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• Newscast – Monday, Aug. 28, 2017

  28-08-2017 22:50 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/08/20170828newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  One person is dead after an apparent shooting spree in Aniak,
  Alaska’s Division of Insurance director is slated to present in a U.S. Senate committee on health care costs, and
  a U.S. Coast Guard board investigates a February crab boat sinking in the Bering Sea.
  
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• House bill offers protection for salmon habitats

  28-08-2017 22:37 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Members of the Alaska House of Representatives, including Kodiak Rep. Louise Stutes, left, address the state budget deficit during a community forum in Kodiak. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT)
  Legislators spoke with the public at a community forum Thursday.
  The idea for the event started with Kodiak Rep. Louise Stutes, and she also participated in the panel.
  http://kmxt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Fish-resources-bill-Desroches-Aug-28.mp3One of the topics she brought up was House Bill 199, a bill
  
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• Historic flooding in Houston leads to surge in federal assistance efforts

  28-08-2017 22:17 via ktoo.org
  Updated at 2:55 p.m. ET
  A wide array of federal agencies and officials are working with state and local governments in Texas and Louisiana to deal with the massive flooding caused by Harvey, the hurricane-turned-tropical storm.
  Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long says it’s an ongoing situation, adding “we’re not at recovery yet.” He told reporters at a briefing Monday morning in Washington that “this is a life safety, life sustaining mission
  
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