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• Newscast – Wednesday, August 9, 2017

  09-08-2017 22:49 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/08/noon080917.mp3Stories include the sale of the Juneau Empire and two other Alaska newspapers by Morris Communications, a dead whale found on the bow of a cruise ship in Ketchikan, and the Golden North Salmon Derby continuing despite a new prohibition against keeping king salmon.
  
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• Necropsy planned for humpback hit by cruise ship

  09-08-2017 22:24 via ktoo.org
  A humpback whale is seen lodged on the front of the Grand Princess Wednesday in Ketchikan. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD )
  A Princess Cruise Lines ship traveling through Southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage hit a humpback whale that became lodged on the front bulbous bow.
  The whale was removed after the Grand Princess docked Wednesday morning in downtown Ketchikan, and the dead animal was towed to a nearby beach.
  In a statement released Wednesday, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  
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• Juneau Empire, Peninsula Clarion, Homer News sold to GateHouse Media

  09-08-2017 22:19 via ktoo.org
  The Juneau Empire building at 3100 channel Drive was not included in the sale to GateHouse Media and will be retained by the Morris family. (File photo by Heather Bryant/KTOO)
  Staff at the Juneau Empire and two other Alaska newspapers learned Wednesday morning they are among 11 media properties sold to GateHouse Media for $120 million.
  Morris Communications of Augusta, Georgia, has owned the Empire since 1969.
  GateHouse Media is a division of New Media Investment Group, a publicly traded company
  
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• Fighting summer hunger through creative collaborations

  09-08-2017 21:28 via ktoo.org
  A volunteer distributes bags of food during the summer backpack meals program at the Talkeetna Public Library. (Photo by Anne Hillman/Alaska Public Media)
  Five-year-old Mira Kidd was attempting the perilous adventure of trying new foods.
  “It’s a cheese monster!” she screamed, holding a cheese stick dipped in red marinara sauce. “I’d better get away from that cheese monster before it bites me in the face!”
  Sitting outside the Talkeetna Public Library on a sunny
  
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• Ticks a growing concern for Alaskans

  09-08-2017 20:37 via ktoo.org
  Common dog tick. (Photo by Gary Alpert)
  It’s still largely a Lower 48 problem, but being bitten by a tick can have serious health consequences.
  There’s Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease, both of which can cause long-lasting organ, joint and neurological problems, which in some cases can be fatal.
  The good news for Alaskans is the ticks that carry that disease have not been found in Alaska.
  The bad news is, there’s nothing stopping Alaska’s resident ticks from
  
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• Sweeping government climate report warns of rapid warming in Alaska, Arctic

  09-08-2017 20:29 via ktoo.org
  Winter sea ice locking in Nome for the winter. (Photo by Laura Collins/KNOM)
  A new government report warns that regions across the U.S. are feeling the effects of rapid climate change, with some of the greatest impacts in Alaska and the Arctic. And it states the evidence that human activity is driving climate change is stronger than ever.A final draft of the assessment was posted online by the New York Times, which reported that scientists are worried the Trump Administration might try to change
  
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• U.S. Senate passes marine debris bill

  09-08-2017 19:58 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Crushed plastic debris on beach at Patton Bay, Montague Island. (Photo courtesy Chris Pallister)
  A bill targeting plastic waste in the ocean and other marine debris cleared the U.S. Senate last week.
  Alaska’s junior Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, sponsored the legislation.
  http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20170808-02.mp3“What is particularly troubling about the marine debris challenge and crisis … is that the majority of marine debris in the world’s oceans come fro
  
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• Fish and Game to shut down Southeast commercial and sport king fishing

  09-08-2017 19:41 via ktoo.org
  The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is shutting down all commercial and sport fishing for king salmon in Southeast Alaska.
  A subsistence fishermen collects biological samples of king salmon in May 2017. (Photo courtesy Spearfish Research)
  The dual emergency order is unprecedented in recent memory. As of 12:01 a.m. August 10, all commercial fishing boats, guided charter boats and resident recreational fishermen must release any king salmon unharmed.
  The order will be re-evaluated at the end of
  
