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• Oil and gas sector faces new federal rules to curb methane emissions

  12-05-2016 23:21
  
  Oil and gas sector faces new federal rules to curb methane emissionsOil and gas companies in Alaska will have to restrict methane emissions from any newly drilled oil and gas wells after new regulations the EPA released Thursday aimed at curbing climate change. May 12, 2016
  
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• EPA announces new rules to curb methane emissions from oil and gas sector

  12-05-2016 23:21
  
  EPA announces new rules to curb methane emissions from oil and gas sector The Environmental Protection Agency released new regulations Thursday aimed at curbing methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, and a proposal to collect new information from the industry that could lead to further restrictions under the next presidential administration. May 12, 2016
  
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• Mat-Su school district faces $9 million deficit

  12-05-2016 23:11
  Matanuska Susitana Borough schools have an enrollment of close to 19,000 students and are expected to surpass that number by the start of the 2017 fall semester.Despite a funding increase from  the Borough for the next fiscal year, insurance and benefit increases means  the school district is still in the red.
  It’s budget time in the Matanuska Susitna Borough, and after a series of public hearings which allow residents to speak up about Borough funding issues, the Borough Assembl
  
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• Walker names new Alaska Supreme Court justice

  12-05-2016 22:40
  
  Walker names new Alaska Supreme Court justice Gov. Bill Walker on Thursday named Fairbanks attorney Susan Carney as his choice for the next justice to sit on the Alaska Supreme Court, replacing outgoing Justice Dana Fabe.May 12, 2016
  
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• Fairbanks attorney appointed as new Alaska Supreme Court justice

  12-05-2016 22:40
  
  Fairbanks attorney appointed as new Alaska Supreme Court justice Gov. Bill Walker on Thursday named Fairbanks attorney Susan Carney as his choice for the next justice to sit on the Alaska Supreme Court, replacing outgoing Justice Dana Fabe.May 12, 2016
  
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• Early summer temperatures spread across Alaska - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  12-05-2016 22:24
  
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  Early summer temperatures spread across Alaska
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  It's shaping up to be an early start to summer in Alaska. A jet stream has pushed to the northernmost portion of the state and is allowing a strong ridge of high pressure to build across the eastern half of Alaska. This means residents can expect sunny ...
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• Tlingit leader remembered for land claims role

  12-05-2016 20:51
  
  Tlingit leader John Borbridge Jr. died Tuesday. He was a significant player in the campaign for Alaska Native land rights.
  Tlingit leader John Borbridge Jr. speaks at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2011. (Photo courtesy of UAF)Borbridge was a teacher and coach in Juneau and Sitka before being drafted in 1965 to lobby for aboriginal interests in Washington, D.C.
  He went on to head up the Alaska Federation of Natives and the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
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• Man pays for plowing into eagles

  12-05-2016 20:20
  
  An Oregon man who willfully drove his truck through a convocation of eagles last summer – killing two – was sentenced this month by an Unalaska judge.
  A bald eagle on the roof of the PCR. (Photo courtesy of John Ryan)Alaska wildlife troopers issued 29-year-old Dennis C. Thompson a citation last June after a hit and run investigation. The charge was illegal taking of game.
  According to a state dispatch log entry on June 11, 2015, Thompson was accused of “using a motorized vehicl
  
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• Alaska bear mauling victim released from hospital - CBC.ca

  12-05-2016 18:23
  
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  Alaska bear mauling victim released from hospital
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  An assistant university professor injured in a bear mauling in southeast Alaska last month has been released from the hospital. The University of Alaska Southeast says in a release that Forest Wagner is continuing outpatient physical therapy and wound ...and more »
  
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• Where to find hidden Alaska, from Denali to the rugged coast - Los Angeles Times

  12-05-2016 16:31
  
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  Where to find hidden Alaska, from Denali to the rugged coast
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  If you're drawn to roads less traveled, Alaska has many to offer. Explore some of the state's most beautiful regions this summer on a two-week expedition organized by John Hall's Alaska tours. The Denali Explorer includes a trip that takes you 95 miles ...
  
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• Shell relinquishes offshore leases in Alaska's Chukchi Sea - Philly.com

  12-05-2016 16:18
  
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  Shell relinquishes offshore leases in Alaska's Chukchi Sea
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  FILE - In this April 17, 2015, file photo, with the Olympic Mountains in the background, a small boat crosses in front of an oil drilling rig as it arrives in Port Angeles, Wash., aboard a transport ship after traveling across the Pacific. Royal Dutch ...
  Arctic drilling off Alaska is disappearingMarketplace.org
  Shell gives up on all but one Chukchi Sea leaseAlaska Dispatch News
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• A wild tune: Alaska moose harmonizes with home's wind chimes - WGME

  12-05-2016 14:38
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  A wild tune: Alaska moose harmonizes with home's wind chimes
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  Alaska resident Britta Schroeder shot video of a moose playing one-part harmony with the wind chimes on the porch of her rural cabin near Denali National Park and Preserve, and it's quickly making its way across the Internet. (CTSY: Britta Schroeder ...
  Moose plays tune on Alaska woman's wind chimesUPI.com
  Britta Schroeder's videos sees an Alaska moose harmonize with WIND CHIMESDaily Mailall 28 news articles »
  
