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• Dem wants to ship water from Alaska to California - Twitchy

  25-10-2015 23:31
  Twitchy
  Dem wants to ship water from Alaska to California
  Twitchy
  Due to California's drought, people want to try and ship water down from Alaska, once again making natural selection damn near impossible. — BSU Tonight (@bsutonight) October 19, 2015. Watch the “Party of Science” work. California Rep. Janice Hahn, a ...
  

• DII Notebook: Gannon WSOC stays perfect; Alaska Anchorage bounces back in WVOL - NCAA.com

  25-10-2015 22:13
  NCAA.com
  DII Notebook: Gannon WSOC stays perfect; Alaska Anchorage bounces back in WVOL
  NCAA.com
  Despite finishing last season 9-9, Gannon senior Mani Brueckner sensed that this season had the potential to be special for the Golden Knights. With 11 seniors back from last year, Gannon fielded a mature team with a wealth of experience. “We lost one ...
  

• 6-word memoir winners: 'Not fit to live anywhere else' - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2015 21:12
  Alaska Dispatch News
  6-word memoir winners: 'Not fit to live anywhere else'
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Winning author Jimmie Evak of Kotzebue poses with an ugruk, or bearded seal, he took in 1992. Courtesy Jimmie Evak. Three weeks ago, we invited Alaskans to submit their life stories told in exactly six words. Over the last decade, six-word memoirs have ...and more »
  

• Legislative consultants: Pipeline buyout decision unlikely to affect Alaska's ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2015 20:46
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Legislative consultants: Pipeline buyout decision unlikely to affect Alaska's ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  JUNEAU -- The Alaska Legislature's oil and gas consultants said in a report released Sunday that the buyout decision facing lawmakers at their special session here is unlikely to have a significant effect on the state's finances. The administration of Gov.
  Gas reserves tax from Alaska special session agendaChron.com (blog)
  Alaska legislative special session begins, focuses
  

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• Southeast Alaska residents protest proposed ferry cutbacks - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  25-10-2015 18:44
  Southeast Alaska residents protest proposed ferry cutbacks
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Southeast Alaska residents are worried ferry service will fall next year to what may be the lowest level in decades. Concerned residents filled the room and overflowed into hallways at Friday's listening session in the Sitka ...and more »
  

• BLM approves drilling permit in Alaska petroleum reserve - Bakken.com (press release)

  25-10-2015 17:34
  Bakken.com (press release)
  BLM approves drilling permit in Alaska petroleum reserve
  Bakken.com (press release)
  Hikers travel along the Syncline ridges in the southwest part of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. (Image: Romandial via Wikipedia). BLM approves drilling permit in Alaska petroleum reserve. October 25, 2015. Becky Bohrer | The Associated Press.and more »
  

• 'So, How Long Have You Been Native' explores Alaska's cultural tourism - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2015 17:02
  Alaska Dispatch News
  'So, How Long Have You Been Native' explores Alaska's cultural tourism
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Anyone who has worked in the tourism industry knows that people passing through Alaska can ask the strangest things. Still, the question that forms the title of Alexis Bunten's book about her experiences working in the Native Alaskan cultural tourism ...and more »
  

• 'Alaska': Rome Review - Hollywood Reporter

  25-10-2015 16:54
  Hollywood Reporter
  'Alaska': Rome Review
  Hollywood Reporter
  Strong performances and plenty of ambition cannot overcome a scenario that takes too many unlikely turns. Venue. Rome Film Festival. Cast. Elio Germano, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Valerio Binasco, Elena Radonicich, Roschdy Zem. Director. Claudio Cupellini ...
  

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• You know you live in Alaska when... - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2015 16:50
  Alaska Dispatch News
  You know you live in Alaska when...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  You know you live in Alaska when you stack firewood for the intellectual challenge. Loren Holmes photo. More than 735,000 call the biggest state in the union home, although you'd hardly know it from the checkout lines at Walmart on PFD day. We're ...and more »
  

• Alaska Man Stranded in Russia After Flight Canceled - ABC News

  25-10-2015 16:48
  Alaska Man Stranded in Russia After Flight Canceled
  ABC News
  Sivoy Miklahook booked his flight to Russia when there were no scheduled return flights to Alaska, but he figured something would come up while he lived out his dream of visiting friends and family on the other side of the Bering Strait. Now the 25 ...and more »
  

• Alaska man stranded in Russia after flight canceled - WBTW - Myrtle Beach and Florence SC

  25-10-2015 16:47
  Alaska man stranded in Russia after flight canceled
  WBTW - Myrtle Beach and Florence SC
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Sivoy Miklahook booked his flight to eastern Russia when there were no scheduled return flights to Alaska. But he f… NYPD: Gun that may have been used in officer's death found. Updated: 2 mins ago. Refugee flow unabated ...
  

