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• New plans for Royal Suite apartment complex

  17-06-2017 20:32
  
  Construction crews spent most of Friday hauling large sheets of plywood and boarding up windows at the Royal Suite Apartments on Minnesota Drive.
  The apartments were damaged in February, leaving three people dead and much more injured.
  Michael Karmun, a resident who has lived there for about a year, says it’s an added layer of security.
  “They don’t want all walks of life going through there before they take it down,” Karmun said.Right now, there is a fence securing the bu
  
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• Fireworks in the legislature as second special session called

  17-06-2017 20:28
  
  The end of the legislative session in Juneau turned into a political roller coaster, and the wild ride probably is far from over. After the Senate gaveled out on Friday, the governor called a second special session.
  The fireworks started in the House on Thursday night, one day before the end of the first special session.
  The majority surprised the minority by rolling the operating budget into the capital budget.
  It included full funding for public schools and a Permanent Fund Dividend check of m
  
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• ‘A number of’ U.S. sailors found dead after Navy destroyer’s collision

  17-06-2017 04:31 via ktoo.org
  
  The guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald returns to Yokosuka, Japan, after its collision Saturday. Authorities say the ship’s flooding “has been stabilized,” but seven sailors remain unaccounted for.
  MC1 Peter Burghart/U.S. Navy
  Updated at 9:03 a.m. ET Sunday
  The bodies of “a number” of sailors have been found in the USS Fitzgerald, just one day after the Navy destroyer collided with a large Philippine-flagged container ship off the coast of Japan.
  “As sear
  
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• Missing boy, 8, in Eagle River found

  17-06-2017 04:29
  
  Alaska State Troopers and FBI say the missing 8-year-old boy from Eagle River has been found.
  Missing child in Eagle River has been found https://t.co/OmlD2xbLuP
  — APD Public Info. (@APDInfo) June 17, 2017A spokesperson for the FBI says he was found inside a neighbor’s home just after 1 a.m. Saturday. Once he was spotted, they immediately called police.
  “I could drop to my knees and thank God right now,” one volunteer said as soon as she heard the news. “W
  
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• Boy, 8, missing in Eagle River

  17-06-2017 04:29
  
  Anchorage Police are asking for your help in locating a missing 8-year-old boy.
  The boy, who has not yet been identified, is described as a white male standing about 4-feet-tall with close-cut blonde hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a gray t-shirt with helicopters on the back and black and blue shorts with a red Under Armor logo.
  He was last seen in the area of Eagle River Road and Stewart Drive.
  If you see the boy, call APD immediately.
  A picture was not available at the time of thi
  
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• Autistic boy, 8, missing in Eagle River

  17-06-2017 04:29
  
  Anchorage Police are asking for your help in locating a missing 8-year-old boy.
  The boy, who has not yet been identified, is described as a white male standing about 4-feet-tall with close-cut blonde hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a gray t-shirt with helicopters on the back and black and blue shorts with a red Under Armor logo.
  APD confirmed to KTVA’s reporter on scene that the missing boy is non-verbal autistic.
  Sergent Victor Dragano said he went missing around 5:30 p.m. O
  
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• These kitties are looking for the purr-fect new home!

  17-06-2017 04:05
  
  June is National Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat Month, and the goal is to raise awareness for shelter cats.
  At Anchorage Animal Care & Control (AACC), 27 cats were looking for homes as of Friday morning.
  “There’s a lot of different personalities, lots of different looks,” Laura Atwood with AACC said. “Tabbys to tuxedos. Playful to just mellow and calm. You can find them here right now with 27 cats waiting for homes.”
  Atwood said the shelter has not seen an increase in adop
  
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• Alaska Picker works to salvage historic Palmer building

  17-06-2017 03:49
  
  In the heart of downtown Palmer, some people saw an old abandoned building; but, two local antique enthusiasts saw a chance to salvage history.
  Alaska Picker co-owners Kelly Turney and Becky Green travels all over the state searching for items to repurpose and resell. They have uncovered some pretty cool stuff, but the new building their store just moved into is right at the top of their list.
  “I happened to be driving around downtown and saw the for lease sign on this building in Feb
  
