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• Anchorage police chief announces departure and his replacement

  25-04-2017 23:17 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Anchorage Police Chief Chris Tolley announces his departure at a news conference ahead of the news that police Capt. Justin Doll will take over as chief in a few months. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)
  Anchorage Police Chief Chris Tolley announced he’s stepping down at a news conference Monday inside the Anchorage Police Department’s headquarters.http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20170424-01.mp3“This morning I let all the personnel know of my planned reti
  
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• KTVA Weather Lab: Chinook Elementary School

  25-04-2017 23:01
  
  In this week’s KTVA Weather Lab, I visited Chinook Elementary School in Anchorage, where the second and third graders in Ms. Demain’s class are getting their first introduction to the science behind the weather.
  I also answered the question of the week about the biggest storm ever recorded on Earth.
  Every Tuesday, Melissa Frey will take the KTVA Weather Lab to a classroom in our community. If you have a weather question for Melissa or would like her to visit your
  
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• Bethel DMV office to close indefinitely starting May 1

  25-04-2017 22:06
  
  If you need a new driver’s license, get it before the end of the week. Starting May 1, the Bethel DMV Office will be closing indefinitely until a new employee is hired, according to a report by KYUK.
  Current DMV employee Rebecca Phillip is leaving the office at the end of the month to take another job in Bethel. She says while the position is empty, no new licenses will be issued in town. All other DMV services can be accessed online.
  ”You can get duplicate IDs or licenses online now
  
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• Something for everyone in Anchorage Concert Association’s upcoming season

  25-04-2017 22:00
  
  From “Roger & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” to “One Man Star Wars,” the Anchorage Concert Association’s 2017 to 2018 season has a little bit of everything.
  Kicking off the season is Grammy Award-winning artist Melissa Etheridge in September. Later that month is “Straight No Chaser,” an a capella group. In October, there’s “Scott Bradlee’s Post Modern Jukebox,” which re-imagines modern popular songs as jazz or swing arrangeme
  
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• Ride hard and breathe easy in this year’s Clean Air Challenge

  25-04-2017 21:53
  
  Ride hard, and breathe easy in this year’s Clean Air Challenge fundraiser. It’s a bike ride happening in Talkeetna, Alaska on Saturday, May 6.
  One of the volunteers and participants, Julie Hasquet said she’s riding for her mother and daughters. Hasquet’s mother had lung cancer and passed away in 2001. She says her daughters have battled with asthma at various times, and this is her way of showing support the American Lung Association.
  Participants can register for themsel
  
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• Pilot, company culture blamed for 2015 fatal Alaska crash

  25-04-2017 21:43
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – The National Transportation Safety Board says a pilot’s decision to fly using visual flight rules when conditions called for instrument rules was a cause of a fatal crash of a sightseeing flight in Alaska.
  The board says the airplane company’s culture and lack of a formal safety program also were behind the crash that killed nine people two years ago near Ketchikan, Alaska.
  A pilot and eight passengers died June 25, 2015, when a de Havilland Otter opera
  
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• APD asks for public’s help finding missing man

  25-04-2017 21:31
  
  Have you seen 27-year-old Seth Q. Harrison? The Anchorage Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating him. The agency said there are concerns for his well-being.According to a release from APD, Harrison was last seen at his home in the Lake Otis Parkway and Dowling Road area at 8 p.m. Monday. Police said the concerns for him stem from comments he made “that would suggest he may harm himself.”
  APD believes Harrison is likely on foot, as he does not have access to
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, April 25, 2017

  25-04-2017 21:30 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/04/2017-04-25-newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  Police identify and arrest two teens for arson at the Twin Lakes playground,
  youths mourn the playground’s loss, and
  the Juneau Assembly ponies up more money for the Housing First project.
  
