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• Missile agency seeks comments on environmental impacts in Kodiak

  27-01-2017 23:37 via ktoo.org
  
  Kodiak residents could see military missiles launch from Narrow Cape at an unprecedented rate, starting as early as late summer, according to an article published Wednesday, Jan. 25, in the trade publication Inside Defense.
  Kodiak Island has not seen a missile launch attempt since an Army rocket exploded on liftoff in 2014.
  On Jan. 13, the Missile Defense Agency published a proposed Environmental Impact Statement with a finding that no significant impacts are expected from as many as two fl
  
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• Mic Check in the Morning: HarpDaddy & The Puddle Jumpers

  27-01-2017 23:30
  
  Mixing blues with a healthy dose of rock and roll, HarpDaddy & The Puddle Jumpers are set to bring their down-home sound to Anchorage.
  According to their website, HarpDaddy is heavily influenced by Muddy Waters and has a huge stage presence. The band also brings in gospel roots for a unique view of the blues.
  The young artists, the Puddle Jumpers, are a part of the Alaska Music Project for Youth (AMP). AMP bills itself as a grassroots initiative of Alaska musici
  
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• BBB expert shares top tax scams and how to protect your refund

  27-01-2017 23:21
  
  Like it or not, tax season is here and with it come tax scams.
  According to the Better Business Bureau, 2016 had the most reported fraud scams. The organization has a list tax scams and tips on how to avoid them.One of the most popular scams is the impostor scam, which occurs when a caller impersonates an IRS agent over the phone, claiming the person they are calling is behind on taxes and threatens the person with a lawsuit or jail time. Michelle Tabler, with the BBB in Alaska, says t
  
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• Alaskans gather for Standing Rock solidarity rally, protest Trump’s executive orders

  27-01-2017 23:00
  
  Some Alaskans are reacting to President Donald Trump’s executive orders, which include measures that would push the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipeline projects forward.
  A group held a rally at the Sears Mall Thursday, standing in solidarity with Standing Rock.
  “The issue is about protecting human rights of indigenous peoples. This is a fight for all humanity,” said activist Faith Gemmill.
  Gemmill was one of several Alaska Native women who went to Standing Rock to
  
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• Aces players top of the class at Klatt Elementary

  27-01-2017 22:17
  
  The Alaska Aces are used to enthusiastic crowds. On Thursday, they had one at unusual time — 2:30 p.m.
  The young fans at Klatt Elementary School were ready to hear what defenseman Mark Andre Levesque and Matt Geurts had to say. An assembly focused on good life lessons, as the players encouraged the eager audience to exercise, eat right, keep at their schoolwork even if it’s difficult and, of course, to have fun.
  The day gave Geurts a familiar feeling.
  “I rem
  
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• ‘They Don’t Talk Back’ comes home to Southeast with Perseverance Theatre premiere

  27-01-2017 22:05 via ktoo.org
  
  
  “They Don’t Talk Back” opens at Perseverance Theatre tonight (Friday, Jan. 27). Among other themes, it’s a play about family, identity, colonization and cultural preservation. It features three generations of Tlingit men in Southeast Alaska facing change. And it’s also a love story.
  Jake Waid, left, and Skyler Ray-Benson Davis talk briefly during a technical rehearsal Tuesday, Jan. 24, for “They Don’t Talk Back,” at the Perseverance
  
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• Daybreak Adopt-A-Pet: Jan. 27, 2017

  27-01-2017 22:00
  
  From Anchorage Animal Care and Control:
  Binxy:Binxy is an outgoing boy who will walk right up to you for some loving (hint: he loves to have his head and chin scratched). He’s also a playful guy — just toss him a catnip pillow and watch him transform into a mighty predator! We think Binxy is going to be a fun and loving companion for his new family.
  Olwen:Olwen can be a bit bashful at first, but once he’s comfortable he starts kneading his paws, bumping your head, and purring q
  
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• State leaders seek business input on effort to develop economy

