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• A new atlas features Yup’ik place names

  25-02-2017 23:44
  
  The online Yup'ik Atlas
  Calista Education and Culture, or CEC, a nonprofit organization, is working to collect traditional names and stories of places in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and share that knowledge with the region. To do that, they’re creating an interactive, online map of the Delta in Yup’ik and English, called the Yup’ik Atlas, according to a story published by KYUK Public Media.
  This week, CEC is hosting a workshop in Bethel, teaching community members how to add the
  
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• GOP draft Obamacare replacement aims to end insurance mandate

  25-02-2017 23:19
  
  A draft Republican bill replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law would end its Medicaid expansion, scrap fines on people not buying insurance and eliminate taxes on the medical industry and higher earners.
  Instead, it would create tax credits worth up to $4,000, allow bigger contributions to personal health savings accounts and impose a new levy on expensive health coverage some employees get at work.
  The 105-page measure largely tracks talking points that House Speaker Paul Ryan
  
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• Fairbanks man allegedly sets occupied vehicle on fire

  25-02-2017 22:54
  
  A Fairbanks man is in custody for allegedly setting an occupied vehicle on fire on Thursday, according to Alaska State Troopers.
  In an online dispatch, troopers said they responded to a report of a man “pouring gas on a vehicle and setting it on fire with people inside,” just after 4 p.m.
  No further information about the victims or their statuses was immediately available, according to trooper spokeswoman Megan Peters.
  Troopers located 27-year-old Dexter Reedy, of Fairbanks, in the a
  
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• Inside the Gates: Military family posts daily vlogs

  25-02-2017 09:36
  
  One Alaska family is making reality TV a real life part of their daily routine. The Cassells, a military family stationed at Fort Wainwright, post daily video blogs, or vlogs, on YouTube.
  “The first year I was like, extremely nervous,” said mom and U.S. Army wife Kiara Cassell.
  Her days usually start with coffee, cooking and the camera. Whatever she’s doing, she sets up her trusty tripod and hits record. It started when she was pregnant with her now 2-year-old son.
  “At fi
  
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• ‘I’m going to protect what I got’: Elderly Fairview man robbed 3 times in a month

  25-02-2017 09:24
  
  A 71-year-old Fairview man said thieves robbed him at his home three times between Jan. 19 and Feb. 20.
  Lee Perkins has lived in an apartment on Karluk Street for about one year. He said during the first incident, a man knocked on his door asking for a cigarette. When Perkins turned around, the man hit him in the back of the head, knocking Perkins to the ground. The thief stole cigarettes, prescription medication and cash. Perkins said he eventually managed to get a hold of his gun and shot one
  
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• Activists call for Alaska town halls, but senators say they’re accessible

  25-02-2017 08:32 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau residents take part in a rally Friday in front of the Alaska Capitol, encouraging U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan to hold a town meeting. Sullivan was at the Capitol earlier in the day to give his annual address to the Alaska Legislature. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
  People across Alaska are asking U.S. Sens. Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski to hold town hall meetings where they can express their opposition to policies being pursued by President Donald Trump. They’re joining a national
  
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• Cook Inlet conservation corridor debated at Board of Fisheries meeting

  25-02-2017 05:51
  
  It takes fish to make fish and that has members of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough’s Fish and Wildlife Commission worried.
  On Friday morning, commission members brought their concerns to the Board of Fisheries. They want to ensure that the Cook Inlet conservation corridor, established back in 2014, remains in place.
  The corridor restricts some commercial fishing in an effort to allow more coho and sockeye to return to spawning grounds in the Mat-Su Borough.
  Commission members say the re
  
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• Fur Rondy provides winter fun for locals and visitors

  25-02-2017 05:38
  
  Are you ready to Rondy? The 2017 Fur Rendezvous winter festival kicked off Friday afternoon.
  Many who live in Alaska don’t find it unusual to take a Ferris wheel ride in the freezing cold, or run with reindeer through the streets of Anchorage. For people in the Lower 48, Fur Rondy is a chance to see how we celebrate these long, dark winter days.
  Phyllis Nilson, from South Carolina, was among the many spectators lined up to watch the World Championship Sled Dog Races.
  “Those prec
  
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• Juneau’s electric utility says natural gas not in the plans anymore

  25-02-2017 05:09 via ktoo.org
  
  AEL&P headquarters in Lemon Creek. (Photo by Casey Kelly/KTOO)
  Juneau’s privately-owned electric utility won’t be bringing natural gas to the capital city anytime soon. Alaska Electric Light & Power is owned by the Washington-based company Avista, which had shown interest in shipping liquefied natural gas from British Columbia to Juneau.
  Tim McLeod, AEL&P’s president, said the company thought heating with natural gas could save customers money. A few years ago,
  
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• Body cam shows use of deadly force by Fairbanks officer, no criminal charges filed

