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• Police: Woman and her teen daughter shot to death in Alaska home - CBS News

  06-01-2016 21:54
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  Police: Woman and her teen daughter shot to death in Alaska home
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A 15-year-old boy has been detained after a woman and her teenage daughter were fatally shot in a South Anchorage home. Police received a call around 7 p.m. Tuesday from a man who said he arrived home to find his wife and ...
  Teen arrested in fatal shooting of mother and daughter in South AnchorageAlaska Dispatch News
  Anchorage, Alaska teen arrested after father finds daughter and mother
  

• Haines police officer in stable condition after accidental self-shooting

  06-01-2016 21:48
  Tuesday at around 1:15 p.m., Haines Borough Police Officer Brayton Long, 52, accidentally shot himself in the lower arm while conducting firearms training at the shooting range out Mud Bay Road. Long was transported to the Haines Clinic before being Medevaced to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for further treatment.
  A spokesperson from Harborview said Wednesday morning that Long is in stable condition.
  According to acting police chief Josh Dryden, no foul play is suspected. Dryden said that
  
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• Teen boy held in fatal shooting of mother and daughter in South Anchorage - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-01-2016 19:21
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  Teen boy held in fatal shooting of mother and daughter in South Anchorage
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  Two people were killed late Tuesday at a home on Spinnaker Drive in South Anchorage, police say. Loren Holmes/ADN. Anchorage police have identified two people killed Tuesday night -- Anchorage's first homicides of 2016 -- as a mother and daughter, ...and more »
  

• 2 whaling shipwrecks found in Chukchi

  06-01-2016 19:04
  The Gay Head, one of the ships trapped by pack ice close to the Alaskan Arctic shore in 1871, hailed from New Bedford, Mass. Credit: New Bedford Whaling Museum
  The battered remnants of two whaling ships from the 1800s were discovered in the Chukchi Sea this fall. NOAA archaeologists say they can thank an increasingly ice-free Arctic for the find, saying it’s improved their access to potential shipwreck sites.
  The ships are believed to be from the 1800s — specifically 1871, when 33 sh
  
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• Alaska analyzes response to Chiniak fire - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  06-01-2016 18:38
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  Alaska analyzes response to Chiniak fire
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  Flames rise in the early morning air in the small community of Chiniak on Kodiak Island Friday. Three homes and the local library burned in the wind-whipped fire, prompting about 100 people to evacuate. Photo courtesy Kodiak Daily Mirror. prev. next. × ...and more »
  

• Ferry fares up 5 percent for most routes

  06-01-2016 18:19
  
  Passengers disembark the ferry Malaspina in Skagway during its 50th anniversary sailing. Most ferry fares went up Jan. 1. (Photo by Mikko Wilson/360 North)
  Ferry fares went up 5 percent for most routes Jan. 1. The hike comes on the heels of a 4.5 percent increase that began in May. The increase is for new reservations. Those made before January will not change.
  Alaska Marine Highway spokesman Jeremy Woodrow says higher fares are part of a larger effort to increase earnings and decrease
  
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• 5 passengers released following Anaktuvuk Pass plane crash

  06-01-2016 18:17
  Five of the eight people injured in a small plane crash in Interior Alaska over the weekend have been released from the hospital.
  Wright Air spokeswoman Kathleen Fagre tells Fairbanks radio station KFAR that five people had bene released from the hospital as of Monday following the crash near Anaktuvuk Pass. She says two passengers and the pilot remain hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
  The Cessna 208 Caravan was en route to Anaktuvuk Pass from Fairbanks when it crashed early Satur
  
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• Former Bethel police officer makes first court appearance

  06-01-2016 18:10
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  Former Bethel police officer Aaron Fedolfi went before a Bethel Judge Tuesday morning for a court appearance.
  Fedolfi faces charges of third-degree attempted sexual assault by a police officer, and one count of third degree official misconduct following an alleged incident last year in September while Fedolfi was on duty.
  Fedolfi’s attorney, James Christie, a defense attorney out of Anchorage, spoke on behalf of Fedolfi via telephone.
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• APD investigating apparent double homicide in South Anchorage

