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• Strep bacterial strain new to Alaska causes 4 deaths

  29-11-2016 23:24
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is keeping a close eye on a new bacterial strain in Alaska that has already killed four people.
  According to state epidemiologist Dr. Joe McLaughlin, most of the patients have been homeless and most experienced chronic alcohol abuse. McLaughlin said the strain is a form of Group A Strep that was first detected in Fairbanks this February. Since then the invasive bacteria has caused 28 cases of severe illness — 10 in Fairbanks and 18 in Anchorag
  
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• Invasive strep outbreak claims lives of 4 Alaskans

  29-11-2016 23:24
  
  Four Alaskans have died this year in an outbreak of invasive strep bacteria that has mostly affected the homeless and Alaska Natives in the state’s two largest cities.
  State epidemiologist Joe McLaughlin says there have been 28 confirmed hospitalization cases of a new strain of Group A Streptococcus bacteria, starting with 10 cases in Fairbanks and, more recently, 18 cases in Anchorage. Two of the deaths occurred in Fairbanks and two in Anchorage.
  Another three probable cases in Anchorage
  
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• Two Wrangell men face felony charges for boat break-ins

  29-11-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Updated, 4:53 p.m. Nov. 29, 2016: Charges have been filed for recent boat break-ins in Heritage Harbor. According to the criminal complaint, Aaron Howell, 20, and Laven Ritchie, 19, face several felony charges for burglary, theft and tampering with evidence. Misdemeanors for theft and criminal mischief were also filed.
  The complaint states that three boats had items stolen from them on Nov. 19 with a total value of about $2,800.
  Howell and Ritchie were caught on surveillance video at an apartmen
  
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• Charges pending in recent Wrangell boat break-ins

  29-11-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Wrangell police said charges are pending for recent boat break-ins in Heritage Harbor.
  Two suspects are awaiting charges, but police would not identify them.
  Five boats were reported broken into Nov. 20. Only three are thought to have had items stolen.
  A hunting rifle and dive gear are among the items recovered.
  VHF radios, binoculars and several items were also taken.
  Police did not elaborate whether everything was recovered.
  A Harley-Davidson motorcycle reported stolen the same day still
  
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• Sitka Trail Works to get $1.8M grant for Cross Trail completion

  29-11-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The two proposed routes of the final leg of the Cross Trail connect Kramer Avenue to Starrigavan Boat Launch. (Photo courtesy of Sitka Trail Works)
  Sitka’s Cross Trail has won funding for an extension to the far end of the road system. Sitka Trail Works announced last week that $1.8 million in federal funds have been approved for the final phase of the project – provided the next president signs the federal transportation bill.
  Lynne Brandon, the executive director of Sitka Trail Wor
  
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• Mariner safe after vessel loses power, goes aground on Cape Puget

  29-11-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  An Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued a mariner Monday after his sail boat grounded between Seward and Chenega.
  The 47-foot Lieveling lost power and went aground on Cape Puget, about 210 miles north of Kodiak.
  The Jayhawk landed on the beach nearby to pick up the sailor and transport him to Seward. He was uninjured.
  Watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage received a radio call for assistance from the mariner reporting he was drifting toward the rocks and donning his
  
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• Reinventing and reimagining the modern circus with 360 Allstars

  29-11-2016 21:23
  
  Celebrate rotation in all its forms with 360 Allstars this weekend. The show is a reinvention of modern circus mixing street with elite, according to its director and producer, Gene Peterson. The event pairs some of the world’s top athletes and musicians for a contemporary family experience. The show will challenge circus stereotypes with a modern twist.
  “Instead of acrobats we have break dancers. Instead of jugglers, a basketball freestyler. Instead of unicycles, BMX rider,” P
  
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• Catch the aurora on the Alaska Railroad

  29-11-2016 21:15
  
  Are you looking to get away for the holidays? The Alaska Railroad is expanding its aurora train service to Fairbanks to catch the northern lights. According to Meghan Clemens, the railroad noticed it continually sells out of the winter aurora train, so its adding more departures. That includes a new midweek departure.
  The regular service starts in Anchorage at 8 a.m. on Saturday, and heads north to Fairbanks. Along the way there is a full service dining car to keep passengers well fed as they em
  