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• State revokes Skagway police chief’s certification, but he’s still on the job

  09-08-2017 17:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The old Skagway Police Department. (File photo by Emily Files/KHNS)
  Skagway’s longtime police chief is working without state certification.
  The council that oversees those accreditations revoked Ray Leggett’s certification because, it says, there is substantial doubt that he has “good moral character.”
  Leggett calls the decision a “miscarriage of justice.”http://khns.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/08LeggettwINTRO.mp3This multi-year saga is outlined in document
  
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• Video: Life after the spill

  09-08-2017 04:16 via ktoo.org
  Shrimp fisherman Gordon Scott has seen plenty of changes in his thirty-plus years on the water in Prince William Sound. His personal history has been intertwined with the trans-Alaska pipeline since he arrived in the state.
  
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• Two hikers rescued separately on same day off West Glacier Trail

  09-08-2017 03:10 via ktoo.org
  The morning sunlight approaches Mendenhall Glacier across Mendenhall Lake, as seen from Mount McGinnis on Aug. 14, 2012. Many hikers get lost and stranded trying to reach the glacier’s ice caves below. (Creative Commons photo by Richard Deakins)
  Authorities conducted two separate rescues for stranded hikers on Sunday in roughly the same area near the Mendenhall Glacier ice caves.
  Capital City Fire/Rescue and Alaska State Troopers rescued Kenneth Weber, 50, in the afternoon, then were calle
  
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• Walker receives national attention as example for politico independents

  09-08-2017 03:05 via ktoo.org
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, Revenue Commissioner Randall Hoffbeck, and Budget Director Pat Pitney give a news conference in June 2016 in Juneau. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO)
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker is getting some national recognition.
  Walker praised President Donald Trump’s administration’s approach to energy issues in a recent interview with the news organization Politico.
  Politico followed the interview with a story on Tuesday saying that Walker is an example for “anti-Trum
  
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• Walker receives national attention as example for political independents

  09-08-2017 03:05 via ktoo.org
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, Revenue Commissioner Randall Hoffbeck, and Budget Director Pat Pitney give a news conference in June 2016 in Juneau. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO)
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker is getting some national recognition.
  Walker praised President Donald Trump’s administration’s approach to energy issues in a recent interview with the news organization Politico.
  Politico followed the interview with a story on Tuesday saying that Walker is an example for “anti-Trum
  
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• Feds seek comments on Alaska’s in-state natural gas pipeline

  09-08-2017 02:35 via ktoo.org
  The current route planned for the Alaska Standalone Pipeline — an in-state natural gas pipeline designed to bring gas from the North Slope to Alaska communities. (Map courtesy of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation)
  A federal agency is asking for input on an in-state natural gas pipeline.
  The Alaska Standalone Pipeline would bring gas from the North Slope to Wasilla.  It’s designed to deliver  gas to communities like Fairbanks and throughout Southcentral Alaska.
  The
  
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• Juneau chef takes home top prize at Great American Seafood Cook-Off

  09-08-2017 02:27 via ktoo.org
  Juneau chef Lionel Uddipa of Salt was crowned king at the 14th annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off in New Orleans. 
  His winning dish was smoked Alaskan king crab with risotto prepared in fermented black cod fish sauce. The food was garnished by local sea asparagus and a blueberry branch foraged by Uddipa and sous chef Jacob Pickard before leaving Juneau.In 2015  Juneau chef Beau Schooler and sous chef Travis Hotch of the Rookery Cafe took home the award for their nose-to-tail
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 8-9-17

  09-08-2017 02:00 via ktoo.org
  Wednesday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon,
  Sheli DeLaney will host.Brenda Wright will be here to highlight Saturday’s Audubon Wild Berry Walk;Reggie Schepp will be here to give a preview of upcoming Juneau Jazz & Classics concerts;That, Writer’s Almanac, Bird Note, music and more, Wednesday on A Juneau Afternoon, live at 3 on KTOO-News, repeated at 4 on KRNN, and available on demand on-line at ktoo.org
  
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