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• Woman Who Died in Alaska Fire Was Indonesian National - ABC News

  07-06-2016 22:48
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  Woman Who Died in Alaska Fire Was Indonesian National
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  A woman who died in a fire at a remote Alaska fishing lodge was a 59-year-old Indonesian national, Alaska State Troopers said Tuesday. Three other foreign nationals were injured in the blaze Thursday at the lodge at Uyak Bay on Alaska's Kodiak Island.
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• Energy audits, a possible solution to elevating Southeast electricity costs

  07-06-2016 22:48
  
  In remote Southeast communities, electricity costs for local businesses can be through the roof. Businesses don’t qualify for power cost equalization — a state program that subsidizes energy costs for private residents. But a small federal grant could help businesses identify some simple ways to save.
  Logo for the Renewable Energy Alaska ProjectWhen you hear the word “audit,” good things may not come to mind. You might think about the IRS peeking into your personal accoun
  
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• Unions Protest Change in Alaska Oil Tanker Escort Contract - ABC News

  07-06-2016 22:16
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  Unions Protest Change in Alaska Oil Tanker Escort Contract
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  Two maritime unions with 250 Alaska jobs at stake have begun a campaign to stop the operator of the trans-Alaska pipeline from switching to a nonunion company for escorting oil tankers safely out of Prince William Sound, where the Exxon Valdez spilled ...
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• Hundred-year 'treasure' of Alaska history and culture opens in Juneau - KTOO

  07-06-2016 22:03
  
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  Hundred-year 'treasure' of Alaska history and culture opens in Juneau
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  Juneau Sen. Dennis Egan addresses a crowd during the grand opening of the Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff Library, Archives and Museum on June 6, 2016. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO). The new Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff Library, Archives and Museums ...and more »
  
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• Tlingit artist protests auction of Native artifacts in Paris

  07-06-2016 21:49
  Alaska Natives and Native American tribes around the country protested when a Paris company auctioned off multiple Native artifacts last week. But, their opposition wasn’t enough to stop the auction. The auctioneer’s inventory included items sacred to the Tlingit and Haida. A Tlingit artist from Juneau says she joined the protest in Paris because she wanted her ancestors inside the objects being sold to know she was there.
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• Alaska Air offers 50% off deal to Mariners fans -- with some catches - KING5.com

  07-06-2016 21:23
  
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  Alaska Air offers 50% off deal to Mariners fans -- with some catches
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  SEATTLE – Baseball fans who arrive very early to Tuesday's Mariners-Indians game at Safeco Field can get a sweet airline voucher deal. But you need to be ready for a catch – or three. The first 11,500 fans through the gates get a voucher for up to 50 ...
  
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• Travel Tuesday: Driving the Alaska Highway - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  07-06-2016 19:57
  
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  Travel Tuesday: Driving the Alaska Highway
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  A little-known travel package offers Alaska families a chance to see the Lower 48 and drive the Alaska Highway. The “Spring Adventure Package” is offered in mid-May at Great Alaskan Holidays in Anchorage. “Travelers meet at the Winnebago factory in ...
  
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• Senate OKs Permanent Fund bill, saying Alaska needs to reduce dividends to save them - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-06-2016 19:30
  
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  Senate OKs Permanent Fund bill, saying Alaska needs to reduce dividends to save them
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  JUNEAU – The Alaska Senate late Monday passed legislation converting the Permanent Fund into an endowment and setting dividends at $1,000, a move designed to help reduce the state's $4 billion budget gap. The 14-5 vote, which supporters described ...
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• Troopers: Victims in suspicious Meadow Lakes fire died of gunshot wounds - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-06-2016 19:18
  
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  Troopers: Victims in suspicious Meadow Lakes fire died of gunshot wounds
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  WASILLA — The two people found dead at a Meadow Lakes home that burned early Sunday morning died of gunshot wounds in a double homicide, Alaska State Troopers say. Troopers on Tuesday identified the two dead people as 30-year-old Wasilla ...
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• Take Refuge: Keeping Alaska's Refuges for Wildlife - Defenders of Wildlife Blog (blog)

  07-06-2016 16:14
  
  Take Refuge: Keeping Alaska's Refuges for Wildlife
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  The state of Alaska is pursuing aggressive predator control measures on our national wildlife refuges, targeting bears, wolves and other wildlife on land that was meant for their conservation. Alaska is a state unlike any other, home to diverse ...
  
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• Editing labels for new state museum meant finding Alaska's voice - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-06-2016 05:20
  
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  Editing labels for new state museum meant finding Alaska's voice
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  People flood the new Alaska State Library, Archive and Museum as it opened Monday, June 6, 2016. (Charles Wohlforth / Alaska Dispatch News). JUNEAU — I fell in love with the Alaska State Museum as an 8-year-old in 1971, when my family lived in ...and more »
  
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• Producers refuse to provide gas-marketing details to state - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-06-2016 04:51
  
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  Producers refuse to provide gas-marketing details to state
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  Alaska's major oil producers are refusing to give the Walker administration information about plans they may have for marketing natural gas from the North Slope, data that could be essential for planning the proposed $55 billion Alaska LNG project. The ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, June 6, 2016

