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• High school runner brings spotlight to Alaska transgender policy - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  28-05-2016 23:22
  
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  High school runner brings spotlight to Alaska transgender policy
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  Haines runner Nattaphon Wangyot qualified for the girls 1-2-3A 100-meter and 200-meter finals Friday afternoon at the high school state track and field meet, but unlike her competitors, she was born with male anatomy. Transgender equality has become a ...
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• Meeting federal regs, Sitka treats water with UV light

  28-05-2016 22:00
  
  Some of the best drinking water anywhere may be just a little bit better now.
  Sitka officials on the 19th of May cut the ribbon on a new, $8 million dollar ultraviolet disinfection plant for the town’s water supply.
  Project engineer Stephen Weatherman explains how all of Sitka’s water is run through the 24-inch pipes in the plant. (Photo by Robert Woolsey, KCAW – Sitka)The great thing about Sitka’s water is how easy it is to trace. It literally falls from the sky into Blu
  
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• Driving in circles: Alaska Raceway Park debuts NASCAR-approved oval - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-05-2016 04:51
  Driving in circles: Alaska Raceway Park debuts NASCAR-approved oval
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  The new oval track at Alaska Raceway Park is Alaska's only NASCAR-certified track. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News). BUTTE — Earl Lackey's banana-yellow 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo dawdled at 10 mph through the banked turns earlier this week at ...and more »
  
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• Traveling Music 6-12-16

  28-05-2016 03:58
  Traveling Music
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  Tania Opland is playing a house concert Friday, June 24, hosted by Leslie Kleinfeld.  More infor: 907-277-5255.  www.fit4health.biz
   
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  Lessa’s Ride
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, May 27, 2016

  28-05-2016 02:51
  
  
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  In stalemated Legislature, ‘Musk Ox’ may hold the key
  Rachel Waldholz, Alaska Public Media – Juneau
  The Legislature is on Day 126 of what was supposed to be a 90 day session — and many Alaskans are wondering, what’s ta
  
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• Young, Murkowski to do ‘double whammy’ on energy bill

  28-05-2016 02:29
  
  
  Alaska Congressman Don Young will have a say in drafting the final version of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s energy modernization bill. That’s because the U.S. House passed its own energy bill this week, to match the Murkowski bill already passed in the Senate. House leaders then picked Young to serve on the conference committee that will negotiate a compromise between the two bills.
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  Representative Don Young speaking in Washington, DC. (Photo: Don Young
  
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• In stalemated Legislature, ‘Musk Ox’ may hold the key

  28-05-2016 02:23
  
  
  The Legislature is on Day 126 of what was supposed to be a 90 day session — and many Alaskans are wondering, what’s taking so long?
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  Homer Republican Paul Seaton on the House Floor on May 24, 2016, the second day of the Legislature’s fourth special session. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Lawmakers still have to pass a budget for the coming year, and figure out how to fund it.
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• The Hungry Chum: Pipers serves classic Alaska with a great view - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  28-05-2016 01:51
  
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  The Hungry Chum: Pipers serves classic Alaska with a great view
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  With its distinctive totem poles and old Alaska charm, one eatery and watering hole tells the tales of Alaska's past. Despite its location on Lake Hood, a popular stopping point for tourists eager to watch float planes take off and land, Pipers ...
  
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• Attorneys in Sockeye fire case ask for more time to prepare, granted

  28-05-2016 01:31
  
  
  Attorneys for the two defendants in the Sockeye fire case have asked for more time from the court to prepare a case for trial.
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  The Sockeye Fire which devastated Willow in 2015 (Photo courtesy of the Mat-Su Borough)Today, Judge David Zwink granted their request from the bench in Palmer. According to attorney Kevin Fitzgerald, who represents Greg Imig, the state has made an offer. But Palmer District Attorney Roman Kalitiak, would not comment on what that offer might be. Kalitiak sa
  
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• Researchers study economics of permit ownership, loss

  28-05-2016 01:09
  
  
  When the Bristol Bay salmon fishery was limited, about half the permits were issued to watershed residents. In the decades since, some have stayed in with residents, and others have left.
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  (Photo courtesy of Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association University of Washington Researcher Jennifer Meredith came to Bristol Bay this spring to study permits in the salmon fishery. After seeing ten communities and talking to hundreds of residents, she wishes they could visit
  
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• AK: Young ‘Bio Blitzers’ explore and examine the Arctic environment

  28-05-2016 01:02
  
  
  Last week a group of scientists traveled to a small village in the Arctic to find as many different species as they could. It was happening all over the country in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. But it had special meaning in Anaktuvuk Pass, where the local Inupiaq people live a subsistence lifestyle inside of a national park.
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  Seven-year-old Anna Nukapigak looks through a microscope at samples. Jeff Rasic and the rest of the students look on. (Ph
  
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• Memorial Day weekend weather 'eerily similar' to calm before 2015 Alaska wildfires - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-05-2016 01:01
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  Memorial Day weekend weather 'eerily similar' to calm before 2015 Alaska wildfires
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  Fire managers urge caution heading into Memorial Day weekendAlaska Public Radio Network
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• Outdoor Explorer LIVE!

  28-05-2016 01:00
  
  On Saturday, May 21st we took to the stage for the first ever live edition of Outdoor Explorer. We recorded our show on-stage at the TapRoot the way we do it in the studio, talking to Luc Mehl and Nancy Pfieffer. They’re a pair of outdoor adventurers who have done some amazing things. It was also an excellent opportunity to meet our community of listeners, and to hear some of their epic tales. We are so happy to share the recorded version
  
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