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• Local group to bring stories of veterans to community

  10-11-2016 23:35
  
  In the tradition of warrior storytelling, one local group is inviting veterans share their stories and the community to listen to the voices of their friends and neighbors.
  This weekend in Palmer, the Anchorage chapter of the organization Team Red, White and Blue is hosting a town hall style meeting.
  “It’s important because we know that we’re surrounded by veterans, but so many of us don’t know their stories. We don’t really know much about them other
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016

  10-11-2016 23:26 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/11/20161110-newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  For the first time in 24 years, the House will have a Democratic speaker,
  the Alaska GOP asks three legislators who joined the Democrats to leave the party, and
  legal marijuana sales could begin by the end of the month in Juneau.
  
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• UA Regents approve tuition increase, budget request from the state

  10-11-2016 23:03
  
  The University of Alaska (UA) Board of Regents on Thursday passed a tuition increase of 5 percent for the 2017-2018 academic year.
  Regents at the meeting in Fairbanks listened as UA President Jim Johnsen outlined a budget scenario for the coming fiscal year that includes asking the Alaska Legislature for $341 million to cover operating expenses and an additional $50 million to cover capital expenses.
  Regents approved both the capital and operating budget requests, which total $16.2 mil
  
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• Former UAS Ketchikan director gets new job

  10-11-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Former Ketchikan resident Cathy LeCompte has a new job. She’s been appointed as the director of Alaska Vocational Technical Center, or AVTEC, a state-operated post-secondary vocational school in Seward.
  The news was announced Thursday by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner.
  LeCompte most recently worked as associate dean of academic affairs for the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Community and Technical College. Before that, she was campus director
  
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• Dow closes at record high; other indexes mixed

  10-11-2016 22:56
  
  The Dow Jones industrial average is closing at a record high, led by big gains in a few of its 30 components including Goldman Sachs and IBM, beating the all-time high it set in August.
  Broader market measures were closing mixed Thursday as several sectors struggled, including consumer goods companies, utilities and phone companies.
  Bond prices continued to fall, sending yields higher. Bond investors expect that Trump’s plans to increase spending on infrastructure while also lowering taxes
  
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• KTVA 11’s Daybreak accepts the Mannequin Challenge

  10-11-2016 22:29
  
  Sports teams, classrooms, parking lots — everyone’s doing it.
  Now, the Mannequin Challenge, the latest trend to sweep social media, has made its way to the Last Frontier.
  KTVA 11’s Daybreak crew tried their hand at it, using the studio as their stage.
  How’d they do, Alaska?
  The post KTVA 11’s Daybreak accepts the Mannequin Challenge appeared first on KTVA 11.
  
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• ‘In Plain Sight’ exhibit shows how camouflage affects our world

  10-11-2016 22:05
  
  An exhibit at the Anchorage Museum looks at how people work to be seen and unseen through the lens of cultural and functional camouflage.
  Whether it be from fashion, nature, the military or even technology, “Camouflage: In Plain Sight” explores the magic of camouflage.
  The exhibit features images from Simon Menner, a photographer who took images of snipers in nature. That’s not all; there are pieces from Andy Warhol, a cuttlefish tank, a cloaking scarf and more.
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• Story Time w/ Aunt Phil: Alaska’s Constitution

  10-11-2016 21:49
  
  This week in 1955, a group of dedicated Alaskans convened on the campus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks to begin drafting a constitution for what they hoped would become the new State of Alaska.
  When the 31 delegates from the major cities of Juneau, Fairbanks and Anchorage and 24 from other regions of the territory gathered at the university on Nov. 8, it included 49 men and six women who were business people, lawyers, miners, fishermen, homemakers and one homesteader. The only Alaska Nati
  
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• Much of the southeast U.S. is grappling with drought