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• CBJ Regular Meeting – 7-24-17

  25-04-2017 20:49 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Live broadcast of the Regular Meeting of the CBJ Assembly.
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• Two teenagers charged in fire at Twin Lakes playground

  25-04-2017 19:50 via ktoo.org
  
  The remains of the playground at Twin Lakes steam after a fire was mostly extinguished on Monday, April 24, 2017. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)
  Two 13-year-old boys were charged in a fire at Twin Lakes, which is being investigated as arson.
  The boys were located, interviewed and lodged at the Johnson Youth Center, according to a Juneau Police Department news release.Police officials say the boys are believed to have been involved in the fire that destroyed the Project
  
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• Alaska educators form ‘unprecedented’ united front against Senate cuts to education

  25-04-2017 19:25
  
  Forming what they call an “unprecedented united front,” public school officials from across the state — including Anchorage and Mat-Su Borough school districts — held a joint press conference Monday evening with a message for lawmakers.
  “We are here collectively to say we can and we must do better when it comes to funding public education in our state,” said Anchorage School District Superintendent Dr. Deena Bishop, urging decision makers in Juneau. “Do
  
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• Soggy Seattle lives up to name, breaks another rain record

  25-04-2017 18:46
  
  SEATTLE (AP) – Soggy Seattle has broken another rainfall record.
  The National Weather Service says the city measured 44.67 inches (114 centimeters) of rain between October and so far in April.
  That makes it the wettest such period since records began in 1895.
  Meteorologist Mike McFarland in the service’s Seattle office says it’s the second consecutive year that the city topped the rainfall record for that 7-month period.
  With a few days left in in April, the record will likely
  
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• Kokhanok man dies in three-wheeler crash on Iliamna Lake

  25-04-2017 17:52
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A 53-year-old Kokhanok died after his all-terrain vehicle crashed on Iliamna Lake.
  Alaska State Troopers say Gregory Wassillie died.
  Troopers on Sunday morning took a call from a local flight service that a man was spotted lying on the lake ice.
  Two Alaska Wildlife Troopers from King Salmon flew to the lake by state helicopter and found Wassillie.
  Troopers say he left Kokhanok on Saturday night for a trip to Iliamna on his three-wheeler. He apparently struck a pres
  
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• UAA to start surgical tech program to meet industry need

  25-04-2017 17:17
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – The University of Alaska Anchorage is preparing to launch a surgical technology program that will train students for positions in the state’s health care industry that have been difficult to fill.
  The Alaska Public Radio Network reports (http://bit.ly/2phn6qj) graduates of the program will earn an associate’s degree in surgical technology to be able to assist surgeons with preparing the operating room and maintaining and sterilizing surgical equipment.
  
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• Congress works to avoid government shutdown this week

  25-04-2017 17:04
  
  Congress has four days left to hatch an agreement on federal funding or the government will shut down on Saturday, although for now, one major issue has been put aside.
  Until Monday, the biggest sticking point had been funding for the border wall, but the White House is conceding on that demand, deferring that fight until later this year, when funding for 2018 comes up, according to senior administration officials, CBS News’ Major Garrett reported Monday.  Other areas of disagreement
  
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• Panel recommends smoke control measures for Alaska borough

  25-04-2017 16:55
  
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – Commissioners are asking the Fairbanks North Star Borough to take several steps to address heavily polluted air in the borough, including banning old wood stoves and putting restrictions on wood sales.
  The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports (http://bit.ly/2ph2EFY) the new smoke pollution control measures are directed at the Borough Assembly and the mayor. They come as the borough has fallen short of clean air standards and the EPA has proposed reclassifying the bor
  
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• Juneau Assembly kicks in another $1.2 million for Housing First

  25-04-2017 09:01 via ktoo.org
  
  The Housing First Project under construction on November. (Photo by David Purdy/KTOO)
  The City and Borough of Juneau has come to the aid of the Juneau Housing First Project with another $1.2 million.
  Housing First is designed to serve Juneau’s most vulnerable residents, many of them homeless. But grants and other fundraising have been leaner than projected for the 32-unit complex and clinic under construction.
  Housing First was originally slated to open in May. But when the project lost Fr
  
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• ‘It’s really sad’: Juneau kids sorry to see playground burn

