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• Atlin dance group reflects cross-border cultural resurgence

  18-06-2016 23:00
  
  Southeast Alaska’s Tlingit culture doesn’t stop at the Canadian border. Tribal members also live in British Columbia to the east and the Yukon to the north. An Inland Tlingit group from up the Taku River has strong connections to Alaska.
  Taku Kwaan Dance Leader Wayne Carlick, left, and others drum as more than 30 people take the stage during Celebration 2016. The Atlin, British Columbia, group included relatives from Juneau. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau)Da
  
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• A cocktail napkin is at the heart of $1M lawsuit against ADN

  18-06-2016 04:54
  
  A photo of the napkin signed by Rogoff, which Hopfinger says actually came from a coffee table in a legal office. Photo courtesy of Tony Hopfinger.The owner of the state’s largest newspaper is facing a lawsuit from a former top editor and business partner. Tony Hopfinger, who headed the Alaska Dispatch News until last year, alleges publisher Alice Rogoff has failed to pay him what he’s owed. The lawsuit hinges on differing interpretations of a million-dollar contract s
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, June 17, 2016

  18-06-2016 02:52
  
  
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  Permanent Fund restructuring bill dies in House committee
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  A bill to restructure Permanent Fund earnings and cut fund dividends died in the House Finance Committee Friday.
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• First openly gay bishop talks about religion and sexuality

  18-06-2016 02:12
  
  
  Bishop Gene Robinson (Courtesy of Todd Franson – Metro Weekly)The first openly gay Episcopal bishop is visiting Anchorage this weekend to kick off Pride Week. Retired Bishop Gene Robinson was consecrated in 2003 amid much controversy. Robinson says he decided now was the time to visit Anchorage because of local, religiously-fueled opposition to the city’s non-discrimination ordinance, which protects people based on their gender identity and sexual orientation.
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• Permanent Fund restructuring bill dies in House committee

  18-06-2016 01:54
  
  
  A bill to restructure Permanent Fund earnings and cut fund dividends died in the House Finance Committee Friday.
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  Alaskans file their Permanent Fund dividend applications in downtown Anchorage in March 2016. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)The bill is the cornerstone of Governor Bill Walker’s plan to bring stability to state government finances.
  But six of the 11 committee members voted against sending the bill to a vote by the full House.
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• Raft capsizes near North Slope, two Nevada women dead

  18-06-2016 01:40
  
  A raft carrying at least 10 people capsized during a guided trip on Alaska’s remote North Slope, leaving two Nevada women dead.
  The North Slope Borough says in a statement the victims were 69-year-old Cheryl Minnehan and 67-year-old Karen Todd. Hometowns and more information, including whether this was a tourists outing, were not immediately available.
  The borough’s Department of Search and Rescue received a report Wednesday of two people missing after a boat capsized on the Kongakut
  
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• Russia launches largest, most powerful icebreaker in the world

  18-06-2016 01:33
  
  Activity in the Arctic is on the rise. Retreating sea ice and rising ship traffic have some worried the region could serve as the next stage for international conflict, coast guards across the Arctic are busy laying the groundwork for cooperation.
  Russian Arktika-class icebreaker (Wikimedia commons photo by Nikolai Zaytsev)Russia just launched the largest, most powerful icebreaker in the world.
  Blue and red balloons fly through the air as onlookers cheer from the docks St. Petersburg shipyard. I
  
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• Fledgling Fairbanks pot business sees high startup costs

  18-06-2016 01:03
  
  The state has begun issuing licenses to marijuana growers, processors and sellers. That has entrepreneurs gearing up operations, hoping to get into a fledgling enterprise. One local farm has been cleared to start pot cultivation. The operation is seeing large capital outlays to accommodate state regulations.
  (Photo courtesy of Rosie Creek Farm)Mike Emers knows how to successfully raise and sell crops. His Rosie Creek Farms has been in operation for almost 20 years. Gazing across his fields you m
  
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• AK Sports Hall of Fame 10-Year Anniversary

  18-06-2016 01:00
  
  If any place needs a sports hall of fame, it is Alaska. Our athletes do the impossible and we need to remember and celebrate their accomplishments. For the last 10 years, that has been happening, and you can see the pictures and text about Alaska’s best athletes in an actual hall at the Anchorage Airport. What’s really special is that with this anniversary, many of these extraordinary people are getting together to support the hall of fame. It’s very cool they will all be in t
  
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• George Mute’s body found after nine months

  18-06-2016 00:30
  
  A couple in Napakiak has found the body of George Mute, age 26, of Kongiganak. Mute went missing in September.
  George Mute, age 26. (Photo courtesy of Alaska State Troopers)Mike Riley, Bethel Search and Rescue President, said the couple was on the Kuskokwim River near Napakiak last Friday looking for wood when they saw something floating in the water.
  “It looked like a bag, and then they went to check, and that’s what they saw—the remains,” Riley said.
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