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• Feds seek Kodiak feedback on dispersants avoidance areas

  29-11-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  KODIAK — State and federal officials are seeking input from Kodiak residents on where to avoid the use of chemical dispersants off the coast of Alaska in the event of an oil spill.
  The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports officials will hold a meeting Tuesday in Kodiak to allow members of the community to comment on the matter.
  Chemical dispersants, which are opposed by environmental groups, break oil into small droplets that spread throughout the water column, making it more available to natu
  
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• ‘Fight for $15’ protests sweeping the country

  29-11-2016 20:47
  
  CHICAGO – A national day of protests for a higher minimum wage is seeing demonstrations from O’Hare Airport in Chicago to Kansas City to Los Angeles.
  The national “Fight For $15” protest is the latest in the fight for a $15-per-hour minimum wage. Protesters called the day of action “Disruption Tuesday.” Fast food employees, child care teachers, graduate assistants, and others in low-wage jobs who plan to walk off their jobs in 340 cities.
  In May, the Supreme C
  
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• Recipe Box: Chicken and Waffles

  29-11-2016 20:11
  
  Chicken and waffles is a soul food staple known for its combination of contrasting flavors: sweet waffle batter and sticky maple syrup combined with salty breaded chicken, fried (or baked) to perfection.
  But Derrick Green, co-owner of Waffles and Whatnot food truck, has reimagined the recipe by adding a double dose of savor. The waffle takes the flavor of an Italian-herb buttermilk biscuit.
  “One of the things that I find going around Anchorage is people are a little ski
  
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• Trump’s flag-burning tweet brings back 1980s-era controversy

  29-11-2016 20:04 via ktoo.org
  
  With an early morning tweet, President-elect Donald Trump revived an issue that hasn’t been front and center in American politics for more than a quarter-century.
  Flag burning.
  Here’s what Trump posted at 6:55 a.m. ET:Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag – if they do, there must be consequences – perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2016Trump may have been inspired by protests over the weekend a
  
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• Grand jury indicts man in Anchorage auto shop shooting death

  29-11-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage grand jury has indicted a 25-year-old man on murder and theft charges.
  Trevon Allridge is charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of auto mechanic William Schmaus at TreJohn Auto Sales in south Anchorage.
  A criminal complaint does not list a possible motive.
  Investigators said Allridge’s stepfather, Tracy Morning, was in the dealership at about 3 p.m. Nov. 15. He told police he heard a gunshot, saw Schmaus fall and saw Allridge putting
  
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• Juneau Assembly derails affordable housing plan

  29-11-2016 19:25 via ktoo.org
  
  
  West Juneau’s Island Hills under construction in January 2013. (Photo courtesy Wayne Coogan)http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/11/28HOUSING-npr1.mp3Hyperbole, false assertions and attacks on city staff peppered debate Monday over a plan intended to “unstick” Juneau’s housing market.
  In a 5-4 vote, the Juneau Assembly appears to have thrown Step One of that affordable housing plan out the window.
  Back in 2014, the Juneau Assembly set aside $75,000 to hire consulta
  
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• CBJ Assembly Meeting – 11-28-16

  29-11-2016 19:03 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Regular Meeting
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• Wildfire tears through Tennessee as region suffers exceptional drought

  29-11-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Smoke rises from wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountains near Gatlinburg, Tenn., on Tuesday. (Photo by Great Smoky Mountains National Park)
  As a wildfire raced into Tennessee’s Sevier County on Monday evening, local officials rushed to get people out of town.
  More than 14,000 people evacuated from the town of Gatlinburg alone — images posted on Twitter by the Tennessee Highway Patrol showed state troopers carrying luggage through neighborhoods surrounded by flames. The nearby town of
  
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• Teens injured in single-vehicle crash on Prince of Wales Island

  29-11-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Two teenagers received non-life-threatening injuries Saturday afternoon in a single-vehicle accident on Prince of Wales Island.
  A 16-year-old driver of a 1996 Ford Ranger lost control near mile 12 Hollis Highway because of icy road conditions, according to the troopers’ online dispatch.
  The vehicle entered the ditch and rolled several times. The driver was ejected from the vehicle.
  Both the driver and a 17-year-old passenger sustained minor injuries and were transported
  
