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• Alaska child struck by all-terrain vehicle dies - Times Daily

  27-12-2014 23:15
  
  Alaska child struck by all-terrain vehicle dies
  Times Daily
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 6-year-old boy who had been struck by an all-terrain vehicle died on Christmas Eve. Alaska State Troopers say the boy from the Southwest Alaska village of Akiachak (AK'-ee-ah-chak) had been lying on a trail in the dark when ...
  
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• Texas, Alaska, Oil States Face Budget Hit - Newsmax.com

  27-12-2014 19:51
  
  MarketWatch
  Texas, Alaska, Oil States Face Budget Hit
  Newsmax.com
  Oil-rich states such as Texas, Louisiana, Alaska and Oklahoma, and North Dakota, which is benefiting from the fracking boom, are bracing for the fall, reports The New York Times. While economic disasters like the ones that occurred in the 1980s are not ...
  In oil states, bracing for a price bust's ripple through the economyMidland Reporter-Telegram
  
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• PBA: Alaska rises from 19-point hole, emerges victorious against Rain or Shine - GMA News

  27-12-2014 17:20
  
  Inquirer.net
  PBA: Alaska rises from 19-point hole, emerges victorious against Rain or Shine
  GMA News
  The Alaska Aces rose from a 19-point hole to defeat the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, 93-88, on Saturday at the MOA Arena. Alaska head coach Alex Compton credit Rain or Shine for playing a solid first half, as the Aces entered the break down 47-41:
  Alaska rallies past Rain or Shine anew for a 3-2 leadInquirer.net
  Alaska pulls off another comeback over Rain or Shine for 3-2 leadRappler
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• Couple earns Alaska state honors - Bradenton Herald

  27-12-2014 12:13
  Couple earns Alaska state honors
  Bradenton Herald
  First, Soos found out in a phone call that he'd been named the new Alaska State Writer Laureate as part of the Governors Awards for the Arts for 2015. Seconds later, he learned that his wife would also be receiving an award, as the state's Individual ...
  
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• Couple earns Alaska state honors - Washington Times

  27-12-2014 11:39
  Couple earns Alaska state honors
  Washington Times
  First, Soos found out in a phone call that he'd been named the new Alaska State Writer Laureate as part of the Governors Awards for the Arts for 2015. Seconds later, he learned that his wife would also be receiving an award, as the state's Individual ...
  
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• Front Row and Center – New Season

  27-12-2014 11:01
  
  Front Row and Center returns for a new season with the series' eclectic signature of industry veterans mixed with a new generation of chart-toppers. The lineup of 10 episodes includes an Oscar-nominated rock band, guitar legends and, for the first time, country hit-makers. It will follow Austin City Limits on Saturday nights at 11:00 beginning January 3.
  
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• Alaska Court of Appeals reverses sex assault conviction - Alaska Dispatch

  27-12-2014 04:41
  
  Alaska Court of Appeals reverses sex assault conviction
  Alaska Dispatch
  Citing improper jury instruction, the Alaska Court of Appeals has reversed a 2010 sexual assault conviction against a Sitka man. A jury found Wilburn Jackson guilty of first-degree sexual assault and fourth-degree assault after a Superior Court trial ...
  
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• Walker, Mallott schedule 7 inaugural balls across Alaska - Alaska Dispatch

  27-12-2014 04:20
  
  Walker, Mallott schedule 7 inaugural balls across Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch
  Watchdog groups have warned that such fundraising can provide special interests with an avenue to cultivate goodwill with a new administration, and Alaska has no rules that cap contributions to inaugural committees or that require disclosure of donors.
  
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• Some States See Budgets at Risk as Oil Price Falls

  27-12-2014 03:46 via nytimes.com
  A study projected that job losses tied to the decline in energy costs would be largest in Wyoming, Oklahoma and North Dakota.
  
