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• With Real ID Act looming, no changes for Alaska travelers -- yet - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-12-2015 23:58
  Alaska Dispatch News
  With Real ID Act looming, no changes for Alaska travelers -- yet
  Alaska Dispatch News
  As elements of the Real ID Act go into effect, including provisions that would prevent people from air travel or entering federal facilities, nothing will change for Alaskans -- at least at first. Alaska isn't compliant with the Real ID Act -- a ...
  Alaska gets extension to meet Real ID requirementsFairbanks Daily News-Miner
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• Alaska Considering Cuts in Petrol Welfare and Reintroducing Income Tax as ... - TheStranger.com (blog)

  30-12-2015 23:25
  Alaska Considering Cuts in Petrol Welfare and Reintroducing Income Tax as ...
  TheStranger.com (blog)
  Oil is now at $37 a barrel. There is speculation that it could fall even further. No expert can honestly see an end to cheap oil. And to make matters worse, Iranian oil is soon to go online, thanks to the deal it struck with Obama. This addition is ...
  

• Workforce Wednesday: Hands-on internships in Alaska - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  30-12-2015 22:56
  KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  Workforce Wednesday: Hands-on internships in Alaska
  KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  Finding great careers in Alaska, for Alaskans. This week on workforce Wednesday, we're helping you land that all important internship. The position is typically a win in the workforce. Businesses get eager workers while interns get hands-on experience ...
  

• ‘Letters from the Sky’ melds snow science with art

  30-12-2015 22:48
  
  Snowflake by Sarah DeGennaro from the “Letters from the Sky” art installation to be premiered on Thursday, Dec. 31, at the UA Museum of the North. (Photo via UA Museum of the North)
  Art and science combine in a new exhibit at the University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks.
  The “Letters From the Sky” installation opening Thursday shows how snowflakes form.
  It’s the teamwork of Fairbanks artist Sarah DeGennaro and geophysicist Simon Filhol.
  “He does s
  
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• Fairbanks marijuana club treading carefully forward

  30-12-2015 22:30
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  Fairbanks first marijuana business has been open for just over a month. “The Higher Calling” – or THC – is one of several so called “clubs” in the state that have arisen since voter’s passage of a marijuana legalization initiative in 2014.
  Clubs like Fairbanks’ “The Higher Calling” do not sell marijuana. The Higher Calling’s co-owner Megan Mooers describes her downtown area business as
  
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• Alaska Rep. Mike Hawker steps down from re-election bid - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-12-2015 22:16
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  Alaska Rep. Mike Hawker steps down from re-election bid
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Rep. Mike Hawker, who has long represented the Anchorage Hillside as a Republican in the Alaska Legislature, is withdrawing his bid to seek another term. Hawker's decision to withdraw from the race for House District 28 comes after he has fought a long ...and more »
  

• High winds, downed lines cut power to thousands from Willow to Cooper Landing

  30-12-2015 22:09
  
  High winds and falling trees cut power to thousands of residents today throughout the Mat-Su, Anchorage, and down the Kenai Peninsula as far as Cooper Landing.
  Phil Steyer, spokesperson for Chugach Electric, says up to 4,000 customers across the company’s service area – from northeast Anchorage to the Kenai Peninsula, including Whittier and Tyonek – found themselves without power this morning.
  “At this time, we have restored power to Whittier; we have restored the bulk of
  
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• Alaska trip inspires Middlebury College travelers' powers of description - Addison County Independent

  30-12-2015 21:54
  Addison County Independent
  Alaska trip inspires Middlebury College travelers' powers of description
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• Alaska Sealife Center Common Murre Mini-Rehab - Sewardcity News

  30-12-2015 20:45
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  Alaska Sealife Center Common Murre Mini-Rehab
  Sewardcity News
  It's hard to miss the bloody bird carcasses strewn about town, the black and white seabirds floating dead in the water, washed up at the boat harbor and on the beaches, or sitting quietly on snow, unable to get back to the ocean. Travelers on the ...
  

• VIDEO: Graeme McCormack discusses upcoming Alaska series - Bemidji Pioneer

  30-12-2015 19:54
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  VIDEO: Graeme McCormack discusses upcoming Alaska series
  Bemidji Pioneer
  The Bemidji State men's hockey team travels to Alaska this week for a 10-day road trip that sees them take on Alaska Fairbanks and Alaska Anchorage in that span. Advertisement. The Beavers, who are 5-9-3 overall and 4-8-2 in the WCHA, play the Nanooks ...
  

