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• Alaska Committee Passes Bill to Ban Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz From Public Schools - LifeNews.com

  17-03-2016 23:49
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  Alaska Committee Passes Bill to Ban Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz From Public Schools
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  A bill to prohibit abortion activists from teaching sex ed to public school children passed an Alaska Senate committee on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT. Position 9. ADVERTISEMENT. Not in use. The Alaska Senate Education Committee amended the bill, ...and more »
  

• Alaska GOP reallocates delegates with Rubio out - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  17-03-2016 23:41
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  Alaska GOP reallocates delegates with Rubio out
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  The Alaska Republican party has awarded 14 delegates each to Ted Cruz and Donald Trump after Marco Rubio suspended his campaign earlier this week. Cruz edged Trump earlier this month to win the Alaska GOP's presidential preference poll. Rubio ...
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• Researcher aims to use fungus to insulate Alaska homes - KTUU.com

  17-03-2016 23:12
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  Researcher aims to use fungus to insulate Alaska homes
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  A University of Alaska-Anchorage researcher wants to put fungus in the walls of your home. More from KTUU. Fairbanks man faces charges after authorities seized... 'Our laws are sometimes not consistent,' attorney says... Online map shows locations of ...and more »
  

• Defense secretary on board with keeping JBER unit

  17-03-2016 21:01
  
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  Now even the Secretary of Defense says he’d reverse the plan to cut several thousand troops from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, nearly ensuring the Anchorage base will retain 4-25 Infantry Brigade Combat team, the only airborne unit of its kind in Pacific, at least for another year.
  Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told Sen. Dan Sullivan today Alaska hosts “forces that are so critical to so many scenarios.”
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• Alaska sled-dog racer 'terrified' during two-hour snowmobile attack - Reuters

  17-03-2016 19:49
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  Alaska sled-dog racer 'terrified' during two-hour snowmobile attack
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  SEATTLE A veteran Iditarod musher said she was "terrified" during what she described as a prolonged attack by a man on a snowmobile that left one dog dead and at least three more injured in the middle of the punishing race across Alaska's frozen ...
  Iditarod musher Aliy Zirkle says repeated 'assault' on her team by a snowmachiner was terrifyingAlaska Dispatch News
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• Seabird Die-off Takes Twist With Carcasses in Alaska Lake - ABC News

  17-03-2016 19:25
  Seabird Die-off Takes Twist With Carcasses in Alaska Lake
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  Lake Iliamna in Alaska is North America's eighth-largest lake, but nobody would mistake it for the Pacific Ocean. Not even a seabird. So when thousands of common murres were found dead at the southwest Alaska lake — part of a massive die-off of a ...and more »
  

• Alaska Airlines passengers get $100 after flight diverted due to drunk traveler - Fox News

  17-03-2016 18:44
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  Alaska Airlines passengers get $100 after flight diverted due to drunk traveler
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  But while airlines are often hesitant to punish offenders—or offer little more than an apology to inconvenienced fliers--Alaska airline this week took the rare step to shell out $16,2000 to compensate travelers. The carrier gave each of the 162 ...
  

• Alaska Senate OKs bill easing texting-while-driving penalty

  17-03-2016 16:30
  
  Alaska Senate OKs bill easing texting-while-driving penalty A bill aimed at boosting the enforcement of Alaska's ban on texting while driving has passed the state Senate.March 17, 2016
  
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• Man in Alaska village drags officer behind vehicle - KTUU.com

  17-03-2016 16:08
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  Man in Alaska village drags officer behind vehicle
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say a man in a small Alaska village tried to bribe a public safety officer and then dragged the officer behind his vehicle. Alaska State Troopers say a 25-year-old Ketchikan resident was in Saxman, a village of ...and more »
  

• Remains of More Servicemen Identified From 1952 Alaska Crash - U.S. News & World Report

  17-03-2016 11:49
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  Remains of More Servicemen Identified From 1952 Alaska Crash
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  A military transport plane slammed into an Alaska mountain six decades ago, killing all 52 people aboard. In this June 10, 2015 file photo, U.S. Marines Capt. David Gooch,. Military officials say 31 victims have been recovered and identified since the ...
  Remains of more servicemen from 1952 Alaska crash identifiedThe Columbian
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2016