  25-02-2017 04:40
  
  In an unprecedented move, the Fairbanks Police Department have released body camera footage of an August 2016 incident during which a sergeant shot and killed an armed man.
  James Robert Richards, 28, was shot twice in the head after assaulting two people at the Alaska Motel and leading police on a chase through downtown Fairbanks, according to the findings from an investigation by the Alaska Office of Special Prosecutions.
  Fairbanks police Sgt. Gregory Foster, who shot Richar
  
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• Senate majority unveils spending limit, Permanent Fund draw

  25-02-2017 03:48 via ktoo.org
  
  Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, at a Senate Majority press availability on Feb. 24, 2017. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
  The Senate majority unveiled its plan to limit state spending and draw money from Permanent Fund earnings to pay for the state budget Friday.
  Senate President Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, said the plan in Senate Bill 70 will prevent spending from getting out of control.
  “We’re going to initiate a spending limit, so that once we get the budget down, then it doesn&rsq
  
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• Ice in Cook Inlet likely to delay fix to Hilcorp gas leak for weeks

  25-02-2017 03:34 via ktoo.org
  
  Still from footage taken by a helicopter of a gas leak in Cook Inlet, obtained by the environmental group Cook Inletkeeper. (Image courtesy Cook Inletkeeper)
  Hilcorp recently informed state regulators that the company is unlikely to begin repairs on a gas leak in Cook Inlet until mid- to late March.
  That’s according to a letter the Houston-based oil-and-gas company sent Feb. 20 to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.
  Alaska’s Energy Desk obtained the le
  
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• Murkowski says Trump policies on Arctic, climate still unclear

  25-02-2017 03:26 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, left, and Norwegian member of parliament Eirik Sivertsen took questions from reporters during a meeting of the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region in Anchorage on Friday. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
  Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says it’s still unclear what the Trump administration’s Arctic or climate policies will look like.
  Murkowski met in Anchorage Friday, Feb. 24, with elected officials from a
  
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• Industry pushes back against proposed changes to state’s oil tax system

  25-02-2017 03:09 via ktoo.org
  SAE Exploration Chairman and CEO Jeff Hastings answers questions Wednesday after his testimony before the House Resources Committee in Juneau. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
  As lawmakers in Juneau consider changes to the state’s oil tax credit system, they’re facing stiff opposition from oil companies.Several industry representatives testified before lawmakers this week. They are calling the changes proposed in House Bill 111 a tax inc
  
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• Half a million Little Tikes swings recalled following reports of injuries

  25-02-2017 02:11
  
  Recalled Little Tikes swingCourtesy Little Tikes/CPSC
  More than half a million Little Tikes swings have been recalled after a number of injuries were reported, according to a notice on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) website.
  The recall notice states that Little Tikes has received more than 140 reports of the 2-in-1 Snug’n Secure pink toddler swings breaking. Of those cases, the company reported that 39 resulted in injuries to children, including two with a brok
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 2-27-17

  25-02-2017 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Monday at 3 on a Juneau Afternoon,
  We’ll hear about plans to construct a memorial for the Princess Sophia;
  Steve Kocsis will be here to highlight the Monday night Planetarium presentation on the Aurora;
  We’ll get the details about Thursday’s Back Country Film Festival
  
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• Dozens demand town hall meeting with Sen. Sullivan during annual address to lawmakers

  25-02-2017 01:25
  
  Liz Raines/KTVA Liz Raines/KTVA
  A group of about 50 people gathered in front of the state capitol building in Juneau to demand a town hall meeting with Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan Friday afternoon. Sullivan was in Juneau to deliver an annual address to lawmakers on his work in Congress.
  In his speech, the Republican senator did not reference the Senate’s work on repealing the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare.” The subject was the source of frustration for protesters
  
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• Addicts using pets to score drugs, veterinarians warn

  25-02-2017 01:18
  
  As animal lovers, veterinarians pride themselves on being trusting and caring people.
  They don’t want to believe anyone would intentionally hurt their pet, but in recent years, they’ve had to train themselves to look out for those who do just that as drug addicts turn toward animals to score pain medication they can’t easily access.
  “We would never think of people using or abusing these drugs,” Dr. Duffy Jones, owner of Peachtree Hills Animal Hospital in Atlanta, Ge
  
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• Purple Reign: Prince tribute show in Anchorage for 1 night only

  25-02-2017 01:16
  
  Purple Reign: The Ultimate Prince Tribute Show is coming to Anchorage for one night only. The Prince impersonator Jason Tenner has won multiple awards for his act, and performs regularly in Las Vegas.
  According to Tenner’s website, Purple Reign started at University of Nevada Las Vegas clubs and morphed into what is known as the “#1 Prince Tribute.” RC Woodson, an Anchorage promoter, said it’s a true Prince experience.
  “I’m stickler on these shows th
  
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