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• Funding sought for improvements along popular Alaska trail - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  22-02-2017 23:38
  
  Funding sought for improvements along popular Alaska trail
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or call 907-456-6661. KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — A nonprofit organization that works to develop and maintain trails in southern Alaska is looking ...and more »
  
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• Company plans more flights over leaking Cook Inlet pipeline - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  22-02-2017 23:38
  
  Company plans more flights over leaking Cook Inlet pipeline
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  Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or call 907-456-6661. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A leaking underwater pipeline continues to spew natural gas into Cook Inlet. The gas is ...and more »
  
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• Funding sought for improvements along popular Alaska trail | Alaska ... - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  22-02-2017 23:33
  
  Funding sought for improvements along popular Alaska trail | Alaska ...
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  KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — A nonprofit organization that works to develop and maintain trails in southern Alaska is looking for alternative sources of funding to ...and more »
  
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• Traveling Music 2-26-17

  22-02-2017 23:16
  Traveling Music
  2-26-17
  Shonti Elder
   
  Format:
  Song TitleArtist / Composer
  CD Title
  Label
  Duration
   
  The Missing Piece
  Cherish The Ladies / Cathie Ryan
  Out and About
  Green Linnet
  4:14
   
  In a Lifetime
  Clannad with Bono /
  In a Lifetime : The Best of Clannad
  BMG
  3:07
   
  Long Journey Home (Anthem)
  The Chieftains with Elvis Costello and Anuna / Elvis Costello, Paddy Maloney
  The Wide World Over:  A 40 Year Celebration
  RCA
  3:20
   
  Fair Warning (Blair Atholl / The Cairin O T
  
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• Man found dead 50 yards from his home in Alakanuk - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-02-2017 23:05
  
  Man found dead 50 yards from his home in Alakanuk
  Alaska Dispatch News
  An Alakanuk man's body was discovered near his home last week after his snowmachine got stuck and he died of exposure, troopers said. No foul play is suspected in the death of 40-year-old Paul Ayunerak, Alaska State Troopers said in a Wednesday ...
  
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• New holiday would honor contributions of black soldiers to Alaska Highway - KTOO

  22-02-2017 22:24
  
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  New holiday would honor contributions of black soldiers to Alaska Highway
  KTOO
  The Alaska Highway was constructed during World War II after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, but it remains vitally important to Alaskans. Yet, many are unaware of its unique history. State lawmakers are considering making a new holiday to honor the ...
  
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• Murkowski tells Legislature she'll consult Alaska leaders before voting on repeal of Medicaid expansion - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-02-2017 22:10
  
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  Murkowski tells Legislature she'll consult Alaska leaders before voting on repeal of Medicaid expansion
  Alaska Dispatch News
  JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski moved Wednesday to ease Alaskans' concerns about congressional Republicans' plans for the Affordable Care Act, telling an audience of lawmakers in Juneau that she "will not support a reckless repeal process" for the ...
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• Mulvey back in Alaska with new album produced by DiFranco - Anchorage Press

  22-02-2017 21:35
  
  Anchorage Press
  Mulvey back in Alaska with new album produced by DiFranco
  Anchorage Press
  With his 17th album, Are You Listening? still a month from release, Peter Mulvey returns to Alaska this weekend for the first time since the release of 2014's Silver Ladder, bearing gifts for Last Frontier audiences only. “I believe I will have copies ...
  
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• Reality Star Sues Alaska-based Reality Show over Safety Claims - Insurance Journal

  22-02-2017 21:24
  
  Reality Star Sues Alaska-based Reality Show over Safety Claims
  Insurance Journal
  A star of the Alaska-based reality series “Life Below Zero” is suing the show's producers, alleging she was hurt while forced to perform dangerous acts in support of false story lines. The lawsuit against BBC Worldwide Reality Productions and others ...and more »
  
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• The Path to Let Rideshare Companies into Alaska Not So Smooth - Insurance Journal

  22-02-2017 21:16
  
  The Path to Let Rideshare Companies into Alaska Not So Smooth
  Insurance Journal
  The drive to allow rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft to operate in Alaska has hit speed bumps. The bill, from Sen. Mia Costello, R-Anchorage, faces opposition from taxi companies worried the entrance of rideshare groups will drive down wages for ...and more »
  
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• Ballot selfies bill moves in the Alaska House - KFSK

  22-02-2017 21:11
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  Ballot selfies bill moves in the Alaska House
  KFSK
  Legislators are considering a bill this winter to clarify that someone voting in Alaska can post an online photo with their ballot. That's currently not allowed under state law. http://www.kfsk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/21HB7web.mp3. Sitka ...
  
