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• Solemn totem raising acknowledges Douglas and T’aaku Kwaan’s buried past

  12-05-2017 23:49 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Saturday the Goldbelt Heritage Foundation will raise a new totem at Gastineau Elementary School, where a Native cemetery once stood. The somber ceremony is the beginning of the T’aaḵu Kwáan tribal government’s plans to formally recognize historic trauma and begin healing.
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/05/12TOTEM.mp3The 26-foot Raven Pole honors the Gaanaxteidí clan of the T’aaḵu Kwáan, featuring Raven clan crests, a leaf of d
  
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• Mannie Fresh to perform alongside Lil Wayne in Anchorage

  12-05-2017 23:49
  
  The multi-talented Mannie Fresh, known for being one half of the hip-hop duo Big Tymer’s, will be performing alongside Lil Wayne on May 13.
  Fresh is a DJ, producer and rapper who helped discover Lil Wayne’s talent in the 90s. He said he knew back then that Lil Wayne had a strong work ethic and that one day he’s going to be a star. He said Wayne would be the first person to the studio, and the last one to leave.
  Fresh says lately he’s been traveling the world as
  
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• Newscast – Friday, May 12, 2017

  12-05-2017 22:53 via ktoo.org
  
  
  In this newscast: The Trump administration’s EPA revives chance of Pebble Mine development on Bristol Bay; Juneau’s ‘Field of Fireweed’ around Honsinger Pond may be developed into a motorcross park. There’s rain in the forecast this weekend.
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/05/170512newscast.mp3
  
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• Will Ferrell makes students laugh during USC commencement speech

  12-05-2017 22:38
  
   
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Latest on comedian and alum Will Ferrell’s commencement talk at the University of Southern California (all times local):
  12:20 p.m.
  He’s been a race-car driver, a Santa’s elf, and a TV anchorman in the movies.
  And now, Will Ferrell says, with an honorary doctorate degree in hand he’s ready to deliver a baby on an airliner, adding that he hopes it’s United Airlines.
  Ferrell, who delivered the keynote address at the University of S
  
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• Latest: UK’s health service, Russian Interior Ministry hit by cyberattack

  12-05-2017 21:25
  
  LONDON (AP) – The Latest on reported cyberattack on Britain’s hospitals (all times local):
  9:10 p.m.
  Russia’s Interior Ministry says it has come under cyberattack.
  Agency spokeswoman Irina Volk says in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that Friday’s cyberattacks hit about 1,000 computers. She said the ministry’s servers haven’t been affected.
  Volk added that ministry experts are now working to recover the system and do necessary security updates.
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• Mic Check in the Morning: Motley 2

  12-05-2017 21:14
  
  Los Angeles’ top Motley Crue cover band — Motley 2 — will play in Anchorage for one night only.
  Darryl Strucke, the band’s drummer, says they started the band roughly six years ago. Strucke knew the rest of Motley 2 from a previous band and found the vocalist, Tony Noyes. They’ve been performing ever since.
  The band takes the stage presence, energy and songs from Motley Crue. Tony Noyes, the band’s vocalist, said the band sticks mostly to the first two albums,
  
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• Avoiding Mother’s Day scams and Facebook trends

  12-05-2017 21:12
  
  Be careful: That perfect flower arrangement you found online for mom could be a scam. Michelle Tabler with the Better Business Bureau says scammers are out, even on Mother’s Day.
  Tabler said one way to avoid becoming a victim is to check the florist’s legitimacy on the BBB’s website. Another way to avoid getting conned out of cash is to only deal with local florists. She said then to check what other people are saying about the florist. If it looks good, use that company.
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• Daybreak Adopt-A-Pet: May 12, 2017

  12-05-2017 21:00
  
  From Anchorage Animal Care and Control:
  Adobe:
  Adobe is more than just handsome – he’s gentle, easy-going, and smart. He is ready to be a loyal companion to his new person.
  Buster:
  Buster becomes a puppy at the sound of squeaky toy – happily chasing after it and then showing it off. Buster’s former family tells us that he loves other animals and kids. We foresee lots of fun in his future forever home.
  Monte:
  Monte is one exuberant guy who’s ready to bring a lot of e
  
