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• Vietnam veteran is Trump’s first Medal of Honor recipient

  13-06-2017 22:59
  
  (This 1969 photo provided by James McCloughan shows him with the former Army medic, right, with a platoon interpreter in Nui Yon Hill in Vietnam. Courtesy of James McCloughan via AP)
  SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. — Members of Army medic James McCloughan’s unit in Vietnam called him “Doc.”
  Now, those soldiers, several of whom McCloughan saved during the ferocious, dayslong Battle of Nui Yon Hill in 1969, will have a new name for him: Medal of Honor recipient.
  Army spokeswoman Valerie
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, June 13, 2017

  13-06-2017 22:51 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/06/20170613-newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  The Juneau Assembly bucks the city manager’s advice and preps a subcommittee to review — and possibly relax — the city’s mining ordinance,
  a man who is at large robs the Liquor Barrel with pepper spray,
  commercial salmon trolling in Southeast is set to reopen June 15,
  the ferry Taku still won’t sell, and
  the Coast Guard offers public tours of its new cutter.
  
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• It’s official: Verizon finally takes over Yahoo

  13-06-2017 22:46
  
  (Yahoo stock peaked at over $400 a share, for a market cap of $111 billion, during the dot-com boom.
  CBS MoneyWatch)
  Verizon has taken over Yahoo, completing a $4.5 billion deal that will usher in a new management team to attempt to wring more advertising revenue from one of the internet’s best-known brands.
  Tuesday’s closure of the sale ends Yahoo’s 21-year history as a publicly traded company. It also ends the nearly five-year reign of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who isn’t
  
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• Liquor store robber wanted by Juneau police

  13-06-2017 22:28
  
  The Juneau Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a male who robbed a liquor store in Lemon Creek.
  JPD say they received a 911 call Monday from a male employee saying a man came into the Liquor Barrel store threatening the clerk with pepper spray, took some money and left the scene on foot. The employee was not hurt.
  The suspect is described as a white male, about six feet two inches tall, thin build with reddish-brown hair and eyebrows. At the time, he was wearing a&nbs
  
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• Man wielding pepper spray robs Liquor Barrel, suspect at large

  13-06-2017 22:17 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau police said a man armed with pepper spray robbed a Lemon Creek liquor store Monday night.
  The suspect is at large. In a news release, the Juneau Police Department described him as a thin, 6-foot-2 man with reddish-brown eyebrows. He wore a camouflage scarf or bandana over his face, gray hoodie, blue jeans and black shoes with white highlights.
  The store clerk at the Liquor Barrel told police the robber threatened him with pepper spray and left the area on foot with money in blac
  
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• Travel Tuesday: Work martyrs

  13-06-2017 21:38
  
  Employees thinking they are helping their employer by not using all their vacation time could in fact not be helping them at all. These so-called “work martyrs” are hurting themselves and potentially missing out on raises and promotions, according to a new study and Visit Anchorage’s CEO, Julie Saupe.
  Saupe said in the ’80s and ’90s, employees were taking 20 days of vacation. Now, they are taking about 17 days. The good news is that’s up a bit from 15 years ag
  
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• Former governor Tony Knowles on state budget

  13-06-2017 21:26
  
  Tony Knowles, former governor of Alaska does not think state government will shut down.
  Knowles told KTVA Monday, he introduced a bill on an income tax and measure to use the permanent fund earnings when oil went to $9 a barrel, but, he said those measures weren’t needed because the price went up.
  “Probably, if it had been tough for a little while longer, we could have made some of the permanent changes that would have helped us today,” he said. “But, that’s the gre
  
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• Watch live: Jeff Sessions testifies in Senate Intelligence Committee

  13-06-2017 20:37 via ktoo.org
  
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions is scheduled to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington.
  Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions at a Trump campaign event in Phoenix on Aug. 31, 2016. (Creative Commons photo by Gage Skidmore)
  He is expected to field questions about Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election, the ongoing investigation of Russian contacts with Trump campaign and administration officials, and the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey.
  Live video will be available beginnin
  
