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• NASA Mars mission gets an assist from Delta-grown engineer

  15-09-2017 23:50 via ktoo.org
  Originally from Bethel, Christopher Liu is the engineer behind the Muktuk Plot — a strategy that will help NASA pilot its next orbiter mission to Mars. (Photo courtesy of Christopher Liu)
  Thousands of miles to the south of us, engineers at NASA are hard at work on the NeMO Mission, the next orbiter mission to Mars.
  They got a little help this summer from an engineering intern from Bethel, and something called the Muktuk Plot.
  Growing up in Bethel, Christopher Liu said that he was a quiet k
  
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• Kodiak has almost 100 percent renewable power. It took some sci-fi tech to get there.

  15-09-2017 23:36 via ktoo.org
  
  
  One of the largest shipping cranes in Alaska, operated by Matson, is electric and runs on renewable energy. It prepares to offload a vessel in the Kodiak harbor in Aug., 2017. (Photo by Eric Keto/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
  Since 2014, Kodiak has gotten more than 99 percent of its electricity from renewable energy, using a combination of wind and hydro.
  It’s part of a growing trend, as cities around the nation aim for a hundred percent clean energy.
  But most of those communities are connec
  
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• Arctic climate change researchers still conflicted over UAF’s coal-fired powerplant

  15-09-2017 23:20 via ktoo.org
  Work on University of Alaska Fairbanks’ new 17-megawatt combined heat and power plant is about half done. University officials say it’s scheduled to go online in December 2018. (Photo by Tim Ellis/KUAC)
  The University of Alaska Fairbanks is building a heat and power plant to replace the old facility that went into service in 1964.
  The new $245 million powerplant, scheduled to come online next year, will feature updated technology that’ll reduce most pollutants – but it wi
  
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• HUD sends money to Alaska communities, including ‘Middle Spenard’

  15-09-2017 23:08 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced $7 million in grants to 14 Alaska tribal organizations, much of it for housing.
  http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20170914-05.mp3Image courtesy from HUD.gov
  Many of the grants will fund village construction, from Chignik Lagoon to Chistochina.
  HUD also selected one Anchorage grantee. Cook Inlet Tribal Council and Cook Inlet Housing Authority are due to receive $600,000 to rehabilitate a commercial building in Midtown.
  The plan
  
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• Defendants answer Sitnasuak’s lawsuit, anonymous proxy solicitation at heart of litigation

  15-09-2017 22:28 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Detail of the Sitnasuak Native Corporation building on Front Street in Nome. (File photo by David Dodman/KNOM)
  Legal battle and controversy plague Sitnasuak Native Corporation ahead of its upcoming annual shareholder meeting Sept. 30.
  The corporation filed a lawsuit on Aug. 16 against three current members of its Board of Directors and one non-director. The suit alleges the three directors were involved in distributing an anonymous proxy solicitation to shareholders, which violated pro
  
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• Newscast – Friday, Sept. 15, 2017

  15-09-2017 22:15 via ktoo.org
  
  
  https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/09/170915newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  Sitka, Ketchikan boroughs back resolution against Transboundary mining
  A wrongful death lawsuit against Lemon Creek prison officials moves to federal court
  Former Alaska First Lady Ermalee Hickel dies at 92
  “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity” opens at Perseverance Theatre in Douglas
  
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• ‘Giant of history’ Ermalee Hickel dies at 92

  15-09-2017 22:10 via ktoo.org
  Alaska first lady Donna Walker, left, and her husband, Gov. Bill Walker, pose with former Alaska first lady Ermalee Hickel during a fundraiser at Hickel’s home in West Anchorage. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)
  Former Alaska first lady Ermalee Hickel, 92, died Thursday. She was married to former Gov. Wally Hickel for 65 years until he passed away in 2010.
  Gov. Bill Walker said in a news release that Alaskans are in “mourning over the loss of a truly phenomenal woman.&rdq
  
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• State’s defense of Juneau prison death lawsuit moved to federal court

