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• APD seeking ‘armed’, ‘dangerous’ suspect for Christmas Eve double homicide

  25-12-2016 23:55
  
  Anchorage police arrested one man in connection to a Christmas Eve double homicide and have named one more suspect who is considered to be armed and dangerous.Jaylyn Franklin was arrested by police and is charged with murder, robbery, burglary and tampering with evidence. Police are also looking for 22-year-old Lamarkus Jayquann Mann (pictured left) who has a warrant for murder, robbery and burglary. The Anchorage Police Department said anyone with information on Mann’s wher
  
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• Anchorage malls full with last-minute shoppers on Christmas Eve

  25-12-2016 22:47
  
  Most Alaskans spend Christmas Eve relaxing with friends and family. But for those who avoided shopping for the holiday season, the day before Christmas was the last opportunity to go to the mall.
  Midday Saturday, the Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall was filled with people hoping to check the final items off their shopping lists. They were helped by dozens of workers, many of whom are hired on a seasonal basis.
  “You’ve got to really know your product,” said Deloris Thornton, a seasonal
  
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• More than 90 dead in Christmas plane crash in Russia, terrorism not ruled out

  25-12-2016 22:22
  
  SOCHI, Russia – Backed by ships, helicopters and drones, Russian rescue teams searched Sunday for victims after a Russian plane carrying 92 people to Syria crashed into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff. Investigators said they are looking into every possible cause for the crash, including a terror attack.
  All 84 passengers and eight crew members on board the Soviet-built Tu-154 plane operated by the Russian military are believed to have died when it crashed two minutes after taking
  
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• Fairbanks Navy veteran honored 40 years after Vietnam War

  25-12-2016 22:07
  
  A Fairbanks Navy veteran has been honored for his military service more than 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War.
  The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan on Wednesday presented 63-year-old Mark Boberick with a medal honoring his service in the Vietnam War during a brief ceremony at Fairbanks International Airport.
  Boberick enlisted in the Navy in 1971 and served on the USS Coral Sea as an air traffic controller. He served two years active duty and then two years
  
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• Anchorage football player proves Alaskans can play major college football

  25-12-2016 08:44
  
  Lui Fa’amasino is about to become a local legend, not for what he’s already done, but for what he’s about to do.
  The former West Anchorage High School star is about to achieve a rare feat for Alaskans. He’s been offered a scholarship to play Division 1 football at New Mexico State University. That would make him just the second player from the state to play at college’s highest level.
  How did he celebrate? Fa’amasino gave back to his hometown as he visited his
  
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• State to unveil newly renovated Capitol

  25-12-2016 07:41 via ktoo.org
  
  More than three years of renovations at the Alaska State Capitol have wrapped up and the building’s expected to be fully open for business in January.
  About $36 million has been spent to reinforce the structure against earthquakes, improve its heating system and freshen up the look of the 85-year-old building. Six new rooms have also been added to the Capitol, The Juneau Empire reported .
  With all the work that’s been put in, project manager Jeff Goodell said it’s still hard fo
  
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• When A School’s Online Eavesdropping Can Prevent A Suicide

  25-12-2016 07:36 via ktoo.org
  
  LA Johnson/NPR
  Ken Yeh thought his school was buying software to keep kids off of certain websites.
  What he didn’t know was that it could help identify a student who might be considering suicide.
  Yeh is the technology director at a private K-12 school near Los Angeles. Three years ago, the school began buying Chromebook laptops for students to use in class and at home. That, Yeh says, raised concerns from parents about what they’d be used for, especially outside of school.
  He turned
  
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• Trump Plans To Dissolve His Foundation; N.Y. Attorney General Pushes Back

  25-12-2016 07:36 via ktoo.org
  
  President-elect Donald Trump said he “intends to dissolve” the Donald J. Trump Foundation “to avoid even the appearance of any conflict” with his role as president. Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images
  President-elect Donald Trump plans to dissolve his foundation, his transition team announced on in a statement on Saturday.
  Soon after, though, the New York attorney general’s spokesperson tweeted that he legally can’t, until the state’s investigation of the Trump
  