  10-11-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Large parts of the Southeast are grappling with severe drought.
  In some parts of Alabama, there hasn’t been any rain in nearly six weeks. Some farmers are selling off cattle because there’s not enough hay to feed them over the winter.
  Denise Croker, a chief ranger with the Georgia Forestry Commission, told the Insurance Journal, “our dirt is like talcum powder.”
  The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report, released Thursday, shows parts of Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, A
  
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• Southeast Alaska duck hunter survives accidental shooting in face

  10-11-2016 20:39
  
  A 50-year-old Anchorage man was shot by his own gun as he hunted in southeast Alaska.
  Alaska State Troopers say the man was hunting for ducks Wednesday afternoon near Thorne Bay on Prince of Wales Island.
  He slipped on rocks and dropped his semi-automatic shotgun.
  The shotgun hit the ground and fired. Shot struck the hunter in the face.
  The man, whose name was not released, was treated at Alicia Roberts Medical Clinic in Klawock and released.
  (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights rese
  
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• Juneau Afternoon-11-10-2016

  10-11-2016 20:34 via ktoo.org
  
  Thursday on A Juneau Afternoon, Scott Burton will host.
  Christina Gomez will be on the show to tell us about UAS’s One Campus One Book selection: “Mixed: Multiracial College Students Tell Their Life Stories.”
  Kaia Henrickson, of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum, will tell us about Walter Soboleff Day activities.
  The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council will highlight the upcoming Wild and Scenic Film Festival.
  We’ll meet the Canvas’s new ceramics teacher.
  And Nancy D
  
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• Johnsen recommends UA not cut teams, for now

  10-11-2016 19:43
  
  The University of Alaska (UA) will not move forward with plans to cut athletics teams at this time, according to a statement from President Jim Johnsen.
  The statement, released Thursday morning, said the decision stems from the NCAA’s response to a waiver submitted by UA last month. The NCAA has neither denied nor approved the University’s request, Johnsen said, which signals the association will only consider the waiver after the number of teams is below the minimum of 10 teams.
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• Sitka takes vote in opposition of Navy training exercises

  10-11-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  SITKA — Officials in the city of Sitka have voted to have the U.S. Navy move its offshore training exercises in the Gulf of Alaska in an attempt to protect marine life.
  The Sitka Sentinel reports the Sitka Assembly passed a resolution Tuesday that asks for the location of the training to be moved farther offshore and for the activities to be rescheduled for fall or winter.
  The resolution argues that hazardous materials and underwater noise from military exercises may cause harm to mar
  
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• In meeting at White House, President-elect Trump calls Obama ‘very fine man’

  10-11-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  It was perhaps the unthinkable: President Obama meeting with his successor at the White House in the first step to carry out the peaceful transition of power in the American Republic — and it’s Donald Trump.
  But that’s exactly what happened Thursday morning in what amounts to one of the more surreal moments in American political history.
  President-elect Trump, who rose to political fame by falsely questioning the birth place of the sitting president, said he had “great re
  
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• Sitka votes to move Navy training exercises to protect marine life, habitat

  10-11-2016 18:39
  
  Officials in the city of Sitka have voted to have the U.S. Navy move its offshore training exercises in the Gulf of Alaska in an attempt to protect marine life.
  The Sitka Sentinel reports the Sitka Assembly passed a resolution Tuesday that asks for the location of the training to be moved farther offshore and for the activities to be rescheduled for fall or winter.
  The resolution argues that hazardous materials and underwater noise from military exercises may cause harm to marine life and h
  
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• Duck hunter survives accidental shooting in face

  10-11-2016 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — A 50-year-old Anchorage man was shot by his own gun as he hunted in southeast Alaska.
  The man, whose name was not released, was hunting for ducks Wednesday afternoon near Thorne Bay on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska State Troopers said.
  He slipped on rocks and dropped his semi-automatic shotgun.
  The shotgun hit the ground and fired. Shot struck the hunter in the face.
  The man was treated at Alicia Roberts Medical Clinic in Klawock and released.
  
