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• Healthcare.gov Navigators See Steady Enrollment As Deadline Approaches

  22-01-2015 23:57
  
  Nearly 17,000 Alaskans have signed up for health insurance on healthcare.gov during this open enrollment period. That's already a substantial increase from last year. And Affordable Care Act navigators expect the next three weeks will be even busier as the February 15th enrollment deadline approaches.
  
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• For United, Southwest and Alaska Air, cheap fuel is the wind beneath their wings - The Seattle Times

  22-01-2015 21:52
  
  The Seattle Times
  For United, Southwest and Alaska Air, cheap fuel is the wind beneath their wings
  The Seattle Times
  Alaska Airlines, citing a strong outlook and record adjusted earnings, raised its dividend by 60 percent. Airline stocks soared on Thursday. The price of jet fuel has dropped by about half since September, boosting airline profits and tamping down fear ...
  
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• Apple's iPhone is Most Popular in Alaska and Montana - Mac Rumors

  22-01-2015 21:50
  Mac Rumors
  Apple's iPhone is Most Popular in Alaska and Montana
  Mac Rumors
  A new study that measures iPhone usage rates by state suggests that Apple's iPhone is most popular in states like Alaska, Montana, Vermont, New York, Kansas, and Mississippi. The study, conducted by Chitika Insights on December 25 through December ...
  
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• Alaska State Troopers investigate abuse claim at Kodiak Orthodox academy - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-01-2015 17:20
  
  Alaska State Troopers investigate abuse claim at Kodiak Orthodox academy
  Alaska Dispatch News
  KODIAK -- Alaska State Troopers say they are investigating an allegation of physical abuse at St. Innocent's Academy in Kodiak. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports that two complaints have been filed by former teachers in Kodiak on behalf of their children ...
  
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• Alaska Airlines Limited (ALK) Beats on Earnings Meets Revenue - Zacks.com

  22-01-2015 14:34
  
  Alaska Airlines Limited (ALK) Beats on Earnings Meets Revenue
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  Currently, Alaska Airlines has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), but that could definitely change following Alaska Airlines's earnings report which was just released. We have highlighted some of the key stats from this just-revealed announcement below:.
  Alaska Air Boosts Dividend 60% Amid Lower Fuel CostsWall Street Journal
  Alaska Air Group employees got more than one month's salary as bonus in 2014Puget Sound Business
  
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• Walker Sketches Agenda In State Of State Address

  22-01-2015 08:39
  
  In his first State of the State address to the Legislature, Gov. Bill Walker spoke broadly of the need to address the state’s financial shortfall and the importance of building a natural gas pipeline. But while its spirit was praised, legislative leaders found it short on detail.
  
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• House, Senate leaders differ on taxes and Alaska's budget gap - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  22-01-2015 07:40
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  House, Senate leaders differ on taxes and Alaska's budget gap
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  It's just days into the first session of the 29th Alaska Legislature, and those words could be attributed to just about any lawmaker in the building when it comes to tackling the state's anticipated $3.5 billion budget shortfall. But whether that table ...
  
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• Alaska court overturns murder conviction in 'Last Seduction' case - Fox News

  22-01-2015 05:50
  
  Daily Mail
  Alaska court overturns murder conviction in 'Last Seduction' case
  Fox News
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Alaska Court of Appeals has overturned the murder conviction of man charged with killing his romantic rival at the urging of the woman they both hoped to marry. The court on Wednesday reversed the murder conviction for John ...
  Alaska prisoner's murder conviction reversed after his deathKTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  
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• Alaska Gov. Walker: 'We will build a pipeline' - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-01-2015 05:40
  
  Washington Times
  Alaska Gov. Walker: 'We will build a pipeline'
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Walker told Alaskans he will appoint an special investigator Thursday to look in to the Alaska National Guard scandal, but not who or what the investigator's charge would be, other than to “get to the bottom of the allegations of sexual assault ...
  Watch: Alaska State of the State AddressKTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker delivers 1st State of State speechWashington Times
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• Alaska snowboarder Ryan Stassel dazzles in gold-medal slopestyle run - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-01-2015 05:26
  
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  Alaska snowboarder Ryan Stassel dazzles in gold-medal slopestyle run
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The victory makes Stassel a member of the elite group of winter-sports athletes from Alaska who have won individual world championships, a list that includes Juneau's Hilary Lindh, the 1997 world champion in downhill skiing, and Anchorage's Kikkan ...
  
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• Alaska Ski for Women - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-01-2015 05:21
  
  Alaska Ski for Women
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The 19th annual Alaska Ski for Women will take place on Super Bowl Sunday February 1st at Kincaid Park. This is a race and a fund raiser to help Alaska non profits help battle and break the cycle of domestic violence. Races start at 10:30am. The ...
  
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• Warm weather, lack of snow has Alaska sled dog races scrambling - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-01-2015 04:55
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Warm weather, lack of snow has Alaska sled dog races scrambling
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Northern Lights race serves as one of the few 300-mile races in Alaska -- a distance any musher hoping to run a 1,000-mile race must first complete. The Northern Lights race does not offer prizes for winning, but many mushers' main goal is finishing.
  
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• Lisa Murkowski: What Keystone XL could mean for Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-01-2015 04:55
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Lisa Murkowski: What Keystone XL could mean for Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  We are now in that situation despite the estimated presence of nearly 40 billion barrels of oil in our federal areas -- offshore, the coastal plain of ANWR, NPR-A. We are not about to run out of oil in Alaska. Our problem is that we are simply not ...
  
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• Alaska Cancels Ferry Project Bids After Dispute With Canada - ABC News

  22-01-2015 04:00
  Alaska Cancels Ferry Project Bids After Dispute With Canada
  ABC News
  The state of Alaska on Wednesday canceled bids for a ferry terminal update that the Canadian government threatened to block because of a dispute over the use of American steel. The Canadian government has issued an order Monday that would have ...
  
