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• Orthodox starring on January 7

  01-01-2016 23:39
  
  Still from a film clip of a Russian Orthodox starring ceremony in the Aleutians, time frame 1935 to 1946. (Oliver & St. Louis Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, Alaska Film Archives, You Tube)
   
  A ceremony called “starring” takes place following Russian Christmas on January 7. This event happens in Anchorage, in the Y-K Delta, in Southeast and Kodiak and along the Aleutian Chain. This custom, originally from the Ukraine, is said to represent the journey of the Three Wis
  
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• Alaska plane crash pilot Doug Demarest DID commit suicide in Anchorage - Daily Mail

  01-01-2016 23:34
  Daily Mail
  Alaska plane crash pilot Doug Demarest DID commit suicide in Anchorage
  Daily Mail
  A spokeswoman for the family of a man who died when his plane struck two buildings in downtown Anchorage in Alaska says the crash was a suicide. Jahna Lindemuth says there's no reason to think that Doug Demarest was trying to harm anyone but himself ...
  A Look at Facts, Lingering Questions in Alaska Plane CrashABC News
  Alaska plane crash was a suicide, family spokeswoman saysFox News
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• U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan and the nation’s Arctic policy

  01-01-2016 21:00
  U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan in Bethel on Oct. 17, 2014. (Photo by Ben Matheson / KYUK)
  U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan has been on the job for one year and has focused on military and veterans issues. He’s also been highly critical of the Obama Administration’s Arctic strategy, saying a more comprehensive policy is required. In a time of state and federal budget restraints, how will Arctic needs be addressed?
  HOST: Lori Townsend
  GUESTS:
  U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan
  Craig Fleener, 
  
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• ‘The Science of the Art of Medicine’ by Dr. John Brush

  01-01-2016 20:00
  
  
  “The Science of Art and Medicine” by Dr. John Brush is the topic on our next Line One.
  On Line One this week Dr. John Brush, professor of cardiology at the University of Eastern Virginia School of Medicine, discusses his book “The Science of the Art of Medicine” written to get doctors thinking about their own thinking in order to make better medical decisions and to get teachers and policymakers thinking about how to assure good medical reasoning. Ther
  
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• ‘The Art of the Science of Medicine’ by Dr. John Brush

  01-01-2016 20:00
  “The Science of Art and Medicine” by Dr. John Brush is the topic on our next Line One.
  On Line One this week Dr. John Brush, professor of cardiology at the University of Eastern Virginia School of Medicine, discusses his book “The Science of the Art of Medicine” written to get doctors thinking about their own thinking in order to make better medical decisions and to get teachers and policymakers thinking about how to assure good medical reasoning. Ther
  
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• Art Beat: The license plate bear now licensed for Alaska souvenirs - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-01-2016 05:07
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Art Beat: The license plate bear now licensed for Alaska souvenirs
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A refrigerator magnet with the official licensed standing bear image and artist Douglas Allen's signature on it. Roger Zak. Among the more peculiar stories last year was the discovery that the standing grizzly or brown bear on Alaska license plates ...and more »
  

• Alaska sports in 2015: Allie, Allie, Allie - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-01-2016 03:03
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska sports in 2015: Allie, Allie, Allie
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Allie Ostrander is remarkable, phenomenal, astonishing — and frankly, really cutting into my stash of adjectives. Look, a bunch of Alaska athletes delivered a bunch of jaw-dropping performances in 2015, but Ostrander left them all in her dust — which ...
  

• Homer doctor plans syringe exchange program

  01-01-2016 02:44
  
  
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  One of the dangers tied to drug abuse is the risk of transmitting disease through sharing needles. 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.
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Jan. 31, 2015

  01-01-2016 02:21
  
  
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  AK Supreme Court rejects net initiative
  The Associated Press
  The Alaska Supreme Court has rejected a proposed ballot initiative that sought to ban commercial shore gill nets and set nets in urban, non-subsistence areas.
  Wage increase kicks in January 1
  
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• No time to Google when mom is ready to deliver

  01-01-2016 00:57
  Anchorage municipal attorney Bill Falsey holds his new baby, James. (Photo courtesy of the Falseys.)
  Anchorage municipal attorney Bill Falsey got a quick lesson in labor and delivery this week. He and his wife, Alaska Dispatch News reporter Jeannette Lee Falsey, expected to have their baby in the hospital.
  Falsey says Jeannette woke at about three in the morning on December 29th, with contractions that were far apart. By 6 am, the couple had called Bill’s mom to come to the house and
  
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