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• Photos: 6000 people participate in the 2016 Alaska Heart Run - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-04-2016 23:15
  
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  Photos: 6000 people participate in the 2016 Alaska Heart Run
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  Matthew Waliszek takes photos of survivors at the Alaska Heart Run on Saturday, Apr. 23, 2016. Around 6,000 runners and walkers participated in the event, with a 5-kilometer timed run and an untimed 3-kilometer walk. Buy this Image. Loren Holmes / ADN.
  
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• Alaska Aquarium Replaces Fossil Fuel With Seawater System - ABC News

  23-04-2016 22:43
  Alaska Aquarium Replaces Fossil Fuel With Seawater System
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  Thousands of people visit the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward for a look at Steller sea lions or harlequin ducks. What's in the basement is almost as interesting. The SeaLife Center, which combines aquariums with research and wildlife rescue, announced ...
  Alaska aquarium derives its energy from seawaterPress Herald
  Alaska SeaLife Center replaces 98% of reliance on oil fired boilers with seawater heat from Resurrection BayS
  
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• CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN GOOGLE+ PINTEREST - WHAS11.com

  23-04-2016 22:17
  
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  WALES, Alaska — The single-engine Cessna buzzes back down the gravel runway, clouds of snow swirling in its wake as it pops into the air, climbs aloft and circles around. Silence again descends upon one of the most remote villages in the United States.and more »
  
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• Caucus miscommunication means one more delegate for Bernie Sanders

  23-04-2016 22:16
  
  Caucus miscommunication means one more delegate for Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders picked up one more state delegate from Hillary Clinton Friday after a challenge from the campaign over "proxy votes" after the caucus.April 23, 2016
  
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• Slow down, Alaska. You've got time and resources to get a fiscal solution right. - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-04-2016 20:48
  
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  Slow down, Alaska. You've got time and resources to get a fiscal solution right.
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  OPINION: Rush to settle Alaska's budget deficit reminds risks serving the interests of the few at the expense of the many. Pictured: The Senate Finance Committee room at the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Loren Holmes / ADN. Imagine ...and more »
  
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• Man causes panic after dumping non-toxic green dye in Alaska creek - Fox News

  23-04-2016 07:56
  
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  Man causes panic after dumping non-toxic green dye in Alaska creek
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  KETCHIKAN, Alaska – Authorities say the green water flowing in the Ketchikan Creek that caused some panic and drew a response from multiple agencies was the result of a prank. Officials have determined that the dye dumped into the water on Wednesday ...and more »
  
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• After decades of failed attempts, oil production begins at Point Thomson - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-04-2016 06:37
  
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  After decades of failed attempts, oil production begins at Point Thomson
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  Oil production has begun at ExxonMobil's Point Thomson field near the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a complex project that became a reality after decades of failed attempts by the company and court fights with the state. ExxonMobil announced the ...
  Point Thomson gas development begins production on North SlopeAlaska Public Radio Network
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• Well-loved pilot to retire from Alaska Airlines - KING5.com

  23-04-2016 05:25
  
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  Well-loved pilot to retire from Alaska Airlines
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  When you fly, you don't get to see the pilots behind those locked cockpit doors, but you've seen this pilot before, in your living room. Now he is saying goodbye after 36 years at Alaska Airlines. Glenn Farley, KING 8:17 PM. PDT April 22, 2016. Alaska ...
  
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• Spotted: Alaska's first wild wood bison calves born in over a century - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-04-2016 04:36
  
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  Spotted: Alaska's first wild wood bison calves born in over a century
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  One of two wood bison calves spotted on April 18, 2016. A herd of wood bison was released into Alaska's wilderness in the spring of 2015, and the two calves are the first wild-bred, wild-born bison. Before their reintroduction, the species had been ...and more »
  
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• What to know about Saturday's Alaska Heart Run - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-04-2016 04:21
  
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  What to know about Saturday's Alaska Heart Run
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  Runners participate in the 2015 Alaska Heart Run on Saturday, April 25, 2015 in Anchorage's university district. The Heart Run, a benefit for the American Heart Association, is one of Alaska's largest races. Loren Holmes / ADN. As of Friday evening ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Apr. 22, 2016 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  23-04-2016 04:20
  
  Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Apr. 22, 2016
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  Multiple systemic failures, including a lack of capable staff, contributed to the mishandling of five sexual abuse cases at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Point Thomson gas development begins production on North Slope. Lori Townsend, APRN – ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Apr. 22, 2016

  23-04-2016 04:20
  
  
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  UAF Title IX violations due to systemic failures
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  Multiple systemic failures, including a lack of capable staff, contributed to the mishandling of five sexual abuse cases at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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• Courtesy Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-04-2016 04:17
  
