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• Colorado pot symposium draws Alaska officials - The Denver Post

  02-01-2015 23:55
  
  Colorado pot symposium draws Alaska officials
  The Denver Post
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A Colorado symposium on how the state has dealt with legalized marijuana will draw Alaska law enforcement officers and public officials preparing for pot sales. At least a dozen Alaska officials will attend the three-day ...
  
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• Dog visit: Just what the doctor ordered

  02-01-2015 23:15
  
  Ever had a rotten day turn around once you got home and caught a dose of unconditional love from your pet? Those health benefits are tangible. Medical experts support bringing warm, fuzzy and calm animals into hospital settings to share that benefit with patients. Meet Mike Lewis and his dog Eddie, a visiting team for six years, and Laure MacConnell who directs a local canine-visiting program.
  
  KSKA: Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2014 at 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
  
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• Going the Distance With Your Nordic Skiing

  02-01-2015 23:00
  
  Nordic skiing is a great sport for non-athletes and truly a life-long activity that you don’t have to give up as you get older. This week we're talking about training for distance races, including our famous Tour of Anchorage, not because you ever expect to win, but because you want to go the distance and share a big accomplishment with many friends and neighbors.
  
  KSKA: Thursday, Jan. 8, at 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
  
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• Traffic deaths jump to highest level since 2007 - KTUU.com

  02-01-2015 22:51
  
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  Traffic deaths jump to highest level since 2007
  KTUU.com
  The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 65 people died in wrecks last year, more than the previous six years and the most since 75 people died in 2007. Counting pedestrians and cyclists, 70 people died. Highway Safety Office research analyst Miles ...
  Fatal vehicle crashes increased in Alaska in 2014Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  
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• Obama Should Designate Marine National Monuments in Alaska - Huffington Post

  02-01-2015 22:48
  
  Obama Should Designate Marine National Monuments in Alaska
  Huffington Post
  Alaska's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is more than twice the size of the state's land area, and this vast ocean area hosts the most abundant populations of fish, shellfish, seabirds and marine mammals in the nation, and some of the largest in ...
  
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• 3 men see snout, free moose buried in Alaska avalanche - Detroit Free Press

  02-01-2015 22:26
  
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  3 men see snout, free moose buried in Alaska avalanche
  Detroit Free Press
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A moose buried by an avalanche on an Alaska mountain had its luck changed by three men passing on snowmobiles. The Alaska Dispatch News reports that the three Matanuska-Susitna Borough residents spotted the animal's snout ...
  Snowmachiner says he and buddies dug moose out of avalanche in Hatcher PassAlaska Dispatch
  Three men free moose from avalanche in AlaskaColumbus Disp
  
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• Alaska’s Revenue Shortfall and What to Do About it

  02-01-2015 22:00
  
  The price of oil has gone down so far that it’s likely state revenues this fiscal year will be less than the forecast. And the forecast was already down more than $7 billion from the year before. The question the Governor and the Legislature are asking now is not whether there will be a deficit but just how big will it be and where will the money come from to fill it.
  
  APRN: Tuesday, 1/6 at 10:00am
  
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• 300 Villages: Kasaan (Archive)

  02-01-2015 21:28
  
  
  This week, we’re heading to Kasaan, located in Southeast Alaska on Prince of Wales island. The coastal Native village is home to the oldest Haida building in the world. Frederick Otilius Olsen Junior is from Kasaan.
  
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• AK: Puppet Town (Archive)

  02-01-2015 21:27
  
  
  Haines seems like a quintessential Southeast Alaska town. There are eagles, bears, salmon, big mountains and rough water. It’s a picture-book no stoplight, no movie theater, low crime type of community. But there’s a seedier and eclectic side of Haines that emerged late this winter: the underground puppet scene.
  
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• Aches, Pains and Aging

  02-01-2015 21:00
  
  Musculoskeletal pain with aging is common and associated with many disorders. On the next Line One, we'll discuss the general recommendations for prevention and treatment of this common issue. The goal is to help prevent disability with aging.
  
  KSKA: Monday, Jan. 5, at 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
  
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• Alaska's Walker bracing for budget crisis amid oil price crash - FuelFix (blog)

  02-01-2015 20:31
  
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  Alaska's Walker bracing for budget crisis amid oil price crash
  FuelFix (blog)
  Politico wrote that Alaska's state budget was based on oil remaining above $100 through 2015. But West Texas Intermediate, the North American benchmark crude, fell to $53.27 on Dec. 31, the lowest price since May 2009; many analysts have said it could ...
  Politicos have tough hands to play in 2015Juneau Empire (subscription)
  
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• Raising the dead: Photographer aims to catch Alaska mining relics before they ... - Alaska Dispatch

  02-01-2015 19:55
  
  Raising the dead: Photographer aims to catch Alaska mining relics before they ...
  Alaska Dispatch
  The impetus for “Stories Fading Fast,” an exhibit of ghostly photos of derelict Alaska mining sites, came from an old map of the Fairbanks area. “I was looking at this thing and realized it showed all kinds of small communities that are not around any ...
  
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• Manning tracks Fort Campbell couple to Alaska - Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

  02-01-2015 19:22
  
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  Manning tracks Fort Campbell couple to Alaska
  Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
  “When I got a call from (an Alaska) state trooper, they asked if I wrote a letter to Peyton Manning,” Patterson said, adding that she was confused at first. “They said the Denver Broncos were trying to get a hold of me. When I sent it, you never know ...
  
