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• Newscast – Friday, Sept. 22, 2017

  22-09-2017 23:13 via ktoo.org
  
  
  https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/09/newscast1.mp3In this newscast:
  A federal court upheld the “roadless rule” limiting construction and logging on national forestland,
  Gov. Walker gave more reasons why he opposes the latest ACA replacement bill,
  Layoffs at Alaska’s largest daily newspaper following its sale to a new owner,
  Haines High School students got a delicious surprise during Spirit Week.
  
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• Federal court upholds contentious ‘roadless rule’ for national forests

  22-09-2017 22:40 via ktoo.org
  A Tongass National Forest clearcut is shown in this 2014 aerial view. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
  A federal court upheld a rule limiting road construction and logging on about 50 million acres of national forestland nationwide.The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s decision Thursday was hailed by Alaska conservation groups defending the U.S. Forest Service’s roadless rule.
  “It’s a huge victory,” said Meredith Trainor, executive dir
  
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• McCain announces opposition to Obamacare repeal bill, possibly dooming it

  22-09-2017 22:25 via ktoo.org
  Updated at 3:36 p.m. ET
  Sen. John McCain may, once again, be the savior of President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement.
  The Arizona Republican announced in a statement on Friday that he opposes the latest GOP legislation to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.
  “I cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal. I believe we could do better working together, Republicans and Democrats, and have not yet really tried,” McCain said in a statement posted on h
  
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• Gardentalk – Scabby potatoes

  22-09-2017 22:16 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Master Gardener Ed Buyarski harvested these potatoes of the Caribe and Magic Molly varieties which suffered from potato scab. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
  Got scab? You could still salvage this season’s potatoes, but you should peel off the scab and eat the potatoes immediately.
  They won’t keep very well in your root cellar.
  You also need to be careful about propagating and perpetuating the fungus that causes potato scab.
  In this week’s edition of Gardentalk, Master Gardener Ed
  
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• Small spill reported at Valdez Marine Terminal

  22-09-2017 20:12 via ktoo.org
  Alyeska Pipeline Service Company is investigating the cause of a spill at the Valdez Marine Terminal. (Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Interior)
  The operator of the trans-Alaska pipeline is reporting an oil spill at the Marine Terminal in Valdez.
  Alyeska Pipeline Service Company estimates the volume of crude oil spilled to be less than 100 gallons.
  Crews reported seeing a sheen on the water late Thursday morning. The spill is not ongoing.
  According to Alyeska, the spill happened during yearly
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 9-22-17

  22-09-2017 18:37 via ktoo.org
  
  
   
  Thursday at 3 on a Juneau Afternoon, Scott Burton will host.
  We’ll talk with Micaela Martinez, this week’s UAS Evening at Egan Speaker, about the Clockwork of Epidemics;
  Joy Lyon will be here to talk about the upcoming Slam Dunk Town Hall;
  JoAnn Wulffenstein will be here to highlight relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Irma;
  And Nancy DeCherney will be here with Arts Up to talk about art activities and new art along the Seawalk.
   
  That, Writer’s Almanac, Bird No
  
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• Should independents be able to run in a Democratic primary?

  22-09-2017 06:41 via ktoo.org
  Superior Court Judge Philip Pallenberg observes Jon Choate, lawyer for the Alaska Democratic Party, on Sept. 21, 2017. Pallenberg heard oral arguments over whether the party can allow independents to run in party primaries. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO)
  A Superior Court judge is weighing how to define who is allowed to run the Alaska Democratic Party primary. The party wants to allow independent candidates to run in the primary without registering as Democrats.
  Judge Philip Pallenberg questi
  
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• Gov. Walker cites uncertainty over funding in opposing ACA repeal

  22-09-2017 06:06 via ktoo.org
  Gov. Bill Walker speaks to reporters during a press conference at the Capitol in April. Walker has opposed the latest attempt to repeal the federal Affordable Care Act. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
  Gov. Bill Walker gave more reasons Thursday why he opposes the latest bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Bill sponsors say it will give states more flexibility in health care.
  But Walker said that’s not enough.
  “Flexibility is something that I’m interested in as a state, as a
  
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• Alaska DOT is cruising Juneau for offending campaign signs

  22-09-2017 03:34 via ktoo.org
  This 2014 file photo from a political campaign season of yore, shows a Lemon Creek business that’s either conflicted or hedging its bets. (File photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
  State laws forbids political campaign signs along state-maintained roads. The law forbids placing campaign signs, including lawn signs, anywhere in the right-of-way. That often includes around mailboxes and the entrance of driveways.
  Crews from the state Department of Transportation are confiscating signs.
  “If it&rs
  
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• University offers 400 acres on Chilkat Peninsula for timber sale

  22-09-2017 03:21 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The University of Alaska’s timber sale area on the Chilkat Peninsula. (Map courtesy University of Alaska)
  The University of Alaska is offering up 400 acres of its Haines-area land for timber harvest.
  The timing of the university’s decision was motivated by a conversation happening at the local level.
  The Haines Planning Commission is considering whether to restrict resource extraction in the Mud Bay area.http://khns.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/21TimberSale.mp3At a Sept. 14 Univers
  
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• Fort Wainwright soldier charged with assaulting infant son

  22-09-2017 03:12 via ktoo.org
  A Fort Wainwright soldier is charged with assaulting his infant son.
  Ronald L. McGriff, 22, was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree assault for severely injuring his 8-month-old son in August, Fairbanks police said.
  Police said McGriff admitted to kicking, shaking and throwing the baby, actions that resulted in severe brain bleeding and other injuries.
  They say the child remains hospitalized in Seattle, and is expected to have permanent damage.
  Police ask that anyone with infor
  
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• CBJ Assembly Regular Meeting – 9-18-17

  22-09-2017 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/09/JuneauPM-9-20-171.mp3
  
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• Budget glitch could leave ferries without funding

  22-09-2017 00:29 via ktoo.org
  Crew members stand on the front deck of the ferry Malaspina as it pulls away from Juneau’s Auke Bay Ferry Terminal Sept. 18, 2017. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
  One Southeast senator said that the possibility that the Alaska Marine Highway System could shut down this spring is an intentional attempt to damage the ferries.
  A little-known budget provision to make up for a shortfall in state health-care funding will pull about $23 million out of the system’s s
  
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