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• Accidents, bad behavior trigger Marine pause to regroup

  09-11-2016 23:30
  
  The commandant of the Marine Corps has ordered a one-day pause in operations for the service to regroup and find ways to improve following a series of aircraft crashes, noncombat deaths and incidents of bad behavior
  Gen. Robert Neller, in a memo to his commanders, says that more than 140 Marines died this year and only one was in combat.
  Neller says the Marines are having too many training accidents and incidents of destructive behavior and called for service members to take a look inward. The m
  
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• Wasilla police arrest suspect for 2 armed robberies Wednesday

  09-11-2016 23:17
  
  Source: Wasilla Police Department Facebook page Source: Wasilla Police Department Facebook page Source: Wasilla Police Department Facebook page
  Police in Wasilla arrested someone in connection to multiple armed robberies Wednesday morning.
  According to the Wasilla Police Department’s Facebook page, a tip from a citizen led to an arrest.
  Few details were immediately available. In the post, WPD stated that between 8 and 9 a.m. Wednesday, the Wasilla Carr’s Oaken Keg and at the Tesoro
  
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• APD looking for man wanted on kidnapping, robbery, assault charges

  09-11-2016 22:37
  
  Courtesy Anchorage Police Department
  Anchorage police are asking for the public’s help locating a man wanted on assault, kidnapping, robbery and burglary charges.
  Police say an arrest warrant was issued Monday for 34-year-old Danerin Brae Curtindale, but they have been unable to locate him.
  Court records show Curtindale was arrested in Ketchikan following a raid in 2012 and pleaded guilty to charges of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.
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• APD arrests man wanted on kidnapping, robbery, assault charges

  09-11-2016 22:37
  
  Courtesy Anchorage Police Department Anchorage police officers take Danerin Curtindale into custodyJanis Harper/KTVA
  Last updated at 5:06 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9
  Anchorage police took Danerin Curtindale into custody just before 5 p.m., police spokeswoman Renee Oistad confirmed.
  Police briefly chased him on foot in the area of 15th Avenue and Gambell Street, eventually catching up and arresting him in the roadway of Gambell Street.
  Oistad said there was no further issue reported by arrest
  
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• Election recap: Decisions Alaskans made for their future

  09-11-2016 22:22
  
  The world is waking up different today, as the global community reacts to the announcement of president-elect Donald Trump. Locally, residents in Alaska shook things up, too. With nearly 98 percent of precincts performing, 51.57 percent of voters in the state supported a Trump presidency.
  [Read the full results of Alaska’s election]
  Cheers also rang out through the night for local races and issues on the Nov. 8 ballot. Here are some of the highlights.
  U.S. Senate race: Winner – Sen.
  
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• Big victories for legal pot, but path ahead is uncertain

  09-11-2016 22:01
  
  The number of Americans living in states with recreational marijuana more than tripled after at least three more states voted to fully legalize the drug.
  But the election of Republican Donald Trump and GOP majorities in the Senate and House tempered advocates’ excitement about an anticipated federal easing of restrictions.
  Ethan Nadelmann is founder of the nonprofit Drug Policy Alliance, a pro-legalization group. He and other advocates say the president-elect is “unpredictable.&rdquo
  
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• 3 ways President-elect Trump may shake up trade policy

  09-11-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  During his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump often was fuzzy on details of his economic plans.
  But he was clear about one goal: getting much tougher on trade relations with our most important partners, i.e., China, Canada and Mexico.
  Analysts say they don’t doubt he will follow through. “We are definitely shifting to a world where the landscape is far less favorable to trade,” said Eswar Prasad, professor of trade policy at Cornell University.
  These are the three most like
  
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• Putin reaches out to Trump, calls for end to ‘current crisis’

  09-11-2016 21:30 via ktoo.org
  
  They traded compliments during the campaign. Those comments then became part of the campaign itself. And now that Donald Trump has won the U.S. presidential election, Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated him and raised the prospect of a fresh start in U.S.-Russia relations.
  In a telegram, the Russian leader said he was confident he and Trump could start “a constructive dialogue based on the principles of equality, mutual respect, and genuine consideration for each other&rsquo
  
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• Details revealed about Trump’s transition briefing, possible cabinet appointees

