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• Race to Alaska: 750 miles in a boat without an engine - KTUU.com

  10-01-2015 22:49
  
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  Race to Alaska: 750 miles in a boat without an engine
  KTUU.com
  Those are the rules for the Race to Alaska, a 750-mile marine sprint from Washington's north coast to southern Southeast Alaska. Race co-founder Jake Beattie tells KRBD Radio in Ketchikan, the race will start June 4 in Port Townsend, Washington. The ...
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• Why Alaska's Arctic tundra is slowly sinking - Alaska Dispatch

  10-01-2015 22:37
  
  Alaska Dispatch
  Why Alaska's Arctic tundra is slowly sinking
  Alaska Dispatch
  As pungent eucalyptus trees soaked up inches of California rain, a few researchers inside San Francisco's Moscone Center spoke of the treeless third of Alaska at the 2014 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, which attracted more than 20,000 ...
  
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• Port Heiden plans to re-establish Alaska Peninsula reindeer herding - Alaska Dispatch

  10-01-2015 22:37
  
  Port Heiden plans to re-establish Alaska Peninsula reindeer herding
  Alaska Dispatch
  Residents of Port Heiden will have to wait another month or two for the shipment of 64 reindeer from St. Michael to arrive. The domesticated animals are part of an effort to re-establish reindeer herding on the Alaska Peninsula. Port Heiden hopes to ...
  
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• Walker announces Law Enforcement Appreciation Day in Alaska - KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska

  10-01-2015 21:20
  
  KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
  Walker announces Law Enforcement Appreciation Day in Alaska
  KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
  Bill Walker signed the proclamation late Thursday, at the request of Public Safety Commissioner's Office, reports Alaska State Trooper spokeswoman Beth Ipsen. It's all part of a national movement led by the FBI National Academy Association and Concerns ...
  
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• PBA Cup Finals 2015: San Miguel Beermen vs. Alaska Aces Preview for Game 3 - Bleacher Report

  10-01-2015 11:16
  
  Bleacher Report
  PBA Cup Finals 2015: San Miguel Beermen vs. Alaska Aces Preview for Game 3
  Bleacher Report
  The 2015 Philippines PBA Cup Final series is perfectly poised at 1-1 between the San Miguel Beermen and the Alaska Aces. The former has momentum after evening up the series in Game 2. The Aces surprised the Beermen by snatching a thrilling opening ...
  SMB, Alaska gun for 2-1 advantage in FinalsABS CBN News
  Abueva leads Alaska against San Miguel in PBA finalsManila Standard Today
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• Alaska Airlines passengers in Hawaii can print baggage tags at home - Pacific Business News (Honolulu) (blog)

  10-01-2015 04:58
  
  Pacific Business News (Honolulu) (blog)
  Alaska Airlines passengers in Hawaii can print baggage tags at home
  Pacific Business News (Honolulu) (blog)
  Alaska Airlines passengers flying out of Honolulu, Kona and Lihue airports have the option to print their own baggage tags at home. A pilot program between Seattle and Honolulu ran in 2013, and launched in select cities in April 2014. The program went ...
  
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• Traveling Music 1-18-15

  10-01-2015 04:14
  
  Traveling Music
  Shonti Elder
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  Things I Haven’t Done
  John Cowan / Bruce Coughlin
  Sixty
  www.johncowan.com
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  Black Waters
  JohnMcCutcheon and others / Jean Ritchie
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• Spared by coupons: Appeals court tosses theft conviction of Alaska man - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  10-01-2015 03:52
  
  Spared by coupons: Appeals court tosses theft conviction of Alaska man
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Court of Appeals has thrown out a Soldotna man's felony theft conviction after the judge presiding over his trial failed to acknowledge coupons available for the stolen merchandise would have dropped its retail price below the ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: January 9, 2015

  10-01-2015 03:34
  
  
  Lawmakers Begin Releasing Prefiled Bills; Halcro Files Letter Of Intent In Anchorage Mayor's Race; Juneau Resident In Paris During Attack On Charlie Hebdo Magazine; Mat-Su Borough Seeks Railroad Funds; Blue Crest Plans New Onshore Wells, LNG Shipments; Alaska Skiers Placing Well In National Championships; AK: The Art of Medicine; Essay: The Experience Of An Art Model
  
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• In First Batch Of Early Bills, No Big Ticket Items

  10-01-2015 03:14
  
  In a little over a week, the 29th Legislature will gavel in. In preparation, lawmakers have released the first batch of bills they plan to consider.
  
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• Juneau Resident In Paris During Attack On Charlie Hebdo Magazine

  10-01-2015 02:47
  
  
  Juneau resident Henry DeCherney arrived in Paris on Monday as part of an extended holiday traveling in Europe. He was there for Wednesday’s attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine that left 12 dead and today’s dual hostage situation, which killed four. The two main suspects in Wednesday’s attack and an associate were killed as well.
  
