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• Video: Alaska Forest School - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-01-2016 20:37
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  Video: Alaska Forest School
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  One by one, Lia Keller's students hopped down from their parents' mini-vans or SUVs and scooted across the parking lot of North Bivouac Trailhead off Campbell Airstrip Road. Clad in snowsuits, boots, and mittens, the kids, ranging in age from almost 3 ...and more »
  

• Photos: Alaska Forest School - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-01-2016 20:37
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  Photos: Alaska Forest School
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  Leif Stanbury, 3, catches snowflakes in Far North Bicentennial Park during an outing with Alaska Forest School leader Lia Keller on Tuesday, January 12, 2015. A forest school is an alternative to traditional preschool, where the classes are held ...
  

• MSC Alaska salmon certificate: No 2015 stock from newcomers can be sold as certified - Undercurrent News

  26-01-2016 19:29
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  MSC Alaska salmon certificate: No 2015 stock from newcomers can be sold as certified
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  The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has published the certificate listing all the Alaska salmon suppliers able to supply MSC fish this year, but only former members of previous client body can sell stock from last year with the blue logo. According to ...
  

• Marine Science Symposium – LIVEBLOG – Tuesday

  26-01-2016 19:15
  
   A brief introduction to the Alaska Marine Science Symposium by blogger Steve Heimel, who will be bringing Alaska Public Media live coverage through Thursday, Jan. 28. 
  8:45 a.m.  The morning began with some exploration of a couple of important questions about the waters in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.  Oceanographer Robert Pickart of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute announced the discovery of a new current in the Arctic Ocean.  He’s calling it the Chukchi Slo
  
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• NSHC works to finalize designs for new regional treatment center

  26-01-2016 18:30
  
  The Liitfik Wellness and Treatment Center will eventually live in a new, two-story building across the street from the Norton Sound Regional Hospital (pictured), according to NSHC President Angie Gorn.
  (Photo: Laura Kraegel, KNOM)
  With construction estimated at $18 million, Angie Gorn says it’ll be a while before the Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC) can break ground on a treatment center in Nome. But with 35 percent of the building designs done, she says plans are slowly coming toget
  
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• Alaska Democrats vote to allow independents in party primary

  26-01-2016 18:28
  
  Alaska Democratic party leaders have approved allowing candidates not affiliated with a political party to run in the Democratic primary.
  Unaffiliated candidates currently can run for office by petition and gathering signatures. In a release, state party chair Casey Steinau says Democrats want their party to be as inclusive as possible.
  Party spokesman Jake Hamburg says the Division of Elections will be asked to approve this for this year’s elections. He says this would be a pilot program
  
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• Alaska court dismisses case based on tribal sovereignty - Alaska Public Radio Network

  26-01-2016 18:28
  Alaska court dismisses case based on tribal sovereignty
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  A case between two tribes over the alleged misuse of federal transportation funds has been dismissed in Alaska's Superior Court. The Juneau Empire reports the Douglas Indian Association's case against the much larger Central Council of the Tlingit and ...and more »
  

• Alaska court dismisses case based on tribal sovereignty

  26-01-2016 18:27
  
  A case between two tribes over the alleged misuse of federal transportation funds has been dismissed in Alaska’s Superior Court.
  The Juneau Empire reports the Douglas Indian Association’s case against the much larger Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska was dismissed Jan. 13 based on a tribe’s sovereign immunity from state interference.
  The DIA had filed a lawsuit in April 2015 against leaders of the Central Council over what they claim was an unfair
  
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• 2017 Arctic Council ministerial meeting will be in Fairbanks

  26-01-2016 18:27
  
  Fairbanks has been selected to host the next ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council in 2017.
  The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports U.S. special representative to the Arctic Adm. Robert Papp revealed the location Monday at the Arctic Frontiers 2016 meeting in Norway. Next year’s meeting is scheduled for May 2017.
  The Arctic Council is an intergovernmental forum that allows nations with Arctic assets to meet and discuss policy. It includes the U.S., Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russ
  
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• Woman dies in Sterling Highway head-on crash

  26-01-2016 18:26
  
  A 19-year-old Soldotna woman died Monday in a head-on crash on the Sterling Highway.
  Alaska State Troopers say Raquelle Reynolds was alone in sport utility vehicle that crashed about five miles south of Soldotna with a pickup driven by 59-year-old Randolph Carlyle of Soldotna.
  Carlyle was transported to a hospital with injuries.
  The cause of the crash is under investigation.
  Troopers at 5:35 a.m. took a call of the crash at Mile 90.
  Troopers diverted traffic around the crash scene to side roads.
  