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• Trump tweet suggests his conversations with Comey might have been recorded

  12-05-2017 20:24 via ktoo.org
  
  Updated: 1:21 p.m. ET
  President Trump suggested on Twitter Friday morning there might be recordings of his private conversations with former FBI Director James Comey, whom he fired earlier this week, in an apparent attempt to caution Comey against “leaking to the press.”
  The president seemed to be responding to news stories coming out since the Tuesday firing, which have contradicted the White House’s version of the events.
  In fact, in an NBC News interview this week, Trump him
  
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• EPA settles with Pebble, clears permitting path for mine

  12-05-2017 19:51 via ktoo.org
  
  Pebble Partnership proposes to build a mine in Southwest Alaska. Opponents say it would threaten salmon streams. (Photo by Jason Sear/ KDLG)
  The EPA has announced a new process that could let the Pebble Partnership develop a controversial mine at the headwaters of Bristol Bay.
  The agency said Friday it will freeze an effort begun under the Obama administration to pre-emptively block the mine.
  Pebble would have two and a half years to apply for a Clean Water Act permit. In return, Pebble has agre
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 5-15-17

  12-05-2017 18:58 via ktoo.org
  
  MONDAY, May 15, 2017Host: Scott BurtonWe’ll get a preview of the music of Jimmy Sweetwater, playing this week at the Alaskan;
  Caitlin McElhinny, from Above & Beyond Alaska, will be here to discuss kayak classes;We’ll learn about the Primula Tour, with Pat HartmanWe’ll find out about a theatrical collaboration between REACH and Perseverance Theatre;And we’ll get a preview of Juneau’s Montessori Borealis’ production of Alice In Wonderland, playing this week
  
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• Gardentalk – Hardening annuals

  12-05-2017 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  “This is the part I like. I like planting stuff, tending the flowers, the field work, being outside in all weather,” said Ben Patterson, CBJ landscape maintenance supervisor who also manages a 10-person seasonal crew. “You can look back at the end of the day, see what’s been planted and you can see people enjoying it. It’s a little more rewarding than the office half of the job. The greenhouse is also really fun. We do about 16,000 annuals every year that grow from
  
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• EPA may allow massive mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay

  12-05-2017 17:37
  
  2012 photo of the proposed Pebble Mine location in Alaska's Bristol Bay. Jason Sear / KTVA
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration has settled a lawsuit over the proposed development of a massive gold and copper mine at the headwaters of one of Alaska’s premier salmon fisheries.
  The Environmental Protection Agency settled the long-running case Friday with the Pebble Limited Partnership. Under the agreement, the Canadian-owned company can seek a federal permit to build its mine ne
  
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• Alaska residents fix river bank to prepare for salmon season

  12-05-2017 17:33
  
  SOLDOTNA, Alaska (AP) – About 40 people had gathered this week on the banks of the Kenai River to dig trenches and mount willow boughs for habitat restoration.
  The Peninsula Clarion reports the Alaska residents got together for a two-day workshop at the Donald E. Giman River Center.
  The Alaska Department of Fish and Game hosts the free workshops annually to teach people about the best methods for working on and repairing stream banks to provide for fish habitat and passage.
  The bank b
  
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• Reality Check w/ John Tracy: Mother’s Day

  12-05-2017 07:09
  This Sunday is Mother’s Day. The one day of the year that we’re supposed to recognize moms for taking care of us every other day of the year.
  Father’s Day is easy. Get dad anything that requires batteries or safety glasses and you’re good. But, if you’re like me, you never know what to get “her”. Whether it’s your mom or your mother in law or grandmother.
  And men: do you get the mother of your own children something for Mother’s Day?&nbs
  
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• Bristol Bay residents await word on Pebble from E.P.A.

