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• Agency Finds Boat That Capsized in Alaska National Park - ABC News

  01-06-2016 23:47
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  Agency Finds Boat That Capsized in Alaska National Park
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  National Park Service investigators have found a boat that capsized Monday in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park, killing two men, but they have not determined what caused the accident. The 27-foot boat was found in 25 feet of water near Strawberry ...
  2 die in capsizing at Alaska's Glacier Bay National ParkFox News
  2 dead, 4 rescued after small boat capsizes in Glacier BayAlaska Dispatch News
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• Moose gives birth to calf in the parking lot of an Alaska hardware store - The Independent

  01-06-2016 22:18
  
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  Moose gives birth to calf in the parking lot of an Alaska hardware store
  The Independent
  Lucky patrons of an Alaska hardware store witnessed the first few minutes of a moose calf's life, as its mother gave birth to the baby in the parking lot of the shop. The newborn moose took its first steps across the parking lot as onlookers snapped ...
  Moose gives birth in Alaska Lowe's parking lotWSAW
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• Former Anchorage Mayor Sullivan challenges Murkowski

  01-06-2016 21:58
  
  File photo: Rachel Waldholz/KCAWFormer Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan is apparently challenging U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Republican Primary.
  The filing deadline passed at 5 p.m. Fifteen minutes later, the state Division of Elections had not included Sullivan’s name on its list of candidates, but Sullivan may have filed just before the deadline.
  Alaska Dispatch News reporter Nat Herz broke the news on Twitter, with a photo of Sullivan’s declaration of candidac
  
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• Ex-Mayor Dan Sullivan challenges Murkowski

  01-06-2016 21:58
  
  
  Former Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan is running against U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Republican Primary.
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  Sullivan filed minutes before the 5 p.m. deadline for getting on the ballot. It took the state Division of Elections some time to include Sullivan’s name on its list of candidates.
  So Alaska Dispatch News reporter Nat Herz broke the news on Twitter, with a photo of Sullivan’s declaration of candidacy, and a photo of the former mayor standing at the
  
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• Blatchford, Metcalfe run for U.S. Senate; a Begich files too, but not that race

  01-06-2016 21:58
  File photo: Rachel Waldholz/KCAWU.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski lost the Republican Primary last time she ran, but as of 15 minutes before the filing deadline, no big-name Republicans are running against her.Murkowski has, though, picked up two new Democratic challengers: UAA professor Edgar Blatchford and former legislator Ray Metcalfe. Both men have Republican roots. Blatchford served as a Commerce Commissioner for Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski and in the cabinet of Gov. Wally Hickel. He, like many
  
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• Blatchford, Metcalfe challenge Murkowski as filing deadline nears

  01-06-2016 21:58
  
  File photo: Rachel Waldholz/KCAWU.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has two new Democratic challengers: UAA professor Edgar Blatchford and former legislator Ray Metcalfe. Both men have Republican roots. Blatchford served as a Commerce Commissioner for Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski. He’s also been mayor of Seward, board chairman of Chugach Alaska Native Corporation, and a publisher of newspapers serving rural Alaska. Blatchford now teaches journalism and Native studies.
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• Hawaiian Airlines Is Set to Soar, Despite Rising Competition From Alaska Air - Motley Fool

  01-06-2016 19:55
  
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  Hawaiian Airlines Is Set to Soar, Despite Rising Competition From Alaska Air
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  Alaska Air is becoming a formidable competitor in the West Coast-Hawaii market, but Hawaiian Holdings still has plenty of opportunities to drive revenue and earnings growth. Adam Levine-Weinberg. (TMFGemHunter). Jun 1, 2016 at 1:55PM. After surging to ...and more »
  
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• Alaska couple to travel world by motorcycle, treat dysentery - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  01-06-2016 19:20
  
  Alaska couple to travel world by motorcycle, treat dysentery
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  KENAI, Alaska (AP) - An Alaska couple plans to leave their home on the Kenai Peninsula this summer, not returning until they've crossed 86 countries on their motorcycles while treating children for dysentery. "It's going to be very rewarding," Randy ...and more »
  
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• Q&A: Zika may appear in Alaska, but not how you think, doctor says - KTUU.com

  01-06-2016 19:18
  
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  Q&A: Zika may appear in Alaska, but not how you think, doctor says
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  Anchorage, ALASKA (KTUU-TV) A doctor with the State of Alaska says while Zika may eventually be reported in Alaska it will not be from mosquito bites within the state. Dr. Michael Cooper says the mosquitoes is this state are not capable of transmitting ...and more »
  
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• Kodiak bears track salmon runs in Alaska - Science Daily

  01-06-2016 19:10
  Science Daily
  Kodiak bears track salmon runs in Alaska
  Science Daily
  Date: June 1, 2016; Source: The University of Montana; Summary: Brown bears are faced with a challenge: They need to consume lots of salmon each year, but salmon only are available for a few weeks in each shallow spawning ground. Now new research ...and more »
  
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• The veggies are coming to markets across Southcentral Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-06-2016 17:34
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The veggies are coming to markets across Southcentral Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  And that means new farmers markets opening and new vendors at your favorite market too. Among the markets opening this week are the following: Wasilla Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesdays; the Soldotna Wednesday Market, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. ...
  
