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• The powerful pull of opioids leaves many ‘missing’ from U.S. workforce

  09-09-2017 19:00 via ktoo.org
  Jonathan Guffey, 32, has spent more than half his life hooked on opioids. He currently works with his family in construction, but his job history is pockmarked by addiction. (Photo by Seth Herald for NPR)
  Jonathan Guffey has chiseled youthful looks and, at 32, does not have the haggard bearing of someone who has spent more than half his life hooked on opioids. That stint with the drug started at 15 and ended — he says for good — 22 months ago. He has a job working with his family in
  
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• Petersburg woman makes indigenous derby team to compete at world cup

  09-09-2017 16:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Victoria Moore, aka Deckem, number 90 skates with the Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers in the Petersburg High School gym in May 2017. (Photo courtesy Rocket Raptor Films and Photography)
  A Petersburg woman will be taking on some of the best skaters in the world next year at the Roller Derby World Cup in Manchester, England.
  Victoria Moore, 45, who goes by Victoria Deckem in derby, is one of 20 skaters who made Team Indigenous Roller Derby. She’s the only Alaskan on the team, made up of Fir
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 9-11-17

  09-09-2017 02:00 via ktoo.org
  Monday on A Juneau Afternoon, Scott Burton hosts.
   
  We’ll find out about the upcoming Marine Exchange’s Open House with guest, Ed Page;
   
  Sara Raster will be here to highlight the Hasty Half-Marathon;
   
  We’ll learn about the Tuesday night Mudrooms event with Steve Sue Wing;
   
  And we’ll get the details about Friday’s Forum on International Peace & Environmental Issues.
   
  That, Writers Almanac, Bird Note, music and more, today on A Juneau
  
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• Ferry reform’s next step at Southeast Conference meeting

  09-09-2017 01:59 via ktoo.org
  The ferry Malaspina docks in Skagway on Aug. 25, 2017. The Alaska Marine Highway is being studied as part of a reform effort, which will be discussed at the Southeast Conference meeting Sept. 19-21 in Haines. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
  An effort to reform the Alaska Marine Highway System takes another step this month.
  The latest version of a reform plan will be presented at the Southeast Conference’s annual meeting. Members of the regional development organization gather Sep
  
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