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• Workforce Wednesday: Cargo careers at FedEx

  30-11-2016 23:33
  
  Careers in corralling cargo is what FedEx is all about — especially at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, which was the fifth-largest airport in terms of cargo in 2015, according to the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation.
  The freight and transportation industry is essential in Alaska because of how many goods come through either the port or cargo planes. According to Cassie Ostrander with Alaska Process Industry Careers Consortium, the industry will add an estimated
  
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• Autopsies confirm gunshots in 4 deaths at Fairbanks hotel

  30-11-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  FAIRBANKS — Autopsies have confirmed that four people died of gunshot wounds last week at a Fairbanks hotel.
  Fairbanks police say the results support the theory of three murders and a suicide in the deaths of Linda Hutton, 54, Emily McDonald, 22, Teagan Hutton, 8-week-old, and McKay Hutton, 22.
  Preliminary evidence pointed to McKay Hutton as the shooter in the deaths of his mother, wife and infant child, police said.
  Their bodies were found Friday in a room at the Hampton Inn.
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• Over one million Google accounts hit by malware

  30-11-2016 22:17
  
  More than one million Google accounts have been breached by malware that infiltrated older Android devices, cyber security firm Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. announced Wednesday.
  The researchers traced the malware back to dozens of what they called “legitimate-looking” apps — with names “Wi Fi Enhancer,” “GPS,” “Beautiful Alarm, “Battery Monitor,” and even “Google”— on third-party Android app stores. In genera
  
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• Video: As glaciers melt, landslide risk increases

  30-11-2016 21:33 via ktoo.org
  
  One of North America’s biggest landslides occurred in Icy Bay, Alaska in 2015. The slide, and subsequent tsunami were a direct result of the shrinking glaciers in the region. Dr. Michael Loso, physical scientist at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, explains the connection between retreating ice and unstable slopes.
  
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• Trump says he will pull back from businesses but offers no details yet

  30-11-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  In a series of tweets Wednesday morning, President-elect Donald Trump tried to tamp down growing concerns that he will not separate his vast global business interests from his role as head of the U.S. government.
  Trump is promising to hold a “major news conference” in two weeks to talk about how he’s turning his empire over to his children.
  “While I am not mandated to do this under the law, I feel it is visually important, as President, to in no way have a conflict of int
  
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• Pelosi overcomes challenge to win re-election as House Democratic Leader

  30-11-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Nancy Pelosi beat back her toughest challenge yet to her leadership of Democrats in the House of Representatives, defeating Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan to secure another term as House minority leader.
  The California Democrat got 134 votes to Ryan’s 63 in a secret ballot vote on Wednesday. Pelosi had boasted going into the vote that she had support from two-thirds of the caucus, and she received just over that amount.
  Pelosi, 76, has held the top slot in House Democratic leadership since 2003. She b
  
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• Bethel’s first sled dog race of the season slated for Dec. 10-11

  30-11-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The first sled dog race of the season in Bethel is less than two weeks away.
  The Bethel Sprint Club’s season opener starts at 1 p.m. December 10 and 11
  The trail runs 12 to 14 miles and starts on the river in front of Bethel.
  The race holds a $8,000 purse and has no dog limit.
  
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• Ask a Climatologist: Bitter cold makes a comeback in Alaska

  30-11-2016 19:58 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska has settled into a notable stretch of seriously cold weather. Communities around the state are enduring low temperatures they haven’t seen in a few years. And for more than a week, the average statewide temperature index has registered below normal- by far the longest stretch this year.
  Brian Brettschneider is a climatologist in Anchorage who closely tracks Alaska climate data and trends. Alaska’s Energy Desk is checking in with him regularly as part of the segment, Ask a Clim
  
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• Wildfires still burn in Tennessee as death toll rises to at least 4

  30-11-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Video: Heavy rains falling in Gatlinburg. American flag still in place on the now charred Gatlinburg Welcome Center sign along The Spur. pic.twitter.com/jAD5rENe8s
  — Mark Nagi (@MarkNagiTDOT) November 30, 2016In eastern Tennessee, deadly wildfires are still burning and authorities say it’s still too dangerous for thousands of people to return to their damaged and destroyed homes and businesses.
  On Wednesday, authorities in Gatlinburg, Tenn., said the confirmed death toll had grown t
  
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• Canadian prime minister approves Kinder Morgan Pipeline expansion

