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• ‘That is not Alaska behavior’: Residents react to video of Anchorage Carrs shooting

  29-04-2017 21:48
  
  New video from a KTVA viewer shows the moments before and during a shooting at an Anchorage Carrs grocery store Saturday morning.
  At least two people were injured:  one Carrs employee was shot twice in the leg and another person who suffered a broken orbital socket after being punched in the face, according to court documents.
  The suspected shooter, 18-year-old Devon Maurice Brown, now faces a total of 21 charges, including 16 felonies.
  The video drew a number of comments from Alaskans.
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• Experts: Long road ahead for Trump offshore drilling order

  29-04-2017 21:40
  
  President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to find new ocean expanses in the Atlantic and the Arctic for offshore drilling isn’t likely to reach its goals anytime soon, but instead will kick off a yearlong review and legal battle.
  Trump signed the order Friday aimed at dismantling a component of former President Barack Obama’s environmental legacy.
  “This executive order starts the process of opening offshore areas to job-creating energy exploration,” he said,
  
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• First kelp harvest made from Ketchikan area site

  29-04-2017 21:37
  
  KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) – Mariculture crews landed a disappointing first haul of planted seaweed recently near Ketchikan as part of an experiment on commercial kelp farming in the state.
  The University of Alaska Southeast, a seaweed product specialist known as Blue Evolution and a handful of commercial kelp growers are collaborating on the effort, with one growing operation near Ketchikan and two sites at Kodiak Island, where the first harvest is expected to start May 4, according to projec
  
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• Record-breaking summer cruise passengers coming to Juneau

  29-04-2017 21:32
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – A record-breaking amount of cruise passengers are expected to land in Juneau this summer.
  The Juneau Empire reports Cruise Lines International Association Alaska President John Binkley announced Thursday that over 1 million summer cruise passengers are traveling to Juneau. The association predicts the travelers in the city from May 1 to Sept. 30 will spend around $183 million.
  Binkley says that the cruise ship tourism industry is growing worldwide. CLIA’s cruise
  
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• Officials plan highway improvements for safety, fish passage

  29-04-2017 21:29
  
  KASILOF, Alaska (AP) – Alaska officials say highway improvement plans will result in better fish passage and overall safety.
  The Peninsula Clarion reports the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities showed the latest draft of their plans for Sterling Highway on Wednesday. DOT plans to widen the existing shoulders from 4 feet wide to 8 feet wide on the highway stretch from Soldotna and Clam Gulch.
  There were 266 accidents in the area between 2006 and 2010, 93 of which offi
  
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• Hacker releases stolen copies of Netflix series

  29-04-2017 20:52
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The Latest on a hacker releasing stolen copies of a Netflix series(all times local):
  11:35 a.m.
  A hacker claims to have followed through on a threat to release several episodes from the upcoming season of Netflix’s hit series “Orange Is The New Black.”
  The hacker, which goes by the name The Dark Overlord, announced the move on Twitter early Saturday. The post included a link to an illegal file-sharing service where purportedly 10 episodes from the ser
  
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• Deaths from opioid epidemic may be underestimated

  29-04-2017 20:21
  
  America’s prescription drug abuse epidemic may be even more deadly than expected, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests.
  Some opioid-related deaths may be missed when people die from pneumonia and other infectious diseases spurred on by drug abuse. Their death certificates may only list the infection as the cause of their demise, explained CDC field officer Victoria Hall.
  That means a number of drug-related deaths are not being counted, since survei
  
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• Congress passes spending bill to avoid shutdown, again punts on health care

  29-04-2017 12:30 via ktoo.org
  
  (Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)
  Updated at 5:05 p.m. ET.
  With the clock ticking, Congress on Friday managed to fulfill its basic function — keeping the federal government running.
  The House and Senate approved a short-term measure that funds the government for another week. Lawmakers voted hours ahead of a midnight deadline to avoid a partial shutdown of federal agencies.
  Friday’s extension gives members of Congress more time — until midnight on May 5 — to try t
  