  09-11-2016 21:27
  
  Senior Donald Trump transition staff will conduct their first briefing with the president-elect this afternoon at New York’s Trump Tower, two sources familiar with the planning tell CBS News.
  The key subject of the briefing is filling cabinet posts. Trump will be presented the top recommendations for cabinet secretaries. The team is also prepared to vet any additional names Trump may mention for consideration.
  The transition, sources said, will be carried out in New York, where senior staf
  
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• Obama on election: ‘Remember that we’re actually all on one team’

  09-11-2016 20:56
  President Obama on Wednesday emphasized the importance of a peaceful transition of power to Donald Trump and he attempted to reassure disappointed Americans that the most important priority is uniting the country.
  Speaking from the White House Rose Garden, Mr. Obama said he spoke to president-elect Trump around 3:30 a.m. ET and also spoke to Hillary Clinton about the outcome of the election. The president said he invited Trump to come to the White House Thursday to ensure that the transition to
  
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• Workforce Wednesday: Getting veterans ‘job ready’

  09-11-2016 19:15
  
  Veterans searching for a career in the civilian world can run into difficulties transitioning. A job fair scheduled to take place at the University Center Mall is intended to get veterans “job ready.”
  According to event organizer and Army veteran Delma Chapa, job ready means getting out of the military world and into the civilian one. Services available at the job fair include resume assistance, mock job interviews and even identifying skills that will translate into the civilian sec
  
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• D.C. votes overwhelmingly to become 51st state

  09-11-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Voters in the District of Columbia passed a measure on Tuesday in favor of petitioning Congress to become a state in the union.
  79 percent of voters cast votes in favor of the ballot measure, which splits the district into a residential state with a small federal district in the middle of it for government buildings and monuments, as we have reported.
  The newly approved measure had four parts:
  agree that the District should be admitted to the Union as the State of New Columbia
  approve of a Const
  
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• Hillary Clinton: We owe Donald Trump ‘an open mind and a chance to lead’

  09-11-2016 17:52
  
   
  Hillary Clinton conceded the U.S. presidential election publicly to Donald Trump in a pained speech Wednesday morning, hours after the race was called and Trump declared victory with 289 electoral votes, even as a few states remained to be tallied.
  “Last night I congratulated Donald Trump and offered to work with him on behalf of our country,” she said at the Wyndham New Yorker Hotel, where the Democratic nominee was greeted with cries of “We love you!” by supporte
  
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• Fight breaks out between Trump, Clinton supporters at Anchorage watch party

  09-11-2016 17:20
  
  Emotions ran high Tuesday night, as Donald Trump supporters watched the final numbers come in. But for one Trump fan, that emotion turned to aggression. The supporter swung a punch at Williwaw restaurant security staff downtown, after being asked to leave the facility.
  The man first entered the establishment shouting at Hillary Clinton supporters. After refusing to leave, a fight broke out between the Trump fan and a Clinton supporter.
  Jerry Ward, a former Alaska legislator and director of the T
  
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• Fight breaks out about between Trump, Clinton supporters at Anchorage watch party

  09-11-2016 17:20
  
  Emotions ran high Tuesday night, as Donald Trump supporters watched the final numbers come in. But for one Trump fan, that emotion turned to aggression. The supporter swung a punch at Williwaw restaurant security staff downtown, after being asked to leave the facility.
  The man first entered the establishment shouting at Hillary Clinton supporters. After refusing to leave, a fight broke out between the Trump fan and a Clinton supporter.
  Jerry Ward, a former Alaska legislator and director of the T
  
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• In downtown Anchorage, election results prompt rapture and shock

  09-11-2016 17:00 via ktoo.org
  
  George LaMoureaux, statewide volunteer coordinator for the Trump campaign, celebrated with his daughter, Ashley LaMoureaux, at Flattop Pizza in downtown Anchorage. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
  While many parts of the country — and the world — were stunned by Donald Trump’s upset win Tuesday night, there was one place in Alaska where people claimed they saw it coming all along.
  True believers gathered at a Trump campaign watch party at Flattop Pizza in d
  
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• Unchallenged Rep. Kito optimistic about possible House coalition

  09-11-2016 11:31 via ktoo.org
  
  Rep. Sam Kito III looks toward the House gallery shortly after being sworn in as the new representative in 2014. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
  With no named opponent on his ticket, Democratic Rep. Sam Kito III was already in Anchorage on election night for upcoming organizational legislative meetings.
  “Of course, personally, quite disappointed in the national election, but what we started seeing in the Alaskan elections bodes fairly well for the potential of a coalition,” Kito said.
  