• Former Juneau mayor, capital city advocate Jamie Parsons dies at 74

  30-12-2015 19:09
  Former Juneau mayor Jamie Parsons died Saturday in Washington state after more than a decade battling cancer. He was 74.
  Friends and former colleagues remember his sense of humor, his love of sports and his unfailing commitment to the capital city.
  Jamie Parsons was named Juneau Citizen of the Year in 1994, around the time this photo was taken. (Photo courtesy Win Gruening)
  Jamie Parsons moved to Juneau in 1972 to become the city’s first Parks and Recreation director. He served on the June
  
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• Positive forecast could mean early fishing for Stikine kings

  30-12-2015 19:05
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  There could be some commercial fishing early next May for king salmon returning to the Stikine River in Southeast Alaska. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is forecasting a return of just under 34,000 large Stikine king salmon next year.
  That’s a large enough return to allow commercial fishing on this side of the border and an allowable catch of 1,100 Chinook. Catches of Stikine kings are managed under the Pacific Salmon Treaty between the U.S. and Canada.
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• Forecast could mean some early fishing for Stikine king salmon

  30-12-2015 19:05
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  That’s a large enough return to allow commercial fishing on this side of the border and an allowable catch of 1,100 Chinook. Catches of Stikine kings are managed under the Pacific Salmon Treaty between the U.S. and Canada.
  The announcement means trollers and gillnetters could have a shot at fishing for those kings in early May. The last time that happened was in 2012, although fishing was shut down that year due to low catches. In addition to commercial openings, next
  
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• Winds slam Southcentral, Southwest, Interior Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-12-2015 19:02
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  Winds slam Southcentral, Southwest, Interior Alaska
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  The information sign at Spring Hill Elementary School in East Anchorage shows a part of the mid-winter storm that includes high winds, rain and unseasonable warmth. Anne Raup / ADN. High winds have knocked out power across Southcentral Alaska on ...
  Changing weather pattern to bring more high winds across AlaskaKTUU.com
  Hurricane force winds reported along Richardson, Parks highways in the Alaska
  

• Goodbye Katniss, Hello Alaska: Teen Movies In The John Green Era - MTV.com

  30-12-2015 18:43
  MTV.com
  Goodbye Katniss, Hello Alaska: Teen Movies In The John Green Era
  MTV.com
  Two years ago, I stole “The Fault in Our Stars” from my roommate's bookcase. It was a rainy Sunday morning, and all I wanted was an easy read and a bacon, egg and cheese from the corner bodega. Going in, I knew “TFIOS” was a B.F.D. (Big F–king Deal).
  

• Former Minnesotan killed in Alaska plane crash - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  30-12-2015 18:03
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Former Minnesotan killed in Alaska plane crash
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Doug Demarest, 42, of Anchorage, died when the Cessna 172 he was flying clipped an office building and slammed into a commercial building Tuesday, according to the FBI. The building that was clipped houses a law firm, Dorsey & Whitney, that employs ...
  Alaska Pilot Killed as Small Plane Crashes into Building Where His Wife WorkedPeople Magazine
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• Early morning Mat-Su outage leaves up to 20K without power

  30-12-2015 18:03
  
  As many as 20,000 Matanuska-Susitna residents have been without power this morning due to wind.
  Matanuska Electric Association spokesperson Julie Estey says about 15,000 of those outages are due to a downed major transmission line serving the Palmer, Wasilla and Big Lake areas.
  “So that was the majority,” Estey said. “They have now isolated that outage and are some of those substations back on.”
  “So, the bulk of folks will be back in power, but we still have some is
  
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• Meteorologists Issue Storm Warning for Much of Alaska - KYUK

  30-12-2015 17:48
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  Meteorologists Issue Storm Warning for Much of Alaska
  KYUK
  An infrared satellite picture of the storm from the National Weather Service website. Photo by Charles Enoch/KYUK. The National Weather Service issued a high wind warning for the Kuskokwim Delta including Bethel, Hooper Bay and Nunivak Island; and a ...
  

• Southcentral, Interior Alaska hit with wind-related power outages - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-12-2015 17:37
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  Southcentral, Interior Alaska hit with wind-related power outages
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Strong winds in Anchorage and the Mat-Su have left many people without power in those areas Wednesday morning, with crews from three utilities working to bring them back online. In Anchorage, Chugach Electric Association's online outage map showed ...
  Strong winds dominate portions of Alaska, cause power outages for Anchorage ...KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weatherall 4 news articles&n
  

• Reports: Alaska Airlines jet lands on taxiway, not runway at Sea-Tac - seattlepi.com

  30-12-2015 16:43
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  Reports: Alaska Airlines jet lands on taxiway, not runway at Sea-Tac
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  Multiple reports say an Alaska Airlines jet from Chicago landed at a taxiway, not runway at Sea-Tac Airport earlier this month. The airline and the Federal Aviation Administration are both reportedly looking into the incident on Dec. 19. There were no ...
  Alaska Airlines Plane Misses Runway, FAA InvestigatingABC News
  FAA investigates Alaska landing on taxiway at Sea-TacThe Seattle Times
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• Alaska Pilot Killed as Small Plane Crashes into Building Where His Wife Worked - People Magazine