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• New Medicaid reports repudiate Alaska GOP fears, outline ideas for changes - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-01-2016 18:03
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  New Medicaid reports repudiate Alaska GOP fears, outline ideas for changes
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  JUNEAU — One new report on Alaska's expanded Medicaid health care system repudiates lawmakers who raised fears about its unintended consequences, while another provides new ideas to control spending on the $600 million program. Medicaid, which ...
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• Three teens charged with the murder of Kotzebue man

  26-01-2016 17:48
  
  The community of Kotzebue photographed in July 2012. Photo: ShoreZone via Flickr Creative Commons.
  In Kotzebue, three teenagers have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder following the shooting death of Joshua Sours III.
  Twenty-seven-year-old Sours was found with a gunshot wound on Friday, after Kotzebue Police and paramedics responded to a report that someone had been shot on Second Avenue around one in the morning. The victim was taken to the hospital and pron
  
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• Alaska Earthquake Renews Focus on Readiness - JEMS.com

  26-01-2016 17:30
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Alaska's most populous region has renewed focus on the U.S. state's readiness to deal with a natural disaster. 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Alaska causes officials and residents to look at disaster ...
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• Alaska Airlines Unveils New Branding And Livery Design - Forbes

  26-01-2016 14:00
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  Alaska Airlines Unveils New Branding And Livery Design
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  After nearly 25 years without a change, Seattle-based Alaska Airlines updated its branding yesterday, giving its wordmark, colors and iconic Eskimo logo a refresh. The new approach from Alaska reflects a stronger appeal to younger, more design-focused ...
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  Alaska Airlines unveils first new look for planes, brand in 25 yearsQ13 FOX
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• Alaska lawmaker pushes to decriminalize underage drinking - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  26-01-2016 07:05
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  Alaska lawmaker pushes to decriminalize underage drinking
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  As lawmakers look for ways to trim the budget this session, Sen. Peter Micciche is proposing a new approach to underage drinking he says would be less stigmatizing for young people and save the state money. Under Title 4, underage drinking can be ...and more »
  

• Alaska ferries don't call in Anchorage, but they bring plenty of business - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-01-2016 04:26
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  Alaska ferries don't call in Anchorage, but they bring plenty of business
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  OPINION: Don't be too quick to cut the Alaska Marine Highway System, for its reach is longer than its route map. Pictured: The Alaska ferry Tustumena leaves Homer for Seldovia in August 2007. BOB HALLINEN/ADN archive 2007. Every day Anchorage is the ...and more »
  

• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Jan. 25, 2016

  26-01-2016 03:45
  
  
  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
   
  Richter scale a poor measure of localized shaking
  Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
  After an earthquake hits like the one that struck Cook Inlet Sunday morning, everyone wants to know how big it was. Scientists use the Richter scale to describ
  
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• Magnitude scale a poor measure of localized shaking

  26-01-2016 03:37
  
  
  After an earthquake like the one that struck Cook Inlet on Sunday morning, everyone wants to know how big it was. Scientists use a magnitude scale to describe the size of an earthquake. But getting to that number is a complicated process. And it has some major limitations.
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  A USGS earthquake map shows lots of seismic activity around Anchor Point, including the 7.1M shaker felt from Fairbanks to Juneau (big yellow dot). Image: screen grab from USGS
  Numbers like 6.4… 7.3&helli
  
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• Sullivan tries to stop proposed ban on predator control in Alaska refuges

  26-01-2016 03:33
  
  
  This photo was published in an ADFG pamphlet “Understanding Intensive Predator Management in Alaska,” part of the Department’s efforts in 2012 to educate the public about practices that have been controversial, especially to observers outside Alaska. (Credit Steve Dubois/ADF&G)
  A U.S. Senate Committee Wednesday passed language that would pre-emptively block a draft Fish & Wildlife Service rule seeking to ban some predator control in national wildlife refuges.
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• Alaska Native filmmaker selected for Sundance academy

  26-01-2016 03:30
  
  
  A lot of Alaskans may know Inupiaq artist Holly Nordlum as a graphic designer, jewelry maker and creator of art that provokes conversations about the painful history of organized religion’s impacts on Native people. Born in Kotzebue, Nordlum is a powerhouse of ideas and creative energy.
  Recently her desire to get a traditional Inupiaq chin tattoo led her on a journey of searching for tattooists who could teach the ancient, cultural art of tattooing with ink and thread, or skin poking.
  She
  
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• Alaska marijuana rules move forward, with two exceptions - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-01-2016 03:30
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  Alaska marijuana rules move forward, with two exceptions
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  All but two parts of Alaska's rules governing commercial marijuana were approved by the state government Friday, with one section addressing criminal background checks and another providing exceptions to marijuana testing for growers in rural areas ...and more »
  

• Alaska's senators, especially Sullivan, can positively affect fisheries for generations - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-01-2016 03:27
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  Alaska's senators, especially Sullivan, can positively affect fisheries for generations
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  Alaska and sustainable seafood are synonymous. Whether because of our iconic salmon and halibut fisheries or the fact that 60 percent of the nation's fish is caught off our coast -- when people think of Alaska, they think seafood. Equally synonymous ...and more »
  

• Wolfpack Theatre Club

  26-01-2016 03:07
  
  The University of Alaska Anchorage student-run theatre company, Wolfpack Theatre Club is presenting the exciting two-man play, A Steady Rain by Keith Huff this January 29-31 in the Harper Studio Theatre in the Fine Arts Building on the campus of UAA. Both actors come by Stage Talk this week to talk about both the play as well as their exciting club. Join Josh Evans and Isaac Kumpula as they drop by the studio.
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  Josh Evans: “Joey”, A Steady RainI
  
