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• Birchwood crash victims include former NTSB investigator

  21-04-2016 21:44
  The pilot of a plane that crashed on Wednesday, killing all four aboard, was an experienced airman with a long history with the FAA and the NTSB.
  George Kobelnyk, age 64, was flying the Cessna 172 when it plunged through dense woods and crashed, shortly after takeoff from the Birchwood Airport.
  Shaun Williams, an investigator with the NTSB, said on Wednesday, that investigators would be working on Thursday to remove the wreckage.
  It is difficult, he said, because “the Alaska air community
  
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• Alaska braces for oil losers and survivors - CNBC

  21-04-2016 16:04
  
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  Alaska braces for oil losers and survivors
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  Alaska's $3.5 billion deficit — roughly two-thirds of its budget — reads like a classic boom-bust tale. With the collapse in crude prices, lower oil revenues are hitting Alaska hard. Roughly 90 percent of the state government and one-third of all ...and more »
  
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• Preventing child neglect through social networks

  21-04-2016 16:00
  
  
  Foster care in Alaska is the state’s last resort for helping kids who have been abused or neglected—and the number of kids in the system is at a record high. Nearly 3,000 kids are in out of home care. One foster care worker says part of the solution is in prevention – helping families before maltreatment ever starts. A new program in Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley is doing just that.
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  Last fall, Ana Maria Balcazar learned she needed to have a mass removed from he
  
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• Community organization prevents child neglect through social networks

  21-04-2016 16:00
  
  Foster care in Alaska is the state’s last resort for helping kids who have been abused or neglected—and the number of kids in the system is at a record high. Nearly 3,000 kids are in out of home care. One foster care worker says part of the solution is in prevention – helping families before maltreatment ever starts. A new program in Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley is doing just that.
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  Last fall, Ana Maria Balcazar learned she needed to have a mass removed from h
  
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• Alaska has a new frontier: Making ends meet - CNBC

  21-04-2016 14:03
  
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  Alaska has a new frontier: Making ends meet
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  "With the oil price coming down, there is no shock absorber for that," says the governor. Scott Cohn | @ScottCohnTV. 11 Hours Ago. SHARES. Alaska's pipeline dilemma. CNBC's Scott Cohn reports on how Alaska's Trans-Alaska Pipeline System presents ...and more »
  
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• You’re cut off: How financial protective orders help save older Alaskans from ruin.

  21-04-2016 05:29
  
  You’re cut off: How financial protective orders help save older Alaskans from ruin. Financial exploitation can happen to the best of us. Here’s how a relatively new Alaska law helps stop independent, smart adults from losing their lifesavings.April 20, 2016
  
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• Fatal Birchwood plane crash currently under investigation

  21-04-2016 04:32
  
  
  An early morning plane crash near Anchorage has claimed four lives. the Cessna 172 accident is currently under investigation.
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  Shaun Williams of the NTSB at a press conference concerning the Birchwood Plane crash. (Photo by Ellen Lockey, KSKA – Anchorage)National Transportation Safety Board investigator Shaun Williams said the plane took off from Birchwood airport Wednesday morning and crashed at about 9:05 in a densely wooded area. Investigators have determined the model of
  
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• ‘Slow motion disaster’ threatens state’s key port

  21-04-2016 04:20
  The Port of Anchorage is literally coming apart, threatening to upend the state's essential supply chain in what officials have called "a slow motion disaster." Every year, millions are spent just combating the rapid corrosion of the Port's basic infrastructure. But without hundreds of millions for major rehabilitation work approved by lawmakers, the nexus point for much of the state's fuel, food, and building supplies is at risk. Alaska Public Media's Zachariah Hughes has part two in our series
  
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• How Murkowski crafted an energy bill that 80 senators have a stake in

  21-04-2016 03:50
  
  
  Sen. Lisa Murkowski (File photo)The U.S. Senate is the final resting place for a lot of legislation, but this week it revived Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s energy modernization bill, which had been in a coma since February as senators feuded over what to do about the Flint water crisis.
  The energy bill’s passage today is a political coup for Murkowski, chairman of the Senate Energy Committee.
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  The bill sailed through the Senate, by a vote of 85-12. And not for nothing
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday Apr. 20, 2016

  21-04-2016 03:46
  
  
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  Fatal Birchwood plane crash currently under investigation
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  An early morning plane crash near Anchorage has claimed four lives. The Cessna 172 accident is currently under investigation.
  How Murkowski crafted an energy
  
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• Legislature looks to draw funds from Power Cost Equalization fund

  21-04-2016 03:37
  
  
  The state House and Senate are trying to work out their differences over a bill that would draw money from the Power Cost Equalization Endowment Fund.
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  Senator Lyman Hoffman. Hoffman drafted the bill that would limit the ways that money from the PCE is drawn from.(Photo by Skip Gray/Gavel Alaska)The $900 million fund subsidizes the high cost of electricity in rural areas. Because the state government has a $4 billion deficit, some lawmakers have suggested drawing money from th
  
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• Four Killed in Alaska Plane Crash - NBCNews.com

  21-04-2016 03:22
  
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  Four Killed in Alaska Plane Crash
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  Four people were killed when a small plane crashed shortly after taking off from an airport in Anchorage, Alaska, and the wreckage caught fire, authorities said. The Cessna 172 went down at around 9:05 a.m. local time (1:05 p.m. ET) Wednesday in a ...
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