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• Alaska residents helping bat researchers study disease - The Seattle Times

  17-04-2016 20:58
  
  Bryan-College Station Eagle
  Alaska residents helping bat researchers study disease
  The Seattle Times
  PETERSBURG, Alaska — Residents in southeast Alaska are helping wildlife officials track bats in an effort to combat a disease that has killed millions of the animals. White-nose bat syndrome is a fungus that grows on bats' noses, irritating them and ...
  Southeast Alaska residents help study bat-killing diseaseWashington Timesall 2 news articles »
  
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• You know it's spring in Alaska when ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-04-2016 19:26
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  You know it's spring in Alaska when ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Call it what you will -- mud season, shoulder season, no-good-new-movies-until-Memorial-Day season -- it's April in Alaska, a time of lengthening days, returning wildlife and pale exposed flesh. But the Great Land abounds in more subtle seasonal ...
  
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• Alaska raised its minimum wage, but some workers are still left out - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-04-2016 18:45
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska raised its minimum wage, but some workers are still left out
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The U-Med district in Anchorage is viewed from the air on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Erik Hill / ADN. Alaska's minimum wage went up again at the beginning of this year, but hundreds of students in the state university system still work jobs that pay less.and more »
  
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• Southeast Alaska residents help study bat-killing disease - Washington Times

  17-04-2016 18:09
  Southeast Alaska residents help study bat-killing disease
  Washington Times
  PETERSBERG, Alaska (AP) - Residents in southeast Alaska are helping wildlife officials track bats in an effort to combat a disease that has killed millions of the animals. KFSK-FM reports (http://bit.ly/1MBmtz0 ) that the Alaska Department of Fish and ...and more »
  
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• Rosario leads TNT over Alaska in quarterfinals opener - Inquirer.net

  17-04-2016 12:29
  
  Inquirer.net
  Rosario leads TNT over Alaska in quarterfinals opener
  Inquirer.net
  Troy Rosario rivaled the stinging heat outside and went on a three-point blaze inside Cuneta Astrodome to carry Tropang TNT to a 106-99 victory over Alaska in Game 1 of their best-of-3 quarterfinals series in the 2016 Oppo PBA Commissioner's Cup Sunday.
  Troy Rosario shoots Tropang TNT past Alaska in Game 1Rappler
  TNT, Alaska back in action after short preparation as they face off in Commissioner's Cup quarterfinalsS
  
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• Troy Rosario shoots Tropang TNT past Alaska in Game 1 - Rappler

  17-04-2016 11:19
  
  Rappler
  Troy Rosario shoots Tropang TNT past Alaska in Game 1
  Rappler
  STAR IN THE MAKING. Troy Rosario continues to turn heads after a spectacular playoff performance. Photo from PBA Images. MANILA, Philippines – The future is already delivering in the present for Coach Jong Uichico's team. Led by the career-high 31 ...
  TNT, Alaska back in action after short preparation as they face off in Commissioner's Cup quarterfinalsSports Interactive Network Philippinesall 5 news articles 
  
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• Alaska women's rink reaches Pacific International Cup pool final - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  17-04-2016 10:17
  Alaska women's rink reaches Pacific International Cup pool final
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — The Alaska women's rink clinched a spot in its pool final after winning its final pool-play game at the Pacific International Cup curling tournament in Richmond, British Columbia. Cora Farrell, Kelly Snider, Erica Blake and Karen Spaleta ...
  
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• Alaska Air Guard recounts skiers' rescue from ice field - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  17-04-2016 10:16
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  Alaska Air Guard recounts skiers' rescue from ice field
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  This Monday, April 11, 2016, photo provided by the Alaska Air National Guard, shows part of a four-man man team skiing on the Harding Ice Field near Seward, Alaska, attempting to reach two skiers who had been stranded for days by blizzard conditions.
  AP Exclusive: Alaska Air Guard recounts skiers' rescueCoos Bay Worldall 2 news articles »
  
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• Two judgeships opening in Southeast Alaska - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  17-04-2016 10:02
  Two judgeships opening in Southeast Alaska
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  The Alaska Judicial Council is now receiving applications for judgeships on the Juneau District Court and the Palmer Superior Court. The vacancies will occur due to the upcoming retirements of Judge Keith B. Levy in Juneau and Judge Eric Smith in Palmer.
  
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• My Turn: Production matters - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  17-04-2016 10:00
  My Turn: Production matters
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  In recent weeks, pronouncements about Alaska's oil and gas industry are made daily, often loudly, by people, some of whom appear guided by misplaced passions rather than logic or fact. The truth is Alaska's oil industry is struggling just like Alaska's ...
  
