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• Rare view of underwater forest preserved since Ice Age

  19-07-2017 23:53
  
  An ancient underwater forest found south of Alabama’s Gulf Shores in the Gulf of Mexico could provide a time capsule to a pre-human era on Earth.
  The cypress forest dates back to an Ice Age more than 60,000 years ago when sea levels were 400 feet lower than today, according to the new documentary “The Underwater Forest,” made by environmental reporter and filmmaker Ben Raines. Raines first went in search of the site after he was tipped off by a savvy local source, he explained
  
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• How to watch O.J. Simpson’s parole hearing

  19-07-2017 23:38
  
  O.J. Simpson sits during a break on the second day of an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, on May 14, 2013. AP
  After nearly nine years in an isolated Nevada prison, O.J. Simpson could soon walk free.
  The former football star and convicted felon is set to appear before a parole board from Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada on Thursday in one of the most anticipated hearings in recent memory. CBS News’ 24-hour live stream, CBSN, will carry the Simpson
  
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• Newscast – Wednesday, July 19, 2017

  19-07-2017 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/07/noon071917.mp3In this newscast:
  Latest on the Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare,
  Alaska regulators moving forward with onsite consumption rules,
  Safeway to $3M over lax controls at pharmacies, and
  Skagway’s borough manager looking to leave Alaska.
  
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• Fight over forged check leads to brother-on-brother stabbing, police say

  19-07-2017 22:47
  
  A South Anchorage confrontation Tuesday night ended with a man stabbed in the midsection, police said, and his brother held on assault charges in the case.
  Cyrus Nukapigak, 32, is charged with offenses including second-degree assault and theft as well as third-degree forgery, police spokesman MJ Thim said in a statement.
  Police responding just after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday to a report of the attack, on the 7400 block of Margaret Circle, found the victim “stabbed multiple times in the stomach&rdq
  
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• AFC leaves Sullivan Arena for newer Alaska Airlines Center

  19-07-2017 22:07
  
  Alaska Fighting Championship president Sarah Lorimer announces AFC’s move from the Sullivan Arena to the Alaska Airlines Center on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (Dave Leval/KTVA)
  The Sullivan Arena is on the ropes.
  It may not be a knockout punch but it certainly is a kick to the gut. After 13 years at the Sully, as it’s known by many locals, the Alaska Fighting Championship is leaving the ring and following the Alaska Aces out the door. AFC president Sarah Lorimer is moving her fights to
  
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• Workforce Wednesday: Heavy diesel technology

  19-07-2017 21:42
  
  Heavy diesel technology is a profession that keeps boats, bulldozers, semi trucks and cranes running year-round.
  Diesel mechanics begin earning $18 to $30 an hour to well over $100,000 a year, depending on experience.
  Mechanics should have clean driving records, be able to pass a drug test and be willing to learn as technology continues to grow.
  The University of Alaska Anchorage has a diesel power technology program that offers a one-year undergraduate certificate and a two-year associate degre
  
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• Telling Tales – 7-18-17

  19-07-2017 21:40 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Telling Tales with MsG was joined by guest Bill Merk from Woosh Kinaadeiyi.Poetry Slam this Fri., 7/21/17 check out Woosh Poetry on facebook.
   
  “The Child” by William Merwin — recited by Bill Merk                    “I Will Prevail” by Phil Harris — performed by MsG
  “Untitled” by Ray Friedlander
   
  Haikus: All performed by Bill Merk
  Written
  
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• Supreme Court allows ‘grandparent’ exemption to Trump travel ban

  19-07-2017 21:27 via ktoo.org
  
  The Supreme Court has upheld parts of a lower court order that had widened the definition of which citizens from the six Muslim-majority countries covered by the Trump administration’s travel ban are still eligible to travel to the U.S.
  The order issued Wednesday leaves in place the action of a U.S. District Court judge in Hawaii who broadened the definition of close family to include categories such as the grandparents and cousins of a person in the U.S.
  However, the Supreme Court blocked
  
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• Yukon kings arriving in early blast; Kuskokwim kings arriving in late trickle

  19-07-2017 21:15 via ktoo.org
  
  
  King salmon, red salmon, and chum salmon. (Photo by Shane Iverson/KYUK)
  The Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers are having opposite experiences with king salmon this season.
  http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20170718-09.mp3The Kuskokwim kings arrived late, in a small trickle, and state biologists now say that the run may meet escapement goals. Less than 60,000 kings are estimated to have passed the Bethel sonar station.
  To meet the lowest end of drainage-wide escapement, 65,000 kings would need to reac
  
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• Anchorage man accused of stabbing man with soldering iron

