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• Federal money eased Alaska salmon fishery failures, but only for some - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-04-2016 23:45
  
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  Federal money eased Alaska salmon fishery failures, but only for some
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  The federal government's help easing the impact of recent Alaska salmon fishery failures wasn't enough to provide relief to all the players involved. That's according to a new study from the National Marine Fisheries Service, which analyzed the ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Faces a Clear Budget Deficit Without an Evident Solution

  09-04-2016 23:14 via nytimes.com
  The collapse in oil prices has left oil-reliant Alaska with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit and few palatable options for digging its way out.
  
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• Oil production is up, but is the state really benefiting from it?

  09-04-2016 22:40
  
  Oil production is up, but is the state really benefiting from it? Oil production on Alaska’s North Slope is up after more than a decade of decline, and oil producers are crediting the state’s oil production tax system for the boost even as the Legislature is exploring tax changes that would help cover a $4 billion deficit.April 9, 2016
  
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• Alaska Faces a Clear Budget Deficit Without an Evident Solution - New York Times

  09-04-2016 22:14
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  Alaska Faces a Clear Budget Deficit Without an Evident Solution
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  The Trans-Alaska Pipeline runs through Delta Junction. Alaska is struggling to cover for decreased revenues from the oil industry. Credit Luke Sharrett for The New York Times. JUNEAU, Alaska — The collapse in oil prices has left oil-reliant Alaska ...
  Alaska Leaders Try to Agree on Budget Plan; Oil Prices HurtABC News
  Balancing Alaska budget pain: In debating revenue measures, Legislature should
  
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• What's next after Alaska cancels its federally mandated standardized test - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-04-2016 05:15
  
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  What's next after Alaska cancels its federally mandated standardized test
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  A series of setbacks have marked the short history of Alaska's newest, computer-based statewide standardized test, culminating last Friday when the state's interim education commissioner canceled the exam altogether, citing technical problems she said ...and more »
  
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• Alaska needs to scrap four megaprojects that we can't afford - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-04-2016 04:12
  
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  Alaska needs to scrap four megaprojects that we can't afford
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  OPINION: Ambler and Juneau roads, Knik Arm bridge and Susitna dam need to go back on the shelf, way back, to free money for Alaska projects that make sense. Pictured: Demolition begins on the Sourdough Lodge in Government Hill in Anchorage.
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Apr. 8, 2016

  09-04-2016 03:43
  
  
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  Wrangell-Angoon plane crash leaves 3 dead
  Elizabeth Jenkins, KTOO – Juneau and Katarina Sostaric, KSTK – Wrangell
  A plane crashed on Admiralty Island Friday morning southeast of Angoon after departing from Wrangell.
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• 49 Voices: Indie Alaska Viewers in Anchorage - Alaska Public Radio Network

  09-04-2016 03:15
  
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  49 Voices: Indie Alaska Viewers in Anchorage
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  This week, 49 voices heads to the Bear Tooth Theater in Anchorage, where Alaska Public Media's Indie Alaska program held a screening last week and made a short movie with Alaskans willing to answer a few questions in front of the camera. Download ...
  Warm Alaska spring might be waking bears up early; grizzly spotted in FairbanksFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 15 news articles »
  
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• 49 Voices: Indie Alaska Viewers in Anchorage

  09-04-2016 03:14
  
  
  This week, 49 voices heads to the Bear Tooth Theater in Anchorage, where Alaska Public Media’s Indie Alaska program held a screening last week and made a short movie with Alaskans willing to answer a few questions in front of the camera.
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  One of my favorite things about Alaska is you could say it’s beautiful, it’s this it’s that, but it’s the people.
  In 1979, when this was Flapjack Jim’s, I started at the record store next door. Obviously records
  
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• Wrangell-Angoon plane crash leaves 3 dead

  09-04-2016 02:48
  
  
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  Three are dead after a plane registered to a Wrangell-based charter airline crashed on Admiralty Island Friday.
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  A photo of a Cessna 206 from Sunrise Aviation’s website.Four people were traveling on a Sunrise Aviation Cessna 206  between Wrangell and Angoon. Only one female passenger survived, according Sitka Mountain Rescue Captain Lance Ewers.
  The Coast Guard received an emergency alert in the morning indicating the aircraft was in distress
  
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• Use of Permanent Fund on budget focused on in Legislature

  09-04-2016 02:38
  
  
  Proposals to spend Permanent Fund earnings on the state budget will be a major focus of the legislative session’s final nine days.
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  Sen. Lesil McGuire, R-Anchorage, believes bills that will use the Permanent Fund o the budget could strengthen the Permanent Fund for the future (Photo by Skip Gray, 360 North)Leading lawmakers say the outcome could be a combination of bills proposed by Governor Bill Walker, Anchorage Republican Senator Lesil McGuire and Anchorage Republican Repr
  
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• Senate focuses on Permanent Fund plans to close budget gap

