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• Juneau man maintains innocence in mobile home killing

  04-11-2015 21:02
  A Juneau man has pleaded not guilty to fatally shooting a man in a Mendenhall Valley mobile home park.
  The Juneau Empire reports that 32-year-old Christopher Strawn entered not guilty pleas Tuesday to first- and second-degree murder in last month’s death of 30-year-old Brandon Cook.
  Strawn has been jailed on $1 million cash bail since his Oct. 21 arrest.
  Cook had been helping a friend paint the kitchen in her new trailer when prosecutors say Strawn shot and killed him “execution styl
  
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• Retired Fairbanks 4 detective takes stand for second day

  04-11-2015 21:00
  After defending interview and interrogation techniques Monday, former police detective Aaron Ring remained on the stand for most of the day Tuesday at the Fairbanks Four exoneration hearing.
  Ring, who was key to putting together evidence that lead to the convictions of George Frese, Kevin Pease, Marvin Roberts and Eugene Vent for the 1997 beating death of John Hartman, told the court he doesn’t know if they are guilty.
  Ring: “These individuals were charged and they were taken to
  
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• Alaska LNG representatives visit Homer Rotary - Alaska Public Radio Network

  04-11-2015 20:51
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  Alaska LNG representatives visit Homer Rotary
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  The Rotary Club of Homer-Kachemak Bay hosted representatives of the Alaska LNG Project Thursday. Alaska LNG is a co-venture between the state and other stakeholders: Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, BP and TransCanada. The project representatives ...
  

• Nushagak forecast includes 7 million Wood River reds

  04-11-2015 20:49
  The Nushagak District, shown in this June 2015 photo, is one of five commercial fishing districts in Bristol Bay. (KDLG photo)
  Next summer’s Bristol Bay sockeye run is estimated to number 46.5 million, with about a quarter of those fish headed for the Nushagak District.
  Fish and Game says next summer’s expected sockeye return could allow for a harvest of about 30 million fish. Area Management Biologist Tim Sands says a forecast that large typically means that fishing will be aggressi
  
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• Alaska LNG representatives visit Homer Rotary

  04-11-2015 20:47
  Claire Joseph and Josselyn O’Connor (left to right). (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KBBI)
  The Rotary Club of Homer-Kachemak Bay hosted representatives of the Alaska LNG Project Thursday. Alaska LNG is a co-venture between the state and other stakeholders: Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, BP and TransCanada. The project representatives said they want to give Alaskans a clearer picture of what Alaska LNG will mean for their communities.
  There are a number of steps that must be cleared before co
  
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• Nome public schools consider recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day

  04-11-2015 20:45
  Nancy Mendenhall and Shawn Arnold review a resolution that would officially recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day. If approved, Nome would become the second school district in Alaska to observe the holiday. (Photo: Laura Kraegel, KNOM)
  Nome public schools took the first step toward recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day at a school board work session last week. That’s when Superintendent Shawn Arnold proposed a resolution aimed at adding the holiday to the district’s official ca
  
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• Subsistence harvest of emperor geese on hold until 2017

  04-11-2015 20:44
  Emperor geese at Adak Island. (US Fish & Wildlife photo)
  A subsistence harvest of the Emperor goose, which had been proposed for the spring of 2016, is being put off another year.
  The emperor goose is a medium-sized bird with a white head and neck, black throat, and bluish-gray body. Also called “beach geese,” emperors nest along the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta coast, and winter in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island.
  After hitting a low of about 42,000 in 1986, em
  
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• Calls for 'Something Different' from Alaska's Prisons During Mental Health ... - Knom (blog)

  04-11-2015 20:21
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  Darlene Trigg (standing) with the First Alaskans Institute listens in on a roundtable discussion with Alaska Dept. of Corrections Commissioner Ron Taylor and Kari van Delden with University of Alaska-Fairbanks' Cooperative Extension Service. Photo ...
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• Newest Alaska Ace: Former Stockton captain Garet Hunt - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-11-2015 20:11
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  Newest Alaska Ace: Former Stockton captain Garet Hunt
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  Been saying for years that if Garet Hunt played in this town, he'd become a cult hero in a hockey heartbeat. Now we'll see if it is so. Hunt, 28, joined the Alaska Aces on Wednesday morning – he's out on the ice for the morning skate as this is typed ...
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• Freeze Warning issued November 4 at 3:43AM PST expiring November 5 at 8:00AM ... - KTNV Las Vegas

  04-11-2015 20:06
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  Freeze Warning issued November 4 at 3:43AM PST expiring November 5 at 8:00AM ...
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  The modern-day medicine woman is traveling across glaciers and mountains to help extraordinary animals in need. KTNV. The modern-day medicine woman is traveling across glaciers and mountains to help extraordinary animals in need. KTNV.and more »
  

• $79 fare sale: Alaska Airlines adds flights from JWA to Sonoma County and Reno - OCRegister

  04-11-2015 19:37
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  $79 fare sale: Alaska Airlines adds flights from JWA to Sonoma County and Reno
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  Alaska Airlines will add new services from Orange County's John Wayne airport to Santa Rosa/Sonoma County and Reno/Tahoe starting March 16. AL GRILLO, AP FILE PHOTO. By HANNAH MADANS / STAFF WRITER. Facebook; Twitter; Email; Comments ...
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• Apprentices say reward outweighs risk in Alaska's iron industry - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  04-11-2015 19:09
  Apprentices say reward outweighs risk in Alaska's iron industry
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  The fruits of the Alaska Ironworkers' labor can be seen all over Alaska, with one of their most recent projects being the new Glenn Highway bridge over Eagle River. Anthony Ladd says that's one of the perks of the industry. “The reward of the job ...
  