  07-06-2016 04:34
  
  
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  Conference committee passes House oil and gas tax bill, Seaton urges Walker to veto
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  Oil and gas companies would continue to receive tax credits under a bill that a legislative committee passed Monday. But they may
  
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• New national project focusing on race in schools begins in Anchorage

  07-06-2016 04:09
  
  
  A new series from Slate and the Teacher Project at the Columbia Journalism School started this week. It focuses on race in schools in the United States. Their first feature looks at Anchorage’s Newcomers’ Center, which helps immigrants and refugees adjust to the local school system. The project editor, Sarah Carr, says it’s the perfect place to begin because the program is working.
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  (Graphic from Slates website)CARR: And the thing that’s relatively unique ab
  
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• DOC investigation shows inmate died from drug overdose

  07-06-2016 03:57
  
  
  Dean Williams, Commissioner of the Alaska Dept. of Corrections, speaks to reporters immediately following the announcement of his appointment by Gov. Bill Walker in January. (Photo by Skip Gray,360 North)A Department of Corrections investigation into last April’s inmate death at the Anchorage jail indicates a drug overdose.
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  36-year-old Brian Pinkerton was found unresponsive in his cell early on April 21 and was soon pronounced deceased. He had been in custody for over three
  
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• Legislature passes House oil and gas tax bill, one lawmaker urges Walker to veto

  07-06-2016 03:21
  
  
  Oil and gas companies would continue to receive tax credits under a bill that both bodies of the legislature passed Monday, but they may not be able to count on receiving much this year. That’s because the next round of credits depends on funding that one key lawmaker is already calling on Governor Bill Walker to veto.
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  Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, addresses the Alaska Senate on Jan. 27, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)House voted 21-19 and the Senate voted 13-6 to pa
  
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• Conference committee passes House oil and gas tax bill, Seaton urges Walker to veto

  07-06-2016 03:21
  
  
  Oil and gas companies would continue to receive tax credits under a bill that a legislative committee passed Monday. But they may not be able to count on receiving much this year.  That’s because the next round of credits depends on funding that one key lawmaker is already calling on Governor Bill Walker to veto.
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  Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, addresses the Alaska Senate on Jan. 27, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)The conference committee voted 5-1 to approve the
  
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• Anchorage residents walk for epilepsy awareness

  07-06-2016 03:17
  
  
  It’s far from a rare disease: One in 26 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed in their lifetime. That makes it twice as common as cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis combined.
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  Participants kick off Anchorage’s Run/Walk for Epilepsy on Saturday, June 4. (Photo by Graelyn Brashear, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)We’re talking about epilepsy, a broad term for disorders that cause seizures. Despite how common it is, people with epilepsy sa
  
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• Woman dies in rafting accident near Valdez

  07-06-2016 03:00
  
  A 48-year-old woman from the Fairbanks area has died in a rafting accident on the Lowe River near Valdez.
  City of Valdez spokeswoman Allie Ferko identified the deceased as Theresa L. Williams in an email to The Associated Press.
  Ferko said earlier in a release that the woman was in a raft with five other people. The raft overturned Saturday night after it hit a bridge pillar in Keystone Canyon.
  Ferko says four rafters pulled themselves out, but Williams and a 9-year-old girl were swept downriver
  
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• UAF Looking To Expand HAARP Potential

  07-06-2016 02:57
  
  
  The University of Alaska Fairbanks has several prospective customers for the HAARP facility. UAF took ownership of the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program facility in Gakona from the Air Force last summer, and there’s optimism that the station, once destined for scrap, has a future.
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  The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute is charged with revitalizing HAARP as a tool for conducting experiments in the earth’s ionosphere, the electrically activ
  
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• Record rainfall leads to flooding in Anchorage

  07-06-2016 02:20
  
  Anchorage beat an almost 30-year-old record on Monday for most rainfall in a single day.
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  Rainfall data from Monday, June 6th, 2016. (Graphic from National Weather Service)The record for most rainfall was set in 1988 with a total of .73 inches. By 4 p.m. on Monday, the record was smashed with a new high of 1.02 inches. National Weather Service meteorologist Dave Snider said that it looks like the record is likely to be higher by the end of the night.
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• Looking Back on the Buyback — Activists Remember Events That Protected Kachemak Bay

  07-06-2016 02:15
  
  Recently, Cook Inletkeeper sponsored a panel discussion to commemorate the 40th anniversary the Kachemak Bay oil and gas lease buyback. The buyback prevented oil and gas development in the Bay and protected it as a critical habitat area.
  The Homer Spit on Kachemak Bay. (Photo from the KBBI database)Frank Tupper helped found the Kachemak Bay Defense Fund.“It was a story,” Tupper said. “It was a David and Goliath, a little town in Homer, at the end of the
  
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• No charges yet in suspicious Meadow Lakes fire involving 2 deaths - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-06-2016 01:10
  
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  No charges yet in suspicious Meadow Lakes fire involving 2 deaths
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  A driveway leading to a Meadow Lakes property where Alaska State Troopers found a fire burning and two bodies early Sunday was marked with police tape on Monday morning, June 6, 2016. Authorities are releasing little information about the case.and more »
  
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