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• Google technology shares Santa's village in Arctic Finland with global audience - Alaska Dispatch

  25-12-2014 21:34
  Google technology shares Santa's village in Arctic Finland with global audience
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  Santa Claus walks with his Reindeer and sled in Rovaniemi, Finland on December 16, 2008. (Olivier Morin/AFP/Getty Images). The internet giant Google has leveraged its global reach to offer the world a look at the place where Santa lives and works in ...
  
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• Alaska LNG export project hits a couple of bumps in DC - Ktoo

  25-12-2014 16:57
  
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  Alaska LNG export project hits a couple of bumps in DC
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  Bill Walker on Tuesday announced an agreement that could help sell Alaska liquefied natural gas in Japan, but the effort to build a trans-Alaska gas pipeline is meeting some resistance in Washington, D.C. Lack of political support there is forcing the ...
  Walker signs agreement to advance export of Alaska LNGAlaska Dispatch
  Walker inks LNG agreement with Japanese companyJuneau Empire (subscription)
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• Travel group ranks Alaska over Las Vegas as most popular domestic destination - Alaska Dispatch

  25-12-2014 06:26
  
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  Travel group ranks Alaska over Las Vegas as most popular domestic destination
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  Travel Leaders Group, which published its 2015 Travel Trends survey last week, claimed Alaska cruises will account for 33.6 percent of all domestic travel bookings from the 1,226 travel agents and other industry partners it works with, including ...
  2015 cruising: Alaska, European rivers in demandUSA TODAY
  Alaska Cruises Dethrones Las Vegas as Top US "Destination" for 2015 in
  
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• Reindeer present unique challenges for aspiring young Alaska herders - Alaska Dispatch

  25-12-2014 05:27
  
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  Reindeer present unique challenges for aspiring young Alaska herders
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  On the Seward Peninsula in Western Alaska, where 15 million acres is dedicated to reindeer herding, there's hope that the next generation will take over herding, potentially creating new jobs and using reindeer to help expand local food sources.
  
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• Officials Warn of Botulism Outbreak in Twin Hills - Alaska Public Radio Network

  25-12-2014 02:32
  
  Officials Warn of Botulism Outbreak in Twin Hills
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  Bill Walker Tuesday announced an agreement that could help sell Alaska liquefied natural gas in Japan, but the effort to build a trans-Alaska gas pipeline is meeting some resistance in Washington, D.C. Lack of political support there is forcing the ...
  
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• Tainted seal oil linked to botulism outbreak in Southwest Alaska - Alaska Dispatch

  25-12-2014 02:32
  
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  Tainted seal oil linked to botulism outbreak in Southwest Alaska
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  In Alaska, botulism occurs almost always in fermented or preserved foods like improperly canned fish and "stink heads," according to a 2011 report from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. According to state data, seal oil appears to be ...
  25 sick: Botulism in seal oil in Southwest AlaskaBarfblog (blog)
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: December 24, 2014

  25-12-2014 02:30
  
  
  Officials Warn of Botulism Outbreak; Investor Pulls Out of BC Mine; LNG Exports Hits Bumps; Lights Return in Ft. Yukon; Maybe No White Christmas in Aleutians; Volunteers Pitch in Haines; Fish Skin Appearing in Modern Fashion
  
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• Officials Warn of Botulism Outbreak in Twin Hills

  25-12-2014 02:10
  
  
  Health officials are warning of a botulism outbreak from a batch of seal oil produced recently in the Bristol Bay village of Twin Hills, near Togiak. A state investigation into the outbreak says more than 25 people may have consumed the seal oil, and they're working quickly to track them down.
  
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• Generators Going Again; Lights Back on In Ft. Yukon

  25-12-2014 02:04
  
  
  The lights are back on in Fort Yukon, including the Christmas trees, now that three of the village’s four electrical generators are functioning again. A couple of weeks ago, the holidays didn’t look so happy for the remote Yukon River community, when all but one of its generators broke down.
  
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• No White Christmas in the Aleutians?

  25-12-2014 02:03
  
  
  Winter usually has a different feel in Unalaska compared to the rest of the state. The days aren’t as short, and the temperatures are nowhere near as cold. But as Alaska faces yet another year of below-average snowfall, the Aleutians are beginning to look a lot less exceptional.
  
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• Local Organizations Pitch In to Help Haines’ Homeless

  25-12-2014 02:02
  
  
  Haines doesn’t have a shelter or official service for people who are homeless. There are local organizations that do what they can to help – a lot of the time that means providing a one-way ferry ticket to Juneau, the closest town with a homeless shelter. So what happens when a homeless couple shows up in Haines, determined to find a place to stay? That happened with 48-year-old Roger and 45-year-old Judy Kley, who slept in shelters and on the streets for three years and just recently found
  
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• Fire Marshal Releases Report on Bethel Fire

  25-12-2014 01:19
  
  
  A report from the State Fire Marshals’ office has ruled the cause of a fire that burned the new Phillip Ayagnirvik Treatment Center, or PATC, in Bethel as ‘undetermined’. The building is owned by the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation and was fully insured. The report, completed December 10th, according to state fire officials, was released to KYUK on Wednesday.
  
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• Reality Check: Slednecks in love, 'Alaskan Bush People' are back - Alaska Dispatch

  25-12-2014 01:03
  
  Reality Check: Slednecks in love, 'Alaskan Bush People' are back
  Alaska Dispatch
  We did learn a few valuable things about Alaska's weirdest family, though. First, they can have Christmas any day of the year. There was still a cruise ship in Ketchikan, so I'm assuming it was August or September. Second, it's a family tradition to ...
  
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• Fish Skin Art Combines Past with Present

  25-12-2014 00:21
  
  
  Native Alaskans and other people of the north have tanned fish skins for centuries to make bags, shoes, and other useful items. Now fish skin leather is appearing on high-end products from Prada, Nike, and Dior. Commercially produced salmon leather is made in mass in Europe and Chile, but in Alaska, it’s still made by hand, one fish at time.
  
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