  27-01-2017 21:01 via ktoo.org
  
  Department of Commerce’s Britteny Cioni-Haywood, left, director of Community and Economic Development Division, Development Manager Ethan Tyler and Commissioner Chris Hladick deliver a presentation on economic development strategy on Jan. 26. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
  Business and community leaders have told state officials they’d like to see new sources of money to finance economic development.
  That was among the early findings of a state effort to buil
  
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• Alaska tourism industry seeks new statewide tax district

  27-01-2017 20:52 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  The budget for state-funded tourism marketing has been cut by nearly 80 percent, but Alaska’s tourism industry continues to grow. Visitor counts for 2016 aren’t available yet, but in 2015, the state attracted a record 2 million visitors.
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/01/27TOURISM.mp3The Alaska Travel Industry Association, or ATIA, is pushing for millions in state funding, as well as something it calls a Tourism Improvement District, or TID.
  Industr
  
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• Alaska fracking projects could get new public comment period

  27-01-2017 18:40
  
  A commission overseeing oil and gas drilling in Alaska is proposing a 10-day public comment period on applications for hydraulic fracturing projects.
  Alaska’s Energy Desk reported Thursday that the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s announcement comes after an environmental group’s request for a 30-day comment period and a public hearing when companies apply for fracking permits.
  The group, Cook Inletkeeper, says current fracking regulations don’t give the
  
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• Alaska Native corporation sues over whistleblower case costs

  27-01-2017 18:11
  
  An Alaska Native corporation has filed a lawsuit seeking to have an insurance company pay for its defense in a case brought by a whistleblower.
  The Kodiak Daily Mirror reported Thursday that Afognak Native Corp. filed the lawsuit against National Union Fire Insurance Company last week.
  The Kodiak-based corporation is seeking $650,000 from National Union to cover legal costs in the whistleblower case the company has allegedly failed to pay for since October 2015.
  The corporation also wants t
  
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• Armed robbery suspects targeting lone Anchorage women

  27-01-2017 18:05
  
  Anchorage police are warning women to be cautious when walking or in a car alone after three evening armed robberies.
  Police say in each case two or three young, black men with guns approached a lone woman and demanded her purse or cellphone.
  The suspects then fled on foot to a vehicle.
  The armed robberies occurred between 8 p.m. and midnight Wednesday.
  Police say all people should be cautions and aware of their surroundings, especially when out late at night, and that they should report suspici
  
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• With another port lawsuit settled, Anchorage one step closer to possible big payout for botched plans

  27-01-2017 06:54
  
  Another Port of Anchorage settlement is bringing the municipality closer to the biggest possible payout.
  The Municipality of Anchorage will get $3.75 million from one of the contractors who worked on the failed port of Anchorage expansion project. Municipal attorney Bob Owens says Integrated Concepts and Research Corporation (ICRC) was one of several companies that caused $329 million in damages at the port.
  Assembly members have argued there were design failures. The municipality abandoned the
  
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• After inspection, The Dome is deemed repairable

  27-01-2017 06:36
  
  An inspection of The Dome, in Anchorage, makes workers more hopeful than ever that the structure can be repaired. Engineers and a representative of the company that made The Dome toured the facility on Thursday. It collapsed last weekend under the weight of heavy snow.
  Dome board member Mike Martin said no exact cause has been identified for the failure. He said the special cloth which covered the structure does have some damage but it doesn’t appear the entire thing will need to be replac
  
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• ‘Healthcare is a human right’: Group of Alaskans concerned with health care law repeal rally in Juneau

  27-01-2017 06:17
  
  What happens in Alaska if the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is overturned? It’s hard to find concrete answers, but some Alaskans are worried. On Thursday morning, some of the concerned took to the streets of Juneau to protest the possible health care law repeal, writing messages like “healthcare is a human right” on poster board.
  Since Gov. Bill Walker expanded Medicaid in September 2015, Alaska has received $316 million in federal funding so more Alaskans can have health
  
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• Warm, wet weather brings high avalanche danger to Southcentral

