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• Report: China cripples CIA operations, kills informants

  20-05-2017 22:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The New York Times is reporting that the Chinese government “systematically dismantled” CIA spying operations in China starting in late 2010. The Times reports that the Chinese government killed or imprisoned at least a dozen CIA sources over the next two years.
  The newspaper cites 10 current and former U.S. officials, who describe the intelligence breach as one of the worst in decades. They spoke on condition of anonymity.
  The report published Saturday says U
  
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• Chris Cornell fans hold vigil outside Detroit concert venue

  20-05-2017 21:56
  
  DETROIT (AP) – Fans have gathered at a Detroit concert venue to remember singer Chris Cornell.
  A candlelight vigil was held Friday night outside the Fox Theatre where Cornell performed Wednesday night with his group, Soundgarden.
  He was pronounced dead early Thursday morning after being found unresponsive in his Detroit hotel room.
  The Wayne County medical examiner’s office said the 52-year-old Cornell hanged himself. A full autopsy and results of toxicology tests are pending.
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• Tok man sentenced to federal prison, probation

  20-05-2017 21:14
  
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – An Alaska man was sentenced to 64 months in federal prison for illegal possession of 32 guns.
  The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 49-year-old Floyd Julius Stuck of Tok was also sentenced to three years of probation Friday.
  Alaska State Troopers and the Fairbanks Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit raided Stuck’s home last year. They got word of large amounts of methamphetamine, stolen guns, jewelry, vehicles and trailers reportedly at his home.
  According to ch
  
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• US Navy to search Alaska ocean floor for explosives

  20-05-2017 20:58
  
  KODIAK, Alaska (AP) – The U.S. Navy will be searching for World War II-era explosives on the ocean floor near an Alaska island in June.
  The Kodiak Daily Mirror reported Friday that the Navy will be looking for any munitions and explosives that may have been behind left in the water surrounding Kodiak Island.
  Navy Public Affairs Officer Leslie Yuenger says the move is part of an environmental restoration program that assesses potential issues that may have resulted from past operations and
  
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• Tillerson hints at possible talks with Iran

  20-05-2017 20:28
  
  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he’s never shut off the phone to Iran — or to any country that wants a “productive conversation” — in a joint press conference Saturday in Riyadh with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir.
  Tillerson made the comments moments after President Trump signed a $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, Iran’s adversary, to combat terrorism in the Gulf Coast region and counter Iran. The agreement, as well as th
  
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• Mining boosters, environmentalists dig in over Juneau’s mining regulations

  20-05-2017 19:13 via ktoo.org
  
  
  This public domain photo shows the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mine and Mill along Gold Creek.
  (Photo by Arthur C. Spencer, USGS Bulletin 287, via Wikimedia Commons)
  Juneau should revisit mining as a future economic engine. That’s the pitch making the rounds by a group of well-connected businessmen and former political operatives. But their proposal to streamline the city’s mining review process has environmentalists on guard.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/05/170522MINING-PKG.mp3
  
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• Neighbor recalls tragic evening that led to Anchorage woman’s death

  20-05-2017 10:36
  
  “How do you cope with watching someone’s last moments,” Gary Hutson asks, while standing outside his apartment.
  That question has haunted the Anchorage resident since the early morning hours of April 19, when he watched 22-year-old Brittany Haag slowly die in her apartment at the Club at Eagle Point. Prosecutors claim her boyfriend, Victor Sibson, shot her as he tried to commit suicide inside their shared apartment.
  “I cracked the door open, I could see her, she was
  
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• Health department sees rise in fentanyl-related deaths in Alaska

  20-05-2017 06:34
  
  A strong batch of heroin on the streets of Anchorage has caused at least three deaths in recent weeks and state health officials fear that number could grow.
  According to a release from the State Department of Health, three Anchorage residents who died from overdoses had the drug fentanyl in their systems. The release said fentanyl is suspected in eight additional deaths.
  Dr. Jay Butler, Chief Medical Officer for the State of Alaska, said fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is sometimes mixed wi
  
