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• ACLU files lawsuit against Kenai Peninsula Borough over invocations

  14-12-2016 23:16
  
  The Kenai Peninsula Borough is being sued over its decision to only allow assembly approved religious groups to give religious invocations at the start of meetings. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alaska called the assembly’s move unconstitutional.
  The lawsuit is the result of controversy that stemmed from two separate incidents, in which two locals gave nontraditional invocations — one of which encouraged a united community and another crea
  
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• Trump puts Ronna Romney McDaniel in line to be next RNC chairwoman

  14-12-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Michigan GOP Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel is in line to lead the Republican National Committee.
  President-elect Donald Trump announced McDaniel’s appointment on Wednesday as the RNC deputy chair. That puts her in place to succeed outgoing Chairman Reince Priebus, who Trump has already tapped as his White House chief of staff.
  A supporter of Trump’s during the primary, McDaniel not only oversaw a critical state that helped Trump pull off his upset win, but she’s also the nie
  
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• Truck crashes through wall of Anchorage sushi restaurant

  14-12-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — A south Anchorage sushi restaurant was forced to close temporarily after a driver crashed his truck through a wall.
  Anchorage television station KTUU reports the truck late Monday night struck Ronnie Sushi on Jewel Lake Road.Images from the scene show the cab of the full-size truck nearly completely inside the restaurant.
  A crew Tuesday afternoon was continuing to clean up damage.
  Police spokeswoman Jennifer Castro says the 50-year-old driver was using the truck to spin &l
  
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• Justice reform might mean increased power for tribal courts

  14-12-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Law enforcement, and other segments of Alaska’s justice system, are quite concerned about deep changes the Legislature began making to the state Criminal Code this year.
  The aim of Senate Bill 91 is to reduce sentences and jail time for many low level offenders, opening the way to more rehabilitation and treatment options as well as reducing recidivism.
  In Western Alaska, proponents say that this could give local tribes power to take a seat at the table, but are they ready for that increas
  
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• Anchorage police searching for stolen U-Haul filled with mail, packages

  14-12-2016 22:58
  
  Anchorage police are looking for a U-Haul truck that was reported stolen sometime around 11 a.m. Wednesday.
  The truck is being rented by UPS and contains “multiple pieces of mail and packages,” according to a release sent out by Jennifer Castro, Anchorage Police Department spokesperson.
  “The UPS driver was delivering a package to residence when the truck was stolen and driven away,” Castro wrote.
  The 14-foot truck had a UPS magnet on each side of the cab, Arizona lic
  
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• Anchorage police find stolen U-Haul once filled with mail empty

  14-12-2016 22:58
  
  Stolen U-Haul found empty and abandoned in a drivewayJohn Thain/KTVA Stolen U-Haul found empty and abandoned in a drivewayJohn Thain/KTVA
  Last updated at 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14
  Anchorage police say they have found a U-Haul truck that was reported stolen sometime around 11 a.m. Wednesday.
  The truck is being rented by UPS and contained “multiple pieces of mail and packages,” according to a release sent out by Jennifer Castro, Anchorage Police Department spokesperson.
  “T
  
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• Workforce Wednesday: Fire Island Bakery and the keys to community business

  14-12-2016 22:16
  
  Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop does more than just worry about the bottom line. The family-owned artisan bakery organizes outreach programs with communities in Anchorage. According to Rachel Pennington, a co-owner and head baker, they give sugar cookies to hospitals or sports teams to get them into the holiday spirit. It’s just one of the ways they share the passion of baking.
  Cassie Ostrander with the Alaska Process Industry Careers Consortium added says supporting a small neighborhood
  
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• Pedestrian killed on south Anchorage highway access road

  14-12-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — A woman walking along an Anchorage highway access road died when she was struck by a sport utility vehicle.
  Anchorage television station KTVA reports Tia Smart, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Police Sgt. Ryan McNamara said Smart was struck just before midnight Tuesday as she walked on Brayton Drive, which runs along the east side of the Seward Highway.
  The small SUV was traveling north and hit Smart near east 74th Avenue.The driver stopped and cooperated with p
  
