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• Body of Olympia pilot found in Alaska plane crash wreckage - KOMO News

  02-06-2015 23:33
  
  KTUU.com
  Body of Olympia pilot found in Alaska plane crash wreckage
  KOMO News
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska State Troopers say the body of a missing Yute Air pilot was found inside the upside-down wreckage of a small plane equipped with a new engine. Troopers say responders tentatively identified the body found in the Cessna ...
  1 dead as small plane found submerged in Western Alaska riverKTUU.com
  Pilot's body found amid wreckage of Southwest Alaska plane crashAlaska Dispatch News
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• Connecting With Alaska's People And Power Resources - Breaking Energy

  02-06-2015 23:12
  
  Breaking Energy
  Connecting With Alaska's People And Power Resources
  Breaking Energy
  Deputy Secretary Sherwood-Randall speaks to students and staff at the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program in Anchorage, Alaska. | Photo by the Energy Department. During my eight months as the Deputy Secretary of Energy, I've made a point ...
  Exxon Mobil gets DOE approval for wider LNG exports at Alaska terminalDallas Business Journal
  Alaska LNG Project LLC Receives Conditional Authorizatio
  
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• That's not mistletoe ... Alaska's North Pole won't block pot sales in ... - Fox News

  02-06-2015 20:25
  
  The Daily Chronic
  That's not mistletoe ... Alaska's North Pole won't block pot sales in ...
  Fox News
  NORTH POLE, Alaska – North Pole residents can put marijuana on their Christmas list next year. The city council in North Pole, Alaska, rejected a measure Monday that would have banned marijuana dispensaries. Marijuana became legal in Alaska in ...
  Marijuana Sales Won't Be Banned in North Pole, AlaskaThe Daily Chronicall 123 news articles »
  
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• 'Space Weird Thing': Watch David Bowie parody by Alaska Robotics - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-06-2015 17:43
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  'Space Weird Thing': Watch David Bowie parody by Alaska Robotics
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A still from "Space Weird Thing," a tribute to -- and parody of -- David Bowie's "Space Oddity" made by Juneau's Alaska Robotics along with local musicians using only the 1,000 most common words in the English language. Screenshot of Alaska Robotics ...
  
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• Alaska Airlines adds new city pairs: Portland-Austin and Eugene-San Jose - USA TODAY

  02-06-2015 15:58
  
  USA TODAY
  Alaska Airlines adds new city pairs: Portland-Austin and Eugene-San Jose
  USA TODAY
  Speaking Monday at an airport conference in Seattle devoted to developing new air services, Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden noted that the airline has recently introduced "gobs of service" and that, beginning Nov. 5, the carrier will begin flying ...
  Texas capital Austin is new non-stop Alaska Airlines destination from PortlandOregonLive.com
  Alaska Airlines announces Austin-Portland routeAusti
  
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• Alaska budget likely delayed days as Senate vote sends proposals to ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-06-2015 07:14
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska budget likely delayed days as Senate vote sends proposals to ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  House minority leader Rep. Chris Tuck, D-Anchorage, left, and Senate president Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, right, converse on the 5th floor of the Legislative Information Office building in Anchorage on Monday, June 1, 2015, where lawmakers are working ...
  Alaska Senate fails to pass budget; layoff notices preparedKTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
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• What happens if Alaska state government partially shuts down on July 1? - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-06-2015 04:22
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  What happens if Alaska state government partially shuts down on July 1?
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Along with layoff notices mailed to some 10,000 state employees Monday, state government departments announced which services they would curtail or eliminate should the Alaska Legislature's budget impasse continue and a partial government shutdown ...
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• It was a record-warm May for much of Alaska, but Interior gets chilly again - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-06-2015 04:22
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  It was a record-warm May for much of Alaska, but Interior gets chilly again
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Despite record-breaking warm temperatures across much of the state in May, parts of Interior Alaska received warning of below-freezing temperatures Monday morning, which even included an inch of snow falling in the communities of Salcha and Delta ...
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• Alaskans want and need public investment in education and health - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-06-2015 04:22
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaskans want and need public investment in education and health
  Alaska Dispatch News
  As a physician fortunate enough to practice in Alaska since 1965, I want to share a long-term perspective about health care reform. Beginning in our shared distant past, we who make Alaska home have inherited and so far failed to solve the riddle of ...and more »
  
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• Assessment board again values Alaska pipeline at billions more than oil ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-06-2015 03:11
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Assessment board again values Alaska pipeline at billions more than oil ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The State Assessment Review Board says the trans-Alaska pipeline is worth $9.6 billion for property tax purposes, $7 billion more than the value suggested by BP, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil, the pipeline's major owners. The five-member review board ...and more »
  
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• Alaska senator has message for Seattle - KING5.com

  02-06-2015 02:37
  
  South Bend Tribune
  Alaska senator has message for Seattle
  KING5.com
  Some Alaskans are not happy with how leaders in Washington State have been treating Shell oil company. Loading… Post to Facebook. Alaska senator has message for Seattle Some Alaskans are not happy with how leaders in Washington State have been ...
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  Alaska a cash cow for oil producersFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 6 news articles »
  
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• Premera Alaska Files For Another Large Rate Increase - Alaska Public Radio Network

  02-06-2015 01:34
  
  Premera Alaska Files For Another Large Rate Increase
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Premera Alaska is asking the federal government to approve an average rate increase of 39 percent for its Affordable Care Act health insurance plans in the state for 2016. That follows a 37 percent increase the federal government approved for 2015.and more »
  
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• June brings snow, strong winds, wildfire danger to Interior Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  02-06-2015 00:33
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  June brings snow, strong winds, wildfire danger to Interior Alaska
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Snow falls on a container of blooming geraniums Monday, June 1, in Delta Junction, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Letha Burchard. June snowfall in Delta Junction. More than an inch of snow fell on Delta Junction the morning of June 1, 2015. Frost is ...and more »
  
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• PHOTOS: Lightning, thunderstorm in Western Alaska - KTUU.com

  02-06-2015 00:15
  
  KTUU.com
  PHOTOS: Lightning, thunderstorm in Western Alaska
  KTUU.com
  KTUU viewers send these photos of a lightning and thunder storm that blew through Bethel and other Western Alaska communities Sunday afternoon. The National Weather Service issued a statement at 9:40 p.m. warning of lightning and “pea-sized hail,” ...
  
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