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• Plane carrying Brazilian soccer players crashes in Colombia, killing 76

  29-11-2016 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A plane carrying a Brazilian professional soccer team crashed in the mountains near Medellín, Colombia, late Monday, killing 76 people.
  Five people survived the crash of the charter plane, according to authorities.
  “The British Aerospace 146 aircraft was carrying Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team to a tournament in Medellín, Colombia’s second-largest city,” John Otis reports for NPR from the Colombian capital, Bogotá.
  “The plane had departed from
  
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• Alaska biologists research mystery of declining caribou herd

  29-11-2016 17:59
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – The size of a large Alaska caribou herd has dropped by more than 50 percent over the last three years and government researchers are trying to understand why.
  Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game says the Central Arctic caribou herd hit a peak size of about 70,000 in 2010.
  The herd’s numbers fell to about 50,000 in 2013 following a late spring that resulted in a high number of deaths.
  New surveys indicate the herd dwindled to about 22,000 animals this year
  
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• Street will be restricted for Governor’s Holiday Open House

  29-11-2016 17:44
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Juneau police say street restrictions will be in place next week during annual holiday festivities at the Governor’s Mansion.
  The Holiday Open House is scheduled for Dec. 6 starting at about 3 p.m.
  Indian Street, which is south and west of the mansion, will be closed to vehicles between Seventh and Eighth Streets.
  The open house is expected to last about three hours.
  (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, b
  
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• Volunteers create care packages to help trafficked women feel valued

  29-11-2016 17:30
  
  One local group wants women to know their priceless value, regardless of their past.
  On Monday, about 200 volunteers with Priceless Alaska put together care packages for victims of sex trafficking and abuse.
  “They all have handwritten notes from the people, so each box will get a note that just is an encouragement over the holiday,” said Gwen Adams, the executive director of Priceless Alaska.  “I was just trying to help our community become aware of how much need there rea
  
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• South High freshman girl laces up skates with the boys

  29-11-2016 09:13
  
  Hannah Hogenson keeps people guessing—that’s a good thing here. Overall, there aren’t many school districts in America offering boys and girls hockey at the high school level. Many only have a team for boys. In this case though, it wouldn’t have mattered.
  When it was time to play hockey for South High School, the freshman charted her own course and tried out for the boys hockey team.
  “It was a new challenge for me an
  
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• Higgins won’t contest results of Millett race

  29-11-2016 09:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Democrat Pat Higgins says he does not plan to contest the results of a legislative race he lost by 95 votes to Anchorage Republican Rep. Charisse Millett.
  Higgins says he accepts the decision of voters and while he’s disappointed personally, he says he’s pleased there will be a new coalition in charge of the Alaska House.
  While Republicans will hold 21 of the House’s 40 seats, when the next legislature convenes, the chamber will be controlled by a coalition comprised mainly of
  
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• Wasilla man charged with firing gun at Sutton bonfire party

  29-11-2016 08:55 via ktoo.org
  
  A 26-year-old Wasilla man suspected of firing shots at people gathered for a bonfire in Sutton has been charged with felony assault.Alaska State Troopers say Randi J.D. Lee shot toward the crowd from a moving sport utility vehicle, grazing one person and striking two parked vehicles.
  Troopers just after 2 a.m. Sunday took a report of the shooting at the end of Jonesville Mine Road in Sutton.
  Witnesses said a passenger in a white SUV fired at the crowd and fled toward Palmer.
  Troopers stopped a w
  
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• Burglary at Anchorage pot shop delays opening

  29-11-2016 08:53 via ktoo.org
  
  A break-in at an Anchorage marijuana store has delayed the store’s opening by a few weeks.KTVA reports that the owners of Enlighten Alaska say they will not be able to open as expected on Dec. 17 due to the burglary on Thanksgiving.
  The owners say when they went to the store on Friday they found someone had taken about $5,000 worth of items from the store, including electronics, tools and the store’s Wi-Fi router.
  Co-owner Evan Levinton said the Anchorage Police Department
  
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• SHI, UAS and IAIA partner to offer Northwest Coast art education

  29-11-2016 08:47 via ktoo.org
  
  The offices of the Sealaska Heritage Institute are in the Walter Soboleff Building in downtown Juneau. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO)
  Sealaska Heritage Institute has partnered with the Institute of American Indian Arts and the University of Alaska Southeast to provide enhanced and expanded Northwest Coast art programs and opportunities for Alaska students.
  The three organizations signed a memorandum of agreement last Wednesday that will be used to design and implement a formal education plan.
  
