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• Doggone! Snowless Alaska forces Iditarod race change - USA TODAY

  11-02-2015 23:31
  
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  Doggone! Snowless Alaska forces Iditarod race change
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  The famed Iditarod Sled Dog Race has been forced to shift its route due to lack of snow. Loading… Post to Facebook. Doggone! Snowless Alaska forces Iditarod race change The famed Iditarod Sled Dog Race has been forced to shift its route due to lack of ...
  Alaska Forced to Reroute Iditarod Sled-Dog Race Over Lack of SnowTIME
  Other Alaska races stick to snow-sparse trail despite Iditarod rerouteAlaska Dispatch News
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• Alaska senators introduce bill to curb land protections - The Hill

  11-02-2015 22:17
  
  Alaska senators introduce bill to curb land protections
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  Alaska's Senate delegation introduced a bill that would strip President Obama of his power to unilaterally protect land as national monuments. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both Republicans, said they want to protect Alaska and other states ...
  
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• Alaska seafood featured by Princess Alaska cruises - Homer News

  11-02-2015 21:11
  Alaska seafood featured by Princess Alaska cruises
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  A new partnership between Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, or ASMI, and Princess Cruise Lines will bring more Alaska seafood onboard Princess' Alaska cruises. Princess Cruise Lines will serve a variety of Alaska cuisine onboard, including king crab, ...
  
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• FAA cameras improve safety for anyone who flies Alaska's skies - KTUU.com

  11-02-2015 21:00
  
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  FAA cameras improve safety for anyone who flies Alaska's skies
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  The Federal Aviation Administration is celebrating the completion of a major safety tool for pilots across Alaska -- a network of hundreds of weather cameras that's been 15 years in the making. On Wednesday, the FAA announced that the camera system was ...
  Press Release - Alaska Pilots Experiencing Benefits of Weather CamerasEIN News (press release)
  
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• Alaska LNG Project Draft Resource Reports Filed with FERC - Business Wire (press release)

  11-02-2015 20:33
  Alaska LNG Project Draft Resource Reports Filed with FERC
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  ANCHORAGE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A series of draft environmental and socioeconomic reports for the Alaska LNG Project has been submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which is responsible for conducting the environmental ...
  Alaska LNG Files Thousands of Pages in First Round of FERC Resource ReportsNatural Gas Intelligence (subscription)
  
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• Alaska Aerospace Corp. floats idea of privatization - KTUU.com

  11-02-2015 20:29
  
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  Alaska Aerospace Corp. floats idea of privatization
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  The CEO of the Alaska Aerospace Corp. says the corporation would like to become a privatized, non-state company. Craig Campbell told the Senate Finance Committee he does not believe shutting down the corporation and the Kodiak Launch Complex that ...
  Tickets now available for annual Alaska ice guessing gameTimes Daily
  
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• Appointee's injudicious pics lead to trouble -- and to no appointment - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-02-2015 19:00
  
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  Appointee's injudicious pics lead to trouble -- and to no appointment
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  JUNEAU -- Gov. Bill Walker has withdrawn one of his appointees from consideration for the board that oversees judicial ethics after discovering “disrespectful images" in which he appears on social media, a spokeswoman for the governor said Tuesday.
  In A Social Media Fracas, Walker Withdraws AppointeeAlaska Public Radio Network
  
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• The impacts of Alaska's disappearing glaciers - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  11-02-2015 17:36
  
  The impacts of Alaska's disappearing glaciers
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  They are among the most breathtaking and mysterious sights in the world, and they're one of Alaska's main attractions. Glaciers cover about 33,000 square miles (about 5 percent) of the state of Alaska, equivalent to the size of Maine. But they may be ...
  
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• Alaska delegation seeks new limits on natl. monuments - Ktoo

  11-02-2015 15:35
  
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  Alaska delegation seeks new limits on natl. monuments
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  The proposed sanctuary would cover more than 730,000 square miles of federal waters. (Courtesy of Rick Steiner). For over a hundred years, presidents have used the Antiquities Act to order permanent protections for federal land and resources at sea ...
  
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• Walker administration proposes cutting staff that challenges the feds - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-02-2015 05:46
  
  Walker administration proposes cutting staff that challenges the feds
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  JUNEAU -- Two of Gov. Bill Walker's departments are proposing cuts to programs aimed at fighting federal government plans and initiatives just a few weeks after Walker and state legislators loudly criticized federal initiatives to limit oil and gas ...
  
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• Iditarod board moves race restart from Willow to Fairbanks - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-02-2015 05:32
  
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  Iditarod board moves race restart from Willow to Fairbanks
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  A special meeting of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race board of directors ended Tuesday evening with a decision to move the race restart from Willow to Fairbanks. Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News. For only the second time in its 43-year history, the ...
  Iditarod committee votes to move start of race to FairbanksEnquirerherald
  2015 Iditarod will start in FairbanksJuneau Empire (subscription)
  
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• What more can Alaska do to keep drunken drivers off the road? - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-02-2015 03:55
  
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  What more can Alaska do to keep drunken drivers off the road?
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  OPINION: Sentencing of drunken driver who killed two girls was a picture of loss all the way around. Pictured: Stacey Allen Graham enters an Anchorage courtroom for his sentencing on Friday, Feb. 6. Loren Holmes / ADN. The photos on the front page of ...
  
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• Interior, BIA should have input from Alaska on holding Native land in trust - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-02-2015 03:54
  
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  Interior, BIA should have input from Alaska on holding Native land in trust
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  OPINION: The Interior Department's decision last year to hold Alaska Native land allotments in trust could have a great many consequences for all Alaskans. Pictured: Interior Secretary Sally Jewell before her nomination by President Obama was confirmed.
  Alaska lawmakers prepare message for Interior Secretary Sally JewellKTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  
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• Alaska officials try to calm 'frenzy' in film industry over subsidy cuts - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-02-2015 03:43
  
  Alaska officials try to calm 'frenzy' in film industry over subsidy cuts
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  WASILLA -- Alaska revenue officials predicting a $3.5 billion budget shortfall are scrambling to placate the film industry even as they move to dismantle the state's film and television subsidy program. Gov. Bill Walker wants to eliminate the Alaska ...
  Miller Energy: Alaska Debates Vital Tax Credit Handouts (MILL)Seeking Alpha (registration)
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• Does Alaska plan to create a state bank to handle canna-business funds? - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-02-2015 02:43
  
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  Does Alaska plan to create a state bank to handle canna-business funds?
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Tristan asks Highly Informed, “Does Alaska have any plans to start or allow a state-backed bank to serve the marijuana industry?” For several reasons, the answer is not right now, but that's far from the end of the discussion. Related: After initial ...
  
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