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• As Production Ramps Up, Alaska Prepares To House F-35 Fighter Jets - NPR

  18-07-2017 22:29 via npr.org
  
  As Production Ramps Up, Alaska Prepares To House F-35 Fighter Jets
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  The F-35 aircraft is advertised as the best fighter jet ever. It's also the most expensive. The contractor for the plane is ramping up production of the aircraft and that means they'll have to be based somewhere. In Alaska, preparations are underway to ...
  
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• Venture capital is key to modern Alaska economy - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-07-2017 22:25 via adn.com
  
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  Venture capital is key to modern Alaska economy
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  I would like to propose a sustainable solution to Alaska's economic and fiscal dilemma. If completed, the plan will expand Alaska's economic base, create tens of thousands of high-paying jobs across all regions of the state, and generate new ...
  
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• S&P Downgrades Alaska Again - Barron's - Barron's

  18-07-2017 17:50 via barrons.com
  
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  S&P Downgrades Alaska Again - Barron's
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  Alaska had a top tier triple-A rating at the end of 2015. S&P still has a negative outlook on the state's creditworthiness.
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• Alaska Gov. Walker says he wants more progress in negotiations before he'll call lawmakers back to work - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-07-2017 15:39 via adn.com
  
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  Alaska Gov. Walker says he wants more progress in negotiations before he'll call lawmakers back to work
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  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker addresses the media in Anchorage on Monday. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on Tumblr Tumblr. Share on Reddit Reddit. Share on LinkedIn ...
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• Alaska pipeline doesn't need Arctic refuge oil - Alaska Dispatch News - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-07-2017 06:52 via adn.com
  
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  Alaska pipeline doesn't need Arctic refuge oil - Alaska Dispatch News
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  The Trans-Alaska Pipeline, seen here near Delta Junction on June 7, 2014. The 800-mile oil pipeline is a critical part of the state's oil production infrastructure.and more »
  
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• Fairbanks company represents Alaska at White House during American-made product showcase - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  18-07-2017 05:21 via newsminer.com
  
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  Fairbanks company represents Alaska at White House during American-made product showcase
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  FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks' own Great Alaskan Bowl Company was on display Monday at the White House, representing Alaska at the first-ever Made in America Product Showcase. Great Alaskan Bowl Company Owner Lewis Bratcher and his daughter, Emily ...
  
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• Karluk Acres brings goats to Alaska - Kenai Peninsula Online

  18-07-2017 04:28 via peninsulaclarion.com
  
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  Karluk Acres brings goats to Alaska
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  Julie Wendt tends to her goats at Karluk Acres on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. The farm raises goats of different breeds to sell, including Nubians, Saanens and Nigerian dwarf goats. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion). Silas Wendt ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 17, 2017 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  18-07-2017 04:17 via alaskapublic.org
  
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  Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 17, 2017
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  Governor Bill Walker says he won't call lawmakers back to Juneau to work on a fiscal plan, unless he knows they're making progress. Special session ends with compromise on oil and gas tax credits. Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau. State government ...
  Alaska lawmakers change oil and gas production tax, end cash paymentsPlatts
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• Walker says future special sessions depend on progress

  18-07-2017 04:14
  
  
  Gov. Bill Walker speaks at a press availability in Anchorage on Monday. He said he won’t call lawmakers back to Juneau unless they make progress. (Photo by Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)Gov. Bill Walker said he won’t call lawmakers back to Juneau to work on a plan to balance future state budgets, unless he knows they’re making progress.
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  “It won’t be just, I’m going to put more time on the clock and hope something happens,” Walker said Monda
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 17, 2017

  18-07-2017 04:08
  
  
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  Walker seeks compromise from Legislature on capital budget
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  Governor Bill Walker says he won’t call lawmakers back to Juneau to work on a fiscal plan, unless he knows they’re making progress.
  Special session ends with compromise on oil and gas tax credits
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• No tsunami expected after large earthquake off Russia - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-07-2017 03:27 via adn.com
  
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  No tsunami expected after large earthquake off Russia
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  The National Weather Service issued and then canceled a tsunami advisory for a swath of the western Aleutian Islands after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake off a Russian island. So far, the earthquake has resulted in about 3.5 inches to the typical height of ...
  Massive 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Between Russia and AlaskaThe Weather Channel
  Magnitude 7.8 quake between Russia and Alaska to cause tsuna
  
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• Massive 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Between Russia and Alaska; Tsunami Advisory Issued - Wunderground.com (blog)

  18-07-2017 03:21 via wunderground.com
  
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  Massive 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Between Russia and Alaska; Tsunami Advisory Issued
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  A massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck between Russia and Alaska Monday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred at 7:34 p.m. EDT approximately 124 miles east-southeast of Nikol'skoye, Russia, off the coast of ...
  
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• How Alaska decided to give its oil wealth to everyone in the state | MIDNIGHT OIL: Episode 05

  18-07-2017 03:21
  
  In Alaska, we don’t pay income tax. We don’t pay state sales tax. But once a year every man, woman and child gets a cut of the state’s oil wealth. There are plenty of other oil states in the world, but Alaska is the only one that treats residents like shareholders and sends them dividend checks every year.
  