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• Partisan divide colors Obama’s place in history

  14-12-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  As President Barack Obama prepares to leave office, 45 percent of Americans think he’ll be remembered as an outstanding or above-average president, according a new survey by the Pew Research Center.
  That’s the highest average for an outgoing president since Ronald Reagan. But pollsters found a deep partisan divide, with Republicans expressing much less support for Obama’s historical record than Democrats.
  Obama’s job approval rating has climbed to its highest level since
  
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• Hearing reset for lawsuit against new Alaska town name

  14-12-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — An Alaska judge has rescheduled a court hearing in a lawsuit challenging the new Inupiaq name of the nation’s northernmost town.
  The case will be heard Jan. 19 in the town formerly known as Barrow and recently changed to Utqiagvik. A hearing was originally set for Wednesday.
  A local Alaska Native corporation sued just before the voter-approved name change became effective Dec. 1.
  The plaintiffs maintain city officials rushed the process with insufficient public outreach.
  
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• 3 men charged in connection to south Anchorage kidnapping, assault

  14-12-2016 21:40
  
  Three men were arrested on assault and kidnapping charges Tuesday following an incident at a south Anchorage home, according to a Nixle alert sent out by the Anchorage Police Department (APD) Wednesday morning.
  Officers were called to an Anchorage hospital around 5 a.m. Tuesday to speak with a man who reported he had been assaulted. The 20-year-old told police he had been tied up, beat with a baseball bat, cut, burned and sexually assaulted at his home, police said.
  The assault was car
  
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• Fairbanks police investigate shooting that left man wounded

  14-12-2016 21:07
  
  Fairbanks police are investigating a shooting that left a man with multiple gunshot wounds.
  Police say 28-year-old Lawrence Lee Perdue continues to be treated at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.
  A witness called police just before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday to report four to five shots had been fired near the 1000 block of Stewart Street east of Growden Park.
  The witness also reported a silver sedan leaving the area at high speed.
  As officers responded, dispatchers took a report that a man with gunshot woun
  
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• APD asks for public’s help locating missing man

  14-12-2016 20:54
  
  The Anchorage Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a 34-year-old man reported missing by family from Outside.According to the department, Ian Christopher Richards is described by family members as “homeless.” Police said he also suffers from a behavior disability and is believed to not be taking any medication.
  Richards is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall and 140 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes.
  Anyone with information on his whereabouts is being as
  
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• Hearing rescheduled for lawsuit challenging Barrow’s new name

  14-12-2016 20:19
  
  An Alaska judge has rescheduled a court hearing in a lawsuit challenging the new Inupiat Eskimo name of the nation’s northernmost town.
  The case will be heard Jan. 19 in the town formerly known as Barrow and recently changed to Utqiagvik (oot-kay-ogg-vik). A hearing was originally set for Wednesday.
  A local Alaska Native corporation sued just before the voter-approved name change became effective Dec. 1.
  The plaintiffs maintain city officials rushed the process with insufficient public out
  
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• Anchorage police seek stolen truck used for UPS deliveries

  14-12-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — Police in Anchorage say a thief drove off a U-Haul truck filled with packages being delivered to city residents.
  The 14-foot truck had been rented by UPS.
  A driver just before 11 a.m. Wednesday was delivering packages to a home on west 57th Avenue when the truck was driven off.
  The stolen truck has an Arizona license plate, AD49490. The U-Haul truck number is DC4579K.
  A long, gray, red and blue nylon rope dangled out of the back of the truck and likely would drag on the ground.
  
