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• Alaska could see double Dan Sullivans in the Senate next year - Washington Post

  02-06-2016 19:04
  
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  Alaska could see double Dan Sullivans in the Senate next year
  Washington Post
  After a last-minute candidate filing, it's possible that Alaska could be represented in Washington next year by two Republican senators named Dan Sullivan. Dan Sullivan, the former mayor of Anchorage, showed up to file his candidacy just minutes before ...
  Ex-Mayor Dan Sullivan challenges MurkowskiAlaska Public Radio Network
  Former Anchorage mayor files for primary run against Sen. Lisa MurkowskiAlaska
  
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• Alaska's leaders need to see beyond this year's deficit - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-06-2016 05:43
  
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  Alaska's leaders need to see beyond this year's deficit
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  We will die in Alaska, and be buried right alongside those who came before us. This state is our collective home and for many of us a part of our identity. Even if the state government implodes, many of us would not leave Alaska. When we think of ...
  
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• Alaska's oil glory days aren't coming back. The world has moved on. - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-06-2016 05:00
  
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  Alaska's oil glory days aren't coming back. The world has moved on.
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  The oil industry is settling in for energy prices to stay around their current level for a long time. Alaskans should probably stop hoping for a return to glory days. Our most valuable commodity has fallen from historic highs to a price that is closer ...and more »
  
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• Increase in national death rate mirrored in Alaska - KTUU.com

  02-06-2016 04:48
  
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  Increase in national death rate mirrored in Alaska
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - The death rate in the United States rose last year for the first time in a decade. Information from the federal government shows that more people are dying from drug overdoses, suicide and Alzheimer's disease. The death rate has also ...
  
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• Southeast Alaska: Keeping spirits up as economy heads south - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  02-06-2016 04:38
  Southeast Alaska: Keeping spirits up as economy heads south
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  In the past five years, Southeast Alaska has seen some all-time highs in population, workers and workforce earnings, but the future is less promising. Southeast Conference economic planners released a forecast this week for the region that, paired with ...
  
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• Mat-Su port looks to potential Japanese LNG plant for salvation - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-06-2016 04:31
  
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  Mat-Su port looks to potential Japanese LNG plant for salvation
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  WASILLA — A proposed $1 billion liquefied natural gas plant to facilitate exports of Cook Inlet gas to Japan could rescue the foundering Matanuska-Susitna Borough port. But industry observers say the Resources Energy Inc. project is far from certain ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  02-06-2016 04:30
  
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  Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, June 1, 2016
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  Gov. Bill Walker said the Legislature's work is a long way from being over. While lawmakers stopped pink slips from being sent to state workers by passing a state budget on Tuesday, Walker said the Legislature must act now to prevent a replay in the ...
  Former Anchorage mayor files for primary run against Sen. Lisa MurkowskiAlaska Dispatch Newsall 9 news articles »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, June 1, 2016

  02-06-2016 04:22
  
  
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  Walker says the Legislature must pass his fiscal plan
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  Gov. Bill Walker said the Legislature’s work is a long way from being over. While lawmakers stopped pink slips from being sent to state workers by passing
  
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• Melting Alaska may not accelerate climate change as expected, scientists now say - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-06-2016 04:20
  
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  Melting Alaska may not accelerate climate change as expected, scientists now say
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  WASHINGTON — The results of new research released by the U.S. Geological Survey have surprised scientists: Alaska is not likely to emit as much carbon this century as they'd previously expected. The report marks the first statewide inventory of ...
  Spike in Alaska wildfires is worsening global warming, US saysThe Guardian
  Carbon potential of Alaska landsScience Dailya
  
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• Legislature passes two bills aiding children in foster care

  02-06-2016 03:51
  
  
  The Legislature took three actions this week that will help foster care children — passing two bills aiming at finding kids adoptive homes and adding money to the budget to help keep struggling families together.
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  Rep. Les Gara, D- Anchorage, speaks during a House floor session, Feb. 8, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)House Bills 27 and 200 both passed the Senate on Tuesday. They work in tandem to get kids out of the foster care system more quickly and into permanent home
  
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• With budget deal done, oil tax reform remains elusive

  02-06-2016 03:43
  
  
  House Minority Leader Chris Tuck, D-Anchorage, watches a floor session Tuesday, May 31, 2016 in Juneau, Alaska. Members of the minority broke a stalemate on the stateâs operating budget and joined the majority in a vote to draw from the state’s savings to solve budget issues. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO)For months, Democrats in the Legislature were clear on one thing: they would not vote for a budget unless lawmakers made major cuts to state subsidies for oil compa
  
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• Budget deal is done, but oil tax reform remains elusive

  02-06-2016 03:43
  
  
  House Minority Leader Chris Tuck, D-Anchorage, watches a floor session Tuesday, May 31, 2016 in Juneau, Alaska. Members of the minority broke a stalemate on the stateâs operating budget and joined the majority in a vote to draw from the state’s savings to solve budget issues. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO) 
  For months, Democrats in the Legislature were clear on one thing: they would not vote for a budget unless it was paired with major cuts to state subsidies fo
  
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• Ketchikan 12-year-old finishes third in Southeast Alaska marathon - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-06-2016 03:31
  
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  Ketchikan 12-year-old finishes third in Southeast Alaska marathon
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  KETCHIKAN — More than 340 people lined up at Craig High School for the 17th annual Prince of Wales Marathon on Saturday morning. For Brent Capps, a sixth-grader at the Tongass School of Arts and Sciences in Ketchikan, the marathon was a challenge ...
  
