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• Bethel Search and Rescue urges against autos on Kuskokwim River ice

  23-11-2016 23:23 via ktoo.org
  
  The Kuskokwim River is freezing around Bethel, but you still need to be careful if you are going to use it to travel to and from nearby villages, according to Bethel Search and Rescue.
  That means keeping trucks and cars off the river for now.
  Bethel Search and Rescue says that the newly frozen ice on Kuskokwim River around Bethel is only around two to four inches thick.
  They added that the ice in the marked trails is better, with a thickness of about 7 to 11 inches, and that they have marked tra
  
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• How to spot and prevent Type 2 Diabetes

  23-11-2016 23:08
  
  The month of November is more than a time for Thanksgiving; it’s also National Diabetes Awareness Month.
  Nine percent of Americans are currently living with diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. That number includes both children and adults — some are born with the disease, known as Type 1, and the more common Type 2, which can be prevented as early as childhood with some lifestyle changes.
  Dr. Cydney Fenton, a pediatric endocrinologist at Providence Med
  
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• Klukwan’s Jilkaat Kwaan heritage center aims to ‘carry culture forward’

  23-11-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The Chilkat Cultural Landscape Map, the introductory exhibit in the heritage center. (Photo by Emily Files/KHNS)
  It was a historic year for the Chilkat Indian village of Klukwan. After more than a decade of work, the Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Heritage Center opened its doors in May.
  The center tells the still-evolving story of the Chilkat people and also houses some of the world’s most admired works of Northwest Coast Art, the Whale House Collection.http://khns.org/wp-content/uploads/201
  
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• Workforce Wednesday: Employers, businesses thankful for workers, customers

  23-11-2016 22:30
  
  In honor of Thanksgiving this week, Workforce Wednesday showcased employers and let them spread their messages of gratitude.
  Cari-Ann Carty with Alaska Process Industry Careers Consortium (APICC) was thankful for working with a fantastic and supportive team.
  From big to small, business owners expressed their thanks.
  “I am personally am extra thankful for our staff,” said Rachel Pennington with Fire Island Rustic Bakery. She added that she was thankful for the customers choo
  
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• Researcher presents findings on sexual violence in Bristol Bay

  23-11-2016 22:30 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska has the highest rate of forcible rape in the United States according to the 2015 FBI statistics.
  Researcher and author Jeremy Braithwaite conducted research on sexual assault in Bristol Bay last year for his dissertation.
  He returned last week to present that research in Dillingham.
  Braithwaite interviewed 18 survivors of sexual assault in seven different Bristol Bay communities for his doctoral thesis in criminology from the University of California Irvine.
  He found that, especially
  
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• Mic Check in the Morning: Lucine Fyelon

  23-11-2016 22:11
  
  Los Angeles-based violinist, singer-songwriter and producer Lucine Fyelon has performed or recorded with many famous artists including Madonna and Miley Cyrus.
  Fyelon is visiting Alaska for the first time to perform for one night at Chilkoot Charlie’s. The artist said she has a strong internet fan base, about which Fyelon mentioned she must be doing something right to garner 15 million views on YouTube.
  The daughter of classically trained musicians — on the piano and violin
  
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• Two Athabascan men join Standing Rock protest

  23-11-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Demonstrators who call themselves water protectors faced law enforcement officers who fired rubber bullets and water cannons in below freezing temperatures near Cannon Ball, ND on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 20. (Photo courtesy of Tracy Peterson)
  On the chilly plains of North Dakota, organizers estimate that around 2,500 people are now gathered near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation to support the Great Sioux Nation, or Oceti Sakowin, in their efforts to stop an oil pipeline from crossing unde
  
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• Emergency crews respond to Abbott Loop house fire

  23-11-2016 21:23
  
  Rachel McPherron / KTVA
  Last updated at 11:38 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 23
  The Anchorage Fire Department (AFD) responded to a house fire in the Abbott Loop area Wednesday morning.
  The only occupant of the home at the time of the fire escaped without injury before calling AFD, according to fire Chief Dennis LeBlanc.
  The woman reported to emergency responders that there were three dogs in the garage, but LeBlanc said their status is unknown.
  Crews were called to the home — located at 3841 E.
  
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• Ask Alaska: When does the Christmas tree go up in your home?

  23-11-2016 21:13
  
  It could be called the great holiday debate: When does the tree go up?
  At many spots around town, including Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall, the holiday decorations have been up for weeks, with trees stretching to the ceiling in some cases.
  KTVA 11’s Sierra Starks stopped by the mall to ask Alaskans exactly when they plan to put the tree up in their home (if they haven’t already!).
   
