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• Alaska Supreme Court reaffirms tribal immunity from lawsuits

  08-09-2017 22:54 via ktoo.org
  The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed that Alaska Native tribes have sovereign immunity from state courts in a decision released Friday.
  The 19-page ruling upheld a lower court’s decision involving a legal fight between two Juneau-based tribal governments over federal funds.
  The Douglas Indian Association claimed it was owed its share of federal transportation money after it left a tribal consortium set up by Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
  In 2015, the association f
  
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• Newscast – Friday, September 8, 2017

  08-09-2017 22:53 via ktoo.org
  
  
  https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/09/170908-midday-newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  Alaska Supreme Court reaffirms tribal sovereignty in legal dispute between Juneau tribal governments
  Governor appoints a new revenue commissioner
  Police say no foul play suspected after 44-year-old Juneau man found dead in Mendenhall Valley
  There’s a third GOP contender for Lieutenant Governor
   
  
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• Alaskan says he’ll build consensus in Interior post

  08-09-2017 21:37 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Joe Balash is nominated to be an assistant secretary of the Interior Department. (Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public)
  Sen. Dan Sullivan’s chief of staff in Washington said his perspective on resource extraction formed early, and was shaped by his love of salmon during a confirmation hearing Thursday.
  Former Alaska Natural Resources commissioner Joe Balash appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  If confirmed by the Senate, Balash would oversee a w
  
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• Appeals court rejects family limits in Trump travel ban

  08-09-2017 20:29 via ktoo.org
  A federal appeals court ruled Thursday evening that the Trump administration can’t ban grandparents and other family members of citizens and legal residents from coming to the U.S. from six mainly Muslim countries.
  The Justice Department downplayed the ruling, looking ahead to a higher-ranking court considering the case: “The Supreme Court has stepped in to correct these lower courts before, and we will now return to the Supreme Court to vindicate the Executive Branch’s duty to
  
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• Walker ‘doubtful’ he will ask legislature for more funding for gas line

  08-09-2017 20:20 via ktoo.org
  Gov. Bill Walker delivers his State of the State address to the legislature in January 2017. Walker says he won’t be asking lawmakers for more funding for the gas line project. (Photo courtesy Alaska Governor’s Office)
  During a Thursday speech to the Resource Development Council in Anchorage, Gov. Bill Walker addressed the status of the Alaska LNG megaproject, a state-led plan to build an 800-mile pipeline to carry gas from the North Slope. Over the last year, the state has focused o
  
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• Ketchikan council OKs funds for a fall-spring ‘warming center’

  08-09-2017 20:15 via ktoo.org
  The entrance to the First City Homeless Services Day Shelter is seen this spring. The organization is working with the Salvation Army to open a separate night shelter. (File photo by KRBD)
  The Ketchikan City Council agreed Thursday to fund a seasonal warming center for homeless residents at a cost of $80,000.
  The program is a partnership between First City Homeless Services and the Salvation Army.
  The organizations worked together last winter, too, to provide a warming center at the Salvation Ar
  
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• Skagway Assembly candidate under campaign finance watchdog scrutiny after citizen complaint

  08-09-2017 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  For the second time in less than two years, a Skagway Assembly candidate is under scrutiny by Alaska’s campaign finance watchdog.
  Former Assembly member Dan Henry recently returned home after serving a prison sentence on federal tax charges.
  He is running for an open Assembly seat. But his bid may be complicated by a citizen complaint now in the hands of the Alaska Public Offices Commission.
  http://khns.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/07HenryAPOCwINTRO.mp3The complaint comes from Skagway re
  
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• Marine Exchange of Alaska now operating in new waterfront headquarters

  08-09-2017 19:00 via ktoo.org
  Every different colored triangle represents a vessel equipped with automatic identification system, or AIS, that can be tracked in the Northeast Pacific Ocean by Marine Exchange of Alaska. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
  In a new building on the downtown Juneau waterfront, three people are watching rows of large monitors which line the wall of an operations center.
  One of the monitors shows the latest marine and weather information from around Southeast Alaska. Another shows an Alaska map with dozen
  
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• Telling Tales – 9-12-17

  08-09-2017 18:51 via ktoo.org
  Telling Tales with MsG read a No 1 Sci-Fi story!“The Mad Scientists Daughter, Part 1” by Theodora Goss–Sisterhood, it’s a remarkable thing.
  Part 2 to be read on the next show.
   
