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• AK: Hockey Homecoming - Alaska Public Radio Network

  19-12-2014 23:48
  
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  AK: Hockey Homecoming
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Anchorage has a close knit hockey community, but if players want to continue on to college hockey or eventually play professionally, they have to move away from Alaska at a fairly young age – leaving friendships behind. They use their short breaks back ...
  
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• AK: Hockey Homecoming

  19-12-2014 23:36
  
  
  Anchorage has a close knit hockey community, but if players want to continue on to college hockey or eventually play professionally, they have to move away from Alaska at a fairly young age - leaving friendships behind. They use their short breaks back home to re-live some of those childhood memories on the ice. And, the 5th Annual Christmas Classic gives them that opportunity.
  
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• Fishing industry, aviation linked in Alaska from earliest days - Alaska Dispatch

  19-12-2014 23:22
  
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  Fishing industry, aviation linked in Alaska from earliest days
  Alaska Dispatch
  Alaska Airlines cargo workers unload pallets of the first shipment of Copper River salmon, Friday, May 16, 2014, after it arrived on a flight from Cordova to the Alaska Airlines Cargo facility near Seattle. The salmon, which are highly prized for their ...
  
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• Perseverance’s A Christmas Carol

  19-12-2014 22:59
  
  Local playwright Arlitia Jones working in collaboration with director Michael Haney has come up with a new and exciting version of Dickens' classic holiday tale A Christmas Carol. Actor Jamie Nelson, who plays Bob Cratchit and Josh Lowman of Perseverance Theatre join Jean and Steve this week to bring some holiday cheer. A Christmas Carol runs through December 28th at the Discovery Theatre in the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.
  
  KSKA: Friday, December 19th at 2:45pm
  
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• Rule allows trust status for Alaska tribal lands - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  19-12-2014 22:50
  
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  Rule allows trust status for Alaska tribal lands
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Tribes in Alaska are applauding a regulation that allows them to apply for federal trust status for their lands. The U.S. Department of Interior published a final regulation this week in a prolonged dispute between tribes, the ...
  Interior will accept land into trust for tribesAlaska Dispatch
  American Indian, Alaska Native organizations back transboundary protectionsJuneau Empire (subscription)
  
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• How the Alaska Native Brotherhood changed Alaska history - Ktoo

  19-12-2014 22:35
  
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  How the Alaska Native Brotherhood changed Alaska history
  Ktoo
  In “A Dangerous Idea,” author Peter Metcalfe explores the crucial role the Alaska Native Brotherhood played in securing Native rights and land claims before, during and after statehood. The recently published book explores an often overlooked chapter ...
  
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• All Aboard the R/V Sikuliaq

  19-12-2014 22:30
  
  This week on Addressing Alaksans, we're headed aboard the R/V Sikuliaq for a tour with the ship's operations director, Dan Oliver of the UAF Seward Research Center. It's the only ice-capable oceanographic research ship in the entire U.S. research fleet, and its home port is in Alaska.
  
  KSKA: Tuesday, Dec. 23, at 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
  
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• Annual Statewide Holiday Greetings Show

  19-12-2014 22:00
  
  It’s not to be missed! The annual state-wide holiday greeting edition of Talk of Alaska is on its way. Good wishes will be flying across the great state of Alaska, re-connecting friends and families and extended families in a two-hour wave of greetings. So make your list and get ready to call on the next Talk of Alaska.
  
  APRN: Tuesday, 12/23 at 10:00am
  
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• Gallery: Making snow in Anchorage? Weird weather in Alaska - Sacramento Bee

  19-12-2014 21:16
  
  Gallery: Making snow in Anchorage? Weird weather in Alaska
  Sacramento Bee
  A week before Christmas, Alaska's largest city should look like a postcard wonderland, and the last place you'd expect to see equipment making snow. But Peter Zug of the Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage trail maintenance crew looks up after making ...
  
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• On Immunity and Inoculation

  19-12-2014 21:00
  
  On the next Line One, an exploration of an issue with massive public health implications and varying perspectives, the "immunization question." Dr. Woodard speaks with essayist Eula Biss, author of "On Immunity: An Inoculation," selected as one of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2014. Dr Woodard describes it as an extensively researched, well reasoned, eloquent examination of immunization as an imperfect but important personal and public health benefit.
  
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• Skier Digs Head out of Snow After Alaska Avalanche - ABC News

  19-12-2014 20:47
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  Skier Digs Head out of Snow After Alaska Avalanche
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  An Alaska backcountry skier walked away uninjured after being completely buried under a 350-foot-wide avalanche, and survived because he was initially able to dig his head out of the snow, officials with the Chugach National Forest Avalanche ...
  Turnagain backcountry skier survives full burial in avalancheAlaska Dispatch
  
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• Lonnie Dupre Makes Fourth Winter Solo Attempt on Denali

  19-12-2014 20:29
  
  On Thursday, climber and Arctic veteran Lonnie Dupre left Talkeetna for his fourth attempt to be the first person to summit Denali in January.
  
