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• Totem pole fragments provide lost details

  21-05-2016 22:00
  
  Ketchikan Museums staff has been working to catalog, document and store totem pole fragments that have been in the museum’s collection for 40 years. The fragments can provide details lost on many of the larger poles.
  Fragments await cataloging. Many have fading, 40-year-old labels. (Photo by Maria Dudzak, KRBD – Ketchikan)Hayley Chambers is the museum department’s senior curator of collections. She said the Haida poles stored at the Totem Heritage Center came from Old Kasaan an
  
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• Whatcom fishing fleet likely to stay longer in Alaska this season - The Bellingham Herald

  21-05-2016 13:26
  
  The Bellingham Herald
  Whatcom fishing fleet likely to stay longer in Alaska this season
  The Bellingham Herald
  Co-owner Cathy Wade, left, deckhand Scott Marx and co-owner and skipper Loren Kapp load crab pots on the deck of the salmon tender Chief Kwina in Squalicum Harbor in Bellingham, Thursday, May 19, 2016. The boat will be leaving for the salmon season ...
  
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• Alaska can learn from oil-rich Norway to build a healthy, prosperous society - Alaska Dispatch News

  21-05-2016 07:33
  Alaska can learn from oil-rich Norway to build a healthy, prosperous society
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Norwegian Ambassador to the United States Kare Aas was recently in Anchorage and Petersburg in recognition of the May 17 Norwegian Independence Day, Syttende Mai. At a press conference, Lise Falskow of the Alaska World Affairs Council asked the ...and more »
  
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• Traveling Music 5-29-16

  21-05-2016 03:33
  Traveling Music
  Shonti Elder
  5-29-16
   
  Format:
  Song TitleArtist / Composer
  CD Title
  Label
  Duration
   
  Streak O’lean, Streak o’Fat (tune also known as “Hell Broke Loose in Georgia”)
  Uncle Earl / Traditional, Abigail Washburn (in Chinese)
  Waterloo, Tennessee
  Rounder
  3:46
   
  Letter from Heaven
  Bill Morrissey / Bill Morrissey
  The Essential Collection
  Rounder Heritage
  1:53
   
  La Danse de la Joie
  Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell / Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harri
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, May 20, 2016

  21-05-2016 02:33
  
  
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  Person of interest in Gambell woman’s disappearance dies by suicide
  Associated Press
  A body found outside the Bering Sea island community of Gambell has been identified as a missing village woman.
  Legislation in motion to grant tribal entities hea
  
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• Mat-Su school board selects new superintendent

  21-05-2016 01:35
  
  The Matanuska Susitna Borough school board has announced a replacement for outgoing school superintendent Deena Paramo. On Wednesday, the board offered the Borough’s top school administrator job to Gene Stone, who is currently the district’s assistant superintendent of instruction. Stone’s contract is for one year only.
  Stone has served in his current position since 2010. He has also been a principal at Palmer Junior Middle School. The school board is expected to approve Stone&
  
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• As season cranks up, new restrictions greet Alaska halibut anglers - Alaska Dispatch News

  21-05-2016 01:11
  
  As season cranks up, new restrictions greet Alaska halibut anglers
  Alaska Dispatch News
  As another halibut fishing season cranks up with the opening of the months-long Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby, Southcentral charter boat anglers who pursue Alaska's hefty and tasty flatfish face another year of restrictions — more restrictive rules that ...and more »
  
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• Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies

  21-05-2016 01:00
  
  Photo: Charles WohlforthIf you’re headed for Homer, learn about the tide pools, the forests and even the critters living under the docks from an enthusiastic group of young educators. That’s what Charles did recently for the next edition of Outdoor Explorer. He recorded the show at the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, went to a remote field station, and got some ideas to enrich time outdoors with knowledge and insight. Join us for a great show and learn more about Alaska&rsqu
  
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• Person of interest in Gambell woman’s disappearance dies by suicide

  21-05-2016 00:48
  
  A body found outside the Bering Sea island community of Gambell has been identified as a missing village woman.
  Alaska State Trooper spokesman Tim DeSpain says the woman was 22-year-old Gladys Aningayou of Gambell.
  Family members reported Aningayou missing Sunday.
  Searchers Monday found a body several miles outside of Gambell.
  DeSpain says there were difficulties in making a positive identification but the state medical examiner confirmed the identity.
  Troopers earlier Friday announced that a pe
  
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• Chairman Meets USS Alaska Sub Crew During Kings Bay Visit - Department of Defense

  21-05-2016 00:41
  
  Department of Defense
  Chairman Meets USS Alaska Sub Crew During Kings Bay Visit
  Department of Defense
  The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Alaska prepares to moor at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., April 5, 2011. The Alaska returned to its homeport after a three-month patrol at sea. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the ...
  
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