• Alaska Airlines to start new flights between Santa Rosa and Orange County - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

  04-11-2015 18:56
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  Alaska Airlines to start new flights between Santa Rosa and Orange County
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  Passengers board an Alaska Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles at the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa in 2015. (CHRISTOPHER CHUNG/ PD FILE). BY MARTIN ESPINOZA. THE PRESS DEMOCRAT. November 3, 2015, 2:01PM.and more »
  

• Animal Planet introduces world to 'Dr. Dee, Alaska Vet' in Fairbanks-based ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-11-2015 18:51
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  Animal Planet introduces world to 'Dr. Dee, Alaska Vet' in Fairbanks-based ...
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  Dr. Dee Thornell poses with a dog and her airplane in Fairbanks. Thornell is the star of Animal Planet's “Dr. Dee, Alaska Vet,” filmed at her Fairbanks practice as well as in the wild. Animal Planet. LOS ANGELES — Dr. Dee Thornell bought the first ...
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• Alaska syringe exchange program sees growing participation - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  04-11-2015 18:09
  Alaska syringe exchange program sees growing participation
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An Alaska organization that works to minimize the spread of HIV and Hepatitis says the number of people participating in its Syringe Exchange Program has grown this year. The Alaska AIDS Assistance Association, also known as ...and more »
  

• S'mores Baked Alaska - ABC.com

  04-11-2015 18:05
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  This version of Baked Alaska from The Boathouse is sure to impress your Thanksgiving guests! shareprint. ingredients. method. The Chew · Recipes · S'mores Baked Alaska. ingredients. S'mores Baked Alaska. Graham Cracker Crust. 1 box graham cracker ...
  

• A Flawed Marijuana Legalization Effort Fails in Ohio [Updated]

  04-11-2015 18:00 via takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com
  The proposal would have granted a monopoly on commercial marijuana cultivation to a small group of investors, which is a terrible idea.
  
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• A Flawed Marijuana Legalization Effort Fails in Ohio

  04-11-2015 18:00 via takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com
  The proposal would have granted a monopoly on commercial marijuana cultivation to a small group of investors, which is a terrible idea.
  
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• Alaska Bites: Sugarhouse Waffles - KTUU.com

  04-11-2015 17:44
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  Alaska Bites: Sugarhouse Waffles
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  A taste that's sweeter than syrup is making it's way in this week's Alaska Bites,. Channel 2's Rebecca Palsha heads to Sugarhouse Waffles Food Truck for this week's sweet treat. Comments. The views expressed are not those of this company or its ...
  

• Alaska budget cuts lead to less fishing opportunity - Alaska Public Radio Network

  04-11-2015 17:14
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  Alaska budget cuts lead to less fishing opportunity
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  Seiners in Starrigavan Bay during the first opening of Sitka's 2014 sac roe herring fishery. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz/KCAW). Because of Alaska's budget crisis, state agencies cut spending this year and are planning additional reductions in the next ...
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• Alaska budget cuts lead to less fishing opportunity

  04-11-2015 16:57
  Seiners in Starrigavan Bay during the first opening of Sitka’s 2014 sac roe herring fishery. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz/KCAW)
  Because of Alaska’s budget crisis, state agencies cut spending this year and are planning additional reductions in the next few years.
  For the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, those cuts have meant less monitoring of fish runs, a change that will lead to more conservative management and less fishing opportunity.
  That was the message from Fish and Game offici
  
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• Bethel finalizing state disaster request after school fire

  04-11-2015 15:10
  
  The City of Bethel is working towards declaring a state of emergency after a fire destroyed the Kilbuck campus, housing two schools and dorm buildings.
  Bethel fire fighters dousing the Kilbuck campus fire around 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. (Photo by Anna Rose MacArthur / KYUK)
  “We have approximately 300 school children that just lost their school and all the disruptions to that community,” Mayor Rick Robb said,  presenting the proposed declaration at Tuesday’s city council me
  
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• Mining Alaska Part II: Digging into Alaska's only producing coal mine - KTUU.com

  04-11-2015 05:44
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  Mining Alaska Part II: Digging into Alaska's only producing coal mine
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  Of Alaska's six currently operational mines, only one produces coal, a resource that supplies energy and heat to more than 37 percent of the Interior, according to the Alaska Energy Authority. Usibelli Coal Mine near Healy has been a family-run ...
  

