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• Man wounded in club shooting identified by police as suspect

  06-11-2016 23:46
  
  A man was hospitalized early Sunday morning after a downtown club shooting, for which he is being charged, Anchorage police say.
  In a statement, police said the shooting was first reported jut before 2:15 a.m. near the entrance to the Playhouse Club, located at 333 W Fourth Ave.
  Officers arrived within three minutes, according to the police statement. They found a man, identified as 30-year-old Andrew Abellanosa, suffering gunshot wounds to his legs and bleeding profusely.
  “Officers applie
  
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• FBI Affirms July Decision Not To Charge Clinton, After Review Of Weiner Emails

  06-11-2016 23:39 via ktoo.org
  
  FBI Director James Comey testifies during a hearing before House Oversight and Government Reform Committee July 7, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
  Alex Wong/Getty Images
  Following up on his letter that set off a firestorm of speculation just two weeks before U.S. voters head to the polls to choose a new president, FBI Director James Comey says the investigative team that analyzed a new trove of emails that were either to or from Hillary Clinton has finished its work — and that the
  
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• The memorial service for Fairbanks police Sgt. Allen Brandt

  06-11-2016 23:03
  
  The city of Fairbanks, the Fairbanks Police Department and Alaskans said goodbye to Sgt. Allen Brandt alongside his family Sunday afternoon. The public memorial service for Brandt began at 1 p.m. at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks.
   
  Order of the service
  Posting of Colors – Alaska State Troopers Color Guard
  Processional – Honor Guard, Seattle Pipe & Drum, Pallbearers
  Welcome – Fairbanks Deputy Police Chief Eric Jewkes
  Invocation – Jacob Klapak
  Official Spea
  
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• Alaska US Senate, House candidates make last push for votes

  06-11-2016 22:25
  
  Candidates in Alaska’s U.S. Senate and House races are making a last-minute push for votes as election day approaches.
  Scheduled events leading to Tuesday’s elections include door-to-door get-out-the-vote efforts and sign waving.The main U.S. Senate candidates are Republican incumbent Lisa Murkowski, Democrat Ray Metcalfe, Libertarian Joe Miller and independent Margaret Stock.
  Murkowski planned to travel to Fairbanks Sunday for a memorial for the Fairbanks police sergeant who died fo
  
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• Security changes planned for Fairbanks borough building

  06-11-2016 21:04
  
  Fairbanks North Star Borough buildingCourtesy Fairbanks North Star Borough/Facebook
  Multiple changes are planned at the Fairbanks North Star Borough administrative building to make it more secure.
  The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports borough Mayor Karl Kassel has had problems with people barging into his office.
  Kassel recently had a security door installed at the front of his suite of offices and he says more security changes are planned for the building.
  Kassel says the borough is addressin
  
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• Maddy’s Run: Eagle River girl’s legacy continues as organizers plan to form nonprofit

  06-11-2016 20:42
  
  The Eagle River community is continuing a tradition in memory of one of their bravest. Maddy Brandl died in April at the age of 10 after a fight with a rare form of ovarian cancer.
  Last year, Eagle River High School hosted the first-ever Maddy’s Run, which raised more than $16,000 for Brandl’s family to help pay for medical expenses. For the second annual Maddy’s Run, the proceeds will go to three young Anchorage-area families with kids battling cancer. Dana Johnson, one of the
  
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• Rescue missions involving 2 Alaska servicemen highlighted at award ceremony

  06-11-2016 04:28
  Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Ransom, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cody C. Inman, Navy Seaman Elgie O. McCoy Jr., Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Otazo, and Army Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Lopez-BonagliaDoD Photo by Army Sgt. James K. McCann CJCS 10th Angels of the Battlefield GalaDoD Photo by Army Sgt. James K. McCann
  On Friday, five U.S. military personnel were honored with the Armed Services YMCA Angels of the Battlefield award. The award goes to medics, corpsmen and pararescuemen w
  
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• World Tsunami Awareness Day: Are you ready for the worst?

