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• Witness hearings start Monday in F/V Destination investigation

  07-08-2017 23:04 via ktoo.org
  Six F/V Destination crew members died when their boat disappeared in February near St. George Island, marking the deadliest accident in more than a decade for the Bering Sea crab fleet. The Coast Guard is holding public hearings as part of its investigation into the Destination’s sinking. (Photo courtesy F/V Destination Memorial Fund)
  Starting Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard is holding two weeks of public hearings as part of its investigation into the sinking of the F/V Destination.
  All six c
  
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• PenAir files for bankruptcy protection

  07-08-2017 22:40 via ktoo.org
  The largest air carrier in southwest Alaska has filed for bankruptcy protection.
  PenAir officials said in a statement released Monday the Chapter 11 reorganization won’t affect scheduled flights in Alaska, where the company serves eight communities: Unalaska, Cold Bay, King Salmon, Sand Point, Dillingham, St. Paul, St. George, and McGrath.
  PenAir’s Boston flights won’t be affected either, but the airline is closing operations in Portland and Denver.
  The bankruptcy filing comes
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 8-8-17

  07-08-2017 21:57 via ktoo.org
  Tuesday on A Juneau Afternoon, Laury Scandling hosts.
  We’ll get the details about SEACC’s Herbert Glacier Bike/Hike;
  We’ll take in the fourth installment of Midnight Oil and learn more about how the TransAlaska Oil Pipeline has affected our state;
  Learn about the Upcoming Rotary BrewFest;
  
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• State budget cuts hitting Interior’s main public media company

  07-08-2017 21:40 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The state’s fiscal situation is taking a toll on one of Alaska’s longest operating and largest public media companies.http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20170804-03.mp3KUAC, which brings public radio and television programming to Fairbanks, the Interior and communities across rural Alaska, is scaling back its operations.
  “The timeline is: immediately,” General Manager Keith Martin said in a phone interview Friday.
  KUAC is governed by the University of Alaska, and according to
  
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• Newscast — Monday, August 7, 2017

  07-08-2017 21:33 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/08/newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  Police searched a downtown house that neighbors suspect is used for criminal acts.
  Juneau wildlife managers believe this year will bring a successful deer hunting season.
  
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• U.S. senators: Same state, same party, not same page

  07-08-2017 21:15 via ktoo.org
  Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, left, talks with Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in the office of Sen. Dan Sullivan. (Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)
  While Sen. Lisa Murkowski was in the national spotlight for defying her party on health care, Alaska’s other senator, Dan Sullivan, stuck to the party line and attracted little attention.
  This was hardly the first time they’ve split their votes.
  The two senators vote opposite each othe
  
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• North Korea threatens ‘ultimate measures’ over new U.N. sanctions

  07-08-2017 19:39 via ktoo.org
  As global pressure ratchets up against North Korea with a new package of sanctions, the rogue nation is blaming the United States and threatening “ultimate measures” in response.
  The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved the new sanctions over the weekend, which are aimed at cutting roughly a third of North Korea’s annual export revenue. Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., called the package the most stringent in a generation. It was introduced in response to Nor
  
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• Police search downtown house neighbors suspect for criminal activity

  07-08-2017 06:25 via ktoo.org
  “We’re in the middle of a S.W.A.T. team!” Alison Talley said that warning prompted her to look outside Holy Trinity Episcopal Church on Friday. She saw several police officers dressed in body armor and armed with rifles.
  In a press release, Juneau Police Department said the officers served a search warrant on a home in the 400 block of Fourth Street.
  Officer Jason Van Sickle said the department wouldn’t comment on the search because it’s part of an open investigatio
  
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