  12-05-2017 06:58
  “Salmon first, Pebble never!” was the rallying cry from a group of stakeholders in Bristol Bay who gathered Thursday in Dillingham to express their objection to the Pebble Mine. Stakeholders, which include native corporations, tribal groups, fishermen and many private citizens are awaiting a possible settlement between the company that wants to develop Pebble and the Environmental Protection Agency.
  The settlement, which would allow Pebble to move forward to the permitting process, i
  
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• Seeking scientists: HAARP works toward ensuring long-term success

  12-05-2017 06:46
  
  One of the most advanced research facilities in the country is back open for business and wants to attract more scientists to the site. The High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) has been managed by the University of Alaska Fairbanks since August 2015. After staff got the facility out of its “mothball” state, researchers conducted projects there in February for the first time since the UAF takeover.
  The facility’s main feature is the array of 180 65-foot antenna
  
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• Alaska’s income tax fight is only latest skirmish in decades-long conflict

  12-05-2017 03:58 via ktoo.org
  
  Ernest Gruening was Alaska’s territorial governor from 1939 to 1953. He signed the income tax into law in 1949. (Photo courtesy Alaska State Library Historical Collections)
  The Senate plans to vote Friday on a House proposal to bring an income tax to Alaska. Senate majority leaders oppose the tax, and it will likely go down in defeat. But this isn’t the first time Alaska has debated this tax — and it may not be the last.
  Alaska’s government spending far outpaced the tax d
  
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• Tillerson straddles fence on U.S. climate change policy at Arctic Council

  12-05-2017 03:47
  
  Climate change was the elephant in the room Thursday as the U.S. handed over chairmanship of the Arctic Council to Finland. Heads of state of all eight Arctic member nations articulated their visions for the Council moving forward.
  Most of those visions aligned, but there were big differences between the messages coming from the U.S. and Finland on the topic of global warming.
  While the Finish Foreign Minister Timo Soini called the Paris Agreement, to keep global warming below 3.6 degrees Fahren
  
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• Musk Ox Farm gearing up for Mother’s Day celebration

  12-05-2017 03:09
  
  Mother’s Day is this Sunday, and while there are many ways to celebrate, one Palmer Farms says why not add a little fluff.
  While some of us are hungry for summer, the main attraction at the Musk Ox Farm could do without the heat. They’re just hungry for lunch.
  This is a special time of year at the farm. Five calves were born in just the past few weeks.
  That brings the farms heard to 85 of the arctic’s most hardy creatures.
  “They outlived the saber tooth tigers and the woo
  
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• After 40 years, Air Station Sitka maintains original mission

  12-05-2017 03:08 via ktoo.org
  
  Every couple hundred hours a team of Air Station technicians conduct a complete maintenance check on the Jayhawk helicopters. (Photo by Emily Russell/KCAW)
  It’s been 40 years since the hangar doors opened at Air Station Sitka. Since 1977 Coast Guard helicopters have been flying all over Southeast Alaska for rescue missions and medevacs.
  Lt. Ray Jamros is a helicopter pilot, who pulls double-duty as the Air Station’s communications and external affairs officer.
  Up some stairs, th
  
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• Tillerson gets earful on climate change from Arctic governments

  12-05-2017 02:56 via ktoo.org
  
  United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson chaired the 10th Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in Fairbanks on May 11, 2017. (Photo by Arctic Council Secretariat Linnea Nordström)
  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson got an earful from governments around the Arctic today — on the topic of climate change.
  Tillerson was in Fairbanks to chair a meeting of the Arctic Council, which brings together nations and indigenous groups from around the region. The U.S. was formally handing o
  
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• Lawyer arrested, charged with smuggling drugs to jailed client

  12-05-2017 02:45 via ktoo.org
  
  An Anchorage attorney and her client are charged with smuggling drugs into jail.
  Lawyer Kit Karjala was behind bars Thursday, accused of concealing heroin inside court papers she gave to her client, Christopher Brandon Miller, a.k.a. “Mellow,” while visiting him at Anchorage Correctional Complex, according to the charges.
  Federal prosecutors allege that the two pretended to discuss Miller’s case while Miller slipped the drugs inside himself and, eventually, into jail.
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• Former Juneau man indicted in death of girlfriend in Sitka