  27-01-2017 06:03
  
  Heavy snow in the mountains and warm, rainy weather below is causing dangerous avalanche conditions across southcentral Alaska, including along Turnagain Arm. Snowy peaks along the Seward Highway threaten the road below.
  Alaska Department of Transportation spokesperson Jill Reese says avalanches have wiped cars off the road before. To stop that from happening, crews use howitzers, fired at the peaks, to trigger slides.  On Thursday, parts of the highway were shut down so crews could work, w
  
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• Warm weather worsens Anchorage road conditions

  27-01-2017 05:51
  
  The calendar may say January, but for many commuters driving around Anchorage on Thursday it looked more like spring breakup.
  Many have noticed their ride to work has been a bit bumpier lately.
  “I slow down, I see all those bumps coming,” said Ellis Alston. “I slow down because there’s no way of telling which way the car’s going to go one you hit them. A lot of groves in the road that will get you too.”
  Alaska Department of Transportation (DOT) spokesperson Sh
  
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• Reality Check w/ John Tracy: Lawmakers will get serious this session

  27-01-2017 03:13
  
  I’m an optimist by nature and a cynic by experience.
  But this year, I’m optimistic the Alaska Legislature will finally take steps to put the state on a sustainable path; optimistic because after blowing through $13 billion of our savings in the last 4 years, there are only two years of funding left in the Constitutional Budget Reserve (CBR).
  If lawmakers don’t deal with it this year, they’ll be left with even tougher decisions next year — an election year. So, for o
  
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• Trump team met with Native leaders before inauguration

  27-01-2017 02:23 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Vice Presidents Jacqueline Pata, left, pose with Trump Native American Coalition Chairman Markwayne Mullin and Tlingit-Haida Central Council’s Second Vice President Will Micklin during a mid-December listening session. (Photo courtesy Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska)
  President Donald Trump angered many Native activists by moving to restart Dakota Access Pipeline construction.
  Thousands have protested
  
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• First tsunami survival capsule deployed on Pacific Northwest coast

  27-01-2017 02:07 via ktoo.org
  
  Jeanne Johnson of Ocean Park, Washington, is the first U.S. buyer of a tsunami pod sold by Mukilteo, Washington-based Survival Capsule LLC. (Photo by Tom Banse/Northwest News Network)
  A new tsunami survival option has come to the Pacific Northwest coast.
  It involves climbing into a spherical aluminum pod for what is sure to be the ride of your life.
  The first U.S. buyer of this technology resides in Ocean Park, Washington.
  Jeanne Johnson just recently moved from the Seattle area to what she call
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 1-27-17

  27-01-2017 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Friday on A Juneau Afternoon,We’ll talk with Odin Brudie about Saturday’s Legislative Loop Ski Race;
  Dana Herndon will be here to highlight the upcoming Innovation Summit;
  We’ll get a preview of the Friday Fireside Lecture about an Experimental Forest.
  Sarah Schafer will be here to highlight Saturday’s Seafood Festival.
  Live at 3 on KTOO, repeated at 4 on KRNN, on demand via ktoo.orgAt 4, tune in to KTOO for All Things Considered, followed at 6 by Alaska News Nightly. At
  
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• Trump: Chelsea Manning an ‘ungrateful traitor’ for criticizing Obama

  27-01-2017 01:59 via ktoo.org
  
  Donald Trump took aim at Chelsea Manning in an early morning tweet on Thursday.Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who should never have been released from prison, is now calling President Obama a weak leader. Terrible!
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2017The tweet appears to refer to an op-ed published in The Guardian on Thursday morning, in which former Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning criticizes former President Obama as having been too willing to attempt compromise with his p
  
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• “Made for me”: An Alaskan couple looks back at romance and upheaval in the wilderness

  27-01-2017 01:19 via ktoo.org
  
  Sonja Woodman-Corazza (left) and Rich Corazza in 1976 on a boat in Cook Inlet, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Sonja Woodman-Corazza)
  During the 1970s, a small number of tough-minded young people moved into what is now the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. They built cabins, trapped, fished, hunted and raised sled-dogs — living a version of the Alaskan dream that would soon become a thing of the past. The third section of John McPhee’s book, “Coming into the Country,” profi
  
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