‘Expedited Partner Therapy’ Lowers YK Gonorrhea
There’s been a big decrease in the number of gonorrhea cases in Southwest Alaska over the past five years, according to the state Department of Health. It comes after local doctors tried a new strategy, called expedited partner therapy.
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Kodiak’s Alutiiq Museum Releases Book About Karluk Archaelogical Site
One Kodiak Island settlement has served as both a rich archaeological resource and fueled the Alutiiq heritage renaissance now underway in Kodiak. The Alutiiq Museum recently published a book called “Kal'unek” with the University of Alaska Press. The nearly 400-page volume focuses on archaeological discoveries near the community of Karluk and delves into the site’s lasting effects on those involved.
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A New Totem Pole Graces Ketchikan Shipyard
Ketchikan’s newest totem pole arrived with a massive crowd Saturday in front of the Vigor shipyard. It’s the first totem pole raised in about two years, and tribal and non-tribal community members alike cheered as it came through the crowd.
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Drums of Hazardous Waste Dumped Around Kodiak Island
Someone has dumped drums of hazardous waste in the Buskin River State Park. That’s according to Preston Kroes, an Alaska State Park Ranger, who says they discovered two 55-gallon containers last month.
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Meet The Elasmosaur: A Nessie-Like Dino Unearthed Near Talkeetna
Earlier this summer, paleontologists confirmed that fossilized vertebrae found in the Talkeetna Mountains belonged to an ancient sea creature, the elasmosaur. This is the first time that remains of the species have been found in the state.
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AquaBounty reporting net losses for first half of 2015
AquaBounty Technologies released a consolidated financial statement reporting a net loss of $3.5 million for the first half of 2015.
Woman injured in bear attack near Sterling
A 20-year-old woman was flown to an Anchorage hospital after she was mauled by a brown bear near a popular recreation spot on the Kenai Peninsula.
Thieves who stole flags from Capitol turn themselves in
The three men who climbed the Alaska Capitol and stole the American and Alaska flags have turned themselves in to police.
U.S. Coast Guard celebrates 225th birthday
Today is the 225th birthday of the United States Coast Guard. And to celebrate that event, the new commanding officer of Air Station Kodiak, Captain Mark Morin, joined KMXT to talk about Coast Guard history and his experiences in Kodiak.
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Bird Death Reports Are Up In Homer, Food Sources Possibly To Blame
The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge is receiving multiple reports indicating a significant increase in dead and dying birds found on beaches in the Homer area over the last two weeks.
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Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Happy 225th Birthday, Coast Guard!; Bird Death Reports Are Up In Homer, Food Sources Possibly To Blame; Atchak Arraigned For Murder Charge In Death of Roxanne Smart; Murkowski's Planned Parenthood Vote Has the Left Seething, the Right Unmoved; Legislative Special Session Cost Nearly $1M; Artist Casts Bodies in Bethel to Highlight Mental Health; Suspected Capitol Flag Thieves Caught on Tape; Construction to start at Brucejack Mine in British Columbia; A Year After Mine Disaster, Wrangellites Protest BC Mines; Cantwell Hydro Projects Draw Skepticism
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Atchak Arraigned for Murder Charge in Death of Roxanne Smart
Twenty-year-old Samuel Atchak was arraigned in Bethel Superior Court Tuesday morning. He’s charged in the murder of Roxanne Smart last August. The arraignment follows an indictment by a grand jury. A public defender Tuesday entered not guilty pleas.
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Murkowski’s Planned Parenthood Vote Has Left Seething, Right Unmoved
Reaction to Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s 'yes' vote, in favor of moving a bill to defund Planned Parenthood, is ricocheting around Alaska and social media. Alaskans who support abortion rights feel burned while conservatives aren’t giving Murkowski much credit for it.
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Legislative Special Session Cost Nearly $1M
The two special sessions held as lawmakers struggled to agree on a state budget cost more than $886,000.
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Artist Casts Bodies in Bethel to Highlight Mental Health
An artist is creating life-sized sculptures of Alaskans to tell the story of those who struggle with mental health. Sarah Davies travelled to one of the state’s most vulnerable regions, recently for a project called, ‘100 Stone’. She’s attempting to highlight the toll that depression takes and what people can do to help those in need.
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Suspected Capitol flag thieves caught on tape
Three men were caught on tape who are suspected of breaking into the construction site at the state Capitol building, scaling the scaffolding and stealing flags off the roof.
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Construction to start at Brucejack Mine in British Columbia
Construction of another British Columbia mine near a river that flows into Alaska could begin within a month. But it’s a small operation sparking fewer concerns on this side of the border than some other projects.
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A Year After Mine Disaster, Wrangellites Protest BC Mines
A protest in Wrangell on Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of a mining disaster in Canada and sought to bring attention to mines being developed across the border from Southeast Alaska. About 100 people marched through Wrangell behind a banner that read “Keep the Stikine Clean.”
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Proposed Cantwell Hydro Projects Draw Skepticism
Small hydro-electric projects proposed for the Cantwell area are receiving a mixed response. The proposals outlined at a public meeting this week include both dam and river diversion projects.
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BSNC Buys Chain of ‘Alaska Industrial Hardware’ Stores
Bering Straits Native Corporation is getting into the hardware business after purchasing a small Alaska-based chain of industrial construction and equipment stores.
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