  12-05-2017 02:32 via ktoo.org
  
  A Juneau grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Sitka man on three counts of murder, in the shooting death of his girlfriend last weekend.
  Reuben Yerkes. (Photo courtesy Sitka Police Department)
  Reuben Yerkes will be arraigned in Sitka Superior Court to answer the felony charges and enter a plea at 11 a.m. Friday.
  The Juneau grand jury charged Yerkes, 39, with one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder for allegedly killing Ali Clayton, 28, in her Sitka apartment early i
  
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• From drugs to prison to law school, woman faces one extra hurdle to become a lawyer

  12-05-2017 02:23 via ktoo.org
  
  Tarra Simmons is about to graduate magna cum laude from Seattle University School of Law. But she faces another hurdle before she can practice law. (Photo courtesy Seattle University School of Law)
  A former Washington state prison inmate will graduate Saturday magna cum laude from Seattle University School of Law.
  But her criminal record may prevent her from practicing law as a licensed attorney.
  Tarra Simmons’ story could be a movie. She was a nurse, a mom and a wife. Then in 2010 he
  
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• Lower turnout may force Juneau schools to merge teams

  12-05-2017 02:11
  
  We take it for granted: having enough players on our high school teams. But what happens when there aren’t enough?
  It’s a problem facing various sports and extra curricular activities at Juneau-Douglas and Thunder Mountain High Schools. The Juneau Empire reported that school officials in Juneau are considering merging football, the football cheer squads, softball and robotics. In some cases, it’s numbers of players; in others, it’s money.
  On Wednesday, KTVA Sports spoke w
  
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• Gas station in the sky: KC10 brings fuel to Northern Edge

  12-05-2017 01:11
  
  The skies over Alaska have been full of military aircraft over the past couple weeks. Fighter jets have completed hundreds of flights, and supporting each one was the much larger KC10.
  The workhorse plane is 66 feet long, weighs 590,000 pounds and can haul 63,000 gallons of fuel. It has three engines, which each kick out 52,500 pounds of thrust, according to instructor pilot Captain Nathan Reineke.
  He’s been flying the KC10 for six years and says even though it’s an older plane, he l
  
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• Mumps case confirmed in Anchorage

  12-05-2017 00:46
  
  An adult in Anchorage has laboratory-confirmed mumps, according to the Department of Health and Social Services.
  Authorities say the patient had not recently traveled but had played host to a relative from abroad that may have been the source of the infection.
  The patient reportedly had received one mumps vaccination in the past.
  DHSS is encouraging medical personnel to be alert to possible mumps cases, and they’re urging residents to review their vaccination history and verify all va
  
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• Arctic Council’s mitigation, adaptation projects continue as U.S. hands over chairmanship

  12-05-2017 00:31 via ktoo.org
  
  Ministers of the eight Arctic Council member states as well as the Permanent Participant heads of delegation pose for a photo at the 10th Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in Fairbanks, May 11, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Linnea Nordström/Arctic Council Secretariat)
  What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic, and vice versa.
  That’s the frequent mantra of members of the Arctic Council as they work to document, and come up with ways to mitigate or adapt to the effe
  
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• Funding for pro-road group approved by Juneau Assembly

  12-05-2017 00:09 via ktoo.org
  
  
  At a budget belt-tightening meeting Wednesday, the Juneau Assembly teed up $20,000 for a pro-road group that’s backing the Juneau Access Project.
  Gov. Bill Walker effectively killed the divisive road project in December by pulling the state’s financial support.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/05/170511THE-ROAD.mp3The view of Berners Bay from Cascade Point. The Juneau Access Lynn Canal Highway would be built through this area. (Photo courtesy Alaska Department of Transporta
  
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