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• Morgan Hooe honored with Bill MacKay Athlete of the Year award

  29-04-2017 08:34
  
   Morgan Hooe (Photo courtesy of UAA)
  In another year of standout candidates, Morgan Hooe stood the tallest.
  The former South High School star parlayed a brilliant season at the University of Alaska Anchorage into the athletic department’s highest honor for former student-athletes while adding a local flair as she took home the Bill MacKay Athlete of the Year award.
  Her list of accomplishments reads like a grocery list that could take all day to fill. The senior setter earned All-Ameri
  
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• Alleged coffee shop robber arrested by Anchorage police

  29-04-2017 07:25
  
  Anchorage police have arrested a man who allegedly robbed a Midtown coffee shop at gunpoint early Friday evening.
  The robbery was reported to police by a caller shortly before 5 p.m., according to a short release issued at around 8:30 p.m.
  “According to the caller the suspect said he had a gun and demanded money,” the release states.
  The unnamed suspect fled on foot from the area of Tudor Road and Old Seward Highway, where the coffee shop was located, and was arrested a short time la
  
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• Inside the Gates: Maintenance Co. puts skills, speed to the test at JBER

  29-04-2017 06:30
  
  The U.S. Army has plenty of unsung heroes who keep it mission-ready. Among them are the soldiers of the 98th Support Maintenance Company. They keep all of the Army’s vehicles rolling along year-round in Alaska.
  Thursday, they combined training with competition, completing their routine maintenance tasks as fast as they could. They raced against the clock, and each other, to see who could come out on top.
  “It lets us challenge our soldiers in a way that we normally can’t,&r
  
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• Former Alaska governor Sean Parnell keeps a low profile

  29-04-2017 06:25
  
  As lawmakers and Gov. Bill Walker continue to wrestle with the state’s budget crisis, some wonder how his predecessor would have handled the situation.
  These days, Sean Parnell practices business law in Palmer, wears glasses and seems to smile and laugh a lot more. But one thing hasn’t changed: Parnell still keeps his cards close to the vest.
  When asked about how he would solve Alaska’s $3 billion budget gap, he said, “I’m not going there right now.”
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• Anchorage Library Advisory Board takes new look at internet policies

  29-04-2017 06:14
  
  Most people who come to the Loussac Library don’t do it to watch pornography, but there are always a few who look at things other people might not want to see. The Anchorage Library Advisory Board is considering tightening up internet policies around what can be seen on public computers, and who can watch it.
  Library director Mary Jo Torgeson explained the system is set up primarily to protect children. She said the library goes to great lengths to make sure children don’t have
  
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• Defense cross-examines state fire investigator on day 6 of Sockeye Fire trial

  29-04-2017 05:17
  
  Day six of the Sockeye Fire trial was all about the defense.
  Attorneys argued that the state’s claim against the Anchorage couple accused of starting the blaze is “inconsistent with common sense and the facts of the case.”
  After about six hours on the stand Thursday, state fire investigator Ethan Eley returned to the hot seat for more questioning.
  He previously told the jury he is certain that the more than 7,000 acre Sockeye Fire started from a non-extinguished, unat
  
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• Hacker threatens to release stolen copies of Netflix series

  29-04-2017 04:57
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A hacker claims to have stolen the upcoming season of Netflix’s hit series “Orange Is The New Black,” and is asking for an unspecified ransom to not release the entire fifth season online.
  The hacker, who goes by the name The Dark Overlord, has already purportedly uploaded the first episode to an illegal file-sharing service. The Associated Press could not legally confirm the authenticity of that uploaded file.
  New episodes of “Orange” are
  
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• Oil prices shrink budget gap, but lawmakers remain far apart

  29-04-2017 03:05 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska Sen. Anna MacKinnon, co-chairwoman of the Senate Finance Committee, said Friday that adding an income tax now would be short-sighted. (File photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
  The state’s budget problem is shrinking, but it may not be enough to resolve differences between the Senate and House.
  Higher oil prices have cut the projected gap between what the state government spends and what it raises.
  Senate Finance Committee co-chairwoman Anna MacKinnon said the state has time to close
  