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• Watch: Jeff Sessions testifies in Senate Intelligence Committee

  13-06-2017 20:37 via ktoo.org
  
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions is scheduled to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington.
  Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions at a Trump campaign event in Phoenix on Aug. 31, 2016. (Creative Commons photo by Gage Skidmore)
  He is expected to field questions about Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election, the ongoing investigation of Russian contacts with Trump campaign and administration officials, and the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey.
  Live video will be available beginnin
  
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• Unemployment services threatened by potential government shutdown

  13-06-2017 19:13
  
  As Alaska nears what could be the first ever state government shut down on July 1, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development is encouraging people who’ve already received pink slips to file for unemployment now if they’re going to, while the office is still able to process applications.
  “Who the hell is gonna process the checks when we’re all laid off?” Sandra Fletcher said as state workers rallied Sunday afternoon.
  The answer is still unclear.
  A spokesperso
  
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• Juneau Assembly advances effort to streamline mining review

  13-06-2017 09:44 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau’s mining ordinance will face scrutiny from a subcommittee appointed by the mayor. That’s despite advice from the city manager and some skeptical members of the public.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/06/170613MINING-PKG.mp3There are no known proposals to reopen the historic AJ gold mine. Or any other mine for that matter.
  Yet about 30 people turned up at Monday night’s Juneau Assembly committee meeting. Many wore yellow stickers to express their opposition to
  
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• Democratic lawmaker introduces “Covfefe” bill

  13-06-2017 05:58
  
  Congress could turn “covfefe,” a word coined by President Trump in a tweet, into a law with newly introduced legislation from Representative Mike Quigley, D-Illinois.
  On Monday, Quigley introduced the COVFEFE Act– an acronym for the “Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically for Engagement.” The bill seeks to add the term “social media” to the Presidential Records Act, which governs the archival records of the presidency, including the preservatio
  
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• Anchorage mural remembers victims of Pulse nightclub

  13-06-2017 05:41
  
  A colorful mural stands behind Mad Myrna’s bar in downtown Anchorage to honor the 49 victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting one year ago.
  The statewide LGBT group Identity, Inc. invited people of all ages and backgrounds to take part in “A Day of Remembrance.” Brooks Banker, the youth program manager at Identity, Inc. helped create the vision behind the mural – a view of Anchorage. He wanted it to symbolize hope at home in Alaska.
  Banker lived in Orlando a year ago.
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• Trump administration throws out new protection for endangered whales

  13-06-2017 05:27
  
  (In this Dec. 20, 2016, file photo, whales are seen off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., from the La Espada whale watching ship from Harbor Breeze Cruises.
  AP)
  SAN FRANCISCO — The Trump administration on Monday threw out a new rule intended to limit the numbers of endangered whales and sea turtles getting caught in fishing nets off the West Coast, even though the fishing industry had proposed the measure.
  The National Marine Fisheries Service said it decided the new protection was not warr
  
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• Alaska lawmakers optimistic about passing budget by Friday

  13-06-2017 04:58
  
  It’s crunch time for the Alaska legislature to pass a budget. This is the last week of a special session and if they can’t reach an agreement, the state could face its first-ever government shutdown.
  For lawmakers in Juneau, getting to a budget deal this week will be like solving a jigsaw puzzle. Right now, all of the pieces are on the table, but lawmakers have to work together to figure out how they fit together. In the end, Alaska’s future may not end up looking like wha
  
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• EasyPark scraps plan to pay for Saturday parking

  13-06-2017 04:56
  
  A plan to charge people for metered parking on Saturday in downtown Anchorage is no longer on the table, according to EasyPark Director Brian Borguno. But, Borguno said people who stay too long at a free meter could risk a $20 ticket.
  Starting July 1, EasyPark will begin enforcing two-hour limits on downtown meters on Saturday. Borguno said it’ s an effort to discourage people from staying in the downtown spots all day. Borguno said a study done last summer showed turnover rates on weekend
  
