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• Protesters at Alaska Air annual meeting demand pay raise for baggage handlers - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)

  07-05-2015 23:47
  
  Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
  Protesters at Alaska Air annual meeting demand pay raise for baggage handlers
  Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
  About 150 people pushing to raise wages for baggage handlers protested at the Alaska Airlines annual shareholders' meeting Thursday. The protest was timed for the 10th anniversary of Alaska's (NYSE: ALK) controversial decision to move baggage ...
  SEIU: Airport Workers Who Helped Spark Fight for $15 Protest Alaska Airlines ...Mar
  
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• Walker administration schedules Fairbanks conference on Alaska's fiscal position - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-05-2015 23:26
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Walker administration schedules Fairbanks conference on Alaska's fiscal position
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Gov. Bill Walker has set the schedule and invited some of the participants for his proposed conference in Fairbanks on a big-picture discussion of the state's fiscal crisis and new ways to raise money to pay for government. The conference -- which ...
  Walker plans Fairbanks event to discuss Alaska's fiscal situationFairbanks Daily News-Miner
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• $3.8 million stolen from Alaska Native corp. in cyberattack - Washington Times

  07-05-2015 23:25
  $3.8 million stolen from Alaska Native corp. in cyberattack
  Washington Times
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An Alaska Native corporation is trying to recover $3.8 million that was transferred to a bank account in Hong Kong last month in what officials are calling a cyberattack. Kodiak-based Afognak Native Corp. CEO Greg Hambright ...and more »
  
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• Gevo Stock Soars on Alaska Airline Partnership Announcement - TheStreet.com

  07-05-2015 21:55
  
  TheStreet.com
  Gevo Stock Soars on Alaska Airline Partnership Announcement
  TheStreet.com
  NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Gevo (GEVO - Get Report) were gaining 114.7% to $5.26 on heavy trading volume Thursday after the chemical company announced Alaska Airlines (ALK) will be a launch partner for its alcohol-based renewable jet fuel.
  Gevo (GEVO) Signs Agreement with Alaska Airlines for Renewable Alcohol ...StreetInsider.com
  Alaska Airlines, Gevo to demonstrate renewable Alcohol-to-Jet fuel in up
  
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• Yup'ik fishermen won't appeal to Alaska Supreme Court - Alaska Public Radio Network

  07-05-2015 20:10
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Yup'ik fishermen won't appeal to Alaska Supreme Court
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  The Yup'ik fishermen who were cited for fishing during a closure on the lower Kuskokwim River will not appeal their case to the Alaska Supreme Court. The Alaska Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's decision in March. An attorney with Anchorage ...
  New tribal fish group aims to help manage Kuskokwim fisheriesAlaska Dispatch News
  Feds close 2015 Kuskokwim king fishing within
  
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• Your Alaskan king crab might not be from Alaska - New York Post

  07-05-2015 16:29
  
  New York Post
  Your Alaskan king crab might not be from Alaska
  New York Post
  You see them just about everywhere, those pink and white knobby claws stretched out on a bed of ice. When it comes to crab legs, Alaskan king crabs are … well … king. But what you see in the supermarket may not be what you think. The truth is, there ...
  
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• Ultimate Survival Alaska's Jimmy Gojdics Killed in Shooting - TV Guide

  07-05-2015 11:18
  
  Ultimate Survival Alaska's Jimmy Gojdics Killed in Shooting
  TV Guide
  Jimmy Gojdics, who competed on Ultimate Survival Alaska, died Sunday of gunshot wounds at his Alaskan home, Fairbanks' Daily News-Miner reports. He was 69. Alaska State Troopers responded to a report of a shooting at a residence outside Fairbanks ...
  
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• $3.8M in Alaska Native corp. money sent to offshore account in cyberfraud attack - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-05-2015 03:02
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  $3.8M in Alaska Native corp. money sent to offshore account in cyberfraud attack
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Afognak Native Corp. fell victim last month to a cyberattack in which $3.8 million of a subsidiary's money was transferred to an offshore bank account, a spokesperson for the corporation confirmed Wednesday. In a letter dated April 30, Afognak Native Corp.and more »
  
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• Phone threats put schools on alert across Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-05-2015 02:17
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Phone threats put schools on alert across Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Threatening phone calls to schools in at least four Alaska school districts have prompted police responses in the past two weeks. In three communities, the threats were made by a caller using an automated or computerized voice, according to school and ...
  Schools around Alaska received threatening callsEducation Week (subscription)
  Fairbanks Schools Among Those Fielding Threatening CallsAlaska Public
  
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• Ultimate Survival Alaska star Jimmy Gojdics dead at 69 - Entertainment Weekly (blog)

  07-05-2015 02:07
  
  Entertainment Weekly (blog)
  Ultimate Survival Alaska star Jimmy Gojdics dead at 69
  Entertainment Weekly (blog)
  Outdoorsman and Ultimate Survival Alaska character Jimmy Gojdics was shot to death inside his home in Fox, Alaska, People reports. On Sunday, Alaska State Troopers responded to reports of a shooting at the 69-year-old's home, where they found Gojdics ...
  Ultimate Survival Alaska Star Found MurderedCinema Blend
  'Ultimate Survival Alaska' reality star found shot deadFox
  
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