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• Walker narrows Legislature’s focus to the budget

  17-06-2017 03:36 via ktoo.org
  
  Gov. Bill Walker, an independent, speaks at a press availability Friday shortly after calling the Alaska Legislature into the second special session of the year. Walker limited the session to one topic, the operating budget. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media)
  A breakdown in negotiations between House and Senate legislators Thursday resulted in lawmakers not passing a state operating budget in the first special session that ended Friday. So Gov. Bill Walker immediately
  
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• Trump financial disclosure details income and finances

  17-06-2017 03:11
  
  The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) released President Trump’s financial disclosure form Friday, revealing assets of his trust and details of post-election finances. The 98-page release, which covers the period from January 2016 through this spring, came shortly after 5 p.m.
  In the release, Mr. Trump outlines the financial health of the business assets he placed into a trust when he took office. The report shows Mr. Trump resigned from more than 500 positions — many of them a day b
  
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• Rep. Gary Palmer: “Our republic is in danger” from hateful rhetoric

  17-06-2017 03:05
  
  A victim is transported at the scene of a shooting in Alexandria, Va. on June 14, 2017. (Credit: CBS)
  Rep. Gary Palmer says “our republic is danger” after witnessing the shooting at a baseball field Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Virginia, as he practiced with teammates for the annual Congressional Baseball Game for charity.
  Palmer described the day’s harrowing events on “CBS This Morning” Thursday, saying the shooting began as members were in the middle of battin
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 6-19-17

  17-06-2017 02:59 via ktoo.org
  
  Monday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon, Ben Brown will host.
  We’ll talk with Chris Peterson, about his new business, Peterson’s Pretzels;
  Bill Merk will be here to give us the details about the Summer Poetry Showcase;
  Ishmael Hope and Scott Burton will be here to highlight a new production on Tlingit Art, Lineage
  We’ll get the details about the clean-up of Project Playground;
  And Don Haberger will be here with details about Wednesday’s Community Discussion about Re-Entry issue
  
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• Trump sells Qatar $12B of U.S. weapons days after accusing it of funding terrorism

  17-06-2017 02:55
  
  WASHINGTON — While President Trump berates Qatar for sponsoring terrorism at the highest levels, he is simultaneously authorizing the country to purchase over $21 billion of U.S. weapons.
  One portion of that deal — $12 billion for 36 F-15QA fighter jets — was inked on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., when Qatar’s Defense Minister met with U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis.
  “We are pleased to announce today the signing of the letter of offer and acceptance for the pu
  
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• Fishermen catch extremely rare 2-headed porpoise

  17-06-2017 02:42
  
  This was the first case of conjoined twins in the harbor porpoise species on record. HENK TANIS/NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ROTTERDAM
  Fishermen catch all sorts of things from the ocean: fish, garbage, sometimes even sharks, but some Dutch fishermen weren’t prepared for what they caught in the North Sea last month — a two-headed porpoise.
  The rare creature turned out to be a set of conjoined newborn twins that shared a single body.
  Sadly, the small mammal was already dead when fishermen ha
  
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• US destroyer collides with Japanese vessel, Navy says

  17-06-2017 02:34
  
  The USS Fitzgerald U.S. NAVY / FLICKR
  The U.S. Navy’s USS Fitzgerald has collided with a Japanese merchant vessel, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.
  The Japanese Coast Guard is on the scene and providing assistance at the request of the U.S. Navy. The USS Fitzgerald is under her own power, although her propulsion is limited, according to the U.S. 7th Fleet. The USS Dewey, medical assistance and two Navy tugs are also being dispatched as quickly as possible. Nav
  
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• Gardentalk – Young fruit tree care and feeding

  17-06-2017 00:57 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Master Gardener Ed Buyarski has just one word for gardeners with a new cherry tree. It’s patience.
  In this week’s edition of Gardentalk, Buyarski has some tips for caring for fruit trees, both young and old.
  “If we’ve got new young trees, we don’t want those trees to have too much fruit,” Buyarski said. “It can literally stunt their growth or can kill the tree because it takes so much energy for the tree to grow and ripen fruit.”
  Buyarski said you
  
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