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• Sen. Dan Sullivan: Washington leaders harm Alaska economy at their own peril - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-06-2015 23:59
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Sen. Dan Sullivan: Washington leaders harm Alaska economy at their own peril
  Alaska Dispatch News
  OPINION: In hurting Alaska, shortsighted leaders in Seattle and Washington state aiming to thwart Shell Oil's Arctic oil exploration will end up hurting their own constituents. Pictured: Activists in kayaks and other vessels, who oppose Royal Dutch ...and more »
  
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• 1986 Deer Park football player begins 750-mile trek to Alaska - Your Houston News

  06-06-2015 23:40
  1986 Deer Park football player begins 750-mile trek to Alaska
  Your Houston News
  Alan Hartmann still remembers a few of those encouraging speeches and words that the Deer Park High School football coaching staff gave during his 1986 senior season. For the last 29 years, they've been just that, memories. But starting this past ...
  
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• Juneau chef represents Alaska in cook-off - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  06-06-2015 23:26
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Juneau chef represents Alaska in cook-off
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  In this May 26, 2015 photo, Rookery Chef Beau Schooler is seen in his Juneau, Alaska restaurant. Schooler has earned some high honors in 2015. On top of being nominated for a James Beard Award earlier this year, he's now been chosen to represent the ...
  
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• Aggressive Moose Near Alaska Campground Injures Onlookers - ABC News

  06-06-2015 21:22
  KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  Aggressive Moose Near Alaska Campground Injures Onlookers
  ABC News
  A cow moose with two calves at Denali National Park and Preserve has injured at least two visitors in the past 10 days. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports ( http://bit.ly/1AUKCKW ) that Denali park staff have been urging visitors to be especially ...
  Aggressive moose near campground in Alaska injures onlookers, park officials ...Minneapolis Star Tribuneall 11 news articles »
  
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• Searching Alaska's tundra for meteorites, with the help of radar - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-06-2015 20:29
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Searching Alaska's tundra for meteorites, with the help of radar
  Alaska Dispatch News
  On Feb. 26 at 1:06 p.m., someone in northern Alaska may have seen a torch of light in the cold daytime sky. On that afternoon, satellites detected a meteoric fireball headed toward Earth. An asteroid 6 feet in diameter penetrated the atmosphere at 13 ...and more »
  
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• Slow oil leak discovered on trans-Alaska pipeline - Washington Times

  06-06-2015 19:11
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Slow oil leak discovered on trans-Alaska pipeline
  Washington Times
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. and state authorities are responding to a slow leak of crude oil discovered in a buried section of the 800-mile trans-Alaska pipeline. The Alaska Dispatch News reports (http://bit.ly/1KM9qF3 ) that ...
  State spill team responds to 'slow weep' along Alaska oil pipeline jointAlaska Dispatch News
  Small oil leak detected in trans-Alaska pipelineFairba
  
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• Are fish falling from the sky in Alaska? - fox5sandiego.com

  06-06-2015 18:57
  
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  Are fish falling from the sky in Alaska?
  fox5sandiego.com
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska — There are flying fish, and then there are the variety witnessed by residents of Fairbanks, Alaska. These have literally been dropping from the sky, it seems. Four eel-like fish called lampreys have been found in odd locations ...
  EEEWW: Parasitic eel-like fish falling from the sky in AlaskaNew York Daily News
  Eel-Like Fish Falling From Sky In Alaska CityCBS Local
  Horrifying Fish Monsters Are Falling
  
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• Alaska man in critical condition after paragliding accident in Lehi - fox13now.com

  06-06-2015 16:15
  
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  Alaska man in critical condition after paragliding accident in Lehi
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  LEHI, Utah — An Alaska man was critically injured after his paragliding crashed in Lehi early Saturday morning. Deputies from Utah County Sheriff's Office and Lehi police and fire responded to the crash at Point of the Mountain Flight Park at about 6 ...
  Alaska man hurt in paraglider crash SaturdayDaily Heraldall 4 news articles »
  