  06-01-2016 17:54
  Police are investigating an apparent double homicide in a south Anchorage residence.
  APD responded Tuesday to a residence located on the 3600 block of Spinnaker Drive just before 7 p.m.
  An officer told Anchorage TV station KTUU that a man returned home last night and discovered both victims.
  The man and victims are related to one another.
  According to KTUU, the APD officer says it’s being investigated as a domestic violence.
  No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
  
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• 25 mushers registered for 2016 Yukon Quest

  06-01-2016 17:33
  
  Brent Sass races to a first-place finish at the 2015 Yukon Quest. (Photo: Emily Russell/KNOM)
  In one month, mushers will set off from Fairbanks for the start of the 2016 Yukon Quest. At the final deadline on Monday, 25 mushers had registered for the 1,000-mile international race to Whitehorse.
  The roster includes three past winners: Allen Moore of Two Rivers, Hugh Neff of Tok, and the 2015 champion, Brent Sass of Eureka.
  They’ll be competing against 11 rookies and 11 other veteran mushers,
  
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• Fairbanks unveils air quality app

  06-01-2016 17:30
  
  The Fairbanks North Star Borough is unveiling a new air quality app for mobile phones and devices. The app is intended to drive up public awareness of local air quality and assist reporting concerns.
  Screen grab: Fairbanks North Star Borough air quality program.
  Ron Lovell is the Fairbanks Borough’s air quality manager. He says the new smartphone application allows users to check out air quality at five sites around the borough, see if there are burn restrictions, and scope out current wea
  
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• Warmer weather has Alaska sled dog race organizers worried and planning course ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-01-2016 17:02
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  Warmer weather has Alaska sled dog race organizers worried and planning course ...
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  Musher DeeDee Jonrowe, from Willow, AK, mushes down Cordova Street in Anchorage, AK at the ceremonial start of the 2015 Iditarod Sled Dog Race when melting snow left puddles along the trail. The restart was moved from Willow to Fairbanks because of ...and more »
  

• 2-time Alaska US Senate candidate Joe Miller says he hasn't ruled out another run - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-01-2016 16:15
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  2-time Alaska US Senate candidate Joe Miller says he hasn't ruled out another run
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  U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller speaks with supporters in August 2014. Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News. JUNEAU — Joe Miller says he is not seriously considering a challenge to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski this year but has not completely dismissed the ...and more »
  

• Alaska Presses D.C. Court of Appeals to Reject Trust Acquisitions in Alaska - JD Supra (press release)

  06-01-2016 15:36
  Alaska Presses D.C. Court of Appeals to Reject Trust Acquisitions in Alaska
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  The question of whether Alaska Natives may place land in the same federal trust status as Indian tribes in the lower 48 states was widely thought to have been resolved but is now before the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The ...
  

• Oil price plunge forces Alaska to freeze hiring - CNNMoney

  06-01-2016 14:45
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  Oil price plunge forces Alaska to freeze hiring
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  The plunge in oil prices is bringing budget pain and a new kind of freeze to state government in Alaska. Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced a hiring freeze and limits on travel by state employees Tuesday as part of an effort to control a growing $3.5 ...
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  More Alaska budget fallout: state hiring freeze and a credit downgradeFairbanks D
  

• First ever digital geologic map of Alaska published - WorldOil (subscription)

  06-01-2016 11:04
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  First ever digital geologic map of Alaska published
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A new digital geologic map of Alaska was released Tuesday providing land users, managers and scientists with geologic information for the evaluation of land use in relation to resource extraction, conservation, natural hazards and ...
  USGS releases first fully digitized Alaska geologic mapAlaska Dispatch News
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• First digital geologic map of Alaska published - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  06-01-2016 10:04
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  First digital geologic map of Alaska published
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  The U.S.Geological Survey released the first digital geologic map of Alaska on Tuesday, providing land users, managers and scientists geologic information for the evaluation of land use in relation to resource extraction, conservation, natural hazards ...
  Deep digging leads to first fully digitized map of Alaska's geologyAlaska Dispatch News
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• Juneau's youngest comic artists on display Friday at Alaska Robotics - KTOO

  06-01-2016 09:49
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  Juneau's youngest comic artists on display Friday at Alaska Robotics
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  Ambrose Bucy holds one of his drawings from a past exhibition at the Alaska Robotics Student Show of the Comic Arts. (Photo by Annie Bartholomew/KTOO). Alaska Robotics will showcase some of Juneau's youngest artists Friday at its 4th Annual Student ...
  

