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• Could market squid become a new Southeast fishery?

  30-11-2015 22:07
  Southeast Alaska marine scientists got a rare peek this year into the hatching of a certain species of squid.
  “I’ve never seen it. In fact, I’ve never seen squid in Southeast and I’ve been here since 1976,” said Gordon Garcia. He works at theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute in Auke Bay.
  Market squid eggs were found this past summer in a salmon capture device at the NOAAs Little Port Walter field stat
  
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• Forced to flee: Juneau residents recall refugee beginning

  30-11-2015 22:04
  Persecuted her whole life as a Bahá’í in Iran, Parisa Elahian came to Juneau as a refugee in 2005. (Photo by Lisa Phu/KTOO)
  Alaska receives about 120 refugees from all over the world each year.
  About 10,000 Syrian refugees will come to the United States. While none are expected to end up in Alaska, the state still has a significant refugee population based mostly in Anchorage. However, some have made Juneau their home.
  As a child in Iran, Parisa Elahian was told by schoo
  
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• Fox-farming fueled Kasilof economy from 1900s onward

  30-11-2015 22:01
  The silver black fox was the money crop for Kasilof fox farmers, as black fox fur was all the rage among high society in the early 1900s. (Photo by Merle LaVoy, courtesy of the Kasilof Historical Association.)
  The growth of Kasilof owes a lot to an unusual kind of farming.
  Kasilof in the 1920s was about as far from high society as you could get, with only a dozen year-round residents living off the land, no road, no grocery store, no bank, no post office and none of the creature comforts to be f
  
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• Fox farming boom, bust a long-lasting boon for Kasilof

  30-11-2015 22:01
  The silver black fox was the money crop for Kasilof fox farmers, as black fox fur was all the rage among high society in the early 1900s. (Photo by Merle LaVoy, courtesy of the Kasilof Historical Association.)
  The growth of Kasilof owes a lot to an unusual kind of farming.
  Kasilof in the 1920s was about as far from high society as you could get, with only a dozen year-round residents living off the land, no road, no grocery store, no bank, no post office and none of the creature comforts to be f
  
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• Former BPD officers accused of misconduct still have police certifications

  30-11-2015 21:53
  
  In a little over a year, the Bethel Police Department has had two high profile cases of police misconduct–one involving police brutality and the other an attempted rape.
  The department is still working to improve its hiring practices, and its unclear if either of these men still have their police certification.
  In early November, former Bethel police officer Aaron Fedolfi was caught in Anchorage after evading arrest for charges of attempted sexual assault and police misconduct while s
  
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• Former Bethel officers may still have police certs

  30-11-2015 21:53
  In a little over a year, the Bethel Police Department has had two high profile cases of police misconduct–one involving police brutality and the other an attempted rape.
  The department is still working to improve its hiring practices, and its unclear if either of these men still have their police certification.
  In early November, former Bethel police officer Aaron Fedolfi was caught in Anchorage after evading arrest for charges of attempted sexual assault and police misconduct while s
  
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• Amidst Alaska’s economic woes, Nome focuses on port’s future

  30-11-2015 21:41
  
  Aerial view of Nome’s port. (Photo: Joy Baker/Nome Port Director)
  Alaska’s harsh environment is often used to explain its resilient population. But more recently it’s been the economy that’s tested the toughness of its people. Royal Dutch Shell pulled out of its multi-year and multi-billion dollar plan to drill in the Chukchi, taking with it business from the Norwegian oil company Statoil, and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers put its plan for a deep draft Arctic port on ho
  
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• Amid state economic woes, Nome focuses on port’s future

  30-11-2015 21:41
  Aerial view of Nome’s port. (Photo: Joy Baker/Nome Port Director)
  Alaska’s harsh environment is often used to explain its resilient population. But more recently it’s been the economy that’s tested the toughness of its people. Royal Dutch Shell pulled out of its multi-year and multi-billion dollar plan to drill in the Chukchi, taking with it business from the Norwegian oil company Statoil, and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers put its plan for a deep draft Arctic port on ho
  
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• Company eyeing new Cook Inlet oil defends tax credit program

  30-11-2015 21:38
  
  A small company working to develop Cook Inlet’s first new oil pool in years is urging policymakers to use restraint when considering changes to the state’s controversial oil-tax credit program.
  The Alaska Dispatch News reports that officials with BlueCrest Energy, a Texas company founded by a former Alaskan, may not be able to develop a gas field west of Anchor Point without the credits. Company officials say if the state pulls support, they will not be able to continue drilling.
  The
  
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• New trailer could boost size of LNG deliveries to Fairbanks

  30-11-2015 21:37
  
  A semi-truck trailer designed to carry larger loads of liquefied natural gas to market in Fairbanks will get a tryout next month on Alaska highways.
  The Alaska Dispatch reports the five-axle trailer carries up to 13,000 gallons of LNG, the maximum allowed by state law. That’s 2,000 gallons more than can be hauled in trailers now from Point MacKenzie.
  Western Cascade Trucking Equipment in Tukwila, Washington, helped design the trailer and is marketing the trailer for Heil Trailer Internatio
  
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• DOT plans major repairs to marine highway, Egan Drive

  30-11-2015 21:37
  
  The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is planning to launch major renovation projects for a number of highway segments and ferry terminals next year.
  The Juneau Empire reports that the DOT is planning to launch a $20 million to $30 million renovation of Egan drive early next year. A $10 million reconstruction of Glacier Highway in Auke Bay, a $4.5 million renovation of Glacier Highway from Point Lena and Tee Harbor and a $1 million project to build a new heated ferry term
  
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• Marijuana club opens in former Fairbanks wine bar

  30-11-2015 21:35
  
  A marijuana club that for a fee allows patrons to smoke pot or consume it in foods has opened in Fairbanks.
  The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports The Higher Calling Club opened Monday in a remodeled former wine bar downtown.
  Coffee and doughnuts were out for customers the first day. The cost is $10 per day or $25 per month.
  Questions remain about the legality of businesses with connections to marijuana.
  Owner Marcus Mooers says his business is legal because it doesn’t sell marijuana and i
  
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• Alaska Ships A Capitol Christmas Tree With All Of The Trimmings - NPR

  30-11-2015 02:36
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  Alaska Ships A Capitol Christmas Tree With All Of The Trimmings
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  It started as a little tree, barely the height of an eager toddler hyped up on holiday treats, more than 90 years ago. Now, it's all grown up — 74 feet, to be exact — and has made it to the big leagues: Washington, D.C.. A Christmas tree in the ...
  Alaska Gov. Walker to attend tree-lighting in DC, testify before Senate committeeAlaska Dispatch News
  US Capitol Christmas Tree Completes Journey From Alaska, Will Be
  

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