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• World financial markets tumble following Trump victory

  09-11-2016 11:11
  
  Last Updated Nov 9, 2016 3:16 AM EST
  Overseas stocks tumbled Wednesday as Donald Trump emerged as the shock victor in the U.S. presidential election.
  Earlier, investors had appeared persuaded that Hillary Clinton, seen as a more stable choice, would prevail.
  At one point, Dow futures plunged more than 4 percent and Japan’s major index nosedived more than 6.1 percent, its largest drop in years. The Mexican peso likewise tumbled and investors looking for safe assets bid up the price of gold
  
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• Financial markets rebound following initial negative response to Trump win

  09-11-2016 11:11
  
  Last updated at 10:06 a.m. on Wed., Nov 9
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major U.S. stock indexes are climbing in afternoon trading as Wall Street sizes up the implications of Donald Trump’s stunning presidential election victory. The solid gains mark a reversal from earlier in the day, when global stock markets were roiled after it became clear that Trump had sealed the win over Hillary Clinton.
  Financial companies are surging in anticipation of higher interest rates and less government regulatio
  
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• Democrat Justin Parish unseats Cathy Muñoz in House District 34

  09-11-2016 10:33 via ktoo.org
  
  Rep.-elect Justin Parish paces as he talks with the Alaska Dispatch News at Rockwell in Juneau on election night, Nov. 8, 2016. The Democrat held a narrow lead over incumbent Republican Rep. Cathy Munoz. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
  Based on unofficial election results, Democrat Justin Parish has narrowly won an upset victory in the House District 34 election against incumbent Republican Cathy Muñoz.
  The Alaska Division of Elections reports a margin of about 2.4 percent between the candid
  
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• Clinton calls Trump to congratulate him on victory

  09-11-2016 10:19
  
  Hillary Clinton conceded the presidency to Donald Trump in a phone call early Wednesday morning, a stunning end to a campaign that appeared poised to make her the nation’s first female president right up until Election Day.
  Clinton called Trump after it became clear that the celebrity businessman had won enough states to capture the White House. But she made no public appearance before supporters who had gathered under the glass ceiling of New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
  
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• Trump supporters in Alaska celebrate as he wins historic election

  09-11-2016 08:50
  
  There were both cheers and tears as media across the world have called the 2016 presidential election for Republican nominee Donald Trump.
  The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune and the Guardian are among those projecting Trump as the victor in the campaign.
  In Anchorage, Trump supporters celebrated downtown as they got the news.
  BREAKING: Donald Trump wins the 2016 presidential election, CBS News projects. #Election2016 https://t.co/H9n7JKbYS7 pic.twitter.com/1cL3uFtgXz
  — CBS News (@CBSNe
  
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• Donald Trump clinches the presidency in major upset

  09-11-2016 08:47 via ktoo.org
  
  Donald J. Trump has been elected the 45th president of the United States, the capstone of a tumultuous and divisive campaign that won over white voters with the promise to “Make America Great Again.”
  Trump crossed the 270 electoral vote threshold at 2:31 a.m. ET, according to Associated Press projections.
  The rise of Trump, a candidate with no prior experience in the military or elected office, confounded nearly everyone in politics. Improbably, the real-estate-scion-turned-reality-T
  
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• Murkowski willing to work with Trump

  09-11-2016 08:40 via ktoo.org
  
  As the first Alaska results rolled in, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she wasn’t taking victory for granted yet. But, she said, if she wins re-election, she will work with whoever is in the White House, even if it’s Donald Trump.
  “When they want to work with us to do good things for Alaska, we’ll be working together,” Murkowski said. “And if there are things that we need to block because they’re bad for Alaska, we’re going to do that. So yes, I can
  
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• Police searching for man who stole 2 rifles at airport

