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• Alaska Loses Seat on Appropriations Committee - Alaska Native News

  15-12-2014 23:23
  
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  Alaska Loses Seat on Appropriations Committee
  Alaska Native News
  image19-09-2014 08.56.53 ANCHORAGE: Dan Sullivan's committee assignments, announced today, confirm that Alaska has lost a seat on the Appropriations Committee. Prior to Sullivan's election, Alaska was one of only three states with both senators on ...
  Sullivan Delighted with US Senate Committee AssignmentsAlaska Public Radio Network
  Sullivan to serve on Senate committees on commerce, armed servicesA
  
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• Fuel truck overturns, catches fire on Alaska's Dalton Highway - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  15-12-2014 22:48
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Fuel truck overturns, catches fire on Alaska's Dalton Highway
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  A truck hauling fuel to Alaska's North Slope is on fire Monday morning after it slid off the Dalton Highway at Mile 188, near Wiseman. Photo courtesy Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.
  Tanker truck spills 1200 gallons of diesel on Dalton HighwayAlaska Dispatch
  Tractor-trailer spills 1200 gallons of fuel on Dalton HighwayKTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
  
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• One Kuskokwim Traveler’s Body Recovered, Search for Others Continues

  15-12-2014 21:45
  
  Bethel Search and Rescue searchers Sunday found the body of Ralph ‘Jimmy’ Demantle, one of three people who disappeared while traveling by four-wheeler from Bethel to Akiak. Searchers continue to search for another man and a woman
  
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• Gamble to step down as University of Alaska president - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  15-12-2014 21:22
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Gamble to step down as University of Alaska president
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Gamble's tenure was also marked by his launch of Shaping Alaska's Future, an ambitious review of the university and its functions. At the direction of regents, the effort sought to determine how well UA was serving the educational, economic, social and ...
  Search to begin for new UA president after Gamble announces retirementAlaska Dispatch
  
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• Weediquette: Baked Alaska - VICE

  15-12-2014 20:58
  
  Weediquette: Baked Alaska
  VICE
  On November 4, 2014, the state of Alaska was faced with a ballot measure to potentially make recreational marijuana legal. In this episode of Weediquette, we follow democracy in action through the eyes of Charlo Greene. Greene became the firebrand folk ...
  
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• Medicaid expansion could be months away in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch

  15-12-2014 18:27
  
  Alaska Dispatch
  Medicaid expansion could be months away in Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch
  But she also sees expanded coverage as a catalyst for meaningful reform and as an investment in Alaska's future. Medicaid is a program that helps cover health care cost for lower-income people. Through 2020, expanded coverage could help about 40,000 ...
  Alaska fiscal crisis threatens some of Walker's plansInsurance News Net
  
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• Business booming for Alaska berry growers - Capital Press

  15-12-2014 18:27
  
  Business booming for Alaska berry growers
  Capital Press
  KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Berries, which started out as a hobby for Brian Olson and his wife Laurie Olson, has expanded into a full-fledged business. Located on West Poppy Lane between Soldotna and Kenai, Alaska Berries sells a variety of jams ...
  
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• Laine Welch: Commercial fishing vessels exempted from deck wash rules - Alaska Dispatch

  15-12-2014 18:05
  
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  Laine Welch: Commercial fishing vessels exempted from deck wash rules
  Alaska Dispatch
  “We're building a new freezer facility there, and the fish we used to tender out of the Gulf of Alaska to our Akutan plant will now be processed in Kodiak. Also, when you get your big pink salmon runs in places like Prince William Sound, we'll be able ...
  Alaska Fish Factor: Deck Washing Will Not Violate Clean Water ActTheFishSite.com
  
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• Keels laid for 2 Alaska-class ferries in Ketchikan - KTUU.com

  15-12-2014 17:52
  
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  Keels laid for 2 Alaska-class ferries in Ketchikan
  KTUU.com
  In December 2012 then-Gov. Sean Parnell canceled a 350-foot Alaska Class Ferry in favor of smaller boats because of cost overruns. He ordered a new, smaller design for the Alaska Class Ferry and limited the budget to $120 million for two 280-foot boats.
  2 Alaska ferries under construction in KetchikanSFGate
  Shipyard starts work on two new ferriesJuneau Empire (subscription)
  
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• ESSAY: Letter from Alaska, Part Two - Pagosa Daily Post

  15-12-2014 15:59
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  ESSAY: Letter from Alaska, Part Two
  Pagosa Daily Post
  Friday morning. Sitting on the runway again in Sitka, Alaska, waiting to make another attempt at a landing at the Juneau airport, 20 precious minutes to the west and the site, lately, of lingering December fog. The plane is maybe half-empty (or else ...
  Sitka AmeriCorps takes over SAGA volunteersKtoo
  
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• As Alaska Legalizes Recreational Pot, Anchorage, the State's Largest City ... - Huffington Post

  15-12-2014 15:56
  
  Alaska Dispatch
  As Alaska Legalizes Recreational Pot, Anchorage, the State's Largest City ...
  Huffington Post
  Residents will get a chance to testify Tuesday on whether the Anchorage Assembly should vote to ban commercial marijuana facilities in Alaska's largest city. The ordinance, introduced by Eagle River Assembly member Amy Demboski, has caused supporters ...
  Proposed business ban reignites marijuana debate in AnchorageAlaska Dispatch
  Anchorage schedules hearing on marijuana sal
  
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• Alaska author expands wilderness focus in 'On Arctic Ground' - Alaska Dispatch

  15-12-2014 14:40
  
  Alaska Dispatch
  Alaska author expands wilderness focus in 'On Arctic Ground'
  Alaska Dispatch
  Debbie Miller's book "On Arctic Ground: Tracking Time Through Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve" has been out for a couple of years. But the Alaska teacher, author, explorer and conservationist continues making the rounds to public events and schools ...
  