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• Tanana Valley Fisheries Center to be opened early June

  02-06-2016 03:29
  
  The state plans to open its Tanana Valley Fisheries Center in Fairbanks on June 7. The visitor’s center will realize a long envisioned public interface at the new hatchery.
   
  The Tanana Valley Fisheries Center is the final piece at the Ruth Burnet Sport Fish Hatchery. The $46 million state hatchery ran well over budget and behind schedule due to water treatment issues. It finally began producing fish in 2012, and 4 years later the visitor’s center is nearly ready. Hatchery manag
  
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• State moves toward trial in Sockeye wildfire

  02-06-2016 03:29
  
  State prosecutors are pushing for a criminal trial in the wake of last year’s devastating Sockeye wildfire near Willow. As the anniversary of the fire approaches on June 14, they have requested about a month’s court time for  proceedings, although attorneys for the two defendants have asked for more time to prepare their case. But neither side is ruling out that  there is still a chance for an out of court settlement.
  The Sockeye Fire which devastated Willow in 2015 (Photo
  
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• Pedestrian killed on Seward Highway south of Potter Marsh

  02-06-2016 03:06
  
  Anchorage police are investigating the death of a pedestrian struck on the Seward Highway just south of Potter Marsh.
  Just before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Police took a call from the driver of a semi. The driver reported possibly striking a pedestrian near the highway truck scales.
  Police found a critically injured woman along the roadway.
  62-year-old Gwen Truax was transported to a hospital, where she later died.
  No citations have been issued and police are continuing to investigate the collision.
  
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• Anchorage Democrat Johnny Ellis announces retirement from Alaska Senate - KTUU.com

  02-06-2016 02:53
  
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  Anchorage Democrat Johnny Ellis announces retirement from Alaska Senate
  KTUU.com
  JUNEAU, Alaska Alaska Senator Johnny Ellis has announced his retirement after 30 years in the Legislature. The Anchorage Democrat's political career began with his election in 1986 where he served in the House of Representatives until 1992. He served ...
  Longtime Alaska lawmaker Ellis not seeking re-electionFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska Sens. Johnny Ellis and Charlie Huggins are retiringAlaska Dis
  
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• Walker says the Legislature must pass his fiscal plan

  02-06-2016 02:41
  
  Gov. Bill Walker said the Legislature’s work is a long way from being over. While lawmakers stopped pink slips from being sent to state workers by passing a state budget on Tuesday, Walker said the Legislature must act now to prevent a replay in the future.
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker talks about the state’s budget on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 during a press conference in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney, KTOO – Juneau)“Do we have to go broke before we fix Alaska?&rdq
  
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• Haines transgender teen breaks barriers at state track meet

  02-06-2016 02:22
  
  A Haines teenager was likely the first transgender student to compete at a statewide high school athletic competition. Nattaphon Wangyot was born male, but has identified as female since she was about five years old. Her participation in last weekend’s track meet in Anchorage drew a lot of attention, both positive and negative.
  Nattaphon “Ice” Wangyot. (Photo by Emily Files, KHNS – Haines)Wangyot goes by the nickname ‘Ice.’ Her mother, Tukta Panyawong, said th
  
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• Medfra fire spreads rapidly, encompassing over 8,000 acres

  02-06-2016 02:13
  
  Dozens of firefighters are battling a wildfire northeast of McGrath that has grown rapidly over the past few days.
  A photo of the Medfra Fire taken on Monday. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Division of Forestry)Tim Mowry is a public information officer for the Division of Forestry.
  “There’s three fires actually,” Mowry said. “There’s two fires that are substantial and then there was another hot spot that was picked up and those have all merged into one fire now: The Medf
  
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• University of Alaska receives good news as reductions loom - KTUU.com

  02-06-2016 02:12
  
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  University of Alaska receives good news as reductions loom
  KTUU.com
  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) The University of Alaska System statewide could look different next year, while cuts to programs and staff remain likely, a tuition increase is not. On Thursday, the Alaska Board of Regents will hold meetings to discuss the budget and ...and more »
  
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• Here's the weird question Alaska Googles more than any other state - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-06-2016 01:59
  
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  Here's the weird question Alaska Googles more than any other state
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Those questions are part of a hilarious list compiled by real estate company Estately last week that shows what each state Googles more than any other state and the District of Columbia. Estately compiled the most common questions Americans ask Google, ...
  
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• Alaska Gov. Walker to lawmakers: 'Do we have to go broke before we fix Alaska?' - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-06-2016 00:50
  
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  Alaska Gov. Walker to lawmakers: 'Do we have to go broke before we fix Alaska?'
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Gov. Bill Walker didn't mince words Wednesday in his response to the budget passed by the Alaska Legislature earlier this week. (Vimeo screengrab via State of Alaska). Alaska Gov. Bill Walker launched a broadside against the Legislature on Wednesday, ...
  Alaska governor urges action on plan to address deficitFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Walker says the Legislature must pa
  
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