  The post Ask Alaska: When does the Christmas tree go up in your home? appeared first on KTVA 11.
  
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• Woman injured at Standing Rock protest might lose arm, family says

  23-11-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A woman protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline who was wounded earlier this week might lose her arm as a result of the injury, her family says. Sophia Wilansky’s injury is the most gruesome to date of the months-long standoff at Standing Rock, N.D.
  “The doctor just said she may need as many as 20 surgeries over very many months to have any hope of saving her arm and her hand,” Wilansky’s father, Wayne Wilansky, told a group of reporters outside a Minnea
  
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• Kikkan Randall returns to women’s US Cross Country Ski Team

  23-11-2016 20:39
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – World champion skier Kikkan Randall is back on the women’s U.S. Cross Country Ski Team after taking a season off to have a baby.
  The announcement of the four-time Olympian’s return comes just before the 2016-17 season begins with International Ski Federation World Cup Opener taking place Saturday in Ruka, Finland.
  Randall and her husband, Jeff Ellis, of Anchorage, Alaska, had their first child, a boy, in April.
  In announcing her pregnancy last year, Ra
  
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• Survey shows Alaska students drinking, smoking less

  23-11-2016 19:04
  
  A new state survey suggests that Alaska teens are more aware about the dangers of smoking, drinking and doing drugs.
  The Alaska Youth Risk Behavior Survey, compiled by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services and the Department of Education and Early Development, shows students across the state report declines in smoking, substance use, riding with an impaired driver, sexual activity and fighting compared data from 2009.
  When it comes to smoking, the survey shows around
  
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• Trump chooses South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as U.N. ambassador

  23-11-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has been selected as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, according to Trump’s transition team.
  Haley has accepted the position, which requires Senate confirmation.
  NPR State Department correspondent Michele Kelemen reports the position was elevated to Cabinet rank by President George W. Bush and that President Barack Obama kept the designation. But Kelemen says the job of U.N. ambassador was not tradi
  
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• Mudrooms – 11-24-16

  23-11-2016 18:44 via ktoo.org
  
  
  November 2016 – Family Matters
  Cristi HerrenKeeley KentIndia BusbyJess BrownTom CosgroveMike Levinehttp://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/11/MR-NOV-16.mp3
  
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• Fairbanks man takes airport police to court to get weed back

  23-11-2016 08:37
  
  A Fairbanks man has secured a court order to get his marijuana back from authorities at the Fairbanks International Airport after it was flagged by a federal transportation security officer and seized.
  The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Frank Berardi picked up the pot from airport police Monday after a judge ordered the cannabis be returned.
  Berardi was preparing to board a flight to Anchorage in July when the Transportation Security Administration discovered 8 grams of marijuana in his carr
  
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• Popular Police Navidad event ends, but APD says other outreach opportunities will continue

  23-11-2016 07:38
  
  The Anchorage Police Department Employees Association says it is ending its annual Christmas outreach tradition, Police Navidad.
  “Police Navidad has been a staple in our community for the past five years, but we are doing things a little differently in the coming years,” APDEA spokesman Doug McManis said in an email Tuesday. “The Anchorage Police Department Employees Association has decided to discontinue Police Navidad for the time being and refocus the effort it demands into
  
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• Discussion begins on treatment of historical sites if mining project permitted

  23-11-2016 07:36
  
  Richard Darden, USACE Project Manager on Donlin Gold, addresses stakeholders at a Bethel meeting on how Donlin Gold will be legally required to treat historical sites if permitted. Nov. 21, 2016Celina Angaiak / KYUK
  What’s going to happen if the Donlin Gold LLC mine is green-lighted and historical sites become disrupted? That’s another part of the Donlin saga that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is deciding as the federal agency chooses whether or not to recommend permitting the pr
  
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• Photos from Observatory Books’ going-out-of-business sale

  23-11-2016 07:17 via ktoo.org
  
  The cookies are actually free. It’s the well-used and invaluable reference books that Dee Longenbaugh prefers not to sell. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
  Saturday marks the last day of business for Observatory Books, a long-operating independent shop featuring used and rare books, and antique maps featuring Alaska and the polar regions.
  The downtown shop’s longtime proprietor, Dee Longenbaugh, 82, fell ill in April, forcing the business to close. Maps and other items were also taken dur
  
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• Wounded Anchorage officer will spend holidays at home with family