• Report: Paying for child care in Alaska costs more than college tuition - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  06-01-2016 07:08
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  Report: Paying for child care in Alaska costs more than college tuition
  KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  When Summer Capet had her first child a year and a half ago, she and her fiancé thought her staying home full-time with Kaius would be a temporary arrangement. But when Capet started to look up childcare costs for her newborn, she had a change of heart.
  

• USGS releases first fully digitized Alaska geologic map - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-01-2016 06:00
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  USGS releases first fully digitized Alaska geologic map
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  U.S. Geological Survey research geologist Frederic Wilson, lead author of a new map depicting the surface geology of Alaska, stands in front of a full-sized printout at the USGS Alaska Science Center in Anchorage on Jan. 5, 2016. Yereth Rosen / ADN.
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  USGS publishes first digital geologic map of AlaskaUPI.com
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• Alaska lawmakers react to President's gun order - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  06-01-2016 05:49
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  Alaska lawmakers react to President's gun order
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  President Barack Obama outlined his new plan for tighter gun control on Tuesday. The 10-point plan includes requiring dealers who sell guns on the Internet and at gun shows to be licensed and conduct background checks. The president also wants to ...
  Alaska delegation pans Obama's gun control plansAlaska Dispatch News
  Ahead of president's gun plans, skepticism from Alaska c
  

• Maple Grove man tells of surviving plane crash into Alaska mountain - TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

  06-01-2016 05:39
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  Maple Grove man tells of surviving plane crash into Alaska mountain
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  Maple Grove resident Jeff Hagen, front, tries to climb up to the plane wreckage while two other passengers look on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, in the mountains of the central Brooks Range of Alaska, where the plane crashed earlier that day. (Submitted ...
  Minnesotan recounts Alaska plane crash in which all survived, including a dogGrand Forks Herald
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• Reality Check: 'Alaskan Bush People' build a bear trap in defense of Browntown - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-01-2016 05:04
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  Reality Check: 'Alaskan Bush People' build a bear trap in defense of Browntown
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  Billy Brown discovers his home has been ransacked by a bear. Screen capture via Discovery.com. In last week's episode of “Alaskan Bush People,” a bear (the animal, not the adult human Brown) got into their home while they were away. There is a video of ...and more »
  

• Money talks: High court decides commercial interests own Alaska's fish - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-01-2016 04:50
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  Money talks: High court decides commercial interests own Alaska's fish
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  OPINION: Alaska Supreme Court comes down hard in favor of commercial fisheries in striking down setnet initiative. Pictured: Red salmon caught in a setnet just north of the mouth of the Kenai River in July 2015. Erik Hill / ADN. With the stroke of a ...
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  Alaska Supreme Court tosses initiative that would have ban
  

• Warm weather has Alaska sled dog races worried, making changes - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-01-2016 04:39
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  Warm weather has Alaska sled dog races worried, making changes
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  Musher DeeDee Jonrowe, from Willow, AK, mushes down Cordova Street in Anchorage, AK at the ceremonial start of the 2015 Iditarod Sled Dog Race when melting snow left puddles along the trail. The restart was moved from Willow to Fairbanks because of ...and more »
  

• Family suspects Guard scandal at play in pregnant soldier's death - Alaska Public Radio Network

  06-01-2016 04:21
  Family suspects Guard scandal at play in pregnant soldier's death
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  For many Alaskans, the scandal at the Alaska National Guard is over. Top brass lost their jobs after investigations confirmed a toxic work environment that harbored sexual misconduct, even crime. But nothing is resolved for the family of a pregnant ...and more »
  

• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016

  06-01-2016 03:53
  
  
  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
   
  Family suspects Guard scandal at play in pregnant soldier’s death
  Liz Ruskin, APRN – Washington, D.C.
  For many Alaskans, the scandal at the Alaska National Guard is over. Top brass lost their jobs after investigations confirmed a tox
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2015