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• Alaska National Guard leads field medical training in Mongolia - United States Army (press release)

  01-06-2016 15:48
  
  United States Army (press release)
  Alaska National Guard leads field medical training in Mongolia
  United States Army (press release)
  We have been teaching members of many different countries, and each has brought a new dynamic to the training. Alaska National Guard leads field medical training in Mongolia. U.S. Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard receive a class on combat ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, May 31, 2016

  01-06-2016 03:40
  
  
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  Legislature votes to dip into budget reserve to pass state budget
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  The Legislature is poised to pass a state budget that would prevent layoff notices going out to state workers tomorrow. But the budget could draw th
  
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• Top Alaska union official Beltrami to run against GOP state Sen. Cathy Giessel - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-06-2016 03:14
  
  Top Alaska union official Beltrami to run against GOP state Sen. Cathy Giessel
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Vince Beltrami, the state's most prominent union official, filed to run for an Alaska state Senate seat Tuesday, saying he was compelled to mount a campaign because of "hyperpartisanship that's had Juneau in a perpetual gridlock." Beltrami, a lifelong ...
  
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• Several fires plague Mat-Su over Memorial Day weekend

  01-06-2016 03:07
  
  Three new fires in the Matanuska Susitna Borough were sparked over the long weekend. On Monday, fire crews were called out to two fires in the Palmer area.
  Despite the area being under a burn suspension, both of the fires were human-caused on private land, when residents chose to burn debris piles. Forestry crews from Palmer responded to those fires, which were declared contained.
  Photo by Robbie Shade (Flickr: 4am fire alarm)Crews responding to the third fire found that it was caused by a smold
  
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• Legislature votes to dip into budget reserve to pass state budget

  01-06-2016 03:01
  
  The Legislature is poised to pass a state budget that would prevent layoff notices going out to state workers tomorrow. But the budget could draw three billion dollars from the state’s piggy bank, the constitutional budget reserve. And it’s not clear how Governor Bill Walker will respond to a spending plan that doesn’t address Alaska’s long-term state fiscal imbalance.
  Sen. Pete Kelly speaks on the floor of the Alaska Senate, (Stock photo by Skip Gray/Gavel Alaska) 
  
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• Father, son die in Glacier Bay capsizing

  01-06-2016 02:32
  
  According to The National Park Service, a father and son died when a boat capsized at Glacier Bay National Park.
  Spokesperson Tom VandenBerg said 75-year-old Larry Roger McWilliams and 48-year-old Gary Roger McWilliams died late Monday afternoon.
  Their hometowns were not immediately available. The elder McWilliams carried an Oregon driver’s license, and the younger man was from California.
  The men were pulled from the water unconscious and could not be revived by CPR.
  VandenBerg said they
  
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• Fairbanks’ largest care facility to be operated by Greater Community Hospital Foundation

  01-06-2016 01:36
  
  The Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation is planning to operate the community’s largest care facility and private employer. The decision follows in the wake of failed negotiations with Providence announced earlier this month. The Foundation is confident it has the management group in place to succeed.
   
  Hospital Foundation President Jeff Cook will only say the talks with Providence hit a timing wall. He says, earlier this month he fully expected to announce a successful tra
  
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• Former Wrangell Institute property could see another boarding school

  01-06-2016 01:18
  
  Wrangell could see another boarding school in the next five years. ANSEP, an accelerated high school program based on University of Alaska Anchorage campus, is interested in building a 400-bed facility on the former Wrangell Institute property.
  An ANSEP instructor helps girls with building their own computers. (Photo by Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage)The Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program – or ANSEP – is thinking about building a residential high school on the forme
  
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• Despite federal changes, ‘Eskimo’ still in use in Western Alaska

  01-06-2016 00:59
  
  The term “eskimo” is divisive across much of the arctic, but it’s still being used in western Alaska. Some identify with it, while others want to see change.
  Nome Eskimo Community. (Photo by Emily Russell, KNOM – Nome)President Obama recently removed the words “Eskimo” and “Aleut” from two pieces of federal legislation, but it may take another generation for it to fade out of Alaska’s Arctic.
  “It wasn’t until I went to graduate sc
  
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• Traveling Music 6-5-16

  01-06-2016 00:36
  Traveling Music
  Shonti Elder
  6-5-16
   
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  Song TitleArtist / Composer
  CD Title
  Label
  Duration
   
  Waltzing with Rhonda (instrumental)
  Andrew and Noah Vannorstrand / Andrew and Noah Vannorstrand
  The Waltz Album
  Great Bear Records
  4:47
   
  Over Country
  Betsy Scott / Betsy Scott
  Over Country
  www.betsysings.com
  6:48
   
  Are You Happy Now?
  Richard Shindell / Richard Shindell
  Thirteen Songs You May, or May Not Have Heard Before
  www.richardshindell.com
  3:51
   
  Howl At The Moon
  JoA
  
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