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• Alaska Air closes on takeover of rival Virgin America

  14-12-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  On Wednesday morning at SeaTac Airport, Alaska Airlines employees boarded a Boeing 737 specially painted to celebrate the newly-consummated merger with rival Virgin America. (Photo by Tom Banse/Northwest News Network)
  Seattle-based Alaska Airlines has closed the deal to take over West Coast rival Virgin America. Airline executives, workers and journalists are flying down to San Francisco Wednesday morning on a specially-painted plane for an announcement and rally at Virgin America’s m
  
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• Woman sentenced for smuggling heroin, meth to Sitka

  14-12-2016 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Sitka’s Superior Court sentenced a woman to jail last week for possessing heroin and methamphetamine valued at more than $42,000.
  Shammar Ferguson, 33, smuggled more than 88 grams of the drugs during a flight from Seattle to Sitka this summer, according to court records.
  On Aug. 16, a week after Ferguson arrived, the Sitka Police received a report thatFerguson and Lawrence Johnson Jr. were trespassing on a property on Andrew P. Hope Street. When the police arrived, they found the heroin al
  
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• Here’s what travelers can expect from the Alaska Airlines, Virgin America merger

  14-12-2016 16:26
  
  Employees pose with a commemorative co-branded airplane.Jessica Stugelmayer / KTVATwo U.S. companies have finally sealed the deal — Alaska Airlines and Virgin America will celebrate a merger months in the making.
  In a blog post Wednesday, Alaska Air Group Inc. announced it has closed its acquisition of Virgin America, the crescendo of a multibillion-dollar agreement that was announced in April 2016.
  “Alaska Airlines and Virgin America are different airlines, but we believe different
  
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• Woman pedestrian struck, killed in overnight crash on Brayton Drive

  14-12-2016 15:15
  
  Police say a woman is dead after being struck by a vehicle on Brayton Drive in South Anchorage.
  It happened just before midnight, according to Sgt. Ryan McNamara with the Anchorage Police Department.
  A small SUV was traveling north on Brayton Drive when the driver struck the female pedestrian near the intersection of E. 74th Avenue.
  McNamara says the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. As of 4:45 a.m., APD was trying to make contact with her next of kin who live in Anchorage.
  The driver in t
  
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• Female pedestrian struck, killed in overnight crash on Brayton Drive

  14-12-2016 15:15
  
   
  Police say a woman is dead after being struck by a vehicle on Brayton Drive in South Anchorage.
  The incident happened just before midnight, according to Sgt. Ryan McNamara with the Anchorage Police Department.
  A small SUV was traveling north on Brayton Drive when the driver struck the female pedestrian near the intersection of E. 74th Avenue.
  McNamara says the woman, identified by police as 27-year-old Tia Smart, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her family has been notified.
  The driver
  
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• Schools seek more CBJ funding after enrollment bump

  14-12-2016 11:14 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau Schools Superintendent Mark Miller, left, at the Juneau School Board meeting on Tuesday night. (Photo by Quinton Chandler.
  Higher than expected enrollment will allow the Juneau School Board to ask the City and Borough of Juneau for more money during an assembly finance committee meeting Wednesday.
  The district is already guaranteed more state funding after about 180 unexpected students showed up for classes this year and because the district is getting more money from the s
  
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• Defense attorney: Finding untainted jury pool for Grunwald case will be difficult

  14-12-2016 08:23
  
  The egregious case of Palmer teen David Grunwald’s murder has gained national attention, and locally, you’d be hard pressed to find someone who hasn’t heard about it. That’s why a local defense attorney says finding jurors for the trials could prove to be difficult.
  While he isn’t directly involved in the case, Rex Butler has been a defense attorney for more than 30 years and knows the concept “innocent until proven guilty” doesn’t exist
  
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• Neighborhood Gift helps thousand of Anchorage families

  14-12-2016 06:39
  
  The Salvation Army, Food Bank of Alaska and other organizations have once again teamed up to help thousands of Anchorage families have a happier holiday season.
  More than 4,000 families are expected to turn out to the Sullivan Arena for the annual Neighborhood Gift. Organizers said the big event takes months of planning and collecting donations and about 150 volunteers for the distribution.
  For Desiree Boswell it was her first time volunteering.
  “I want to feed my soul,” she said.
  Bo
  
