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• Solar eclipse redirects Alaska Airlines flight in most amazing way - USA TODAY

  09-03-2016 23:31
  USA TODAY
  Solar eclipse redirects Alaska Airlines flight in most amazing way
  USA TODAY
  A solar eclipse Tuesday caused an Alaska Airlines flight to redirect briefly so passengers could enjoy the view at about 35,000 feet in the air. The change of plans was established a year ago, when passenger Joseph Rao, associate astronomer at the ...
  WATCH: Alaska Airlines flight intercepts Tuesday evening solar eclipseKTUU.com
  Incredible video shows view of solar eclipse from Alaska Airlines plane at 3
  

• Alaska Highway crash victim ID'd as Heather Barnfield of Whitehorse - CBC.ca

  09-03-2016 23:22
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  Alaska Highway crash victim ID'd as Heather Barnfield of Whitehorse
  CBC.ca
  The B.C. Coroners Service has released the name of a woman who was killed in a two-vehicle collision on the Alaska Highway last week. Heather Marina Barnfield, 52, of Whitehorse died following the crash outside of Fort St. John, B.C., on Saturday ...
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• Trail Mix: ‘Logistics are the hard part’ in Iditarod coverage

  09-03-2016 23:19
  
  The Berington sisters arrived at the Takotna checkpoint together Wednesday just before noon. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/KSKA)
  There’s really not a lot of “planning” for this. I’m only two days in, and I feel like more attention goes towards tracking flights, coordinating deadlines, and finding Internet than it does to figuring out who’s at the front of the race and why.
  When I walked in to the school at Takotna I saw KTUU reporter and producer Kyle Hopkins, who&rsqu
  
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• Legislature passes bill expanding access to overdose antidote

  09-03-2016 23:02
  
  Legislature passes bill expanding access to overdose antidote Opioid users and the people who treat them may find it easier to access a common overdose treatment after the Alaska Legislature passed a bill protecting people who dispense the drug.March 9, 2016
  
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• His injured son weighing on his mind, Buser's Iditarod is more camping trip than race - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-03-2016 22:23
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  His injured son weighing on his mind, Buser's Iditarod is more camping trip than race
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Martin Buser prepares to leave the Nikolai checkpoint on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Buser, a four-time race winner, said he's taking it easy this year and thinking of his son, who was hurt in a car accident in ...
  Three-time champion Seavey in lead halfway through Alaska's IditarodReuters
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• Bethel school finds new home in vacated grocery store

  09-03-2016 22:14
  
  Bethel’s Ayaprun Yup’ik Immersion School is readying to move into its new home. After a fire destroyed the elementary school in November, district officials divided the grades under two roofs, resumed classes, and began looking for a new building. True to rural Alaska resourcefulness, the district found a new space in one of the unlikeliest of places.
  “There’re two kindergarten classes and two first grade classes on this side. The other side are the second
  
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• Cut & Caliber: 2 Alaska men work to perfect formula for men's grooming - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  09-03-2016 21:37
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  Cut & Caliber: 2 Alaska men work to perfect formula for men's grooming
  KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  His business partner, Kyle Reading, spends most days mixing oils in the kitchen — a base of castor, grape seed and jojoba — and bottling the mixture on a table in the dining nook. cut and caliber. The two aren't exactly Mr. Fur Face contenders. In ...
  

• Mushing Explained Video: Genetic super-dogs

  09-03-2016 21:02
  
  How exactly are sled dogs different from typical house dogs? Dr. Stuart Nelson, the Iditarod’s chief veterinarian, compares dogs to NFL players. On a pro team, the sled dogs would be the wide receivers.
  “They’re fast, they’re light on their feet. A lab would be more like a defensive tackle,” said Nelson.
  Mushers maintain sophisticated breeding programs to achieve a specific profile for their kennel.
  Alaskan huskies who dominate the top echelon of the sport are bred
  
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• Wednesday’s Three to Read: catch up on Iditarod 44

  09-03-2016 20:27
  
  The 2016 race strategies that mushers have chewed over for months are coming into focus as top teams near their mandatory 24-hour rest period in some of the race’s remote checkpoints in Alaska’s interior. As mushers clear the rest and march to the flat expanses of the Yukon River, the race to Nome will only accelerate. But to be in a position to match the strongest team, mushers must execute a flawless early-mid-race rest strategy to build reserves for the next several hundred miles.
  