  25-04-2017 08:52 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/04/24Park.mp3Foam clung to the charred remains of castle steeples and playhouses while firefighters swept the Twin Lakes playground with high-pressure hoses.
  The smoke was thick but through the gaps, it didn’t look like much was left of the popular playground located in a park north of downtown Juneau.
  The playground caught fire Monday evening. Bystanders watching from the sidelines said it was a huge loss.
  Kala and Kaleb Burras with their p
  
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• University and city near deal over feds’ Auke Bay property

  25-04-2017 08:32 via ktoo.org
  
  The Auke Bay Laboratory in January. Juneau Docks and Harbors is interested in the property for a potential expansion of Statter Harbor. (Photo Tripp J Crouse/KTOO)
  A former federal marine lab that’s up for grabs on Auke Bay could be formally split between the City and Borough of Juneau and the University of Alaska Southeast.
  The deal hasn’t been signed. But City Manager Rorie Watt told the Assembly Monday they are very close.
  Rorie Watt
  “We’ve come up with an agreement to
  
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• Juneau Assembly clarifies legal quirk of hunting in Mendenhall Wetlands

  25-04-2017 07:59 via ktoo.org
  
  (Creative Commons photo by Neerav Bhatt)
  A legal quirk that had criminalized hunting waterfowl at the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge on private parcels was removed Monday by the Juneau Assembly.
  Because some land in the refuge is privately owned, different rules for shotgun use technically apply.
  Assemblyman Jesse Kiehl argued that the ordinance clarifies that hunting with a shotgun would be allowed unless the landowner objects.
  “It doesn’t change anybody’s private prope
  
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• Panel pitches plan to eliminate cashable oil tax credits

  25-04-2017 07:51
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – An Alaska Senate committee has proposed eliminating cash credits for oil and gas companies that lawmakers have increasingly come to see as unaffordable.
  The proposal doesn’t delve as deeply into oil tax policy as the version that passed the House. But the Alaska Oil and Gas Association says an initial review indicates it would raise taxes.
  The issue over how much to change oil tax and credit policy is likely to be hotly debated as lawmakers try to come to terms
  
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• Ex-‘Deadliest Catch’ star arrested on drug charges

  25-04-2017 07:47
  
  Jacob Harris. (Credit: Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office)
  PHOENIX (AP) – A former reality television star has been arrested in Phoenix for alleged vehicle theft and drug possession.
  Phoenix police say 31-year-old Jacob Harris was released on his own recognizance Monday after his initial court appearance. He faces a May 5 status conference.
  Harris was on Discovery channel’s “Deadliest Catch” series.
  According to court documents, Harris traveled from Washington state t
  
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• We may be underestimating whale-boat collisions

  25-04-2017 07:34
  
  PORTLAND, Maine — A group of marine scientists says collisions of whales and boats off of the New England coast may be more common than previously thought.
  The scientists focused on the humpback whale population in the southern Gulf of Maine, a body of water off of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. They found that almost 15 percent of the whales, which come to New England to feed every spring, had injuries or scarring consistent with at least one vessel strike.
  The researchers, who p
  
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• Man gets 4 years in Anchorage bank robbery

  25-04-2017 07:25
  
  An Anchorage man has been sentenced to serve four years behind bars following a conviction for a 2016 bank robbery.
  Scott Hartvig McDowell, 49, was sentenced to four years in prison and three years of supervised release in connection with the Alaska USA Federal Credit Union robbery that occurred on August 2, 2016.
  McDowell presented a note to the bank teller demanding $50 and $100, who then handed over approximately $2700. McDowell fled and was apprehended several days later.
  McDowell was also o
  
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• Aurora watchers spot something new in night sky

  25-04-2017 07:00
  
  Citizen scientists looking at the northern lights appear to have stumbled upon a new natural phenomenon. Members of the Facebook group Alberta Aurora Chasers posted photos of a mysterious purple streak cutting through the night’s sky. In their early posts, the group’s members referred to the streak of purple light as a “proton arc” — then gave it the anthropomorphic name of “Steve.”
  Thanks to scientists, citizen scientists, ground-based imagers and ESA&r
  
