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• Interior Alaska gas project could hit delay - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  11-06-2016 19:41
  Interior Alaska gas project could hit delay
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — The oil and gas tax credit bill passed by the Alaska Legislature this week could spur another change in direction for the Interior Energy Project. At the request of Senate Finance Committee members, Gov. Bill Walker is considering putting ...and more »
  
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• Former 'The Voice' contestant Christina Grimmie shot dead in Orlando - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-06-2016 18:28
  
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  Former 'The Voice' contestant Christina Grimmie shot dead in Orlando
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  Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star Christina Grimmie performs during the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada September 18, 2015. REUTERS/Steve Marcus. Christina Grimmie, a rising singing star who ...and more »
  
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• Alaska, facing a deep deficit, suffers by oil tax law - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-06-2016 16:03
  
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  Alaska, facing a deep deficit, suffers by oil tax law
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The price of crude oil is inching up from a low in January of $32 a barrel for West Texas Intermediate to, as of this writing, $51 a barrel while, on the European market, Brent Crude is $53 a barrel. Under the old Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share, or ...
  
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• Trawl fleet fishery needs Alaska's help - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-06-2016 15:52
  
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  Trawl fleet fishery needs Alaska's help
  Alaska Dispatch News
  At a time when Alaska is facing one of the biggest fiscal crises in its history, our leaders are looking to the private sector to keep our economy healthy and our communities strong. The stakes couldn't be higher where the Alaska economy is concerned.
  
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• Baked Alaska: Average spring temperature of Last Frontier state hits highs of 32 degrees – shattering the previous ... - Daily Mail

  11-06-2016 15:20
  
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  Baked Alaska: Average spring temperature of Last Frontier state hits highs of 32 degrees – shattering the previous ...
  Daily Mail
  No one calls springtime in Alaska balmy but the state this year saw record high spring temperatures, it's been revealed. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Wednesday: 'For the first time in its modern climate history ...
  Alaska is way, way hotter than normal right nowGristall 2 news articles »
  
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• Youth tell US Attorney General: Alaska needs help

  11-06-2016 09:22
  
  US Attorney General Loretta Lynch poses with a group of Alaska Native Youth. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media)When US Attorney General Loretta Lynch visited Anchorage on Friday, she went beyond just meeting with Alaska Native leaders. She also spoke with the youth.
  The nine young people who joined her for a roundtable discussion were direct: Alaska, especially rural Alaska, has problems with public safety.
  24-year-old Cody Pequeño, the youngest member of Chevak’s city and traditional co
  
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• Youth tell US Attorney General Alaska

  11-06-2016 09:22
  
  
  US Attorney General Loretta Lynch poses with a group of Alaska Native Youth. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media)When US Attorney General Loretta Lynch visited Anchorage on Friday, she went beyond just meeting with Alaska Native leaders. She also spoke with the youth.
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  The nine young people who joined her for a roundtable discussion were direct: Alaska, especially rural Alaska, has problems with public safety.
  24-year-old Cody Pequeño, the youngest member of Chevak’s city an
  
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• Celebration reconnects Alaska Natives to cultural identity through language - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  11-06-2016 06:46
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Celebration reconnects Alaska Natives to cultural identity through language
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  It's been called a renaissance of Native culture — Celebration is the one of the largest gatherings of Alaska Native peoples in the state. The focus is on weaving traditional knowledge into the future through dancing, song, art and language. On Friday ...
  
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• Court says concealed-carry not a constitutional right: Alaska impact - KTUU.com

  11-06-2016 06:07
  
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  Court says concealed-carry not a constitutional right: Alaska impact
  KTUU.com
  The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California has ruled carrying a concealed weapon is not a protected right under the U.S. Constitution. The 7-4 vote upheld a California law that says applicants must cite a “good cause” to obtain a concealed ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Officials Say Moose Attacked Man - ABC News

  11-06-2016 03:47
  Alaska Officials Say Moose Attacked Man
  ABC News
  Wildlife officials in Alaska's largest city now believe a moose and not a bear caused severe injuries to a man this week. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says in a release their investigation at the scene found tracks and hair suggesting the ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, June 10, 2016