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• KTVA Weather Lab: Denali Montessori Elementary School

  14-12-2016 04:20
  
  In this week’s KTVA Weather Lab, I visited Denali Montessori Elementary School, where the third-graders in Ms. Homan and Ms. Jasmine’s classes are learning all about the solids, liquids and gases in our atmosphere.
  I also answered the KTVA Weather Lab Question of the Week: Why is precipitation sometimes solid and sometimes liquid?
  Next Tuesday, the KTVA Weather Lab heads to Huffman Elementary School!
  Every Tuesday, Melissa Frey will take the KTVA Weather Lab to a classroom
  
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• Despite Trump tweet, Alaska leaders ‘confident’ F-35s will come to Eielson

  14-12-2016 04:17
  
  Fairbanks Mayor Jim Matherly says he’s confident the F-35 program will take off in Alaska, despite recent criticism from the future president.
  President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday to sound off about the cost of the fighter planes. He tweeted, “The F-35 program and cost is out of control. Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and other) purchases after January 20th.” His statement had some concerned there would be cuts to the two squadrons of
  
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• Publicist: Actor Alan Thicke dies at age 69

  14-12-2016 03:47
  
  Alan Thicke – © Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com
  A publicist says Alan Thicke, who played the likable father on the sitcom “Growing Pains,” has died at age 69.
  Carleen Donovan, who is a publicist for Thicke’s son, singer Robin Thicke, says the actor died from a heart attack on Tuesday in Los Angeles. She had no further details.
  Alan Thicke starred as Dr. Jason Seaver in the ABC series “Growing Pains,” which aired from 1985 until 1992. The Canadian
  
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• Exxon’s Tillerson, Trump’s choice for State Dept., has history in Alaska

  14-12-2016 03:45 via ktoo.org
  
  ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, shown here at a 2012 meeting with Russian president Vladmir Putin. (Photo courtesy Government of the Russian Federation)
  President-elect Donald Trump has chosen ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his nominee for secretary of state.
  National attention has focused on Tillerson’s close ties to Russia, but he – and his company – also has a long history in Alaska.
  For the last few years, Tillerson has perhaps been known best in Alaska for his public d
  
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• Update: Gunshot victim dropped off at Providence dies, police confirm

  14-12-2016 03:08
  
  The Anchorage Police Department is investigating the circumstances that led up to a gunshot victim’s arrival at Providence Alaska Medical Center Tuesday.
  The victim was dropped off at the hospital with at least one gunshot wound, APD spokeswoman Renee Oistad confirmed Tuesday.
  “The injured person was declared deceased at the hospital,” APD spokesperson Jennifer Castro wrote in an updated email Wednesday. 
  She said the department is conducting a death investigation and that
  
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• Gunshot wound victim dropped off at Providence, police confirm

  14-12-2016 03:08
  
  The Anchorage Police Department is investigating the circumstances that led up to a gunshot victim’s arrival at Providence Alaska Medical Center.
  The victim was dropped off at the hospital with at least one gunshot wound, APD spokeswoman Renee Oistad confirmed.
  The status of the victim was not immediately available.
  She said the department is investigating the matter and would likely not release any information “for several more hours.”
  This is a developing story. Tune in durin
  
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• Does salvaged sound better? Guitar maker opts for more sustainable spruce

  14-12-2016 02:47 via ktoo.org
  
  Worker routs the top of an acoustic guitar. (Photo by RA Beattie/Musicians for Forests)
  A little piece of Alaska has helped create some of the music industry’s biggest hits. Sitka spruce is a prized “tonewood” used to make guitars and violins. But one guitar company is pushing back and asking the feds and music insiders to reconsider clear cut logging in the Tongass National Forest.
  Tom Bedell thinks when most musicians pick up an acoustic guitar, they don’t realize they&
  
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• 2017 Fur Rondy sled dog race to have ‘unprecedented’ purse of $100K

