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• Without ferry service, a Southeast village considers $18 gallon of milk

  29-02-2016 22:56
  
  Perishable items were the hardest for the Angoon Trading Company to keep in stock, but even some of the snacks started to run out. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO)
  Three Southeast villages endured the longest ferry drought in recent memory. The LeConte didn’t arrive for more than a month, leaving communities such as Angoon to depend more on subsistence or the only grocery store in town. As lawmakers consider even deeper cuts to ferry services, some locals are already getting a taste
  
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• Early seal hunt highlights unseasonable weather, future uncertainty in Northwest Alaska

  29-02-2016 22:51
  
  A Bearded seal rests on ice off coast of Alaska (June 21 2011 John Jansen NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center)
  One of the warmest winters on record in Alaska means the spring season for bearded seals, or ugruk , has come nearly two months early for some hunters in Western Alaska. Warm weather makes the hunt a little easier, but locals are concerned about precarious sea ice and unpredictable weather.
  The village of Wales sits out on a point, along the Bering Strait coast, midway between
  
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• Enstar identifies cause of gas explosions in Kenai

  29-02-2016 19:13
  
  Enstar Natural Gas has identified the problem leading to gas explosions that destroyed two houses, and a fire that claimed two more, on Lilac Lane in Kenai following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in January.
  According to an incident report filed Feb. 24 with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, a main line separated at a weld joint and released 406,000 cubic feet of natural gas. The report doesn’t cite any corrosion or preexisti
  
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• Trump's self-financed campaign charms Super Tuesday voters in Alaska - The Guardian

  29-02-2016 18:30
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  Trump's self-financed campaign charms Super Tuesday voters in Alaska
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  Nome: where 30 to 50 people will show up at the fire hall on Super Tuesday. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo. James Brooks in Juneau, Alaska. Monday 29 February 2016 12.30 EST Last modified on Wednesday 2 March 2016 20.34 EST. Share on Facebook ...and more »
  

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• Fur Rondy carnival celebrates 50 years with a Golden Carousel

  29-02-2016 15:36
  
  
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  The Fur Rondy carnival is celebrating its 50th anniversary. To commemorate the event, Golden Wheel amusements, the family-owned company that runs the carnival, has introduced a new ride: The Golden Carousel.
  11-year-old Ashley Perry rides the Golden Carousel. Perry was the ceremonial ribbon-cutter. (Photo by Wesley Early, APRN – Anchorage)
  Fifty years ago, Claire Morton came to Anchorage with her family from the lower 48 to pick up an Octopus ride for her budding carnival bu
  
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• Iconic Rondy race run on 3 mile slush loop

  29-02-2016 03:35
  
  Anchorage’s warm weather and terrible snow conditions severely hampered the sled-dog sprint races that have been a cornerstone of Fur Rondy celebrations since 1946.
  Teams race down Cordova hill on day three of the Fur Rondy Race Invitational. Photo/Zachariah Hughes, APM
  Organizers were forced to reduce the 25-mile course used in the Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship to just a three-mile loop from 4th Avenue to Mulcahy Stadium and back.
  The race is structured in heats run three ti
  
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