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• Obama Issues Executive Order on Arctic Coordination - Alaska Public Radio Network

  22-01-2015 03:44
  
  USA TODAY
  Obama Issues Executive Order on Arctic Coordination
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  It will have some two dozen members, including deputy secretaries from the departments of State, Defense, Homeland Security and Interior. Among the stated goals is better collaboration with the State of Alaska and Alaska tribes. Gov. Walker To Deliver ...
  My Turn: Protecting salmon in a changing climateJuneau Empire (subscription)
  Obama issues executive order to better coordinate Arctic policyAlaska Dispat
  
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• Residents exiled following community meetings in Alaska village - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-01-2015 03:36
  
  Residents exiled following community meetings in Alaska village
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Shandara Swatling, Huslia tribal administrator, also declined to comment on the banishment Wednesday when contacted by Alaska Dispatch News. She forwarded a letter she had written, saying it “is all the community would like to say.” According to the ...
  
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• Up to 10 inches of snowfall expected in Southcentral Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-01-2015 03:15
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Up to 10 inches of snowfall expected in Southcentral Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  After a winter marked so far by unusually warm temperatures and an unusual lack of snow, Southcentral Alaska may finally be getting the winter weather some residents have been missing. A significant snowfall, followed by a plunge in temperatures, ...
  
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• Obama Issues Executive Order on Arctic Coordination

  22-01-2015 03:14
  
  
  President Barak Obama today issued an executive order aimed at coordinating federal action on the Arctic. The order establishes a new Arctic executive steering committee. It will have some two dozen members, including deputy secretaries from the departments of State, Defense, Homeland Security and Interior. Among the stated goals is to better collaborate with the State of Alaska and Alaska tribes.
  
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• Tongass Advisory Council Meeting In Juneau

  22-01-2015 03:11
  
  
  The Tongass Advisory Committee is meeting for the fifth time in Juneau this week. The committee is tasked with hammering out how the Forest Service should handle the Obama Administration’s transition away from old-growth logging and to a new focus on younger trees. But, for some people the most important questions are the ones the committee isn’t supposed to address.
  
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• APU Set To Develop 65 Acres Of Endowment Lands

  22-01-2015 03:10
  
  
  Alaska Pacific University has entered into an agreement to develop 65 acres of endowment lands over the next several years. The first parcels of land under development will be on the south side of the campus, along University Lake Drive.
  
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• Rain Causes Flooding, Evacuations in Ketchikan

  22-01-2015 03:09
  
  
  Buckets of rain blew into Ketchikan Tuesday and Wednesday, leading to power outages, overflowing creeks, flooded streets and evacuations.
  
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• Park Service Considers Banning Some Pack Animals

  22-01-2015 03:08
  
  
  The National Park Service is out with an annual list of temporary restrictions and rules, and one of the proposed regulations would ban certain types of pack animals from parks.
  
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• New Play Explores Homelessness In Juneau

  22-01-2015 03:07
  
  
  A local playwright has spent the past few years exploring the lives of Juneau’s homeless population and the people who work with them. The result is the new play “A Lifetime to Master,” which debuted this week.
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: January 21, 2015

  22-01-2015 03:06
  
  
  Obama Issues Executive Order on Arctic Coordination; Gov. Walker To Deliver State of the State Tonight; Board of Fisheries Chairman Resigns; Bering Sea Pollock Fishery Casts Off; Tongass Advisory Council Meeting In Juneau; APU Set To Develop 65 Acres Of Endowment Lands; Rain Causes Flooding, Evacuations in Ketchikan; Park Service Considers Banning Some Pack Animals; New Play Explores Homelessness In Juneau
  
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• Legislators Anticipate State Of State Address

  22-01-2015 02:10
  
  Rep. Mike Hawker, an Anchorage Republican, took to the House floor Wednesday morning to encourage Gov. Bill Walker to describe his plan for the development of a natural gas megaproject, that would be used to get reserves on the North Slope to market.
  
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• Alaska ethics panel looks at how other states collect fines - Washington Times

  22-01-2015 01:34
  Washington Times
  Alaska ethics panel looks at how other states collect fines
  Washington Times
  Gary Turner of Soldotna, Alaska, the outgoing chairman of the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics, listens to other members on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, in Juneau, Alaska. The committee considered how to collect unpaid fines levied against lawmakers ...
  
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• Tailgate Alaska In Short : Ep. 44 - Transworld Snowboarding

  22-01-2015 01:04
  
  Tailgate Alaska In Short : Ep. 44
  Transworld Snowboarding
  Tailgate Alaska is literally just a couple of months away! To get you even more stoked, this episode of Tailgate Alaska In short shows the Never Summer team hiking and riding some absolutely insane lines right around base camp of the festival. Think ...
  
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• Reality Check: 'Ultimate Survival' goes down Six Mile Creek, 'Alaskan Bush ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-01-2015 00:57
  
  Reality Check: 'Ultimate Survival' goes down Six Mile Creek, 'Alaskan Bush ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  This week's “Ultimate Survival Alaska” took place on Six Mile Creek. The Military Team got a raft to float down the class-four rapids in luxury, the Alaskans had two inflatable canoe/ kayaks and the Endurance and Lower 48 teams had to hike their way ...
  
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• Obama Issues Executive Order on Arctic Co-ordination

  22-01-2015 00:57
  
  President Barak Obama today issued an executive order aimed at coordinating federal action on the Arctic. The order establishes a new Arctic executive steering committee. It will have some two dozen members, including deputy secretaries from the departments of State, Defense, Homeland Security and Interior. Among the stated goals is to better collaborate with the State of Alaska and Alaska tribes.
  
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