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• Alaska becomes latest REAL ID compliant state

  20-05-2017 05:39
  
  The REAL ID Act is giving people real anxiety, but most people in Alaska don’t need to worry just yet.
  Gov. Walker signed House Bill 16 on Friday, allowing the state to begin the process of issuing REAL ID compliant forms of identification.
  “Alaskans no longer have to wonder if their travel plans or ability to work will be in jeopardy,” Governor Walker said in a press release Friday. 
  Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) director Marla Thompson says people want to
  
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• Cook Inlet to be opened to federal oil, gas lease sale in June

  20-05-2017 03:24
  
  Federal waters within Cook Inlet will soon be open for lease to oil and gas companies.
  The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced it will offer 1.09 million acres for lease sale in the outer continental shelf (OCS) near the Kenai Peninsula from Kalgin Island to Augustine Island.
  “Cook Inlet Oil & Gas Lease Sale 224” breaks that area into 224 blocks, which are roughly nine square miles each.
  (Courtesy of Bureau of Ocean Energy Management)
  James Kendall, regional direct
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 5-22-17

  20-05-2017 02:25 via ktoo.org
  
  A Juneau Afternoon, May 22, 2017
  Host:   Scott Burton
  Deborah Baer, from The Grateful Dogs of Juneau, will be here to highlight Saturday’s Glass Pick-Up at Sandy Beach;
  We’ll learn about an upcoming Alaska Men Stopping Violence Training workshop;
  ​And we’ll talk with Katherine Heumann about plans for the new JACC.
  
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• Juneau high school soccer teams play to help injured player

  20-05-2017 02:24 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The Thunder Mountain and Juneau-Douglas girls soccer teams dedicated a regular season conference game and fundraiser to Hunter Rathbone, a Thunder Mountain player who is partially paralyzed. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/05/19Hunter.mp3It’s the second half of an intense game. Dozens of fans are shouting encouragement from the bleachers and sidelines to support the Thunder Mountain Falcons and the Juneau-Douglas High School Crimson Bears.
  Each y
  
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• Pelosi: Trump ‘very vulnerable personally’ over Comey matter

  20-05-2017 02:19
  
  President Donald Trump has made himself “very vulnerable personally” amid investigations of his campaign ties with Russia, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday.
  She pointed to Trump’s reported request to now-fired FBI Director James Comey to lay off an investigation of Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser.
  “I think the Flynn thing is where the president is very vulnerable personally,” Pelosi told The Associated Press in an intervie
  
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• Owner: No flak from the law for floating Kodiak strip club

  20-05-2017 01:41
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – An Alaska man says he didn’t have problems with authorities after he reopened a strip club on his converted crabbing boat as a way to protest his conviction on federal charges.
  Darren Byler launched the first nightly protest Thursday in a harbor near the island town of Kodiak. He says about 35 people showed up to watch eight exotic dancers aboard the 94-foot Wild Alaskan.
  Byler was fined and sentenced to probation in January for disposing human waste off the
  
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• Calexit backers begin new California secession ballot bid

  20-05-2017 01:33
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Supporters of making California an independent nation are beginning their second long shot attempt to recruit voters by submitting a new proposed ballot measure.
  The measure being submitted to state officials Friday by the separatist California Freedom Coalition takes a more gradual approach than one withdrawn by an earlier group last month.
  It would have the governor negotiate with the federal government to give California more autonomy as what supporters call a
  
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• Daybreak Adopt-A-Pet: May 19, 2017

  20-05-2017 00:00
  
  From Anchorage Animal Care and Control:Fir:
  Fir is ready to steal your heart. This affectionate lovebug likes to play, but also loves to window-gaze and contemplate life. This all-around great cat is just waiting for the right person to walk in and recognize how special he is.Hank:
  Hank is a big boy with lots of love to give. He’ll enthusiastically head bump for pets and attention and let loose his loud, low purr. Hank loves a catnip pillow, almost as much as he loves people. People lookin
  
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