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• Conference on budget and Alaska's future kicks off in Fairbanks - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  06-06-2015 09:50
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Conference on budget and Alaska's future kicks off in Fairbanks
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Attendees at Building a Sustainable Future: Conversations with Alaskans applaud after opening remarks by Gov. Bill Walker at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Wood Center on Friday, June 5, 2015. Conversations with Alaskans.
  State leaders convene dialogue on Alaska's future in FairbanksAlaska Dispatch News
  Governor's weekend retreat to look beyond the budget impasseAlaska
  
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• Suspect arrested in death of Alaska reality TV personality - KTUU.com

  06-06-2015 08:40
  
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  Suspect arrested in death of Alaska reality TV personality
  KTUU.com
  A Fairbanks man is in custody on a first-degree murder charge related to the shooting death of an outdoorsman and past character on National Geographic's reality show "Ultimate Survival Alaska." ...and more »
  
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• Payoff for Alaska commercial fishermen all depends on the species - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-06-2015 06:35
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Payoff for Alaska commercial fishermen all depends on the species
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Kodiak-based F/V Devotion transfers its herring catch to the fishing tender Maylynn during the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery. JAMES POULSON. For Alaska commercial fishermen, everything depends on the species targeted. For instance, Southeast ...and more »
  
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• Alaska legislative staffer accused of hit-and-run, DUI: 'It's personal' - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-06-2015 04:47
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska legislative staffer accused of hit-and-run, DUI: 'It's personal'
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Alaska Senate press secretary accused of hitting two people with her car earlier this week while driving under the influence and then fleeing said Friday the incident was not connected with the Legislature. “It's personal,” said Carolyn Kuckertz ...
  Press secretary for Alaska Senate majority charged with DUI, felony hit-and-runNew York Daily Newsall 6 news ar
  
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• Fuel barge grounds in Southwest Alaska; company says vessel is built for it - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-06-2015 04:30
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Fuel barge grounds in Southwest Alaska; company says vessel is built for it
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The barge DBL165-1 rests grounded in the mud of the Kongiganak River near Bethel, Alaska, June 4, 2015. Coast Guard personnel are monitoring response efforts to remove the barge from the mud. BETHEL -- The U.S. Coast Guard is monitoring a Crowley ...and more »
  
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• Pilot Killed by Propeller of Idling Plane in Alaska - ABC News

  06-06-2015 00:57
  KTUU.com
  Pilot Killed by Propeller of Idling Plane in Alaska
  ABC News
  National Park Service officials say a 62-year-old man died after being struck by the rotating propeller of his own plane at Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Park officials say Clark J. Baldwin of Wasilla was killed in the ...
  Pilot dead Thursday after walking into propeller of plane in Alaska National ParkKTUU.comall 39 news articles »
  
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• Halibut Dumping Stirs Fight Among Fishing Fleets In Alaska - NPR

  06-06-2015 00:11
  
  NPR
  Halibut Dumping Stirs Fight Among Fishing Fleets In Alaska
  NPR
  If you've ever encountered halibut, it was probably as a tasty — and pricey — entree. But in Alaska, it's the subject of a fierce fish battle. On one side are small family-owned fishing boats. On the other, an industrial fleet delivering seafood to ...and more »
  
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• Alaska oil haul road reopens after flooding - Salt Lake Tribune

  06-06-2015 00:02
  
  Salt Lake Tribune
  Alaska oil haul road reopens after flooding
  Salt Lake Tribune
  This photo provided by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities shows trucks moving along the reopened Dalton Highway outside of Deadhorse, Alaska on Friday, June 5, 2015. The only road available for hauling supplies to Alaska's ...
  Alaska Road Used to Haul Oil Supplies Reopens After FloodingABC News
  Highway to Alaska's Oil Field Operations Re-Opens as Work ContinuesRigzoneall 65 news
  
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