  17-03-2016 02:47
  
  
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  Obama’s Supreme Court nomination draws criticism and praise
  Liz Ruskin, APRN – Washington D.C.
  President Obama Wednesday nominated Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Both of Alaska’s U.S. senators issued written statement
  
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• Obama’s Supreme Court nomination draws criticism and praise

  17-03-2016 01:50
  
  
  President Obama Wednesday nominated Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Both of Alaska’s U.S. senators issued written statements reaffirming their support for the Senate’s Republican leaders, who are refusing to hold a hearing or a vote on the nominee.
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  President Obama (Photo courtesy of the White House)
  Sen. Dan Sullivan says blocking the nominee’s advance is about principle, not the individual. Sullivan says Alaskans deserve to have a say in who is select
  
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• Alaska's annual dividend adds up for residents - Marketplace.org

  17-03-2016 01:47
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  Alaska's annual dividend adds up for residents
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  This time of year in Alaska, residents are applying for their Permanent Fund dividend. That's the check paid to every man, woman and child in the state. But Alaska is facing a massive budget deficit, brought on by falling oil prices. Lawmakers ...
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• Bristol Bay fishermen tour the East Coast

  17-03-2016 01:36
  
  
  During a whirlwind east coast tour this month, a group of young Alaska fishermen had the chance to visit the Boston Seafood Show, participate in Slow Fish in New Orleans, and share their concerns with Alaska’s congressional delegations.
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  Alaska fishermen meet with Sen. Dan Sullivan during a stop in Washington D.C. while touring the East Coast with the Alaska Marine Conservation Council in March.
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   For Bristol Bay drifter Michael Shangin, of P
  
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• Ken Koelsch wins Juneau mayor’s seat

  17-03-2016 01:30
  
  
  Ken Koelsch will be Juneau’s new mayor.
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  Ken Koelsch addresses his supporters on election night at City Hall, March 15, 2015. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO – Juneau)
  Unofficial results from Tuesday’s special election show Juneau voters backed Koelsch with 59 percent of the vote. Koelsch read from a prepared statement before addressing his supporters:
  “Thank you, Juneau, for your confidence, your turnout, caring about our future. A learning experience to run f
  
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• Houston at the forefront of Mat-Su marijuana legislation

  17-03-2016 00:55
  
  
  When Alaska voters approved legalization of recreational pot and retail sales of marijuana products in 2014, they also approved the right of local governments to ban commercial marijuana grow operations or pot sales within city limits. Two cities in the Matanuska Susitna Borough have opted to ban marijuana sales and grow operations. But Houston is aiming to bolster its  city revenues with legal marijuana commerce. Alaska Public Media’s Ellen Lockyer spoke with Houston mayor Virgie Tho
  
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• Push to label GE food, including salmon, has staunch opponents

  17-03-2016 00:50
  
  
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  Since the FDA approved AquAdvantage, a genetically altered salmon, as safe to eat last fall, Sen. Lisa Murkowski has been working on a labeling mandate that would inform consumers the fish is genetically engineered. This morning, the U.S. Senate considered a bill that would make that impossible. The bill didn’t get enough votes to advance, but the debate shows the forces Murkowski is up against when it comes to labeling genetically modified organisms.
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• Arctic Council arrives in Fairbanks

  17-03-2016 00:45
  
  
  Every hotel is booked up solid in Fairbanks this week, and rental cars are hard to find. Over a thousand people from 30 different countries are in the Golden Heart City for a meeting of Arctic scientists and policymakers called Arctic Science Summit Week. One of the highlights includes a meeting of the Arctic Council, a multinational governmental forum created to address the Arctic’s pressing issues.
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  “Good public policy, including good foreign policy which is the main
  
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• State contemplates how it will pay for the budget

  17-03-2016 00:36
  
  
  As the state legislature begins the final month of the session- one big question is looming: How are lawmakers going to pay for the budget?
  Even with several hundred million dollars in cuts, the state has a more than 3 billion dollar deficit to fill.
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  Sen. Pete Kelly speaking on Senate floor (Stock Photo by Skip Gray/Gavel Alaska)
  Members of the Republican-led Senate majority differ with Governor Bill Walker on whether the state must permanently address all of its budget problems t
  
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