resident of Urbandale, a Des Moines
  
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• Six enter not guilty plea in Bethel drug case

  02-11-2016 17:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Six suspects have now been arraigned after the raid of a Bethel home in connection with the sale of heroin and crack cocaine.
  All pleaded not guilty to the charges, but bail was not lowered for any of the accused.
  The six defendants — Melissa Beans, Ryan Daniels, Shawayne Jenkins, Eric Kinegak, Anthony Washington Jr., and Anthony Washington Sr. — appeared in court Monday afternoon.
  All of the defendants entered not guilty pleas to their charges, which range from sellin
  
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• Procession held in Anchorage for fallen Fairbanks police officer

  02-11-2016 17:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Anchorage citizens watch as a police escort brings FPD Sgt. Allen Brandt’s body to Ted Stevens International Airport for transport to Fairbanks (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)
  The body of fallen Fairbanks Police Sergeant Allen Brandt has returned home.
  A procession was held Tuesday in Anchorage, where people gathered along the streets to honor him.
  http://media.aprn.org/2016/ann-20161101-01.mp3Brandt’s remains were taken from the state morgue in Anchora
  
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• Problem Solvers: Local company helps family of injured Anchorage girl

  02-11-2016 07:23
  
  Hayley Francy has slept at a family friend’s house for the last three weeks. The 4-year-old was shot while sleeping in her Anchorage apartment just after midnight on October 6. Since she felt unsafe, her family decided to move to Eagle River.
  “I feel so much better out here than being in that congested city,” said Hayley’s mom, Jessyca Francy.
  Finding a new place to live was difficult. Thankfully, a realtor who heard what happened to Hayley told Francy abou
  
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• Local business donates mattress to Anchorage 4-year-old who was shot while sleeping

  02-11-2016 07:23
  
  Hayley Francy has slept at a family friend’s house for the last three weeks. The 4-year-old was shot while sleeping in her Anchorage apartment just after midnight on October 6. Since she felt unsafe, her family decided to move to Eagle River.
  “I feel so much better out here than being in that congested city,” said Hayley’s mom, Jessyca Francy.
  Finding a new place to live was difficult. Thankfully, a realtor who heard what happened to Hayley told Francy abou
  
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• Commentary: Two-way communication devices on the Iditarod trail

  02-11-2016 07:17
  
  Iditarod sled dog race officials have approved two-way communication devices for the trail this year. But, many mushers believe it’s a bad idea and bad for their sport.
  KTVA’s Dave Goldman weighs in on the hot button issue affecting the Last Great Race.
  Follow KTVA 11 Sports on Facebook and Twitter.
  The post Commentary: Two-way communication devices on the Iditarod trail appeared first on KTVA 11.
  
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• Hot Seats: Matt Claman and Marilyn Stewart for House District 21

  02-11-2016 06:17
  
  She’s a veteran and he’s a former acting mayor of Anchorage. Both of the candidates, want your vote on Nov. 8 — the West Anchorage state House race between Marilyn Stewart and Matt Claman could come down to the wire.
  This year, being an incumbent is tough. People are not happy with how lawmakers ended the five-month session — some Alaskans accuse them of doing nothing. Rep. Matt Claman wants to remind his constituents of what they did do.
  “We passed Medicaid reform.
  
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• Open enrollment starts, bringing changes to Alaska

  02-11-2016 06:14
  
  Open enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace started Tuesday, meaning big changes for some Alaskans. The marketplace offers insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
  Last year, one of Alaska’s two providers, Moda, pulled out of the state. Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield is now the only option in Alaska. Anyone who had a Moda plan will need to choose a new one.
  Experts say you need to make sure you know what you’re signing up for, because choosing the right insurance plan is i
  
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• 2 bodies found in burned Soldotna home

  02-11-2016 05:14
  
  Two people were found dead in a Soldotna home that burned early Tuesday morning.
  The fire was reported at a home on Funny River Road at 2:17 a.m., an Alaska State Trooper dispatch stated.
  “It was further reported that there were two people believed to be inside the burning structure,” troopers wrote.
  Troopers, Central Emergency Services and Homer Electric Association responded to the fire, and found two bodies inside once the blaze was put out.
  The State Medical Examiner’s
  
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• Teaming up to revive an old industry: Meet Tenakee Springs’ last loggers

  02-11-2016 04:59
  
  When Gordon Chew first moved to Tenakee Springs with his family 17 years ago, he hadn’t planned to go into logging. But over time, he said he saw the need for a niche — harvesting wood locally from the Tongass National Forest in an eco-friendly way.
  Now, Chew operates Tenakee Logging Company with his 26-year-old son, Sterling. The business is based out of Tenakee Springs, a small Southeast community with just 60 full-time residents. Flying into town, you can still see the s
  
