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• Alaska VA hosts 'Stand Down' to tackle access problems - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  15-11-2015 22:15
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  Alaska VA hosts 'Stand Down' to tackle access problems
  KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  For the Veterans Affairs' first-ever National Access Stand Down, employees were encouraged to spend the day catching up on work and refocusing their efforts on tackling one of the biggest challenges facing the VA — access. “What we've done today is ...
  Alaska VA Participates in First Ever National Access Stand Downyouralaskalinkall 2 news articles »
  

• Action urged for Alaska villages affected by climate change - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-11-2015 19:56
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  Action urged for Alaska villages affected by climate change
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Jeremy Littell, an ecologist for the Alaska Climate Science Center and U.S. Geological Survey, talks about climate change at UAA on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. Littell was taking part in Alaska Common Ground's Alaska's Changing Climate: Impacts, Policy ...and more »
  

• The weird world of northern dinosaurs - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  15-11-2015 10:52
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  The weird world of northern dinosaurs
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  A skull of an elasmosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile, which is on loan from the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana and on display at the University of Alaska Museum of the North special exhibit on Dinosaurs Wednesday afternoon, July 22, 2015.
  Introducing the Arctic dinosaurs, T-Rex's 'weird' northern cousinsAlaska Dispatch Newsall 2 news articles »
  

• Adventure and travel clear a path toward Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  15-11-2015 10:52
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Adventure and travel clear a path toward Alaska
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — “I aways knew I wanted to be living outside of the Philippines when I grew up,” Jessica Curik said. “I knew that if I were somewhere outside of the country and I worked hard, I would do better for me, for my family, for my travel dreams.”.
  

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• My Turn: Don't wait for Alaska to crash - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  15-11-2015 10:31
  My Turn: Don't wait for Alaska to crash
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  “The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise — with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we ...and more »
  

• Alaska's high health care costs drive patients out of state - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  15-11-2015 10:31
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  Alaska's high health care costs drive patients out of state
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  GCI Vice President for Human Resources Joe Wahl is seen at his Anchorage office on Nov. 4. GCI has a program that encourages employees to travel out of state for expensive medical procedures, which saves the company money. Back | Next. Marcy Merrill ...
  Alaska's high health care costsChron.comall 13 news articles »
  

• Juneau judge tries again for Alaska Supreme Court - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  15-11-2015 10:02
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  Juneau judge tries again for Alaska Supreme Court
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  In this Nov. 30, 2011 photo, Juneau Superior Court Judge Phillip Pallenberg, left, shares a laugh with District Court Judge Thomas Nave, center, and Superior Court Judge Louis Menendez, during Menendez's swearing-in ceremony at the Dimond Courthouse ...
  Alaska courts to close early as cost-saving measureKTUU.com
  Attorney for Fairbanks Four among Alaska Supreme Court applicantsFairban
  

• Alaska's U.S. senators react to Paris attacks - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  15-11-2015 09:31
  Alaska's U.S. senators react to Paris attacks
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS—The day after more than 100 people were killed and hundreds more injured in terrorist attacks in Paris, Alaska's U.S. senators voiced support for France and reiterated the need for continued vigilance against terrorism. Alaska Sen. Dan ...and more »
  

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• New AQR features remarkable piece by John Luther Adams - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-11-2015 07:44
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  New AQR features remarkable piece by John Luther Adams
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  Alaska Quarterly Review, the highly regarded literary journal published by the University of Alaska Anchorage, has in recent years featured a number of impressive special sections along with its usual assortment of personal essays, short stories and ...and more »
  

• Passing through: Adventure brings North Carolina man to Alaska - Kenai Peninsula Online

  15-11-2015 06:34
  Kenai Peninsula Online
  Passing through: Adventure brings North Carolina man to Alaska
  Kenai Peninsula Online
  Dwayne Parton is traveling the country with his dog Bobby (right) and is planning to stay the winter in Alaska. Back | Next. Posing in front of the famous Fairbanks city bus, Dwayne Parton recreates the famous Christopher. Photo courtesy Dwayne Parton.
  

• Fuel beat Alaska 3-2 in shootout - Indianapolis Star

  15-11-2015 05:42
  Indianapolis Star
  Fuel beat Alaska 3-2 in shootout
  Indianapolis Star
  The Indy Fuel (7-3-1-0) remain unbeaten at Indiana Farmers Coliseum this season after a 3-2 shootout victory over the Alaska Aces on Saturday. Alaska (4-8-0-2) struck first with a goal from Tyler Maxwell 1:19 into the contest. Under seven minutes later ...
  Progress of a sort: Aces' shootout loss nets them a pointAlaska Dispatch Newsall 3 news articles »
  

• Forget steel, Alaska's gas line forever being built with wishes and dreams - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-11-2015 05:32
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Forget steel, Alaska's gas line forever being built with wishes and dreams
  Alaska Dispatch News
  OPINION: Apparently it's not Alaska's destiny to build a gas line; it's Alaska's destiny to want a gas line. iStock image. Thirty-five years ago, laborers old and young gathered in the Fairbanks union hall hoping for jobs on the trans-Alaska natural ...and more »
  

• White Blindness thwarts genuine desire to help others, even in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-11-2015 04:57
  Alaska Dispatch News
  White Blindness thwarts genuine desire to help others, even in Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  As winter comes yet again, who can forget what an incredible place we call home? Alaska is a place like no other, largely because of its rich, diverse cultural heritage. And as with the anger over the renaming of Denali, outsiders often have no concept ...
  

• Alaska's Ostrander claims victory for Boise State at West Region cross country ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-11-2015 03:52
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  Alaska's Ostrander claims victory for Boise State at West Region cross country ...
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  Allie Ostrander's fabulous freshman season continued this weekend with a victory at the NCAA West Region cross country championships. Ostrander, a Soldotna runner in her first season at Boise State, breezed past a competitive field Friday in Seattle to ...and more »
  

• Alaska warms up to biomass heat, Haines not far behind - KTOO

  15-11-2015 03:07
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  Alaska warms up to biomass heat, Haines not far behind
  KTOO
  The Haines Borough government wants biomass fuel warming 10 municipal buildings in town from a central location. The plan is moving forward, though a date for implementation is months, or more, away. Three refurbished Coast Guard boilers are now in ...
  

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