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• Anchorage radio DJ arrested on child porn charges - Alaska Dispatch

  05-12-2014 23:20
  
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  Anchorage radio DJ arrested on child porn charges
  Alaska Dispatch
  James Laplante, an Anchorage DJ who is known on-air as Jimmy O'Brien, makes an initial court appearance Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, at the Anchorage Correctional Complex courtroom. Laplante has been charged with possession and distribution of child ...
  Anchorage DJ Held on $25000 Bail for Child Pornography ChargesAlaska Public Radio Network
  
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• Children in the Crosshairs: The Emerging Battle Over Alaska's Native Children - Indian Country Today Media Network

  05-12-2014 23:02
  
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  Children in the Crosshairs: The Emerging Battle Over Alaska's Native Children
  Indian Country Today Media Network
  Last September, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled against the village and the grandmother, noting that, despite the clearly defined placement preferences outlined in the Indian Child Welfare Act, neither had stepped forward to formally adopt the child ...
  
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• AFAA’s The Little Town of Christmas

  05-12-2014 23:00
  
  Let's go on a trip to... oh say, The Little Town of Christmas as produced by The Alaska Fine Arts Academy. But first, let's hear from out trip advisors, Director Renee Chumley and Actor Betty Burke this week on Stage Talk.
  
  
  KSKA: Friday, December 5th at @:45pm
  
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• Parlor in the Round

  05-12-2014 23:00
  
  Parlor in the Round is a fun way to experience local music, with performers taking the stage together to joke, swap songs, and even write them on the spot based on audience ideas. We'll capture some of that fun in the studio with musicians Nellie Clay, Michael Howard and Kevin Worrell, and learn about the challenges of creating and presenting original music in Anchorage.
  
  KSKA: Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
  
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• Judicial Selection in Alaska

  05-12-2014 22:30
  
  Alaska Supreme Court chief justice Dana Fabe moderates a panel on judicial selection in Alaska at a luncheon hosted by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce.
  
  KSKA: Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
  
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• Police and Deadly Force

  05-12-2014 22:00
  
  If you live in a high-crime neighborhood, even if you’re just visiting, you’re under increased risk of encountering a scared police officer if your skin is dark. Does urban Alaska have a chance to avoid the problems other cities are having that involve police and deadly force?
  
  APRN: Tuesday, 12/9 at 10:00am
  
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• New administration offers opportunity for rural Alaska to move forward - The Arctic Sounder

  05-12-2014 21:30
  
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  New administration offers opportunity for rural Alaska to move forward
  The Arctic Sounder
  As the new governor's leadership team starts to take shape, it is obvious that the partnership between Governor Bill Walker and Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallot is different. Who knows what agreements were made when Mallot, a longtime Alaska Native ...
  Walker's inaugural address: Pulling together in tough timesAlaskajournal.com
  
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• Alaska school removes elementary readers over portrayal of indigenous topics - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  05-12-2014 21:21
  
  Alaska Dispatch
  Alaska school removes elementary readers over portrayal of indigenous topics
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Superintendent Mark Miller decided to remove the books after Alaska Native critics complained they trivialized sensitive indigenous topics like the loss of culture when students were sent to border schools and forced to speak only English, the Juneau ...
  Alaska school removes elementary readersKTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
  Juneau, Alaska, Schools Cut 4 Controversial Native History B
  
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• What Really Happens When You Cut Taxes On Oil Companies - ThinkProgress

  05-12-2014 21:03
  
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  What Really Happens When You Cut Taxes On Oil Companies
  ThinkProgress
  Tax cuts are often spoken of as an unalloyed good in American politics. But the state of Alaska is learning the hard way those cuts — especially when they are for taxes on oil companies — can come back to bite you. Alaska is the only state with ...
  New Alaska AG to review investigation into National Guard problemsStars and Stripes
  Alaska Gov. Walker to submit placeholder budgetFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  
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• Disorders of the Foot and Ankle

  05-12-2014 21:00
  
  On the next program we're swan-diving into common problems of the foot and ankle -- think plantar faciitis, bunions and more. The phone lines will be open for listener questions and comments. Line One host Dr. Thad Woodard is joined by Anchorage podiatrist Dr. Ken Swayman.
  
  KSKA: Monday, Dec. 8, at 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
  
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• Highlights from the Anchorage International Film Festival - Alaska Dispatch

  05-12-2014 19:31
  
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  Highlights from the Anchorage International Film Festival
  Alaska Dispatch
  The Anchorage International Film Festival is back, with more than 100 films from Alaska and beyond (plus 15 student films from the Iditarod Area School District). There's something for everyone here -- shorts, animated films, documentaries and more.
  
