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• Newscast – Thursday, September 7, 2017

  07-09-2017 23:20 via ktoo.org
  
  
  https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/09/20170907newscast1.mp3In this newscast:
  Five girls, ages 3 to 12, died in a mobile home fire in the Butte, near Palmer;
  Sheldon Fisher is announced as the new state Department of Revenue commissioner;
  a Fairbanks coal plant is expected to be operational next year; and
  North Korea’s nuclear bomb test on Saturday was detected in Alaska.
  
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• State to pave 52-mile stretch of Dalton Highway

  07-09-2017 22:42 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Sagavanirktok River flooding halted trucks en route to the North Slope oil complex several times in spring and summer 2015, creating long backups at points along the Dalton Highway. (File photo by KUAC)
  Work is wrapping on a project to rebuild the northernmost stretch of the Dalton Highway that was badly damaged two-and-a-half years ago by flooding from the overflowing Sagavanirktok River.
  Once that and two other road-improvement projects on that part of the Dalton are all complete, the state pl
  
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• Alaska hatches plan for vast road network across the Arctic

  07-09-2017 22:38 via ktoo.org
  Potential transportation corridors to communities and resources are indicated in red on the state’s map outlining the ASTAR project. (Courtesy Alaska Department of Natural Resources)
  Citing tough economic times, Alaska lawmakers and the governor slashed funding for several huge, controversial projects this year, including the Knik Arm bridge and the Juneau Access road.
  But Gov. Bill Walker’s administration is now envisioning something new. This year’s capital budget includes $7
  
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• Former Anchor Point resident works to help Texans after Hurricane Harvey

  07-09-2017 22:23 via ktoo.org
  Chase McKinney and Israel Lopez rescue families in Houston after Hurricane Harvey. (Photo courtesy Chase McKinney)
  As Hurricane Irma barrels through the Caribbean and onward to the Southeastern U.S., the relief effort still is underway in Texas after hurricane Harvey devastated Houston.
  A former Anchor Point resident, who now lives on the southwest corner of the city, spent three days responding to the disaster.
  Now that the waters have receded, he doesn’t want Alaskans and the rest of the
  
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• Five kids dead in Butte trailer home fire

  07-09-2017 22:10 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Updated | 9:38 a.m. Friday
  Five children died in a fire that gutted a trailer home in Butte this morning off the Old Glenn Highway near Palmer, according to Alaska State Troopers
  http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20170907-01.mp3But troopers couldn’t — or wouldn’t — say what caused the blaze or who was responsible for the five girls who died. The girls ranged in age from 3 to 12.
  Somber fire investigators combed through debris Thursday inside the blackened trailer off Wickham
  
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• 5 children confirmed dead in fire in suburban Anchorage

  07-09-2017 22:10 via ktoo.org
  ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers say the remains of five children have been found in the rubble of a trailer home northeast of Anchorage.
  Troopers in a web posting say the five victims are all believed to be girls ranging in age from 3 to 12.
  The bodies were found after a fire destroyed the trailer home in the Butte area Thursday morning, about 35 miles northeast of Anchorage. Officials had initially said there were three victims, but two other people were unaccounted for.
  The Butte, as i
  
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• U.S. Senators aim for ACA fixes, Murkowski-style

  07-09-2017 21:29 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Julie Mix McPeak, Mike Kreidler, Lori K. Wing-Heier, Teresa Miller and John Doak testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions on Wednesday, September 7, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Alaska Division of Insurance Wing-Heier advised senators how to improve the Affordable Care Act. (Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)
  The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions met Wednesday to figure out what to do about health care
  
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• Can a Southeast mine battle lead to a trade war?

  07-09-2017 19:39 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The state has identified eight transboundary watersheds feeding Southeast Alaska rivers. A coalition of tribal governments is pushing the federal government to protect their fisheries.(Map by Alaska Department of Natural Resources.)
  Could a cross-boundary mining battle lead to a trade war with Canada?
  A Southeast Alaska tribal organization is using that possibility to push federal officials into providing stronger protections for regional fisheries.
  A coalition of 16 Southeast tribal governments
  
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• Juneau police clear downtown homeless camp

  07-09-2017 04:50 via ktoo.org
  
  
  A man hauls belongings from a homeless encampment off Egan Drive on Wednesday in Juneau. The property is owned by the Alaska Mental Health Trust. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
  Authorities cleared a downtown homeless encampment without incident this week. This comes as the City and Borough of Juneau looks to develop its strategy for tackling its homeless crisis.https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/09/170906HOMELESS-PKG.mp3Tents began sprouting up this summer on th
  
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• As Trump slashes health care outreach 90 percent, Walker asks Congress to shore up system

  07-09-2017 04:45 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker discusses a compromise budget in June. He joined a bipartisan group of governors last week in asking Congress to make changes to federal health care laws. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
  The fact that individual health insurance costs in Alaska will drop more than a fifth next year has drawn national attention. But it’s not yet clear how many Alaskans will actually sign up for the insurance. Gov. Bill Walker has joined a bipartisan group of governors in asking Congres
  
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• Ask a Climatologist: Fairbanks records early first freeze

  07-09-2017 03:06 via ktoo.org
  (Graphic courtesy of Brian Brettschneider)
  Fairbanks dropped to 32 degrees early Sunday morning, the first freeze of the season. That’s about a week ahead of normal according to Brian Brettschneider with our Ask a Climatologist segment.
  Brettschneider says Fairbanks isn’t the only place in the state that has recorded an early freeze this year.
  Interview Transcript:
  Brian: Bethel was actually about two week ahead of normal, King Salmon, a couple weeks before normal. So, places that ar
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 9-7-17

  07-09-2017 02:53 via ktoo.org
  Thursday at 3 on a Juneau Afternoon, Scott Burton will host.
  We’ll talk with David Lendrum about what’s new at UAS;
  We’ll find out about The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, the new production at Perseverance Theatre;
  We’ll hear a story by KTOO’s Tripp Crouse about the return to Alaska of a Chilkat Robe;
  And Nancy DeCherney will be here with Arts Up.
   
  That, Writer’s Almanac, Bird Note, music and more, live at 3 on KTOO, repeated at 4 on KRNN; and availa
  
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• New exhibit tells little-known story of a plan to settle Jewish refugees in Alaska during WWII

  07-09-2017 00:32 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Pamphlets outlining the plan to bring European Jewish refugees to Alaska to develop industry.(Photo by Henry Leasia/Alaska Public Media)
  As millions of people around the world are displaced from their homes, some are looking to the past for insight on the refugee crisis.
  A new museum exhibit in Anchorage tells the story of a plan to relocate European Jewish refugees to Alaska during World War II.
  The exhibit, “A Refuge in the Last Frontier” is on display now at the Alaska Jewish Muse
  
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