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• Juneau playground fire ‘possibly arson’

  25-04-2017 06:52
  
  A fire broke out Monday evening at a popular child’s playground in Juneau.
  The Twin Lakes playground went up in flames in the 5 o’clock hour Monday evening, and the $250,000-worth of playground equipment is a total loss.
  No injuries were reported, according to Capital City Fire and Rescue.
  The Fire Marshal is investigating the blaze as a possible arson, and anyone who may have photos or videos or may have been a witness is asked to call the Fire Marshal’s Office.
  Residents told
  
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• 2 young teens charged for Juneau playground fire

  25-04-2017 06:52
  
  Last updated at 7:10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 25
  Two 13-year-old boys were taken into custody and charged with second-degree arson, as well as criminal mischief, in connection to the blaze, the Juneau Police Department said. After they were interviewed, police said they were taken to the Johnson Youth Center.
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  A fire broke out Monday evening at a popular child’s playground in Juneau.
  The Twin Lakes playground went up in flames in the 5 o’clock hour Monday evening, and the
  
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• Alaskans might need passport for flights, military base access

  25-04-2017 05:38
  
  If state lawmakers don’t pass new legislation soon, Alaskans may not be able to use their  State of Alaska driver’s license to fly or access military bases.  That’s because of the Real ID Act passed by Congress in 2005, designed to create minimum security standards for all state ID cards nationwide.
  Now, 12 years later, the Alaska Department of Administration says Alaska is one of five states left that have not implemented the new system.
  States that have enacted
  
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• Fire destroys beloved Twin Lakes playground

  25-04-2017 04:36 via ktoo.org
  
  Update | 10:07 p.m.
  The Juneau Police Department says Glacier Highway has reopened by Twin Lakes.Glacier Hwy by Twin Lakes is being reopened now.
  — Juneau Police Dept. (@JuneauPD) April 25, 2017Capital City Fire/Rescue plans to put out additional information in the morning.
  Update | 8:08 p.m.
  A Facebook group called “Rebuild Castle Park – Juneau, AK” popped up about an hour ago and already has more than 1,200 members.
  People there are sharing fond memories of the park, ol
  
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• Breaking news: Fire at Twin Lakes playground

  25-04-2017 04:36 via ktoo.org
  
  Update | 7:40 p.m.
  At the scene earlier, Assistant Fire Chief Tod Chambers said the cause was unknown and that the playground appeared to be a total loss.
  He said it was especially bad because so much of the playground was made of plastic.
  Chambers said the department is seeking information from the public to help establish what happened. Contact the Juneau Police Department at 586-0600 to report information.
  As of about 7:20 p.m., the nursing supervisor on shift at Bartlett Regional Hospital sa
  
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• Crowd packs 4th Avenue Theater meeting

  25-04-2017 03:49
  
  Meetings of the State’s Historic Preservation Commission don’t always draw big crowds, but on Monday morning, the room was packed.
  People came to testify before the Commission as to why they believed Anchorage’s 4th Avenue Theater should be designated a historic monument by the state.
  Judy Bittner, chair of the commission, said the hearing was meant to give the public a voice about the theater, and, ultimately, to pass on a recommendation to the governor about whether the build
  
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• Empty office spaces reflect sagging economy, low oil prices

  25-04-2017 03:45
  
  Vacant buildings and “For Lease” signs seem to be a growing part of the landscape around Anchorage.
  Mark Rowley, leasing manager for Pacific Tower Properties, said there are definitely more empty spaces than there was two years ago. He’s currently showing about two dozen properties, including the newly renovated building of the Legislative Information Office on 4th  Avenue, which lawmakers vacated last year.
  Rowley said he believes Anchorage’s vacancy rate is still u
  
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• Man initially denied lung transplant for pot use dies