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• For authorities, challenges persist in finding Alaska's missing - KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska

  02-01-2015 19:00
  
  For authorities, challenges persist in finding Alaska's missing
  KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
  Alaska State Troopers are looking for 94 people. They did not commit a crime, they are simply missing. That includes four members of a Kenai family. Rebecca Adams, her two young children and her boyfriend vanished from their home back in May. They left ...
  
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• Judge blocks termination of Alaska National Guard officer - ArmyTimes.com

  02-01-2015 18:35
  
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  Judge blocks termination of Alaska National Guard officer
  ArmyTimes.com
  Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Guidi agreed Wednesday to issue a temporary order barring the state from carrying out the dismissal, Alaska Dispatch News reported. The termination was supposed to be effective on the last day of the year.
  Judge temporarily blocks termination of Alaska National Guard officerAlaska Dispatch
  
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• Archive: Alaska becomes an official state in 1959 - New York Daily News

  02-01-2015 18:27
  
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  Archive: Alaska becomes an official state in 1959
  New York Daily News
  (Originally published by the Daily News on Jan. 4, 1959. This story was written by Michael O'Neill.) Washington, Jan. 3 (News Bureau). - Husky, sprawling Alaska formally became the 49th and biggest state in the Union today and gave America a new flag ...
  
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• Alaskas Bill Walker under pressure amid oil price crash - Politico

  02-01-2015 18:07
  
  Politico
  Alaskas Bill Walker under pressure amid oil price crash
  Politico
  Alaska runs on oil — its economy is more dependent on it than that of any other state. With no sales or personal income tax, the bulk of state revenue is tied to natural resources. At the same time, the state woefully misread the direction of oil ...
  
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• Alaska Native New Year's celebration held in Anchorage - KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska

  02-01-2015 17:35
  
  Alaska Native New Year's celebration held in Anchorage
  KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
  Danny Jacobus — who moved to Alaska from the Lower 48 decades ago and married into a Native family — says the celebration brings back good memories. He says he was lucky to live in rural Alaska at a time when Native traditions were strong and people ...
  
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• Fukushima radiation in Canada-but not Alaska - CNBC

  02-01-2015 16:38
  
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  Fukushima radiation in Canada-but not Alaska
  CNBC
  Although scientists recently discovered radioactive water off the coast of Canada, Alaska has apparently so far been spared any radiation from the Fukushima disaster. Contaminated fish and water samples from the 2011 nuclear disaster have previously ...
  Fukushima radiation detected in Canadian waters but not AlaskaKTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
  Fukushima radiation detected in Canadian waters not yet found in AlaskaScience Recorder
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• Alaska prepares to offer grizzly license plates - TriCities.com

  02-01-2015 14:19
  
  Alaska prepares to offer grizzly license plates
  TriCities.com
  This undated photo provided by the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, shows a new license plate available to Alaska drivers in 2015. The plate resembles an older version, which also featured a brown bear. (AP Photo/Alaska ...
  
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• New kind of floatplane pilot helps hold Alaska together - Los Angeles Times

  02-01-2015 12:01
  
  New kind of floatplane pilot helps hold Alaska together
  Los Angeles Times
  Throughout southeastern Alaska, with its countless bay-locked burgs and rough-hewn homesteads, floatplanes play the role of taxicab, ambulance, mail carrier and supply truck, touching down in narrow causeways and turbulent inlets far from any tarmac.
  
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• Snowmachiner says he and buddies dug moose out of avalanche in Hatcher Pass - Alaska Dispatch

  02-01-2015 06:57
  
  Alaska Dispatch
  Snowmachiner says he and buddies dug moose out of avalanche in Hatcher Pass
  Alaska Dispatch
  Snowmachiners Rob Uphus and Marty Mobley, along with Avery Vucinich (not pictured), found a moose buried in an avalanche at Hatcher Pass on Dec. 28. After they freed the moose, it ran away and appeared to be dazed but uninjured, Mobley said.
  3 men see snout, free moose buried in Alaska avalancheDetroit Free Press
  3 men see snout, free moose buried in avalancheSunHerald.com
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• Scott McMurren: Controversial 'hidden city' airline ticketing triggers lawsuit ... - Alaska Dispatch

  02-01-2015 05:27
  
  Scott McMurren: Controversial 'hidden city' airline ticketing triggers lawsuit ...
  Alaska Dispatch
  Alaska Airlines states, “Tickets may not be purchased and used at fare(s) from an initial departure point on the ticket which is before the passenger's actual point of origin of travel or to a more distant point(s) than the passenger's actual ...
  
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• Former Alaska Senator Gravel to head a cannabis company - New York Daily News

  02-01-2015 00:50
  
  New York Daily News
  Former Alaska Senator Gravel to head a cannabis company
  New York Daily News
  JUNEAU, Alaska - Former U.S. Democratic Senator Mike Gravel, who represented Alaska in the 1970s, said on Wednesday he would head a Nevada company that develops and markets cannabis throat lozenges and other products in states that have taken ...
  Alaska's former US Sen. Mike Gravel to lead marijuana businessAlaska Dispatch
  Ex-senator from Alaska to run marijuana companyUSA TODAY
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• Bush Alaska locked into high gas prices for fuel delivered last summer and fall - Alaska Dispatch

  02-01-2015 00:37
  
  Bush Alaska locked into high gas prices for fuel delivered last summer and fall
  Alaska Dispatch
  “The last of the fuel gets laid in to the location in September, October, depending on where it is,” said Sean Thomas, Western Alaska vice president for a Crowley entity, CPD Alaska LLC. “That product is essentially, physically, locked in by ice until ...
  
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