  19-07-2017 21:06
  
  An Anchorage man was arrested last week, after police say he stabbed and severely wounded another man with an electronics tool.
  Cortez Damond Snorton, 39, is charged with first-degree assault in the Friday incident, according to police spokeswoman Renee Oistad. Officers responded shortly before 1 a.m. to reports of the stabbing, on the 6000 block of East 12th Avenue.
  “Two adult males were outside with several other individuals; the two men got into a verbal altercation over a cellphone,&rd
  
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• Alaska Airlines might reduce flights to Bethel this winter

  19-07-2017 20:53 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Passengers traveling in and out of Bethel can expect changes to the daily Anchorage flight schedule this year. The airlines plans to announce the new schedules soon. (Photo by Katie Basile/KYUK)
  Alaska Airlines might cut some of its flights between Bethel and Anchorage, just in time for the holidays.
  Management confirmed that their flight schedule will change a few weeks before Thanksgiving and remain in effect until a few days after New Year’s, but it’s still unclear what those chan
  
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• On-site consumption back on the table for Alaska pot businesses

  19-07-2017 20:32 via ktoo.org
  
  
  (Creative Commons photo illustration by Chuck Grimmett)
  Alaska is on course to be the first state in the country to allow customers to use cannabis inside regulated businesses. But the issue is far from settled.http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20170718-04.mp3During a meeting in Fairbanks last week, the state’s Marijuana Control Board approved a proposal from member Brandon Emmett laying out guide-lines for what’s called on-site consumption, that is eating or smoking cannabis products i
  
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• Environmental committee adopts proposal to address risks posed by heavy fuel oil in Arctic waters

  19-07-2017 20:04 via ktoo.org
  
  The Marine Environmental Protection committee met in London the first week in July.
  (Photo courtesy International Maritime Organization)
  The International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee took up the issue of heavy fuel oil at its meeting earlier this month.
  The IMO is the United Nations agency charged with regulating international shipping.https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kdlg/audio/2017/07/fuel_oil_7.18_pkg.mp3Heavy fuel oil is especially viscous fuel oil used mainly
  
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• With budget, U.S. House inches toward ANWR

  19-07-2017 19:42 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Alaska’s congressional delegation this week renewed their effort to allow development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (image courtesy U.S. Geological Survey)
  A budget blueprint in the U.S. House is reviving hopes for Alaskans who want to see the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge open to oil drilling.
  http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20170718-02.mp3The budget plan does not actually discuss the Arctic refuge, in Alaska’s far Northeast.
  It calls on the House Nat
  
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• Judge orders Anchorage to pay ex-cops $2.7M after verdict against city

  19-07-2017 19:29 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The Anchorage Police Department Building (Photo by Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)
  A judge has increased the penalty the Municipality of Anchorage will pay two former Anchorage police officers, who alleged racial discrimination at the Anchorage Police Department and won with a jury verdict this spring.http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20170718-05.mp3Alvin Kennedy and Eliezer Feliciano are two former drug detectives who had 20 years on the force.
  A jury found that they had been treated unfairly by
  
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• Police used helicopter to make nude video, U.K. prosecutors say

  19-07-2017 19:18
  
  LONDON — Prosecutors say a British police helicopter crew filmed people having sex and sunbathing naked.
  The police are accused of using the aircraft’s powerful video camera to film members of the public.
  Prosecutor Richard Wright said Tuesday the filming was a “gross violation” of the victims’ privacy. He said the public has a right to hope that police helicopters are being used to keep communities safe, not to film sex acts from the air.
  The case against five men
  
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• 5 Alaska parks no longer clean outhouses, volunteers step up

  19-07-2017 19:16 via ktoo.org
  
  FAIRBANKS — A group of 18 Alaska residents have volunteered to clean the overrun outhouses at five Delta Junction state parks.
  The Daily News-Miner reported Monday the parks no longer have the money to pay the state for outhouse cleaning, water and trash pickup services. So the 18 residents decided to temporarily solve this smelly problem. They jokingly call their volunteering “potty training.”
  The services stopped July 1. And within a few days, the lack of clean outhouses turn
  
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• Swiss police ID bodies found frozen in Alpine glacier

  19-07-2017 19:08
  
  BERLIN — Swiss police say they’ve formally identified two bodies found on an Alpine glacier as those of a couple missing for nearly 75 years.
  Valais canton (state) police said Wednesday that forensic experts using DNA analysis identified the two as Marcelin Dumoulin and his wife, Francine. They were 40 and 37, respectively, when they disappeared on Aug. 15, 1942.
  The couple’s daughter, now 79, has said her parents set off on foot to feed their animals but never returned.
  Police
  
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• Rescuers free badly tangled humpback whale

