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• DNA of Ancient Children Offers Clues on How People Settled the Americas

  26-10-2015 20:40 via nytimes.com
  Using the skeletons of two children who lived in Alaska 11,500 years ago, researchers discovered the first DNA found in the region known as Beringia.
  
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• Deep-draft Arctic port study shelved for at least a year

  26-10-2015 20:27
  Aerial view of Nome’s port. (Photo: Joy Baker/Nome Port Director)
  A highly-anticipated study looking into a deep-draft Arctic port for Alaska is being shelved for at least a year by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers—due to what the Corps calls the changing economic picture of the Arctic.
  The Corps of Engineers announced Monday a 12-month pause in the feasibility study for a deep draft Arctic port. That study put an expansion of Nome’s existing facil
  
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• Marvin Roberts testifies at ongoing Fairbanks Four hearing

  26-10-2015 17:53
  Another one of Fairbanks men seeking exoneration from murder convictions has testified to his innocence.
  Marvin Roberts is the last of the so called Fairbanks Four, to address the court in an ongoing hearing to re-consider the 18-year-old case in light of new evidence.
  Testimony closes out the petitioner’s side of the case with state witnesses now taking to the stand.
  Marvin Roberts, George Frese, Kevin Pease and Eugene Vent were convicted of the October 1997 fatal beating 15-year-old John
  
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• Trooper shoots, kills driver during physical altercation in Sterling

  26-10-2015 16:38
  Authorities say an Alaska State Trooper shot and killed a driver during an altercation in Sterling on Saturday night.
  According to a trooper dispatch, the trooper attempted to pull over a driver at about 11:20 p.m. near Mile 82 of the Sterling Highway, near the Izaak Walton State Recreation Site. The report states that the driverpulled over after a short pursuit and engaged the officer in a physical altercation.
  The trooper drew his weapon and fired, killing the male driver.
  
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• Protesters, lawmaker bring Fairbanks Four case to the Capitol

  26-10-2015 16:36
  Fairbnaks Four protesters at the Capitol, Oct. 24, 2015. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
  On the first day legislators were due back in Juneau for a special session, 20 protesters and one lawmaker brought the Fairbanks Four case to the Capitol.
  It’s a sunny Saturday morning, and about 20 people are staggered along the steps leading into the state Capitol building. With their hands raised and four fingers pointed up, the protesters turn to face each pedestrian and car that passes in front of th
  
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• Cost of Kenai bluff erosion study tops $1 million

  26-10-2015 16:30
  The city of Kenai is paying almost twice as much as initially estimated for a bluff erosion study.
  The Peninsula Clarion reports the Army Corps of Engineers is splitting the study’s cost with the city. Initially estimated at $650,000, several factors have pushed that price to about $1.17 million.
  Army Corps of Engineers Kenai Bluff Stabilization Project manager Dave Martinson says a wider-than-normal scope and increased costs of other elements of the study have driven the price upward.
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• Gov. Walker releases $3.6M for Ambler Mining Road EIS

  26-10-2015 16:29
  The Delong Mountain Transportation System, financed by AIDEA, was opened in 1990 to serve the Red Dog Mine. It includes this 52-mile gravel industrial haul road from the mine to the port facility. (Photo: AIDEA)
  A proposed mining road through Interior Alaska that was shelved amid the state’s multi-billion dollar budget crisis has been authorized by the administration of Gov. Bill Walker to spend more than $3 million to start an environmental assessment.
  In December Walker issued an adminis
  
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• Lawmakers relieved as Gov. Walker removes contentious gas reserves tax from agenda

  26-10-2015 15:20
  
  House Speaker Mike Chenault (R-Nikiski) stands in the back of the House Finance Committee hearing on Saturday. Lawmakers heard the administration’s case for taking a larger stake in the proposed gasline project, Alaska LNG. (Rachel Waldholz/APRN)
  Lawmakers are in Juneau this week for a special session on the state’s massive gas line project.
  The session may be a little less contentious – and a little shorter – than expected, after the Governor pulled one item on the agend
  
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• At least 5 dead after whale watching boat carrying 27 sinks near BC - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-10-2015 08:39
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  At least 5 dead after whale watching boat carrying 27 sinks near BC
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  VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Five people died after a whale watching boat with 27 people on board sank off Vancouver Island on Sunday and a rescue mission was hunting through the night, Canadian authorities said. The vessel made a mayday call ...and more »
  

• Former ABC Board director to challenge Hawker for Alaska House seat - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-10-2015 05:08
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  Former ABC Board director to challenge Hawker for Alaska House seat
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  Board director Shirley Cote at a meeting of the Alaska Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in Fairbanks on July 23, 2013. Marc Lester. The former director of Alaska's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board has filed a letter of intent to challenge Rep. Mike ...and more »
  

• Alaska legislative leaders want broader special session agenda - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-10-2015 05:08
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  Alaska legislative leaders want broader special session agenda
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  Senate President Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, wields two gavels in a joint floor session of the Alaska Legislature on Sunday, April 19, 2015. House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, is at right. Marc Lester / ADN. JUNEAU - Alaska's legislative leadership ...
  Gas reserves tax from Alaska special session agendaChron.com (blog)
  Alaska legislative special session begins, focuses on TransCanada buyo
  

• Alaska Marijuana Board should regulate businesses that permit adult use - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-10-2015 03:52
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  Alaska Marijuana Board should regulate businesses that permit adult use
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  Pictured: Theresa Collins of Pot Luck Events comments at a Marijuana Control Board meeting in the Atwood Building on Monday Aug. 10, 2015. Shelby Lum / ADN. The Marijuana Control Board is in the final stages of crafting regulations that will guide ...and more »
  

• What is Alaska LNG? Part 2: Meet the liquifaction plant - KTOO

  26-10-2015 03:45
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  What is Alaska LNG? Part 2: Meet the liquifaction plant
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  When gas arrives at the plant, it is first “dried” to remove liquids and impurities. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz/APRN). Lawmakers gathered over the weekend in Juneau for the start of a special session on the Alaska LNG project, which would carry natural ...and more »
  

• New bridge dedicated to Alaska Native Brotherhood - KTOO

  26-10-2015 02:46
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  New bridge dedicated to Alaska Native Brotherhood
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  Glass smooth Mendenhall River, Mendenhall Glacier, and the Juneau Icefield form the backdrop for one of the bronze medallions designed by Roy Peratovich Jr. Tlingit moieties Eagle and Raven stand upon a rock that represents the Alaska Native ...
  Brotherhood Bridge rededicatedJuneau Empire (subscription)all 2 news articles »
  

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