  25-04-2017 03:30
  
  Riley Hancey died on Saturday. He received a lung transplant last month after being denied the life-saving procedure months earlier after testing positive for marijuana. (Credit: via YouCaring.com)
  A young man from Utah who was initially denied a life-saving transplant after he tested positive for marijuana last year has died, according to his family.
  Riley Hancey did eventually get a lung transplant in an operation just four weeks ago at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. But that
  
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• House, Senate wait for other to act on conference committees

  25-04-2017 02:54 via ktoo.org
  
  Rep. Mike Chenault, R- Nikiski, talks to reporters April 13 during a House Minority press availability. On Monday, Chenault asked for the House majority to name conference committee members for Senate Bill 26. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
  The Legislature appears to be stuck.
  The House and Senate haven’t named members to the conference committees that would meet to resolve the two chambers’ differences.
  Until that happens, the fate of the state’s budget remains uncertain.
  
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• Haines manager candidates address borough staff

  25-04-2017 02:41 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The interview process to choose Haines’ next municipal leader began Monday morning.
  Local residents Debra Schnabel and Brad Ryan are the two finalists for the borough manager job.
  They answered questions from borough staff — their potential employees — during the first round of interviews.http://khns.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/24ManagerStaffwINTRO.mp3Ryan has worked for the borough for a little more than a year and a half as public facilities director.
  Right now, he is ser
  
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• Witness describes tense incident involving flight attendant, woman with stroller

  25-04-2017 01:57
  
  A witness says she saw what led up to tense moments that were captured on video Friday aboard an American Airlines flight.
  Passengers say an American Airlines flight attendant hit a mother of twins with a stroller during boarding of the aircraft, which was preparing to leave for Dallas from San Francisco.
  Passenger Olivia Morgan said she saw the male flight attendant wrestling the stroller away from the woman, CBS News transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports.
  “He rips it away
  
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• Juneau funnels March for Science energy into an Earth Day fair

  25-04-2017 01:51 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Bill Leighty, the Planet Manager, shows a group of kids his model steam engine at the Juneau Renewable Fair in the Juneau-Douglas High School commons on Earth Day. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/04/22Earth_NPR1.mp3Inside the Juneau-Douglas High School commons, several face painted kids and a couple of adults are engrossed watching electrical engineer Bill Leighty explain the mysteries behind his model energy systems.
  Right now, he’s showin
  
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• Internet improvements bode well for location-neutral workers in Haines

  25-04-2017 01:40 via ktoo.org
  
  Gene Cornelius is a stock footage videographer based in Haines. (Photo by Emily Files/KHNS)
  A number of Haines residents make a living with “location-neutral” jobs.
  For many of those people, a reliable internet connection is essential for their work.
  In January, when Alaska Power and Telephone rolled out new internet packages following its Lynn Canal fiber-optic project, internet-reliant workers were paying attention.
  Gene Cornelius is a stock footage videographer, who films eve
  
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• Salvage operations planned for tug that sank near Sitka

  25-04-2017 01:39
  
  SEAPRO and ADEC responders look at the booming of the Tug Powhatan. (Credit: ADEC, April 23, 2017)
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Divers are expected Tuesday to begin salvage of an 81-foot tug that sank last week near Sitka.
  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)
  
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• Doctors to keep George HW Bush in hospital a few more days

  25-04-2017 01:37
  
  HOUSTON (AP) – A spokesman for former President George H.W. Bush says the nation’s 41st president will remain in a Houston hospital for a few more days of observation while he recovers from a mild case of pneumonia.
  Family spokesman Jim McGrath said Monday that the medical team at Houston Methodist Hospital hopes to discharge the 92-year-old Bush by the end of the week.
  McGrath says Bush “continues to be in good spirits and is resting comfortably” at the hospital.
  Bush wa
  
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• From coding to aerodynamics: UAA hosts summer engineering youth academies