  19-07-2017 19:03
  
  Courtesy NOAA
  CRESCENT CITY, Calif. — Rescuers off California on Tuesday freed a badly tangled humpback whale caught by fishing anchors that were dragging it to the ocean floor.
  A rescue team that included members of the state’s whale-entanglement teams, fishermen, academics, marine veterinarians and the U.S. Coast Guard unsnagged the whale Tuesday, after nearly eight hours of cutting off fishing lines, buoys and anchor lines wrapped around the animal, team leader Pieter Folkens said
  
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• Yukon, Kuskokwim rivers see polar opposite king returns

  19-07-2017 18:29
  
  BETHEL, Alaska (AP) – The Kuskokwim and Yukon rivers are having opposite experiences with king salmon this season.
  KYUK-FM reported Tuesday that kings in the Kuskokwim arrived late in a small trickle, while the kings in the Yukon arrived early in the largest observed run in more than a decade.
  Less than 60,000 kings are estimated to have passed the Bethel sonar station in the Kuskokwim. State biologists, however, are saying the river’s king run might still meet escapement goals. To m
  
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• Family remembers Matanuska River boating accident victim as avid outdoorsman

  19-07-2017 17:32
  
  Dorothy Hrncir says people viewed her late father Martin Rinke as “Captain Safety,” always taking extra precautions when participating in outdoor activities.
  “The activities he did were inherently dangerous because of what they were, but he was very safe about everything,” Hrncir said.
  Rinke, 63, died Saturday in a boating accident on the Matanuska River. Troopers say Rinke was boating with three other people in other craft when his own overturned; he suffered fatal injur
  
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• Large earthquake lets scientists learn more about Aleutians fault line

  19-07-2017 16:31
  
  Seismologists are learning valuable information about a fault line in the western Aleutians and Bering Sea, following a large earthquake that shook the area Monday afternoon.
  There was no damage given the remote area, but the quake was felt nearly 200 miles away and a small tsunami was generated.
  The quake’s magnitude was measured as a 7.7, the largest ever recorded in this area with modern equipment. It was 6 miles deep.
  The epicenter was in Russian waters, 175 miles west of Attu, but the
  
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• Video: Eyes on the pipeline

  19-07-2017 05:48 via ktoo.org
  
  Adam Owen is responsible for 100 miles of the largest piece of infrastructure in Alaska. He spends his days flying, floating, and driving the trans-Alaska pipeline.
  
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• Repeal without replace? Murkowski tweets ‘no’

  19-07-2017 05:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on Tuesday. (Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)
  When the Republican health care reform bill collapsed Monday night, President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell switched to a “repeal and delay” plan. They proposed to vote immediately on repealing the Affordable Care Act and then give themselves two years to craft a replacement. But with a tweet the next morning, Sen. Lisa Murkowski may have doomed the idea.
  Republican West Vir
  
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• Murkowski: Can’t repeal ACA without acceptable replacement

  19-07-2017 04:49
  
  A pivotal decision by Alaska’s senior U.S. senator against voting to repeal Obamacare has her facing questions from officials with her own party in Alaska.
  The Senate’s bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act fell apart overnight Monday after three GOP senators — Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins of Maine and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia — suggested they would vote against moving the measure forward. The decision left President Donald Trump vowing not to a
  
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• Anchorage Firewise program will end

  19-07-2017 04:43
  
  A popular program that can help keep homes safe during a wildfire will come to an end on Sept. 1 if it receives no more federal funding.
  The Anchorage Firewise program has been around for 17 years, but without the grant, the Fire Department doesn’t have the money to keep it going.
  Forester, John See, who oversees the program, said a big part of his job is doing home assessments. Over the years he’s done thousands of them, pointing out hazards to homeowners that could spark a fire or
  
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• Amazon rolls out its own line of ready-to-cook meals

  19-07-2017 04:24
  
  NEW YORK – Amazon (AMZN) has begun selling ready-to-cook meal packages for busy households in a bid to expand its groceries business.
  Amazon-branded meal kits come with raw ingredients needed to prepare such meals as chicken tikka masala and falafel patties. They can help households save time; a kit for salmon with soba noodles can be prepared in just a half-hour, for instance. But at $16 to $20 for two servings, they can be more expensive than buying ingredients separately in larger quant
  
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• Artificial sweeteners linked with weight gain, little health benefit

  19-07-2017 04:09
  
  Two-thirds of Americans are overweight, and those who diet sometimes turn to alternative sweeteners — including aspartame, sucralose and stevioside — to cut calories.
  Now, a new review of many studies suggests that doing so might not be the best idea.
  The scientists took a comprehensive look at more than 11,000 studies and found that, for overweight individuals or those with high blood pressure (hypertension) or diabetes, the benefits of c
  
