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• No charges filed in Mount Polley mine disaster

  04-08-2017 22:35 via ktoo.org
  Muddy water from the breached Mount Polley Mine tailings pond dam floods a downstream creek and road Aug. 4, 2014. Fishing and environmental groups say the same could happen at new B.C. mines near the Southeast border. (Photo by Cariboo Regional District Emergency Operations Centre)
  The British Columbia government has decided to not file charges in the Mount Polley Mine disaster.
  Critics in Southeast Alaska say the lack of enforcement action increases their concerns about similar mines near salm
  
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• In Kwethluk, a team of vets treats dogs and looks for solutions

  04-08-2017 22:17 via ktoo.org
  Puppies are prepped for their vaccinations in Kwethluk, Alaska. (Photo by Teresa Cotsirilos/KYUK)
  Seven small, dusty puppies are scrambling after Brian Nicolai, as he walks slowly down the road on a hot morning in Kwethluk.
  “I called them and they just followed,” he said with a shrug.
  They were headed to the Kwethluk fire station, where three vets working with the non-profit Alaska Native Rural Veterinary planned to spay and neuter as many dogs as they could in th
  
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• Alutiiq language nest school enters first full semester

  04-08-2017 21:59 via ktoo.org
  Students and teachers in classroom in the Afognak building on Near Island during pilot semester. (Photo by Kayla Desroches/KMXT)
  A preschool designed to immerse children in the Alutiiq language is about to enter its first full semester of classes.
  The Administration for Native Americans granted the Sun’aq tribe roughly $2 million dollars to establish the nest school. It wrapped up its pilot semester in May.
  Local artist Hanna Sholl said she enrolled two of her children in the nest school.
  
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• Auto Draft

  04-08-2017 21:55 via ktoo.org
  Monday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon, Laury Scandling will host.
  We’ll hear another segment of Midnight Oil about how the Trans-Alaska Pipeline has affected our state;
  We’ll talk with Chief Ed Mercer about police activities
  That, Writers Almanac, Bird Note, Music & more, live at 3 on KTOO, re-broadcast at 4 ON KRNN, and available on line via ktoo.org
  That, Writer’s Almanac, Bird Note, music and more on Monday’s edition of A Juneau Afternoon. Live on KTOO at 3, repeated a
  
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• State capital budget funds some Southeast projects

  04-08-2017 21:46 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Ketchikan’s Berth 1 and 2, with a ship docked at Berth 3 in the background. (File photo by KRBD file photo)
  Compared with other years, the state’s capital budget approved in late July is relatively sparse, but it does have funding for some construction work in Southeast Alaska.
  Among the funded projects are replacement floats for a harbor in Wrangell, cruise ship dock improvements in Ketchikan and Hoonah and renovation of the headquarters for the Alaska Permanent Fund in Juneau.
  The
  
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• Newscast – Friday, August 4, 2017

  04-08-2017 21:44 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/08/170804midday-newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  A former nonprofit director joins Bartlett Regional Hospital’s leadership team
  Federal oversight may slow down a plan to dump contaminated soil south of Wrangell
  Alaska has one of the highest rates of firearm-related deaths in the U.S.
   
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 8-4-17

  04-08-2017 21:42 via ktoo.org
  Friday, August 5, 2017
   
  8 am      Crosscurrents with DJTC
   
  10 am     Soundings – Jazz with John Gaguine
   
  Noon      Cool Jazz Countdown
   
  1 pm      Performance Today – Classical Music
   
  3 pm      Millennium of Music – Classical Music
   
  4:00       A Juneau Afternoon (recorded at 3 on KTOO-NEWS) 
  
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• U.S. economy adds 209,000 jobs in July; unemployment dips to 4.3 percent

  04-08-2017 20:31 via ktoo.org
  The U.S. economy created an estimated 209,000 jobs in July, representing a modest slowdown from the previous month but coming in better than many economists had expected. The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3 percent from 4.4 percent.
  The Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its monthly report that, statistically, July showed little change from previous months, as the number of unemployed persons remained around 7 million.
  At 4.3 percent, the jobs rate is near the point that most economists dee
  
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• Lt. Gov. Mallott says he and Gov. Walker will run for re-election

  04-08-2017 06:02 via ktoo.org
  Gov. Bill Walker, right, and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott listen during a Q&A session to discuss legislators’ plans for reorganizing the Permanent Fund in April 2016. Mallott said Wednesday on Juneau radio station KINY that they would run for re-election. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
  Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott said Wednesday that he and Gov. Bill Walker will run for re-election next year.  He also said they’ll run together.
  Even for incumbents, tha
  
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• Juneau man arrested after allegedly stealing SUV from Breeze In parking lot

  04-08-2017 04:22 via ktoo.org
  A Juneau man was arrested after allegedly stealing a Subaru Forester from a Valley parking lot.
  Koby Blake, 26, faces a charge of first-degree vehicle theft and driving with a revoked license.
  According to a Juneau Police Department news release, a 37-year-old man reported that his blue 2003 Subaru Forester was stolen about 11:13 p.m. Wednesday from Breeze In.
  An officer located the vehicle on Mendenhall Loop Road, and performed a traffic stop after the Subaru turned onto Valley Boulevard.
  Blake
  
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• Bartlett hires former Juneau nonprofit director

  04-08-2017 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Rainforest Recovery Center is one of the services overseen by Bartlett Regional Hospital’s chief behavioral health officer. (Photo by Heather Bryant/KTOO)
  The executive director of Juneau Youth Services abruptly left the nonprofit this summer under unclear circumstances. Now, he’s a top administrator at Juneau’s hospital.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/08/170803BARTLETT.mp3Bartlett Regional Hospital’s chief behavioral health officer left last month to take a j
  
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• Gardentalk – Second planting

  04-08-2017 00:46 via ktoo.org
  
  
  New growth appears on kale that survived the mild winter of 2016 in KTOO’s Agricultural Test Station and Garden of Science. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
  In this week’s edition of Gardentalk, Master Gardener Ed Buyarski encourages us to plant radish, kale, lettuce, spinach, mustard greens and other vegetables for the remainder of the summer season. Many will grow and be ready for harvest within 60 days or less, while others will continue growing as temperatures cool.
  “Since we&rs
  
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• Interior head says fences mended with senator over beers

  04-08-2017 00:35 via ktoo.org
  WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says he’s mended fences with Lisa Murkowski after a widely reported dispute over the Alaska senator’s vote to oppose the GOP health care bill.I say dinner, she says brews. My friends know me well. 🍻 Thanks @lisamurkowski #Alaska #IPA #MadeInAmerica pic.twitter.com/gc0zo0H5xf
  — Secretary Ryan Zinke (@SecretaryZinke) August 3, 2017Zinke has tweeted a photo of the two Republicans enjoying Alaskan beers at his Washington home
  
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