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• Crystal's Alaska Season Offers Enticing Adventures For Families - Yahoo Finance

  22-02-2017 20:28
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  Crystal's Alaska Season Offers Enticing Adventures For Families
  Yahoo Finance
  LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Crystal Serenity's Alaska voyages are offering far more than the comprehensive exploration of the Last Frontier that has drawn luxury travelers to the region for years. For all seven 2017 Alaska cruises aboard ...and more »
  
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• Alaska — Ever Resilient - Capital City Weekly

  22-02-2017 20:13
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  Alaska — Ever Resilient
  Capital City Weekly
  Before he arrived, C. B. Bernard, an aspiring writer, was offered two jobs in Alaska, both working for local newspapers. Nome offered him a reporter's slot on the Nome Nugget, while Sitka's Sentinel pitched him a similar deal. It was not a tough decision.
  
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• Lawsuit challenge Alaska civil seizures, search warrants - KTUU.com

  22-02-2017 20:07
  
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  Lawsuit challenge Alaska civil seizures, search warrants
  KTUU.com
  PEETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) - A lawsuit filed against a drug task force in southeast Alaska challenges the seizure of personal property by law enforcement and seeks more transparency in the search warrant process. KFSK-FM reported Monday that ...
  Lawsuit challenges Alaska civil seizures, search warrantsFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 2 news articles »
  
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• Expanding apprenticeship in rural Alaska - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  22-02-2017 18:49
  
  Expanding apprenticeship in rural Alaska
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  We are proud to announce a new statewide training initiative: the Alaska Maritime Apprenticeship Program. Over the past year, the Calista Corporation, in partnership with the state and federal government, has built a Registered Apprenticeship program ...
  
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• Alaska's Extreme Cold Tests Soldiers, Equipment > U.S. ... - Department of Defense

  22-02-2017 18:22
  
  Department of Defense
  Alaska's Extreme Cold Tests Soldiers, Equipment > U.S. ...
  Department of Defense
  Newcomers to the interior of Alaska are often taken aback by the extreme cold and its effects on the body and equipment, according to Steve Decker, a training ...and more »
  
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• Alaska's Extreme Cold Tests Soldiers, Equipment - Department of Defense

  22-02-2017 18:22
  
  Department of Defense
  Alaska's Extreme Cold Tests Soldiers, Equipment
  Department of Defense
  LACK RAPIDS TRAINING SITE, Alaska, Feb. 22, 2017 — Newcomers to the interior of Alaska are often taken aback by the extreme cold and its effects on the body and equipment, according to Steve Decker, a training specialist at the Northern Warfare ...and more »
  
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• The Everlasting, Awe-Inspiring Power of Alaska - Smithsonian

  22-02-2017 17:24
  
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  The Everlasting, Awe-Inspiring Power of Alaska
  Smithsonian
  At 4 in the morning on March 30, 1867, Secretary of State William Seward signed a treaty buying Russian America—that is, Alaska—for the cost of two cents per acre, a total of $7.2 million in gold bricks. After weeks of talks, a Russian diplomat had ...
  
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• Lawsuit challenges Alaska civil seizures, search warrants - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  22-02-2017 16:21
  
  Lawsuit challenges Alaska civil seizures, search warrants
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or call 907-456-6661. PEETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) - A lawsuit filed against a drug task force in southeast Alaska challenges the seizure of ...and more »
  
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• Bice: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's 'once-in-a-lifetime' Alaska cruise canceled - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

  22-02-2017 15:09
  
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  Bice: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's 'once-in-a-lifetime' Alaska cruise canceled
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  Gov. Scott Walker's "transformative" Christian cruise to Alaska this summer has been canceled. (Photo: Wires). 243 CONNECTTWEETLINKEDIN 12 COMMENTEMAILMORE. You may have to settle for the Dells this year. That's because Gov.and more »
  
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• Funding Sought for Improvements Along Popular Alaska Trail - U.S. News & World Report

  22-02-2017 10:16
  Funding Sought for Improvements Along Popular Alaska Trail
  U.S. News & World Report
  A nonprofit organization is looking for alternative sources of funding to improve a popular trail in Kodiak after jurisdictional issues caused the group to miss out on grant money for the project. Feb. 22, 2017, at 8:18 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn ...and more »
  
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• Alaska's budget - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  22-02-2017 10:04
  
  Alaska's budget
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or call 907-456-6661. News-Miner letter to the editor: Feb. 15, 2017. To the editor: It is not good economics for Alaska to issue a personal ...
  
