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• Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017

  05-10-2017 23:13 via ktoo.org
  
  
  In this newscast:
  Nearly every Alaskan woke up $1,100 richer today, thanks to this year’s permanent fund dividends;
  the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released Armstrong Energy’s plans for its billion-plus-barrel Nanushuk oil project; and
  the Pentagon is injecting $440 million more into missile defense to counter North Korea’s accelerating push for a nuclear armed-missile capable of hitting the U.S.
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• Teacher housing teaches life lessons

  05-10-2017 22:43 via ktoo.org
  New teacher housing being built by high school students in Nikolai, Alaska in June. (Photo by Anne Hillman/Alaska Public Media)The school in Nikolai, until recently, had a problem. There was nowhere for the high school teacher to live.
  “And the last two years our high school teacher actually had to live in the school in a teeny-tiny little room that contains a bunk bed and a dresser and a desk,” principal Tara Wiggins said. “There’s nothing else.”
  She said the probl
  
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• ANWR takes tiny step down rocky Senate road

  05-10-2017 22:30 via ktoo.org
  
  
  A Republican budget plan, which could include an effort to reopen the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, was introduced Wednesday in the Senate. (Image courtesy U.S. Geological Survey)
  The effort to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling made a baby step forward Wednesday in the Senate, with the debut of a Republican budget plan in a committee.
  The plan is a non-binding resolution but it contains the seeds of what could become a law that allows oil development in
  
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• Anchorage’s Spanish-immersion students raise thousands for sister school in Puerto Rico

  05-10-2017 22:29 via ktoo.org
  Spanish-immersion students in Anchorage are well on their way to a goal of raising $10,000 to benefit fellow students in Puerto Rico hit hard by Hurricane Maria.
  That includes Romig Middle School’s sister school in Puerto Rico, teacher Anaely Leon-Hernandez said.
  Groups of Spanish immersion students from Anchorage have been visiting the island for about 10 years, visiting historic sites and parts of the jungle there, among other places, Leon-Hernandez said.
  “The highlight of our trip
  
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• As anger over crime boils over, Alaska lawmakers weigh changes to law

  05-10-2017 04:27 via ktoo.org
  Former Juneau Police Chief Bryce Johnson discusses crime with residents at City Hall in January. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
  Alaska lawmakers will face a challenge when they weigh what to do about the state’s criminal justice laws later this month: how to balance a body of research that supports changes they made last year, with the outrage about the current rise in crime.
  At a Sept. 25 town hall meeting in Anchorage called by Republican Rep. Charisse Millett, residents called for the dea
  
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• Hikers barred from trail at the end of North Douglas Highway

  05-10-2017 03:52 via ktoo.org
  New signs at a popular beach access that begins where North Douglas Highway ends declare “no trespassing.” But a trail group said it hopes to negotiate public access with the landowner.https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/10/171004TRAIL.mp3No trespassing signs mark a popular trail at the end of North Douglas Highway on Sept. 28. The signs were recently re-posted at the request of landowner Goldbelt, Inc. (Photo courtesy Tressa Millam)
  The land at the end of the road is owned
  
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• Walker doubles down on opposing Pebble Mine

  05-10-2017 03:26 via ktoo.org
  While Gov. Bill Walker expressed concerns about EPA’s earlier actions, he came out strongly against the project in an interview. (Alaska Governor’s Office photo)
  Tomorrow, Pebble Limited Partnership CEO Tom Collier is expected to publicly outline a plan for the proposed Pebble Mine project for the first time.
  But in an interview today, Governor Bill Walker said he’s against the controversial mine.
  “I am not supportive of the Pebble Mine,” Walker said.
  Walker said th
  
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• Is the Pacific walrus adapting to warming? Feds say no need for more protections

  05-10-2017 03:22 via ktoo.org
  A curious Pacific Walrus calf checks out the photographer in 2004. (Photo by Joel Garlich-Miller, USFWS)
  The Pacific walrus won’t be protected under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday that the “species has demonstrated an ability to adapt to changing conditions.” The announcement angered the environmental group that petitioned the agency to protect the walrus, but a number of Alaska groups were pleased with the decision.
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• Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority hires new CEO

  05-10-2017 02:41 via ktoo.org
  The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority has hired a new CEO almost a year after the ousting of its long-time leader.
  Mike Abbott will take over the trust on November 1. He currently serves as the Municipal Manager of Anchorage and previously worked as the chief operating officer for the Anchorage School District.
  He will oversee both the mental health programming side of the trust as well as the Trust Land Office, which manages the organization’s properties and land.
  The trust funds progr
  
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• Statewide fish donations go toward hurricane recovery

  05-10-2017 02:16 via ktoo.org
  Box of frozen halibut from a SeaShare operation to Arctic Alaska in 2016. (Photo by Kayla Desroches/KMXT)
  Fish from across Alaska and the Lower 48 is going toward recovery from hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
  Washington-based nonprofit SeaShare, which works with seafood companies to donate fish to those in need, is partnering with food bank network Feeding America on the disaster relief, according to a news release.
  The nonprofit writes that 2 million servings of seafood are headed to food bank
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 10-5-17

  05-10-2017 02:00 via ktoo.org
  Thursday at 3 on a Juneau Afternoon, Scott Burton will host.
  We’ll talk with Dr. Ann Bullock, this week’s UAS Evening at Egan speaker, about Generational Trauma;
  We’ll profile the design team of Bauer/Clifton;
  Steve Behnke will be here to discuss the city’s Sustainability Commission;
  And Nancy DeCherney will be here with Arts Up.
   
  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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• After thousands of domestic violence cases, YK Delta says goodbye to assistant district attorney

  05-10-2017 01:47 via ktoo.org
  Before moving to Juneau, Assistant District Attorney Bailey Woolfstead worked on thousands of cases in Bethel. Over 95 percent of them involved domestic violence. (Photo courtesy Bailey Woolfstead)
  Assistant District Attorney Bailey Woolfstead was too busy to attend her own goodbye party on her last day in Bethel.
  Woolfstead recently moved to Southeast for a job in Juneau’s District Attorney’s Office and took a few minutes to speak with KYUK before she did.
  She was only free to
  
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• Police seize meth, heroin, weapons, cash in Tuesday drug bust

  05-10-2017 01:29 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Methamphetamine, heroin and cash seized in a Tuesday night drug bust are seen on display at the Ketchikan Police Department. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD )
  Ketchikan police seized a pound of meth, 2.75 ounces of heroin, a handgun and a semiautomatic assault rifle loaded with armor-piercing bullets in a drug bust Tuesday night, the result of a months-long investigation.
  Three people were arrested in the drug bust. All three defendants made their first court appearance Wednesday afternoon
  
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• New lava dome forms on Cleveland Volcano

  05-10-2017 00:58 via ktoo.org
  Mount Cleveland in July of 2016. (Photo courtesy John Lyons/Alaska Volcano Observatory/U.S. Geological Survey)
  Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutians near Unalaska is restless.
  Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory observed that a new lava dome formed in the summit crater over the weekend, and lava is trickling out.
  The dome is about 4,200 square meters, a little smaller than 10 NBA basketball courts.https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kdlg/audio/2017/10/cleveland_10.3_pkg.mp3“This happens relativel
  
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