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• Deep cold to arrive in Interior Alaska today - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  24-12-2015 22:48
  Deep cold to arrive in Interior Alaska today
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  The National Weather Service says the temperature will drop to 15 to 25 below zero this afternoon and fall to 30 below tonight. But it won't last long at all. The cold weather will move through the area quickly, with temperatures expected to rise ...and more »
  

• Low pressure triggers storm warnings across much of southern Alaska - KTUU.com

  24-12-2015 20:40
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  Low pressure triggers storm warnings across much of southern Alaska
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  Storm warnings and watches are in effect for much of the southern portion of Alaska. A large area of low pressure in the Bering Sea is causing storm warnings and watches across much of the southern portion of Alaska.
  

• Kenai Peninsula doctor calls for needle exchange program - Alaska Public Radio Network

  24-12-2015 19:10
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  Kenai Peninsula doctor calls for needle exchange program
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  One of the dangers tied to drug abuse is the risk of transmitting disease through needle sharing. Dirty needles are a common vehicle for HIV, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B and other serious infections. A proven solution is providing access to clean needles ...
  

• Military tracks storybook flight of St. Nick for 60th year - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-12-2015 18:40
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  Military tracks storybook flight of St. Nick for 60th year
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  In this Dec. 24, 2014, file photo, NORAD and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Charles D. Luckey joins other volunteers taking phone calls from children around the world asking where Santa is and when he will deliver ...
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• Kuskokwim library expecting to shrink staff, hours from budget cuts

  24-12-2015 18:33
  Kuskokwim Consortium Library. (Photo by Anna Rose MacArthur / KYUK.)
  With the state budget expected to shrink, the Kuskokwim Consortium Library is preparing for a downturn on its ability to provide services starting this summer.
  Library Director Cheri Boisvert Janz said staff will likely drop from three to two full-time positions and doors will open for fewer hours.
  With only two people, Janz said staff will have less time to help guests and get new materials on the shelves, and she said pa
  
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• Color me this: New trend for adults makes timely arrival in Haines

  24-12-2015 18:30
  A new trend has landed in Haines, and for once we’re not trailing way behind. Adult coloring is wildly popular pretty much everywhere, including Alaska, and the Babbling Book on Main Street can’t keep the boutique pages in stock.
  Coloring books for adults are flying off the shelves at the Babbling Book. (Jillian Rogers)
  Stressful day? Take out all your frustrations and anxiety on an intricate drawing of flowers. Wait … that can’t be right.
  Oh, but it is.
  Coloring for adu
  
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• Kenai Peninsula doctor calls for needle exchange program

  24-12-2015 18:29
  (Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control)
  One of the dangers tied to drug abuse is the risk of transmitting disease through needle sharing. Dirty needles are a common vehicle for HIV, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B and other serious infections. A proven solution is providing access to clean needles and a safe place to dispose of dirty ones.  A local doctor wants to start Homer’s first syringe exchange program.
  Alaska has a bad track record when it comes to IV drug use. Heroin abus
  
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• Counting Santas: Jeff Campbell’s house lights up Juneau

  24-12-2015 18:13
  Juneau resident Jeff Campbell bought two truckloads of Christmas lights and decorations at a garage sale more than 20 years ago. Ever since then, he’s been decorating his house in a big way, making his downtown neighborhood a more festive and bright place. People joke that you can see his house from space.
  Originally from Long Island, N.Y., Jeff Campbell moved to Juneau in 1985. He’s been decorating his house since the early 1990s. (Photo by Lisa Phu/KTOO)
  On a drizzly Monday night,
  
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• Storm Out Of Gulf Alaska Will Generate Light Rain - Santa Monica Mirror

  24-12-2015 18:11
  Storm Out Of Gulf Alaska Will Generate Light Rain
  Santa Monica Mirror
  A cold storm out of the Gulf of Alaska will generate light rain in the Southland today and on Christmas Day, along with low temperatures, snow at low elevations, high surf and fierce winds, forecasters said. The storm -- one of several to slide across ...and more »
  

• Blizzard hits Bethel; smaller storms blanket parts of Kenai, Southeast Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-12-2015 18:05
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  Blizzard hits Bethel; smaller storms blanket parts of Kenai, Southeast Alaska
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  Weather advisories are in effect for large swaths of Southern Alaska over the Christmas holiday, from a blizzard warning for parts of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta to a winter storm watch near Juneau, according to the National Weather Service. The blizzard ...
  

• Blizzard heads for Bethel; smaller storms blanket parts of Kenai, Southeast Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-12-2015 18:05
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  Blizzard heads for Bethel; smaller storms blanket parts of Kenai, Southeast Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Weather advisories are in effect for large swaths of Southern Alaska over the Christmas holiday, from a blizzard warning for parts of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta to a winter storm watch near Juneau, according to the National Weather Service. The blizzard ...and more »
  

• Boy gets Christmas wish: a forever home in Alaska - Homer News

  24-12-2015 18:02
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  Boy gets Christmas wish: a forever home in Alaska
  Homer News
  Dawn Leadbetter-Thorp, left, and Stephanie Leadbetter-Thorp, right, pose for a photo with their grandson, Isaiah, after he arrived at the Homer Airport on Monday. The Leadbetter-Thorps legally adopted their grandson last week, and he was able to come ...
  