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• Alaska scientist studies artificial aurora at HAARP - KTUU.com

  22-02-2017 09:00
  
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  Alaska scientist studies artificial aurora at HAARP
  KTUU.com
  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) This week at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) about a half dozen scientists are running experiments, including Chris Fallen, Assistant Research Professor with the University of Alaska Fairbanks ...
  
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• Alaska's spirit of giving weathers hard times - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-02-2017 07:00
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska's spirit of giving weathers hard times
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Since its inception in 2009, Pick.Click.Give. has distributed more than $17 million to nonprofits statewide. This year, 667 nonprofits across the state are participating in the program. Here are just some of the ways your Pick.Click.Give. contribution ...
  
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• Alaska medical board at center of fight over abortion - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-02-2017 06:21
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska medical board at center of fight over abortion
  Alaska Dispatch News
  JUNEAU — A legal battle over Alaska abortion restrictions has moved out of the courts and into the hands of the usually noncontroversial state medical board. Planned Parenthood sued the state in November, arguing that the restrictions violated the ...
  Alaska board, prompted by suit, proposes new abortion rulesFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 4 news articles »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  22-02-2017 04:17
  
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  There are three different proposals to draw money from Alaska Permanent Fund earnings to pay for part of the state government's budget. Northern Dynasty rebuts Kerrisdale attack, warns of action to protect investors. Dave Bendinger, KDLG – Dillingham.and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 | Alaska Public Media - Alaska Public Radio Network

  22-02-2017 04:17
  
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 | Alaska Public Media
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  There are three different proposals to draw money from Alaska Permanent Fund earnings to pay for part of the state government's budget. Northern Dynasty ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017

  22-02-2017 04:13
  
  
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  Several proposals emerge for using Permanent Fund to fix budget
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  There are three different proposals to draw money from Alaska Permanent Fund earnings to pay for part of the state government’s budget.
  Northern Dynasty rebuts Kerrisdale attack, warns of action to prote
  
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• Teen killed, 7 hospitalized in Alaska carbon monoxide poisoning - CBS News

  22-02-2017 03:50
  
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  Teen killed, 7 hospitalized in Alaska carbon monoxide poisoning
  CBS News
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- One person was killed and seven others hospitalized after a dangerously high level of carbon monoxide built up in the garage of an Anchorage home Monday. The buildup appears to be caused by a boiler in the garage, according to ...
  Carbon monoxide that killed Anchorage teen came from heating ...Alaska Dispatch News
  1 dead, 7 in hospital after home carbon monoxide poisoning ...Alaska Public
  
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• The crazy weather hasn't slowed the seafood world - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-02-2017 03:40
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The crazy weather hasn't slowed the seafood world
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Southcentral's weather has been on a bit of a roller coaster lately – chilly, warmer, snow and sunshine. The crazy weather hasn't slowed the seafood world. "Even though it is subzero outside, the seafood world is ablaze," says Dannon Southall of 10th ...
  
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• New taxi regulations will be on April ballot

  22-02-2017 03:17
  
  After an expedited review, a referendum on Anchorage’s new taxi cab regulation will be on the April ballot. The ballot question asks voters if they want to repeal an ordinance that passed last December, creating more than 100 additional taxi permits in the municipality over the next five years. Sponsors said the measure aims to foster competition in the industry. The ordinance also allows medical-vehicles-for-hire to take Medicaid vouchers and creates a new kind of taxi permit for non-prof
  
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• Sheet metal apprenticeship organized in rural Alaska - Alaska Public Radio Network

  22-02-2017 03:15
  
  Sheet metal apprenticeship organized in rural Alaska
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  CVRF and the Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 23 are working together to develop a training program for rural Alaskans. David Ayagalria Theodore Brown, Thomas Brown and Willie Egoak were among rural Alaskans who attended the first training, which ...
  