  30-12-2015 16:26
  People Magazine
  Alaska Pilot Killed as Small Plane Crashes into Building Where His Wife Worked
  People Magazine
  A pilot was killed in a fiery plane crash in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, early Tuesday after his aircraft swiped an office building where his wife worked as an attorney. Authorities identified the pilot as Doug Demarest, 42, a first lieutenant with the ...
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• Minimum wage rising to $9.75 an hour in Alaska - The Seattle Times

  30-12-2015 15:56
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  Minimum wage rising to $9.75 an hour in Alaska
  The Seattle Times
  JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska's minimum wage will increase by a dollar an hour, to $9.75, starting Friday. The state labor department estimates 12,000 jobs in Alaska currently pay less than that. For those working full-time at minimum wage, the department ...
  Alaska's minimum wage rising to $9.75 an hour FridayKTVA.com - Alaska News and Weatherall 13 news articles »
  

• Pilot killed in Alaska crash hit building where wife worked - CBS News

  30-12-2015 14:43
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  Pilot killed in Alaska crash hit building where wife worked
  CBS News
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The pilot of a small plane that smashed into a building in downtown Anchorage on Tuesday was not authorized to fly the aircraft used in volunteer search-and-rescue missions, authorities said. Doug Demarest, 42, of Anchorage, died ...
  Alaska Man Crashes Plane Into Wife's WorkplaceNewser
  Pilot killed in Alaska crash wasn't authorized to fly planeU.S. News & World Report
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• NTSB hiring 2 Alaska crash investigators - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  30-12-2015 10:15
  NTSB hiring 2 Alaska crash investigators
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  ANCHORAGE — National Transportation Safety Board officials in Anchorage will begin sorting through applications as they look to fill positions left vacant by two of their four investigators. The agency's Alaska chief, Clint Johnson, announced Monday ...and more »
  

• Alaska DEC announces $355000 clean water grants available - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  30-12-2015 10:01
  Alaska DEC announces $355000 clean water grants available
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation announced on Tuesday that up to $355,000 is available for Alaska Clean Water Actions grants. The grants are intended to go to local communities and groups for projects that monitor or ...
  

• Why These Women Want to Repeal an LGBT Law in Alaska - Daily Signal

  30-12-2015 09:09
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  Why These Women Want to Repeal an LGBT Law in Alaska
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  'The reason that it is important to repeal the ordinance is to protect the safety and well-being of our children, especially when it comes to bathrooms and locker rooms,' activist and radio host Bernadette Wilson said. (Photo: Peter Glass/Newscom). A ...and more »
  

• Fierce winds expected on Alaska Range - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  30-12-2015 07:47
  Fierce winds expected on Alaska Range
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS—Another set of high winds is winging its way toward the Alaska Range, bringing warm temperatures. Sustained winds as high as 60 mph are expected to strike parts of the Alaska Range, as well as gusts pushing 100 mph, according to ...
  

• Alaska would be better off with its own single-payer health care system - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-12-2015 05:22
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  Alaska would be better off with its own single-payer health care system
  Alaska Dispatch News
  OPINION: Alaskans should take a page from Colorado and put their own version of health-care reform on the ballot, because that's the only way we'll have a rational health care system. Pixabay. As the year comes to an end, many of the headlines predict ...
  

• Flawed Alaska child abuse study suggests 'solutions' likely to worsen problem - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-12-2015 03:51
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  Flawed Alaska child abuse study suggests 'solutions' likely to worsen problem
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The problem of child abuse is serious and real -- in Alaska and everywhere else in America. But a recent study by researchers at the University of Alaska Anchorage about the rate at which children known to the Office of Children's Services are re ...
  

• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015

  30-12-2015 03:44
  
  
  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
   
  Pilot killed after plane crashes in downtown Anchorage
  Zachariah Hughes, KSKA – Anchorage
  One person is confirmed dead after a small plane struck an office building in downtown Anchorage at 6:18 a.m Tuesday morning. Investigators say the p
  
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• Strong winds to pummel much of Alaska Tuesday and Wednesday - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-12-2015 03:35
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Strong winds to pummel much of Alaska Tuesday and Wednesday
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  Sunshine glints off of the water pooled on the mud flats of Turnagain Arm at low tide along the Seward Highway in Anchorage, AK on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015. Winds along the Arm were expected to reach as high as 100 mph overnight Tuesday. Bob Hallinen / ...
  

