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• Alaska House votes to take 12-day recess - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-04-2015 23:07
  
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  Alaska House votes to take 12-day recess
  Alaska Dispatch News
  JUNEAU -- Alaska Gov. Bill Walker wouldn't give legislators permission to take time off, but the state House of Representatives will be spending nearly two weeks away from the Capitol anyway. The Republican-led House majority voted along caucus lines ...
  Alaska Legislature takes break amid budget standoff; Walker won't stop themFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Legislature Votes To Allow Hearings Outside Of June
  
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• Rural Alaska Communities Struggle To Keep Water And Sewer Systems Running - Alaska Public Radio Network

  30-04-2015 21:57
  
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Rural Alaska Communities Struggle To Keep Water And Sewer Systems Running
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Kivalina City Manager Janet Mitchell says the city's long-time water plant operator is the only person who knows all the weak points, quirks, and band-aid fixes at the plant. “If he leaves,” said Mitchell, “I quit. It'll be just hopeless.” Joaqlin ...and more »
  
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• Alaska connections left in NHL, ECHL playoffs - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-04-2015 21:48
  
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  Alaska connections left in NHL, ECHL playoffs
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Word out of Anaheim on Thursday is Ducks center Nate Thompson of Anchorage, who sat out the club's first-round sweep of Winnipeg in the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs, will be in the lineup for the series opener against Calgary on Thursday night. So, let's ...
  
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• 2nd Engineer Brigade companies in Alaska to inactivate - Stars and Stripes

  30-04-2015 21:17
  
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  2nd Engineer Brigade companies in Alaska to inactivate
  Stars and Stripes
  Staff Sgt. Gilbert Cunningham reunites with his 6-year-old son, Paxtyn, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, in November 2014 after he and fellow soldiers from the 23rd Sapper Company and 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion returned from ...
  
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• Suspected gunman in Talkeetna shooting dies in hospital - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-04-2015 19:16
  
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  Suspected gunman in Talkeetna shooting dies in hospital
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A Willow man accused of killing another man before turning the gun on himself in an April shooting in Talkeetna died Wednesday night in Anchorage. Billy Kidd, 57, spent 11 days in the critical care unit of an Anchorage hospital before dying around 10 ...
  Troopers: Both Men Involved in Talkeetna-Area Shooting Have DiedAlaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska State Troopers say second man dies of injuries
  
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• Flood advisory lifted in interior Alaska community of Salcha - KTUU.com

  30-04-2015 18:36
  
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  Flood advisory lifted in interior Alaska community of Salcha
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  A Tanana River ice jam that triggered a flood advisory for the interior Alaska community of Salcha has cleared. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the ice began moving Tuesday evening. National Weather Service hydrologist Ed Plumb says the agency ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Airlines adds nonstop flight from BWI to Los Angeles - Baltimore Business Journal

  30-04-2015 18:32
  
  Alaska Airlines adds nonstop flight from BWI to Los Angeles
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  Alaska Airlines is boosting its service at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, adding a new route to Los Angeles. The daily nonstop flight is scheduled to begin Sept. 9. Flights will depart Los Angeles International Airport at ...and more »
  
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• In Alaska, a wood bison is born in the wild, the first in a century - Los Angeles Times

  30-04-2015 16:01
  
  Los Angeles Times
  In Alaska, a wood bison is born in the wild, the first in a century
  Los Angeles Times
  It's a baby wood bison! The wood bison calf — part of a herd reintroduced into the wild in Alaska — was born last week, the first new critter of its type to draw breath in the wild in more than 100 years. lRelated Herd of Alaska wood bison finds new ...and more »
  
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• Alaska vs Delta good for local travelers now, but expert predicts 'bad news ... - Q13 FOX

  30-04-2015 15:29
  
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  Alaska vs Delta good for local travelers now, but expert predicts 'bad news ...
  Q13 FOX
  SEATTLE, Wash. — Alaska Airlines is upgrading many of its planes this month, including new seats and menus. It also just added new destinations from Seattle to Nashville, Raleigh/Durham, and Charleston. However, travel experts can`t help but wonder if ...
  Alaska Airlines' new routes reveal impact of Boeing, tech growth in the SouthCharlotte Business Journal (blog)
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• Alaska Airlines Says 'Hola' To Costa Rica - PR Newswire (press release)

