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• AEL&P’s new owners say Juneau’s utility isn’t for sale

  22-08-2017 22:56 via ktoo.org
  AEL&P headquarters in Lemon Creek. (Photo by Casey Kelly/KTOO)
  The Canadian company buying Alaska Electric Light & Power Company’s parent corporation isn’t interested in selling off Juneau’s electric utility any time soon.That was the gist of a letter from Hydro One’s CEO to the City and Borough of Juneau.
  The city had written a letter to the Toronto-based power company last month urging the company to meet with representatives of Juneau Hydropower.The aspiring in
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017

  22-08-2017 22:46 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/08/20170822newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  The Juneau Assembly affirms its commitment to climate action,
  the Canadian company buying the parent company of Juneau’s local utility responds to local investors interest in buying off the subsidiary, and
  police investigate a human body found in a hot tub.
  
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• Carlson returns as interim superintendent at the Haines School

  22-08-2017 21:44 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Rich Carlson. (Photo by Emily Files/KHNS)
  The Haines Borough School District has a new top administrator this year. But it’s not Rich Carlson’s first time in the district.
  http://khns.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/21CarlsonwINTRO.mp3This is Carlson’s second time filling in as interim superintendent at the Haines School.
  He held the same position during the 2015-2016 school year.
  Carlson said it feels like he never left.
  “It feels comfortable, feels like home,” Carl
  
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• Never mind the rain, Sitkans take to the skies to view eclipse

  22-08-2017 21:33 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Sitkan Brant Brantman takes in Monday’s eclipse from the air between Portland and Minneapolis — a trip that was set in motion by listening to the song “Why Does the Sun Shine?” as a child. (Photo by Cindy Edwards/KCAW)
  While millions of Americans went out of their way to travel somewhere to watch Monday’s eclipse for a few minutes, a few people took to the skies to watch it for hours.
  http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20170821-08.mp3Sitkans Cindy Edwards and Brant Bran
  
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• Haines’ Mud Bay spring water tests positive for E. coli

  22-08-2017 21:20 via ktoo.org
  A Haines resident fills up buckets of water at the Mud Bay spring to use for drinking and cleaning. (Photo by Abbey Collins/KHNS)
  A popular but unregulated and untreated drinking water source in Haines has tested positive for E. coli.
  KHNS had a sample of the Mud Bay spring water tested as part of a series focused on answering listener questions.
  Juneau-based water testing company Admiralty Environmental said preliminary results show E. coli is present in the water.
  E. coli is a type of fecal co
  
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• Budget cuts leave Skagway court without a local magistrate

  22-08-2017 21:09 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Skagway’s Broadway Street on a summer day. (Photo by Emily Files/KHNS)
  Skagway magistrate Susan Reed retired at the end of July.
  Since then, the court has been without a local judicial officer. And that position isn’t set to be filled any time soon.
  Court system officials say the long-term plan is for a magistrate judge in Haines to handle cases from both Upper Lynn Canal communities.http://khns.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/21CourtswINTRO.mp3In a time of shrinking budgets, the Alas
  
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• New Pebble advisory committee meets indoors, while mine protesters gather outside

  22-08-2017 20:44 via ktoo.org
  Opponents of the Pebble mine project rallied in Anchorage Monday, August 21, 2017, while a new advisory committee for the company behind the mine held its first meeting inside the Hotel Captain Cook. (Photo by Henry Leasia/Alaska Public Media)
  While the new advisory committee for the Pebble Partnership met for the first-time in Anchorage on Monday, opponents of the Pebble Mine gathered outside for a rally.
  Alannah Hurley with United Tribes of Bristol Bay was invited to the meeting, but she said
  
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• Quinhagak commercial fishermen struggle after two years without a buyer

  22-08-2017 19:47 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Abandoned equipment at CVRF’s Quinhagak plant. The organization shut down the facility when they opened their new plant in Platinum. Now Platinum is closed too. (Photo by Teresa Cotsirilos/KYUK)
  Several weeks ago, the financing fell through on a plan to bring the “Akutan,” a floating fish processing vessel, to Kuskokwim Bay.
  Fishermen in the coastal community of Quinhagak have nowhere to sell their catch for the second summer in a row.
  Many in the village are now stru
  
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• Juneau Assembly reaffirms commitment to climate goals

  22-08-2017 08:53 via ktoo.org
  Deputy Mayor Jerry Nankervis on July 30, 2015. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly voted to affirm its commitment to climate action on Monday — but not without a fight.
  “We need to continue to understand and predict what is coming – what might be coming – and how climate will change over the next century, which is vital to our economy and to our community,” said University of Alaska Southeast Professor Jim Powell, a former Juneau Assemblyman.
  In a bid t
  