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• 4 questions Democrats now have to grapple with

  10-11-2016 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The election of Donald Trump was a surprise to pollsters, pundits and, perhaps most of all, the Democratic Party. With Republicans in power in the White House, Senate and House of Representatives, Democrats will now have to figure out their role as the minority party.
  Here are four questions the Democrats will have to grapple with as they think about the future.
  Will Democrats resist if necessary?
  In Hillary Clinton’s concession speech, she urged a “peaceful transfer of power”
  
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• Juneau concerned over UA consolidation proposal

  10-11-2016 17:44
  
  The University of Alaska’s board of regents is considering whether to consolidate the school’s education programs into one college based in Fairbanks, a move that has drawn criticism from the university’s Juneau campus.
  The Juneau Empire reports the board is expected to decide sometime this week on what university President Jim Johnsen has called a cost-saving measure.
  Under the single systemwide college of education, there would only be one dean, instead of the three that curr
  
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• Lack of funding hinders maintenance of university’s aging infrastrucure

  10-11-2016 17:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Work continues on the UAF Engineering Building in Oct. 2016. (Photo via UAF Engineering Building Project Facebook Page)
  Aging infrastructure throughout the University of Alaska is causing a $1 billion maintenance crunch, and campuses are trying to find ways to cope with a growing backlog of projects.http://media.aprn.org/2016/ann-20161108-05.mp3University Relations Vice President Michelle Rizk said the Board of Regents has been working for years to find ways to reduce the backlog of project
  
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• Juneau concerned over university consolidation proposal

  10-11-2016 17:00 via ktoo.org
  
  JUNEAU — The University of Alaska’s board of regents is considering whether to consolidate the school’s education programs into one college based in Fairbanks, a move that has drawn criticism from the university’s Juneau campus.
  The Juneau Empire reports the board is expected to decide sometime this week on what university President Jim Johnsen has called a cost-saving measure.
  Under the single systemwide college of education, there would only be one dean, instead of
  
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• 5 ways to recover from election fatigue — the Alaska way

  10-11-2016 16:02
  
  Another Election Day has come and gone in the United States. But the entire election cycle, Tuesday included, put voters across the country on a emotional roller coaster, which was quite possibly the political ride of a lifetime for many.
  But despite which side of this country’s divided political spectrum voters sit on, most can agree this election has been exhausting.
  Yes, political fatigue and whiplash are real.
  It’s time to take care of ourselves and recover, but that’s easi
  
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• Coast Guard pilot to be honored for harrowing rescue on Attu Island

  10-11-2016 08:05
  
  Remaining wreckage shortly after HC-130H #1600 went down on July 30, 1982 and killed two of the crew. US Coast Guard photo
  HARTFORD, Conn. — A Coast Guard pilot is being honored for helping rescue nine colleagues whose cargo plane crashed on a hillside on the western Aleutian Island of Attu off Alaska in 1982.
  Capt. William Peterson will be inducted Thursday into the Wall of Gallantry at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.
  Capt. William Peterson
  The now-retired resident of
  
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• Anchorage police seek suspect who rammed official vehicles

  10-11-2016 06:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are looking for a driver who rammed cars after U.S. marshals attempted to question him.
  Marshals spokesman Dave Long says his agency Wednesday was looking for a man who had violated supervised release.
  They located the man riding in a vehicle and took him into custody about 1:30 p.m.
  Marshals attempted to contact the driver but he became aggressive, rammed cars and took off, Long said.
  Anchorage police and marshals continued to seek the man late Thursday a
  
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• Alaska crews deployed to Southeast U.S. wildfires

  10-11-2016 06:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Alaska crews from multiple state and federal agencies are headed to the Lower 48 to assist in firefighting efforts there.
  Tim Mowry, a public information officer for the Alaska Division of Forestry, said over the last two weeks more than a dozen Alaska people have been sent to drought-stricken areas in the Southeast United States.
  http://media.aprn.org/2016/ann-20161108-06.mp3“Unlike Alaska and some of the places in the West, these aren’t real big fires – I think the biggest fi
  
