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• Battling mud, streams and rocks, pioneer Alaska drivers persevered - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-12-2015 21:57
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Battling mud, streams and rocks, pioneer Alaska drivers persevered
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Robert Sheldon (left) and two passengers in a Model T Ford somewhere along the Valdez-Fairbanks Trail. Alaska State Library photos PCA2. Extreme Motoring: Alaska's First Automobiles and Their Dauntless Drivers. By Nancy DeWitt; Fountainhead Antique ...and more »
  

• Salmon-savvy labels conjure up Alaska fishing in early 1900s - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-12-2015 21:16
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  Salmon-savvy labels conjure up Alaska fishing in early 1900s
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The label shows John Peratrovich, Croatian immigrant, and his wife. John is holding his son Roy. Tongass Historical Museum, Ketch. Photos: Historic Alaska salmon labels. This one was for export to Britain at the turn of the century. Victoria Cross is ...and more »
  

• My Turn: Alaska and its Paris climate connection - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  20-12-2015 10:04
  My Turn: Alaska and its Paris climate connection
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  Whether you approve of President Barack Obama's overall job performance or not, Obama is getting international kudos for the way he delivered on the recently negotiated Paris climate agreement. As ABC News reported on Dec. 14, “Getting nearly 200 ...and more »
  

• Night Music: December 19, 2015

  20-12-2015 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
  Christmas Time is HereMelissa Bledsoe FischerA Merry Jazz MomJ2244:41
  GreensleevesMannheim SteamrollerChristmasAGCD 19883:24Carol of The BellsMannheim SteamrollerChristmasAGCD 19883:48
  Little Drummer BoyMannheim SteamrollerChristmasAGCD 19884:06
  Rudolph The Red Nosed ReindeerCharlie
  
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• Alaska justice reforms needed to prevent 'Fairbanks Four' sequels - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-12-2015 03:57
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  Alaska justice reforms needed to prevent 'Fairbanks Four' sequels
  Alaska Dispatch News
  OPINION: Alaska should look to Texas for guidance on how to prevent future miscarriages of justice like the one that happened to the Fairbanks Four and was recently undone. Pictured: The Fairbanks Four with supporters celebrate their release from ...
  Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Dec. 18, 2015Alaska Public Radio Network
  The Latest: Lawyer Thinks Deal Exonerates 4 in Alaska DeathABC News
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• The science and beauty of Alaska's aurora - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  20-12-2015 03:09
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  The science and beauty of Alaska's aurora
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  The aurora borealis has always been a welcome sight in the Alaska night. Still, the glimpses of it are fleeting, even as winter wears on and the darkness reaches the peak of its welcome. Aurora photography is the one way to keep the lights around for ...
  

• Traveling Music 12-27-15

  20-12-2015 02:10
  Traveling Music
  Shonti Elder
  12-27-15
   
  Format:
  Song TitleArtist / Composer
  CD Title
  Label
  Duration
   
  Upcoming Concert:  Scottish fiddler Alisdair Frasier and cellist Natalie Haas on Saturday, Jan. 9 at 7:30 at the PAC and Sunday Jan. 10 at 6 PM at Vagabond Blues in Palmer.
   
  Bothan Airigh am Braigh Raithneach (A sheiling on the Braes of Rannoch)
  Julie Fowlis  with Phil Cunningham / traditional
  Uam from me
  Shoeshine Records
  4:59
   
  Shetland Set (Christmas Day ida Moa
  
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• Amazon Prime eases rural Alaska's pricey shipping woes - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-12-2015 01:10
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Amazon Prime eases rural Alaska's pricey shipping woes
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Shipping in Alaska is notorious for being expensive and difficult for rural residents trying to get specific goods. But thanks to e-commerce, that's changing. Residents in far-flung hamlets in the Aleutian Islands, isolated towns in the state's ...and more »
  

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