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• Newscast – Thursday, August 24, 2017

  24-08-2017 23:26 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/08/170824newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  Juneau’s state representatives said the Legislature accompished some good this year, but the lack of a long-term plan to balance the state’s budget was a major disappointment;
  A Utah man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to first-degree murder in the July death of his wife in an Alaska cruise ship;
  One of two residents of a downtown Juneau house raided this month pleaded not guilty to a drug conspiracy cha
  
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• Scientists find new clue in Steller sea lion decline

  24-08-2017 21:08 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Sea lion pups rest on an Aleutian Beach. (Photo courtesy NOAA)
  Scientists have finished another research season without solving the 40-year-old mystery of the Steller sea lion decline in the Aleutian Islands.
  But this summer, a team from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may have found a new clue.
  https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kucb2/audio/2017/08/22STELLERS.mp3NOAA biologist Katie Sweeney is trying to solve the mystery of two sea lion stocks.
  In the 1970s, the number of Aleutian Stell
  
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• Akiak attempts to banish former VPO, alleged bootlegger

  24-08-2017 20:54 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Akiak residents confront Jacques Cooper, a former VPO who multiple community members claim sold alcohol and marijuana illegally. The confrontation was live streamed on Facebook.(Photo courtesy Mike Williams)
  Accused of bootlegging and selling marijuana to adults and minors in the village, former Village Police Officer Jacques Cooper, 43, was banished August 10 from the Akiak community by the tribal council.
  The trouble is, he still hasn’t left.
  Cooper denies all of the allegations and
  
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• ‘Environmental nightmare’ after thousands of Atlantic salmon escape fish farm

  24-08-2017 20:31 via ktoo.org
  Aboard the fishing vessel Marathon, Nicholas Cooke, left, and Nathan Cultee unload 16 farm-raised Atlantic salmon into a container on Tuesday in Bellingham, Wash. (Photo by Megan Farmer /KUOW)
  Commercial fishing boats are scrambling to catch as many Atlantic salmon as they can after a net pen broke near Washington’s Cypress Island. Fishers reported thousands of the non-native fish jumping in the water or washing ashore.
  A fish farm’s net pen failed Saturday afternoon when an anchor p
  
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• Ask a Climatologist: Rainy…even by Ketchikan standards

  24-08-2017 03:27 via ktoo.org
  Flooding at Ketchikan’s Ward Lake Recreation Area, Aug. 22, 2017. (U.S. Forest Service photo by Paul Robbins Jr.)
  Alaska can be really rainy in August, but Ketchikan is going above and beyond in the wet weather category. The city had more than seven inches of rain in a 24 hour period earlier this week.
  Climatologist Brian Brettschneider says Ketchikan already boasts the distinction of being the rainiest city in the country.
  Interview Transcript:
  Brian: For the first 22 days of August, Ketc
  
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• Juneau representatives disappointed with lack of progress on budget plan

  24-08-2017 03:18 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Rep. Sam Kito III, D-Juneau, and Rep. Justin Parish, D-Juneau, stand in the Capitol in February. They both say the Legislature accomplished some good in the legislative session, but has more work to do. (Photo courtesy office of Rep. Sam Kito)
  Southeast Alaska lawmakers spent time during the legislative session working to protect regional interests, including the ferry system.
  The lack of agreement over a long-term plan to balance the state’s budget means there’s more work for them t
  
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• Federal prosecutors may seek death penalty in Alaska cruise ship murder case

  24-08-2017 03:11 via ktoo.org
  The Emerald Princess is moored at the S. Franklin Street Dock in Juneau in July. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO)
  Federal prosecutors in an Alaska cruise ship murder case said today they may consider pursuing the death penalty, and the Utah man accused of killing his wife pleaded not guilty.  
  Kenneth Manzanares, 39, of Santa Clara, Utah, appeared in federal court in Juneau wearing a yellow Lem
  
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• Someone keeps painting rainbow colors over a Juneau sidewalk (and the city wants it to stop)

  24-08-2017 03:05 via ktoo.org
  
  
  An unidentified couple pose for the recently painted rainbow crosswalk at the intersection of 7th and Gold streets in August 2016. (Photo courtesy of Sue Warner)
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/08/170823rainbownpr1.mp3A crosswalk in a downtown Juneau neighborhood is constantly being painted over in rainbow colors.
  Depending on who you ask, it’s either an expression of creativity or simple vandalism.
  The corner of 7th and Gold Streets isn’t particularly busy. But one of it
  