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• Nowhere to turn, Wrangell e-waste event dumps electronics properly

  29-04-2017 02:39 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The Wrangell Cooperative Association partnered with Seattle-based recycling company Total Reclaim to collect old computers and other e-waste. (Photo by Aaron Bolton/ KSTK)
  In Wrangell, recycling isn’t as simple as wheeling a plastic container out to the curb each week. That service doesn’t exist in most communities in Southeast Alaska. Not to mention trying to get rid of large items like old TVs, computers and printers. In order to prevent these items from ending up in a landfill, th
  
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• ‘Unruly teens’ caught on video inside Carrs store; suspect faces additional charges

  29-04-2017 02:37
  
  An 18-year-old accused of shooting and injuring a Carrs-Safeway employee following a scuffle inside the Aurora Village location early Saturday morning was indicted Thursday on additional charges.
  An Anchorage grand jury indicted Devon Brown on 16 charges, including: attempted murder, first-and second-degree assault, weapons misconduct, criminal mischief as well as 12 counts of third-degree assault for threatening the lives of others at the scene.
  Devon Brown, 18, appears in court on hi
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 5-1-17

  29-04-2017 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Monday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon, Scott Burton will host.
  We’ll hear from Larry Csonka, Wednesday’s Pillars of America speaker;
  We’ll learn about LifeNet Alaska;
  We’ll get a preview of First Friday at the CANVAS;
  JPD Chief Bryce Johnson will update us on police activities;
   
  And we’ll get details about the up and coming Maritime Festival and the Port to Starboard dinne
  That, Writers Almanac, Bird Note, Music & more, live at 3 on KTOO, re-broadcast at 4 ON
  
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• Wanted: Thane Road stabbing suspect

  29-04-2017 01:26 via ktoo.org
  
  A 37-year-old Juneau man is wanted in connection with a stabbing last weekend along Thane Road.
  The Juneau Police Department released these images of Joshua Levi Brown, who’s being sought in the stabbing of a 24-year-old victim along Thane Road on April 22.
  A $20,000 bail arrest warrant charges Joshua Levi Brown with first-degree assault in the stabbing of a 24-year-old Juneau man late April 22, according to a Juneau Police Department news release.
  Police have not released t
  
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• Juneau makes top 10 list for most ‘arts vibrant’ small communities

  29-04-2017 00:38 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau made a top 10 list for most “arts vibrant” small communities. That’s communities with a population under 100,000.“We were thrilled!” said Meghan Chambers, an executive assistant at Juneau Arts and Humanities Culture Council. “I mean, the word vibrant is already in our branding, so that’s helpful for us.”
  The National Center for Arts Research at Southern Methodist University in Dallas published the data-driven list earlier this month. Juneau&
  
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• Gardentalk – Starting seeds indoors and hardening sprouts

  29-04-2017 00:12 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Close up view of cucumber seedlings started last year. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
  Master Gardener Ed Buyarski encourages local gardeners to start their cucumber and zucchini plants in this week’s edition of Gardentalk. The popular gourd and squash should be started indoors now before they are planted outdoors in about two to three weeks.
  Buyarski advises waiting until the spouts develop one or two true leaves before hardening them, or moving them outside for a few hours each day so t
  
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• Daybreak Adopt-A-Pet: April 28, 2017

  29-04-2017 00:00
  
  From Anchorage Animal Care and Control:
  Twenty-four cats:
  We have cats from young to middle-aged,  playful cats to lap-lover cats, short-haired to long-haired, black to white — basically, all kinds of cats.
  Three chickens:
  Got a vacancy in that backyard chicken coop? There are three chickens up for adoption this week.
  Caption contest winner:
  This week’s caption winner goes to Nancy Graves, whose caption had Gigi the cat saying, “Stop shouting, this hangover is killing
  
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