• Reading the North: Alaska Lands bill; Charlotte Brody - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2015 16:45
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Reading the North: Alaska Lands bill; Charlotte Brody
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve became the nation's largest national park after passage of the Alaska Lands Bill. The concentration mill building at right is the centerpiece of Kennecott Mine, located near McCarthy. Erik Hill / ADN. Eye ...
  

• Southeast Alaska residents protest proposed ferry cutbacks - Albany Times Union

  25-10-2015 16:37
  Southeast Alaska residents protest proposed ferry cutbacks
  Albany Times Union
  KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Southeast Alaska residents are worried ferry service will fall next year to what may be the lowest level in decades. Concerned residents filled the room and overflowed into hallways at Friday's listening session in the Sitka ...and more »
  

• Southeast Alaska residents protest proposed ferry cutbacks - Washington Times

  25-10-2015 16:21
  Southeast Alaska residents protest proposed ferry cutbacks
  Washington Times
  KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) - Southeast Alaska residents are worried ferry service will fall next year to what may be the lowest level in decades. Concerned residents filled the room and overflowed into hallways at Friday's listening session in the Sitka ...and more »
  

• Delta Air Lines' Challenge to Alaska Air Keeps Growing - Motley Fool

  25-10-2015 14:40
  Motley Fool
  Delta Air Lines' Challenge to Alaska Air Keeps Growing
  Motley Fool
  The legacy carrier is adding 10 more destinations from Seattle between now and the beginning of May. Adam Levine-Weinberg. (TMFGemHunter). Oct 25, 2015 at 9:40AM. As recently as 2013, Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) operated just 40 daily departures in ...and more »
  

• What is the Alaska LNG project? We break it down: Part 1 - KTOO

  25-10-2015 14:37
  KTOO
  What is the Alaska LNG project? We break it down: Part 1
  KTOO
  This illustration shows what a liquefaction plant could look like. (Image courtesy of Alaska LNG). Lawmakers around the state are packing their bags and preparing to head to Juneau for their third special session of the year. This session will focus on ...and more »
  

• Inupiaq woman joins traditional tattooing movement - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  25-10-2015 12:55
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Inupiaq woman joins traditional tattooing movement
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND OCT. 24-25, 2015 - In this photo taken on Oct. 13, 2015, Marjorie Tahbone, left, of Nome, Alaska and Denali Whiting, of Kotzebue, Alaska take a selfie during the First Alaskans Institute Elders and Youth Conference in Anchorage, ...
  

• Idaho Steelheads lose second straight in Alaska - The Idaho Statesman

  25-10-2015 08:49
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Idaho Steelheads lose second straight in Alaska
  The Idaho Statesman
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Idaho rallied twice Saturday night but couldn't come up with the win, falling to Alaska 5-4 on the road. The Aces took a 1-0 lead in the first period, then made it 3-0 in the second before Idaho cut the deficit to 3-2. Alaska ...
  Aces rookie Traversa tallies twice in frantic 5-4 winAlaska Dispatch Newsall 5 news articles »
  

• Alaska hike leads to mystery, solved - The Register-Guard

  25-10-2015 08:39
  Alaska hike leads to mystery, solved
  The Register-Guard
  TACOMA — On one of her final days in Sitka, Alaska, Chantal Cough-Schulze hiked Harbor Mountain, walking a ridge she had traveled often. “I saw there'd been a new rock slide,” Cough-Schulze said. “And lying there, about 2 feet off the trail, was a ...and more »
  

• Alaska Woman Fights Spice Drug Trend by Offering Pot Instead - ABC News

  25-10-2015 08:35
  Christian Science Monitor
  Alaska Woman Fights Spice Drug Trend by Offering Pot Instead
  ABC News
  An Anchorage woman is looking for spice users and asking them to destroy their synthetic drug in exchange for marijuana. Nicole Crites said she made her first spice-destruction transaction on Friday. Earlier this year, Alaska became the third U.S ...
  Alaska woman finds spice users to ask them to destroy synthetic drug in ...Minneapolis Star Tribuneall 70 news articles »
  