  06-01-2016 03:53
  
  
  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
   
  Family suspects Guard scandal at play in pregnant soldier’s death
  Liz Ruskin, APRN – Washington, D.C.
  For many Alaskans, the scandal at the Alaska National Guard is over. Top brass lost their jobs after investigations confirmed a tox
  
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• Yes, times are tough, but cutting Alaska schools will only make life worse - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-01-2016 03:34
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  Yes, times are tough, but cutting Alaska schools will only make life worse
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  OPINION: Cutting Alaska schools - especially our rural schools - is an exercise in false savings and short-sightedness. Pixabay. Making drastic cuts to public education is like expecting Mat-Su farmers to save money by not purchasing or planting seeds.and more »
  

• Alaska State Troopers Take Four Months to Admit They Did Not Have Right to ... - PINAC News

  06-01-2016 02:43
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  Alaska State Troopers Take Four Months to Admit They Did Not Have Right to ...
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  Back in September, an Alaska state trooper pulled over a newspaper reporter for the sole purpose of seizing his memory card from his camera. The photographer, after all, had just taken photos of other troopers arresting a suspect in a shooting. And ...and more »
  

• Family suspects Guard scandal at play in pregnant soldier’s death

  06-01-2016 02:38
  
  
  Randy LaRose says he would give all he has to know why his sister, Alaska National Guard Staff Sgt. Michelle Clark, died.
  For many Alaskans, the scandal at the Alaska National Guard is long over. Top brass lost their jobs after investigations confirmed a toxic work environment that harbored sexual misconduct, even crime.
  But nothing is resolved for the family mourning Michelle LaRose Clark, a pregnant soldier who died in 2011 of unknown causes. A special state investigator said last su
  
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• Downtown crash rattles culture of trust in Civil Air Patrol

  06-01-2016 02:37
  
  
  After a small plane crashed into a downtown Anchorage building last week, much of the coverage mentioned an organization called the Civil Air Patrol — or CAP. It’s a federal organization which owns dozens of planes scattered across Alaska, including the one pilot Doug Demarest flew into the building where his wife works. CAP occupies a strange space between the worlds of civilian and military aviation, one that relies primarily on self-monitoring.
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• Walker announces state hiring, travel freeze

  06-01-2016 02:36
  
  
  New restrictions on state of Alaska hiring and employee travel were announced Tuesday. Gov. Bill Walker said the restrictions formalize what many state agencies and departments are already doing to cut costs.
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  “The travel is for restrictions on nonessential. An example would be a conference someplace that has to go through a process to get approval. There is a waiver process for that, but it has to be associated with the travel, has to be associated with what you do.”
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• S&P warns further downgrades may be on horizon

  06-01-2016 02:35
  
  
  Standard & Poor’s downgraded Alaska’s credit rating on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, citing low oil prices and a difficult political climate.
  Standard & Poor’s downgraded Alaska’s credit rating Tuesday after months of warnings. With plunging oil prices wreaking havoc on the state’s budget, the agency knocked Alaska down a notch from the top AAA rating it’s held for the last four years.
  The credit rating affects how much the state — and local c
  
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• Sen. Dunleavey won’t challenge Murkowski after all

  06-01-2016 02:34
  
  
  It’s an election year for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and so far no one has raised significant money to run against her. One Republican who suggested last spring he might challenge her now says he’s no longer considering it. State Sen. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican from Wasilla, says his plate is already full.
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  Mike Dunleavy (R) – Senate District E. (Photo by Josh Edge, APRN – Anchorage)
  “We’ve got too many things we have to deal with in the state of
  
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• Alaska delegation pans Obama's gun control plans - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-01-2016 02:34
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  Alaska delegation pans Obama's gun control plans
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  WASHINGTON — Alaska's congressional delegation doesn't appear to be interested in President Barack Obama's New Year's resolution to curb gun violence by tightening gun control laws. Alaska Rep. Don Young said that Tuesday, when Obama formally ...
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• ESA listing denied for Southeast wolves