  30-11-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The existing Kinder Morgan pipeline through the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has given conditional approval to a controversial expansion of the pipeline, which could see an increase to 34 crude oil tankers a month. (Photo by Craig McCulloch/Northwest News Network)
  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has approved a controversial proposal to triple the capacity of an oil pipeline to suburban Vancouver.
  It has the potential to dramatically increase the amou
  
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• Alaska collecting first tax deposits from pot businesses

  30-11-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — The state has begun receiving its first tax payments from marijuana businesses, one month after the start of legal pot sales in Alaska.
  KTUU-TV reports the Department of Revenue said the first cash deposit from a pot shop came Monday. The co-owner of Greatland Ganja in Kasilof, Leif Abel, became the second owner to pay when he dropped off $5,600 in tax money on Tuesday.
  The state has set up a deposit safe at the Permanent Fund Dividend office for business owners to drop of
  
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• Kodiak school maintenance issues need fixes and funds

  30-11-2016 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly may redirect state bond funds to a specific issue within the school district.
  The topic of how to fund maintenance projects came up last night at borough assembly work session during discussion about the Main Elementary School walkway. Borough Manager Michael Powers said the structure is in disrepair – in part because of design flaws.
  “You don’t put steel supporting concrete where you can’t ever maintain that steel because whether y
  
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• Tuesday morning fire destroys mobile home in Homer

  30-11-2016 16:00 via ktoo.org
  
  An early Tuesday morning fire destroyed a mobile home on Kent Street, just across the street from the Homer Golf Course on East End Road, Homer.
  The fire occurred outside of the Homer Volunteer Fire Department’s response area, according to Fire Chief Bob Painter.
  Kachemak Emergency Services is responsible for the area and requested back-up from the Homer Fire Department, Painter said.
  “They requested mutual aid, a tanker and personnel,” he said. “We responded wi
  
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• With shelters overflowing, Anchorage homeless coordinator says help is on the way

  30-11-2016 08:57
  
  As Anchorage sees some of the lowest temperatures of the season so far, dozens of people have no place to go to escape the cold at night.
  “I wish people knew how bad it is down here in Anchorage right now,” said a homeless man who goes by the name Matthew Huckabee.
  The Brother Francis Shelter, which has 240 beds, has been at full capacity since mid-September, and all 50 beds between the two overflow shelters are occupied.
  “There are not enough emergency shelter beds in Anchorag
  
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• AITRC signs agreement with Interior Department for input on hunting rules

  30-11-2016 07:26
  
  An Alaska tribal group will now have a say in how critical subsistence game is harvested.
  On Tuesday, the Ahtna Inter-Tribal Resource Commission (AITRC) signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior. The agreement allows input from tribal members on rules for moose and caribou hunting on federal land in the Ahtna region, which is in Southcentral Alaska.
  The area is not easily accessible by road, so it can be challenging for tribal members to harvest enough game, while competi
  
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• Update: Police locate missing Anchorage 13-year-old

  30-11-2016 06:31
  
  Last updated at 7:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30
  ANCHORAGE — Police in Anchorage say a 13-year-old Anchorage girl, missing on Tuesday, has been found and is safe.
  Before she was located, Jireh Tueipi (shown left) was last seen on Tuesday morning at a home near the area of Arctic Boulevard and West 36th Avenue, according to police. Police later said she was spotted at Romig Middle School at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, “but was not in any classes and has not been seen or heard fr
  
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• Missing: Police seek whereabouts of 13-year-old girl who missed school

  30-11-2016 06:31
  
  Jireh Tueipi. Courtesy Anchorage Police Department
  ANCHORAGE — A 13-year-old Anchorage girl is missing, and police are asking for the public’s help in locating her.
  Jireh Tueipi was last seen on Tuesday morning at a home on the 900 block of Chugach Way, near the area of Arctic Boulevard and West 36th Avenue, according to police.
  “She reportedly never went to middle school today and cannot be found,” police wrote in a Nixle alert.
  Police said Jireh is a Polynesian female w
  
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• KTVA Weather Lab: Bowman Elementary School

  30-11-2016 05:33
  
  In this week’s KTVA Weather Lab, I visited Bowman Elementary School, where the third-graders in Ms. Bonin’s class learned how the weather is unique in Alaska. 
  I also answered the KTVA Weather Lab Question of the Week: Why doesn’t Southcentral Alaska get to see big thunderstorms?
  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 here. If you have a weather question fo
  
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• Alaska firefighters feel the heat battling Tennessee wildfires