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• Undefeated Alaska prep runner aims for Nike Cross Nationals girl's title - USA TODAY High School Sports

  05-12-2014 19:27
  
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  Undefeated Alaska prep runner aims for Nike Cross Nationals girl's title
  USA TODAY High School Sports
  Allie Ostrander's voice was lighthearted and calm during her car ride to Kenai Airport. She was headed from her hometown, Kenai, Alaska, to Portland, Ore., where she'll compete at Nike Cross Nationals (NXN), held on Glendoveer Golf Course on Dec. 6.
  
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• Interior Alaska residents urged to be on alert for scammers - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  05-12-2014 18:17
  
  Interior Alaska residents urged to be on alert for scammers
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — Enterprising scam artists are preying heavily on Fairbanks area residents this holiday season, according to local law enforcement. Fairbanks Police Officer Doug Welborn said the department has seen “a lot of traffic and a lot of phone ...
  
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• Regular Mail Becomes Less So in Alaska Village - ABC News

  05-12-2014 18:13
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  Regular Mail Becomes Less So in Alaska Village
  ABC News
  A village on a remote Alaska island in the Bering Sea has been without a regular mail delivery service since the community's only postal worker quit last month because of pregnancy. Residents of the Yup'ik Eskimo community of Savoonga say the U.S ...
  Remote Alaska village post office only open intermittentlyFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  
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• Interior Alaska radio club, weather service will run emergency drill - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  05-12-2014 17:47
  
  Interior Alaska radio club, weather service will run emergency drill
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  “Ham radio operators in those communities and around the state of Alaska worked together, doing what they train to do almost daily, to establish and deliver communications from the remote areas affected, to the National Weather Service, and ...
  
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• Report shows Alaska children, especially Alaska Native children, more likely ... - KDLG

  05-12-2014 17:28
  
  Report shows Alaska children, especially Alaska Native children, more likely ...
  KDLG
  He says where as some states saw change in foster care numbers because of federal and state law updates, Alaska's has been consistent. The report shows that between the years 2006 and 2013, there were 2,000 Alaskans under the age of 21 placed into ...
  
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• Alaska Natives to British Columbia: Please Tighten Up Your Mining Act - Indian Country Today Media Network

  05-12-2014 16:32
  
  Indian Country Today Media Network
  Alaska Natives to British Columbia: Please Tighten Up Your Mining Act
  Indian Country Today Media Network
  A conference with the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Anchorage drew tribal leaders and salmon conservationists on December 3 to discuss potential risks to the fishing and tourism industries in Alaska, the Canadian Press reported. “Conference delegates ...
  
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• Questions on how to count governors in Alaska - Ktoo

  05-12-2014 16:21
  
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  Questions on how to count governors in Alaska
  Ktoo
  This week, Bill Walker became the 13th governor of Alaska. Or the 11th. It depends on how you count. But it turns out, the state of Alaska doesn't appear to have an official way of counting governors and their terms. The state historian, a number of ...
  How do you count Alaska's governors? It dependsYahoo News
  
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• Missing in America: The Alaska Four - NBCNews.com

  05-12-2014 15:59
  
  Missing in America: The Alaska Four
  NBCNews.com
  On May 23rd, 2014, a family of four disappeared. US Air Force veteran Brandon Jividen, 37, his girlfriend Rebecca Adams, 22, and her daughters Michelle and Jaracca Hundley, ages six and three, disappeared from their apartment in Kenai, Alaska, about ...
  
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• Walker Administration Preparing Energy Disaster Declaration

  05-12-2014 10:01
  
  While Gov. Bill Walker addressed the cost of energy in his inauguration speech, an economic disaster declaration for the Interior and for rural Alaska is still outstanding.
  
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• Alaskan Muslims raising the roof of state's first mosque - Al Jazeera America

  05-12-2014 09:04
  
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  Alaskan Muslims raising the roof of state's first mosque
  Al Jazeera America
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska's first mosque has risen quietly over the last few years in a gravel lot in a South Anchorage commercial district, a neighbor to a Korean Presbyterian church, a couple of auto repair garages, a drive-through Chinese ...
  