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  Alaska's first wild-born wood bison calves were spotted by wildlife biologists Monday, representing a major success for the experimental reintroduction of a species, which has long been extinct in the Last Frontier. “It was a wonderful sight. What it ...and more »
  
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• Ice melt forces polar bears into paths of Alaska schoolchildren - WKYC-TV

  23-04-2016 04:15
  
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  Ice melt forces polar bears into paths of Alaska schoolchildren
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  Children walking to school in Wales, Alaska, provide the only color in an otherwise all-white landscape of snow and ice and cloudy sky. (Photo: Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY). CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN GOOGLE+ PINTEREST. WALES, Alaska — Melting ...and more »
  
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• Law of the Sea Treaty is in Alaska's best interest - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-04-2016 03:53
  
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  Law of the Sea Treaty is in Alaska's best interest
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  The United States should ratify the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea, known as the Law of the Sea Treaty. The Law of the Sea Treaty has 166 member nations and the European Union signed onto this convention which regulates policies, ...
  
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• AK: Protecting a village - Alaska Public Radio Network

  23-04-2016 03:49
  
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  AK: Protecting a village
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  Kwigillingok – a village that keeps kids out of foster care by making it unnecessary. Their Child Protection Team intervenes with families before things get out of hand. Download Audio. “And that's my cousin up there!” shouts 6-year-old Chloe Lewis as ...
  
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• How Kodiak could get a major boost in military funding

  23-04-2016 03:46
  
  How Kodiak could get a major boost in military fundingThe Missile Defense Agency announced Friday that it plans to award a contract to an Alaska company to test the nation’s missile defense system housed in Kodiak.  April 22, 2016
  
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• AK: Protecting a village

  23-04-2016 03:45
  
  
  Chloe Lewis plays with her friend on the school playground in Kwigillingok. (Hillman/KSKA)Kwigillingok – a village that keeps kids out of foster care by making it unnecessary. Their Child Protection Team intervenes with families before things get out of hand.
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  “And that’s my cousin up there!” shouts 6-year-old Chloe Lewis as she runs about the playground.
  She’s playing freeze tag with her classmates, but pauses to grab the microphone from my hand and s
  
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• Dominant win against TNT shows how lethal Alaska is - Rappler

  23-04-2016 02:57
  
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  Dominant win against TNT shows how lethal Alaska is
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  MANILA, Philippines – Ranidel de Ocampo scanned the basketball floor, ball in his hands, arms up, head moving left and right. After the veteran couldn't find an open teammate, he decided to attack the paint, spin, and attempted a floater – a classic ...
  Alaska shuts down TNT, faces Meralco in semisInquirer.net
  Alaska beats TNT to snatch last semis slotThe Manila Times
  Alaska marches on, books semis duel with Meralco
  
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• Point Thomson gas development begins production on North Slope - Alaska Public Radio Network

  23-04-2016 02:20
  
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  The Point Thomson gas development on the North Slope has started production. In a web release, ExxonMobil states it will initially produce 5000 barrels per day of gas condensate and 100 million cubic feet per day of recycled gas that will be re ...
  ExxonMobil Ramps Up NatGas Production at Alaska's Point ThomsonNatural Gas Intelligenceall 7 news articles »
  
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• Largest marijuana runner in Homer sentenced

  23-04-2016 02:17
  
  Joseph Gabryszak the Homer man who was arrested for running, what police called, the biggest marijuana grow operation in the city of Homer’s history has changed his plea. The marijuana plants seized from Gabryszak were worth an estimated $1 – $1.5 million.
  Marijuana plants seized from Gabryzak’s rented building (Photo courtesy of the Homer Police Department)
  Joseph Gabryszak pleaded guilty to attempted misconduct with a controlled substance in the 4th degree.
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• Man Dumps Non-Toxic Green Dye Into Alaska Creek as a Prank - ABC News

  23-04-2016 02:15
  Man Dumps Non-Toxic Green Dye Into Alaska Creek as a Prank
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  Authorities say the green water flowing in the Ketchikan Creek that caused some panic and drew a response from multiple agencies was the result of a prank. Officials have determined that the dye dumped into the water on Wednesday is non-toxic ...and more »
  
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• Point Thomson gas development begins production on North Slope

  23-04-2016 02:13
  
  The Point Thomson gas development on the North Slope has started production. In a web release, ExxonMobil states it will initially produce 5000 barrels per day of gas condensate and 100 million cubic feet per day of recycled gas that will be re-injected for future recovery.
  Exxon estimates the facility will double the daily production of condensate within a few months. The company says Point Thomson holds 8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and condensate, equaling 25 percent of the known gas o
  
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• Alaska Passes Law to Peek into Retailers' Pasts - Leafly