• Alaska Likely to Be the First State With Open Marijuana Cafes - Mic

  24-12-2015 17:56
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  Alaska Likely to Be the First State With Open Marijuana Cafes
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  Alaskan tokers will be the first in the nation to legally light up their joints while relaxing in a cafe, just like in Amsterdam. NPR reported that the Last Frontier legalized on-site consumption of marijuana; shops will likely open up as soon as the ...
  

• NORAD celebrates 60 years of tracking Santa

  24-12-2015 17:30
  
  Three-hundred and sixty-four days a year, the North American Aerospace Defense Command — or NORAD — is the U.S.-Canadian military unit that monitors North American airspace for enemy threats. But one day a year, NORAD turns its watch onto one very popular air traveler.
  Part of the NORAD mission is to keep the skies safe — safe for pilots… safe for passengers… and safe for sleighs pulled by flying reindeer.Watching Santa Claus each Christmas Eve is an annual missio
  
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• The Endangered Pro-Choice Republican

  24-12-2015 16:00 via takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com
  A majority of Americans support abortion under some circumstances, but most Republicans aren’t listening to them.
  
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• For a White Christmas This Year, Try Alaska - Scientific American

  24-12-2015 15:42
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  For a White Christmas This Year, Try Alaska
  Scientific American
  The weather outside is frightful, because it is not beginning to look a lot like Christmas. In fact, only a smattering of Americans has a shot at waking up to a fresh dusting on Friday. Temperatures leading up to and forecast for December 25 run about ...and more »
  

• OneTree Alaska turns the natural world into holiday decorations - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  24-12-2015 11:10
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  OneTree Alaska turns the natural world into holiday decorations
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Amy Lovecraft, Doug Cost and their son, Wulfric, turned the wreath-making workshop into a family affair. Holiday wreaths. Kris Capps/News-Miner. Families made wreaths out of alder and birch branches. Holiday wreaths. Kris Capps/News-Miner. Berries and ...
  

• Alaska's Pot Cafes Will Give Patrons A Taste Of Cannabis - NPR

  24-12-2015 10:55
  Alaska's Pot Cafes Will Give Patrons A Taste Of Cannabis
  NPR
  Alaska is about to become the first state to have pot cafes where people can buy and consume marijuana, similar to Amsterdam. Right now, that's not legal in other states that have recreational marijuana. Brothers James and Giono Barrett, who own a ...and more »
  

• Alaska pilot cited for tormenting moose hunters near Ruby - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  24-12-2015 10:40
  Alaska pilot cited for tormenting moose hunters near Ruby
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks man has been cited by Alaska State Troopers for unlawfully obstructing the attempted moose hunt of two non-resident hunters near Ruby. Kevin L. Kangas, 40, of Fairbanks, was charged this week with three counts of obstruction or ...
  

• Alaska troopers warn of counterfeit cash in Delta Junction - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  24-12-2015 10:37
  Alaska troopers warn of counterfeit cash in Delta Junction
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — Alaska State Troopers are warning Delta Junction businesses to be on the lookout for counterfeit money. Troopers were notified Friday afternoon that someone used counterfeit $20 bills at the Delta Family Medical Clinic. The bills appear to ...
  

• Alaska Editorial: Governor, Legislature should move swiftly to adopt reforms - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  24-12-2015 10:13
  Alaska Editorial: Governor, Legislature should move swiftly to adopt reforms
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  The state of Alaska has long known it needs reform of its corrections system. More specific information about what in the system is broken and what can be done to fix it has been coming to light in recent weeks. Fortunately, corrections reform — at a ...and more »
  

• Alaska Airlines to phase out 'combi' planes - KTOO

  24-12-2015 08:32
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  Alaska Airlines to phase out 'combi' planes
  KTOO
  In 2017, Alaska Airlines will phase out its five Boeing 737-400 “combi” planes that move cargo and passengers primarily around Alaska. The five combi planes have flown around the state — Seattle is the only stop they make Outside — since 2007. Each ...
  Cargo-passenger “combi” jets out from Alaska Airlines lineup in 2017KFSKall 2 news articles »
  

• Booming Western Alaska moose population leads to opening for hunters - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-12-2015 07:28
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  Booming Western Alaska moose population leads to opening for hunters
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A bounty of moose in Western Alaska has prompted wildlife managers to open a special month-long hunt in January with a bag limit of two moose if hunters hadn't taken an animal during the normal fall opening. Moose in Game Management Unit 17A have ...and more »
  

• Video: An Alaska homestead made for partying - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-12-2015 04:29
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  Video: An Alaska homestead made for partying
  Alaska Dispatch News
  DeVere Pieschl first visited the small Alaska community of Ferry in the 1970s, but it wasn't until 1983 that he made it his own personal party town. Pieschl says he was a happily married man for 15 years, with a wife and three children. His marriage ...
  