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• Sheet metal apprenticeship organized in rural Alaska

  22-02-2017 03:13
  
  CVRF and the Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 23 are working together to develop a training program for rural Alaskans. David Ayagalria Theodore Brown, Thomas Brown and Willie Egoak were among rural Alaskans who attended the first training, which focused on sheet metal, welding, refrigeration and electrical on February 15-17, 2017.
  (Photo: Rachel Ayuprun / CVRF)Rural and urban Alaska can be very different worlds, and skills used in constructing buildings or maintaining equipment in one might not
  
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• Sullivan urges Board of Game to repeal predator control regulations - Alaska Public Radio Network

  22-02-2017 03:08
  
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  Sullivan urges Board of Game to repeal predator control regulations
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan talks to reporters after his annual address to the Alaska Legislature in 2016. (File photo by Skip Gray/360 North). U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan is urging the State Board of Game to get behind legislation to repeal a rule regulating ...and more »
  
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• Sullican urges Board of Game to repeal predator control regulations - Alaska Public Radio Network

  22-02-2017 03:08
  
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  Sullican urges Board of Game to repeal predator control regulations
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan talks to reporters after his annual address to the Alaska Legislature in 2016. (File photo by Skip Gray/360 North). U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan is urging the State Board of Game to get behind legislation to repeal a rule regulating ...and more »
  
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• Sullivan urges Board of Game to repeal predator control regulations

  22-02-2017 03:01
  
  U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan talks to reporters after his annual address to the Alaska Legislature in 2016. (File photo by Skip Gray/360 North)U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan is urging the State Board of Game to get behind legislation to repeal a rule regulating predator control on federal wildlife refuges in Alaska. Sullivan is sponsoring a resolution of disapproval similar to one already passed by the US House. It would turn back the Obama-era rule that specifically bans some bear, wolf and coyote killing
  
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• Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office hires new director

  22-02-2017 02:52
  
  The state announced Tuesday (Feb. 21) a new head for the office in charge of regulating alcohol and marijuana.
  Erika McConnell has worked in Anchorage’s municipal planning department for more than a decade. More recently, she wrote the city’s regulations for commercial cannabis businesses.
  McConnell’s new job as director of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office falls under the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. Commissioner Chris Hladick said h
  
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• HAARP schedules first experiments since UAF takeover

  22-02-2017 02:22
  
  HAARP antenna array in Gakona, AK (Photo courtesy of the US Airforce)Experiments are scheduled through the end of the month at the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program or HAARP facility. It’s the first time science is being conducted at the ionospheric research station in Gakona since the University of Alaska Fairbanks took it over from the Air Force in 2015.
  The UAF Geophysical Institute has spent the last two years overhauling generators, antenna and other equipment that’
  
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• Exercise near Deadhorse to test paratroopers’ ability to operate in cold

  22-02-2017 02:07
  
  Paratroopers with the the Army’s 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), drop into Deadhorse on Feb. 24, 2015 during an earlier iteration of the series of exercises called Spartan Pegasus. (U.S. Army)About 200 paratroopers from Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson (JBER) will drop into Deadhorse Tuesday as part of a joint Army-Air Force rapid-deployment exercise that’ll include Stryker Brigade soldiers and equipment from Fort Wainwright.
  The exercise is called Spartan Pegasus, and i
  
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• Algo Nuevo February 19, 2017

  22-02-2017 02:03
  
  Here’s the Sunday, February 19, 2017 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera —Something New with Dave Luera.
  If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera, send email to [email protected] or post your comment at the bottom of this post.
  All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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  Europa
  Santana
  The B
  
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• Northern Dynasty rebuts Kerrisdale attack, warns of action to protect investors

  22-02-2017 01:53
  
  In this image from a Northern Dynasty Minerals press release, Pebble is shown as one of the largest copper, and copper and gold deposits, in the world.
  (Graphic: NDM)Northern Dynasty Minerals issued a response Friday (Feb. 17) to a New York hedge fund’s claims that the Pebble project is over-hyped and overvalued. That report drove Northern’s share prices tumbling quickly, but the Vancouver-based mineral exploration company said they are the target of an aggressive activist short sell
  
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• Sitka author’s “Alaskan Laundry” wins statewide award

  22-02-2017 00:32
  
  Brendan Jones, pictured with his daughter Hailey, has won the Alaskana Award for his debut novel, “The Alaskan Laundry.” The book’s protagonist, like Jones, refurbishes a tugboat. (Emily Kwong/KCAW photo)Sitka author Brendan Jones has won a statewide award for his book “The Alaskan Laundry.”
  Created in 1994, the Alaskana Award recognizes one work of fiction or nonfiction that gives “significant contributions to the understanding of Alaska, exhibiting originali
  
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