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• Edgmon to become first Democratic House speaker in 24 years

  10-11-2016 05:58 via ktoo.org
  
  The new bipartisan House majority caucus. The leaders, seated left to right, include Majority Leader Chris Tuck, Rules Chairwoman Gabrielle LeDoux, Speaker Bryce Edgmon, and Finance Co-Chairman Paul Seaton. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO & APRN)
  For the first time in 24 years, the House will have a Democratic speaker: Dillingham Rep. Bryce Edgmon.
  Edgmon is one of five people who’s moving from the Republican-led majority to a new, predominantly Democratic majority. Ben Grussendo
  
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• Sitka’s Kreiss-Tomkins wins third House term

  10-11-2016 05:47 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, center, campaigns with supporters in Sitka on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2016. (Photo courtesy Jonathan for State House)
  Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has won his third term in the state House of Representatives. Voters in Sitka, Petersburg and most Southeast villages gave him a 60-40 victory over Republican challenger Sheila Finkenbinder.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/11/09JKT.mp3Kreiss-Tomkins said he felt optimistic about his re-election chances. B
  
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• Police: 5 injured in downtown Seattle shooting

  10-11-2016 04:56
  
  Seattle Fire crews treating 5 patients with gunshot wounds. 2 of the 5 with life-threatening injuries. Medics transporting to HMC. pic.twitter.com/HTtHejkTpc
  — Seattle Fire Dept (@SeattleFire) November 10, 2016Last updated at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9
  SEATTLE — Authorities say five people with gunshot wounds have been taken to a hospital after a shooting in downtown Seattle, not long after another shooting at a local mall.
  Seattle Police tweeted that officers are investigating
  
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• Some Alaskans say Trump presidency will be good for the state

  10-11-2016 04:51
  
  Donald Trump hasn’t spoken publicly about Alaska, yet some here say they are optimistic that his presidency will be good for the state, especially when it comes to developing natural resources.
  “What we heard from candidate Trump that was encouraging to us was that he wanted to develop America’s resources domestically so that America could truly become energy independent,” said Alaska Oil and Gas Association spokeswoman Sarah Erkmann. “In Alaska, that’s m
  
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• Federal government announces annual NPR-A lease sale

  10-11-2016 03:06 via ktoo.org
  
  A Doyon drill rig putting in new wells at the ConocoPhillips CD5 drill site on the North Slope. (Rachel Waldholz/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
   
  The federal government announced it will hold its annual oil and gas lease sale for land in the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska — or NPR-A — on December 14.
  The Bureau of Land Management will take bids on leases for over 1 million acres in the Reserve.
  ConocoPhillips produced the first barrels of oil in the Reserve last year. The compan
  
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• Rapture, shock, ANWR: Alaskans react to Trump victory

  10-11-2016 02:58 via ktoo.org
  
  Jerry Ward, a former state senator and Alaska state director for the Trump campaign, reacted to Fox News’s official declaration that Donald Trump had won the 2016 presidential election. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
  While Democrats have gained power in the Alaska legislature, Donald Trump’s upset victory in the presidential race left national Republicans in control of both the White House and Congress.
  As that realization rippled through Anchorage Tuesday
  
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• Alaska politicians react to Trump victory

  10-11-2016 02:58 via ktoo.org
  
  While Democrats have gained power in the state house, Donald Trump’s upset victory in the presidential race left Republicans at the national level in control of both the White House and Congress.
  Alaska voters went for Trump over Hillary Clinton 51 percent to 37 percent. Libertarian Gary Johnson took just under 6 percent.
  Republicans U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski and Representative Don Young also won their races by wide margins.
  Trump supporters greeted the news of his election with rapturou
  
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• Blood lines: Sealaska studies Alaska Native descendant dilemma

