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• Alaska governor calls for more defenses amid N. Korea threat

  13-08-2017 04:10 via ktoo.org
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker says he didn’t think North Korea would be able to strike the state with a nuclear warhead until 2020. But spiraling rumors about the country’s missile capabilities and its leader Kim Jung Un’s recent comments — coupled with President Donald Trump’s statements — have led to him saying the state needs to expand its military presence.
  The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that Walker said earlier this week t
  
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• 2 change pleas, sentenced in North Pole puppy abuse case

  13-08-2017 04:10 via ktoo.org
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A North Pole couple charged with starving and beating a 6-month-old puppy reached a plea agreement with prosecutors.
  The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 22-year-old Denise John-Carroll pleaded guilty Thursday to one felony count of knowingly inflicting prolonged suffering to an animal.
  John-Carroll was ordered to pay $1,300 to a veterinary hospital that treated the dog. She’s banned from owning an animal.
  Twenty-two-year-old Leonard Kriska pleaded guilty t
  
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• Alaska officials proceed with hydroelectric plant expansion

  13-08-2017 04:09 via ktoo.org
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Energy Authority will continue with its plans for a $46.4 million expansion at its Bradley Lake hydroelectric plant near Homer following the approval from its board of directors.
  The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports the board unanimously voted in favor of the expansion at their Aug. 10 meeting in Anchorage. With the board’s approval, the Alaska Energy Authority can look at developing and financing options for its Battle Creek diversion project.
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• Metlakatla celebrates traditions on Founder’s Day

  13-08-2017 03:45 via ktoo.org
  A small crowd gathered outside a two-steeple white church. It was early in the day, but the sun was already beating down, glinting off of the lone headstone that stands beside the church. There lies Christian missionary William Duncan, a controversial and key figure in the story of this Southeast community’s history.
  “No matter what anyone may think of him, William Duncan did what he thought was best for us,” David Robert Boxley said.
  Boxley lives in Metlakatla, and explained t
  
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• Sitka murder defendant to seek change of venue

  13-08-2017 03:15 via ktoo.org
  Defendant Reuben Yerkes, dressed in yellow scrubs, appeared in Sitka court via teleconference. Public defender Jude Pate advised the court that he planned to file a motion to change the venue out of Sitka. Assistant district attorney Amanda Browning appeared in person. (Robert Woolsey/KCAW)
  A Sitka man accused of murder will ask the court to move his trial to another town.
  39-year old Reuben Yerkes, a former clerk in Sitka’s Legal Department, is accused of shooting and killing his 28-
  
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