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• Ketchikan seafood processors to see water rate hikes

  22-04-2017 23:14
  
  Officials in Ketchikan have approved an ordinance that more than doubles water rates for the southeast Alaska city’s seafood processors over the next three years.
  The Ketchikan Daily News reports the City Council approved the ordinance Thursday. Water rates will increase by 35 percent each year over the next three years for Ketchikan’s three fish processors – E.C. Phillips and Son, Trident Seafoods and Alaska General Seafoods.
  The new water rates come in response to a cons
  
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• New fees instituted at Interior Alaska recreation sites

  22-04-2017 23:00
  
  The state will start charging fees for the popular Chena River State Recreation Area and other recreational sites in Interior Alaska next month.
  The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that visitors to the 12 sites within the Chena recreation area will have to pay a $5 entrance fee starting in May. The daily fees will also go into effect at the Salcha River, Clearwater and Delta state recreation sites.
  The Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation says in a Friday news release the new
  
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• Inside the Gates: JROTC cadets train on JBER

  22-04-2017 22:41
  
  Many high school students join the Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program as a way to decide if they want to later enlist in the military. But for some, it’s a way to build confidence before heading to college and the workplace.
  JROTC cadets from East High School spent the day on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, learning military and life skills.
  Their first task was using a map and compass to navigate. Orienteering skills are rare, as many now rely on a GPS to fin
  
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• Hillside residents make preparations as wildfire season begins in Southcentral Alaska

  22-04-2017 22:22
  
  Wildfire season has begun in Southcentral Alaska. People who live on the south end of Anchorage’s Hillside neighborhood got a scare Thursday night when police shut down the Seward Highway so firefighters could work on a fire near mile 105.
  It took 10 firefighters to get the two-acre fire under control. Michelle Corburn, who lives on the Hillside with her husband, Bret, and their alpacas, called the fire a “wakeup call.”
  “It was almost surreal to think, ‘Oh my God. T
  
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• APD: Teens trash Anchorage Carrs Safeway store, shoot employee

  22-04-2017 20:52
  
  Broken glass was seen inside the Carrs Safeway store Saturday morning. (KTVA) Shopping carts were used to block an entrance at Carrs Saturday morning. (KTVA)
  Last updated at 11:25 a.m. on Saturday, Apr. 22
  Anchorage police officers responded to a shooting at the Carrs Safeway location on Northern Lights Blvd. and Minnesota Drive early Saturday morning after a group of teens trashed the inside of the store and shot an employee.
  “A group of unruly teenagers were [sic] fighting inside t
  
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• UAA volleyball restocks roster for 2017 campaign

  22-04-2017 06:18
  
  Set to defend their Great Northwest Athletic Conference crown for a third consecutive year, the University of Alaska Anchorage volleyball team continues to round out their roster in the midst of spring workouts.
  Friday, the Seawolves’ head coach Chris Green announced three new recruits that will don the green and gold in 2017.
  Glendale Arizona Community College standout Tara Melton will try to fill a void at the middle-blocker position, open due to the graduation of Erin Braun. The 6-foot-
  
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• UAA opens on-campus center to address sexual violence

  22-04-2017 04:51
  
  One in ten, that’s the number of University of Alaska Anchorage students who responded that they had recently experienced sexual misconduct or assault on a campus climate survey last year.
  The incidents didn’t necessarily happen on campus, but a new resource located on university grounds could help.
  Friday, officials cut the ribbon on the Center For Advocacy, Relationships and Sexual Violence. The center, a small room located within busy Rasmuson Hall, is funded by the university&nbs
  
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• Middle school athletes hope for permission to travel

  22-04-2017 04:05 via ktoo.org
  
  Floyd Dryden Middle School seventh-graders Jake Sleppy, left, Cael Brown, and Blake Plummer in the Floyd Dryden principal’s office on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)
  Some Juneau middle school athletes are hoping that a recent change in policy will let them compete outside of Juneau.
  The Juneau School District hasn’t allowed middle school athletes to leave Juneau for school-sponsored sports events over the last three years.
  The school board changed
  
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• With Snow River hydro project halted, Chugach looks to wind, solar resources

  22-04-2017 04:02
  
  Chugach Electric Association halted a study on hydroelectricity on Snow River after public outcry that the dam could impact the fishery.
  Communications manager Julie Hasquet said the company will continue to look into other renewable forms of energy.
  She said there’s enough energy to meet Anchorage’s demand right now, but the bigger concern is for future residents.
  “When you go out three, four, five decades we need to find some long-term sustainable energy resources,” Has
  