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• Borough Seeks Railroad Funds

  10-01-2015 02:45
  
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  Hopes for state help for Matanuska Susitna Borough capital projects are plunging along with the price of oil, which is at about fifty dollars a barrel. But there is at least one bit of encouragement in the bleak outlook. [:12]
  
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• Blue Crest Plans New Onshore Wells, LNG Shipments

  10-01-2015 02:44
  
  
  The resurgent boom continues in Cook Inlet. At the annual Kenai Peninsula Industry Outlook Forum this week in Kenai, new oil and gas player Blue Crest, based in Forth Worth, made some of the biggest announcements.
  
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• AK: The Art Of Medicine

  10-01-2015 02:42
  
  
  Physicians spend a lot of time thinking about how to fix the human body. A group of young doctors in Anchorage recently had the chance to draw it instead. They are all overworked, over tired interns-midway through their first year of residency. But they spent a morning in an intro to drawing class in an effort to get them to think more creatively about their careers.
  
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• AK Essay: Barenaked

  10-01-2015 02:41
  
  
  Nude is what is it is called. Nude is artsy and sophisticated. But when I crumpled onto the small wooden platform, I was just plain old naked. And then when I crawled the several feet between me and my robe, I was even more naked.
  
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• Governor Walker announces Law Enforcement Appreciation Day in Alaska - KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska

  10-01-2015 02:18
  
  KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
  Governor Walker announces Law Enforcement Appreciation Day in Alaska
  KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
  Alaska has more than 50 law enforcement agencies throughout the state, according to the last census of state and local agencies in 2008. Over 2,100 law enforcement personnel serve Alaskans, with a reported total of 1,298 sworn officers of the law.
  
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• Alaska Skiers Placing Well In National Championships - Alaska Public Radio Network

  10-01-2015 01:47
  
  Alaska Skiers Placing Well In National Championships
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Thursday, Alaska Pacific University program skier Rosie Brenan won her second straight title in chilly Houghton,Michigan, taking the women's 20 kilometer classic event. She was joined by three APU teammates in the top 10, including Becca Rorabaugh, ...
  
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• Halcro Files Letter Of Intent In Anchorage Mayor’s Race

  10-01-2015 01:46
  
  Former Alaska legislator Andrew Halcro has filed a letter of intent to run for mayor of Anchorage. Halcro filed the letter, signaling his interest in seeking the post, with the Alaska Public Offices Commission on Friday.
  
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• Alaska Skiers Placing Well In National Championships

  10-01-2015 01:44
  
  Alaska skiers continue to post top results at the U.S. cross country ski championships in Michigan.
  
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• “Good Luck Charms” by Leah C.

  10-01-2015 01:37
  
  My cousin Sandra and her husband took their newly purchased boat and we headed south out of Ketchikan to try and catch some coho. We started late in the day, but we stopped the motor to drift and tried our luck at casting. Lance, Sandra's husband, got the first fish bite, but it got away. Sandra asked me if I had any nibbles, but I didn’t yet. We moved toward Mountain Point and started to catch small rockfish and bullheads, but they weren’t coho so we released them all. We started to lose
  
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• Nature Lesson

  10-01-2015 01:28
  
  It’s 6:33 a.m. Most of Anchorage is on its way to work. I’m on my second cup of coffee. Three moose lie sleeping in my front yard. The cow and one of the calves awaken now, their heads raised, ears alert to something at the end of the street. The other calf is laid out flat on his side. It’s the most Zen moose I’ve ever seen.
  
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• Anchorage search-and-rescue dog poisoned by antifreeze-laced chicken left ... - Alaska Dispatch

  10-01-2015 01:05
  
  Alaska Dispatch
  Anchorage search-and-rescue dog poisoned by antifreeze-laced chicken left ...
  Alaska Dispatch
  Paul Stoklos brushes snow and ice from a memorial for search and rescue dogs. Stoklos has been a member of Alaska Search and Rescue dogs since 1990. Members of ASARD and others gathered at the rescue dog memorial outside the Department of ...
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  Alaska Search and Rescue Dog fatally poisoned by antifreezeKTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
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• Alone in the Wilderness

  10-01-2015 01:00
  
  Whereas having somebody else along is often safer and more fun, solo trips into the wilderness can sometimes be the most memorable. Whether by choice or necessity, these experiences offer a chance to get to know oneself better. We'll speak with three guests about what it's like being truly alone in the great outdoors.
  
  KSKA: Thursday, Jan. 15, at 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
  
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• Alaska Aerospace to return $22 million of unspent state grant - Alaska Dispatch

  10-01-2015 00:46
  
  San Antonio Express-News
  Alaska Aerospace to return $22 million of unspent state grant
  Alaska Dispatch
  The Alaska Aerospace Corp. agreed to return $22 million of an unspent grant to the state, the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. said it would cut spending by $90 million over the next 16 months, and the state transportation department said canceling two ...
  Gas-line group board seeks clarity on confidentiality pactsEnquirerherald
  
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• BP president responds to governor's claims on oil-tax law - Alaska Dispatch

  10-01-2015 00:33
  
  BP president responds to governor's claims on oil-tax law
  Alaska Dispatch
  The president of BP America responded to Gov. Bill Walker's recent claim that the state's new oil-production tax is costing Alaska hundreds of millions of dollars, telling a pro-industry group on Friday that the energy giant doesn't fall under that ...
  
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