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• Community in Unity: Fostering Our Future

  12-05-2016 05:00
  
  A record number of kids are currently in Alaska’s Foster Care System. Caseworkers are overloaded. Families and kids are frustrated. But it’s not all bad news. Communities are around the state are developing solutions to both support families who are involved with the system and prevent kids from going into foster care in the first place.
  Anne Hillman (right partially seen, gray jacket). Lola Stepetin. (Middle, dark blouse) Family Services Director. Nome Eskimo Community. Laura Ingham
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, May 11, 2016

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  Myron Naneng Resigns As AVCP President/CEO
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  Myron Naneng has resigned as president and CEO of the Association of Village Council Presidents. Naneng announced his decision at an Executive Board meeting We
  
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• One couple, two tales of immigration

  12-05-2016 03:23
  
  
  Dayra and Mario Valades at their home in Anchorage. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media)Stereotypes about Mexican immigrants in the United States abound, but everyone has a unique situation. This is the tale of one couple with two very different stories.
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  Dayra and Mario Valades sit on the couch of their pleasantly cluttered apartment. Plants for their garden and piles of mail fill the table. It’s one of the rare times they’re both home together in the early evening. Mario is
  
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• Alaskan storyteller charged with sexual abuse of a minor

  12-05-2016 03:08
  
  
  A celebrated Alaska Native storyteller is facing felony charges for allegedly having sex with an underage boy. Forty-three year old Jack Dalton is charged with sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree and attempted sexual abuse. KTUU originally reported the case.
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  Jack Dalton on 360 North (Screenshot from 360 North)Charging documents say Dalton met the 14-year-old boy through Criagslist and had sex with him at the boy’s house. The boy’s mother contacted police after
  
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• Alaska Board of Fisheries looks to restructure how proposals are vetted

  12-05-2016 03:00
  
  
  Alaska’s Board of Fisheries considers possible changes to each of the state’s fisheries every three years. But later this month, the board will consider changing that process so that some proposals get added to a consent agenda, hopefully shortening the length of each meeting.
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  As nearly every facet of state government grapples with budget cuts, the Board of Fisheries is looking at moving a little more quickly through some of the proposed fishery regulation changes each
  
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• Veterans Affairs administrator meets with Alaska vets

  12-05-2016 02:52
  
  A senior Department of Veterans Affairs administrator is promising to address concerns he heard Tuesday in Fairbanks. Dr. Baligh Yehia was in Alaska conducting listening sessions of Alaska vets. Many of the attendees expressed doubt any change would come from the event.
   
  Some fifty people gathered at the Murie Auditorium on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus Tuesday. Though a significant fraction of those attending were part of the entourage following Assistant Deputy Undersecretary
  
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• Representative, lobbyist argue whether ending tax credits is a money grab

  12-05-2016 02:36
  
  
  Lawmakers say cutting tax credits to oil and gas companies may be a necessary step to close the state government’s budget deficit.
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  After testifying herself, Kara Moriarty, President and CEO of the Oil and Gas Association (AOGA), tracks the testimony of other oil and gas executives in a House Resources Committee meeting Feb. 29, 2016. (File photo by Skip Gray, 360 North)But Alaska Oil and Gas Association President and CEO Kara Moriarty says the House Rule’s Committee su
  
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• Lawmakers suggest cuts to oil and gas tax credits to better economy

  12-05-2016 02:36
  
  Lawmakers say cutting tax credits to oil and gas companies may be a necessary step to close the state government’s budget deficit.
  After testifying herself, Kara Moriarty, President and CEO of the Oil and Gas Association (AOGA), tracks the testimony of other oil and gas executives in a House Resources Committee meeting Feb. 29, 2016. (File photo by Skip Gray, 360 North)But Alaska Oil and Gas Association President and CEO Kara Moriarty says the House Rule’s Committee substitute bill &
  
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• Myron Naneng Resigns As AVCP President/CEO

  12-05-2016 02:20
  
  Myron Naneng has resigned as president and CEO of the Association of Village Council Presidents. Naneng announced his decision at an Executive Board meeting Wednesday. The resignation became effective immediately, according to a press release from the regional tribal nonprofit for 56 villages across the Yukon Kuskowim Delta. The office is based in Bethel.
  Myron Naneng addressing the Association of Village Council Presidents’ 51st Annual Conference. (Photo by Dean Swope,
  
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• Hydaburg to enhance POW wolf study

  12-05-2016 00:51
  
  How many wolves are on Prince of Wales Island? It’s an important question because wolves are an important predator – part of the chain of life in the forest. A POW tribal group has been awarded a federal grant to help gather data used to determine that number.
  (Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Fish and Game)The State of Alaska conducts population studies on Prince of Wales, but on a relatively small portion of that very large island. State biologists then use data from tha
  
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