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Alaska News November 17, 2017

By John Tracy: Reality Check: Are teens ready to learn at 7:30 a.m.?
 
 
 
 
By Mike Ross & Leroy Polk: UPDATE: Anchorage police resolve barricaded person situation in Spenard
 
 
 
 
By Leroy Polk: 3 Alaskans charged with smuggling heroin into correctional center
“The law provides for a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of $1 million or both for the charges alleged in the indictment,” prosecutors wrote in the news release.
 
 
 
 
By Associated Press: Fairbanks man accused of shooting neighbor in back has charges dropped
 
 
 
 
Seward Hwy near vehicle collision with APD
 
 
 
 
By Caslon Hatch: Tax break for property owners proposed by Anchorage Mayor
The proposed ordinance will be introduced to the Anchorage Assembly at its November 21 meeting. They’re expected to vote on it at the December 5 meeting.
 
 
 
 
By Patrick Enslow: Anchorage MMA fighter uses cage to spread positive message
“One of the hardest decisions I ever had to make was to tell my mother, because my father wasn’t around that I didn’t want to go home,” said Meriweather.

At just 11 years old, Meriweather says he chose to join a new family through adoption, and that’s why now, the 26-year-old works with youth programs to spread his success story.

“There is nothing anybody in that cage can do to me that’s more painful than what I went through as a child,” said Meriweather.
 
 
 
 
By Victoria Taylor: New APD unit sought wanted felon for a week before deadly shooting
 
 
 
 

By Leroy Polk: Northrim Bank gives owners two more days to pick up their tires
To help, the organization is once again sending bank employees to Johnson’s Tires on Nov. 16 and Nov. 17 from 12 – 2 p.m. and 4 – 6 p.m. There, employees will help to reunite owners with their wayward tires.
 
 
 
 
By Laurel Downing Bill: Story Time with Aunt Phil: Totem Poles
 
 
 
 
Congratulations!
Colony High School Band to perform Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Day

Alaska News November 16, 2017

By Ariane Aramburo and Leroy Polk: APD shoots, kills man in exchange of parking lot gunfire
 
 
 
 
By Associated Press: Former state trooper dies in Alaska prison
Tanner pleaded guilty in 2015 to two counts of felony second-degree sexual abuse of a minor.
 
 
 
 
By Kalinda Kindle: Proposed ordinance to fine nonprofits with excessive 911 calls
The ordinance will be introduced during the Anchorage Assembly meeting on Tuesday, November 21st, 2017.
 
 
 
 
By Beh Verge: Questions swirl after community meeting on illegal campsite abatement
 
 
 
 
By Associated Press: Alaska board reaffirms ban on using planes to hunt sheep
 
 
 
 
By Kortnie Horazdovsky: Anchorage Daily News returns as Dispatch re-brands
 
 
 
 
By Chris Klint: State calls for mumps shots amid Anchorage outbreak

Alaska News November 15, 2017

By Cameron Mackintosh: Marijuana Control Board to discuss onsite consumption at Wednesday meeting
 
 
 
 
By Sidney Sullivan: VIDEO: Shismaref road erodes away in storm
 
 
 
 
By Kortnie Horazdovsky: GCI employees’ information compromised
GCI says it is working with The Siegfried Group, a forensic investigation firm and law enforcement to better understand what happened. The company is offering free credit monitoring and identity theft protection to its employees through March 31, 2020.

Employees can ask for additional support through the human resources department.
 
 
 
 
By Leroy Polk: WATCH: Sen. Lisa Murkowski faces opposition with new ANWR legislation
 
 
 
 
By Kyle Hopkins: Small hotels say their businesses are at stake as state reviews liquor licenses
 
 
 
 
By Rebecca Palsha: “I shouldn’t be here I should be dead”– meth addiction quadruples in Alaska
The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center program is only for men, but Swazer said there is bed space available. For more information he can be reached at ken.swazer@usw.salvationarmy.org.
 
 
 
 
By Heather Hintze: Alaska National Guardsmen return from Puerto Rico
 
 
 
 
By Daybreak Staff: Examining healthcare costs with Alaska Common Ground
They will be hosting a series of discussions on the subject starting Wednesday, November 15 and going through January. It’s being held at 49th State Brewing Company at 7 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $10.

Alaska News November 14, 2017

By Kalinda Kindle: Alaska National Guard mission hits close to home for one solider
 
 
 
 
By Associated Press: Kodiak City Council raises sales tax cap by 300 percent
 
 
 
 
By Sidney Sullivan: VIDEO: APD escorts moose to safety
 
 
 
 
By Samantha Angaiak: Parks and Recreation cautions Alaskans to be wary of thin ice
 
 
 
 
By Sidney Sullivan: Black Angus Inn shooting suspect facing federal firearm charges
 
 
 
 
By Kortnie Horazdovsky: Vietnam gas line deal announced on Presidential trip

 
 
 
 
By Lauren Maxwell: Anchorage searching for homeless beds
 
 
 
 
By Megan Mazurek: Teacher of the Week: Robin Wold

Chelsey Qaġġun Zibell: Keeping the Inupiaq language alive, through a website

It’s now possible to learn basic Inupiaq online, thanks to a graduate student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Chelsey Qaġġun Zibell is a master’s candidate and adjunct faculty at UAF’s School of Education. As part of a graduate fellowship this summer, she created a free website that teaches users the beginning grammar and vocabulary of the Native Alaskan language.

By Gabe Colombo, KNOM – Nome: Keeping the Inupiaq language alive, through a website