  30-11-2016 05:23
  
  A group of Alaska firefighters is on its way to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, where a wildfire has killed three people.
  Zane Brown said he and his nine-man crew had been fighting fires near Knoxville, Tennessee. Monday night, he said his area saw 40 mph winds, which caused the fire to grow 1,600 acres.
  Brown described the fire conditions as extreme, but said his experience battling wildfires in Alaska prepared him.
  “We’re used to more extreme fire conditions than what we’re seeing her
  
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• Fire leaves Houston family of 5 without their home for the holidays

  30-11-2016 05:19
  
  A Houston family lost their home to a fire just before Thanksgiving. The parents said if they could go back in time, they would do a few things different.
  “It’s a very sad day watching your house burn and you can’t do anything about it,” Matt Smith said.
  The Smith Family walks through their fire damaged home
  Smith said he came from work on Nov. 22 to find his house full of smoke. He said luckily nobody was inside.
  Smith, his wife Melissa, and their three childre
  
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• Kriner’s Diner burglarized, owners say they ‘haven’t skipped a beat’

  30-11-2016 05:13
  
  The owners of an Anchorage restaurant said the business is operating as usual after someone stole roughly $1,000 worth of food late Monday or early Tuesday. The Anchorage Police Department said they’re not the only victims of such crimes — commercial burglaries are up this year compared to last.
  “It’s kind of a reoccurring story,” said Lucy Hollenbeck, the daughter of owner Andy Kriner. “It’s very unfortunate.”
  The thieves got inside the restaurant
  
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• Workshop to discuss threats of ocean acidification on Alaska waters

  30-11-2016 03:28 via ktoo.org
  
  The world’s oceans are becoming more acidic and, like climate change, it’s happening at a faster rate in the far north waters of Alaska.
  A workshop to be held Wednesday in Anchorage aims to bring together scientists and stakeholders to better understand the threat ocean acidification poses to the state.
  The workshop is being streamed in nine other communities around the state, including Sitka and Juneau.
  Not only are the world’s oceans about 30 percent more acidic today than th
  
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• Keeping its promise, Interior Dept. gives Ahtna region more say in moose, caribou hunt

  30-11-2016 03:18 via ktoo.org
  
  Deputy Interior Secretary Michael L. Connor joins Christopher Gene (center) and Karen Linnell of the Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission to sign an agreement giving Alaska Native tribes in the Ahtna region more say over subsistence resources. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
  In its final days, the Obama administration is forging ahead with a promise to include Alaska Native tribes in the management of fish and wildlife on federal land.
  Deputy Interior Secretary Michael Con
  
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• Armstrong Oil and Gas has high hopes for more North Slope finds

  30-11-2016 02:31 via ktoo.org
  
  Armstrong has high hopes for a development in its Pikka Unit on the North Slope. (Photo courtesy Armstrong Oil and Gas)
  As the amount of oil flowing through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System declines, big new finds on the North Slope are kindling a lot of excitement in Alaska. Speaking at a recent conference in Anchorage, Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Andy Mack called out one find in particular.
  “We think that Pikka is going to be critical to bring production not only in bala
  
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• Armstrong Oil and Gas has high hopes for another North Slope find this winter

  30-11-2016 02:31 via ktoo.org
  
  Armstrong has high hopes for a development in its Pikka Unit on the North Slope. (Photo courtesy Armstrong Oil and Gas)
  As the amount of oil flowing through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System declines, big new finds on the North Slope are kindling a lot of excitement in Alaska. Speaking at a recent conference in Anchorage, Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Andy Mack called out one find in particular.
  “We think that Pikka is going to be critical to bring production not only in bala
  
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• Living Alaska: Ullr — we beg you — bring snow

  30-11-2016 02:14
  
  Dear Ullr,
  I imagine as the Norse God of skiing, snow and archery, climate change is your Kryptonite. How strong you must have to be to fight that ugly beast. I’m sympathetic to your battle, but — get it together. Please bring snow.
  These cold, dry, icy, snowless winters are making me as bitter as a rhubarb pie made without any sugar.
  Many years ago, a winter like these would have sounded like some sort of anomaly. In early fall, my grandpa used to tease me about how I eager I was fo
  
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• Trump picks Washington insider Elaine Chao for transportation secretary

  30-11-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  President-elect Donald Trump ran an insurgent, anti-establishment campaign, but the latest addition to his prospective Cabinet is about as establishment as it gets.
  Elaine Chao, whom Trump picked Tuesday to head the Department of Transportation, worked in both Bush administrations, has ties to the conservative Heritage Foundation, has sat on numerous corporate boards and spent several years running the United Way of America. She also happens to be married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel
  
