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• Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says Denali name should remain

  29-05-2017 20:58
  
  The view of Denali from base campJason Sear / KTVAJason Sear / KTVA Journalists watch as the first of three CH-47 Chinook helicopters takes off from base campJason Sear / KTVA CH-47 Chinook after landing at the Denali base campJason Sear / KTVA
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says the name for America’s tallest mountain should remain Denali.
  The News-Miner reports that he spoke at the Fairbanks International Airport late Saturday on his way to a Memo
  
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• Police: Tiger Woods arrested in Florida for DUI

  29-05-2017 20:52
  
  (Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office)
  JUPITER, Fla. (AP) – Police say golf great Tiger Woods has been arrested on a DUI charge in Florida.
  The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office says on its website that Woods was booked into a county jail around 7 a.m. on Monday.
  Jail records show Woods had been arrested by police in Jupiter. He was released just before 11 a.m. on his own recognizance. He has been charged under a Driving Under the Influence statute.
  No other details were immediately
  
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• Interior Secretary Zinke focuses on energy, parks during Alaska visit

  29-05-2017 20:29
  
  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is in Alaska for his first visit to the state since his confirmation to the position in March.
  His first public appearance included a ride to the Alaska Veteran’s Memorial on the George Parks Highway with the Alaska Vets Motorcycle Club for their 29th annual Memorial Run.
  “I think it’s important on Memorial Day to recognize why we fight,” Zinke said. “There’s a kindred spirit among brothers and sisters who have fought and it&
  
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• Juneau man shares a painful memory from driving trucks in Iraq

  29-05-2017 16:02 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Richard Marshall at KTOO on Friday, May 19. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)
  Richard Marshall is a 66-year-old Vietnam veteran. He’s a Juneau resident and was a civilian contractor for the U.S. military in Iraq. He signed up to drive fuel trucks through combat zones because he wanted to help.
  During his first year in Iraq, Marshall drove 96 combat missions. In 2004 on Good Friday, he narrowly avoided a deadly attack. I asked him to share his memory of that day and he explained how it
  
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• Red Carpet Concert: Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms

  29-05-2017 16:01 via ktoo.org
  
  For our next Red Carpet Concert from the 2017 Alaska Folk Fest, we present the Portland musicians Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms. Returning for their second Red Carpet Concert, we recorded the duo performing their song “Been on the Rocks” at the Alaskan Hotel. They are currently touring with Foghorn Stringband in the UK.This video was made in collaboration between KTOO Public Media and Justin Smith of Rusty Recordings in Gustavus.
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• Woman hired to clean up after theft sentenced for embezzling

  29-05-2017 05:59 via ktoo.org
  
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A woman who had been hired to clean up the mess left after an embezzlement case has been sentenced for embezzling money herself.
  The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Sunday that Bonnie R. Adams was sentenced to six months in prison and three years of probation after being charged with theft, scheming to defraud and falsifying business records.
  Alaska State Troopers discovered Adams wrote at least $33,604 of checks to herself from the Beaver Kwit’chin Corpo
  
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• Alaska volcano erupts again; aviation alert raised to red

  29-05-2017 05:59 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska volcano that has been active for nearly six months has erupted again.
  The Alaska Volcano Observatory says Bogoslof (BOH-gohs-lawf) Volcano in the Aleutian Islands erupted at 2:16 p.m. Sunday and sent a cloud of ash at least 35,000 feet (10,668 meters) high. The eruption lasted 55 minutes.
  Ash can harm and stop jet engines. Ash from southwest Alaska volcanos is a threat airliners operating between North America and Asia when a cloud rises above 20,000 feet
  
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• Federal officials in Alaska probe 2 plane crashes; 4 dead

  29-05-2017 05:58 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal investigators say 2 planes crashed more than 600 miles apart in Alaska almost simultaneously Saturday, killing a total of four people.
  KTUU-TV reports the National Transportation Safety Board said two died and a third person was injured when their Piper PA-30 went down nine miles southwest of Haines at around 11 a.m. The injured person was flown by helicopter to Juneau for medical treatment.
  Authorities said witnesses reported seeing the twin-engine plane c
  
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• Education department faces deep cuts; DeVos faces tough questions

  29-05-2017 05:53 via ktoo.org
  
  President Donald Trump’s nominee for Education secretary, Betsy DeVos (Screenshot of U.S. Senate video)
  What a week it’s been for education news. Let’s begin NPR Ed’s weekly roundup as the week began, on Monday …
  DeVos talks choice in Indianapolis
  It was expected to be an important speech, perhaps the unveiling of President Trump’s long-awaited, $20 billion plan to expand school choice nationally. But that didn’t happen.
  Instead, when Education Secretar
  
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• Monsoon-triggered mudslides, floods in Sri Lanka kill more than 90 people