  
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• Sheldon Fisher appointed Alaska revenue commissioner

  08-09-2017 04:32 via ktoo.org
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker appointed Sheldon Fisher to commissioner of the Department of Revenue. He replaces Randall Hoffbeck, who retired August 2017. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)
  Gov. Bill Walker on Thursday announced he’s appointed Sheldon Fisher to be Alaska’s Department of Revenue Commissioner. Fisher is moving from being the Department of Administration commissioner.
  Fisher said he didn’t lobby to replace Randall Hoffbeck.
  “The whole reason I’m workin
  
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• Man found dead Mendenhall Valley ditch

  08-09-2017 03:15 via ktoo.org
  A man was found dead early today lying in a ditch in Mendenhall Valley.
  Robert Harold Houtary, 44, was unresponsive in a ditch near Radcliffe Road and Eagle Street, according to a Juneau police news release. Police officers and Capital City Fire/Rescue medical personnel determined that he was dead.
  Police do not suspect foul play. The release says that he was not dressed for the weather and he had a history of medical problems.
  His family has been notified.
  His body was sent
  
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• Man found dead in Mendenhall Valley ditch

  08-09-2017 03:15 via ktoo.org
  A man was found dead early today lying in a ditch in Mendenhall Valley.
  Robert Harold Houtary, 44, was unresponsive in a ditch near Radcliffe Road and Eagle Street, according to a Juneau police news release. Police officers and Capital City Fire/Rescue medical personnel determined that he was dead.
  Police do not suspect foul play. The release says that he was not dressed for the weather and he had a history of medical problems.
  His family has been notified.
  His body was sent
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 9-8-17

  08-09-2017 02:00 via ktoo.org
  Friday at 3 on a Juneau Afternoon, Andy Kline will host.
  We’ll talk with Amy Rosenblum, from Above & Beyond and Beyond Alaska about their annual kayak sale;
  We’ll learn about a unique fundraiser at the Rookery for victims of Harvey, Fly Fishing the Euprates.We’ll get the details about Friday’s burlesque show;
  That, Writer’s Almanac, Bird Note, music and more, live at 3 on KTOO, repeated at 4 on KRNN, and available on demand via ktoo.org
  
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• Chilkoot Trail closed due to flood warnings on Taiya River

  08-09-2017 01:42 via ktoo.org
  A flood notice was issued for the Taiya River by the National Weather Service. The warning extends into early Saturday morning. (Photo by Emily Files/KHNS)
  Skagway’s Chilkoot Trail is closed because of a flood warning on the Taiya River.
  The trail is part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. It starts in Dyea  and a significant portion of the trail runs along the Taiya River.
  The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for the area extending into early Saturday
  
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• Igiugig is set to embark on its Native foods challenge

  08-09-2017 00:30 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Dannika Wassillie harvests salmonberries. (Photo by Jeff Bringhurst)
  Nutrition-related health concerns plague the U.S. as a whole, and rural Alaska is no exception.
  People in village of Igiugig are aiming to improve their health this fall with a Native foods challenge.https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kdlg/audio/2017/09/native_foods_9.7_pkg.mp3Igiugig’s high school literature class read “In Defense of Food” by Michael Pollan last school year.
  In the book, Pollan details a seven-week proje
  
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• Gardentalk – Stock up on bulbs

  08-09-2017 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Bulbs ready for planting. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
  If you buy any of the bulbs that have recently arrived in Juneau stores, don’t plant them yet.
  “If we plant too early, the bulbs can get enough of the cool conditions they need to start sprouting and they may sprout too early,” said Master Gardener Ed Buyarski. He recommends putting bulbs in a cool — but not too cool — dry place like a garage or a basement for a month before it’s time to plant them. Don&rsq
  
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