  23-04-2016 02:12
  
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  Alaska Passes Law to Peek into Retailers' Pasts
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature passed a bill Friday allowing national criminal history checks on people applying for licenses to open legal marijuana businesses. The provisions, sought by marijuana regulators, were tucked into a broader ...
  Alaska lawmakers OK alcohol bill with provisions for pot businessesFairbanks Daily News-Miner
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• UAF Title IX violations due to systemic failures

  23-04-2016 01:41
  
  Multiple systemic failures, including a lack of capable staff, contributed to the mishandling of five sexual abuse cases at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
  Those are the findings of an independent audit released Friday by the university detailing Title IX violations at the university. Title IX prohibits gender discrimination at institutions that receive federal funding.
  The review was conducted by Anchorage attorney Jeffrey Feldman after five perpetrators of sexual assault were not expelled
  
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• Senate accepts House changes to alcohol, marijuana bill

  23-04-2016 01:39
  
  The Alaska Senate has reversed course, accepting House changes to an alcohol bill that added provisions related to the Board of Barbers and Hairdressers.
  The bill, SB 165, also includes provisions requested by marijuana regulators allowing for national background checks for applicants for licenses for legal marijuana businesses.
  The bill’s passage by the Senate Friday is significant, since lawmakers so far have been unable to agree on a marijuana bill containing the background check provis
  
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• Reprise: Canoeing 5,000 Miles in 5 Months

  23-04-2016 01:00
  
  Bob Vollhaber approaches the end of his journey in Anchorage after 5 months in his canoe. Photo courtesy Bob Vollhaber.We’re reprising one of our favorite interviews with Bob Vollhaber. Starting in Washington, going over the Chilkoot Pass, down the Yukon, through the Bering Sea, up river to Lake Iliamna, finally ending up in Anchorage’s Westchester Lagoon, Bob Vollhaber paddled a canoe five thousand miles in five months. He’d never done anything like it before. On the
  
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• Alaska lawmakers OK bill revising alcohol laws - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  23-04-2016 00:56
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  Alaska lawmakers OK bill revising alcohol laws
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  JUNEAU—It looked like a bill to update Alaska's alcohol laws was dead after it got wrapped up in an early morning standoff between the House and Senate, but it returned to life on Friday and was passed by the Legislature. Senate Bill 165 by Sen.
  Alaska Passes Law to Peek into Retailers' PastsLeafly
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  Daily bill for Alaska Legislature's overtime session: $12500Alaska Dispatc
  
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• Alaska lawmakers OK alcohol bill with provisions for pot businesses - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  23-04-2016 00:56
  
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  Alaska lawmakers OK alcohol bill with provisions for pot businesses
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  JUNEAU, Alaska -- It looked like a bill to update the Alaska's alcohol laws was dead after it got wrapped up in an early morning standoff between the House and Senate, but it returned to life on Friday. Senate Bill 165 by Sen. Peter Micciche, R ...
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• Marijuana entrepreneurs fight an attempt to quell business growth

  23-04-2016 00:55
  
  A bid to put the brakes on the growth of marijuana businesses in the Matanuska Susitna Borough has caused an outcry from pot entrepreneurs in the Valley. The pot bloc let the Borough Assembly know in no uncertain terms that they’re going to fight back.
  More than two dozen irate would be cannabis business owners shook their fists.. verbally… at the Matanuska Susitna Borough at this week’s meeting. At issue.. Assembly member Randall’s Kowalke’s introduction of an ord
  
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• Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation: Investors of billions - Alaska Public Radio Network

  23-04-2016 00:44
  
  Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation: Investors of billions
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  The Permanent Fund Dividend is in the news a lot, but where does that money come from? The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation is responsible for managing the investment of the $52 billion fund. The corporation does not send out dividend checks, but its ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation: Investors of billions

  23-04-2016 00:37
  
  The Permanent Fund Dividend is in the news a lot, but where does that money come from? The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation is responsible for managing the investment of the $52 billion fund. The corporation does not send out dividend checks, but its investment earnings determine the size of the PFD.
  Wikimedia commons photo by Pen WaggenerKTOO’s David Purdy visited the state-owned corporation’s office in Juneau to meet some of the faces behind the investments.
   
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• Deadly bat disease spreading; residents asked to help survey the flying mammals

  23-04-2016 00:03
  
  A disease that’s killed millions of bats on the East Coast was recently found in Washington state. Experts fear it’s only a matter of time before it reaches Alaska. Very little is known about bats in the state. To help learn more about bats in Southeast region the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has started a program that asks the public to help survey the flying mammals.
  The carcass of this small brown bat compared to a pen. Alive they weigh between 5-7 grams. (Photo by Angela De
  
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