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• Governor Walker’s plan for fiscal stability

  04-04-2016 23:32
  
  Gov. Bill Walker’s plan to solve the $4 billion deficit has cuts, taxes, and a lower Permanent fund payment. He is also not without his critics. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)Governor Bill Walker’s plan to solve the state’s 4 billion dollar budget deficit has it all- budget cuts, new taxes and lower Permanent Fund Dividend payments in the years ahead. But his approach has plenty of critics in the legislature. What do you think? Join host Lori Townsend for a di
  
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• Benatar, Danish rockabilly and more: a first look at the 2016 Alaska State Fair lineup - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-04-2016 22:58
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Benatar, Danish rockabilly and more: a first look at the 2016 Alaska State Fair lineup
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Rock star Pat Benatar ("Hit Me with Your Best Shot," "Love Is a Battlefield") canceled an appearance at the Alaska State Fair in 2015 along with a number of other shows in the Lower 48 and Canada last year. But on Monday, the fair announced she was ...and more »
  

• 4 Reasons Virgin America Flyers Shouldn't Fear the Alaska Deal - TIME

  04-04-2016 22:38
  
  TIME
  4 Reasons Virgin America Flyers Shouldn't Fear the Alaska Deal
  TIME
  Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images An employee prepares a Virgin America Inc. Airbus A320 plane for take off at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014.
  Alaska Air Sees Virgin America as Key to West CoastNew York Times
  Alaska Airlines' purchase of Virgin America could start a new wave of consolidationThe Economist
  Alaska Air, Virgin America Fly Familia
  
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• Is The Trans-Alaska Trail America's Next Great Long Trail? - Backpacker Magazine

  04-04-2016 21:47
  Backpacker Magazine
  Is The Trans-Alaska Trail America's Next Great Long Trail?
  Backpacker Magazine
  A group of determined Alaskans hopes to create an 800-mile trail that will trace the state's famous pipeline from Arctic Sea to Pacific tidewater. by Ted Alvarez. Share. Google +. Share: Google +. Share: Alaska. If it gets the go-ahead, the Trans ...
  

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• Books|Dave Eggers Journeys Into Alaska in 'Heroes of the Frontier' - New York Times

  04-04-2016 21:07
  New York Times
  Books|Dave Eggers Journeys Into Alaska in 'Heroes of the Frontier'
  New York Times
  If there is anything resembling a pattern in Dave Eggers's fiction, it is that he does not repeat himself much. Mr. Eggers's eclectic body of work includes novels about a sinister, all-powerful technology company (“The Circle”); a Sudanese refugee's ...and more »
  

• Alaska-Virgin deal a big win for Boeing and the Puget Sound region - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)

  04-04-2016 20:32
  Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
  Alaska-Virgin deal a big win for Boeing and the Puget Sound region
  Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
  For a time, that will be true. But most of Virgin America's (Nasdaq: VA) fleet is leased Airbus A320s, which means as those leases come up, Alaska can replace them with Boeing 737s. An Alaska Airlines 737 (left) sits parked at a gate while a Virgin ...
  

• Senate Finance Committee puts pension, revenue sharing legislation on hold

  04-04-2016 19:57
  
  Senate Finance Committee puts pension, revenue sharing legislation on hold Senate leaders have put on hold a package of controversial legislation that would force cities, boroughs and school districts to pay a higher share of pension costs, and distribute less oil money to municipalities.April 4, 2016
  
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• Snowmachiner killed in avalanche near Arctic Man site in Interior Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-04-2016 19:18
  Snowmachiner killed in avalanche near Arctic Man site in Interior Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A North Pole woman died Sunday in an avalanche in the Summit Lake area near Paxson, the day before the annual Arctic Man Classic snowmachine event was to open nearby. The avalanche that killed 25-year-old snowmachiner Claire Sundgren was ...and more »
  

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• Japanese climber rescued at 8600 feet on Alaska mountain during solo expedition - New York Daily News

  04-04-2016 18:32
  New York Daily News
  Japanese climber rescued at 8600 feet on Alaska mountain during solo expedition
  New York Daily News
  Well, he had a good run. A well-trekked Japanese mountain climber who has spent nearly 800 days total traveling the Alaskan wilderness ran out of luck Sunday, and needed to be rescued at 8,600 feet above ground by a helicopter. Masatoshi Kuriaki, 42 ...
  Japan Climber Rescued From Alaska Peak Amid Avalanche RiskABC Newsall 15 news articles »
  

• Alaska researchers improve their 'hearing' to detect volcanic eruptions - Phys.Org