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• Meet the new head of Alaskan Command: Gators fan, fighter pilot, erstwhile Alaskan

  29-11-2016 08:46 via ktoo.org
  
  Lt. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach walks out on the runway at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to fly a training mission. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)
  Alaska has a new top military commander. Lt. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach started this August, taking over as head of the 11th Air Force, Alaska NORAD region and Alaskan Command from Lt. Gen. Russell Handy.
  But this is hardly Wilsbach’s first time serving in the Alaska.
  On a recent Wednesday inside a nondescript building nestled between ai
  
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• What’s school like in Tenakee Springs without a school?

  29-11-2016 08:06 via ktoo.org
  
  Chris Mannino has a 6-year-old named Ila who she home-schools and takes to the independent learning center in Tenakee Springs all three days it’s open.
  She said she only started thinking about home school after the town’s school closed back in 2013.
  “Prior to that time, no absolutely not, home schooling was barely a word I knew. It was nothing that we were pursuing or interested in,” Mannino said.
  The school reopened, but ever since, Mannino has been doing research to he
  
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• Sockeye fire trial starts Tuesday

  29-11-2016 07:45 via ktoo.org
  
  The Sockeye Fire devastated Willow in 2015. (Photo courtesy Mat-Su Borough)
  The trial of an Anchorage couple charged with igniting the devastating Sockeye fire last year is scheduled to start Tuesday in District court in Palmer.
  The fire destroyed 55 Willow area homes and cost $8 million to fight.
  State prosecutors say defendants Greg Imig, 60 and Amy DeWitt, 42, burned debris in June 2015 without properly clearing the area or keeping water on hand. The fire escaped into the forest, where hot, d
  
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• Officials ban trailers for carrying dogs in Iditarod

  29-11-2016 07:36 via ktoo.org
  
  Kelly Maixner can carry up to four dogs in his tow-behind trailer. (Photo by Ben Matheson/Alaska Public Media)
  Citing safety concerns, Iditarod officials have ruled that its mushers will no longer be able to carry dogs in trailers behind their sleds.
  Aaron Burmeister is treasurer for the Iditarod Board of Directors and said the change came during a meeting on Oct. 28.
  “Mainly it clarifies that dogs will be hauled in the front sled if they’re being hauled during the race,&rd
  
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• Months later, earthquake ‘swarm’ continues in Port Heiden

  29-11-2016 07:26 via ktoo.org
  
  A seismograph at Mission San Juan Bautista in San Juan Bautista, California, on Feb. 23, 2012. The mission is located along the San Andreas fault. (Creative Commons photo by Ray Bouknight)
  Earthquakes have rattled through Port Heiden more often than usual this year.
  Michael West is the state seismologist with the Alaska Earthquake Center.
  “If we look back over the past 15 years or so at earthquake activity in the area of Port Heiden that’s shallow in the earth, what we can say is tha
  
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• Suspicious Soldotna deaths under investigation

  29-11-2016 06:54 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska law enforcement officials are investigating two suspicious deaths in Soldotna. According to an Alaska State Trooper dispatch posted Monday, two burned bodies were found in a burned-out Ford Bronco that was located off a trail near a Soldotna residence.
  On Nov. 20, two people were reported missing at the trooper post in Soldotna. The two were known to drive a Ford Bronco and had not been seen since Nov. 14.
  The remains were found Sunday night, as Troopers were following up on the missing p
  
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• Fake shopping apps offer back door for thieves

  29-11-2016 06:34
  
  There is no better time than the holidays for scammers to prey on smartphone users.
  Consumers on this Cyber Monday will fill their digital shopping carts in record numbers. Online sales today are expected to reach more than $3 billion, and with more than 85 percent of shoppers doing their buying on smartphones, criminals are finding new ways to access people’s information.
  And experts say malicious apps may be providing the back door.
  Nicole Barker likes shopping through her apps; most of
  
