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• Pence sees ‘Hamilton;’ cast member says nation is anxious

  20-11-2016 23:14
  
  NEW YORK — Vice President-elect Mike Pence is the latest high-profile person to attend the Broadway hit “Hamilton,” but the first to get a sharp message from a cast member from the stage.
  Actor Brandon Victor Dixon, who plays Aaron Burr, the nation’s third vice president, had this message Friday for Pence after the curtain call:
  “We, sir, are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children,
  
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• Group eyes new business model for ferry system

  20-11-2016 22:44
  
  A nonprofit regional development group is recommending that the Alaska Marine Highway System be managed as a corporation under state ownership.
  Robert Venables of the Southeast Conference told the Ketchikan Daily News that the group wants to get input from lawmakers and the public in 2017 while spending the year drafting legislation and an operating plan.
  The Department of Transportation’s ferry system has a fleet that is getting older as funding and ridership decrease.
  Venables said the A
  
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• Police officer slain in traffic stop

  20-11-2016 21:33
  
  Mayor Taylor’s statement on police officer killed on duty: pic.twitter.com/EnSpz3sovx
  — City of San Antonio (@COSAGOV) November 20, 2016A San Antonio Police Department officer was shot and killed Sunday during a traffic stop. The suspect is still at large, the department said.
  San Antonio Police Chief William P. McManus said the officer was sitting inside his car just outside police headquarters, having pulled someone over in a traffic stop just before noon local time.
  “A pers
  
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• Gold Star family of slain California soldier booed on flight

  20-11-2016 21:06
  
  The father of a California soldier recently killed in Afghanistan says he felt disrespected and hurt by passengers who booed him and his family when they were on a flight to meet his son’s remains.
  Stewart Perry tells the Stockton Record he and his wife and daughter were flying on an American Airlines flight from Sacramento to Philadelphia with a transfer in Phoenix to receive the remains of his son, Sgt. John Perry, of Stockton.
  He says the flight to Phoenix was 45 minutes late and the cr
  
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• Palmer man killed in head-on collision

  20-11-2016 21:05
  
  A Palmer man is dead after a head-on collision early Sunday morning. Alaska State Trooper say alcohol may have been a factor in the crash.
  An online trooper dispatch says 44-year-old Rufelia Blackmer and 73-year-old Gary Saloka were traveling in opposite directions on the Glenn Highway when Blackmer’s vehicle crossed the center line and collided with Saloka’s vehicle. The crash occurred at mile 37.5, near Palmer, troopers wrote.
  Saloka was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, t
  
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• Pipeline project on track despite slow progress

  20-11-2016 05:40 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska’s pipeline project is slowly transferring to state leadership but could reach its goal before next year.
  The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports the $45 billion Alaska LNG Project would export natural gas.
  Alaska Gasline Development Corp.’s board of directors heard an update on the project Nov. 10.
  Corporation President Keith Meyer told the board that though a self-imposed deadline of Oct. 31 passed without a signed agreement, he doesn’t see anything that will stop the pr
  
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• 2 moose found frozen mid-fight near remote Alaska village

  20-11-2016 05:35 via ktoo.org
  
  Two moose were recently discovered frozen in battle and encased in ice near a remote village on Alaska’s unforgiving western coast.
  Jeff Erickson, the student activities director of Bering Strait School District in Unalakleet, captured the stark image of the massive animals poking through the ice as they lay on their sides with antlers apparently locked together.
  Erickson said in an email to The Associated Press Friday that he grew up in the area and has hunted for 50 years, but has never
  
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• Blood Bank denies it put public at risk to boost finances

  20-11-2016 05:14 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska Blood Bank CEO Bob Scanlon, left, and Board Chair Ryan York talk to reporters on Friday. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)
  The Blood Bank of Alaska did not put residents at risk by mismanaging the state’s blood supply this summer, according to a 23-page report, detailed during a press conference held at the organization’s new building.
  But according to the whistle-blower who filed a complaint with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, that’s not true.
  The
  
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• Search for missing Valley teen draws hundreds of volunteers

  20-11-2016 05:07
  
  Dozens of people turned out to help search for missing teen David Grunwald Saturday Some searched for David Grunwald on foot, while others took horses or four wheelers
  An estimated 300 people gathered in Palmer Saturday morning to look for 16-year-old David Grunwald. The teen was last seen Sunday night when dropping his girlfriend off at her Palmer home.
  Grunwald’s Ford Bronco was found burned on a dirt trail not far from Schrock Road in Wasilla Monday. Private investigators are working w
  
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• Skagway business owner denied request for retail marijuana store

  20-11-2016 04:50 via ktoo.org
  
  Downtown Skagway. (Courtesy of KHNS)
  This month, the Skagway Planning and Zoning Commission denied a local business owner’s request for a marijuana retail store. The conditional use permit was denied not based on local zoning code, but on state law.
  Skagway is a small community squeezed into a steep and narrow valley. That means many of the town’s businesses are condensed into an even smaller area. By state law, marijuana businesses cannot be within 500 ft. of a school ground, a recr
  
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• Satellite tags offer rare glimpse into seal life

  20-11-2016 04:50 via ktoo.org
  
  This spotted seal pup was found on April 30, 2014 near Clark’s Point and taken to the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward. (Photo courtesy Alaska SeaLife Center)
  For wildlife biologists, understanding the basics about an animal species is key. How long does it live? How many babies does it have? When it comes to marine mammals, collecting even this basic information can be a challenge.
  But researchers at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward have developed new way to track these elusiv
  
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• Stolen BOSCO’S katana returned by good Samaritan buyer

  20-11-2016 04:33
  
  A good Samaritan returned a stolen katana he purchased after learning it had been taken during a burglary at a local business.
  Courtesy BOSCO’S
  BOSCO’S Comic, Cards & Games employee Eric Helmick said a man brought in the katana on Thursday, after learning it had been stolen by someone dressed as a ninja on Nov. 11.
  “The thief sold it to a fellow who later saw the report on the news and brought the sword back to us,” Helmick explained in an email.
  He said the man told
  
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• Will Legal Marijuana Lead To More People Smoking Tobacco?

  20-11-2016 02:12 via ktoo.org
  
   
  Is marijuana a gateway drug to smoking cigarettes?
  PhotoAlto/Katarina Sundelin/Getty Images
  California’s decision to legalize marijuana was touted as a victory for those who had argued that the state needed a system to decriminalize, regulate and tax it.
  But the new law, approved by voters on Nov. 8, also could be a boon to the tobacco industry at a time when cigarette smoking is down and cigarette companies are looking for ways to expand their market, according to researchers in Lo
  
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