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• 5 days later: Search crews are still trying to reach missing pilot near Lake Clark

  02-11-2016 04:59
  
  Low clouds continue to hamper efforts to find a pilot whose plane went missing in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.
  David McRae, 55, intended to fly from Anchorage to a family members homestead near Lake Clark on Friday. But he never arrived and his emergency location transmitter activated, initiating a days-long search in the park. His plane is believed to be at around 5,000 feet in elevation in steep, rugged terrain of the Neocola Mountains.
  Parks Service officials say they&rsqu
  
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• Weather Lab: Tudor Elementary School

  02-11-2016 04:31
  
  In this week’s KTVA Weather Lab, Melissa Frey visited Tudor Elementary School, where the third graders in Ms. Krise and Ms. Chambers’ classes were eager to try their hand at forecasting the weather.
  The students found out what happens when you mix fire and water balloons and Melissa answered the KTVA Weather Lab Question of the Week: Where does thunder come from?
  Every Tuesday, Melissa Frey will take the KTVA Weather Lab to a classroom in our community. If you have a weathe
  
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• Eagle River girl who lost battle with cancer continues to give to others

  02-11-2016 04:20
  
  An Eagle River girl left a lasting mark on her community as a shining example of love and courage. Even in her own struggles Maddy Brandl had a wish to help other kids in need.
  We first introduced you to the selfless, fun loving 10-year-old around November last year during her brave battle with a rare ovarian cancer.
  Her classmates at Homestead Elementary put on a race to help pay Maddy’s medical bills. More than 400 people showed up and they raised close to $16,000.
  Maddy’
  
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• Wrecked ship found on the bottom of Haines harbor

  02-11-2016 03:07 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Norm Hughes found parts of the ship on the floor of the harbor. (Photo by Abbey Collins/KHNS)
  It sounds like a hoax – a ghost ship found in the Haines Harbor on Halloween of all days.
  A local diver says it’s all true, and the sunken ship is right at the harbor’s entrance.http://khns.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/01GhostshipwINTRO.mp3 “I like treasure hunting,” local fisherman and diver Norm Hughes said, “so I kind of found a ghost ship today on Hall
  
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• Assembly votes 5-3 on ordinance that adds housing action proposal to comprehensive plan

  02-11-2016 02:10 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The Juneau Assembly is one step closer to a housing plan for the city.
  During its work session Monday evening, the assembly voted to create an ordinance that would add the city’s housing action plan to its comprehensive plan, but not without heavy disagreement among assembly members.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/11/01HOUSING.mp3The comprehensive plan outlines the city’s goals and policies. Although the plan addresses housing, the housing action plan is a more detailed a
  
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• Assembly to consider adding housing action proposal to comprehensive plan

  02-11-2016 02:10 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The Juneau Assembly is one step closer to a housing plan for the city.
  During its work session Monday evening, the assembly voted to create an ordinance that would add the city’s housing action plan to its comprehensive plan, but not without heavy disagreement among assembly members.
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/11/01HOUSING.mp3The comprehensive plan outlines the city’s goals and policies. Although the plan addresses housing, the housing action plan is a more detailed
  
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• Salmon fishing in St. Paul: Building a new subsistence resource

  02-11-2016 02:09 via ktoo.org
  
  Diodor Yesterday shows off the salmon he caught in St. Paul’s salt lagoon. (Courtesy Lauren Divine)
  Gregory Fratis Sr. isn’t a fan of salmon.
  “Fresh cooked salmon, uh, uh. I don’t like it,” said Fratis. “I can taste that fishy taste.”
  The 76-year-old says salmon aren’t worth the trouble. It takes too more time to catch and process each individual fish. To fill his freezer for the year, he’d rather catch seal, one of the Pribilof Islands&
  
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• Man accused of shooting FPD officer faces murder charges

  02-11-2016 01:33
  
  Anthony Jenkins-Alexie at his arraignment in October
  On the same day Sgt. Allen Brandt’s body was sent home to Fairbanks, a grand jury indicted his alleged killer on additional charges of murder in connection with Brandt’s death.
  Anthony Jenkins-Alexie, 29, is accused of shooting Brandt six times on the night of Oct. 16. Brandt initally survived his injuries and was on the road to recovery when he unexpectedly died due to complications during an eye surgery in Anchorage on Friday.
  Je
  
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• Study downplays leaking mine’s impact on fish

