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• Investigation continues into fatal downtown Juneau structure fire

  18-09-2017 23:53 via ktoo.org
  Capital City Fire/Rescue firefighter climbs a truck ladder to the third floor as fire continues to burn at 526 Seward Street on Sept. 17, 2017. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
  Fire investigators say they’ve determined where the fire started Sunday morning in the house on Seward Street, but not the cause.
  At least not yet.
  Fire Marshal Dan Jager said Monday they’re still interviewing witnesses.
  Two as-yet-unidentified men found in the house during the fire at 526 Seward Street are dead. S
  
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• Arctic nations tour microgrids, exchange green energy knowledge

  18-09-2017 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Volcanic area of Krafla in Northern Iceland. Iceland uses hot springs like this one for its geothermal energy. (Creative Commons photo by Fougerouse Arnaud/Flickr)
  A program is leading representatives of Arctic nations to Alaska, Canada, Iceland and Greenland to look at the microgrids in remote communities.
  The Arctic Remote Energy Network Academy, or ARENA, is in the middle of its pilot year and gives participants a look at innovative remote energy networks. They hope to gather information
  
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• Newscast – Monday, Sept. 18, 2017

  18-09-2017 22:57 via ktoo.org
  
  
  In this newscast:
  Local authorities say two men are dead after a house fire in downtown Juneau on Sunday,
  Juneau’s food security was one presenter’s topic at Juneau’s annual Safety and Preparedness Expo,
  Gov. Bill Walker says he’s adding a criminal justice bill to the October special session docket, and
  a Chilkat robe makes it way home to Sitka from Vermont.https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/09/091817newscast.mp3
  
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• Trump’s DACA moves aren’t shaking his most loyal supporters

  18-09-2017 22:00 via ktoo.org
  Many conservatives pundits and lawmakers were incensed that President Donald Trump appeared to make a deal with Democrats to enshrine into law the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that shields many undocumented immigrants who were brought into the U.S. as children. To make matters worse for immigration hawks, Trump is also not requiring funding to build a wall along the Mexican border as a condition of the possible deal.
  For Trump, who campaigned in favor of the border wall and for
  
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• At Katmai’s Brooks Camp, tourists and bears mingle mostly carefree

  18-09-2017 20:08 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Bears barely seem to notice the 40 people watching them from the Brooks Falls platform. (Photo by KDLG)
  Stepping off a float plane onto the beach at Brooks Camp can be disorienting.
  “Where are the falls? Where are all these bears? Do we just walk there now?” one wonders.
  The answers to these questions – and plenty of others – are answered at a brief orientation film shown to nearly every visitor before they make the short hike up to Brooks Falls, one of Alaska’s mos
  
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• Amid opioid crisis, insurers restrict pricey, less addictive painkillers

  18-09-2017 05:28 via ktoo.org
  Butrans is a skin patch that delivers buprenorphine. It treats pain and opioid addiction. (Creative Commons photo by 9ballguy)
  This story was co-published with The New York Times.
  At a time when the United States is in the grip of an opioid epidemic, many insurers are limiting access to pain medications that carry a lower risk of addiction or dependence, even as they provide comparatively easy access to generic opioid medications.
  The reason, experts say: Opioid drugs are generally cheap wh
  
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