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• Interior Dept. Appoints New Leader for Offshore Energy

  19-12-2014 20:17
  
  The federal agency that regulates offshore oil drilling is about to get a new leader. Abigail Hopper has been named director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, according to a report from FuelFix.
  
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• Great Alaska Aviation Gathering gets green light from FedEx - Alaska Dispatch

  19-12-2014 19:38
  
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  Great Alaska Aviation Gathering gets green light from FedEx
  Alaska Dispatch
  Thousands of people attended the two-day Great Alaska Aviation Gathering on Sunday, May 5, 2013, which is held annually at the FedEx hangar on Postmark Drive in Anchorage. The Alaska Airmen's Association sponsors the event that helps protect and ...
  
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• Fares on Alaska state ferries will increase 4.5 percent in 2015 - Alaska Dispatch

  19-12-2014 18:37
  
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  Fares on Alaska state ferries will increase 4.5 percent in 2015
  Alaska Dispatch
  The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities says in a release that fares on the Alaska Marine Highway System are going up 4.5 percent for travel beginning May 1. Officials say reservations made before the effective date of Jan. 1 will ...
  State raises ferry rates starting Jan. 1Juneau Empire (subscription)
  
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• Alaska's minimum wage increase takes effect Feb. 24 - Alaska Dispatch

  19-12-2014 17:54
  
  Alaska's minimum wage increase takes effect Feb. 24
  Alaska Dispatch
  JUNEAU -- Alaska's minimum wage will go up by a $1 an hour, to $8.75 an hour, starting Feb. 24. Voters in November approved a ballot measure that called for an increase on Jan. 1. That would have held true had the ballot measure appeared on the August ...
  
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• The Alaska Native Brotherhood's “Dangerous Idea” - Ktoo

  19-12-2014 16:10
  
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  The Alaska Native Brotherhood's “Dangerous Idea”
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  In “A Dangerous Idea,” author Peter Metcalfe explores the crucial role the Alaska Native Brotherhood played in securing Native rights and land claims before, during and after statehood. The recently published book explores an often overlooked chapter ...
  
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• Alaska mine would be a Bristol Bay disaster waiting to happen - Los Angeles Times

  19-12-2014 14:02
  
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  Alaska mine would be a Bristol Bay disaster waiting to happen
  Los Angeles Times
  President Obama's decision to permanently protect Alaska's Bristol Bay and adjacent lands from oil and gas drilling is so clearly the correct decision that the only objections will come from those whose sole interest is the welfare of those two energy ...
  Political Economy POLITICAL ECONOMY Obama tightens environmental noose ...Mineweb
  Easy Win For Obama In Alaskan Oil DecisionOilPrice.com
  
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• Fares increase 4.5 percent on Alaska state ferries - Lexington Herald Leader

  19-12-2014 12:51
  Fares increase 4.5 percent on Alaska state ferries
  Lexington Herald Leader
  The Alaska Department of Transportation says in a release that fares on the Alaska Marine Highway System are going up 4.5 percent for travel beginning May 1. Officials say reservation made before the effective date of Jan. 1 will not be affected. DOT ...
  State raises ferry rates starting Jan. 1Juneau Empire (subscription)
  
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• Original Alaska-produced musical gets revival, state tour - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  19-12-2014 10:27
  
  Original Alaska-produced musical gets revival, state tour
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  “Out There Honky Tonkin'” is the collaborative work of Carey Seward and Amanda Bent, who have crafted a tale around the music of noted Alaska singer/songwriter Riesa Rose. The performance was well-received by Fairbanks audiences when it debuted in ...
  
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• Walker: Alaska will weather fiscal storm - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  19-12-2014 10:13
  Walker: Alaska will weather fiscal storm
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  Gov. Bill Walker is reaching out to community and business leaders to help guide him through some tough times with the state budget. In a speech to the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Dec. 15, Walker's first address to a major business group since taking ...
  
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• Weird Weather Lingers in Alaska's Largest City - ABC News

  19-12-2014 08:29
  Weird Weather Lingers in Alaska's Largest City
  ABC News
  A week before Christmas, Alaska's largest city should look like a postcard wonderland, and the last place you'd expect to see equipment making snow. "We want Santa to bring snow, soon," Terry Goodwin said as she hit a ski trail in Anchorage on Thursday ...
  
