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• Finally on the Frontier: Alaska Gets a Satellite Law School - The National Law Journal (registration)

  19-08-2015 21:54
  The National Law Journal (registration)
  Finally on the Frontier: Alaska Gets a Satellite Law School
  The National Law Journal (registration)
  Alaska's nickname is The Final Frontier—an apt moniker for legal education in the only state without a law school. That's changing, however. Next week, Seattle University School of Law opens a satellite campus enabling third-year law students to spend ...
  

• Alaska DEA supervisor named new Anchorage police chief - Alaska Dispatch News

  19-08-2015 20:54
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska DEA supervisor named new Anchorage police chief
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Chris Tolley answers questions from the press after being named Anchorage's next police chief, replacing Mark Mew, left, during a press conference at City Hall on Wednesday. Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News. Chris Tolley, currently special agent in ...and more »
  

• Recipe for Baked Alaska - Huffington Post

  19-08-2015 19:26
  Huffington Post
  Recipe for Baked Alaska
  Huffington Post
  Parched. Scorched. Burnt. Words not typically used to describe the Arctic. Over 400 lightning-caused fires have burned more than 5 million acres in Alaska this summer -- an area larger than the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined and five ...and more »
  

• Reality Check: 2nd season of 'Edge of Alaska' falls flat - Alaska Dispatch News

  19-08-2015 18:09
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Reality Check: 2nd season of 'Edge of Alaska' falls flat
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Jeremy Keller and Neil Darish argue about the future of McCarthy in season two of "Edge of Alaska," on Discovery Channel. Screen capture via Discovery.com. Every time a new Alaska reality TV show hits the dark corners of cable, I think that maybe this ...and more »
  

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• U.S. Wildfires Scorch Land at Dramatic Rate, but Then There's the Alaska Factor - Emergency Management

  19-08-2015 14:11
  Emergency Management
  U.S. Wildfires Scorch Land at Dramatic Rate, but Then There's the Alaska Factor
  Emergency Management
  So far this year, wildfires have scorched more U.S. land than in the first eight months of any year over the last decade, but most were in Alaska. Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times | August 19, 2015. More than 5 million acres have burned so far this year ...
  Rain fizzles out Alaska wildfires, allowing crews to help out in Lower 48KTUU.comall 13 news articles »
  

• Alaska's Glacier Bay: Immense wilderness beckons - USA TODAY

  19-08-2015 14:02
  USA TODAY
  Alaska's Glacier Bay: Immense wilderness beckons
  USA TODAY
  There is something fascinating about seeing nature untamed. The opportunity to walk through pure, undeveloped land that has not seen the effects of human tampering are few and far between, as the trappings of modern civilization gain more and more ...
  

• Effort to update digital map of Alaska passes halfway point - Alaska Dispatch News

  19-08-2015 06:51
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Effort to update digital map of Alaska passes halfway point
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Mark Henspeter and Caitlan Dowling with the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources and Matthew Macri, PenAir director of operations, look at a 3-D map of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve as people gathered at the FedEx ...and more »
  

• Anchorage hospitals appeal state's ER bed cap - Alaska Public Radio Network

  19-08-2015 03:52
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Anchorage hospitals appeal state's ER bed cap
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Anchorage's two largest hospitals are appealing the state's recent allocation decisions in hopes of building more emergency room beds in the next several years. Download Audio. The Alaska Dispatch News reports that Providence Alaska Medical Center and ...and more »
  

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• A short history of Alaska LGBT rights - Alaska Public Radio Network

  19-08-2015 03:52
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  A short history of Alaska LGBT rights
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Alaskans voted in 1998 to define marriage in the state constitution as only between a man and a woman. Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has invalidated that definition, Alaska and the entire country has marriage equality. To some it may seem like things ...
  

• Reality Check: Second season of 'Edge of Alaska' falls flat - Alaska Dispatch News

  19-08-2015 03:15
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Reality Check: Second season of 'Edge of Alaska' falls flat
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Jeremy Keller and Neil Darish argue about the future of McCarthy in season two of "Edge of Alaska," on Discovery Channel. Screen capture via Discovery.com. Every time a new Alaska reality TV show hits the dark corners of cable, I think that maybe this ...and more »
  

• S&P drops Alaska's bond rating outlook from 'stable' to 'negative' - Alaska Dispatch News

  19-08-2015 02:57
  KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  S&P drops Alaska's bond rating outlook from 'stable' to 'negative'
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Another one of the three major credit rating agencies lowered its outlook for Alaska to "negative," citing the high likelihood of sustained low oil prices and lawmakers' aversion to opening up its most promising sources of revenue. In a report released ...
  Standard & Poor's warns Alaska that bond rating could be loweredKTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
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• Alaska lawmakers vote to sue governor over Medicaid expansion plan - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  19-08-2015 02:22
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska lawmakers vote to sue governor over Medicaid expansion plan
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  JUNEAU, Alaska — A committee of House and Senate lawmakers voted Tuesday to sue Gov. Bill Walker over his effort to expand Medicaid in Alaska, with Republican legislative leaders calling it a separation-of-powers issue. The Legislative Council vote ...
  Meyer, Chenault: Alaska Legislature sues Walker over Medicaid to protect ...Alaska Dispatch News
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• Meyer, Chenault: Alaska Legislature sues Walker over Medicaid to protect ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  19-08-2015 02:09
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Meyer, Chenault: Alaska Legislature sues Walker over Medicaid to protect ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  OPINION: The Alaska Legislative Council has decided to take a stand, not against Alaskans, not against health care, not against President Obama and not against Medicaid, but on behalf of the checks and balances embodied in our constitution. Pictured: ...
  Alaska lawmakers vote to sue governor over Medicaid expansion planFairbanks Daily News-Miner
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• Alaska National Guard Warrior and Family Services evolves to better assist ... - DVIDS (press release)

  19-08-2015 01:58
  Alaska National Guard Warrior and Family Services evolves to better assist ...
  DVIDS (press release)
  Alaska National Guard Warrior and Family Services and Army OneSource join members from across the community at the Alaska-Forget Me Not Coalition workshop held at the BP Energy Center in Anchorage, April 16. The workshop included presentations ...
  

• Alaska oil prospecting project splits Democrats - Deutsche Welle

  19-08-2015 01:40
  Deutsche Welle
  Alaska oil prospecting project splits Democrats
  Deutsche Welle
  Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has contradicted fellow Democrat President Barack Obama by rejecting a Shell oil prospecting project off Alaska. Obama's administration has given Shell approval to resume drilling. Symbolbild Shell in Gespräche ...
  US lets Shell drill for oil off AlaskaUSA TODAY
  Approval of Arctic drilling comes just before Obama's Alaska visitFairbanks Daily News-Miner
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• 4 people missing after landslides hit Alaska coastal town of Sitka following ... - Fox News

  19-08-2015 00:44
  CBS News
  4 people missing after landslides hit Alaska coastal town of Sitka following ...
  Fox News
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Four residents of a neighborhood in Alaska were missing Tuesday after heavy rain caused several landslides, emergency responders said. The people were missing in Sitka, a coastal town where at least three landslides were ...
  At least 4 missing after Alaska landslidesCBS News
  Four Missing After Landslides in Sitka, AlaskaNBCNews.com
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• Despite Army reductions, Corps of Engineers hiring in Alaska - DVIDS (press release)

  19-08-2015 00:36
  Despite Army reductions, Corps of Engineers hiring in Alaska
  DVIDS (press release)
  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District is seeking qualified candidates in a variety of technical areas despite Army force reduction in Alaska. The organization has about 20 positions either pending announcement or currently advertised on ...
  

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