  10-11-2016 02:47 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Jeremiah James learns to sew marine mammal furs at a workshop sponsored by the Sealaska Heritage Institute. (Photo courtesy Kathy Dye/Sealaska Heritage Institute)
  What makes a person Alaska Native?In some places, a regulatory definition — known as blood quantum — has superseded cultural ones.  
  And a new study by the Sealaska Heritage Institute in Juneau tackles how that regulatory definition applies to marine mammal hunters.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/11/09LINEA
  
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• Trump presidency has big implications for Alaska oil development

  10-11-2016 02:40 via ktoo.org
  
  A view of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by USFWS)
  Now that Donald Trump is set to take over the White House, big changes could be coming for Alaska’s oil and gas industry. But even though Trump will see Alaska through a very different lens than Obama, a 180-degree policy shift isn’t likely to happen soon.
  Donald Trump’s unexpected victory could change the landscape for Alaska’s oil and gas industry. Robert Dillon, communications director for Senator Lisa Mur
  
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• Bethel police push back against DA for accusation of mishandling evidence

  10-11-2016 02:20
  
  The Bethel Police Department has released a statement denying that it failed to submit evidence to prosecutors in the case of Daniel Misner, who pleaded out to assault charges after firing shots in a residential neighborhood of Bethel earlier this year, according to a report published by KYUK Public Media.
  On Monday evening, the Bethel Police Department posted on its Facebook page that “We would never withhold evidence pertinent to a case.” The department went on to defend its positi
  
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• Pollster: Election predictions couldn’t account for avid support

  10-11-2016 02:17
  
  Most polls heading into the Nov. 8 presidential election predicted Hillary Clinton would come out on top over opponent Donald Trump. But the day after, many people are asking, “How did pollsters get the Trump-Clinton election so wrong?”
  Like many, Alaska political analyst Ivan Moore says he was surprised by the election results and that no one could have predicted Trump’s “stunning upset” over Clinton to win the presidency.
  However, Moore believes the predictions we
  
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• Retail marijuana sales in Juneau could begin this month

  10-11-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Rainforest Farms’ marijuana grows in Juneau on Monday. Co-owner James Barrett says these plants will provide the first legal marijuana for sale in Juneau. (Photo courtesy Rainforest Farms)
  Juneau’s first legal retail marijuana sales could begin by month’s end.
  James Barrett co-owns Rainforest Farms, and no other business in Juneau has cleared as many of the regulatory hurdles to legally grow and sell pot.
  “We have a couple of inspections next week. And right now we’
  
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• Dillingham’s Edgmon tapped as House Speaker in new bipartisan majority caucus

  10-11-2016 01:49 via ktoo.org
  
  Rep. Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham, has been tapped as Speaker of the House following the formation of a new bipartisan majority caucus. (Photo by 360 NORTH)
  There is a new bipartisan majority caucus in Alaska’s House of Representatives, and with it new leadership.
  Rep. Bryce Edgmon of Dillingham has been tapped to be House Speaker, following his re-election Tuesday.
  Edgmon will take the gavel from Republican Mike Chenault, a Republican from Nikiski.
  The announcement was made Wednesday a
  
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• Murkowski, Young to pursue Arctic refuge drilling

  10-11-2016 01:30
  
  U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski hopes to advance a proposal to allow for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, seeing an opportunity with Republicans controlling Congress and Republican Donald Trump set to become president.
  Murkowski told reporters she will continue chairing the Senate energy committee and will work early on to push for allowing drilling.
  U.S. Rep. Don Young also plans to pursue legislation to open the refuge to drilling when the new Congress convenes in January.
  