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• Cruise ship murder suspect to appear in court for arraignment

  22-08-2017 03:39 via ktoo.org
  Passengers wait aboard the Emerald Princess moored on the South Franklin Street Dock in Juneau on Wednesday, July 27, 2017. The FBI investigated an alleged murder after a Utah woman died the day before on the ship. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO)
  The Utah man accused of killing his wife aboard a cruise ship in Southeast Alaska is scheduled to appear for an arraignment hearing Wednesday.
  An arraignment and detention hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. in federal court in Anchorage. The defendant, Ken
  
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• Alaska Airlines pilots picket at airport over contract negotiations

  22-08-2017 03:28 via ktoo.org
  Pilots picket in front of Ted Stevens International Airport in support of Alaska Airlines’ pilots request for a new contract. (Photo by Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)
  More than 50 pilots and flight attendants picketed Monday afternoon in front of Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage.
  Their goal was to call on Alaska Airlines management to give them what they view as fairer wages and benefits.
  While passengers were arriving to catch various flights at the airport, a group
  
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• Walker, Mallott file to run for re-election

  22-08-2017 03:12 via ktoo.org
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott file for re-election with Daniel Ruiz, an administrative assistant with the Division of Elections, on Monday in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
  Gov. Bill Walker registered Monday as a candidate for next year’s election for governor. He’ll be joined again on an unaffiliated ticket by Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott.
  Walker said being unaffiliated has helped him and Mallott work on issues without concern a
  
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• Sidelined ferry bid deadline delayed – again

  22-08-2017 02:58 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The state has pushed back the bid deadline for the ferry Taku until Sept. 15. That’s because a potential buyer wants more time.
  The ferry Taku loads up at the Prince Rupert, B.C., ferry terminal July 24, 2014. (Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
  It’s the fourth extension since the Alaska Marine Highway System began advertising the ship back in March.
  Spokeswoman Aurah Landau said the reason is simple. A potential, yet-to-be-named buyer hasn’t decided yet.
  “They’ve look
  
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• Body found in Juneau hot tub

  22-08-2017 02:51 via ktoo.org
  Juneau police say a man reported finding a human body in his hot tub this morning.
  In a news release, the police say it is unclear how long the body was in the water. The person hasn’t been positively identified. The body was found in a covered hot tub on Muir Street, which is near the airport.
  The State Medical Examiner’s office is trying to determine the person’s identity and cause of death.
  Authorities expect preliminary autopsy results later this week.
  
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• Warmer temperatures may disrupt the Kodiak bear’s diet

  22-08-2017 02:46 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Bright red elderberries ripe for bears to harvest. (Photo courtesy of Caroline Cheung/United States Fish and Wildlife Service)
  Climate change may be throwing off the Kodiak bear’s eating equilibrium.
  On years with warmer spring temperatures, research says that elderberries ripen several weeks earlier than normal.
  Oregon State University postdoctoral researcher William Deacy just published findings from a multi-year study of bears on the southwest side of Kodiak Island.
  The paper looks
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 8-22-17

  22-08-2017 02:32 via ktoo.org
  Tuesday on A Juneau Afternoon, Laury Scandling hosts.
  Rich Moniac and Pat Harris will offer a preview of the upcoming storytelling event. Falling Through the Healthcare Crisis;
  We’ll hear the final podcast of Midnight Oil, about the effect the TransAlaskan Oil Pipeline;
  We’ll talk with Marian Call about her eclipse experience;
  We’ll talk to Brenda Taylor about the STEM Coalition and Mike Janes will highlight avalanche awareness in the classroom;
  At 4, tune in to KTOO for All Th
  
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• Troopers: Youth detainee faces assault charges after chair attack

  22-08-2017 02:12 via ktoo.org
  The Johnson Youth Center is a state juvenile detention facility in Juneau. (Photo by Heather Bryant/KTOO)
  Alaska State Troopers report a teenager at Juneau’s juvenile detention center hit an employee over the head multiple times with a chair Saturday night.
  In an online dispatch, troopers said assault charges are pending and that the 51-year-old victim was taken to Bartlett Regional Hospital for treatment.
  Johnson Youth Center superintendent Jess Lujan got the call Saturday night.
  “I
  
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• Agreement reached over former Auke Bay Marine Station

  22-08-2017 01:30 via ktoo.org
  A chain-link fence cordons off the entrance to the Auke Bay Marine Station on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. University of Alaska Southeast will use the former lab for teaching and research space, Juneau Docks and Harbors will use part of the property to expand Statter Harbor. (Photo Tripp J Crouse/KTOO)
  NOAA’s federal property on Auke Bay will be split between the University of Alaska Southeast and City and Borough of Juneau.
  The deal to subdivide the waterfront acreage was announced Monday.
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