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• Crude Price Drop Unlikely To Affect Fuel Prices In Western Alaska - Alaska Public Radio Network

  31-12-2014 23:52
  
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  Crude Price Drop Unlikely To Affect Fuel Prices In Western Alaska
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  “The western Alaska market is not a traditional market that you would see at the corner gas station,” he said. “Those markets are served by very large bulk orders that are placed into tank farms, and then are pretty much locked in by ice. So new ...
  
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• Crude Price Drop Unlikely To Affect Fuel Prices In Western Alaska

  31-12-2014 23:49
  
  Oil prices continue to fall, with Brent crude around $56 per barrel and gasoline dipping below $3 per gallon around the state. But even as crude prices plummet, rural Alaskans are unlikely to see major savings this winter. Sean Thomas, the vice president of energy and shipping corporation Crowley Maritime, said western Alaska’s unique geography contributes to static fuel prices in the region.
  
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• Oil pays bills in Alaska, while resource-extraction giants like fishing and ... - Alaska Dispatch

  31-12-2014 23:00
  
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  Oil pays bills in Alaska, while resource-extraction giants like fishing and ...
  Alaska Dispatch
  Alaska motorists contributed more than five times as much ($39.3 million) to state coffers thanks to the tax on the fuel to power their cars and trucks. Alaska smokers paid more than four times as much ($30 million) in taxes in order to puff on ...
  
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• Alaska aviation fatalities down sharply in 2014 - Alaska Dispatch

  31-12-2014 22:54
  
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  Alaska aviation fatalities down sharply in 2014
  Alaska Dispatch
  As 2014 comes to a close, the Alaska aviation community can breathe a collective sigh of relief over dramatically improved accident statistics for the year. According to the National Transportation Safety Board aviation database, through Dec. 25, 2014 ...
  
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• Judge temporarily blocks termination of Alaska National Guard officer - Alaska Dispatch

  31-12-2014 22:46
  
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  Judge temporarily blocks termination of Alaska National Guard officer
  Alaska Dispatch
  Brig. Gen. Catherine F. Jorgensen, chief of staff, Alaska Army National Guard, is pictured in this Sept. 2013 file photo reciting her oath of office. Jorgensen is suing to stop her termination in October in connection with a scandal that rocked the guard.
  Judge blocks termination of Alaska National Guard officerBeaumont Enterprise
  
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• Multiple Alaska groundfish seasons kicks off Thursday, pollock and crab to follow - Undercurrent News

  31-12-2014 21:58
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  Multiple Alaska groundfish seasons kicks off Thursday, pollock and crab to follow
  Undercurrent News
  While much of the United States watches and waits for the clock to tick 12:01 early Thursday morning, fishermen in Alaska will be prepping their gear to head out into the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska in search of Pacific cod, rockfish and other ...
  Strong forecasts, busy regulatory year ahead for fisheriesAlaskajournal.com
  
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• Arctic Shipping Chills in 2014

  31-12-2014 21:39
  
  The year 2014 has proved to be a slow one for Arctic shipping. Just 31 ships sailed between Europe and Asia across the Northern Sea Route, and 22 did part of the route. That’s down from a total of more than 70 in 2013.
  Malte Humpert, executive director of the Arctic Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, says this year has served as a reality check on some of the over-heated Arctic predictions of recent years.
  
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• Lawmakers need to drop confrontation for cooperation on Alaska budget - Alaska Dispatch

  31-12-2014 20:45
  
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  Lawmakers need to drop confrontation for cooperation on Alaska budget
  Alaska Dispatch
  Rather than try to score points against Walker, it's time for legislative leaders to recognize that with a deficit now estimated at about $5,000 for every man, woman and child in Alaska, nothing short of a restructuring of state government is needed.
  As oil prices fall, Alaska governor halts project spendingYahoo News UK
  Alaska governor orders halt to state funds for alternate North Slope n
  
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• Alaska prepares to offer grizzly license plates - Statesman Journal

  31-12-2014 18:53
  
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  Alaska prepares to offer grizzly license plates
  Statesman Journal
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Alaska drivers will have the choice of a retro look when they obtain new license plates next spring. The state is bringing back plates that feature red lettering on white plates and a grizzly bear standing on its hind legs.
  Alaska prepares to offer new grizzly license platesAlaska Dispatch
  The bear is back: Alaska to again offer grizzly license platesKTUU.com
  
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• Sorry, Slednecks Fans: Alaska MTV Reality Show Appears to Be Canceled - Huffington Post

  31-12-2014 18:46
  
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  Sorry, Slednecks Fans: Alaska MTV Reality Show Appears to Be Canceled
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  The cast of the MTV reality TV show Slednecks had bad news for its fans Tuesday: It appears the network did not renew the Matanuska Valley-based reality show for a second season. The show followed a cast of young Alaskans and was primarily based in ...
  Sorry, 'Slednecks' fans: MTV reality show appears to be canceledAlaska Dispatch
  
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• Alaska National Guard officer asks judge for order to halt her firing - Alaska Dispatch

  31-12-2014 18:43
  
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  Alaska National Guard officer asks judge for order to halt her firing
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  Brig. Gen. Catherine F. Jorgensen, chief of staff, Alaska Army National Guard, is pictured in this Sept. 2013 file photo reciting her oath of office. Jorgensen is suing to stop her termination in October in connection with a scandal that rocked the guard.
  