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• Legislature’s optimism for gasline wanes, project lags behind schedule

  29-11-2016 06:09
  
  Gov. Bill Walker spent Thanksgiving weekend in Japan, trying to sell Alaska’s liquefied natural gas project (AKLNG). But optimism is fading in the Alaska Legislature for AKLNG, and plans have fallen behind schedule.
  The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) hoped to have the project completely turned over to the state last month after all three oil company partners — BP, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil — pulled out of the project, but that hasn’t happened. Now,
  
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• Murder charges against Napaskiak woman dropped following evidence of self-defense

  29-11-2016 05:56
  
  A Napaskiak woman has been released from custody and the murder charges against her have been dropped after evidence surfaced that she acted in self-defense.
  Bethel Superior Court Judge Charles Ray has ordered the release of 20-year-old Kayla Jacob following the new evidence, according to a story published by KYUK Public Media.
  An Alaska State Trooper affidavit says that in November 2014, a village public safety officer in Napaskiak found 28-year-old Matthew Beaver not breathing with a puncture
  
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• Fairbanks killings bring domestic violence into focus, experts share advice

  29-11-2016 05:50
  
  The Fairbanks police provided no new details Monday as to the motive behind a suspected murder-suicide that left four dead Friday. McKay Hutton is suspected of shooting his wife, mother and infant daughter before killing himself inside a hotel room.
  A few days after the deaths, Alaska domestic violence experts shared their experiences and advice for people who may be in a dangerous relationship.
  Lizbeth Meredith recently published “Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters”, a bo
  
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• Anchorage shops partner with food bank for Giving Tuesday

  29-11-2016 05:28
  
  After a weekend of holiday shopping, some businesses around Anchorage say it’s time for consumers to get charitable.
  About a dozen local stores are teaming up with the Food Bank of Alaska this year to help make the holidays great for those in need on what is known as Giving Tuesday. They’re all doing something different to raise money to fill plates for the hungry.
  Cabin Fever owner Jana Hayenja said her store will match any donations people drop off, up to $1,000.
  “We&rsq
  
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• Alaska retailers benefit from Cyber Monday

  29-11-2016 05:26
  
  If you indulged in a little online shopping on Monday, you weren’t alone. Millions of Americans were expected to take advantage of online deals on the day dubbed Cyber Monday.
  Alaska businesses are also cashing in on the online trend, and many offered special deals for the day. At Alaska Wild Berry Products, shipping manager Lee Simmons said Cyber Monday is considered the start of their holiday season.
  “Everything that has been coming in slowly, now they start ordering by the hundred
  
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• Trump Makes Unfounded Claim That ‘Millions’ Voted Illegally For Clinton

  29-11-2016 03:32 via ktoo.org
  
  (Creative Commons photo by nshepard)
  President-elect Donald Trump won a convincing electoral vote victory on Nov. 8, but he is claiming falsely that widespread voter fraud cost him the popular vote.
  The latest totals show Hillary Clinton leading Trump in the popular vote by more than 2 million. Trump tweeted on Sunday afternoon, “I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” He did not provide evidence to back up that claim, and Trump’s repre
  
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• North Dakota Governor Issues Evacuation Order For Pipeline Protest Area

  29-11-2016 03:18 via ktoo.org
  
  The governor of North Dakota has issued an evacuation of the area used to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline, citing “anticipated harsh weather conditions” and the unauthorized camps erected by the thousands of demonstrators. The order, issued Monday, is effective immediately and will stay in place indefinitely.
  However, the state “won’t be using law enforcement or the national guard to enforce the order,” said North Dakota Emergency Services spokeswoman Cecily
  
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• The Last Hospital In Eastern Aleppo Is No More

  29-11-2016 03:12 via ktoo.org
  
  This month, the last four functioning hospitals in eastern Aleppo, including the one pictured above, were hit by airstrikes and ceased operations. (Courtesy Union of Medical and Relief Organizations)
  When the last remaining hospital in besieged eastern Aleppo crumbled under a wave of artillery strikes on Nov. 18, one of the casualties was 25-year-old nurse Kefah.
  “The last time he called me was one night before he was killed,” says Dr. A.M. — an intensive care specialist based
  