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• Former employee alleges neglect, abuse at Anchorage assisted living home

  22-04-2017 03:46
  
  Elana Drager spends most of her time as a hair stylist, but a deeper passion was revealed almost 15 years ago when her grandfather needed help.
  “He was living in a care home, and I witnessed just some things where he was neglected and abused, essentially just not cared for properly,” said Drager. “And it just sparked something in me like, this is not OK. And I wanted to make a difference.”
  Elana Drager and her grandfather
  So she became a caregiver, starting her caree
  
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• Tug sinks in southeast Alaska; responders look for spill

  22-04-2017 03:15
  
  Emergency responders have placed containment and absorbent booms near a tugboat that sank in southeast Alaska.The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation says the Powhatan, owned by Samson Tug and Barge, sank Wednesday night while docked at Staffigavan Bay about 7 miles (11 kilometers) north of Sitka.
  The tug after it sank shifted downslope 1,083 feet (330 meters), moving from a depth of 49 feet (15 meters) to 197 feet (60 meters). Divers confirmed the location.
  Samson estimates the tug
  
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• Tugboat carrying over 300 lbs of oil sinks in Sitka

  22-04-2017 02:55 via ktoo.org
  
  The tugboat Powhatan remains underwater, surrounded by booms to contain the oil spill. (Photo courtesy of SEAPRO)
  A tugboat with more than 300 gallons of oil aboard sank Thursday night in Sitka.
  The Powhatan is owned by Samson Tug & Barge, sank near its dock in Starrigavan Bay.
  According to divers from Hanson Maritime Company, the tug Powhatan had drifted offshore and was found about 10:15 p.m.
  The divers estimate the Powhatan was 60 feet below its resting location.
  On bo
  
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• Tugboat carrying over 300 gallons of oil sinks in Sitka

  22-04-2017 02:55 via ktoo.org
  
  The tugboat Powhatan remains underwater, surrounded by booms to contain the oil spill. (Photo courtesy of SEAPRO)
  A tugboat with more than 300 gallons of oil aboard sank Thursday night in Sitka.
  The Powhatan is owned by Samson Tug & Barge, sank near its dock in Starrigavan Bay.
  According to divers from Hanson Maritime Company, the tug Powhatan had drifted offshore and was found about 10:15 p.m.
  The divers estimate the Powhatan was 60 feet below its resting location.
  On bo
  
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• Juneau police arrest two different people wanted on warrants

  22-04-2017 01:37 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau police arrested two people on outstanding warrants Friday.
  The police department sent out a news release about 10:30 a.m. requesting information on the whereabouts of Juneau resident Christopher Wesley Davison, 33.
  Davison was wanted on a $2,500 warrant for failure to appear on a charge of rioting and criminal mischief.
  At about 11:30 a.m., JPD sent an amended release saying Davison had been arrested and taken into custody.
  Later, while conducting a welfare check in the 6500 block of Glac
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 7-23-17

  22-04-2017 01:09 via ktoo.org
  
  Monday at 3 on a Juneau Afternoon, Scott Burton will be your host.
  We’ll get an update on the new dental Clinic at SEARHC;
  Learn about this year’s Juneau Fine Arts Camp;
  Get the details about AWARE’s Girls On The Run and the boys 5K;
  And Jim Powell will be here to highlight Food Security for Juneau.
  That, Writers Almanac, Bird Note, Music & more, live at 3 on KTOO, re-broadcast at 4 ON KRNN, and available on line via ktoo.org
  
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• Gardentalk – Beginner’s start-up guide

  22-04-2017 00:06 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Seed packets can be purchased in local stores or online. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
  In this week’s edition of Gardentalk that airs every Thursday morning during KTOO’s Morning Edition, Master Gardener Ed Buyarski explains how to pick a location for your garden or garden box.
  Sunshine, soil and availability of moisture are the three basic things that any gardener should consider when deciding on a garden site. He recommends that new gardeners start small with a 4-foot-by-8-foot garde
  
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• Daybreak Adopt-A-Pet: April 21, 2017

  22-04-2017 00:00
  
  From Anchorage Animal Care and Control:
  Gary:
  All Gary the dog thinks about is playing fetch…all day, everyday.
  Spruce:
  Spruce the cat doesn’t like to toot his own horn but he’s hoping you’ll read the sign the kennel supervisor put by his kennel because it says “Sweetest Cat in the World.” Who wouldn’t want to adopt the sweetest cat in the world?
  Moscovio:
  A duck. Yes, a duck who needs a larger wading pool. So if you’ve got the pool, AACC has the
  
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