  09-11-2016 08:22 via ktoo.org
  
  Security cameras captured this image of an unidentified man in October at Juneau International Airport. Police suspect he stole two rifles from someone else at the airport valued at a total of $2,000. (Image courtesy Juneau Police Department)
  Local authorities say an unidentified man caught on security cameras stole two rifles worth a total of $2,000 while at Juneau International Airport.
  According to a police news release, a 71-year-old man briefly left the rifles in cloth cases leaning ag
  
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• Canada’s immigration website has been down for hours

  09-11-2016 08:03 via ktoo.org
  
  Canada’s Immigration and Citizenship site has been down for hours — apparently due to a spike in searches by Americans watching the presidential election.
  Search traffic for “Canada immigration,” “Canada” and “move to Canada” has increased in the United States relative to the last seven days, according to Google Trends. Google reports that the search terms were particularly popular in Oregon, Washington, Vermont and California.
  Meanwhile, Business
  
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• Republicans on track to keep control of Senate as Democrats largely falter

  09-11-2016 08:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Republicans are projected to hold on to control of the Senate, according to the Associated Press. The GOP defied the odds in a year in which they were almost entirely on defense and riding a wave in which Donald Trump was closing in on 270 electoral votes.
  Even with their best opportunities to gain seats in years, Democrats so far have only been able to pick up deep blue Illinois. And they narrowly hung on in Nevada, which was Republicans’ only offensive opportunity.
  Going into Election Da
  
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• Live Blog – First election results in for Alaska

  09-11-2016 07:40
  
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  The post Live Blog – First election results in for Alaska appeared first on KTVA 11.
  
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• Live Blog – Election results coming in for Alaska

  09-11-2016 07:40
  
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• Campaign 2016: Election Day results in Alaska

  09-11-2016 06:00
  
   
  Election Day is finally here. Alaska set a new record for early voting this year, with about 34,000 voters turning out to vote ahead of Nov. 8. Many early voters in Anchorage reported long lines and wait times in recent days.
  Polls close in most of Alaska at 8 p.m. AKST tonight. Polls in western Aleutian Island communities will be open until 9 p.m. AKST. The Alaska Division of Elections will not begin releasing results until 9 p.m. AKST.
  KTVA will provide updated results below
  
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• Voters approve: California joins states with legal recreational pot

  09-11-2016 05:33
  
  California voters passed a ballot measure to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, giving a big boost to the campaign to end the drug’s national prohibition.
  Adults older than 21 can legally possess up to an ounce of marijuana and grow six plants.
  California was one of five states where votes were considering the legalization of recreational marijuana Tuesday. Four other states were considering measures to legalize medicinal marijuana.
  So far, voters in Florida and North Dakota have
  
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• Two Haines men indicted on sexual abuse of a minor charges

  09-11-2016 05:22 via ktoo.org
  
  Two Haines men were indicted by a Juneau grand jury last week. Each faces multiple charges of sexual abuse of a minor.
  The charges are from May, when, according to court documents, Stephen Brower, 35, and William Dale Whittington, 25, each allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old multiple times on the same day.
  Whittington faces four counts of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, a class B felony. Each of the charges are from the same day, in separate locations.
  Whittington was arraigned on T
  
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• Wolf leads the pack in Alaska Zoo presidential election

  09-11-2016 05:16
  
  It’s not just President of the United States that will be decided Tuesday. There’s also a contentious race to see who will be animal president of the Alaska Zoo.
  Incumbent Ahpun the polar bear isn’t faring well against her opponents this year. She’s in fourth place behind Denali the gray wolf, George the talking magpie and Knobby the camel.
  The election is a fundraiser for the zoo. Each dollar donated counts as one vote for a candidate.
  As of Tuesday aftern
  
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• Anchorage family desperate to find missing man

  09-11-2016 05:13
  
  Richelle Binkowski is worried. Her fiancé, Li’o Tauiliili, has been missing for more than a week.
  Tauiliili, who also goes by Lyken, left his Anchorage home on Oct. 29 on his way to visit a friend in Wasilla. He said he would return that night, but never did.
  Since then, his phone has been turned off and he hasn’t shown up for work, which Binkowski said is unusual for him.
  “He loves us and he loves his family. I don’t know why he would stay away for so long,”
  
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• Synthetic drug ‘pinky’ has claimed 3 lives in Alaska, state officials say