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• Montana May Be Model For Future Medicaid Work Requirement

  25-12-2016 07:36 via ktoo.org
  
  Ruth McCafferty, who works in Kalispell, Mont., credits the training she got through the state’s Medicaid expansion with helping her get a good job. Eric Whitney / MTPR
  Montana State Senator Ed Buttrey is a no-nonsense businessman from the central part of the state. Like a lot of Republicans, he’s not a fan of the Affordable Care Act and its expansion of Medicaid, health insurance for the poor and disabled.
  “We didn’t want to implement a plan that was another entitlement
  
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• Ketchikan’s Judge Stephens reappointed presiding judge for Southeast

  25-12-2016 07:18 via ktoo.org
  
  Superior Court Judge Trevor Stephens. (KRBD file photo)
  Ketchikan Superior Court Judge Trevor Stephens has been reappointed the presiding judge for the First Judicial District that includes Southeast Alaska.
  Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Craig Stowers on Wednesday announced Stephens’ appointment for the next year, as well as his appointments for presiding judges in the three other judicial districts.
  Presiding judges in each district have the responsibility to review court budgets and
  
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• ABC Board will decide the owner of Bethel’s final liquor license

  25-12-2016 07:18 via ktoo.org
  
  Reno Moore pulling stock on opening day of the AC Quickstop liquor store in May 2016.
  (Photo by Geraldine Brink/KYUK)
  Three businesses are vying for Bethel’s final liquor store license.
  One business has already submitted its application, and the other two are in the three-week public notice period required before applying.
  If the other two get their applications in on time, it’ll be up to the Alaska Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to decide which of the three businesses holds the fi
  
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• Haines school board approves middle school sex ed courses

  25-12-2016 07:17 via ktoo.org
  
  Haines School. (Photo by Emily Files/KHNS)
  A new state law requires Alaska school boards to approve sex education instructors, curriculums, and materials used to teach, prior to instruction. Last month, the Haines school board scrutinized the high school course and determined there were information gaps in the class materials. Last week, the approval of the middle school sex ed courses was more straightforward.
  The board approved Pete Degen and Patty Brown as the middle school sex ed instructors
  
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• Prince of Wales deer season extended, wolf season ended

  25-12-2016 04:05 via ktoo.org
  
  
  A proposed delay in the start of “doe season” is meant to protect fawns — but may not make sense biologically. (Creative Commons photo by Kenneth Cole Schneider)
  Subsistence hunters seeking deer on Southeast Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island will have an extra month to hunt. But the island’s wolf season has been shortened.
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/12/23HuntsPkg.mp3The Federal Subsistence Board extended the deer season through January in what’s
  
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• Police investigate second Christmas Eve homicide

  25-12-2016 03:53
  
  Anchorage police say they are investigating a second homicide that occurred on Christmas Eve.
  The homicide occurred on the 4100 block of Peterkin Avenue in Mountain View around 4 p.m., police spokeswoman Anita Shell said in a Nixle alert.
  No information was immediately available about the victim or circumstances surrounding their death.
  Shell said no suspect was in custody as of 5:20 p.m.
  “This investigation is in the very early stages; additional information will be released as it b
  
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• Police investigate double homicide on Christmas Eve

  25-12-2016 03:53
  
  Last updated at 6:35 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24
  Anchorage police say they are investigating a double homicide that occurred on Christmas Eve.
  The homicide occurred on the 4100 block of Peterkin Avenue in Mountain View around 4 p.m., police spokeswoman Anita Shell said in a Nixle alert. The victims were a man and a woman, according to police at the scene. One victim was dead when officers arrived, and the second was found alive and rushed to the Alaska Native Medical Center, where they
  
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