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• Alaska wildfire seasons getting bigger and longer, report says - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-06-2015 22:09
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska wildfire seasons getting bigger and longer, report says
  Alaska Dispatch News
  In this Sunday, June 7, 2015 photo, smoke rises from the Bogus Creek Fire, one of two fires burning at the time in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Alaska. Matt Snyder / Alaska Division of Forestry. If it seems like there's more ...
  Alaska Entering New Era for WildfiresClimate Central
  Wildfires Blister Alaska With Increased Frequency, IntensityABC News
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• More than 200 fires are burning in Alaska right now. That's an even bigger ... - Washington Post

  24-06-2015 17:17
  
  Climate Central
  More than 200 fires are burning in Alaska right now. That's an even bigger ...
  Washington Post
  This story has been updated. Following on a record hot May in which much snow cover melted off early, Alaska saw no less than 152 fires erupt over the weekend. A further increase since then had the number of active fires at 243 as of Tuesday — a ...
  Alaska Entering New Era for WildfiresClimate Central
  Fires on Interior Alaska road system see dramatic growth, evacuationsFairbanks
  
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• Searchers comb Alaska glacier for remains of service members killed in 60-year ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  24-06-2015 17:14
  
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  Searchers comb Alaska glacier for remains of service members killed in 60-year ...
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  COLONY GLACIER, Alaska — Scientists and volunteers tethered in safety gear and ice cleats painstakingly scoured the frozen dirt and ice to see if a glacier had given up any more of its dead before they are swept into a lake and lost to history. Fifty ...
  Search resumes on Alaska glacier at decades-old crash siteStars and Stripes
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• Searchers Comb Alaska Glacier for GIs Killed in 1950s Crash - ABC News

  24-06-2015 17:11
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  Searchers Comb Alaska Glacier for GIs Killed in 1950s Crash
  ABC News
  Scientists and volunteers tethered in safety gear and ice cleats painstakingly scoured the frozen dirt and ice to see if a glacier had given up any more of its dead before they are swept into a lake and lost to history. Fifty-two service members died ...
  Searchers comb Alaska glacier for remains of service members killed in 60-year ...Minneapolis Star Tribune
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• SEE IT: Fearless housecat gets bear to back down, fall off Alaska porch - New York Daily News

  24-06-2015 16:33
  New York Daily News
  SEE IT: Fearless housecat gets bear to back down, fall off Alaska porch
  New York Daily News
  This is meow house! Hilarious video shows how a fearless feline frightened a much larger black bear off her Alaska owner's porch. Savannah cat Nani was peering through her Eagle River home's glass door when the beast started sniffing nearby, KTUU ...
  Black bear sniffing around a home in Alaska falls off a porch as pet cat lungesDaily Mail
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• Why Alaska Thunderfuck Titled Her New Album 'Anus' - Advocate.com

  24-06-2015 13:14
  
  Advocate.com
  Why Alaska Thunderfuck Titled Her New Album 'Anus'
  Advocate.com
  When Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 sat down to title her first album, one word came to mind: anus. “It was the only thing I could call it. There's nothing else. There's simply no other title,” says the drag performer, who rose to fame on season 5 of RuPaul's ...
  Alaska Thunderfuck Makes Better Dance Music Than Your Vanilla GarbageNoisey (blog)
  Alaska Thunderfuck's Debut Album Anus Is A Lot... Of P
  
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• Team Grin from PT finishes Race to Alaska - Port Townsend Leader

  24-06-2015 12:56
  Team Grin from PT finishes Race to Alaska
  Port Townsend Leader
  Team Por Favor – three men on a 33-foot monohull – racing through Johnstone Strait during the Race to Alaska. After a week of heavy wind, the push to the finish came on a glassy surface in Ketchikan, Alaska, with about 4 hours of rowing needed to ...and more »
  
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• Bloom boom: Juneau farmer joins Alaska peony rush - Ktoo

  24-06-2015 09:39
  
  Bloom boom: Juneau farmer joins Alaska peony rush
  Ktoo
  Peonies from Brad Fluetsch's home garden. The shrubs can take up to five years to mature. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO). Interior Alaska has about 50 commercial peony farmers and now a Southeast grower is about to give the cash crop a shot.
  
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• Alaska Baseball League: Chinooks, Goldpanners prevail in extra innings - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-06-2015 05:47
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska Baseball League: Chinooks, Goldpanners prevail in extra innings
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Fans got more than they paid for Monday in the Alaska Baseball League, where two of the four games were decided in extra innings. Chugiak beat the Anchorage Bucs 6-3 in 13 innings, the Fairbanks Goldpanners nipped the Seattle Studs 13-12 in 12 ...
  
