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• Riled Sanders fans rise up as state Democratic convention begins

  14-05-2016 05:42
  
  Riled Sanders fans rise up as state Democratic convention beginsInternal strife rocked the Alaska Democratic Party on Friday as it headed into its 3-day state convention, with some Bernie Sanders supporters protesting the convention.May 13, 2016
  
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• 39 years in the making, Exxon hopes Point Thomson is down payment on a gas line

  14-05-2016 03:52
  
  
  Construction on Exxon Mobil’s Point Thomson field in December 2015. Image courtesy of Exxon Mobil/MSI CommunicationsThirty-nine years after it was first discovered, Exxon Mobil’s Point Thomson field on the North Slope started production this spring.
  The field sits on the coast about 60 miles east of Prudhoe Bay, near the edge of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. When it’s fully online, it’ll send about 10,000 barrels a day of diesel-like oil down the tra
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, May 13, 2016

  14-05-2016 02:59
  
  
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  Senate votes to overhaul AK criminal justice system
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  The Senate voted 14 to 5 today to approve a sweeping overhaul of Alaska’s criminal justice system. The action sends the bill to Governor Bill Walker’s
  
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• Hot, dry conditions have Alaska fire pros on alert

  14-05-2016 02:18
  
  
  More than 80,000 residents of Fort McMurray, Alberta had to flee. (Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta)The images of a wildfire raging through subdivisions in Fort McMurray, Alberta last week were horrifying. Firefighters say the fire season is already well underway in Alaska, too, and they need citizens to do their part to keep their communities safe.
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  The Fort McMurray fire started during a spell of unusually warm weather. Suddenly, an entire city of 80,000 was on the run.
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• Walker seeks more state input on oil and tax incentives

  14-05-2016 01:54
  
  
  Governor Bill Walker said on Friday that the state government must have a say in which oil and gas projects are eligible for tax incentives.
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  Gov. Bill Walker at a press availability, January 28, 2016. Walker has remained hopeful about the passing of an oil and gas tax bill. (File photo by Skip Gray, 360 North)Walker says he’s concerned that the oil and gas tax overhaul being debated by the House doesn’t give the administration approval over incentives. He proposed addi
  
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• Alaska Democrats prepare to send delegates to national convention

  14-05-2016 01:52
  
  
  Alaska Democrats are hosting their state convention Friday through Sunday in Anchorage. More than 500 party members from across the state are attending, and the event culminates in the selection of delegates to attend the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this July. Alaska Public Media’s Zachariah Hughes is covering the convention.
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  Democrats from across the state are meeting in Anchorage for their annual convention at the Univeristy of Alaska Anchorage (Photo by
  
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• Senate votes to overhaul AK criminal justice system

  14-05-2016 01:41
  
  
  The Senate voted 14 to 5 today to approve a sweeping overhaul of Alaska’s criminal justice system. The action sends the bill to Governor Bill Walker’s desk.
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  Sen. John Coghill, R-North Pole, March 21, 2016. Coghill says the bill is driven both by consensus among the Criminal Justice Commission as well as social science research. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Senate Bill 91 would allow some low-risk nonviolent offenders to avoid jail time. It also would establish a new p
  
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• Landmark criminal justice bill heads to Gov. Walker's desk

  14-05-2016 01:30
  
  Landmark criminal justice bill heads to Gov. Walker's desk A landmark criminal justice reform bill will go to Gov. Bill Walker for his signature after the Alaska Senate on Friday agreed to changes made to the legislation by the House.May 13, 2016
  
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• 49 Voices: Palmer and Fena Sagoonick of Shaktoolik

  14-05-2016 01:09
  
  Now it’s time for 49 voices, this week we’re hearing from Palmer and Fena Sagoonick. The husband and wife live in Shaktoolik.
  Palmer and Fena Sagoonick (Photo courtesy of Frontier of Change)FENA: We have four children and we’ve got about 15 grandchildren, plus one great. And we live here and this is our home.
  PALMER: A lot of people that come from another region say this is a harsh lifestyle because of the environment, because of what’s available here. But as children, we
  
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• Anchorage Bike Trails

  14-05-2016 01:00
  
  View from the Tony Knowles Coastal TrailAnchorage people love their bike trails. Still, while we want more, the trails we already have are worn out in places, and one trail had a bridge collapse. On the next Outdoor Explorer we’ll be talking with folks responsible for the paved bike trails, as well as a mastermind of the fun, world class single track mountain bike trails at Kincaid Park and on the Hillside. 
  HOST: Charles WohlforthGUESTS:  
  
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• Teenage delegate prepares for Alaska Democratic Convention

  14-05-2016 00:23
  
  Delegates from around the state will descend on Anchorage this weekend for Alaska’s Democratic Convention. Organizers say young voters have turned out in record numbers, many supporting Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in his bid for the presidency.
  India Busby, 19, sits in a coffee shop winding down from her last shift of work as a barista and preparing for a trip to Alaska’s Democratic Convention on Wednesday May 11, 2016 in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney, KTOO – Ju
  
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• Bear mauling victim released from hospital

  14-05-2016 00:20
  
  The University of Alaska professor who was mauled by a bear last month near Haines has been released from the hospital.
  Forest Wagner. (Photo courtesy of UAS)Forest Wagner spent about three weeks at Providence Hospital in Anchorage following the April 18 attack. Wagner was leading a mountaineering trip on Mt. Emmerich when he encountered the bear. The other 11 people on the expedition were not injured.
  Neither the university nor the hospital has released information about the extent of
  
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• AK: Food trucks forging way into Anchorage downtown dining scene

  14-05-2016 00:20
  
  Jim Adkison, Mackenzie Moen, and Gene Pavia navigate the right confines of the food truck “Tasty Traveler.” (Photo by Josh Edge/APRN) 
  Lunchtime options in downtown Anchorage have long been dominated by traditional brick-and-mortar restaurants, but now, hungry downtown diners will have some new options near the Park Strip, at a space that has been converted into a food truck forum for the newly-minted K Street Eats.
  Blythe Campbell: “I’m gonna have the chimichurri st
  
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