• Strong winds to pummel much of Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-12-2015 03:32
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  Strong winds to pummel much of Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Sunshine glints off of the water pooled on the mud flats of Turnagain Arm at low tide along the Seward Highway in Anchorage, AK on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015. Winds along the Arm were expected to reach as high as 100 mph overnight Tuesday. Bob Hallinen / ...
  Changing weather pattern to bring more high winds across AlaskaKTUU.com
  Near-hurricane force winds expected near Delta, Alaska RangeFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  

• Pilot crashed into Anchorage building where wife worked during unauthorized flight

  30-12-2015 02:40
  
  
  One person is dead after a small plane struck an office building in downtown Anchorage. Investigators say the pilot was not authorized to fly the aircraft Tuesday morning, and sources confirm his wife works as an attorney in the building struck.
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  An NTSB investigator photographing wreckage from the crash. Investigators will spend the next few hours documenting the site as they piece together what happened to cause the crash. Photo: Zachariah Hughes.
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• High winds stall Tustemena; More gusts on horizon

  30-12-2015 02:38
  
  
  Forecasts calling for continued high winds in Southcentral Alaska have forced cancellation of the state ferry Tustemena’s sailing between Homer and Kodiak.
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  Jeremy Woodrow is a spokesman for the Department of Transportation.
  “There are hurricane force winds forecast between Homer and Kodiak Island, therefore the Alaska Marine Highway system has opted to cancel those sailings on the MV Tustemena.”
  The Tuesday and Wednesday sailings between the two cities are on hol
  
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• Basketball teams converge on Anchorage for tourney

  30-12-2015 02:34
  
  
  Tournament organizer Heath Day said the Alaska Fellowship of Christian Athletes organized the tournament to give teams from across Alaska a chance to play each other before the state tournament in region.
  Follow the tournament online at akfca.org.
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  “We put this together to give teams from areas of the state, from all across the state, a chance to play each other in more common ground, in terms of coming to Anchorage instead of having to fly through Anchorage to get back out t
  
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• Would-be drone entrepreneur thwarted by regs

  30-12-2015 02:33
  
  
  Ash Churchill. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KBBI)
  A Homer business owner wants to use a drone to take pictures and shoot video of properties in Homer. But, restrictions on drone piloting hurt his chances of making the business work.
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  Ash Churchill owns a quadcopter. It’s an unmanned aerial vehicle or a drone. He flies it as a hobby regularly and that is perfectly legal.
  “It is probably about a square foot, has four blades, [a] single battery lasts about 20 minutes. I
  
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• Drones to help monitor endangered Cook Inlet belugas

  30-12-2015 02:32
  
  
  Federal scientists will begin using drones to monitor beluga whales in Cook Inlet as part of an effort to restore the endangered animals.
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  Photo: NMFS National Marine Mammal Laboratory
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will use the unmanned aircraft to gather more information on belugas that have stranded.
  NOAA biologist Barbara Mahoney says the drones will provide details that aren’t available from a horizontal perspective, such as whether the animals are i
  
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• State committee looks to improve, economize jury selection

  30-12-2015 02:30
  
  
  More than 30,000 Alaska residents were called for jury duty last year. Were you one of them? The state court system relies on a steady stream of jurors to fairly try cases across the state. A Jury Management Committee including judges and court administrators is currently examining ways to improve the overall jury selection process and to contain rising costs.
  Superior Court Judge Michael MacDonald is the presiding judge for the fourth judicial district in Fairbanks. Judge MacDonald says our leg
  
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• High winds trigger power outages in Fairbanks

  30-12-2015 01:35
  Mother Nature is triggering power outages across Fairbanks. Golden Valley Electric Association saw multiple areas west of Fairbanks robbed of power Monday.
  Early Monday a Chinook wind drove temperatures up around Fairbanks. GVEA’s Corrine Bradish says warmer conditions triggered a series of small outages.
  “The warm temperature warming up the snow that might be on trees and powerlines — it’s just offloading. And sometimes that causes outages.”
  Bradish says three
  
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• New test targets Alaska Natives' high rate of colorectal cancer - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-12-2015 01:34
  Alaska Dispatch News
  New test targets Alaska Natives' high rate of colorectal cancer
  Alaska Dispatch News
  For Alaska's indigenous people, colorectal cancer presents a double challenge. Alaska Natives have high rates of the disease, while those living in rural villages have low access to the standard method of screening: the time-consuming, expensive and ...and more »
  

• Alaska gets extension to meet Real ID requirements - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  30-12-2015 00:54
  Alaska gets extension to meet Real ID requirements
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  JUNEAU, Alaska - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has given Alaska an extension to meet national proof-of-identity standards. The 2005 federal Real ID law imposes tougher requirements for proof of legal U.S. residency for state driver's ...
  Alaska IDs good for air travel through October 2016KTOOall 232 news articles »
  

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