  25-04-2017 01:35
  
  UAA has summer engineering academies for kids to learn about science, technology, engineering and math during their summer break.
  The program’s director, Dr. Scott Hamel, says engineers do more than build bridges and make roads; they solve problems. In the various academies, kids are given one problem each week, then they get creative and learn how to solve it.
  For example, in the structure destruction academy students design and build a bridge to see how much weight it can hold befor
  
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• New lava dome develops at Cleveland Volcano

  25-04-2017 01:23 via ktoo.org
  
  A new batch of lava developing on Cleveland Volcano has prompted scientists to raise the alert level. (Photo courtesy U.S. Geological Survey via Wikimedia Commons)
  Cleveland Volcano has produced a new batch of lava, prompting scientists to raise the volcano’s alert level to an intermediate “watch.”
  Over the last few weeks, satellite images have shown the lava grow from a small mound deep in Cleveland’s crater to a wide dome spanning nearly 150 feet.
  The Alaska Volcano Obs
  
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• Dillingham poised to raise landfill rates to offset trash problems

  25-04-2017 01:17 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Public Works Director Ken Morton stands next to the incinerator. “It’s a pretty clean operation,” he said about the machine. (Photo by Lawrence Hamilton/KDLG)
  The City of Dillingham continues to look for the best way to manage its some three million pounds of annual trash.
  Space to bury it is limited, and the fill to cover it is expensive.
  The incinerator reduces most garbage to a fine ash, but glass and metals are clogging the machine, adding to the fuel bill.
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• Erin Moran’s likely cause of death revealed

  25-04-2017 01:14
  
  CORYDON, Ind. (AP) – Authorities say former “Happy Days” star Erin Moran likely died from cancer at her southern Indiana home.
  A statement released Monday by the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department says an autopsy revealed the 56-year-old actress had stage-four cancer but doesn’t specify what type.
  The department says Moran died Saturday in the rural community of New Salisbury, about 20 miles northwest of Louisville, Kentucky. Officials say standard toxicology test
  
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• USS Carl Vinson nears N. Korea as US expects ‘firepower display’

  25-04-2017 01:11
  
  The Vinson battle group is nearing the Korean Peninsula, CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin reports. It is south of the Tohara Strait, which is between Okinawa and the Japanese main islands in the Philippine Sea. Two Japanese destroyers have joined the Vinson, and when it gets closer to the Korean peninsula, it will also be joined by South Korean ships. The Vinson naval strike group is also expected to pick up a Chinese intelligence trawler, which will shadow it while it is in
  
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• Teen charged in shooting at Anchorage grocery story

  25-04-2017 00:53 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — An 18-year-old man has been charged with felony assault in a shooting at an Anchorage grocery story.
  Devon Brown also is charged with felony weapons misconduct and misdemeanor reckless endangerment, Anchorage television station reported.
  An employee of Carrs-Safeway was shot shortly before 7 a.m. Saturday at a store at Northern Lights Boulevard and Minnesota Drive.
  Employees told police unruly teenagers were fighting inside the store and breaking merchandise.
  An employee a
  
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• UAA starting surgical technology program in response to industry need

  25-04-2017 00:33 via ktoo.org
  
  The University of Alaska Anchorage is in the final stages of starting a new program that focuses on positions that assist doctors during surgery.
  The Health Sciences Building on the campus of the University of Alaska Anchorage (Photo courtesy University of Alaska Anchorage)
  It’s called the surgical technology program, and the curriculum will train students for difficult-to-fill positions in the state’s health care industry.
  Robin Wahto, director of UAA’s School of Allied Health
  
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• Anchorage police chief Chris Tolley to retire in June

  25-04-2017 00:04
  
  Last updated at 3:55 p.m. on Monday, Apr. 24
  After less than two years on the job, Anchorage police chief Chris Tolley is retiring. The announcement was made Monday afternoon during a press conference at Anchorage Police Department (APD) headquarters.Tolley was sworn in as chief in October 2015, replacing Mark Mew, a 30-year veteran of APD who spent over five years as chief of police.
  Prior to taking the lead role at APD, Tolley spent 30 years with the Baltimore Police Department and t
  
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