  09-11-2016 04:24
  
  Three Alaskans have died after overdosing on a new synthetic opioid known as “pinky,” and state officials say they are worried there could be more.
  Pinky is the street name for synthetic opioid U-47700. It was developed in the ’70s as an anesthetic but has recently reappeared in Alaska and elsewhere as a street drug.
  Pinky is available on the internet through online stores based in other countries, like China. There have been three deaths in three different Alaska com
  
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• APOC orders former Skagway Assemblyman pay $22,000 for incomplete disclosures

  09-11-2016 04:20 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska’s campaign finance watchdog group has levied a $22,000 fine for a former Skagway Assemblyman.
  The Alaska Public Offices Commission says there is sufficient evidence that longtime Skagway Assemblyman Dan Henry failed to disclose income information on his public office disclosure forms from 2011 to 2013.
  Early this year, Henry pleaded guilty to multiple counts of failing to timely file federal income tax returns. He was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and ordered to pay more t
  
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• New Anchorage archbishop will be installed Wednesday

  09-11-2016 04:15
  
  Wednesday is a big day for nearly 30,000 Catholics in Alaska — a new archbishop will be installed to head the Archdiocese of Anchorage.
  According to Catholic Anchor editor Joel Davidson, 57-year-old Archbishop Paul Etienne will be the fourth person to hold the position since the archdiocese was established 50 years ago. He will succeed Archbishop Roger Schwietz, who was required under church law to step down upon reaching the age of 75.
  Etienne, who’s new assignment was picked b
  
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• Recipe Box: Morocco-inspired Alaska seafood dish

  09-11-2016 04:00
  
  This week’s Recipe Box is inspired by flavors found halfway across the world.
  Chefs Kirsten and Mandy Dixon recently represented Alaska in Morocco during the second annual U.S./Morocco Food Week.
  “It was incredible,” said Kirsten of the experience. “We went all over the country. We cooked Alaska cuisine for Moroccan chefs and homemakers, and we also learned from Moroccans how to prepare Moroccan food.”
  Lucky for KTVA 11’s Daybreak — the mother-
  
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• One year later: Ayaprun Elitnaurvik school’s recovery after Kilbuck fire

  09-11-2016 03:31
  
  A year after the Kilbuck fire, Ayaprun has turned the vacant grocery store area of the Kipusvik building into a schoolAnna Rose MacArthur/KYUKBETHEL — One year ago on Nov. 3, the Kilbuck campus in Bethel burned to the ground. The fire displaced two schools: the elementary Yup’ik immersion school, Ayaprun Elitnaurvik, and the alternative boarding high school, Kuskokwim Learning Academy (KLA).
  The Kilbuck building was a long, red structure housing both schools. Now Ayaprun is hou
  
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• 1 person killed in shooting near California polling locations

  09-11-2016 03:13
  
  The Latest on a California shooting that prompted the lockdown of two polling sites (all times local):
  5:20 p.m.
  Police say a person with an assault rifle killed one person and wounded two others near two Southern California polling sites that were locked down.
  Azusa police Chief Steve Hunt says the suspect began firing Tuesday at arriving officers who returned fire before they took cover near a park.
  Hunt says a person is down at the front door of a home but couldn’t immediately say wheth
  
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• Injured goat hunter rescued off ridge near Haines

  09-11-2016 02:45 via ktoo.org
  
  For the second time in the past month, an area goat hunter was rescued after sustaining injuries while hiking.
  Alaska State Troopers were notified about 4:30 p.m. Thursday that a hunter had been injured and was in need of assistance.
  Haines-based hunting guide Larry Benda was hiking with his client, Glen Eckett of Texas, when Eckett fell, according to troopers. He sustained a non-life-threatening injury but was unable to hike back down. The two were on a ridge to the Northeast of Chilkoot L
  
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• Invasive plant elodea discovered in Potter Marsh

  09-11-2016 02:41
  
  The invasive weed called elodea has now been spotted in Potter Marsh.
  Elodea
  Elodea is a common aquarium plant that’s illegal to buy or sell in Alaska because it can choke out native plants and alter fish habitat.
  According to Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman Elizabeth Bluemink, a U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife employee discovered the plant in early October. Bluemink said the infestation appears to be less than an acre in size and seems to be confined to the southeastern a
  