  02-11-2016 01:30 via ktoo.org
  
  
  A state Department of Fish and Game staffer works on sampling fish for a study on toxic metal concentrations in Tulsequah and Taku river fish. (Photo courtesy Department of Fish and Game)
  State biologists say a study shows pollution from an abandoned Canadian mine upstream of Southeast Alaska does not harm fish.
  A chief critic of the Tulsequah Chief Mine says the research doesn’t tell the whole story.
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/11/01Taku-L.mp3The Tulsequah Chief, abou
  
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• Hurricane Matthew took a big bite out of Southeastern states’ beaches

  02-11-2016 01:30 via ktoo.org
  
  Beaches in the Southeastern U.S. took a tremendous beating last month from Hurricane Matthew. The U.S. Geological Survey has found that the storm washed over and damaged 15 percent of sand dunes on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, 30 percent along Georgia’s coastline and 42 percent of the dunes on South Carolina beaches.
  In Florida, few coastal areas were hit harder by the hurricane than the 18 miles of dunes and beaches in Flagler County. County Administrator Craig Coffey says, “Wha
  
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• 2 Georgia men arrested for plot against UAF’s HAARP facility

  02-11-2016 01:14
  
  An aerial view of the HAARP facilityCourtesy University of Alaska Fairbanks The HAARP facilityCourtesy University of Alaska Fairbanks
  An Alaska research facility was the target of an alleged terror plot by two Georgia men, who investigators say were influenced by conspiracy theories.
  The Coffee County Sheriff’s office arrested 30-year-old Michael Mancil and 22-year-old James Dryden Jr. Thursday, WALB News 10 reports. Investigators stated the men were planning to attack the High
  
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• More than 1 million ‘check in’ on Facebook to support the Standing Rock Sioux

  02-11-2016 01:00 via ktoo.org
  
  More than 1 million people have “checked in” on Facebook to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation page, in a show of support for the tribe that has been rallying against construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
  Most of the “visitors” are not actually at the protest camp in North Dakota, where the tribe and its supporters are gathering to oppose the pipeline. The planned route crosses the Missouri River just upstream of the reservation, and the tribe says it could contam
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 11-2-16

  02-11-2016 01:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Wednesday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon,
  We’ll get a preview of Saturday’s concert by the Taku Winds;
  We’ll talk with Dianne Anderson about the Juneau Artists Gallery First Friday exhibit;
  We’ll talk with Kaylee McGoey and Callie Conerton about this Saturday’s STYLE-O-RAMA;
  We’ll get a preview about an upcoming Shape Note Singing Workshop;
  And we’ll talk with Hugh Broughton about his presentation for the Alaska Design Forum.
  That, Writer’s Almanac, Bi
  
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• A week from Election Day, Democrats have many paths to a majority

  02-11-2016 01:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A week away from Election Day, Democrats still have multiple paths to winning back the Senate. Meanwhile, Republicans are hoping that new revelations about possible new Hillary Clinton emails related to her private server can only bolster the “check and balance” argument they need to make for voters to separate their GOP candidates from the top of the ticket.
  Overall, the Senate landscape looks largely unchanged from a week ago. Illinois is all but gone — made worse by a cringe
  
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• 6 plead not guilty to heroin charges following Bethel raid

  02-11-2016 00:44
  
  AST, BPD, and SDEU began investigating the case earlier this year.Adrian Wagner / KYUK
  From Left: Ryan Daniels, Anthony Washington Jr., Eric Kinegak, Anthony Washington Sr., Shawayne Jenkins, Melissa Beans. Those pictured whose faces are blurred out are not affiliated with these charges. (Photo: Adrian Wagner/KYUK)
  This story originated from KYUK Public Media and was republished with permission.
  ANCHORAGE — After the raid of a Bethel home in connection with the sale of heroin an
  
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• Fire damages playground equipment at Anchorage school

  02-11-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police continue to seek information about a weekend fire that caused significant damage to playground equipment at an elementary school.
  Fire and police officials responded to the fire early Friday night at Gladys Wood Elementary School in west Anchorage.
  Fire officials say the large fire under equipment could have been set intentionally.
  Anchorage School District estimates the replacement cost at $125,000 or more, spokeswoman Heidi Embley said.
  
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• Assembly postpones fireworks ordinance until April 2017

  02-11-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The Juneau Assembly discuss a proposed fireworks ordinance at its work session Oct. 31, 2016. (Photo by Lakeidra Chavis/ KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly will postpone a proposed ordinance restricting fireworks use in the capital city until April 2017.
  During the next six months, the Juneau Police Department is encouraged to enforce the use of fireworks under the city’s disturbing the peace code.
  Assembly member Jerry Nankervis motioned to postpone the ordinance at the assembly’s work sessi
  
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