  14-12-2016 02:45
  
  Shannon Riddle / KTVA 11The 2017 Fur Rondy Open World Championship Sled Dog Race will have an “unprecedented” prize purse of $100,000, race officials announced Tuesday.
  The board of directors of Greater Anchorage, Inc. and the Alaskan Sled Dog and Racing Association (ASDRA) called the race “the grandfather of all Alaskan races and the world’s most challenging sprint race” in a statement about the purse.
  The race takes place over the course of a few days during the
  
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• Bishop in southeast Alaska appointed to Dallas diocese

  14-12-2016 02:39
  
  Bishop Edward BurnsCourtesy Diocese of Juneau
  Pope Francis has named an Alaska bishop to be the new bishop in Dallas.
  Bishop Edward J. Burns of Juneau, Alaska, will succeed Cardinal Kevin Farrell. Farrell left Dallas after being appointed to lead a new office for families and laity, becoming the highest-ranking American at the Vatican.
  The Diocese of Juneau says Burns’ appointment was announced Tuesday.I’m grateful to Pope Francis for my appointment as Bishop of Dallas, and also for
  
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• Living Alaska: 5 ways to celebrate the return of daylight

  14-12-2016 02:19
  
  Whenever I complain about darkness to people from Outside, many of them — especially the 20-somethings — respond with a smirk that lets the world know that person is about to make what they think is a first-of-its-kind joke. However it’s so old, the last time I heard it, I fell off of my dinosaur.
  “But Megan, you were born in the darkness,” they say.
  “No, I was born in July,” I respond.
  Because Anchorage in July has close to 24 hours of da
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 12-14-16

  14-12-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Today at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon,
  We’ll find out about the Juneau Mendenhall Flying Lions Club Christmas Lights Flights;
  Scott Burton will be here with a preview of this Thursday’s Writers Showcase;
  We’ll talk with Taylor Vidic about her Thursday night performance;
  Photographer Chris Miller will be here with a preview of his lecture tonight at the Alaska State Museum;
  We’ll find out about the Juneau-Douglas High School art Show;
  And Matt Lillard and Jeffra Clough will be
  
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• Juneau Bishop Edward J. Burns appointed to Dallas diocese

  14-12-2016 01:48 via ktoo.org
  
  JUNEAU — Pope Francis has named an Alaska bishop to be the new bishop in Dallas.
  Bishop Edward J. Burns of Juneau, Alaska, will succeed Cardinal Kevin Farrell. Farrell left Dallas after being appointed to lead a new office for families and laity, becoming the highest-ranking American at the Vatican.
  The Diocese of Juneau says Burns’ appointment was announced Tuesday.
  In a release, the 59-year-old Burns says he is grateful for the experience he has had in southeast Alaska and humbled
  
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• Housing First project organizers seek $100,000 from Juneau community

  14-12-2016 01:43 via ktoo.org
  
  The Housing First Project under construction on November 17, 2016. (Photo by David Purdy/KTOO)
  The Juneau community is being asked to come up with $100,000 in donations toward the $7.3 million Housing First project under construction in the Lemon Creek area.
  Mariya Lovishchuk heads the Glory Hole, downtown’s emergency shelter. The shelter is managing the new project to provide permanent housing and support services for 32 of the most vulnerable people in Juneau’s homeless community.
  
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• Truck crashes through wall of South Anchorage sushi restaurant

  14-12-2016 01:37
  
  Courtesy Ronnie Lee Courtesy Ronnie Lee Courtesy Ronnie Sushi / Facebook Courtesy Ronnie Sushi / Facebook Courtesy Ronnie Lee Courtesy Ronnie Lee Courtesy Ronnie Lee Courtesy Ronnie Lee Courtesy Ronnie Lee
   
  A truck crashed through the wall of Ronnie Sushi late Monday night, resulting in extensive damage and the arrest of the driver, 50-year-old Nickolas Gialopsos.
  The restaurant’s owners announced the crash on Facebook Tuesday morning, saying the business would be closed for a
  
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• UAA students chosen to share pieces of Alaska in DC Christmas trees display

