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• Giant conifer from Alaska will grace US Capitol lawn, display locally-made ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  28-10-2015 22:04
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  Giant conifer from Alaska will grace US Capitol lawn, display locally-made ...
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  KENAI, Alaska — Alaska's forests will finally have a representative in Washington, D.C.: This year's Capitol Christmas tree will be the first one from the Last Frontier. Dozens of Alaskans gathered on the Kenai Peninsula Tuesday to watch the 75-foot ...
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• Giant Conifer From Alaska Will Grace US Capitol Lawn - ABC News

  28-10-2015 21:57
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  Giant Conifer From Alaska Will Grace US Capitol Lawn
  ABC News
  Alaska's forests will finally have a representative in Washington, D.C.: This year's Capitol Christmas tree will be the first one from the Last Frontier. Dozens of Alaskans gathered on the Kenai Peninsula Tuesday to watch the 75-foot Lutz spruce be ...
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• Alaskans say the ferry system is worth the cost

  28-10-2015 21:25
  
  Students protest cuts in the marine highway system budget at the Kake ferry terminal last March. (Photo courtesy Adam Davis/Sustainable Southeast Partnership)
  Coastal Alaskans told state officials why the ferry system needs to be maintained during a meeting Friday (10-23-15) afternoon in Sitka.
  Soldotna State Sen. Peter Micciche hosted what was called a legislative listening session. He’s chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee.
  The context was deep service cuts slated for nex
  
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• Witness claims one of Fairbanks 4 had blood-stained shoes

  28-10-2015 21:10
  
  A woman claims that one of the Fairbanks Four had blood stained shoes from the 1997 assault of John Hartman.
  In a video deposition played at an ongoing evidentiary hearing in the contested case Tuesday,
  Margarita Hoffman says she was there when Marvin Roberts came home hours after Hartman was attacked.
  “You could tell on the shoes where there was a couple stains of blood on the shoes,” Hoffman said.
  Hoffman was the girlfriend of Robert’s Uncle, Kenny Mayo, and says they had bee
  
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• Repeated vandalism in historic Sitka cemetery

  28-10-2015 20:38
  
  For the third time in the last seven weeks, vandals have pushed over dozens of headstones in Sitka’s Russian Orthodox Cemetery. Sitka Police are investigating. The first incident, pictured here, took place the weekend of September 12th. (Photo courtesy of Bob Sam)
  In Sitka, a 200-year old cemetery was severely vandalized by an unknown party this weekend. This is the third time the Russian Orthodox Cemetery was targeted in the past two months. In this most recent incident,  one or more
  
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• Wrangell halibut fishermen plead guilty to Lacey Act violations

  28-10-2015 20:32
  
  A Wrangell father and son have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to Lacey Act violations while commercial halibut fishing in Alaska waters. Federal prosecutors announced the plea Tuesday.
  Charles “Chuck” Petticrew Sr. and Charles “Jeff” Petticrew Jr. were charged with falsifying fishing locations in Individual Fishing Quota landing permits and Alaska Department of Fish and Game logbook entries and halibut tickets.
  They identified nearly 4,000 pounds of halibut as
  
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• Ice Age Babies Buried in Alaska Reveals Early Genetic Diversity in North America - Smithsonian

  28-10-2015 17:33
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  Ice Age Babies Buried in Alaska Reveals Early Genetic Diversity in North America
  Smithsonian
  For the people that buried them 11,500 years ago, the death of two infants at an Alaskan fishing campsite was surely tragic. But for scientists who discovered them many centuries later, they were an exciting find. The DNA of these two babies tells a ...
  Ancient infants buried together in Alaska suggest long journey to the AmericasScience /AAAS
  Utah genetics research links ancient babies in
  

• Walker proposes Permanent Fund overhaul to cover deficit

  28-10-2015 13:00
  
  Governor Bill Walker will propose a complete overhaul of the way Alaska uses the Permanent Fund when he releases his budget later this year. The plan would turn the state’s various savings accounts into a kind of endowment, using their earnings to fund state operations.
  Lawmakers, including Senate President Kevin Meyer, gather for a briefing on the governor’s proposal. Photo: Rachel Waldholz/APRN.
  The governor’s goal is to shift the state from a reliance on oil revenue to
  
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• Lawmakers weigh risks and rewards of TransCanada buyout

  28-10-2015 07:08
  Senators Cathy Giessel (R-Anchorage) and Berta Gardner (D-Anchorage) joined Gov. Bill Walker on APRN’s Talk of Alaska, Oct. 27, 2015. (Photo Courtesy of the Senate Majority)
  In Juneau this week, lawmakers are wrestling with the question of whether to take a larger stake in the Alaska LNG gas line project. Specifically, they must decide whether to buy out one of the state’s partners, TransCanada.The decision would put the state on the hook for as much as $7-billion more in up-front co
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015

  28-10-2015 02:47
  
  
  Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn.Download Audio
   
   
  Alaskans weigh options as health insurance rates soar
  Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
  The Affordable Care Act was supposed to make health insurance accessible to all Americans. But in Alaska, the high cost of premiums on the individua
  
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• Grant poised to bring Oscarville well back from the grave

  28-10-2015 02:32
  Over a decade ago, Oscarville’s community well broke down. Then, this summer, the school well failed too. Residents in the small Kuskokwim village have reverted to using rain and river water. Last week the community landed a major grant to fix that. The funding is part of a larger vision for rural Alaska and could pave the way for additional infrastructure.
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  In August, the Oscarville school staff showed up at school, ready to begin the semester, and found
  
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• Dip in Kenai brown bears linked to liberalized harvest quotas

  28-10-2015 02:31
  
  
  A 2010 federally sponsored study is the first to deliver a reliable count of the Kenai Peninsula’s brown bear population. Last week a Kenai National Wildlife biologist explained the study during a presentation at the Pratt Museum in Homer. The Museum is preparing to launch a new summer exhibit all about bears, specifically brown and black bears.
  John Morton speaks to an audience at the Pratt Museum. PHOTO BY QUINTON CHANDLER/KBBI
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  The number of brown bears on the Kenai Penins
  
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• Defense Secretary says he’ll visit Alaska this week, little else

  28-10-2015 01:09
  
  Defense Secretary Ash Carter testifies at a Senate hearing. (Photo: DoD)
  Another member of the president’s cabinet is coming to Alaska. Defense Sec. Ashton Carter revealed this morning that he’ll visit the 49th state some day this week.
  Details are scarce, but Sec. Carter let slip his travel plans at a Senate Armed Services hearing, after agreeing with Sen. Dan Sullivan that the military should have a serious operation plan for the Arctic.
  “And we’ll have a chan
  
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