  23-11-2016 06:23
  
  ANCHORAGE — A police officer wounded on duty gets to spend Thanksgiving out of the hospital with his family, the Anchorage Police Department announced.
  Officer Arn Salao was shot multiple times by a suspect in downtown Anchorage on Nov. 12. APD spokeswoman Jennifer Castro said she was happy to share the news that Salao was released from the hospital Tuesday to continue his recovery at home.
  “He is very thankful to spend the holiday out of the hospital and with his family,&
  
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• How a stranger’s generosity helped a desperate Vietnam veteran

  23-11-2016 06:08
  
  We first introduced you to Robert Stevens in a Problem Solvers piece on Friday. For the last three years, he and his wife, Diane, have been trying to get benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Robert Stevens was exposed to the toxic herbicide known as Agent Orange while serving in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War.
  Now, their lives have taken a turn for the better because of one person who saw that story.
  When we last met the Stevenses, they were drowning in debt.
  “They
  
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• Live fire: Winter weather brings new training opportunities to JBER

  23-11-2016 05:32
  
  Most of us wouldn’t want to work outside for hours in icy conditions, but for Alaska’s Arctic soldiers, it’s the perfect time to put their skills to the test. There are training activities they can only do during the winter.
  The 2-377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment held a live-fire exercise Tuesday. They’re the U.S. Army’s only Arctic airborne artillery unit. They dropped a howitzer gun out of the back of a C-17 and then jumped after it. They had 35 minutes to
  
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• DOT: Traffic fatalities up across the state

  23-11-2016 05:20
  
  ANCHORAGE — According to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT), the number of traffic fatalities in the state has risen dramatically since last year.
  DOT spokeswoman Shannon McCarthy said traffic deaths are rising nationally — about 10 percent over last year. But in Alaska, the figure is about 34 percent.
  “That’s unacceptable,” McCarthy said.
  State reports show 56 fatalities in 53 separate crashes for all of 2015. As of Nov.
  
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• Fairbanks deputy police chief pays respects to fallen officer in San Antonio

  23-11-2016 05:19
  
  "Since we were in Texas, we made the drive to San Antonio and went to police headquarters. There is never enough you can do, but thought we could go pay our respects. I left a note and FPD challenge coin on the banner." -Eric JewkesPhoto courtesy of Fairbanks Police Department/Facebook
  Fairbanks Deputy Police Chief Eric Jewkes paid his respects at the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) Monday during a trip to Texas, the Fairbanks Police Department says.
  Jewkes visited a growing memorial for S
  
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• KTVA Weather Lab: Alaska Native Cultural Charter School

  23-11-2016 04:57
  
  In this week’s KTVA Weather Lab, I visited Alaska Native Cultural Charter School, where the third graders in Ms. Ray and Ms. Harrington’s classes tried their hand at presenting the weather forecast to an audience.
  I also answered the KTVA Weather Lab Question of the Week: What’s the coldest temperature recorded on earth?
  Every Tuesday, Melissa Frey will take the KTVA Weather Lab to a classroom in our community. To see the previous week’s Weather Lab segments click he
  
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• Feds OK selling or scrapping ferry Taku

  23-11-2016 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  A Petersburg fishing boat passes the ferry Taku near the entrance of Wrangell Narrows in August, 2013. The ship is tied up and will continue to be until it’s sold or scrapped. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
  The Alaska Marine Highway System is moving ahead with plans to sell or scrap the ferry Taku. But it’s keeping its options open for a second sidelined ship, the Chenega. The vessels were discussed at Monday’s Marine Transportation Advisory Board meeting.http://s3-u
  
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• Kenai National Wildlife Refuge to open for Christmas tree cutting

  23-11-2016 02:39
  
  Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Christmas Tree MapKenai National Wildlife Refuge
  Free Christmas trees are available in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (KNWR), but there’s a catch — you have to cut the tree yourself.
  Refuge staff announced the tree cutting season in a statement Tuesday. The first day of tree cutting is Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 24, and continues until Christmas Day, Sunday, Dec. 25.
  “Trees are free for personal use with a limit of one per household, and
  
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• Missing: Police seek whereabouts of 75-year-old Virginia Cook

  23-11-2016 02:38
  
  Virginia Cook. Courtesy Anchorage Police Department
  ANCHORAGE — The Anchorage Police Department is looking for a missing woman who suffers from dementia.
  Police said 75-year-old Virginia Cook was last seen in the area of Muldoon Road and Debarr Road around 6 a.m. on Tuesday.
  Cook was wearing blue sweat pants, a blue sweater and brown boots, according to police. They described her as 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighing 170 pounds. She has gray hair and hazel eyes.
  Anyone with information on C
  
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• New head of Subsistence Board says local voices are essential