• Strong aurora expected across Alaska, Canada, parts of Lower 48 - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-11-2015 04:44
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  Strong aurora expected across Alaska, Canada, parts of Lower 48
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  The skies cleared for several hours on Nov. 2 over Healy, revealing the strong aurora above. The coronas photographer Jimmy Tohill saw overnight were the best ones he has seen in a long time -- very colorful and highly active. Jimmy Tohill / Old ...and more »
  

• Yup'ik artifacts spared in Bethel school fire - Alaska Public Radio Network

  04-11-2015 03:41
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  Yup'ik artifacts spared in Bethel school fire
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  Emergency responders in Bethel have a raging school fire under control, but not before it caused substantial damage to the building. Sitka officials say taser incident conformed to police policy. Robert Woolsey, KCAW – Sitka. Municipal officials in ...
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015

  04-11-2015 03:40
  
  
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  Yup’ik artifacts spared in Bethel school fire
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  Emergency responders in Bethel have a raging school fire under control, but not before it caused substantial damage to the building.
  Sitka officials say
  
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• Senate votes to buy out TransCanada, take larger stake in Alaska LNG

  04-11-2015 02:46
  
  Senate Finance co-chair Anne MacKinnon (R-Eagle River) guided the bill through the Senate. She spoke on the Senate floor immediately before the vote. Photo: Rachel Waldholz/APRN
  The State Senate voted 19 to 3 today (Tuesday, Nov. 3) to buy out TransCanada and take a larger stake in the Alaska LNG gas pipeline.
  The vote is a win for Gov. Bill Walker, whose administration has argued that keeping TransCanada as a partner does not make financial sense, and a buyout would give Alaska more contro
  
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• Yup’ik artifacts spared in Bethel school fire

  04-11-2015 02:37
  
  
  Emergency crews remain onsite at the Kilbuck campus in Bethel after flames broke out early this morning, demolishing the school.
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  “The actual immersion school is flat. The immersion school itself k-6 is not standing.”
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  Joshua Gill is with the Lower Kuskokwim School District. The immersion school is a charter elementary Yup’ik school.
  Also destroyed are the operation and maintenance sections of the campus and the lockers holding the student
  
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• Sitka officials say taser incident conformed to police policy

  04-11-2015 02:36
  
  
  Municipal officials in Sitka were briefed about the repeated tasering of a teen in police custody, shortly after the incident occurred in September of last year.
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  In a press conference Tuesday morning (11-3-15), Sitka’s administrator and police chief said that the use of force against the 18-year-old conformed to police department policies, even though it wasn’t the only alternative available to the officers at the time — and both told about their own experience b
  
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• 3D-printed replicas: Savior or scorn of rare Tlingit artifacts?

  04-11-2015 02:31
  
  
  The Smithsonian is using 3D printing and scanning technology to preserve and repatriate Hoonah Indian Association items.
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  This Tlingit rattle was scanned and 3D printed with the same size beads inside. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO)
  But because they’re culturally sensitive objects, being able to make infinite copies isn’t necessarily a good thing. At last week’s “Sharing Our Knowledge” clan conference in Juneau, tribal members were adapting to
  
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• 3D-printed replicas: Savior or scorn for rare artifacts?

  04-11-2015 02:31
  
  
  The Smithsonian is using 3D printing and scanning technology to preserve and repatriate Hoonah Indian Association items.
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  But because they’re culturally sensitive objects, being able to make infinite copies isn’t necessarily a good thing. At last week’s “Sharing Our Knowledge” clan conference in Juneau, tribal members were adapting to the new technology.
  A group of people crowd around a small table in the back of the conference room at Centennial
  
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• Rising seas, peat may have caused Ice Age extinction event

  04-11-2015 02:30
  
  
  A research paper published yesterday says large ice age mammals may have gone extinct in northern Alaska when grassland turned to peat and rising sea levels covered the Bering Land Bridge.
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  Alaska and California researchers studied bones of ice age horses, steppe bison and woolly mammoths to determine why they died out.
  Lead author Daniel Mann says the Earth’s environment was much more unstable during the ice ages and flipped back and forth every few thousand years.
  He says d
  
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• Senate witnesses describe dark side of Russian bear

  04-11-2015 02:22
  Russia is still on good terms with the U.S. in the Arctic, where their coast guards cooperate. But since Moscow annexed Crimea, Americans have been warily eyeing President Vladimir Putin’s military buildup in the far north. At a U.S. Senate hearing today, witnesses described Putin more as a cunning bully than a good neighbor.
  The hearing in the Foreign Relations Committee was all about Europe, not the Arctic. Specifically, it was about Putin’s propaganda strategy. But a portrait of P
  
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• What We’re Reading

  04-11-2015 00:49 via news.blogs.nytimes.com
  Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from Kirk Johnson, KJ Dell’Antonia and others.
  
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• Fire engulfs Bethel school

  04-11-2015 00:26
  
  This is developing story, check back for updates. Updated at 12:25 p.m.
  Emergency responders in Bethel have a raging school fire under control, but not before it caused substantial damage to the building.
  CREDIT DEAN SWOPE / KYUK
  Bethel police officer Kadri Limani says the fire department received a report at 3:46 a.m. that sewer pipes outside the building were smoking. The fire alarm sounded inside the Kuskokwim Learning Academy dorms, and students evacuated — many wearing just their
  
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