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• Valdosta Habitat for Humanity heads to Alaska - WALB-TV

  09-03-2016 20:26
  Valdosta Habitat for Humanity heads to Alaska
  WALB-TV
  Twelve Valdosta residents are teaming up with a group from New Zealand to build homes in Anchorage, Alaska. The trip is part of Habitat for Humanity's international program. They say it's a good way to travel while exploring new places. "It's a great ...
  

• Incredible video shows view of solar eclipse from Alaska Airlines plane at 35000 feet - Q13 FOX

  09-03-2016 20:11
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  Incredible video shows view of solar eclipse from Alaska Airlines plane at 35000 feet
  Q13 FOX
  ANCHORAGE — Alaska Airlines shared video of the solar eclipse as seen from 35,000 feet on Flight 870 from Anchorage to Honolulu. The flight left Anchorage on Tuesday around 2 p.m. local time. The eclipse peaked around 4:38 p.m. local time. Over a year ...
  

• Gatt scratches at Nikolai checkpoint

  09-03-2016 19:58
  
  Hans Gatt, a veteran musher from the Yukon, scratched at 8:35 a.m. Wednesday morning at the Nikolai checkpoint.
  Gatt, bib #84, noted that concern for his race team was the main decider in his decision to scratch. He had 15 dogs in his race team when he made the decision to scratch.
  At the time of the scratch, Dallas Seavey was in the lead at mile 380 with Noah Burmeister close behind at mile 378. John Baker rested in the third place spot at mile 366.
  
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• NC runner narrowly escapes death on Alaska's Iditarod Trail - USA TODAY

  09-03-2016 19:52
  USA TODAY
  NC runner narrowly escapes death on Alaska's Iditarod Trail
  USA TODAY
  Peter Ripmaster was deep in the Alaskan wilderness when he pushed a pole out in front of him to test the strength of an ice bridge over the swift-moving Tatina River. It looked sketchy, but felt OK. “But as soon as he stepped on the ice, he was under ...
  UK musher Franklin's dogs get loose; search underwayAlaska Dispatch News
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• 300 miles in, Iditarod mushers deciding when to “push” — or rest

  09-03-2016 18:41
  
  Dallas Seavey, first into McGrath, with a healthy looking string of dogs. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/KSKA)
  Iditarod dog teams have travelled more than 300 miles down the trail in the last three days.
  Defending champion Dallas Seavey. Says they’ve reached a turning point in the race.
  “This is getting to be far enough into the race where you’re going to start seeing some people pushing the pace start to fall back a little bit, but its’ going to be another three or four hund
  
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• Resting becomes strategic as Iditarod teams push through McGrath

  09-03-2016 17:24
  
  
  Nicolas Petit signing in for a short stop before heading back onto the trail. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/KSKA)
  Mushers have reached a point in the Iditarod where rest becomes strategic.
  Overnight, a number of them opted to push their teams further down the trail, while others chose to hunker down for a mandatory 24-hour rest.
  The majority of mushers who arrived first into McGrath, didn’t stay long, but some of their decisions earlier in the race, might offer clues about their race plans.
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• Dallas Seavey leads Iditarod field between Ophir, Cripple

  09-03-2016 17:06
  
  Dallas Seavey, first into McGrath, rested his dogs for a few hours before leaving. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/KSKA)
  Reigning Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey, of Willow, leads the field Wednesday morning, spending about 5 minutes in the Ophir checkpoint before continuing on toward Cripple at 2:21 a.m.
  According to the GPS tracker, Seavey appears to be resting along the trail 10 miles past Ophir.
  Noah Burmeister is running in second place, checking out of Ophir at 5:52 a.m., with 2011 Id
  
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• Hardworking Abueva tows Alaska past Ginebra - Inquirer.net