• Spirit of Christmas is alive and well in Haines, Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-12-2015 03:45
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  Spirit of Christmas is alive and well in Haines, Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Pictured: Dave Routh playing a tree in the Holly Jolly Follies held by the community of Haines. Courtesy Heather Lende. Saturday night's Holly Jolly Follies in Haines, the now annual Christmas variety show (or at least annual as long as Suzy and Tod ...and more »
  

• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015

  24-12-2015 03:40
  
  
  Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn.Download Audio
   
  Fairbanks mayor prods police to investigate other suspects in Hartman murder
  Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
  Fairbanks city police chief has apologized for statements made last week about the legal settlement that vacated the long contested mu
  
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• Fairbanks mayor prods police to investigate other suspects in Hartman murder

  24-12-2015 02:37
  
  
  Fairbanks city police chief has apologized for statements made last week about the legal settlement that vacated the long contested murder convictions of the Fairbanks Four, the Native men who served 18 years in jail for the 1997 beating death of John Hartman. Chief Randall Aragon also committed to further investigation of the case.
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  Fairbanks City Police Chief Randall Aragon retracted comments made last week about the Fairbanks Four settlement, including that it resulted from poli
  
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• Labyrinth of VA paperwork, bureaucracy leaves vets feeling lost

  24-12-2015 02:35
  
  
  The Department of Veterans Affairs in Alaska has made enormous strides the last few years connecting veterans with benefits and healthcare. But serious problems remain. Yesterday we brought you the first part of a story about Scott Harrison, a former Marine who fell into poverty while stranded between operations.
  One hurdle for Harrison is not being able to get a copy of his service treatment record. In this second part of the story, we examine where exactly that record is.
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• Yukon salmon fishery numbers show strong season

  24-12-2015 02:31
  
  
  There were a total of 44 commercial fishing openers for coho and chum in the Yukon River, most of which were held in the lower river districts. Commercial fisherman harvested 191,470 chum and a record-breaking 129,700 coho salmon, raking in almost $1.5 million.
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  A fisherman pulls a chum out of the Yukon with a Kenai style dip net. APRN file photo by Kyle Clayton, KYUK – Bethel.
  That was part of the findings by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in the 2015 season summary
  
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• Christmas decorations brighten Sitka after rough year

  24-12-2015 02:30
  
  
  Mike Romine in front of his display. (Brielle Schaeffer/KCAW photo)
  Mike Romine is a Sitka man with a love of Christmas lights. His home has become an attraction every December with its huge displays, coordinated to musical hits such as “Uptown Funk” and “Let it Go” from Disney’s Frozen. But this season, as Sitkans work to recover from a deadly natural disaster, the lights hold a special meaning.
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  In the daytime, Mike Romine’s house on Wachusetts
  
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• Mat-Su wish list on hold

  24-12-2015 02:25
  With the next state legislative session in view, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough is coping with honing its capital improvements wish list to be in line with expected downturns in state funding.
  Borough manager John Moosey told the Borough Assembly at its December 15 meeting that getting a share of state funding will be a challenge, but the Borough needs to push its issues.
  “We’re going to have to be part of this solution or this pain. But my message has always been, we want t
  
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• New health center opens in Sutton

  24-12-2015 01:57
  More than a hundred people turned out last Thursday for a ribbon-cutting at a community health center in Sutton, a town on the Glenn Highway 60 miles northeast of Anchorage. The center will serve residents from Palmer to Eureka. And although the Indian Health Service contributed funding, and the Chickaloon Native Village Council manages the center, it will be open to Natives and non-Natives alike.Solar panels, insulation, and an efficient heating and ventilation system make the health center ene
  
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• Search suspended, memorials held for backcountry skier missing at Hatcher Pass - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-12-2015 01:00
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  Search suspended, memorials held for backcountry skier missing at Hatcher Pass
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Hatcher Pass area outside of Palmer on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. Liam Walsh, a 33-year-old skier and doctor, went missing at Hatcher Pass in late November, at the beginning of a storm and avalanche cycle that lasted for days. Bob Hallinen / ADN.and more »
  

• January 2016 TV Highlights: Downton Abbey says goodbye; Miss Fisher says hello

  24-12-2015 00:43
  Brendan Coyle as Bates, Hugh Bonneville as Lord Grantham, Allen Leech as Tom Branson, and Kevin Doyle as Molesley. (Photo by (C) Nick Briggs/Carnival Film & Television Limited 2015 for MASTERPIECE)
  January starts with the final season of DOWNTON ABBEY. This Emmy® and Golden Globe® award-winning hit drama returns for a sixth season of intimately interlaced stories centered on an English country estate — an entertaining formula that has made it the highest-rated drama i
  
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• Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Premieres in January

  24-12-2015 00:11
  Essie Davis stars in Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, a new series starting January 2016 on Alaska Public Media. (Photo Courtesy of Acorn Television)
  The Honorable Miss Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis, Girl with a Pearl Earring) is a thoroughly modern woman of the late 1920s operating in a mostly male world. The glamorous “lady detective” goes about her work with a pistol close at hand—and, more often than not, a male admirer even closer.
  Gorgeously costumed and evocatively sho
  
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