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• Alaska's Arctic Man race canceled because of storm - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  12-04-2015 23:49
  
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  Alaska's Arctic Man race canceled because of storm
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  A storm has forced the mid-race cancellation of the Arctic Man Ski and Sno-Go Classic for the first time in its 30-year history. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/1aEhafW) reports Race Director Howie Thies said Saturday he received word the ...
  Troopers: Arctic Man fan in drunken 'stupor' grabbed, spit on officerAlaska Dispatch News
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• Alaska road to oilfield operations opens for limited traffic - Reuters

  12-04-2015 23:00
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  Alaska road to oilfield operations opens for limited traffic
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska's lone road to North Slope oilfield operations reopened on Sunday to limited traffic after flooding from an adjacent river shut it down for nearly a week, state transportation officials said. Thirty trucks carrying ...
  Alaska's oil-tax income at lowest since pipeline's first daysAlaska Dispatch News
  Alaska North Slope truckers in limbo as Dalton Highway flood p
  
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• Hometown U: Tribal schools in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-04-2015 20:48
  Hometown U: Tribal schools in Alaska
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  Alaska's budget crisis is certainly urgent and destined to affect both how schools across the state are funded and what that funding looks like. But another need predates even this dramatic budget crunch: How have Alaska public schools served their ...
  
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• News guide: Alaska legislative session's end date nears - NewsOK.com

  12-04-2015 20:35
  
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  News guide: Alaska legislative session's end date nears
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Heading into the legislative session in January, two of the big issues were Gov. Bill Walker's desire to expand Medicaid and the suddenly more urgent need to confront Alaska's budget deficit amid a crash in oil prices. Here is a ...
  7 people to watch in the Alaska Legislature's 7 final daysAlaska Dispatch News
  Alaska Gov. Walker focused on working with lawmakers t
  
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• Trucks begin moving in shifts on ice-plagued Dalton Highway - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-04-2015 20:28
  
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  Trucks begin moving in shifts on ice-plagued Dalton Highway
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  A truck negotiates the Dalton Highway near Mile 400 in a test of conditions before the road is reopened. Alaska Department of Transportation. Alaska's rugged Dalton Highway reopened Sunday to limited traffic with 30 northbound trucks making the first ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Senate approves $1.5B capital budget - Ktoo

  12-04-2015 19:30
  
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  Alaska Senate approves $1.5B capital budget
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  Jury deliberating Hoonah wrongful death case Haley Tokuoka-Yearout alleges that John N. Marvin Jr. was provoked into killing Matthew Tokuoka… Snatch-and-grab cyclist loses bike to victim · Snatch-and-grab cyclist loses bike to victim A cyclist ...
  Alaska Senate OKs $1.5 billion capital budget, drops UAF engineering buildingFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska Senate approves $1.5B budget, now heads to Hous
  
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• Body found in pond of Anchorage park - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-04-2015 16:21
  
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  Body found in pond of Anchorage park
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  A body was found Saturday night in the pond of Anchorage's Cuddy Family Midtown Park, police reported. Police dispatch received a call at 10:30 p.m. from someone who said "they believed saw a person partially submerged and frozen in the pond," police ...and more »
  
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• My Turn: Alaska's Marine Highway is too important to let this legislature run ... - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  12-04-2015 10:08
  My Turn: Alaska's Marine Highway is too important to let this legislature run ...
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  I am a longtime resident of Southeast Alaska, and my work and play have taken me to many parts of the state since 1990. For the past month I have been asking municipalities, chambers of commerce, visitor bureaus and school districts throughout coastal ...
  Alaska ferry cuts may alter travel plansSeattle Daily Journal of Commerce (subscription)all 3 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Transfers & Design celebrates custom-made - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  12-04-2015 09:34
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  Alaska Transfers & Design celebrates custom-made
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Owner Kevin Thompson displays photographs he printed on a t-shirt at Alaska Transfers and Design in the Regency Court Mall Thursday morning, April 9, 2015. Business Spotlight: Alaska Transfers and Design. Eric Engman/News-Miner ...and more »
  
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• Alaska need not suffer; let's leverage our wealth to thrive - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-04-2015 04:50
  
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  Alaska need not suffer; let's leverage our wealth to thrive
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  You may have recently noticed in the newspaper a larger emphasis on economic coverage. We are as concerned as you are about the severe downturn in oil prices and the uncertainty of Alaska's future economy. Providing in-depth reporting and diverse ...
  
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• Alaska Native storytelling event embraces technology as 'new tool' - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-04-2015 02:28
  
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  Alaska Native storytelling event embraces technology as 'new tool'
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  Ishmael Hope tells a story at the Alaska Native storytelling event Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the University of Alaska Anchorage. The annual event is an opportunity for young Alaska Native orators to find their voice and practice storytelling. Loren ...and more »
  
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