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• Bristol Palin announces she is expecting her third child

  10-12-2016 20:44
  
  Bristol Palin is expecting her third child, she tells Entertainment Tonight.
  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughter announced her pregnancy on ET. She and husband Dakota Meyer said they are excited and “blessed” to welcome a baby in the spring.
  A Palin family spokesman declined to comment.
  Bristol Palin launched an abstinence campaign after giving birth as an unwed teen. She had her son, Tripp, in December 2008 with former fiance Levi Johnston. She and Meyer had a girl, Sail
  
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• Troopers: Fairbanks woman arrested for death of domestic partner

  10-12-2016 20:32
  
  Alaska State Troopers arrested a woman after her domestic partner was found shot to death in Fairbanks Friday night.
  According to an online dispatch, troopers were notified of a death at a Fairchild Avenue home around 11:30 p.m. They found 66-year-old Steven Halonen had succumbed to his injuries following a shooting.
  Mary Gansman, 47, faces charges of first- and second-degree murder in connection to Halonen’s death, according to troopers.
  She is being held at the Fairbanks Correctional Cen
  
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• Eroding village to seek disaster designation for relocation

  10-12-2016 20:28
  
  NewtokPhoto: Travis/Creative Commons
  A western Alaska village is eroding due to climate change and officials plan to ask President Barack Obama for a disaster declaration so that federal funds can be pursued to relocate residents.
  Alaska’s Energy Desk reports that engineers predict as many as six Newtok homes will be lost by fall followed by the village school in 2018.
  Newtok Village Council attorney Mike Walleri said there isn’t time to pursue slower federal funding options.
  He sai
  
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• Tears, laughter and healing: Murdered teen remembered at Palmer vigil

  10-12-2016 08:23
  
  Hundreds of people braved single-digit temperatures to remember David Grunwald, the Palmer teen murdered almost one month ago. Family friends organized a candlelight vigil as a way to not just mourn the 16-year-old, but to take steps toward healing from the pain of his passing.
  “We just want to get back to the core of who we are,” said Tom Spangler, one of the memorial organizers. “There’s no denying the wicked evil that kind of perpetrated, what went forward with David.
  
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• Troopers: Remains of passenger in plane crash near Fairbanks recovered

  10-12-2016 08:09
  
  Alaska State Troopers were able to recover the body of the only passenger on a plane that crashed Wednesday near Fairbanks. The agency is waiting to provide positive identification of the passenger on board until after the autopsy. But Gov. Bill Walker identified the passenger as former Alaska lawmaker Mike Kelly earlier this week.
  In an update online dispatch, troopers wrote that the agency flew a chartered aircraft to the scene of the crash for recovery efforts Friday morning. At about 2 p.m.
  
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• Climate change film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ gets a sequel

  10-12-2016 07:56
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – Al Gore’s climate change documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth,” is getting a sequel.
  Paramount Pictures said Friday the follow-up to the Oscar-winning original will premiere at next January’s Sundance Film Festival.
  In the new documentary, former Vice President Gore examines global warming’s escalation and the solutions at hand, Paramount said.
  In a statement, Gore called for a re-dedication to solving what he called the climate crisis and sa
  
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• Father and children headed to Anchorage for volleyball tournament when plane disappeared

  10-12-2016 07:20
  
  A statement released from family members of a father and two children, who likely died in a plane crash near Port Alsworth on Wednesday, said they were traveling to Anchorage to attend the Alaska State Volleyball Championships.
  The National Park Service has identified the pilot as 25-year-old Kyle Longerbeam. The passengers are identified as 45-year-old Scott Blom and two of his four children, 13-year-old Zach Blom and 14-year-old Kaitlyn Blom.
  According to the statement, Scott Blom was travelin
  
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• Surveillance footage captures attempted break-in at Anchorage bike shop

  10-12-2016 07:04
  
  The general manager of The Bicycle Shop, on Northern Lights Boulevard, said other local businesses should be on the lookout for a man who attempted to break into the shop Tuesday morning. Surveillance footage shows a man using a crowbar to try to pry open the front door of the business.
  “The doors looks like you could pry it open easily. But lucky for us, it’s a pretty well made door and it held up,” said Ray Clayton, the store’s general manager.The shop is located i
  
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• Colony Christmas brings community together after teen’s murder