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• Someone keeps painting rainbow colors over a Juneau crosswalk (and the city wants it to stop)

  24-08-2017 03:05 via ktoo.org
  
  
  An unidentified couple pose for the recently painted rainbow crosswalk at the intersection of 7th and Gold streets in August 2016. (Photo courtesy of Sue Warner)
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/08/170823rainbownpr1.mp3A crosswalk in a downtown Juneau neighborhood is constantly being painted over in rainbow colors.
  Depending on who you ask, it’s either an expression of creativity or simple vandalism.
  The corner of 7th and Gold Streets isn’t particularly busy. But one of it
  
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• Coming in 2033: the “Great Bering Strait eclipse”

  24-08-2017 02:44 via ktoo.org
  A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. (Public domain photo by Aubrey Gemignani/NASA, via Wikimedia Commons)
  Clouds and rain obscured Nome’s view Monday of the “Great American Eclipse,” but Western Alaskans can take heart: another total solar eclipse is coming in 2033, and this time, Nome will be at
  
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• Bradley Lake hydro expansion moves forward

  24-08-2017 02:14 via ktoo.org
  The Bradley Lake dam. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KBBI)
  An expansion of the state’s largest hydroelectric facility is one step closer to becoming a reality.
  The Alaska Energy Authority’s Board of Directors approved a $46.6 million expansion of Bradley Lake at its meeting earlier this month.
  The Battle Creek project, as it’s known, will divert runoff from the Battle Glacier via a 1.7-mile pipeline, just upstream of the Bradley Lake dam.
  The state-owned facility serves about 70 pe
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 8-24-17

  24-08-2017 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Thursday, August 24
  Thursday on A Juneau Afternoon, Joan Pardes hosts:
  Jim Powell will highlight UAS classes;
  We’ll  highlight the upcoming Southeast Alaska Land Trust Fly-Casting Workshop;
  We’ll find out about the Salmon Beyond Borders Southeast Feast;
  We’ll get a preview of Thursday’s JWAC presentation by Lione Clare;
  And Nancy DeCherney will be here with Arts Up!
  That, Writers Almanac, Bird Note, music and more,
  Thursday afternoon on A Juneau Afternoon, live at 3
  
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• Some old solutions still work: helping people buy food with SNAP

  24-08-2017 01:45 via ktoo.org
  A sign outside of a store in midtown Anchorage announcing that they accept EBT cards, the distribution method for SNAP benefits. (Photo by Hillman/Alaska Public Media)Researchers say one of the most effective ways to fight hunger in every state is also one of the oldest: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
  “Any conversation about eradicating food insecurity in the United States, in my opinion, really has to begin and end with SNAP,” said Craig Gunderson a professor of Agri
  
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• Intent on reversing its opioid epidemic, a state limits prescriptions

  24-08-2017 00:29 via ktoo.org
  A year ago, Maine was one of the first states to set limits on opioid prescriptions. The goal in capping the dose of prescription painkillers a patient could get was to stem the flow of opioids that are fueling a nationwide epidemic of abuse.
  Maine’s law, considered the toughest in the U.S., is largely viewed as a success. But it has also been controversial — particularly among chronic pain patients who are reluctant to lose the medicine they say helps them function.
  Ed Hodgdon, who
  
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• Haines recall results certified

  24-08-2017 00:16 via ktoo.org
  The results of Haines’ special recall election were certified Tuesday night.
  The effort to unseat Assembly members Heather Lende, Tresham Gregg and Tom Morphet failed, with about 60 percent voting against the recall.
  On the question to recall Gregg, 59 percent were opposed.
  Sixty-two percent voted against recalling Lende.
  And 58 percent voted to keep Morphet in office.
  The three Assembly members were accused of misconduct in office.
  Don Turner Jr. led the recall effort. He spoke at Tuesday
  
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• Two file for Petersburg mayor’s seat, six for Assembly spots

  24-08-2017 00:12 via ktoo.org
  Voters will have a choice of candidates for mayor and for Borough Assembly in Petersburg this fall.
  The only two mayors of the Petersburg borough both filed to seek the mayor’s seat, Mark Jensen and Cindi Lagoudakis. Jensen resigned his seat in May with more than two years left to go in his term.
  As vice mayor, Lagoudakis took over as mayor with Jensen’s resignation.
  Now, both are running for the remaining two-year term.
  Jensen said he was convinced by other local residents.
  “A
  
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