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• Western Alaska villages barely affected by 7.1 quake

  26-01-2016 03:00
  
  A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck in Cook Inlet early Sunday morning, the largest ever recorded in Cook Inlet. (Photo by United Geological Survey)
  A magnitude-7.1 earthquake that caused gas leaks and power outages across Southcentral Alaska early Sunday was barely felt in villages closest to its epicenter east of Lake Iliamna in Cook Inlet.
  Karla Jensen was asleep in her second story bedroom in Pedro Bay, about 30 miles west of the epicenter, when her cat jumped into the bed and woke her up, see
  
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• Kokhanok Boy, 5, dies in accidental shooting

  26-01-2016 02:35
  
  State troopers now say that a 5-year-old Kokhanok boy was accidentally shot Saturday by an 11-year-old boy who had gotten ahold of a .22 caliber rifle. The two were apparently in the same home playing video games at the time.
  After the shooting, the boy was medevaced from Kokhanok to Anchorage, where he died from his injuries Sunday.
  Troopers were on the scene Sunday and Monday, including a member of the Alaska Bureau of Investigation. They have not yet released det
  
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• Richter scale a poor measure of localized shaking

  26-01-2016 02:31
  
  After an earthquake like the one that struck Cook Inlet on Sunday morning, everyone wants to know how big it was. Scientists use the Richter scale to describe the magnitude of an earthquake. But getting to that number is a complicated process. And it has some major limitations.
  A USGS earthquake map shows lots of seismic activity around Anchor Point, including the 7.1M shaker felt from Fairbanks to Juneau (big yellow dot). Image: screen grab from USGS
  Numbers like 6.4… 7.3… 6.8 &md
  
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• Using nature to nurture: Alaska forest schools move the classroom outdoors - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-01-2016 02:00
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  Using nature to nurture: Alaska forest schools move the classroom outdoors
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  Leif Stanbury, 3, catches snowflakes in Far North Bicentennial Park during an outing with Alaska Forest School leader Lia Keller on Tuesday, January 12, 2015. A forest school is an alternative to traditional preschool, where the classes are held ...and more »
  

• South Peninsula residents recount 7.1 shaker

  26-01-2016 01:56
  
  Broken wine bottle in Safeway liquor store (Photo By Perry Lynn, Carrs/Safeway Grocery Manager)
  A 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook the state Sunday morning. The quake originated 60 miles west of Homer. Southern peninsula residents say they saw minimal damage.
  The tremors started about 1:30 in the morning. Michael West, the State Seismologist for the Alaska Earthquake Center, says the quake’s epicenter was about 75 miles below the earth’s surface.
  “Because it’s deep it also
  
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• Marine Science Symposium – Monday

  26-01-2016 01:38
  
   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.
  3:00 p.m. —  The symposium is ahead of schedule because of the storm on the East Coast. The first keynote speaker couldn’t make it in from Washington. The chief staffer of Obama administration’s Arctic Steering Committee, Mark Brzezinski, is now scheduled to speak on Wednesday.
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• Inupiaq tattoos to make big screen at Sundance

  26-01-2016 01:38
  
  A lot of Alaskans may know Inupiaq artist Holly Nordlum as a graphic designer, jewelry maker and creator of art that provokes conversations about the painful history of organized religion’s impacts on Native people. Born in Kotzebue, Nordlum is a powerhouse of ideas and creative energy. Recently her desire to get a traditional Inupiaq chin tattoo led her on a journey of searching for tattooists who could teach the ancient, cultural art of tattooing with ink and thread or skin poking.
  She w
  
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• Alaska quake Q&A: Geologists explain state's vulnerability - U.S. News & World Report

  26-01-2016 00:56
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  Alaska quake Q&A: Geologists explain state's vulnerability
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  Tyrrel Corveia, 14, lifts a piece of the road surface along a crack in Kalifornsky-Beach Road near Kasilof, Alaska, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, following a magnitude-7.1 earthquake. Corveia lives in a yurt and said she woke up to the structure shaking on ...
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• Redington first in Northern Lights 300, despite Southcentral quake

  26-01-2016 00:10
  
  Thirty mushers in the Northern Lights 300 sled dog race were on the trail when a strong earthquake shook Southcentral Alaska early Sunday morning. Mushers in the race were either on their way back to the Big Lake finish line, or resting at checkpoints at the time of the quake. Race manager Sue Allen credits a quick thinking trailbreaking team for rerouting the course around dangerous cracks and fissures in the ice on the Big Susitna River caused by the 7.1 jolt.
  “Pretty much at that point,
  
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• Redington first in Northern Lights 300, despite quake

  26-01-2016 00:10
  
  Thirty mushers in the Northern Lights 300 sled dog race were on the trail when a strong earthquake shook Southcentral Alaska early Sunday morning. Mushers in the race were either on their way back to the Big Lake finish line, or resting at checkpoints at the time of the quake.
  The Northern Lights 300 doesn’t have a purse, but two dogs from the winning team walk away with some stylish collars. Photo: Barbara Redington/Northern Lights 300 Facebook page.
  Race manager Sue Allen credits a quick
  
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