  10-12-2016 06:33
  
  In the wake of Palmer teen David Grunwald’s murder, the mood around his hometown has been rather grim. Organizers of a longtime holiday tradition want to put a bit of hope back into the season.
  Colony Christmas kicked off Friday and continues through Sunday.
  Each year visitors and locals flock to downtown Palmer to enjoy free craft fairs, sleigh rides and pictures with Santa. That’s just the start.
  The small city is covered with nearly 10,000 feet of Christmas lights, according
  
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• Too fast or too slow? 16-year phaseout of Tongass old-growth logging begins in 2017

  10-12-2016 05:55 via ktoo.org
  
  A clearcut section of the Tongass National Forest in August 2010. (Creative Commons photo by Alan Wu)
  A 16 year plan to phase out old-growth logging in the Tongass National Forest was finalized Friday.
  Tongass Forest Supervisor Earl Stewart signed the record of decision to amend the Tongass Land Management Plan after considering objections from environmental and industry groups. Some have applauded the decision and others are unsatisfied.
  The U.S. Forest Service released
  
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• Obama draws fury and joy with Bering Sea protection

  10-12-2016 05:23 via ktoo.org
  
  (Photo courtesy Bering Sea Elders Group)
  President Obama today issued an executive order creating the “Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area.” The area covers more than 100,000 square miles off Alaska’s western coast, from the mouth of the Kuskokwim to just north of the Bering Strait. The president’s order withdraws about 40 percent of the area from offshore oil and gas leasing. It also reaffirms an existing ban in the area on bottom-trawl fishing.Ala
  
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• Man on most wanted list for child pornography arrested in Fairbanks

  10-12-2016 05:05 via ktoo.org
  
  Kevin Trask. (Photo courtesy U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
  A man wanted on child pornography charges in California has been arrested in Fairbanks. Fairbanks International Airport Police report that 40-year-old Kevin Trask provided officers fake identification during a routine traffic stop on Tuesday, and investigation revealed his true identity.
  Trask is on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s most wanted list. Airport spokeswoman Sammy Loud said airport pol
  
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• Congress adds soldiers, raises military pay 2.1 percent

  10-12-2016 04:51 via ktoo.org
  
  Jump packs are laid out at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson ahead of a mission. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/APRN)
  President-elect Donald Trump has called for a much bigger military and Congress took a step in that direction Thursday.
  The U.S. Senate passed the annual defense authorization bill, which has now cleared both houses of Congress by veto-proof majorities.
  The bottom line for the bill is $619 billion. That’s about $3 billion more than in President Barack Obama’s budget. Servic
  
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• National Park Service: Parts of missing plane bound for Anchorage recovered in lake

  10-12-2016 04:43
  
  Last updated at 7:40 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9Parts of the missing plane were recovered Friday, according to Lake Clark National Park and Preserve chief of interpretation, Megan Richotte. Richotte said three wheels and a co-pilot seat were found in Upper Lake Clark, near where the family’s luggage was found and about 11 miles from Port Alsworth.
  The National Park Service has two skiffs on the lake, as well a Super Cub. Private aircrafts are assisting. Because of ice on the bay, NPS can’
  
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• 4 additional teens charged in connection to Grunwald murder

  10-12-2016 03:45
  
  Last updated at 7:18 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9
  Four additional teenagers were charged Friday in the killing of 16-year-old Palmer teen David Grunwald.
  According to online court records, Dominic Johnson, 16, Devin Peterson, 18, and Austin Barrett, 19, and Bradley Renfro, 16, face multiple charges in connection with Grunwald’s kidnapping and murder.
  Johnson is charged with first-degree murder, felony kidnapping, three counts of second-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence. Pet
  
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• Washington congresswoman will likely lead Trump’s Interior Department

  10-12-2016 03:13 via ktoo.org
  
  Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers during a markup in the Energy & Commerce Committee this year. (Photo courtesy office of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers)
  Multiple national news outlets are reporting President-elect Donald Trump is set to pick Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican congresswoman from Washington state, to lead the Department of Interior.
  She’s seen as friendly to industry, drawing criticism from some environmentalists. But others think she’s a relatively moderate pic
  
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• APD investigating death of woman in east Anchorage

  10-12-2016 02:18
  
  The Anchorage Police Department is investigating the death of woman in east Anchorage. Agency spokesperson Renee Oistad said the woman’s cause of death wasn’t obvious and the crime scene team is investigating.
  According to police, at 10:48 a.m. a family member of the woman called APD. The woman was found dead inside of a residence on the 3200 block of Penland Parkway, near the Northway Mall, APD said.
  Investigators are conducting interviews and said they’ve made contact wi
  