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• Alaska GOP leaders ask Walker for 'immediate action' on budget cutting - Alaska Dispatch

  27-12-2014 03:28
  
  Houston Chronicle
  Alaska GOP leaders ask Walker for 'immediate action' on budget cutting
  Alaska Dispatch
  Republican leaders in the Alaska Legislature are asking new Gov. Bill Walker to take “immediate action” to cut the state budget as the state faces a $3.5 billion budget gap this year following a sharp drop in the price of oil. In a letter dated Tuesday ...
  Legislators Urge Governor Walker To Rein In BudgetAlaska Public Radio Network
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• Learning for Life: Studying pests in Alaska - Kenai Peninsula Online

  27-12-2014 02:53
  Learning for Life: Studying pests in Alaska
  Kenai Peninsula Online
  Here in Alaska we have relatively few pests on our farms and ranches. When I think about the weeds, diseases, and insects I had to manage as a research agronomist in Washington, Idaho, and New Zealand and compare that to our pest problems in Alaska, ...
  
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• Alaska Supreme Court sides with Kodiak's roaming buffalo - Alaska Dispatch

  27-12-2014 02:39
  
  Alaska Dispatch
  Alaska Supreme Court sides with Kodiak's roaming buffalo
  Alaska Dispatch
  The buffalo can roam, at least on Kodiak Island, the Alaska Supreme Court said Friday in a stern rebuke to the state Board of Game. The board had previously deemed “feral” any free-ranging bison that strayed from state or federal grazing leases, and in ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: December 26, 2014

  27-12-2014 02:18
  
  
  Legislators Urge Governor Walker To Rein In Budget; $1 Million Loan to Buy Sitka Hospital ‘Breathing Room’; Fire Marshals say PATC Fire Cause ‘Undetermined’; Incoming DNR Commissioner Prepares For New Position; AK: Exploding History
  
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• Legislators Urge Governor Walker To Rein In Budget

  27-12-2014 02:00
  
  
  Alaska lawmakers sent a letter to Governor Bill Walker this week urging measures to rein in budget items. Incoming Senate President Kevin Meyer, a Republican from Anchorage and House Speaker Republican Mike Chenault of Nikiski signed the letter, along with the chairs of the finance committees for both chambers. The letter lays out suggestions such as a hiring freeze for all state departments, limiting agency travel and requesting department budgets for the first six months of 2015.
  
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• $1 Million Loan to Buy Sitka Hospital ‘Breathing Room’

  27-12-2014 01:59
  
  
  Sitka Community Hospital will get a $1-million infusion of cash from the Sitka assembly, in order to meet short-term expenses. A long-term solution for the hospital’s cash woes is still on the horizon.
  
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• Fire Marshals say PATC Fire Cause ‘Undetermined’

  27-12-2014 01:58
  
  
  A report from the State Fire Marshals’ office has ruled the cause of a fire that burned the new alcohol treatment center in Bethel as ‘undetermined’. The building is owned by the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation and was fully insured.
  
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• Incoming DNR Commissioner Prepares For New Position

  27-12-2014 01:57
  
  
  Mark Myers is preparing to become Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources on January 16th. He is currently Vice Chancellor of Research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Myers has also worked for the oil industry as a petroleum geologist and for the federal government- leading the United States Geological Survey.
  
  And he was the director of the division of oil and gas when Frank Murkowski was Governor. Myers says he made a difficult decision to resign from that job.
  
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• AK: Exploding History

  27-12-2014 01:56
  
  
  It’s been more than 70 years since Unalaska came under attack during World War II, but you don’t have to look hard to find the remnants. The community is littered with old gunnery installations, battered Quonset huts and bunkers – some of which are being preserved for posterity.
  
  But there’s history, and then there’s hazard, and the shells and bombs that keep washing up on Unalaska’s shores fall somewhere in between.
  
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• Alaska Supreme Court reverses sex assault conviction - Alaska Dispatch

  27-12-2014 01:26
  
  Alaska Supreme Court reverses sex assault conviction
  Alaska Dispatch
  Citing improper jury instruction, the Alaska Supreme Court has reversed a 2010 sexual assault conviction against a Sitka man. A jury found Wilburn Jackson guilty of first-degree sexual assault and fourth-degree assault after a Superior Court trial more ...
  
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• Alaska Air's Earnings Grow Due To Multiple Factors - Investor's Business Daily

  27-12-2014 00:31
  
  Alaska Air's Earnings Grow Due To Multiple Factors
  Investor's Business Daily
  New markets, happy customers and lower fuel are driving growth for Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK), the parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Airlines. Through the third quarter, the company brought service to 13 new markets. Over the past three ...
  Closing Bell Reports: Entergy Corporation (ETR), Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK ...WallStreet Scope
  
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