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• ABLE Act to Become Law Once Signed By Alaska Governor Bill Walker - youralaskalink

  17-04-2016 09:18
  
  youralaskalink
  ABLE Act to Become Law Once Signed By Alaska Governor Bill Walker
  youralaskalink
  House Bill 188, will soon become law once it is signed by Alaska Governor Bill Walker. The Bill will implement the federal Achieving a Better Life Experience or ABLE Act in Alaska. HB 188, allows individuals and families to set-up tax-free savings ...
  Alaska Legislature votes to adopt ABLE act to benefit people with disabilitiesKTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
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• Of Swedish chefs and cuisine, she's thinking Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  17-04-2016 07:12
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Of Swedish chefs and cuisine, she's thinking Alaska
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Anna Liljedahl, originally of Sweden, and her husband, Jeff Benowitz, are both involved in the world of geology with the University of Alaska Fairbanks. prev. next. ×. 14 remaining of 15. Welcome! We hope that you enjoy our free content. FAIRBANKS ...
  
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• Homer and Alaska lose one of their best in Mary Epperson - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-04-2016 05:48
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Homer and Alaska lose one of their best in Mary Epperson
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska has lost one of our best -- I would venture to say our very best -- this week. Mary Epperson passed away in Homer, surrounded by her family. She was 93. In 1954, Mary, her husband Jack and two children moved to Alaska. At her insistence they ...
  
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• Watch Alaska's history unfold on film - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-04-2016 05:33
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Watch Alaska's history unfold on film
  Alaska Dispatch News
  When old film reels find their way from dusty basements to the Alaska Film Archives in Fairbanks, Angie Schmidt's job is to restore and maintain the footage. Having found her own Alaska adventure through her role as the head archivist, Angie holds a ...
  
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• Let's take a moment to appreciate the miracles of spring in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-04-2016 05:06
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Let's take a moment to appreciate the miracles of spring in Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Spring migration is in full swing at Creamer's Field, an urban sanctuary in Fairbanks. Dermot Cole. FAIRBANKS — More than 100 majestic and noisy trumpeter swans rested near the south side of the Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge Friday, while ...
  
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• The day Alaska's fat cats started spending, they painted a target on the Permanent Fund - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-04-2016 04:03
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The day Alaska's fat cats started spending, they painted a target on the Permanent Fund
  Alaska Dispatch News
  I was asked, when I wrote my last commentary recommending a tax regime for Alaska, if I intended to leave the oil industry out. No. I would include everything from face soap to oil wells. It is not that I want to face all these tax increases, but the ...and more »
  
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• Keep the dividend in the Permanent Fund - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-04-2016 03:14
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Keep the dividend in the Permanent Fund
  Alaska Dispatch News
  OPINION: The Alaska Permanent Fund dividend is Alaskans' most direct connection to the fund. We should neither break nor weaken that connection. Alaska Dispatch image. Use Permanent Fund earnings to pay for a large share of Alaska state services?
  Last days of Alaska Legislature packed with unfinished workFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  ABLE Act to Become Law Once Signed By Alaska Governor Bill Walkeryouralaskalink
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• Wasilla skaters help lead Alaska team to national title game - Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman

  17-04-2016 02:43
  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
  Wasilla skaters help lead Alaska team to national title game
  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
  Olivia Matson, a Mat-Su Career and Technical High School junior and member of the Wasilla High boys' varsity hockey team, helped lead the Alaska All-Stars U16AA team to a USA Hockey national title game. Matson led the U16AA tournament in scoring ...
  
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• Democrats 'need to come to the table and talk,' GOP Alaska House speaker says - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-04-2016 02:13
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Democrats 'need to come to the table and talk,' GOP Alaska House speaker says
  Alaska Dispatch News
  JUNEAU — The key player in the GOP-led Legislature's end-of-session negotiations says his Democratic counterpart has not presented him with a list of specific demands and “needs to come to the table and talk.” “Why would I make an offer not knowing ...and more »
  
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• Lower-level eruption reported at Alaska's Cleveland Volcano - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  17-04-2016 01:09
  KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  Lower-level eruption reported at Alaska's Cleveland Volcano
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FILE - This Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 file aerial photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Cleveland Volcano, left, located in the Aleutian Islands 939 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The volcano, which has sent up ...
  Scientists have raised the threat level of Alaska's Cleveland Volcano from yellow to orange after detecting a lower .
  
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• ISU's provost in the running to lead University of Alaska Fairbanks - Idaho State Journal

  17-04-2016 00:31
  ISU's provost in the running to lead University of Alaska Fairbanks
  Idaho State Journal
  Laura Woodworth-Ney, Idaho State University's provost and vice president of academic affairs, is a finalist for the chancellor position at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. prev. next. Idaho State University's provost is in the running to lead one of ...and more »
  
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