  09-03-2016 14:27
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  Hardworking Abueva tows Alaska past Ginebra
  Inquirer.net
  With a bit of everything from Shane Edwards and Calvin Abueva and key plays from RJ Jazul at the finish, Alaska Milk squeezed past Barangay Ginebra, 86-80, and gained the solo second place in the Oppo PBA Commissioner's Cup at the Smart Araneta ...
  Alaska stops Ginebra, wins 4th straightRappler
  Alaska ends Barangay Ginebra's streak at three, extends own to four gamesInterAksyon
  PBA: Alaska turns back GinebraCNN Philippin
  

• Alaska Editorial: Earthquake omission for Alaska - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  09-03-2016 10:12
  Alaska Editorial: Earthquake omission for Alaska
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  Alaska is one of the few states that's experienced a major earthquake. It often feels temblors of less, but noticeable, magnitude. Ten of the largest earthquakes in the nation in the past 125 years have occurred in Alaska, according to statistics ...
  

• Thoughts on fixing the Alaska budget - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  09-03-2016 10:06
  Thoughts on fixing the Alaska budget
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Have you ever tried to explain how we operate in Alaska to people in other states? I have; it is not easy. Though he now lives in Minnesota, Bengt Carlsson remains interested in Alaska. He left Alaska in 1980 after being here since World War II, so he ...
  

• Anchorage studying potential impacts of JBER troop reduction

  09-03-2016 07:32
  
  The first community meeting on the potential JBER troop reduction was sparsely attended. (Hillman/KSKA)
  The Municipality of Anchorage is conducting a comprehensive study on the impact of the potential troop drawdown at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, and hosted a sparsely attended community meeting on the topic in east Anchorage on Tuesday evening. The Department of Defense will decide soon if they will remove more than 2,600 active duty army soldiers from the base or if they will delay the dec
  
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• Dallas Seavey first into McGrath, Mitch Seavey first out

  09-03-2016 06:36
  
  Dallas Seavey, pictured at the Willow restart, was the first musher into McGrath. (Photo by Ben Matheson, Alaska Public Media.)
  Dallas Seavey was the first musher to reach the McGrath checkpoint Tuesday evening at 6:34. 11 minutes behind him–and with the fastest run time from Nikolai–was his father, two-time champion Mitch Seavey. While Dallas remained in the checkpoint, the elder Seavey left as soon as he could on the trail to Takotna.
  Five minutes behind was 25-year-old Wade M
  
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• Alaska NBA veteran Langdon named to Brooklyn Nets leadership post - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-03-2016 06:09
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  Alaska NBA veteran Langdon named to Brooklyn Nets leadership post
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Trajan Langdon, Alaska's first NBA player, used his Russian and Texan connections to land his new job as the assistant general manager for the Brooklyn Nets. Langdon, 39, joined the NBA team's front office on Tuesday. His hiring was the first major ...
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• Iditarod reaches a turning point in Nikolai

  09-03-2016 04:27
  
  
  The village of Nikolai was bustling all day as dog teams pulled in and out of the sixth checkpoint on the Iditarod trail. After teams have passed over some of the roughest trail, the race reaches a turning point. From here, mushers will evaluate their dogs as they try to decide how best to execute a their race plans.
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  There’s a flu going around on the Iditarod trail and Dallas Seavey has it.
  “I think I’m getting better now, but these first couple days have been un
  
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• New fox makes fast friends at Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-03-2016 04:18
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  New fox makes fast friends at Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Storm the marbled red fox spent its first day in the enclosure with Jade the red fox at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Portage, AK on Tuesday, March 8, 2016. The Marbled fox came to the center from a Montana home where she was kept at a pet.and more »
  

• Keep the PFD, but then let's pay our way as Alaska citizens - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-03-2016 04:04
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Keep the PFD, but then let's pay our way as Alaska citizens
  Alaska Dispatch News
  OPINION: Let's take our Alaska dividends as citizens of the owner state, but then let's pay our way as responsible owners with an eye to our children's future here. Alaska spends roughly four times more per capita on government than any other sister ...and more »
  

• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2016

  09-03-2016 03:57
  
  
  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
  Ivy Spohnholz named to fill vacant Gruenberg seat
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  Governor Bill Walker named Ivy Spohnholz Tuesday as his choice to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Max Gruenberg in February.
  USFW chief says
  
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• Familiar faces square off in Assembly race in West Anchorage

  09-03-2016 03:47
  
  Familiar faces square off in Assembly race in West Anchorage A four-way contest to replace retiring Anchorage Assemblyman Ernie Hall in West Anchorage is starting to heat up. March 8, 2016
  
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• Ivy Spohnholz named to fill vacant Gruenberg seat

  09-03-2016 03:41
  
  
  Governor Bill Walker named Ivy Spohnholz Tuesday as his choice to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Max Gruenberg in February.
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  Spohnholz is the development director for Salvation Army Alaska, and is the vice chairwoman of the Alaska Children’s Trust, which aims to eliminate childhood abuse and neglect throughout the state.
  Ivy Sponholz was appointed by Gov. Bill Walker Tuesday to fill a state House seat vacated after the February death of Rep. Max Gruenb
  
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• USFS chief says no to delay of Tongass timber transition

  09-03-2016 03:40
  
  
  Aerial view of the Tongass National Forest File photo: Alan Wu
  The National Forest Service is working on a controversial plan to shift the timber industry in the Tongass away from old-growth trees. This morning in Washington, Forest Service chief Tom Tidwell said the same thing several different ways:  the plan can sustain Southeast Alaska’s timber industry.
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  “Without any question, I believe this approach, that over time to transition to the young gr
  
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• Brent Sass, Noah Burmeister, and Dallas Seavey race on to McGrath

  09-03-2016 03:38
  
  Dallas Seavey, pictured at the Willow restart, is moving towards Noah Burmeister on the Iditarod trail out of Nikolai. (Photo by Ben Matheson / Alaska Public Media.)
  Dallas Seavey is surging to the front of the Iditarod trail between Nikolai and McGrath. The defending champion dropped one dog and rested four hours in Nikolai, about 250 miles into the race. His father Mitch Seavey and Wade Marrs followed closely behind this afternoon, according to the Iditarod GPS tracker.
  Brent Sass blew through
  
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• Aging Southeast: Assisted living comes up short

  09-03-2016 03:36
  
  
  Due to a shortage of assisted living homes, some of Southeast Alaska’s aging residents can’t stay in their home communities. Facilities in Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka and Petersburg provide assistance to seniors needing help with daily activities, such as cooking, dressing and medication management.
  As part of the CoastAlaska series Aging Southeast, KTOO’s Lisa Phu reports on how the region isn’t keeping up with the demand for assisted living, and that demand is only expecte
  
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• Alaska musicians get creative for Tiny Desk Contest

  09-03-2016 03:35
  
  
  Last week, NPR Music announced the winner of its second-ever Tiny Desk contest, Duluth, Minnesota’s Gaelynn Lea.
  More than 6,000 hopeful bands and solo musicians submitted videos of their original music for a chance to play NPR Music’s coveted Tiny Desk at headquarters in Washington, DC. Though there can only be one winner,  here are some of the stand out Alaskan performers who competed for the title.
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  Illuminated by a single light, a four-piece band sets up inside
  
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• Alaska Airlines, baggage-handler Menzies fined by labor regulators - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)

  09-03-2016 02:00
  Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
  Alaska Airlines, baggage-handler Menzies fined by labor regulators
  Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
  Alaska Airlines, and its luggage-handling contractor Menzies Aviation, have been cited for health and safety violations by the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries. Both Alaska and Menzies have appealed. Alaska is run by SeaTac-based ...and more »
  

• Alaska criminal justice overhaul costs, savings unclear - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  09-03-2016 00:58
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska criminal justice overhaul costs, savings unclear
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Daniel George, legislative staff member, and Legislative Finance Fiscal Analyst Kelly Cunningham testify during a hearing on a criminal justice system overhaul on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Rashah McChesney). JUNEAU, Alaska ...and more »
  

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