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• Alaska mudslide victim from Concordia; 2 other victims ID'd as brothers - WIBW

  21-08-2015 22:07
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  Alaska mudslide victim from Concordia; 2 other victims ID'd as brothers
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  Sitka City Administrator Mark Gorman stands in front of a house on Kramer Avenue as contractors and other search members look in the area where city building inspector William Stortz was last seen Tuesday when a landslide hit, in Sitka, Alaska ...
  Second Body Found After Alaska Landslide, One Man Still MissingNBCNews.com
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• Alaska's largest resource, and potential liability, is its children. Let's act ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  21-08-2015 20:05
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  Alaska's largest resource, and potential liability, is its children. Let's act ...
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  OPINION: We need to make Alaska schools a place children rejoice in returning to each fall. If we can, it will pay dividends that make the Permanent Fund Dividend look paltry by comparison. Photo by Dean Swope / KYUK. Across the state, children are ...
  Alaska Permanent Fund ends fiscal year with $52.8 billion valueFairbanks Daily News-Miner
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• Check out an amazing Alaska sunset, courtesy of US lawmakers - Washington Post

  21-08-2015 18:00
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  Check out an amazing Alaska sunset, courtesy of US lawmakers
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  August recess must be great if you live in a state like Alaska. On Thursday night, as the Washington area enjoyed dramatic skies and vivid rainbows, lawmakers in The Last Frontier shared an even more dramatic scene with followers on social media. Sen.
  

• Federal government investigating Alaska whale deaths - CNN

  21-08-2015 16:21
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  Federal government investigating Alaska whale deaths
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  (CNN) Whales are dying at an alarming rate in the western Gulf of Alaska, and federal investigators say they're determined to find out why. At least 30 large whales have died in Alaska since May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said ...
  Mystery Surrounds 'Unusual' Death of 30 Large Whales in AlaskaABC News
  'Unusual mortality event': 30 dead whales off Alaska prompts NOAA probeRT
  NOAA Declares 30 Whale Deaths in Ala
  

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• Alaska is suddenly relevant to the presidential election - The Hill (blog)

  21-08-2015 13:02
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  Alaska is suddenly relevant to the presidential election
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  On Aug. 25 and 26, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) will be touring Alaska, from Anchorage to Fairbanks, to meet and greet. Five days later, for the first time in his seven years and two terms in office (aside from a refueling ...
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• Save money on Alaska travel deals during summer's last gasp - Alaska Dispatch News

  21-08-2015 05:39
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  Save money on Alaska travel deals during summer's last gasp
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  Passengers on the M/V Nunatak record activity at a kittiwake rookery during a Kenai Fjords Tours cruise on Resurrection Bay on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Erik Hill / ADN. Do you want to know the best places for a fall trip? Right here in Alaska? Please ...
  Dennis McCarthy: At home with the orcas in AlaskaLA Daily Newsall 2 news articles »
  

• Video: Survivor of 1955 crash on St. Lawrence Island returns to Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  21-08-2015 05:21
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  Video: Survivor of 1955 crash on St. Lawrence Island returns to Alaska
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  David Assard, 82, survived a crash after his Navy patrol plane was shot down by Russian jets in 1955. The crew of the plane was rescued by Siberian Yupik National Guard members on St. Lawrence Island. He recounted his story during a trip to the Prince ...
  

• Second Body Found After Alaska Landslide, One Man Still Missing - NBCNews.com

  21-08-2015 03:40
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  Second Body Found After Alaska Landslide, One Man Still Missing
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  Searchers have found a second body in the aftermath of a large landslide in Sitka, Alaska, authorities said Thursday, and a third man remains missing and presumed dead. The remains were found in the debris of the landslide that swept down a hillside ...
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• Alaska has both reason and resources to lead the way to clean power - Alaska Dispatch News

  21-08-2015 03:28
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  Alaska has both reason and resources to lead the way to clean power
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  OPINION: Alaska is rich in renewable energy, and it's time to tap the till. Pictured: Wind turbines on Fire Island near Anchorage. Loren Holmes / ADN. Any interest in saving money, improving Alaska's economy and addressing one of the biggest threats to ...and more »
  

• Further investigation planned in whale deaths in Alaska - U.S. News & World Report

  21-08-2015 03:08
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  Further investigation planned in whale deaths in Alaska
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  This June 5, 2015 photos provided by the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program, shows a fin whale carcass found on Whale Island, Alaska in the Kodiak Archipelago. A federal agency announced plans Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, for a more intense ...
  NOAA declares deaths of large whales in Gulf of Alaska an unusual mortality eventNOAAall 77 news articles »
  

• Alaska health survey finds e-cigarette use quadrupled from 2010 to 2013 - Alaska Dispatch News

  21-08-2015 03:07
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  Alaska health survey finds e-cigarette use quadrupled from 2010 to 2013
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  An Alaska-themed mod is for sale at Sumo Vapor. SUMO Vapor, on Arctic Boulevard, is one shop in Anchorage that sells mods, e-liquids and other vaping equipment. E-cigarette use is on the rise around Alaska, according to the state Department of Health ...
  

• The hot-weather scorecard: How global & Alaska heat has spiked in 2015 - KTUU.com

  21-08-2015 01:05
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  The hot-weather scorecard: How global & Alaska heat has spiked in 2015
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  July 2015 was the warmest month ever recorded across the world. Not just the warmest July, mind you, but the warmest month ever recorded, according to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
  

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