  14-12-2016 01:13
  
  The University of Alaska Anchorage was selected to represent the 49th state this year in the holiday-themed display in our nation’s capitol. Students and graduate students from UAA’s art program were chosen to make ornaments to go on one of 56 trees included in the capitol Christmas tree lighting display in Washington, D.C.
  According to Steven Godfrey, the program’s chairman, he was contact by the National Park Service to make the ornaments.
  “I contacted eight students wh
  
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• Defendants in Palmer teen’s murder case plead not guilty

  14-12-2016 01:03 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — Teenagers charged in the death of a 16-year-old Palmer boy have pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges.
  Anchorage television station KTVA reports attorneys entered the pleas in a Palmer courtroom Tuesday on behalf of the five, including several who are minors. All have been charged as adults in connection with the death of David Grunwald.
  Erick Almandinger, 16, was arrested Dec. 3 and the others were arrested Friday.
  Almandiger, Dominic Johnson, Austin Barrett
  
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• Trump’s Cabinet picks ‘take the establishment and shake it upside down’

  14-12-2016 01:00 via ktoo.org
  
  With the selection of Rex Tillerson for secretary of state and the expected nomination of Rick Perry for the Department of Energy, Donald Trump’s Cabinet has largely taken shape in Trump’s own image — a combination of millionaires, billionaires, outsiders and even a few politicians who oppose the work of the very agencies they’ve been tapped to lead.
  “It’s a reflection of what Donald Trump has been wanting to do, which is to take the establishment and shake it
  
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• Congress boosts plans for new Craig boat harbor

  14-12-2016 01:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Craig, on Prince of Wales Island, is a large step closer to building a new boat harbor. (Photo courtesy Bob Claus)
  A bill on its way to the president’s desk authorizes most of the money needed to build a new boat harbor in Craig. But the funding itself will wait for future congressional action.
  The legislation includes about $29 million for the harbor in Prince of Wales Island’s largest city.
  Craig City Administrator Jon Bolling said that’s the cost of planning and install
  
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• Travel Tuesday: December events offer a taste of the world’s cultures

  14-12-2016 00:56
  
  You can get a slice of some of the world’s cultures this month, all without leaving Anchorage.
  According to Julie Saupe, president and CEO of Visit Anchorage, there’s a handful of events to sample cultures from around the world, including food and dance. Saupe said the events help families “start locally” — getting exposed to new foods, art and cultures without leaving their hometown.
  “You might even discover that next destination that you want to visit b
  
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• Engine trouble delays Alaska ferry Matanuska

  14-12-2016 00:13 via ktoo.org
  
  The ferry Matanuska, right, docks at Juneau’s Auke Bay Ferry Terminal  earlier this year. It’s running late for a week after an engine problem caused a delay. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
  The ferry Matanuska is sailing an altered schedule for about a week due to mechanical problems.
  It will delay Juneau-to-Prince-Rupert sailings, which include stops in Hoonah, Sitka, Kake, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ketchikan. Haines is also affected.
  Alaska Marine Highway spokes
  
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• Scientists report Arctic is melting even more rapidly

  14-12-2016 00:04 via ktoo.org
  
  Scientists released this year’s so-called Arctic Report Card on Tuesday, and it is a dismal one.
  Researchers say the Arctic continues to warm up at rates they call “astonishing.” They presented their findings at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco.
  “The Arctic as a whole is warming at least twice as fast as the rest of the planet,” says Jeremy Mathis, climate scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and one of
  
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• Monday morning fire damages Ketchikan home

  14-12-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A house fire Monday morning in the 300 block of Deermount Street, Ketchikan, was caused by a resident trying to thaw some frozen pipes. No one was injured.
  Ketchikan Fire Marshall Chris Grooms said the fire was called in at about 9 a.m. Monday.
  “Well, the initial call was for smoke coming from an outlet. Shortly thereafter, we got a second call for smoke coming from several outlets,” he said. “Smoke was showing when the fire department got there. We found later that the fire wa
  
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