  09-04-2016 02:38
  
  
  Proposals to spend Permanent Fund earnings on the state budget will be a major focus of the legislative session’s final nine days.
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  Sen. Lesil McGuire, R-Anchorage, believes bills that will use the Permanent Fund o the budget could strengthen the Permanent Fund for the future (Photo by Skip Gray, 360 North)Leading lawmakers say the outcome could be a combination of bills proposed by Governor Bill Walker, Anchorage Republican Senator Lesil McGuire and Anchorage Republican Repr
  
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• Savoonga harvests its second whale of the season

  09-04-2016 02:30
  
  
  A whaling crew from Savoonga landed its second bowhead of the season this week. The St. Lawrence Island community has been working non-stop to haul the whale out of the icy waters, harvest its meat, and distribute it around the village.
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  Savoonga’s second whale of the season, harpooned by whaling captain Carl Pelowook Jr. (Photo courtesy of Brianne Gologergen)For the last few weeks whaling crews have been camped out on the southwest side of St. Lawrence Island. Elvin Noongwoo
  
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• Standings remain competitive as Kobuk 440 mid-point nears

  09-04-2016 02:29
  
  
  The small community of Ambler was buzzing all day as dog teams pulled in for a rest roughly 200 miles into the Kobuk 440.  The community gave mushers a warm welcome serving up platefuls of French toast, sheefish and all kinds of other treats. But dog teams have roughly 240 miles of travel ahead and it’s still anybody’s race.
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  On Thursday, mushers lined out dog teams on the sea ice in Kotzebue for the start of the 2016 Kobuk 440. (Photo by Emily Schwing, KNOM &ndash
  
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• Changes to oil tax bill scale back incentives for new oil

  09-04-2016 02:11
  
  
  With just over a week left in the legislative session, lawmakers are still wrangling over the always-contentious issue of oil taxes.
  Gov. Bill Walker has requested a complete overhaul of the state’s oil and gas tax credit program. The House Resources committee scaled back that proposal.
  Now, a third committee has weighed in. The House Finance committee chose a middle route — while also introducing some changes that weren’t even in the governor’s bill.
  APRN’s Rachel
  
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• AK: Iñupiaq photographer documents life and culture in Alaska Inuit communities

  09-04-2016 02:03
  
  
  From Teller and Kaktovik to Shungnak and Tuluksak, Inupiaq photographer Brian Adams has traveled all over rural Alaska for “I Am Inuit.” The project aims to document Alaska Inuit culture and share it with the world through portraits and stories of local people.
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  Brian Adams interviews Karl Ashenfelter at the White Mountain Native Store. (Photo by Laura Kraegel, KNOM – Nome)Brian Adams is a photographer. He grew up in Girdwood, outside of Anchorage, and he traveled
  
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• Rep. Young: Alaska needs to diversify economy - KRBD

  09-04-2016 01:39
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  Rep. Young: Alaska needs to diversify economy
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  Alaska Rep. Don Young speaks during a special Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce lunch on Friday. (Photo by Leila Kheiry). Rep. Don Young stopped in Ketchikan on Friday, and spoke during a special Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce lunch. He addressed ...
  
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• GCI cable repaired, services restored

  09-04-2016 01:15
  
  GCI issued a press release Friday afternoon confirming crews have fully repaired the fiber optics cable that was cut on Thursday morning disrupting internet, wireless phone, and cable services throughout the state.The repair required crews to work throughout the night splicing together over 550 thin strands of glass that carry data.Spokesperson David Morris thanked customers for their patience.
  
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• ‘In Amundsen’s Footsteps’: Expedition re-traces route of explorer’s 1905 Journey

  09-04-2016 01:07
  
  An international team of explorers returned last week from a grueling 700-mile dog-sled journey from the Arctic Ocean to Eagle, Alaska. They were the first to re-trace the route that legendary explorer Roald Amundsen took in 1905 after his historic transit of the Northwest Passage.
  Expedition members celebrate their success upon arrival in Eagle. Front row: “the real heroes” – the dogs that pulled the three sleds over the 700-mile journey. Back row, from left: Graham Burke, Tim
  
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• History of Chugach State Park

  09-04-2016 01:00
  
  Rabbit Lake and Suicide Peaks in Chugach State Park; courtesy of WikimediaWhen you fly into Anchorage, what do you really notice? It’s not the buildings or the roads, it’s the mountains that take your breath away. That backdrop of mountains makes Anchorage beautiful, and gives us an extraordinary place to do all kinds of recreation, all year long. It’s a gift, but it didn’t have to be that way. 50 years ago, the land we now call Chugach State Park was open for develo
  
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• Pizzeria in Bethel sells the city’s first legal alcohol in 40 years

  09-04-2016 00:31
  
  Legal alcohol sales have come to Bethel. Fili’s Pizza restaurant receivedits first alcohol shipment and began selling beer and wine when the eateryopened at 11 a.m. Friday.
  Fili’s Pizza. (Photo by Dean Swope, KYUK – Bethel)As of 1:30 p.m. the restaurant says it’s sold three alcoholic beverages,marking the first legally sold alcohol in Bethel in more than 40 years.
  Fili’s Pizza restaurant received its alcohol license from the AlaskaAlcoholic Beverage Control Board th
  
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