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• Alaskans travel to Standing Rock in opposition of Dakota Access Pipeline

  09-11-2016 02:39 via ktoo.org
  
  I’m here in #standingrock no cell service but here’s a picture of a small part of the camp! pic.twitter.com/BsOi0dPbgu
  — Amanda Frank (@kuacamanda) November 8, 2016A delegation, made up of indigenous women from across Alaska, is at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota to support opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline.
  Faith Gemmill, originally of Arctic Village, said that she couldn’t watch what was happening in Standing Rock from Alaska and felt she nee
  
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• At Susan B. Anthony’s grave, visiting hours extended for Election Day crowds

  09-11-2016 02:32 via ktoo.org
  
  The cemetery where women’s suffrage activist Susan B. Anthony is buried extended its hours Tuesday “to accommodate those wishing to celebrate their vote” at her gravesite.
  Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, N.Y., will be open until polls there close at 9 p.m. ET.
  Although this presidential election is the first in American history to have a woman on the ballot as a major party candidate, it is not the first time people have commemorated their votes by visiting Anthony’s gr
  
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• Bean’s Cafe in need of Thanksgiving food for Anchorage homeless

  09-11-2016 02:20
  
  ANCHORAGE — Thanksgiving is approaching quickly, and one local soup kitchen is hoping to get enough food to feed everyone who comes through their doors that day.
  Bean’s Cafe is requesting donations of food for a traditional Thanksgiving meal, including turkey, ham and stuffing, executive director Lisa Sauder said in a statement.
  She said other requested food items include:
  Stuffing cubes
  Canned corn – #10 size cans preferred
  Canned sweet potatoes – #10 size cans pre
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 11-10-16

  09-11-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Wednesday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon, Scott Burton hosts
  We’ll learn about a special presentation about Crime Prevention and safety Awareness;
  We’ll get an update on Juneau Lyric Opera activities;
  We’ll learn about art classes at the CANVAS;
  We’ll get a preview of Thursday’s Audubon Presentation about the wildlife at Twin Lakes by Bob Armstrong.
  That, Writer’s Almanac, Bird Note, music and more, today on A Juneau Afternoon, live at 3 on KTOO-News, repeated at
  
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• Competency evaluation ordered for accused mass killer Dylann Roof

  09-11-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Dylann Roof, the man who allegedly killed nine African-American parishioners in Charleston, S.C., last year, has been ordered to undergo another competency evaluation by a federal judge hearing his case.
  U.S. District Judge Richard M. Gergel issued the order, writing that he expects a report based on that evaluation to be delivered to him on Nov. 14. He will hold a hearing two days later and rule on Roof’s competency on or before Nov. 18. Jury selection has been suspended until Nov. 21.
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• Anchorage police seek wounded suspect in nightclub shooting

  09-11-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are seeking a man suspected of firing a gun in a downtown nightclub and hitting himself twice in the leg.
  Andrew Abellanosa, 33, was treated at a hospital after the shooting Sunday at the Playhouse Club.
  Police were waiting to arrest him Tuesday when he was to be discharged. But police say he walked out of the hospital at 10 p.m. Monday and has not been seen.
  He’s wanted on three counts of felony assault and one count each of weapons miscon
  
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• Problems at the polls: 3 locations report issues with ballot machines

  09-11-2016 01:19
  
  A polling machine at the Mountain View polling placeJohn Thain/KTVA
  At least three polling locations in Anchorage had problems with automatic polling machines on Election Day, the Divisions of Elections (DOE) confirmed.
  The North Mountain View No. 1 and No. 2 polling locations — inside the Mountain View Boys and Girls Club on Price Street — reported issues with a machine immediately after the polls opened at 7 a.m. A replacement arrived two hours later. Ballots cast for Di
  
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• 1 dead, 3 injured in possible shooting near California voting site

  09-11-2016 01:11 via ktoo.org
  
  AZUSA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say one person is dead and three are injured following reports of a shooting near a Los Angeles-area polling site.
  Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Gustavo Medina says one person was dead on arrival Tuesday, two people were airlifted to hospitals and a fourth was being treated. He was unable to say whether the four people had been shot.
  An elementary school that’s also a polling place was on lockdown.
  Azusa police Officer Jerry Willison says someone
  
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