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• Suspected drunk driver arrested after crash at 35th/Alaska - West Seattle Blog (blog)

  05-12-2014 08:12
  
  West Seattle Blog (blog)
  Suspected drunk driver arrested after crash at 35th/Alaska
  West Seattle Blog (blog)
  8:28 PM UPDATE: WSB's Katie Meyer reports that if you're headed eastbound on Alaska, you'll be detoured onto 36th. If you're headed southbound on 35th, you'll have to turn westbound onto Alaska. This reportedly is a hit-and-run that damaged at least ...
  
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• New boots and world peace: Christmas wish lists at an Alaska soup kitchen - KTUU.com

  05-12-2014 05:37
  
  New boots and world peace: Christmas wish lists at an Alaska soup kitchen
  KTUU.com
  A pair of gloves or a new backpack can make a big difference for people living hard lives on streets of Alaska's biggest city, said Tracy Saakvitne, Bean's supervisor of client services. One client didn't wish for anything you could place under a tree ...
  
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• Local governments mull preparations for legalized marijuana - Alaska Dispatch

  05-12-2014 05:30
  
  Local governments mull preparations for legalized marijuana
  Alaska Dispatch
  FAIRBANKS -- The biggest change in the semi-legal status of marijuana in Alaska in 40 years goes into effect in a less than three months. Lighting up in public will remain illegal and subject to a fine of up to $100, but as of Feb. 24, it will be OK ...
  Testimony: Alaska air quality proposal falls shortJuneau Empire (subscription)
  Alaska School District Settles Sexual Assault Lawsuit for $920KInsurance Journal
  
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• State investment managers move to counter possible market downturn - Alaska Dispatch

  05-12-2014 04:18
  
  State investment managers move to counter possible market downturn
  Alaska Dispatch
  Alaska also has nearly $12 billion in the Constitutional Budget Reserve Fund, which the Department of Revenue also manages. A portion of that is invested very conservatively, but a subaccount is managed much more aggressively. In some years, those ...
  
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• Alaska State Troopers: Man Threatened School - CBS Local

  05-12-2014 03:52
  
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  Alaska State Troopers: Man Threatened School
  CBS Local
  Alaska State Troopers claim Fred Armstrong called the school in Buckland Wednesday, claiming he was frustrated because his 4-year-old daughter was being bullied at school. Troopers allege in the post that he said he was ready to come to the school with ...
  Buckland School Goes on Lock-down WednesdayAlaska Native News
  UPDATED: School locked down for 4 hours after father threatened to shoot bulliesKTUU.com
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• Alaska News Nightly: December 4, 2014

  05-12-2014 03:47
  
  
  Alaska Communications Sells Wireless Customer Base To GCI; Community Showing Support For Vandalized Anchorage Church; DEC Gets Feedback on Fairbanks Air Quality Plan; UAF Student Found Dead; State's New Attorney General To Review Gay Marriage Case, Guard Issues; Alaska's Top Military Commander Checks In After A Year On The Job; Hoonah Sound's Herring Spawn-on-Kelp Fishery Will Remain Closed in 2015; Alexandria House Project Hits Permitting Snags; Bryan Bearss Named as Substitute for Injured Mush
  
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• New Alaska AG to review investigation into National Guard problems - Stars and Stripes

  05-12-2014 03:41
  
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  New Alaska AG to review investigation into National Guard problems
  Stars and Stripes
  JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska's new attorney general said he will review issues related to the Alaska National Guard, including ensuring that proper prosecutions were brought for wrongful behavior. Craig Richards said part of that review will include ...
  New Alaska attorney general to review gay marriage case, guard issuesKTUU.com
  Gov. Walker names former running mate Fleener as Arctic adviserAlaska Di
  
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• Anchorage Police Investigate Church Vandalism

  05-12-2014 03:26
  
  A Catholic church vandalism incident has spurred an Anchorage Police investigation.
  
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• Alaska's Enlightened Approach to Drugs and Privacy - Huffington Post

  05-12-2014 03:22
  
  Alaska's Enlightened Approach to Drugs and Privacy
  Huffington Post
  In August 1972, a little more than 13 years after Alaska became a state, its citizens voted overwhelmingly (86-14 percent) to add a two-sentence amendment to their state Constitution. "The right of the people to privacy is recognized and shall not be ...
  
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• DEC Gets Feedback on Fairbanks Air Quality Plan

  05-12-2014 03:10
  
  
  State Department of Environmental Conservation officials have been in Fairbanks this week sharing information and taking public feedback on a plan for getting the area into compliance with federal air quality standards.
  
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• UAF Student Found Dead

  05-12-2014 03:09
  
  
  A University of Alaska Fairbanks student is dead, the apparent victim of an accident.
  