  04-04-2016 18:00
  Phys.Org
  Alaska researchers improve their 'hearing' to detect volcanic eruptions
  Phys.Org
  Steam and gas plume rising from Alaska's Cleveland Volcano in 2014. Credit: John Lyons/ Alaska Volcanic Observatory/ USGS. If a volcano explodes in the remote reaches of Alaska, will anyone hear it? Seismologists working in the state say yes—after ...
  New Scientist-in-Charge at the Alaska Volcano ObservatoryUnited States Geological Survey (press release)all 15 news articles »
  

• Alaska Airlines buys Virgin America for $2.6B

  04-04-2016 17:56
  
  A southbound Alaska Airlines jet takes off from Petersburg’s airport Sept. 13, 2014. Some of the airline’s fares have been reduced and other price cuts may be coming. (Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News)Alaska Airlines is acquiring West Coast-based airline Virgin America for $2.6 billion dollars – around $57 dollars per share.
  According to a press release, including Virgin America’s indebtedness and capitalized aircraft operating leases, the total transaction value is worth
  
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• F-35 basing decision expected Monday

  04-04-2016 17:12
  
  An F-35 flies over Florida (U.S. Air Force photo)The Air Force is expected to issue a final decision Monday on the basing of F-35 fighter jets at Eielson Air Force Base.
  April 4th marks the end of a required 30-day waiting period since the final Environmental Impact Statement for the F-35 basing proposal was published.
  Eielson is the Air Force’s preferred alternative as the Pacific region base for the high tech fighters, but Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation President and CEO Jim
  
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• Merger Mania: Alaska Air buys Virgin America for $2.6 billion - Yahoo Finance

  04-04-2016 14:28
  Yahoo Finance
  Merger Mania: Alaska Air buys Virgin America for $2.6 billion
  Yahoo Finance
  A Monday Merger! Alaska Air wins the bidding war for Virgin America. Plus, one of the largest leaks of secret documents in history was released. And Tesla shares are in the fast lane, as the fervor for the new Model 3 remains strong. 2.. Now I Get It ...
  

• Alaska Air plans to buy Virgin America in deal worth more than $4b - The Boston Globe

  04-04-2016 14:15
  The Boston Globe
  Alaska Air plans to buy Virgin America in deal worth more than $4b
  The Boston Globe
  Alaska Air Group Inc. said Monday it plans to buy Virgin America in a deal worth more than $4 billion that marks another consolidation in the U.S. airline industry. Alaska Air was the sixth-largest U.S. carrier by traffic and serves 90 destinations in ...
  

• Alaska may abandon criminal verdict behind longer sentences for mentally ill - The Guardian

  04-04-2016 14:00
  The Guardian
  Alaska may abandon criminal verdict behind longer sentences for mentally ill
  The Guardian
  On 5 June 1990, the office of the Alaska state troopers in Fairbanks received a call from a man saying: “We have a stiff on our hands.” When the police arrived at the residence, they were met by John Monroe, a schizophrenic man with a history of ...and more »
  

• HIV rates diagnosed in Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  04-04-2016 10:00
  HIV rates diagnosed in Alaska
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS, ALASKA — Sixty-four cases of human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, were reported to the Alaska Section of Epidemiology in 2015, 22 of those cases were newly diagnosed in Alaska. Health care providers inform SOE when people previously ...
  

• Alaska All Stars U-16 girls will play for USA Hockey crown Monday - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-04-2016 04:50
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska All Stars U-16 girls will play for USA Hockey crown Monday
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Buoyed by stout goaltending and a heavy dose of Olivia Matson, who has been strafing opposing goalies, the Alaska All Stars U-16 girls will play for a USA Hockey Tier II national championship Monday in Burlington, Vermont. The All Stars advanced to the ...and more »
  

• Criminal justice reform is right on the money for rural Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-04-2016 03:53
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Criminal justice reform is right on the money for rural Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Years of commissions and studies have repeatedly shown that Alaska needs criminal justice reform to reduce crime, restore victims, reform offenders and lower costs. Rural Alaska Native hub communities and villages know this to be particularly true, as ...and more »
  

• Photos: Butterflies aflutter in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-04-2016 03:28
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Photos: Butterflies aflutter in Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Last November, our friend Debbie brought a bottle of wine over to celebrate her decision to retire. Discussing the impending occasion, we noticed a large moth fluttering around the kitchen light. I ducked into the garage to grab my butterfly net. While ...and more »
  

• Camping, hunting and hiking bring more money to Alaska than you might think - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-04-2016 01:07
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Camping, hunting and hiking bring more money to Alaska than you might think
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Betsi Oliver of the Bureau of Land Management leads a snowshoe hike February 2012, in the BLM Campbell Tract near Campbell Creek Science Center. ERIK HILL / Anchorage Daily News. When Alaskans think about economic activity on federal land, they ...and more »
  

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