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• BP leak investigation led to shutdown of 5 more wells - Alaska Public Radio Network

  18-07-2017 03:12 via alaskapublic.org
  
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  BP leak investigation led to shutdown of 5 more wells
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  Image taken on April 18, 2017, showing the area of light crude spray near BP's well. (Photo by Jade Gamble, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation). BP was forced to plug five at-risk wells on the North Slope after investigating an oil leak ...and more »
  
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• BP leak investigation led to shutdown of 5 more wells

  18-07-2017 03:07
  
  Image taken on April 18, 2017, showing the area of light crude spray near BP’s well. (Photo by Jade Gamble, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation)BP was forced to plug five at-risk wells on the North Slope after investigating an oil leak that happened this April.
  That’s according to a report the company provided to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC).
  BP told AOGCC that the April leak was most likely caused by thawing permafrost, which put
  
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• Alaska's credit rating drops from nation's highest to third-lowest - webcenter11

  18-07-2017 02:54 via webcenter11.com
  
  Alaska's credit rating drops from nation's highest to third-lowest
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  Governor Walker said the rating agency's action means the state has gone from the highest credit rating in the nation to the 3rd-lowest - better than only Illinois and New Jersey. The Governor said Moody's analysts note that Alaska is essentially in ...
  
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• Troopers shoot bear after it kills, eats a dog in a Sitka neighborhood

  18-07-2017 02:45
  
  A brown bear strolls through a Sitka neighborhood in July, 2014. (Facebook photo/Sitka Bear Report)Wildlife troopers in Sitka shot and killed a brown bear Friday afternoon after it killed and partially consumed a resident’s dog.
  A homeowner on Rudolf Walton Circle notified troopers at around 3:30 p.m. that he suspected his dog had just been killed.
  Troopers and Sitka police responded to the area and found the dog’s carcass in the woods behind the home, and a male brown bear nearby.
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• Can the isolated Alaska Peninsula town of King Cove get its road under the Trump administration? - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-07-2017 02:23 via adn.com
  
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  Can the isolated Alaska Peninsula town of King Cove get its road under the Trump administration?
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  King Cove is located on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula in the Aleutians East Borough. It is 18 miles southeast of Cold Bay. (Courtesy Aleutians East Borough). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on ...
  
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• ‘Nones’ in Juneau changing religious landscape

  18-07-2017 01:56
  
  Grass grows in a planter off a window of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in downtown Juneau on July 15, 2017. The Catholic Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is in the background. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)Today, Alaskans are on average less religious than the rest of the country, and a subset who don’t identify with any particular religion is growing, according to data from the Pew Research Center.
  “I grew up fairly religious, went to organize
  
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• North Star Borough to close North Pole transfer site for cleanup, reopen with monitor

  18-07-2017 01:52
  
  The borough Solid Waste Division will close a North Pole transfer site, at 2740 Old Richardson Highway, at noon Wednesday and reopen it at 7 a.m. Thursday after a cleanup and with greater on-site management. (Photo: PDC Engineers)Fairbanks North Star Borough officials plan to clean up a North Pole transfer site the same way they cleaned up the Farmer’s Loop East Transfer Site last month. They plan close the North Pole facility Wednesday and reopen it Thursday with Solid Waste staff on-site
  
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• Hold your nets! Chilkat Inlet subsistence fishery delayed another week

  18-07-2017 01:41
  
  The Chilkat River in 2009. (Photo courtesy of Dave Bezaire/Flickr Creative Commons)Subsistence fishermen near Haines will have to wait another week to throw their nets into Chilkat Inlet. A need to conserve king salmon has prompted the second delay this season.
  The subsistence fishery in Chilkat Inlet usually opens in June, at the same time as the first commercial gillnet opening. But this year, concerns over historically low king salmon numbers delayed the start of subsistence fishing there unt
  
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• Ecosystem study unlocks the mystery of black cod survival

  18-07-2017 01:32
  
  A juvenile black cod is tagged and released back into the ocean. (NOAA photo)Over the past couple of decades black cod — or sablefish — has become one of Southeast Alaska’s most commercially-important species. Longliners target them in deep waters off the continental shelf, during the same season as halibut.
  Although stocks are strong, biologists don’t fully grasp black cod population ecology. A research partnership in Sitka hopes to change that.
  Just about all commercial
  
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• Levelock stabbing under investigation as a homicide

  18-07-2017 01:27
  
  On Friday night, Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers responded to a reported stabbing in Levelock. They found Ellis Lee Kaloke, age 37 of Eagle River, dead. Their investigation discovered a dispute had occurred between Kaloke and a man claiming to be the owner of the residence where the incident occurred.
  Sergeant Luis Nieves of the Alaska State Troopers said the incident is being investigated as a homicide.
  “At this point we have a individual who is claiming that he’s
  
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• Kotzebue commercial fishers have two buyers in town this season

  18-07-2017 01:23
  
  Kotzebue fishermen (KNOM file photo)For the first time in three years, Kotzebue commercial fishermen will have two buyers to sell their fish to.
  According to Jim Menard, the area manager for the commercial fisheries division in Norton Sound and Kotzebue, Copper River Seafoods and Pacific Star will be purchasing fish in Kotzebue.
  “One of the issues with Kotzebue always is what’s called a cargo capacity issue, in that the fish are not cut there,” Menard said. “What the
  
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• Alaska State Museums receive national award - KTUU.com

  18-07-2017 00:07 via ktuu.com
  
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  Alaska State Museums receive national award
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  Dr. Kathryn Matthew, Director of Institute of Museum and Library Services, Lani Hotch, museum advocate, Patience Fredericksen, Director of the Alaska Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums, and Cokie Roberts, Journalist and Commentator. (Photo ...and more »
  
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