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• APOC clears Alaska Fish and Game official set to head South Dakota's Game ... - Alaska Dispatch

  31-12-2014 18:37
  
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  PIERRE, S.D. -- The incoming secretary of the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks has been cleared of ethics allegations in Alaska, although critics say it was due to a technicality. Gov. Dennis Daugaard last week announced that South ...
  Incoming GF&P head cleared in ethics complaintSioux Falls Argus Leader
  
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• Dot Earth | While Much of the US Shivers, Alaskan Fourth Graders Bemoan a ... - New York Times (blog)

  31-12-2014 16:58
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  Dot Earth | While Much of the US Shivers, Alaskan Fourth Graders Bemoan a ...
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  I expressed some doubts, noting how much variability there is in Alaskan conditions, so I asked him for a bit more. In his reply, MacCracken (whom I've sought out on climate science since 1985) stressed he's talking about the value of the video in ...
  
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• While Much of the U.S. Shivers, Alaskan Fourth Graders Bemoan a Warm, Snowless December on YouTube

  31-12-2014 16:58 via dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
  While most of the lower 48 states shiver, fourth graders in an Eskimo town in Alaska videotape their warm-weather woes.
  
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• Fukushima radiation detected in Canadian waters but not Alaska - KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska

  31-12-2014 16:55
  
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  Fukushima radiation detected in Canadian waters but not Alaska
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  State veterinarian Dr. Bob Gerlach, who holds the position within the Alaska Department of Environment Conservation, has been part of a team in Alaska tracking Fukushima radiation. As part of his job, Gerlach monitors fish for contaminants such as ...
  Fukushima radiation in Canada-but not AlaskaCNBC
  
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• Warm temperatures in forecast for Alaska cities - NewsOK.com

  31-12-2014 16:35
  
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  Warm temperatures in forecast for Alaska cities
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Commuters in Alaska's largest cities woke up on the last day of 2014 to find unseasonably warm temperatures. The National Weather Service reports temperatures in the mid-30s just after 6 a.m. in Anchorage, making ...
  Parks Highway travel hazardous as freezing rain hits InteriorAlaska Dispatch
  
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• Walker lays out timeline for legal marijuana in Alaska - KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska

  31-12-2014 07:57
  
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  Walker lays out timeline for legal marijuana in Alaska
  KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
  Until then, a cooperative group from various state agencies will be working to iron out laws regulating the production, sale and use of marijuana in Alaska. Leaders from the Department of Revenue and the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic ...
  Dingman: Legislators' budget letter to Walker a bad political jokeAlaska Dispatch
  Governor: No delay expected in Alaska pot regulationsFairb
  
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• Walker Plans To Stick To Marijuana Implementation Schedule, But Other Delays Still Possible

  31-12-2014 07:30
  
  At a recent meeting with governor, participants concluded that is possible to meet the timeline established recently passed marijuana initiative. It's just not certain.
  
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• Mallott To Decide Walker’s Future Involvement In Point Thomson Settlement

  31-12-2014 07:16
  
  In a letter signed on Monday, Walker granted Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott the power to decide if Walker's prior litigation against the state while an attorney in private practice should prevent him from participating in decisions about those same cases in his new role as governor.
  
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• Conservative Republicans in Alaska House form 'freedom caucus' - Alaska Dispatch

  31-12-2014 05:53
  
  Conservative Republicans in Alaska House form 'freedom caucus'
  Alaska Dispatch
  Alaska faces a $3.5 billion deficit this year after a sharp drop in oil prices, and budget discussion and debate have already consumed the attention of many lawmakers and Walker's administration in advance of the legislative session, which begins next ...
  
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• Alaska's oil-heavy revenue stream is down now, but what'll happen when it ends? - Alaska Dispatch

  31-12-2014 03:54
  
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  Alaska's oil-heavy revenue stream is down now, but what'll happen when it ends?
  Alaska Dispatch
  $7.1 million in taxes from the greater than $1 billion bounty pulled from Alaska's water amounts to a tax rate of less than three quarters of 1 percent. About 0.71 percent to be exact. According to an August web note by ISER economist Matthew Berman ...
  
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• Regional Subsistence Advisory Councils Having Trouble Filling Seats - Alaska Public Radio Network

  31-12-2014 03:44
  
  Regional Subsistence Advisory Councils Having Trouble Filling Seats
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Four-time Yukon Quest champion Lance Mackey signed up Monday for the 1,000-mile race between Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, and Fairbanks. UAF Shooting Death Ruled Suicide. Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks. A shooting death at the University of Alaska ...
  