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• UAA volleyball drops Palm Beach, advances to play for national title

  10-12-2016 02:12
  
  The dream and the dream season both continue.
  With another stirring performance, UAA volleyball charged its way through the NCAA Division II Semifinals with a four set win over Palm Beach Atlantic 25-16, 19-25, 25-17, 25-22 at the Sanford Center.
  The Seawolves are now into the national finals and will face the winner of the Concordia St. Paul – Louis match Saturday night.
  With 51 assists, senior Morgan Hooe broke the school’s career assist record. It only seemed appropriate that the
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 12-12-16

  10-12-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Monday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon, Scott Burton hosts
  We’ll learn about photographer Chris Miller whose work is part of the Alaska Positive exhibit at the Alaska State Museum, with UAS photography instructor Ben Huff;
  Rich Moniac will be here with a preview of Tuesday night’s Mudrooms;
  We’ll talk with George Brown about Wednesday’s League of Women Voters Luncheon at the Baranof;
  And we’ll get the details about the upcoming Annual Meeting of Trout Unlimited.
  
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• Forest Service announces final decision on Tongass old-growth logging phaseout

  10-12-2016 01:57 via ktoo.org
  
  A Tongass National Forest clear-cut is visible in this aerial photo taken in 2014. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
  The U.S. Forest Service on Friday announced a final decision on amending the Tongass Land Management Plan to transition toward second-growth harvest within 16 years.
  The decision comes about five months after the draft decision was announced this summer.
  There were some corrections, definitions and clarifications, but the main points remain the same. During the 1
  
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• 2 teens charged in midtown Anchorage bank robbery

  10-12-2016 01:33
  
  Anchorage police say two teenagers are responsible for a bank robbery in midtown Anchorage and subsequent police chase on the Hillside Thursday afternoon.
  According to the Anchorage Police Department, 17-year-old Faleti Lolo is being charged as an adult. His 15-year-old accused accomplice in the crime is not.
  On Wednesday afternoon, the 15-year-old walked into a Denali Alaska Federal Credit Union bank, held a gun at an employee’s head and demanded money, police said. Then he fled and got i
  
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• UAS Scientists ask: Where does the soot come from that peppers Juneau Icefield?

  10-12-2016 00:45 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Hardcore science: Jason Fellman, research assistant at University of Alaska Southeast, opens one of the freezers containing snow and ice samples taken from the Juneau Icefield. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
  Scientists this year started sampling the snow and ice above Southeast Alaska’s glaciers for the particles left from over from forest fires, diesel engines, and industrial activity. The particles of black carbon can accelerate warming of glaciers and the atmosphere.
  The big question is: w
  
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• Donald Trump’s Cabinet: $14 billion of wealth and counting

  10-12-2016 00:19
  
  Donald Trump succeeded in the election partly because of his vow to “drain the swamp,” meaning he’d take money out of Washington, D.C. Yet his Cabinet appointees represent a historic level of wealth and a break from the populist rhetoric that appealed to millions of middle-class voters.
  With many positions yet to be filled, Mr. Trump’s appointees so far have a combined net worth of more than $14 billion, compared with the combined $250 million of wealth controlled by
  
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• Mic Check in the Morning: Tayy Tarantino

  10-12-2016 00:04
  
  Recently back from a tour in the Lower 48, Alaska rapper Tayy Tarantino is making the rounds promoting his new album, “Homecoming.”
  The album covers Tarantino’s experiences in the 49th state, an extension of efforts to make his music more engaging to the rest of the nation.
  “People don’t understand me, they don’t get that it’s hip hop music from Alaska,” said Tarantino, adding that listeners really perk up when they hear where he&rsq
  
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• Trump’s continued ties to ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ raise more conflict questions

  10-12-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Even after he becomes president, Donald Trump will hold another title dear to his heart: executive producer.
  The next head of the U.S. government is to retain a stake and a credit for the NBC reality series Celebrity Apprentice, Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks tells NPR. The story was first reported in the Hollywood trade publication Variety.
  “Mr. Trump has a big stake in the show and conceived of it with Mark Burnett,” Hicks told NPR. The show, for which Trump served as host and an exe
  
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