  30-04-2015 15:06
  
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  Alaska Airlines Says 'Hola' To Costa Rica
  PR Newswire (press release)
  SEATTLE, April 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Airlines will chart new territory this fall when it adds new service between Los Angeles and Costa Rica's two major international airports, further strengthening its southern California focus city. The ...
  Alaska adds three routes from LA; Frontier kicks off new serviceUSA TODAY
  Alaska Pushes Back At Delta Again–This Time At LAXAirways Ne
  
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• Alaska Pizza Thieves Pinched After Trying to Sell Frozen Pies to Cops - NBCNews.com

  30-04-2015 12:20
  
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  Alaska Pizza Thieves Pinched After Trying to Sell Frozen Pies to Cops
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  A pair of pizza thieves ended up in jail — not rolling in dough — after trying to sell stolen pies to Alaska police. Alaska State Troopers said in a statement that the men swiped 80 frozen pizzas — valued at more than $1,100 — from a warehouse in ...
  It's not delivery! Thieves steal 80 frozen pizzas, gobble up 5 and try to sell ...New York Daily News
  Alaska pizza thieves busted afte
  
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• Alaska Railroad sees decrease in moose deaths caused by trains - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  30-04-2015 09:26
  Alaska Railroad sees decrease in moose deaths caused by trains
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  ANCHORAGE — Fewer moose were struck and killed by trains in winter 2014-2015 than the previous 10 years as a result of low snowfall across much of Southcentral Alaska, according to the Alaska Railroad and the state Department of Fish and Game.
  Light snow this winter kept moose deaths by Alaska Railroad trains at lowest ...Daily Journalall 9 news articles »
  
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• Sawant: Alaska Airlines should be on trial for robbery - KOMO News

  30-04-2015 05:02
  
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  Sawant: Alaska Airlines should be on trial for robbery
  KOMO News
  Seattle city councilmember Kshama Sawant is taken into police custody during a protest on Nov. 19, 2014. SEATTLE -- Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant will be in court Thursday to face a disorderly conduct charge stemming from a November ...and more »
  
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• Murkowski urges EPA to drop Alaska from climate change rule - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-04-2015 04:05
  
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  Murkowski urges EPA to drop Alaska from climate change rule
  Alaska Dispatch News
  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Environmental Protection Agency is considering excusing Alaska from its climate change regulation of power plants, the agency chief told Sen. Lisa Murkowski Wednesday. Murkowski, a Republican, pressed EPA Administrator ...
  EPA Head: Alaska 'Uniqueness' Could Mean Immunity From CO2 RuleAlaska Public Radio Networkall 23 news articles »
  
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• Australian MG car club driving from Argentina to Alaska - KING5.com

  30-04-2015 04:04
  
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  Australian MG car club driving from Argentina to Alaska
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  SEATTLE - The MG Club of Victoria is a sports car group checking out the Museum of Flight. That's the MG Club of Victoria, Australia. Having. Loading… Post to Facebook. Australian MG car club driving from Argentina to Alaska SEATTLE - The MG Club of ...
  
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• Alaska politicians should stop pointing fingers and use them to plug the ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-04-2015 03:51
  
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  Alaska politicians should stop pointing fingers and use them to plug the ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  For the past several years, I have been advocating for better fiscal policies in our state. But now I'm seeing some of our elected leaders (on both sides) spending more time blaming each other for our fiscal situation than they are trying to solve it ...
  After Weekend Moves On Budget, Legislative Session Continues OnAlaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska Senate accepts budget p
  
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• Young moose stabbed to death in Alaska park; suspects in custody - Fox News

  30-04-2015 00:18
  
  Fox News
  Young moose stabbed to death in Alaska park; suspects in custody
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  FILE: A four-month-old moose calf walks on a field in a farm north-east of Moscow. (Reuters). Three men are in custody in Alaska's largest city after a young moose was stabbed to death at a popular local park. Anchorage police say 25-year-old Johnathan ...
  3 men arrested after moose fatally stabbed in Alaska parkNew York Post
  3 held after moose stabbed to death in Alaska parkUSA TODAYall 233 news article
  
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