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• Anchorage schools no longer in ‘stay put’ mode as suspect search continues

  10-11-2016 00:52
  
  Police presence near Hoyt St. and Debarr Rd. Carolyn Hall / KTVA
  Last updated at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9
  Multiple Anchorage schools were in “stay put” mode Wednesday afternoon after police and SWAT teams set up a perimeter in the area of 16th Avenue and Klevin Street. Just before 4 p.m., all the schools were taken off stay put mode.
  U.S. Marshal Chief Deputy David Long said Anchorage police were assisting a search for a driver who rammed two marshal vehicles while
  
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• Dems and independents to announce new leadership in Alaska House

  10-11-2016 00:51 via ktoo.org
  
  Update | 3:41 p.m.
  Rep. Bryce Edgmon listens to a conversation during a House Majority press availability, Feb. 20, 2014. (Photo by Skip Gray/Gavel Alaska)
  The Alaska House has a new bipartisan majority.
  Democratic Rep. Bryce Edgmon of Dillingham will be House speaker. Democratic Rep. Chris Tuck will be majority leader. Republican Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux will serve as House Rules chair.
  Republican Rep. Paul Seaton and Democratic Rep. Neal Foster of Nome will co-chair the House Finance Committee.
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• Here’s what the new Alaska Senate leadership looks like

  10-11-2016 00:34
  
  After Tuesday’s elections, the Republican majority — which held its ground in the Senate — quickly announced its new leadership organization for the next two years. Sen. Pete Kelly of Fairbanks will replace Sen. Kevin Meyer of Anchorage as Senate President, according to Daniel McDonald, a spokesperson for the Senate Majority.
  Meyer will take over as chairman of the Rules Committee, which controls the movement of bills onto the Senate floor for a vote.
  Sen. Peter Micciche of Sol
  
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• Here’s what Alaska’s new House, Senate leadership looks like

  10-11-2016 00:34
  
  Republican Senate Retains Majority
  After Tuesday’s elections, the Republican majority — which held its ground in the Senate — quickly announced its new leadership organization for the next two years. Sen. Pete Kelly of Fairbanks will replace Sen. Kevin Meyer of Anchorage as Senate President, according to Daniel McDonald, a spokesperson for the Senate Majority.
  Meyer will take over as chairman of the Rules Committee, which controls the movement of bills onto the Senate floor for
  
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• Voters split on ballot measures, choose to retain judges

  10-11-2016 00:30 via ktoo.org
  
  It will be easier to register to vote, but not to take out college student loans, as Alaskans gave mixed verdicts on two ballot measures.
  Voters passed Ballot Measure 1, that requires people who apply for Permanent Fund dividends to automatically be registered to vote. With all but a few precincts reporting, about 64 percent of voters supported the measure.
  Ballot Measure 2 was defeated. It would have allowed the state to issue bonds to support college student loans. The goal of the measure
  
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• Tribal delegates gather for Alaska Native education summit

  10-11-2016 00:30
  
  Bernadette Yaayuk Alvanna-Stimpfle knew only her Native Inupiaq language when she entered school in the western Alaska town of Nome at age 5, when the only way to learn English was by observing teachers and memorizing phrases.
  Decades later, the language preservation expert still chokes up over the plight of Alaska Natives thrust into a Western education system that once punished them for speaking in their Native tongue.
  Alvanna-Stimpfle was among speakers at a tribal education summit wrapping u
  
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• Police search for suspect who allegedly broke into home near Distin Avenue

  10-11-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau police are looking for a man who broke into a home in the area of Distin Avenue early Wednesday morning.
  According to a police news release, about 12:30 a.m. police responded to a 911 call of an unknown man in a residence. The homeowners were sleeping and woke to sounds of someone in the house.
  Police said the suspect, who broke in through a window, was going through items of the home. When the homeowner confronted the suspect, and he dropped several items and fled.
  The suspect was d
  
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• Instead of handcuffs, Juneau police bring services to Bergmann Hotel

  10-11-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Brianna McCourt works the front desk at the Bergmann Hotel on Friday, Nov. 4. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)
  Brianna McCourt had a bad feeling when she walked outside the Bergmann Hotel and saw state troopers and police with their mobile command center at her doorstep.
  “The mobile command center showed up and we’re like, ‘What’s really going on here,’” said McCourt, who works security at the Bergmann for a company called CPR Services that recently
  
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