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• Flu Vaccine During Pregnancy Not Linked To Autism

  29-11-2016 03:08 via ktoo.org
  
  (Creative Commons photo by WFIU Public Radio)
  Getting the flu while pregnant doesn’t appear to increase the child’s risk of being diagnosed with autism later on, a study finds, and neither does getting a flu shot while pregnant.
  The study, published Tuesday in JAMA Pediatrics, tries to tease apart subtle questions of risk and risk avoidance. Some smaller, earlier studies have found an association between serious viral infections in pregnancy or maternal fever in pregnancy and increas
  
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• Charleston Church Shooting Suspect Will Represent Himself In Death Penalty Trial

  29-11-2016 02:56 via ktoo.org
  
  Dylann Roof, who is accused of murdering nine black parishioners in the basement of a church in Charleston, S.C., will represent himself during his federal trial.
  U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel granted Roof’s motion on Monday to act as his own counsel. Roof faces 33 federal hate crimes counts, among other charges, and the government is seeking the death penalty. He has pleaded not guilty.
  Roof, who is 22, underwent a competency assessment this month after his attorney raised questions
  
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• Trevon Allridge indicted on murder, theft charges for auto shop shooting

  29-11-2016 02:32
  
  Trevon Allridge
  The 26-year-old man accused of killing a man at a South Anchorage auto shop earlier this month was indicted on murder and theft charges Monday.
  In a statement, the Anchorage District Attorney’s office announced the Alaska Superior Court indictment against Trevon Allridge. Allridge was in custody prior to the indictment, as he has already been read the charges of first- and second-degree murder and second-degree theft in connection to the shooting death of William Schma
  
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• Kenaitze tribe promotes traditional values through moose camp

  29-11-2016 02:25 via ktoo.org
  
  Kenaitze Indian Tribe in Kenai is taking an innovative approach to drug, alcohol and tobacco prevention. In addition to more overt prevention efforts, like signs and education, the tribe offers culturally-relevant healthy activities through their Yaghanen Youth Center, located in Soldotna, including a moose camp in the fall for young men.
  Yuzhun Evanoff carefully strips the outside layer off a large, burgundy leg of moose.
  “This meat was hung — it develops a crust on it. S
  
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• Obama signs bill to improve veteran crisis hotline

  29-11-2016 02:09
  
  President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill that seeks to ensure all telephone calls and other communications delivered through a Department of Veterans Affairs’ crisis line get answered in a timely manner by a qualified person.
  The legislation signed Monday comes after federal investigators substantiated allegations that some calls went into a voicemail system and that some veterans didn’t get immediate assistance. Nationally, an average of 22 veterans die by suicide each day.
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 11-29-16

  29-11-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Tuesday on A Juneau Afternoon, Ben Brown will be your host.
  Natalie Watson will be here to highlight Girls On the Run;
  We’ll preview some of the art openings this year at Gallery Walk;
  We’ll get a preview of this weekend’s performances by the Juneau Bach Society;
  And Kristine Bartlett will be here with details about Supe’s On, a community open forum with the Superintendent of Schools;
  That’s on Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon, live on weekdays at 3 on KTOO-FM, repe
  
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• Bethel 11th-grader invited to attend Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders in Boston

  29-11-2016 01:41
  
  Lauren Charles, BRHS 11th-grader, holds her Certificate of Selection for the National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists Award of ExcellenceCredit Melanie Charles via KYUK Public Media
  It’s rare that anyone gets to meet a Nobel Prize laureate. This summer, a Bethel 11th-grader will meet several, along with leading scientists, inventors and academics.
  For three days in July, Bethel Regional High School student Lauren Charles will attend the Congress of Future Science and Techno
  
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• UAS endowment named for former attorney general Schaible

  29-11-2016 00:30
  
  Grace Berg Schaible. Courtesy University of Alaska
  JUNEAU — The University of Alaska Southeast has created an endowment in the name of former Alaska Attorney General Grace Schaible to support visiting faculty, researchers, artists and Native elders.
  The endowment was created following the sale of a home in Juneau that Schaible donated to the university in 1989. The university says visiting scholars and researchers for years stayed at the property along the Mendenhall River.
  The university
  
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