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• Essay collection delves into mystery and meaning of wildlife - Alaska Dispatch

  15-12-2014 14:33
  
  Alaska Dispatch
  Essay collection delves into mystery and meaning of wildlife
  Alaska Dispatch
  Anchorage writer Bill Sherwonit, a Connecticut boy who started in Alaska as a geologist, then became a newspaper sports and outdoors writer, has for many years made a life of freelance writing about his interests in Alaska's wild places and wild animals.
  
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• Alaska Airlines Debuts 'Alaska Beyond' with the Launch of New Inflight ... - MarketWatch

  15-12-2014 14:05
  
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  Alaska Airlines Debuts 'Alaska Beyond' with the Launch of New Inflight ...
  MarketWatch
  15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting today, Alaska Airlines customers can enjoy free* entertainment directly on their personal electronic devices. The new entertainment service, available today on 50 of Alaska's 737 planes, will be available at no extra ...
  Alaska Airlines' 'Alaska Beyond' Concept is All Good News for Economy ClassJaunted
  Alaska Airlines offers free entertainment
  
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• Bull of the Day: Alaska Air Group (ALK) - Zacks.com

  15-12-2014 09:12
  
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  Bull of the Day: Alaska Air Group (ALK)
  Zacks.com
  One stock that definitely fits in with this trend, though it has still been overlooked by many, is undoubtedly Alaska Airlines Group (ALK - Snapshot Report). This company has seen its shares surge by 50 percent so far in 2014, and if you look at some ...
  Zacks' Bull Of The Day: Alaska Air (ALK)Seeking Alpha
  ALK: Alaska Air Group Flying HighInvestorplace.com
  
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• Patriots wrestle way to fifth place at Alaska Duals - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  15-12-2014 09:02
  
  Patriots wrestle way to fifth place at Alaska Duals
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS —The North Pole Patriots wrestling team lost just once en route to a fifth-place finish at the Alaska Duals at South Anchorage High School on Friday and Saturday. The Lathrop Malemutes, who fell to eventual champions Colony in the second ...
  
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• Organization hopes to improve Alaska sex workers' safety, legal climate - KTUU.com

  15-12-2014 05:24
  
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  Organization hopes to improve Alaska sex workers' safety, legal climate
  KTUU.com
  A local advocacy group is calling for the decriminalization of prostitution in Alaska, with a weekend candlelight vigil held on behalf of sex workers victimized while they worked. Community United for Safety and Protection is also calling for a repeal ...
  Group in Alaska hopes to keep sex workers saferKTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
  
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• Proposed business ban reignites marijuana debate in Anchorage - Alaska Dispatch

  15-12-2014 05:11
  
  Alaska Dispatch
  Proposed business ban reignites marijuana debate in Anchorage
  Alaska Dispatch
  Jeff Jessee, CEO of The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, volunteered with the "Big Marijuana. Big Mistake." campaign, one of the main opponents of the marijuana legalization in Alaska. Bill Roth / ADN. Residents will get a chance to testify ...
  Anchorage schedules hearing on marijuana sales banBellingham Herald
  As Alaska Legalizes Recreational Pot, Anchorage, the State's Largest City
  
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• Alaska must tell yahoo cowboys like Noble Drilling to hit the trail - Alaska Dispatch

  15-12-2014 05:02
  
  Alaska Dispatch
  Alaska must tell yahoo cowboys like Noble Drilling to hit the trail
  Alaska Dispatch
  OPINION: Alaska must send oil contractors a message about the standards we expect. And quickly, before Alaskans forget the negligent behavior of Shell contractor Noble Drilling. Pictured: The Noble Discoverer prepares for its initial Chukchi Sea ...
  
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• Climate Change Takes A Village As The Planet Warms, A Remote Alaskan Town ... - Huffington Post

  15-12-2014 04:08
  
  Huffington Post
  Climate Change Takes A Village As The Planet Warms, A Remote Alaskan Town ...
  Huffington Post
  The remote village of Shishmaref, Alaska, has been experiencing the effects of climate change first-hand. In the last decades, the island's shores have been eroding into the sea, falling off in giant chunks whenever a big storm hits. (Photo: Gabriel ...
  
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• WATCH: Yikes! You'll wonder how skier survived this Alaska plunge - KTUU.com

  15-12-2014 01:55
  
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  WATCH: Yikes! You'll wonder how skier survived this Alaska plunge
  KTUU.com
  A harrowing trip down a vertical stone chute in Southcentral Alaska -- as well as video of it shot from both a helicopter and a helmet-mounted camera -- is earning a California skier accolades for what some call the year's best run of its kind. In a ...
  
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