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• FBI seeks help identifying bank robbery suspect

  13-06-2017 03:35
  
  The FBI is asking the public’s help in identifying a bank robbery suspect.
  At 5:44 p.m. on June 7, APD and FBI responded to the bank robbery at the Wells Fargo on Debarr Road, police said.
  The suspect gave a teller a note and left with an undisclosed amount of money.
  Anyone who can identify the man in the pictures is asked to call FBI at (907) 276-4441. To remain anonymous,  contact Crime Stoppers at (907).
  The post FBI seeks help identifying bank robbery suspect appeared first on KTV
  
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• Anchorage teacher accused of sexually assaulting teen

  13-06-2017 03:09
  
  An Anchorage teacher is charged with sexually abusing a teenager she met at church.
  A woman contacted police to say 37-year old Hannah Morris sexually abused her in 2002 and 2003.
  Anchorage police say Morris was a youth leader at a South Anchorage church during that time.
  Grace Christian School confirms Morris is currently a teacher there. According to the school website, she began teaching at there in 2004.
  The school’s principal says they are in the preliminary stages of reviewing the in
  
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• Tax would require low- to middle-income residents to pay higher share

  13-06-2017 03:04 via ktoo.org
  
  Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorage, speaks during a House Majority press availability in March. Gara prefers raising oil and gas taxes to a payroll tax. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
  The House Finance Committee turned its attention Monday to a tax that Gov. Bill Walker included in the compromise package he proposed a week ago.
  The tax has been called a few different names, including a “head tax” and an “income tax.”
  Today, House Finance aides referred to it as a payroll tax
  
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• No bids for retired ferry Taku, again

  13-06-2017 02:58 via ktoo.org
  
  The Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Taku is in storage at Ketchikan’s Ward Cove. The former Ketchikan Pulp Co. mill site, including ferry headquarters, is in the background. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD)
  The price is dropping for the state ferry Taku.
  No one submitted a bid during the most recent sale attempt, which ended May 31, Alaska Marine Highway System General Manager John Falvey said.
  The minimum bid was $700,000. An earlier attempt priced the ship at $1.5 million.
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• Juneau Afternoon – 6-13-17

  13-06-2017 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Tuesday on A Juneau Afternoon
  We’ll learn about Family Day at the City Museum;
  That, Writers Almanac, Bird Note, music & more, live at 3 on KTOO, repeated at 4 on KRNN; and available on demand via ktoo.org
  
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• Health care questions for Sen. Dan Sullivan dominate Kodiak town hall

  13-06-2017 01:26 via ktoo.org
  
  Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan held a town hall Saturday in the city of Kodiak and attracted a sizeable crowd. He dedicated the bulk of the meeting to the public’s questions, and most focused on healthcare.
  U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks with at a campaign rally for U.S. Sen. John McCain in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2016. A sizable crowd turned up to listen to Sullivan speak at a town hall in Kodiak. Many questions were focused on health care. (Creative Commons photo
  
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• Newscast – Monday, May 12, 2017

  13-06-2017 01:10 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/06/newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  Small animals are blamed for a power outage in Juneau
  A small boat runs aground on Vitskari Rocks west of Sitka.
  A state legislator claims progress is being made negotiating a spending bill.
  The Coast Guard will name a new cutter after a turn of the century hero.
  
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• UAA Athletic Director Keith Hackett Resigns

  13-06-2017 00:50
  
  The last year and a half for the University of Alaska Anchorage Athletic Department have been marked by winning, the threat of change and more recently, change itself.
  Monday, the biggest of those dominos fell as Athletic Director Keith Hackett resigned from his post, after three and a half years on the job. Though the program has seen some of its greatest success on the fields and courts of competition during Hackett’s tenure, it has not been without difficulty.
  In February 2016, KTVA sat
  
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