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1/25/11 Newscast - Grants will help health and educational organizations connect to Internet; seasonal influenza has hit Alaska; Pacific walrus recommended to be listed as threatened or endangered

By Joaqlin Estus

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kbc/local-kbc-947906.mp3

Anchorage, AK – A few rural school districts and a tribal health organization are receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grants to develop broadband connectivity. Influenza cases have jumped in the past three weeks. The federal Marine Mammal Commission is recommending the Pacific walrus be listed as threatened or endangered.