  11-06-2016 03:39
  
  
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  In Anchorage, U.S. Attorney General announces new focus on Alaska Native issues
  Rachel Waldholz, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
  U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch was in Anchorage on Friday to discuss issues of criminal justice and public safety
  
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• In Anchorage, U.S. Attorney General announces new focus on Alaska Native issues

  11-06-2016 03:27
  
  
  U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch spoke to reporters on June 10, 2016, as she rolled out a new Department of Justice focus on Alaska Native issues. Photo: Rachel Waldholz/APRNThe Department of Justice is rolling out a new focus on Alaska Native issues.
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  In Anchorage today to discuss issues of criminal justice and public safety with Alaska Native leaders, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said it is unacceptable that Native residents are victims of violent crimes at rates m
  
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• The Latest: Lynch wants better public safety in rural Alaska - Fox News

  11-06-2016 02:24
  
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  The Latest: Lynch wants better public safety in rural Alaska
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Latest on U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch's meeting with Alaska Native leaders (all times local): 4:10 p.m.. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says she is directing her office to develop a series of consultations with ...
  Youth tell US Attorney General: Alaska needs helpAlaska Public Radio Network
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• Lawsuit filed against EPA over fine particulate pollution in Fairbanks, North Pole

  11-06-2016 01:33
  
  
  A suit has been filed in federal court against the Environmental Protection Agency to force action to address wintertime fine particulate pollution in the Fairbanks, North Pole area. The complaint was filed by the environmental law firm Earth Justice on behalf of Fairbanks based Citizens for Clean Air, Alaska Community Action on Toxics and the Sierra Club. Earth Justice attorney Kenta Tsuda says the suit demands EPA action on a state plan submitted to the agency early last year, outlining steps
  
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• Hydroponics business brings local produce to Kotzebue

  11-06-2016 01:23
  
  In the middle of a gravel lot, surrounded by rusty equipment and old storage containers, one brand-new connex is making history. Inside, it’s filled with hydroponically grown, leafy green vegetables — the inaugural crop from Arctic Greens.
  The first crop of seedlings sprouts inside the growing room of the Arctic Greens connex. The automated storage container will deliver 450 heads of locally grown produce each week. (Photo by Laura Kraegel, KNOM – Nome)The company is the first
  
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• Stand Up Paddleboarding in Alaska

  11-06-2016 01:00
  
  Paddleboarding on a lake. Photo: WikiCommonsWe love how people keep inventing new sports and Alaskans keep finding unique ways to do them. The next show is a great example, we’re talking about stand up paddleboarding and paddleboard yoga. A paddleboard is essentially a surf board for calm water, but as you’ll learn, paddleboards now are being used in Alaskan rivers and in the ocean. Folks are doing yoga on paddleboards too. Finally, at the end of the show, we’ll hear a hair rai
  
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• Big Lake recognizes 20th anniversary of Miller’s Reach fire

  11-06-2016 00:58
  
  A Big Lake ceremony on Saturday will highlight a landmark event.
  Twenty years ago this month, residents of Big Lake woke to evacuation orders in one of the most devastating wildfires in Alaska’s history. The Miller’s Reach fire, named for the street of its starting point, jumped from seven acres to 37,000 acres in a matter of days, destroying hundreds of homes in its path.
  Miller’s reach fire which occurred June 15, 1996 (File photo courtesy of Alaska Center for Resource Famili
  
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• Overdue Alaska Legislature trying to reach resolution - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  11-06-2016 00:36
  Overdue Alaska Legislature trying to reach resolution
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - When the Legislature convened nearly five months ago, there was broad acknowledgement that something needed to be done to address Alaska's multibillion-dollar deficit but no clear consensus on a way forward. Not much has ...and more »
  
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• Summer Yukon salmon runs predicted to be below average

  11-06-2016 00:23
  Salmon fishing is underway on the Yukon River, but runs are expected to be below average this summer season.
  Chum salmon migration. (Photo courtesy of USFWS/Togiak National Wildlife Refuge)Sean Larson is a research biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
  “Based on above average temperatures and early ice-out, we are predicting a drainage-wide return of 130,000 to 175,000 Chinook salmon this year,” Larson said.
  On a teleconference, Larson and other Fish and Game biologis
  
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