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• Mediterranean-style diet linked to lower risk of dementia

  19-07-2017 04:01
  
  Eating right may help protect your brain health in old age, according to four new studies.
  In particular, the Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet lowered people’s risk of dementia, two studies concluded.
  The MIND diet is a hybrid of the Mediterranean diet and the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diets, both of which were originally designed to help improve heart health.
  These foods may help keep the brain young
  Seniors who carefully followe
  
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• R. Kelly and alleged victim deny sex cult accusations

  19-07-2017 03:37
  
  R. Kelly is slamming a BuzzFeed report that he is holding women against their will in a sex “cult.”
  The singer denied the accusations through his lawyer, Linda Mensch, in a statement to ET: “Mr. Robert Kelly is both alarmed and disturbed at the recent revelations attributed to him. Mr. Kelly unequivocally denies such allegations and will work diligently and forcibly to pursue his accusers and clear his name.”
  Juror says politics may have played role in Bill Cosby trial
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• Woman, 19, found dead near St. Michael

  19-07-2017 03:36
  
  The death of a St. Michael woman last week is being examined by Alaska State Troopers, who have released few details regarding the case.
  The body of 19-year-old Chynelle Lockwood was found July 11 on the beach near St. Michael, according to an online dispatch posted Tuesday. Her next of kin have been notified, and her body was sent to the state medical examiner’s office in Anchorage for an autopsy and positive identification.
  Troopers based in Unalakleet, as well as members of the Alaska B
  
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• New breed of collaborative robots “work hand in hand” with humans

  19-07-2017 03:31
  
  YuMi allows robots to work hand in hand with human beings. CBS News
  On Tuesday’s episode of “Robotics Revolution,” CBS News explores how robots can transform the way we live and work.
  An estimated 38 percent of American jobs are at “high risk” of automation by the early 2030s. Some cities, like Las Vegas, will be hit hard. Research shows that nearly two-thirds of all Las Vegas jobs may be automated by 2035. But what if machines could be a natural extension of us?
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• Motor fuel tax stalls in a year of few bills

  19-07-2017 03:27 via ktoo.org
  
  Richard Carrillo gases up his suburban in July 2016 in Juneau. Lawmakers decided against passing a bill this year that would triple the motor fuel tax. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO)
  In a year when lawmakers could agree on little, a proposal to triple the state’s motor fuel tax stands out.
  Legislators from both parties said the tax might be needed to support construction and maintenance of roads, airports, ferries and ports.
  But the bill didn’t pass, for a few reasons.
  Lawmake
  
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• Moon dust-stained bag expected to fetch millions at auction

  19-07-2017 03:24
  
  The bag used to bring moon rocks home from Neil Armstrong’s 1969 moon landing. CBS News
  Neil Armstrong‘s giant leap for mankind onto the moon allowed him to make several small scoops there as well. Collecting lunar dust and rocks in a specially designed decontamination bag to bring home, the rocks became national treasures.
  The bag — not so much. It was forgotten about until resurfacing three years ago on a government auction website that space enthusiast Nancy Carlson liked t
  
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• ‘Game of Thrones’ debut draws record 10.1 million viewers

  19-07-2017 03:14
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – Women dominate Westeros as never before, and it’s the same with the ratings for “Game of Thrones.”
  Nielsen figures out Tuesday showed the HBO drama’s seventh-season premiere last weekend drew a record-setting 10.1 million viewers.
  That eclipsed previous top-rated “Game of Thrones” episodes, including the 8.11 million who watched the season five finale in 2015 and the 8 million who tuned in to that year’s opener.
  The numbers repre
  
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• Alaska-Texas penpals reunite 27 years later in Juneau

  19-07-2017 02:18 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Shawn Hipsh and Darla Orbistondo standing on the glacier during Hipsh’s trip to Juneau this month.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/07/PENPALS.mp3In October 1990, Shawn Hipsh, a fifth-grade kid from Lewisville, Texas, bought a classified ad in the Juneau Empire asking for someone to send him info about Alaska for a class project.
  Darla Orbistondo responded to the ad, sparking a 27-year friendship.
  Shawn Hipsh and Darla Orbistondo the first time they met in Tulsa, Oklahoma. O
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 7-19-17

  19-07-2017 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Wednesday, July 19, 2017Wednesday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon, Sheli DeLaney will host.We’ll talk about Jorden Nigro will be here with an update on activities at the Zach Gordon Youth Center;We’ll get a preview of this weekend’s Poetry Slam at GonZo’s;And Marjorie Menzies and Rosemarie Hagevig will be here with details about next month’s P.E.O.’s Whale Watch Cruise.That, Writer’s Almanac, Bird Note, music and more, Wednesday on A Juneau Afternoon, live a
  
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