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• Chugiak man takes trophy class at Alaska Raceway Park - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-06-2015 05:05
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Chugiak man takes trophy class at Alaska Raceway Park
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Chugiak's Steve Lord returned to the trophy-class winner's circle for the first time in about two decades to highlight the Father's Day drag race competition Sunday at Alaska Raceway Park in Palmer. Driving a Ford Mustang 5.0, Lord clocked 12.8784 ...
  
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• The Burning Season: Alaska's Interior is on Fire - Discover Magazine (blog)

  24-06-2015 04:32
  
  Discover Magazine (blog)
  The Burning Season: Alaska's Interior is on Fire
  Discover Magazine (blog)
  NASA's Aqua satellite acquired this image of Alaska on Monday, June 22, 2015. Red dots indicate areas where the satellite detected the anomalous warmth of wildfires. (Source: NASA Worldview). So far this year, 504 fires have scorched 513 square miles ...
  
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• Alaska should raise the nonresident hunting and fishing license fees - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-06-2015 04:08
  
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  Alaska should raise the nonresident hunting and fishing license fees
  Alaska Dispatch News
  OPINION: Alaska should raise the fee for its non-resident hunting tags dramatically. Doing so would bring more revenue for a resource in high demand, and increase access to federal matching funds. Jacob W. Frank / NPS. The state of Alaska is giving ...
  
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• Number of female inmates spikes as Alaska prison population grows - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-06-2015 04:03
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Number of female inmates spikes as Alaska prison population grows
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The number of women housed in Alaska's prisons nearly doubled between 2004 and 2013, and the overall population of state prisoners grew by about 29 percent in the same period, according to statistics released Monday by researchers at the University of ...
  Spike in number of female prisoners at Alaska prisonsFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 8 news articles »
  
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• Wildfire smoke expected to blanket Interior Alaska for days - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  24-06-2015 04:01
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Wildfire smoke expected to blanket Interior Alaska for days
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  The late night sun is seen through heavy smoke Monday at Fairbanks International Airport. Photo courtesy Cheryl Russo. Smoky skies. Holly Sacora sent in this photo, taken at 11 p.m. Monday of the smoky sky and red sun over the Boatel. Photo taken by ...and more »
  
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• Two Volcanoes Under Watch in the Aleutians - Alaska Public Radio Network

  24-06-2015 03:09
  
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Two Volcanoes Under Watch in the Aleutians
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Two volcanoes in the Aleutian chain have been showing signs of activity for years, but recent satellite images prompted the Alaska Volcano Observatory to raise its alert level and aviation color code. Shishaldin Volcano with a typical steam plume ...and more »
  
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• Interior Alaska Ablaze With Lightning-Ignited Fires - Alaska Public Radio Network

  24-06-2015 02:38
  
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  Interior Alaska Ablaze With Lightning-Ignited Fires
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Smoke is spreading over a large area of the state, as wildfire activity grows. There were 56 new wildfires Monday statewide, and 238 active, mostly in interior and southwest Alaska. Listen now: One of the top priority blazes in the interior is the Rex ...
  List of fires burning in Interior AlaskaFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 26 news articles »
  
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• Military conducting large exercise over Alaska - Yahoo! Maktoob News

  24-06-2015 02:32
  
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  Military conducting large exercise over Alaska
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  A pair of F-15C Eagles from the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, in Japan, take off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, while participating in Northern Edge, a joint training exercise. (Bill Roth/Alaska ...
  Large military exercise with nearly 200 aircraft being conducted over AlaskaFox News
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• Military conducting large exercise over Alaska - Yahoo News UK

  24-06-2015 02:06
  
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  Military conducting large exercise over Alaska
  Yahoo News UK
  A pair of F-15C Eagles from the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, in Japan, take off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, while participating in Northern Edge, a joint training exercise. (Bill Roth/Alaska ...
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• Flight attendants sue Boeing over 'toxic fumes' on Alaska Airlines jet - Los Angeles Times

  24-06-2015 00:36
  
  Los Angeles Times
  Flight attendants sue Boeing over 'toxic fumes' on Alaska Airlines jet
  Los Angeles Times
  Four flight attendants have filed a lawsuit against Boeing Co. because of "devastating health effects" from what they contend were toxic fumes that leaked into a 2013 flight. lRelated Flight attendants challenge FAA on electronic devices · BUSINESS ...
  Alaska Airlines Employees Sue Boeing Over Claims Of Toxic Cabin AirInternational Business Times
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• Growing Alaska wildfires prompt new evacuations - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-06-2015 00:34
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Growing Alaska wildfires prompt new evacuations
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Intensifying wildfires in Alaska have led to evacuations in several parts of the state, including a tiny village from which residents fled on boats. Crews were being stretched thin as 57 new fires ignited in the state Monday, with much of the activity ...
  Interior Alaska Ablaze With Lightning-Ignited FiresAlaska Public Radio Network
  Wildfires spark evacuations in Alaska, road closures in CaliforniaYahoo Ne
  
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