  06-01-2016 02:33
  
  
  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday announced that wolves in Southeast Alaska do not warrant an endangered species listing. The decision comes four years after a petition was filed by conservation groups asking for greater protection for the wolves.
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  An Alexander Archipelago wolf. Photo courtesy of ADF&G
  They are known as Alexander Archipelago wolves, a subspecies of the gray wolf, and range all over Southeast Alaska down to the Brit
  
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• Young fishermen’s summit courts the next generation

  06-01-2016 02:32
  
  
  The commercial fishing industry is a huge, networked system of management panels, agencies, biologists, lawmakers, processors, and somewhere in that web — individual fishermen.
  The Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program recognizes that fishing is a complicated business to understand, and a challenging one to enter. This year the program is hosting its 6th Annual Young Fishermen’s Summit at the end of the month in Juneau to introduce newbies to the industry.
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• Late scientist’s work culminates in new butterfly guide

  06-01-2016 02:31
  
  
  From the cover of “Butterflies of Alaska: A Field Guide” by Kenelm W. Philip and Clifford D. Ferris. UAF photo.
  A new butterfly guide is out. It identifies thousands of species across Alaska, eastern Russia and western Canada. The guide also reflects the collaborative work of hundreds of scientists and amateur collectors.
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  Ken Philip was a world renowned Fairbanks butterfly expert, or lepidopterist, who passed away almost two years ago. He left behind a collection total
  
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• Big Lake musher gunning for Kuskokwim 300 win

  06-01-2016 02:30
  
  
  This year’s field for the Kuskokwim 300 Sled dog race is the biggest in recent history with over 30 competitors already signed up. One of the racers is 25-year-old Rohn Buser from Big Lake. Buser is preparing for his sixth appearance at K300, Alaska’s premier mid-distance sled dog race.
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  Rohn Buser came in second place in the 2015 K300. Photo shared via KYUK.org.
  This year, Buser said he hopes to finish on a better note than last year.
  “The first goal is, mak
  
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• Alaska Airlines offering extra incentive to attend Trail Blazers' game vs. Los ... - OregonLive.com

  06-01-2016 02:18
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  Alaska Airlines offering extra incentive to attend Trail Blazers' game vs. Los ...
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  If the wettest December in Portland history and the recent deluge of snow has you longing for a warm spring break vacation, Wednesday might be your lucky day. The first 12,000 fans who arrive to the Moda Center for Wednesday night's Trail Blazers game ...
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• Latest Victim of Oil's Drop: Alaska - Wall Street Journal

  06-01-2016 02:14
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  Latest Victim of Oil's Drop: Alaska
  Wall Street Journal
  Alaska's triple-A credit rating from S&P is the latest victim of oil's price tumble, as the ratings firm downgraded the state to double-A-plus and warned of possible cuts in the future. The price skid is reducing revenue from oil industry taxes ...
  Alaska loses AAA rating from S&P as oil fallsSalt Lake Tribune
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• Huslia pleas to rein in burgeoning pike population

  06-01-2016 02:10
  
  A proposal aimed at reducing the number of pike around the northern Interior village of Huslia will be considered by the Board of Fisheries when it meets next week (January 12-16) at the Alpine Lodge in Fairbanks.
  Pike. Photo: Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
  As written, the proposal would allow nets with 5 1/2-inch mesh to be set completely across Racetrack Slough, just upriver from Huslia, as well as sloughs connected to the Huslia River.  The nets would have to be removed by June 15,
  
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• Walker removes head of Alaska regulatory agency - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-01-2016 01:18
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  Walker removes head of Alaska regulatory agency
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  Gov. Bill Walker is changing the leadership at the agency that sets rates for public utilities and pipeline carriers in Alaska, removing the chair appointed by his Republican predecessor and adding a new member to the five-person board. Chairman T.W ...
  

• Minnesotan recounts Alaska plane crash in which all survived, including a dog - Grand Forks Herald

  06-01-2016 01:17
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  Minnesotan recounts Alaska plane crash in which all survived, including a dog
  Grand Forks Herald
  In the mountains of the central Brooks Range of Alaska, 250 miles northwest of Fairbanks, Jeff Hagen learned of the story. And the eery similarities. A local villager told Hagen about how, in 1976, a small plane had crashed right here, into the very ...
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