  15-09-2017 21:49 via ktoo.org
  Lemon Creek Correctional Center. (Photo courtesy Alaska Department of Corrections)
  A wrongful death lawsuit filed after a Juneau man died in custody at Lemon Creek Correctional Center has been moved out of state court.
  In their response to the lawsuit’s filing this summer, state attorneys write that constitutional claims raised in the lawsuit must instead be resolved in federal court.
  In August 2015, a Juneau police officer had transported Joseph Murphy, 49, from Bartlett Regional Hospital
  
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• World’s largest collection of Yup’ik and Cup’ik videos becoming available online

  15-09-2017 21:33 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Mary Worm of Kongiganak laughs while telling a story during KYUK’s “Waves of Wisdom” series, featuring interviews with YK Delta elders. This video and others are now available online through the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
  (Photo by KYUK)
  Remember KYUK’s old TV shows from decades past? “Waves of Wisdom” with Yup’ik elders, “Tales of the Tundra” ghost stories with John Active, or “Ask An Alaskan,” KYUK’s game sho
  
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• Kodiak opposes salmon cap agenda change

  15-09-2017 21:18 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Adult sockeye salmon encounter a waterfall on their way up-river to spawn. (Photo by Marvina Munch/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
  Kodiak is gearing up to oppose what it considers a threat to its fisheries.
  The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released a study  last year that found a percentage of Kodiak area sockeye salmon are Cook Inlet fish.
  Some Cook Inlet fishermen now want to set caps for sockeye salmon in the Kodiak area.
  http://kmxt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Agenda-Change-KM
  
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• Alaska ferry to host long-distance ocean acidification study

  15-09-2017 20:29 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Researcher Wiley Evans installed equipment on the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Columbia, to monitor ocean acidification along the ferry’s 2,000-mile route. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD)
  The Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Columbia will be part of an international science experiment starting this fall when it resumes its weekly run between Bellingham, Wash., and Southeast Alaska.
  Equipment has been installed to continuously measure the ocean’s acidity along the ferry’s n
  
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• Juneau Afternoon 9-15-17

  15-09-2017 18:33 via ktoo.org
  Friday at 3 on a Juneau Afternoon, Sheli Delaney will host.
  Today’s show will be live from the Expo at Centennial Hall;
  Learn about being prepared for emergencies, hear the Radio on a Box, and find out about Food Security in Southeast Alaska.
  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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• Juneau Assembly incumbents, hopefuls spar over issues

  15-09-2017 10:02 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Seven candidates for Juneau Assembly spar at a Juneau League of Women Voters candidate forum at City Hall on Thursday. (Photo by Jacob Resneck/KTOO)
  Seven candidates competing for three seats on the Juneau Assembly found a lot of common ground during a forum hosted by the Juneau League of Women Voters. But the audience’s questions managed to tease out some differences in policy and perspective.https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/09/170915LEAGUE.mp3In their opening remarks, two of
  
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• Listen live: Juneau candidate forums

  15-09-2017 05:33 via ktoo.org
  Listen to audio streams of the candidate forums from the Juneau League of Women Voters.Assembly:School Board:
  
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• North Korea fires another missile over Japan

  15-09-2017 04:58 via ktoo.org
  Updated at 9:50 p.m. ET Thursday
  Japanese and South Korean officials have confirmed another missile test by North Korea Friday morning local time. This is the 15th North Korean missile test this year and the first to come after Pyongyang tested its most powerful nuclear bomb yet.
  It comes just days after the United Nations Security Council again passed sanctions on Pyongyang. Over the past week, North Korea had been warning about “retaliation” for these sanctions in its state media.
  
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• Crew Abandons F/V Akutan in Unalaska’s Captains Bay

  15-09-2017 01:59 via ktoo.org
  The F/V Akutan is still moored in Unalaska’s Captains Bay. (Berett Wilber/KUCB)
  The F/V Akutan no longer has a crew and the ship’s 130,000 pounds of salmon has been offloaded.
  The processor has been anchored in Unalaska’s Captains Bay since late August and there’s no indication the boat will be leaving soon.
  “The reality of it is, there’s just a huge legal ball that needs to be worked through before any real decision can be made,” said Unalaska Ports Dir
  
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