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• State’s New Attorney General To Review Gay Marriage Case, Guard Issues

  05-12-2014 03:08
  
  
  Alaska's new attorney general says he will view litigation over same-sex marriage in the state strictly along constitutional lines.
  
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• Alaska’s Top Military Commander Checks In After A Year On The Job

  05-12-2014 03:07
  
  
  Alaska's top military commander, Lieutenant General Russell Handy has been on the job here for more than a year. He's overseeing ALCOM here at a time when the U.S relationship with Russia has grown frosty. In September, Russian military flights that were within 50 miles of the Alaskan and Canadian coast lines caused enough concern that F22s were sent from JBER to intercept them. Lt. General Handy says the Russian flights did not cross into the 12 mile international boundary zone and were not con
  
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• Hoonah Sound’s Herring Spawn-on-Kelp Fishery Will Remain Closed in 2015

  05-12-2014 03:06
  
  
  The herring spawn-on-kelp fishery in Hoonah Sound will remain closed in the 2015 season - for the second year in a row. The Alaska Department of Fish & Game announced the closure this week after forecasts for the area predicted herring numbers far below the threshold required for commercial harvest.
  
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• Alexandria House Project Hits Permitting Snags

  05-12-2014 03:05
  
  
  Plans to turn an old bar into a way to raise money for emergency housing in Unalaska are slowing down. That’s after the city discovered that the nonprofit Alexandria House had worked on the project all year without a building permit.
  
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• Bryan Bearss Named as Substitute for Injured Musher Karin Hendrickson

  05-12-2014 03:04
  
  
  Last week, six-time Iditarod musher Karin Hendrickson suffered injuries that will prevent her from participating in the 2015 Iditarod. Hendrickson is on the road to recovery, and it was announced Wednesday that, while she will miss the race, her dogs will not.
  
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• Alaska Communications selling wireless assets to GCI - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  05-12-2014 02:48
  
  Alaska Communications selling wireless assets to GCI
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  The sale, for $300 million, includes Alaska Communications' wireless subscriber base and its 33 percent interest in a partnership between the companies known as The Alaska Wireless Network LLC. At the end of September, Alaska Communications had ...
  
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• Alaska Communications Sells Wireless Customer Base To GCI

  05-12-2014 02:34
  
  General Communications, Inc. - or GCI - will purchase Alaska Communications' cell phone customer base. The $300 million purchase should be finalized by the end of March 2015.
  
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• Plunging oil prices spell trouble for Alaska, America's own petro-state - Washington Post (blog)

  05-12-2014 02:02
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Plunging oil prices spell trouble for Alaska, America's own petro-state
  Washington Post (blog)
  What U.S. state is as hooked on oil revenues as Venezuela, Iran, or Russia? Alaska. Plunging oil prices have blown a huge hole in the budget of the oil-rich state, where in recent years taxes on oil production have covered more than half the total ...
  Plunging oil prices felt acutely in AlaskaMinneapolis Star Tribune
  
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• Is Bill Walker Alaska's 11th or 13th governor? - KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska

  05-12-2014 01:53
  
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  Is Bill Walker Alaska's 11th or 13th governor?
  KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
  “Bill Walker is the thirteenth governor of the State of Alaska, not the eleventh – contrary to what is being reported widely across the state and what is posted on Wikipedia's list of governors for Alaska. Bill Walker is the thirteenth governor, since ...
  Walker's inaugural address: Pulling together in tough timesAlaskajournal.com
  Leadership Welcomes Walker-Mallott into OfficeAlaska Na
  
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• There's still time to snag Cyber Monday airfare deals - Alaska Dispatch

  05-12-2014 01:37
  
  There's still time to snag Cyber Monday airfare deals
  Alaska Dispatch
  Just before releasing the Cyber Monday deals, Alaska Air announced that it is cutting back on Mileage Plan awards for Delta Air Lines. Delta has switched its SkyMiles frequent flyer account from a mileage-accrual-based plan to a money-spent plan ...
  
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• Alaska blackfish in a class of its own - Valdez Star

  05-12-2014 00:44
  Valdez Star
  Alaska blackfish in a class of its own
  Valdez Star
  Imagine a shallow lake north of Hughes, in the cold heart of Alaska. In frigid, sluggish water, dim blue light penetrates two feet of ice. The ice has a quarter-size hole, maintained by a stream of methane bubbles. Every few minutes, a brutish little ...
  
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