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• Fat-tire frenzy grips Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-01-2016 23:37
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Fat-tire frenzy grips Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Nowadays, you can hardly leave the house in Alaska without seeing a fat bike, what most now call fat-tire bikes. They're everywhere — on backcountry trails, city paths and sidewalks, or waiting patiently at year-round bike racks that many businesses ...and more »
  

• No Tsunami Threat Following 6.8M Alaska Earthquake - Big Island Now

  24-01-2016 21:20
  Big Island Now
  No Tsunami Threat Following 6.8M Alaska Earthquake
  Big Island Now
  The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says there was no tsunami threat to Hawai'i following a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Southern Alaska. According to PTWC, the earthquake occurred Sunday at 12:30 a.m. Hawai'i time. The earthquake was ...and more »
  

• 6.8 magnitude earthquake rocks Alaska. Is that normal? - Christian Science Monitor

  24-01-2016 18:51
  Christian Science Monitor
  6.8 magnitude earthquake rocks Alaska. Is that normal?
  Christian Science Monitor
  Residents living in the Cook Inlet region of Alaska were jolted awake by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake early Sunday morning, leaving many without power. By Story Hinckley, Staff January 24, 2016. Save for later Saved. close. Boxes of cereal and bottles of ...
  Magnitude-7.1 Quake Jolts Alaska; 4 Homes LostABC News
  A Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake Just Hit AlaskaForbesall 1,167 news articles&nbs
  

• Marine Science Symposium – LIVEBLOG – Sunday

  24-01-2016 18:16
  
   A brief introduction to the Alaska Marine Science Symposium by liveblogger Steve Heimel, who will be bringing Alaska Public Media live coverage through Thursday, Jan. 28.Bird researcher George Divoky will be one of the keynote speakers.  Here he is headed to Cooper Island for his 41st year of field research last year courtesy of the North Slope Borough.
  This is the week when a whole lot happens in Arctic science. The latest results from last year’s field season begin to go publ
  
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• Magnitude 7.1 quake shakes Alaska - The Hill

  24-01-2016 15:41
  The Hill
  Magnitude 7.1 quake shakes Alaska
  The Hill
  The 7.1 magnitude earthquake was centered approximately 77 miles beneath the state's Cook Inlet region, officials said. Here's the updated ShakeMap, showing intensities up to VI and VII. #akquake pic.twitter.com/AgY4vuZcgF. — AK Earthquake Center ...and more »
  

• Straight outta Alaska: The rise and fall of Sarah Palin - Raw Story

  24-01-2016 15:27
  Raw Story
  Straight outta Alaska: The rise and fall of Sarah Palin
  Raw Story
  There was a time when Sarah Palin was normal by Alaska standards. Way back before the hoopla, and way before she endorsed Donald Trump , she made sense as a politician here. That's not the case any more. I'm told she lives in Alaska most of the time, ...
  The rise and fall of Sarah Palin: plucked away from Alaska, she lost her soulThe Guardianall 3 news articles »
  

• Magnitude-6.8 earthquake hits Alaska, jolting nerves - Your News Now

  24-01-2016 14:18
  Magnitude-6.8 earthquake hits Alaska, jolting nerves
  Your News Now
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A magnitude-6.8 earthquake knocked items off shelves and walls in south-central Alaska and jolted the nerves of residents in this earthquake-prone region. But there were no immediate reports of injuries. The earthquake struck ...
  

• 7.1 magnitude earthquake hits southern Alaska - WDRB

  24-01-2016 12:39
  WDRB
  7.1 magnitude earthquake hits southern Alaska
  WDRB
  Our weekend morning anchor Kate Springer shared some big news with our audience on Sunday morning. More >>. Our weekend morning anchor Kate Springer shared some big news with our audience on Sunday morning. More >> ...and more »
  

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• Kenai feels brunt of 7.1 earthquake

  24-01-2016 12:04
  
  Updated. 12:04 p.m.
  The most extensive damage appears to be near Kenai. The 7.1 earthquake was centered about 50 miles west of Anchor Point in Cook Inlet.Clerks at Save U More found some cleanup waiting for them after Sunday morning’s quake. (Photo by Michael Rohrbacher )
  Kenai Police Chief Gus Sandahl said there are four structures on Lilac Lane that have been impacted by fire. Gas company Enstar has shut off service to Lilac Lane, Cook Inlet View Drive and Wells Way, but is working
  
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• 7.1M quake rattles Alaska

  24-01-2016 12:04
  
  Jan. 24 quake epicenter. Photo: USGS
  A 7.1M earthquake rattled Southcentral Alaska in the wee hours of Sunday morning. It was felt from Fairbanks to Juneau, according to reports streaming in through Twitter over the hashtag #akquake.
  USGS pegs the shake at 7.1M, with an epicenter near Lake Illiamna, about 162 miles southwest of Anchorage at 1:30 a.m.
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association says a tsunami is not expected as a result of the early morning quake.
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• Sarah Is From Alaska; Trump Is From Mars - RealClearPolitics

  24-01-2016 11:54
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  Sarah Is From Alaska; Trump Is From Mars
  RealClearPolitics
  A good journalist should be like an umpire. Not dispassionate, necessarily, as theatrics have their place in baseball and the news business, but definitely balanced and impartial. “No cheering in the press box,” advises an old newsroom adage. Although ...and more »
  

• Road trip on the Alaska Highway: Less risky, but planning is imperative - Chicago Tribune

  24-01-2016 08:35
  Chicago Tribune
  Road trip on the Alaska Highway: Less risky, but planning is imperative
  Chicago Tribune
  Traveling the roughly 1,400 miles of the Alaska Highway is not as risky since paving was completed in 1992, but a road trip on the northland artery (also known as the Alcan) still requires planning beyond programming the route into your mobile device.
  

• How Alaska Republicans and Democrats choose presidential candidates - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-01-2016 06:01
  Alaska Dispatch News
  How Alaska Republicans and Democrats choose presidential candidates
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Voters sign in and cast ballots at the Alaska Republican Party Presidential Preference Poll Tuesday afternoon March 6, 2012 at Anchorage Christian School. Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News file photo. When choosing a presidential candidate to support at ...and more »
  

• A Canadian Threat to Alaskan Fishing

  24-01-2016 06:00 via nytimes.com
  Mining projects endanger the state’s salmon rivers.
  
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• ADN poll: Alaskans like Trump, Sanders for president - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-01-2016 05:42
  Alaska Dispatch News
  ADN poll: Alaskans like Trump, Sanders for president
  Alaska Dispatch News
  An Alaska Dispatch News poll found registered voters in the state have their eyes on two candidates that would have been considered unlikely front-runners just a year ago: real estate billionaire and reality TV star Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders ...and more »
  

• Alaska budget-reform coalition adds allies and ramps up Juneau lobbying effort - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-01-2016 01:00
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska budget-reform coalition adds allies and ramps up Juneau lobbying effort
  Alaska Dispatch News
  JUNEAU — The budget-reform coalition led by the top executive of telecommunications giant GCI has broadened its membership and launched a lobbying blitz in Juneau, meeting with about 30 lawmakers this week. The group, spearheaded by GCI ...and more »
  

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