• Night Music: October 24, 2015

  25-10-2015 07:00
  Here is the Night Music Playlist with Kirk Waldhaus.All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
  TitleArtist / Composer (if known or if blank artist or unkown)AlbumLabel
  Song Duration
  8:00 – 9:00
  I Can’t Quit HerRandy Brecker / KooperRandy PopPilco Records – promo6:53
  Hello It’s MeRandy Brecker / RungrenRandy PopPilco Records – promo5:59
  Purple GazelleLarry GoldingsBig StuffWarner 9 46271-26:43
  Dandelion YearsLarry GoldingsBig StuffWarner 9 46271-25:4
  
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• Aces rookie Traversa tallies twice in frantic 5-4 win - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2015 06:56
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Aces rookie Traversa tallies twice in frantic 5-4 win
  Alaska Dispatch News
  In an ECHL hockey game frantically entertaining, the Alaska Aces used two third-period goals from rookie winger Tomasso Traversa to hold off the Idaho Steelheads, 5-4, at Sullivan Arena on Saturday night. The Aces, who led by three goals in the second ...
  Idaho Steelheads lose second straight in AlaskaThe Idaho Statesmanall 5 news articles »
  

• Moose is what's for dinner in rural Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  25-10-2015 06:08
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Moose is what's for dinner in rural Alaska
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Drier and less tender than beef, moose meat varies in flavor from light to gamey depending on how well it is cared for and how far into the rut the bull is. We sort the meat mainly according to toughness. This meat, cut from the neck, is destined for ...
  

• Is Alaska headed toward another 1980s-style recession? - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2015 05:09
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Is Alaska headed toward another 1980s-style recession?
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska today has less oil, more savings and a larger, more stable economy than it did 30 years ago. But there is no consensus what those differences mean for the future. Jeannette Lee Falsey October 24, 2015. Facebook · Twitter. Kes Woodward still ...and more »
  

• UAH Rally Falls Short Against Alaska Anchorage - whnt.com

  25-10-2015 04:57
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  UAH Rally Falls Short Against Alaska Anchorage
  whnt.com
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala (uahchargers.com) - The University of Alabama in Huntsville hockey team dropped a 3-2 decision to visiting Alaska Anchorage on Saturday night at the Propst Arena at the Von Braun Center. UAH slips to 1-2-1 (0-1-1 WCHA) with the ...
  Wright's first college goal, Mantha's goaltending spark UAAAlaska Dispatch News
  UAH falls at home to Alaska AnchroageWAFFall 5 news articles »
  

• A partial solution to rural Alaska energy challenges - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2015 04:04
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A partial solution to rural Alaska energy challenges
  Alaska Dispatch News
  OPINION: As legislators look for budget savings, they should consider the ways using -- not cutting -- the Power Cost Equalization program to help alleviate costs to the state as well as rural communities and families. Pictured: Wind turbines generate ...and more »
  

• Students, parents could be stunned by new state test results - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2015 03:11
  Students, parents could be stunned by new state test results
  Alaska Dispatch News
  This isn't Lake Wobegon, where all the children are above average, but we've lived with the idea that most of the kids in Alaska are at least proficient on standardized tests. Not anymore. In what amounts to a startling change for Alaska public schools ...
  

• Alaska Republicans have a choice: Come to agreement or come to Jesus - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2015 03:11
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska Republicans have a choice: Come to agreement or come to Jesus
  Alaska Dispatch News
  It's been a month now since Pope Francis visited the United States. I have to admit, when I watched his address to Congress I was distracted by House Speaker John Boehner's tears. Oh, I have thought for years Boehner should be a Kleenex spokesperson ...and more »
  

• Jenkins: Walker administration politicizes schools with fiscal education - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2015 02:58
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Jenkins: Walker administration politicizes schools with fiscal education
  Alaska Dispatch News
  What Gov. Bill Walker's administration had in mind as it tried to press middle and high school kids into prepping their parents and communities for taxes and using the Permanent Fund in some fashion to make ends meet, seems clear -- and entirely ...and more »
  

• Last-minute agenda changes leave Alaska Senate with blank slate Saturday - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2015 01:34
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Last-minute agenda changes leave Alaska Senate with blank slate Saturday
  Alaska Dispatch News
  JUNEAU -- As the Alaska House began committee hearings on the first day of the special legislative session here, the state Senate was still scrambling to establish its workload. The Senate Resources Committee had scheduled hearings for Saturday and ...and more »
  

• Alaska Senate Republicans hire new press secretary - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2015 00:36
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska Senate Republicans hire new press secretary
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The caucus picked Michaela Goertzen, a speechwriter for former Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell and a former marketing manager at Alaska Dispatch News. Goertzen will earn $88,000 annually. She replaces Carolyn Kuckertz, who earned $94,000 annually, and ...and more »
  

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