  23-11-2016 02:23 via ktoo.org
  
  Hydaburg Mayor Tony Christianson in Eek Inlet off Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. (Photo courtesy The Nature Conservancy)
  Hydaburg Mayor Anthony Christianson has been appointed the new chair of the Federal Subsistence Board.
  The board governs subsistence hunting and fishing on all federal land in Alaska, covering some 60 percent of the state. It’s been at the center of major controversies like the fight over king salmon on the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers.
  Christianson has served
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 11-23-16

  23-11-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Today at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon,
  We’ll meet some young Jewelry artists displaying their work at this year’s Public Market;
  We’ll have Sydney Mitchell (DBA Marketing co-chair and owner of Shoefly) talking about Downtown Holiday activities;
  Members of the Glacier Swim Club will be here;
  And we’ll find out about Linda Nicklin and Flip Nicklin’s presentation at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Information Center about their trip through the Northwest Passage.
  That, Write
  
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• Anchorage may get a 4% sales tax

  23-11-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska’s largest city could see a sales tax.
  Anchorage Assembly member Bill Evans is readying a measure that could bring a 4 percent tax on goods and services.
  “People have been pretty upset about the rising property taxes. There’s a limit to what I think you can bear in property taxes in a municipality this size,” Evans said by phone Tuesday. “So diversifying the revenue stream, I think, makes a lot of sense, and takes in some people that currently aren’t pay
  
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• Troopers seek surveillance footage that may show missing Valley teen

  23-11-2016 01:54
  
  David Grunwald and his mother, EdieCourtesy Edie Grunwald David GrunwaldCourtesy Edie Grunwald David Grunwald's Bronco. Courtesy Alaska State Troopers David Grunwald's vehicle, found abandoned and burnedCourtesy Edie Grunwald
  As the search for missing 16-year-old David Grunwald continues, Alaska State Troopers are hoping surveillance footage will reveal new details into his disappearance.
  Troopers are asking anyone with surveillance or web cameras in the Palmer and Wasilla area to review footag
  
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• Polls suggest Americans warming to Donald Trump, but with reservations

  23-11-2016 01:30 via ktoo.org
  
  Protests raged after Americans elected Donald Trump president. Another massive protest is planned for inauguration weekend. Online, his opponents express their dread that he could be “normalized.”
  Before the election, more Americans believed Trump’s opponent had the better temperament and ability to serve as president.
  And, yet, half of Americans now believe Trump will do a good job as president.
  That’s one finding from a new CNN poll that captures Americans’ feelin
  
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• Anchorage teacher gets national award, $25,000 prize

  23-11-2016 00:48
  
  An Anchorage teacher received national recognition from the Milken Family Foundation for his work in the classroom.
  Chester Valley Elementary School first grade teacher Paul Campbell was surprised at a school assembly Tuesday morning. He’s one of 35 teachers across the country to receive a Milken Educator Award. That’s known as “the Oscars of teaching.”
  “Never in a million years would I have put my name in for it,” Campbell said. “Our staff is amazi
  
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• Hillary Clinton’s popular vote lead is 1.7 million and growing

  23-11-2016 00:30 via ktoo.org
  
  Election workers sort through unprocessed vote-by-mail ballots at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters office on Monday. (Photo by Ben Adler/Capital Public Radio)
  Two weeks after Election Day, Hillary Clinton leads President-elect Donald Trump by 1.75 million votes. Despite Clinton’s popular vote lead, Trump will move into the White House because he won the Electoral College.
  Clinton’s margin will grow in the coming weeks — mostly because of California, where there are sti
  
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• Rezoning of Petersburg property near ancient petroglyphs advances

  23-11-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The tide is out at the borough’s Sandy Beach Park. Native petroglyphs, fish traps and the borough property to be sold in January are near the point at the left of the photo. (KFSK file photo)
  Petersburg’s borough assembly on Monday advanced the rezoning of a controversial piece of borough property on Sandy Beach Road in Petersburg and decided against a driveway easement on the parcel for a neighboring land owner.http://kfsk-org.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/21EASEMENTwe
  
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• Hospital companions can ease isolation for older people

  23-11-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Volunteer Julia Torrano helps Estelle Day, 79, style her hair while she’s a patient at UCLA Medical Center. (Photo by Ina Jaffe/NPR)
  Loneliness can be a problem for older people, especially when they’re in the hospital. Their children may have moved away. Spouses and friends may themselves be too frail to visit. So a California hospital is providing volunteer companions in the geriatric unit.One of the volunteers at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica is 24-year-old Julia Torrano
  
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