  29-05-2017 05:52 via ktoo.org
  
  Sri Lankan military rescuers and villagers stand on the debris of a house that was destroyed in a landslide in the village of Bellana, in the Kalutara district of Sri Lanka, on Friday. Mudslides and floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed scores of people in the island nation.
  Eranga Jayawardena/AP
  Heavy rains in Sri Lanka have prompted devastating mudslides and flooding, killing at least 91 people and leaving more than 100 missing, according to authorities.
  Search and rescue operati
  
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• Military mortuary employee allegedly offered peek at John Glenn’s remains

  29-05-2017 05:52 via ktoo.org
  
  STS-95 crewmember, astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn. Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth, and he returned to space in October 1998 aboard Space Shuttle flight STS-95. This is his official portrait for that Shuttle mission. (Creative Commons photo courtesy NASA on The Commons)
  The Air Force says it will investigate an incident in which an employee at the Dover Air Force Base mortuary allegedly offered to show John Glenn’s remains to Defense Department inspectors.
  As part of
  
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• Special session puts 30 Kenai Peninsula teaching jobs in limbo

  29-05-2017 05:20 via ktoo.org
  
  About 200 Anchorage teachers received pink slips Wednesday after the Alaska’s Legislature missed its 90-day deadline to solidify the budget. As uncertainty over teachers’ job security around the state grows, teaching staff on Kenai Peninsula are retaining theirs. But, 30 unfilled positions are still in limbo.
  As the Legislature goes into a special session, school districts hope they predicted as close as possible as to where the budget will land. Both the House and Senate have indivi
  
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• North Korea launches short-range ballistic missile, U.S. military says

  29-05-2017 05:06
  
  (Credit: CBS News)
  North Korea on Sunday launched a short-range ballistic missile, the U.S. Pacific Command said.
  The missile was tracked for six minutes until it landed in the Sea of Japan, the U.S. Pacific Command said.
  The White House said President Trump had been briefed on the launch.
  This is the ninth missile test North Korea has conducted this year. Earlier this month, North Korea claimed it had launched a missile large enough to carry “a “large, heavy nuclear warhead.”
  
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• Living on water: Welcome to Freedom Cove

  29-05-2017 05:02
  
  A Canadian couple has crafted a life for themselves on a floating man-made island fashioned from reclaimed materials. CBS NEWS
  While many people have made a houseboat their abode, Lee Cowan has found a designing couple who’s taken the idea of waterborne living even further:
  Wayne Adams rarely sets a foot on dry land … not even when he makes his way home to his wife, Catherine King, because their home ebbs and flows with the tide.
  “I remember phoning my parents from town and I
  
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• The hottest pepper in the world? Beware the ‘Dragon’s Breath’

  29-05-2017 04:58
  
  Farmers in Wales may have the world’s hottest chili pepper on their hands, according to British media reports.
  Mike Smith reportedly grew a chili pepper that smashes all previous heat records — all by accident. Smith said he never intended to breed a particularly spicy pepper and he doesn’t even like foods with heat, The Telegraph reports.
  The pepper came from a plant Smith borrowed from fellow farmer Neal Price, which reportedly was grown using specialized plant food developed
  
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• Alcohol suspected in serious Seward Highway crash

  29-05-2017 02:06
  
  (Rick Rysso / KTVA) (Rick Rysso / KTVA)
  The Seward Highway was completely closed in both directions for about five hours overnight following a crash at mile 76 near Portage Glacier Road.
  The crash occurred sometime just before 11 p.m. and the road finally reopened to traffic around 4 a.m.
  Anchorage Police say a northbound BMW crossed over into the oncoming traffic late in an attempt to pass a vehicle when it struck a Ford Ranger head-on.
  Whittier Police were first to respond, according to Walte
  
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• 1 dead in head-on Glenn Highway collision

  29-05-2017 01:59
  
  The Anchorage Police Department’s Traffic Unit is trying to determine what caused an SUV to lose control and cause a fatal crash Saturday.
  About 15 minutes after midnight Saturday morning, APD says a Chevy Suburban inbound on the Glenn Highway lost control, crossed the center median and struck a Ford Focus head-on.
  The driver of the Focus, who has not yet been identified, was pronounced deceased on the scene.
  It’s not yet clear what caused the SUV to lose control.
  No charges or citat
  
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• Pedestrian struck, killed on Gambell

  29-05-2017 01:54
  
  Anchorage Police are investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian.
  Just before 3 a.m. Saturday, a late model Chevy Malibu traveling southbound on Gambell Street struck a pedestrian.
  Police say the pedestrian, who has not yet been identified, was in the roadway outside of a crosswalk when he was hit. The man was taken to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
  No charges have been filed in connection with this incident.
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• On first day back, Trump lashes out at ‘fake news media’

  29-05-2017 00:44
  
  WASHINGTON — Hours after returning from his first trip abroad as president, President Trump tweeted Sunday morning about “fake news media” and White House leaks.
  “It is my opinion that many of the leaks coming out of the White House are fabricated lies made up by the #FakeNews media,” Mr. Trump said in a series of tweets.
  “Whenever you see the words ‘sources say’ in the fake news media, and they don’t mention names… it is very possible
  
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