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• Artists rebuilding tide-damaged art display on Alaska beach - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  06-12-2015 22:17
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Artists rebuilding tide-damaged art display on Alaska beach
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Sculptures made of straw, cement, plaster and burlap that were damaged by incoming tides last week were being repositioned Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, at the site of a public art installation in Anchorage, Alaska. Creators of the display plan to have the ...
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• Public Market, Native Artist Market introduce new vendors - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  06-12-2015 22:00
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Public Market, Native Artist Market introduce new vendors
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  In this Nov. 27, 2015 photo, Ginger Blaisdell models a seal and sea otter fur hat by Annie and Todd Fritze of Dillingham at the Public Market at Centennial Hall in Juneau, Alaska. The Juneau Public Market, alongside the Native Artist Market, brought ...and more »
  

• Alaska Air plane kills deer during landing at California airport - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  06-12-2015 22:00
  Santa Rosa Press Democrat
  Alaska Air plane kills deer during landing at California airport
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  SANTA ROSA, Calif. — An Alaska Airlines plane has struck and killed a deer while landing at the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport. Alaska Airlines spokeswoman Bobbie Egan told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat on Saturday (http://bit.ly/1Q7vi3Y) ...
  Alaska flight hits deer at Sonoma County airportSanta Rosa Press Democrat
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• Chicago Dance Crash moves to rhythms of disaster in 'New Alaska' - Chicago Tribune

  06-12-2015 21:10
  Chicago Tribune
  Chicago Dance Crash moves to rhythms of disaster in 'New Alaska'
  Chicago Tribune
  Chantelle Mrowka, from left, Monica Weller and Kaitlin Webster perform in Chicago Dance Crash's "New Alaska." Chantelle Mrowka, from left, Monica Weller and Kaitlin Webster perform in Chicago Dance Crash's "New Alaska." (Ashley Deran). Laura Molzahn.
  

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• Trip of the week: National Parks of Alaska - Columbus Dispatch

  06-12-2015 13:19
  Trip of the week: National Parks of Alaska
  Columbus Dispatch
  Each week, Travel Editor Cindy Decker highlights an interesting travel package sent to her inbox. National Parks of Alaska. JOHN HALL'S ALASKA CRUISES, 1-800-325-2270, www.kissalaska.com. THE TRIP: This tour of five national parks in Alaska takes 19 ...
  

• Night Music: December 5, 2015

  06-12-2015 07:00
  Here is the Night Music Playlist with Kirk Waldhaus.All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
  TitleArtist / Composer (if known or if blank artist or unkown)AlbumLabel
  Song Duration
  8:00 – 9:00
  KailuumJeffLinskyRendezvousKR 7006CD5:00
  RendezvousJeffLinskyRendezvousKR 7006CD6:57
  Like Someone in LoveMartin Taylor / van HeusenPortraitsHON 50484:57
  Sweet LorraineMartin Taylor / BurwellPortraitsHON 50483:52
  In A Sentimental MoodMark Whitfield / EllingtonThe MarksmanWarner 9 283
  
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• A modern Alaska artist helps preserve Chitina history - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  06-12-2015 06:54
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  A modern Alaska artist helps preserve Chitina history
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Fred Shaupp's tin shop became a derelict and was in danger of collapsing until artist Art Koeninger rescued it in 1978. Koeninger purchased the building with thoughts of salvaging lumber to build a cabin. He quickly decided to restore it instead. It is ...
  

• Photos: Alaska Bouldering Series Championship - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-12-2015 05:31
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Photos: Alaska Bouldering Series Championship
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Abby Burke, 12, left, and Eliot Pearce, 11, climb the first of four routes during the Alaska Bouldering Series Championship at the Alaska Rock Gym on Saturday, December 5, 2015. The competition is a trial run for a future series that would crown a ...and more »
  

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• Why do Interior Alaska power lines sometimes seem to 'dance' as if by magic? - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-12-2015 04:44
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Why do Interior Alaska power lines sometimes seem to 'dance' as if by magic?
  Alaska Dispatch News
  An illustration of wires affected by air movement, drawn by Patricia Ann Davis, from the book Alaska Science Nuggets by Neil Davis. Patricia Ann Davis via UAF Geophysical Institute. In this quiet, peaceful time of year, with all the noisy birds flown ...and more »
  

• Sen. Sullivan: Alaska is Obamacare's biggest victim, so I voted to repeal it - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-12-2015 04:06
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Sen. Sullivan: Alaska is Obamacare's biggest victim, so I voted to repeal it
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Recently, while home in Anchorage, in the course of two hours, three people in three different places — a gas station, Carrs grocery, and Lowe's — talked to me about how "Obamacare" is wiping them out. Hardly a day passes when I don't hear from or ...and more »
  

• Kevin Powell / Alaska Dispatch News - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-12-2015 02:30
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Kevin Powell / Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska Dispatch News
  BETHEL — For a week in November, people from remote Alaska villages holed up at an Oregon retreat to reset their thinking on the crushing problem of suicide. Now they are gearing up to try a new way of stopping people from killing themselves.and more »
  

• In rural Alaska, a new approach to fighting suicide emerges - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-12-2015 02:30
  Alaska Dispatch News
  In rural Alaska, a new approach to fighting suicide emerges
  Alaska Dispatch News
  BETHEL — For a week in November, people from remote Alaska villages holed up at an Oregon retreat to reset their thinking on the crushing problem of suicide. Now they are gearing up to try a new way of stopping people from killing themselves.and more »
  

• Historical crime fiction is one of Alaska's best - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  06-12-2015 02:07
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Historical crime fiction is one of Alaska's best
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  From the moment Charlotte Brody arrives in Cordova, she's surrounded by the intrigue of the Last Frontier. When a brutal murder reopens the healing wounds of Charlotte's past, she takes it upon herself to track down the killer. “Murder on the Last ...
  

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