  06-11-2016 04:21
  
   
  ANCHORAGE — Tsunamis generated by earthquakes are one of the hazards of living in coastal regions of Alaska. As the largest state in the U.S., Alaska has the most coastline, and a number of communities at the water’s edge are considered at-risk for a tsunami following an earthquake. Nov. 5 is World Tsunami Awareness Day, and federal and state agencies want Alaskans to be prepared in case a tsunami occurs.
  The tsunamis that followed the 1964 earthquake are among the best-
  
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• Bethel to start football team with boost from Seahawks

  06-11-2016 04:12 via ktoo.org
  
  Bethel is on its way to having its first football team.
  KYUK reports all Bethel Regional High School needs is funding, equipment, players, a coach and approval from the state.
  But administrators at the school in remote southwestern Alaska are confident the Warriors will field a team next year, likely playing games in the Anchorage area.
  Bethel athletic director Doug Boyer says the Seattle Seahawks have agreed to send old tackling dummies and sleds to Bethel as long as the school pays for the bar
  
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• Arctic farming: Town turns to hydroponics for fresh greens

  06-11-2016 04:10 via ktoo.org
  
  In a coastal hub town above Alaska’s Arctic Circle, even summer temperatures are too cold for northern-growing forests to take root.
  Yet a creative kind of farming is sprouting up in the largely Inupiat community of Kotzebue.
  A subsidiary of a local Native corporation is using hydroponics technology to grow produce inside an insulated, 40-foot shipping container equipped with glowing magenta LED lights.
  Arctic Greens is harvesting kale, various lettuces, basil and other greens weekly from
  
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• Utility officials: LNG could reduce cost of generating electricity in Tok

  06-11-2016 03:59 via ktoo.org
  
  A cryogenic tank container used to carry liquefied natural gas by rail (photo by Elizabeth Harball).
  The utility that provides power to Tok is looking into using liquefied natural gas as a way to reduce the cost of generating electricity for the Alaska Highway community.
  Alaska Power and Telephone President Bob Grimm says he’s optimistic that using LNG to help generate electricity in the Tok area could save money for the company and ratepayers. That’s based on preliminary result
  
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• Southeast House, Senate candidates raise lots of cash

  06-11-2016 03:59 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Southeast Alaska House and Senate districts are shown on this map. (Courtesy Alaska Redistricting Board)
  Southeast Alaska’s nine legislative candidates have raised close to half a million dollars for this year’s campaigns. Five, including a barely-challenged incumbent, have brought in about $50,000 each.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/11/04Finance.mp3Not all the numbers are in yet. But as of Friday afternoon, the most recent campaign finance disclosure reports showed the
  
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• Elections officials see strong turnout for early voting across Alaska

  06-11-2016 03:59 via ktoo.org
  
  An early voting location at the Division of Elections’ Region II office in midtown Anchorage (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)
  Across the country, the number of people voting early in the general election is up. It’s not clear from the numbers yet whether Alaskans are keeping pace with that trend. But people on the ground say it’s the busiest election they’ve seen.
  Around lunch-time, Martha Upicksoun came to the Division of Elections’ regional off
  
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• Dramatic video shows the rescue of a skater who fell through the ice

  06-11-2016 03:15
  
  Video courtesy of Chris Hoskinson
  ANCHORAGE — Dramatic video recorded Saturday shows the rescue of an ice skater who fell through the ice at Big Lake.
  In the video, two rescue personnel can be seen helping the man out of a large hole in the ice and carefully bringing him back to shore using a rope. Other emergency personnel waited at the other end of the rope to help the victim and his rescuers off the ice.
  Chris Hoskinson, who recorded the rescue, can be heard exclaiming her disbeli
  
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• Police say they are concerned for missing Anchorage woman

  06-11-2016 00:51
  
  Beverly Ann BarkerCourtesy Anchorage Police Department
  Anchorage police say they are concerned about a missing woman who does not have medication she needs.
  Police say they are looking for 54-year-old Beverly Ann Barker, who is homeless and had been staying in a tent near the 22200 block of Birchwood Loop Road in Chugiak, a Nixle alert said.
  Barker was last seen on Oct. 22 at a grocery store in Chugiak, police added.
  “There is concern for Barker’s well-being as she does not have med
  
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