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• Alaska food trend predictions for 2015: Home fermenting, charcuterie, food ... - Alaska Dispatch

  19-12-2014 05:57
  
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  Alaska food trend predictions for 2015: Home fermenting, charcuterie, food ...
  Alaska Dispatch
  Alaska might not be heralded as a food destination, but 2014 has been an exciting year of growth for us. We still have an unhealthy obsession with big food chains like Olive Garden, but we've also seen an explosion of farmers markets across the state.
  
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• Interior will accept land into trust for tribes - Alaska Dispatch

  19-12-2014 04:11
  
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  Interior will accept land into trust for tribes
  Alaska Dispatch
  In another victory for tribal rights in Alaska, the Interior Department has issued a new rule that will allow it to take land into trust for Alaska Native tribes and individuals with Native allotments, a move that will help secure the lands for new ...
  American Indian, Alaska Native organizations back transboundary protectionsJuneau Empire (subscription)
  DOI Announces Final Rule for Land into Trust for Alaska Native TribesTuls
  
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• Scientists ID Two Bat Species Never Before Seen In Alaska - Alaska Public Radio Network

  19-12-2014 03:47
  
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  Scientists ID Two Bat Species Never Before Seen In Alaska
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  “If I were to go down to Southeast Alaska and catch a bat that could either be a Yuma Bat or Little Brown Bat, without any other information or evidence, if I were to look at it, then let it go, or even if I were to take the measurements that you can ...
  
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• Unknown Oily Sheen off Shishmaref Coast Returns

  19-12-2014 03:18
  
  
  An oily sheen of unknown origin discovered along the northeast coast of Shishmaref this summer has returned.
  
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• Governor Walker Shares Upbeat Message With Fairbanks

  19-12-2014 03:17
  
  
  Governor Bill Walker is striking an optimistic tone despite tanking oil prices that are reducing state revenue. Speaking to the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, Walker pointed to opportunity.
  
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• Scientists ID Two Bat Species Never Before Seen In Alaska

  19-12-2014 03:16
  
  
  Scientists are in a race to learn as much as they can about bats in Alaska. And that race has led to the discovery of two new species previously unknown in the state. The Hoary bat and the Yuma bat were both found in Southeast Alaska.
  
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• Court Decision Allows Tribes To Apply For Lands To Be Placed In Trust

  19-12-2014 03:15
  
  
  Tribes in Alaska are celebrating a decision that allows them to apply for lands to be placed into trust status with the federal government.
  
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• Tulsequah Mine Study Outlines Taku River Barging

  19-12-2014 03:14
  
  
  Chieftain Metals Corp. has released new details on its plan to barge supplies and minerals to and from the Tulsequah Chief Mine, up the Taku River south of Juneau.
  
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• DEC Reaches Diesel Spill Site Along Dalton Highway

  19-12-2014 03:13
  
  
  The state Department of Environmental Conservation has been able to get back in to a remote spot along the Dalton Highway where a fuel tanker wrecked and overturned Sunday night, spilling 1,200 gallons of diesel. The spill and a fire that burned the wrecked rig occurred near the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.
  
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• Charities Help Fill Void From Santa’s Clearing House During Holiday Season

  19-12-2014 03:10
  
  
  Charities are stepping up to help more Fairbanks families this holiday season. Organization’s like Love Inc. and the Salvation Army are providing gifts for kids whose families were formerly served by Santa’s Clearing House.
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: December 18, 2014

  19-12-2014 03:09
  
  
  Unknown Oily Sheen off Shishmaref Coast Returns; Governor Walker Shares Upbeat Message With Fairbanks; Scientists ID Two Bat Species Never Before Seen In Alaska; Court Decision Allows Tribes To Apply For Lands To Be Placed In Trust; Tulsequah Mine Study Outlines Taku River Barging; DEC Reaches Diesel Spill Site Along Dalton Highway; Fall Brown Bear Hunts Proposed Near Petersburg; Sealaska Heritage Institute Begins Move into Walter Soboleff Center; Charities Help Fill Void From Santa's Clearing H
  
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• Correction: Alaska Pipeline story - MiamiHerald.com

  19-12-2014 00:50
  
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  Correction: Alaska Pipeline story
  MiamiHerald.com
  In a story Dec. 17 about the office of the federal coordinator for Alaska gas pipeline projects, The Associated Press, relying on information from a spokesman for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski reported erroneously on proposed funding for the project ...
  Gas pipeline coordinator office in Alaska to closeFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska Pipeline Pipeline coordinator's office to closeKTUU.com
  Pipeline coordinator office to closeJuneau Empi
  
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• Survey shows hope, optimism among homeless Alaska Native elders - UW Today

  19-12-2014 00:05
  UW Today
  Survey shows hope, optimism among homeless Alaska Native elders
  UW Today
  But Lewis sought to find something different when he embarked on a recent research project exploring optimism among homeless Alaska Native elders in Seattle. Statistics on that population are grim; urban Alaska Natives face disproportionately higher ...
  
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