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• Alaska Marine Highway Prices To Rise Next Summer - Alaska Public Radio Network

  31-12-2014 03:44
  
  Alaska Marine Highway Prices To Rise Next Summer
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  It will cost passengers more to ride the state ferry starting in the summer. That's when fares for most Alaska Marine Highway will increase by 4.5 percent. Download Audio. According to the Department of Transportation, tickets booked after the first of ...
  
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• Alaska National Guard rescues man stranded in Minto Flats - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  31-12-2014 03:38
  
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  Alaska National Guard rescues man stranded in Minto Flats
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Members of a hunting party reported that a man in their group was missing, according to an Alaska Air Guard news release. Members of the party reported the man had been having snowmachine problems and had told the group he would catch up. He later ...
  Alaska Air National Guard members rescue lost hunter in Minto Flats Game RefugeDaily Journal
  
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• Alaska State Troopers say Wis. man missing since August - WISC Madison

  31-12-2014 03:30
  
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  Alaska State Troopers say Wis. man missing since August
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  Troopers say Roger Yaeger of Eagle River, Wisconsin, traveled to Alaska over the summer to view wildlife. Family members last heard from Yaeger Aug. 8 when he visited a relative in Wasilla. Troopers traced Yaeger's subsequent travel to Fairbanks, where ...
  Wisconsin Man Goes Missing in AlaskaWBAY
  Alaska State Troopers seek help locating missing Wisconsin man last seen in ...Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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• Regional Subsistence Advisory Councils Having Trouble Filling Seats

  31-12-2014 03:26
  
  
  Subsistence harvests are managed by federal agencies with input from local residents through regional advisory councils. Local residents aren’t stepping up to be on the councils.
  
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• Second Boy Reaches Deal in Illegal Brevig Mission Muskox Killings

  31-12-2014 03:25
  
  
  Both boys charged with chasing down a herd of muskox before killing several of the animals just outside of Brevig Mission have now reached a deal with state prosecutors, bringing to a close a case that started back in 2012.
  
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• Lance Mackey Enters 2015 Yukon Quest Field

  31-12-2014 03:24
  
  
  One of the biggest names in long-distance dog mushing has signed up for the Yukon Quest, the 1,000-mile race between Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, and Fairbanks.
  
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• UAF Shooting Death Ruled Suicide

  31-12-2014 03:23
  
  
  A shooting death at the University of Alaska Fairbanks earlier this month has been ruled a suicide.
  
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• North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program Sees Changes in 2015

  31-12-2014 03:22
  
  
  The National Marine Fisheries Service held outreach meetings in Kodiak and Homer in December. Fishermen and NMFS representatives discussed the North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer program.
  
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• DEC Commissioner to Rule in 2015 on Groundwater Sulfolane-Cleanup Level

  31-12-2014 03:21
  
  
  It appears the dispute over how much to clean up contaminated groundwater in the North Pole area will continue into the new year. Officials with the state’s environmental regulatory agency are still reviewing studies to help them decide on a safe cleanup level for the chemical that leaked from a North Pole refinery into the area’s groundwater.
  
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• Troopers Seek Public’s Help In Locating Missing Wisconsin Man

  31-12-2014 03:20
  
  
  Alaska State Troopers are seeking the public's help in a search for a 72-year-old Wisconsin man who disappeared in August.
  
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• Alaska Marine Highway Prices To Rise Next Summer

  31-12-2014 03:19
  
  
  It will cost passengers more to ride the state ferry starting in the summer. That’s when fares for most Alaska Marine Highway will increase by 4.5 percent.
  
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• Alaska Prepares to Offer Grizzly License Plates

  31-12-2014 03:18
  
  
  Alaska is bringing back the bear to license plates. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Alaskans next spring will be able to choose license plates of blue and gold that reflect state flag colors or a new version of plates last offered in 1976 that feature a grizzly bear.
  
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• Alaska prepares to offer new grizzly license plates - Alaska Dispatch

  31-12-2014 01:54
  
  Alaska Dispatch
  Alaska prepares to offer new grizzly license plates
  Alaska Dispatch
  Drivers can also choose the current style: yellow-gold plates with blue lettering that reflect colors of the Alaska flag. The Alaska Legislature last session approved bringing back the bear plates in a bill sponsored by Rep.Peggy Wilson, R-Wrangell ...
  The bear is back: Alaska to again offer grizzly license platesKTUU.com
  
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• Alaska's former US Sen. Mike Gravel to lead marijuana business - Alaska Dispatch

  31-12-2014 01:49
  
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  Alaska's former US Sen. Mike Gravel to lead marijuana business
  Alaska Dispatch
  Marijuana may be the reason former U.S. senator and onetime Democratic presidential candidate Mike Gravel next returns to Alaska. Cannabis Sativa Inc. says Gravel will head KUSH, a company that will work to develop and market “innovative new cannabis ...
  Ex-senator from Alaska to run marijuana companyUSA TODAY
  Ex-Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska to head marijuana products companyseattlepi.com (blog)
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