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• Murder charages against Napaskiak woman dropped following evidence of self-defense

  30-11-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The murder charges against a Napaskiak woman have been dropped and she was released from custody after evidence surfaced that she acted in self-defense.
  Bethel Superior Court Judge Dwayne McConnell has ordered the release of Kayla Jacob, 20, the day before Thanksgiving.
  Matthew Beaver, 28, was discovered in November 2014 by a village public safety officer, according to an Alaska State Trooper affidavit.
  Beaver was not breathing and had with a puncture wound in
  
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• Former Attorney General Richards joins Bering Straits Native Corp.

  30-11-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Former Attorney General Craig Richards addressed the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. board in September. He’s taken a position as vice president and general counsel to the Bering Straits Native Corporation. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz, Alaska’s Energy Desk)
  Alaska’s former attorney general has a new job.
  Craig Richards will be the vice president and general counsel for the Bering Straits Native Corporation.
  Richards said he looks forward to serving the Nome region.
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• Modern ‘warriors’ protect language, water, subsistence, families

  30-11-2016 01:30 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Alfie Price, sixth from the right, poses with family and friends after he was honored as a language warrior during a Nov. 22, 2016, awards ceremony. (Photo courtesy Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska)
  What makes a modern warrior?
  According to Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal organization, it’s someone who fights to preserve subsistence rights or Native languages. And it’s those who work for clean water or care for other people’s children.
  Four p
  
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• With new tech, a promise of faster internet in Noorvik

  30-11-2016 01:12
  
  The tower is one of the largest structures in Noorvik. As a result, it will bring 3G and decreased latency to the community. Photo: KNOM
  NOME — After years of satellite-only coverage, GCI’s new Noorvik microwave tower promises to give the community an internet upgrade. The tower is a part of GCI’s TERRA network — an acronym for Terrestrial for Every Rural Region in Alaska.
  As you fly over the Kobuk River, the tower can be seen from the air. At around 100 feet tall, it&rsq
  
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• Deadline nears for Murkowski’s far-reaching energy bill

  30-11-2016 01:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Time is running out on one of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s top priorities: a far-reaching energy bill.
  Murkowski had hoped the legislation would serve as her crowning achievement after two years as chairman of the Senate Energy Committee.
  But Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday listed a substantial number of priorities for the remaining weeks of the lame duck session.
  The Kentucky senator sounded both hopeful and doubtful about negotiations with the House over Murkowski’s bi
  
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• Alaska governor appoints new members to Lower Yukon Advisory Panel

  30-11-2016 01:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Gov. Bill Walker recently announced the appointment of three new members to the Lower Yukon Advisory Panel.
  Francis Thompson of St. Mary’s, Matilda Oktoyuk of Emmonak and Raymond Oney of Alakanuk have been appointed to the advisory panel.
  They will work with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to represent the interests of their communities in the management of the Yukon salmon fishery.
  They also manage the Yukon River Salmon Restoration and Enhancement Fund.
  Thompson is
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016

  30-11-2016 00:13 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/11/20161129-newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  The Juneau Assembly derails an affordable housing plan a few years in the making,
  the annual open house at the Governor’s Mansion is set for next Tuesday, and
  a Juneau hunter on gets lost on Admiralty Island, then found.
  
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• Mushers begin signing up for Kuskokwim 300 race

  30-11-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The Kuskokwim 300 Race Committee says that 13 mushers have already signed up to participate in the January race as the area takes on a nostalgic chill, allowing trails to be marked further and further out.
  The mushers include Mike Williams Jr., Mike Williams Sr., Brent Sass, Jackie Larson, Ken Anderson, Paul Gebhardt, Jeff King, Rick Casillo, Rob Cooke, Jason Mackey, Patrick Mackey, Gwenn Bogart, and Victoria Hardwick.
  Defending champion Pete Kaiser of Bethel still hasn’t signed up.
  T
  
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• Before contamination in Skagway harbor is cleaned up, some want another study

  30-11-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is taking a more proactive approach to motivate cleanup of the ore basin in Skagway. It brought together harbor owners and users to meet in-person and work toward a solution to long-standing lead contamination in the harbor. (Photo by AIDEA)
  Skagway is getting closer to addressing long-standing lead contamination in the harbor.
  The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is taking a more proactive approach to motivate cleanup of the ore
  
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